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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mary Mattingly -- Artist]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Triple Island" -- 2013]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Mary Mattinglyâs Waterfront Development"]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Four Months Earlier]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[June]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pier 42 -- Lower East Side]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is making 10 feet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, because the barrel has the curve at the edge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that should allow for the one-and-a-half inch diameter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the two-by-fours.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Triple Island" is on Pier 42.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right on the water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the East River.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of a place between nature and the city
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was flooded during Hurricane Sandy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Triple Island" is a three-part piece.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three islands that are about sixteen feet in diameter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have 55-gallon drums underneath them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are secured,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, if need be, these structures could float.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that the future that we're heading towards is...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks very grim to me--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more environmentally extreme,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more politically extreme,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more economically stratified.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Triple Island"--it is a kind of proposal for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different way of working and living.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's thinking about,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do I really need?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, "What is my life like without some of the things that I want?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're building up these three structures.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be a living...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a greenhouse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kind of an extension of gardens,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an area that we'll cook in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you guys are going to be the first...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard that you're going to be living in here too,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been allowed to build here for a month, so far.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is almost a month.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work that I've been doing for a while now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of inventing this entire world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had to do with this future that was really perverse
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the only alternative.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work started with smaller wearable structures,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like cocoons that could cover you at night,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could use as clothing during the day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also could house water and some power.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That dystopic future--it was very sad to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, breaking out of that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was necessary at some point.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really started to just think about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own life and how--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of this future that I was inventing--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all had to live.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That translated into the "Flock House Project"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where three of these spherical houses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moved--or were choreographed--throughout the city.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When "Flock House" was in different parks in the city,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could actually inhabit them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stay in them overnight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to really reflect the necessary migration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had to do with environmental,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic, and political needs to move.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[September]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want "Triple Island" to be sculptural.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really needs people to exist in the space
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come alive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pushed in a further direction--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like closer to my personal goals with life and art--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's someone here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that means communally sharing resources--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's food, water, and power--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how can that be done in a very minimal way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of an ambulance siren in the distance]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ivan Gilbert -- Volunteer]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GILBERT] This is my solar power plant.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are my battery arrays.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two arrays of car batteries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that store all my solar power,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I collect from the collectors on top of the greenhouse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a refrigerator here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A pot-in-pot refrigerator.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It keeps things relatively fresh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also my home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been here since the beginning of August.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little over a month.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot chillier now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN, OFF CAMERA] You're planning on staying for how long?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GILBERT] Through the end of the project,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more November-ish...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,December-ish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's really important to...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, people were like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, it's going to get so cold."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know, it's going to be really important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience that part of the project.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[November]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Mary is really apocalyptic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imagines a world in which
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have a supply chain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which you can get your needs...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so she's inventing things in which
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still live in,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like an urban habitat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am interested in gaining
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few more degrees of relative freedom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from giant, like, inhuman institutions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MATTINGLY] Obviously, we're at a very unbalanced time right now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as who has power
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who has control--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who doesn't have access
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who does.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, the thing that I am optimistic about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how people, I think, can work together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a more grassroots and undercurrent way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really make something that's a different world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to get to a future
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're actually living in this way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in real space and time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the sculpture is just more of a symbol
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this idea.