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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.52,0:00:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Mary Mattingly -- Artist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.64,0:00:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Triple Island" -- 2013]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.17,0:00:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Mary Mattingly's Waterfront Development"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.62,0:00:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Four Months Earlier]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.56,0:00:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[June]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.35,0:00:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pier 42 -- Lower East Side]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.11,0:01:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is making 10 feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.29,0:01:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, because the barrel has the curve at the edge,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.22,0:01:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that should allow for the one-and-a-half inch diameter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.99,0:01:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the two-by-fours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.02,0:01:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Triple Island" is on Pier 42.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.42,0:01:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's right on the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.66,0:01:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the East River.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.22,0:01:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of a place between nature and the city
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.99,0:01:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was flooded during Hurricane Sandy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.72,0:01:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Triple Island" is a three-part piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.32,0:01:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three islands that are about sixteen feet in diameter,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.39,0:01:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have 55-gallon drums underneath them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.72,0:01:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are secured,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.82,0:01:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, if need be, these structures could float.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.28,0:01:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that the future that we're heading towards is...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.56,0:01:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks very grim to me--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.16,0:01:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more environmentally extreme,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.45,0:01:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more politically extreme,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.79,0:01:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more economically stratified.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.59,0:02:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Triple Island"--it is a kind of proposal for
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.11,0:02:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different way of working and living.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.75,0:02:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's thinking about,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.83,0:02:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do I really need?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.48,0:02:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, "What is my life like without some of the things that I want?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.22,0:02:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're building up these three structures.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.12,0:02:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be a living...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.09,0:02:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a greenhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.16,0:02:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kind of an extension of gardens,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.42,0:02:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an area that we'll cook in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.55,0:02:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.35,0:02:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you guys are going to be the first...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.11,0:02:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard that you're going to be living in here too,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.39,0:02:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.52,0:02:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been allowed to build here for a month, so far.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.11,0:02:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is almost a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.03,0:02:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work that I've been doing for a while now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.45,0:02:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of inventing this entire world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.36,0:02:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had to do with this future that was really perverse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.32,0:02:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also the only alternative.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.96,0:02:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work started with smaller wearable structures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.62,0:03:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like cocoons that could cover you at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.45,0:03:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could use as clothing during the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.49,0:03:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also could house water and some power.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.96,0:03:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That dystopic future--it was very sad to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.50,0:03:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, breaking out of that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.90,0:03:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was necessary at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.55,0:03:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really started to just think about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.31,0:03:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own life and how--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.36,0:03:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of this future that I was inventing--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.75,0:03:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all had to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.28,0:03:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That translated into the "Flock House Project"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.72,0:03:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where three of these spherical houses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.10,0:03:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moved--or were choreographed--throughout the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.34,0:03:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When "Flock House" was in different parks in the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.66,0:03:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could actually inhabit them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.72,0:03:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we could stay in them overnight.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.65,0:04:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to really reflect the necessary migration
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.49,0:04:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had to do with environmental,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.62,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic, and political needs to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.50,0:04:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[September]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.29,0:04:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.69,0:04:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want "Triple Island" to be sculptural.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.42,0:04:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.88,0:04:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really needs people to exist in the space
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.42,0:04:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.36,0:04:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pushed in a further direction--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.29,0:04:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like closer to my personal goals with life and art--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.96,0:04:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's someone here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.62,0:04:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that means communally sharing resources--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.96,0:04:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's food, water, and power--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.05,0:04:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how can that be done in a very minimal way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.86,0:05:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of an ambulance siren in the distance]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.49,0:05:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ivan Gilbert -- Volunteer]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.24,0:05:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GILBERT] This is my solar power plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.19,0:05:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are my battery arrays.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.36,0:05:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two arrays of car batteries
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.59,0:05:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that store all my solar power,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.34,0:05:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I collect from the collectors on top of the greenhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.65,0:05:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a refrigerator here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.52,0:05:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A pot-in-pot refrigerator.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.15,0:05:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It keeps things relatively fresh.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.94,0:05:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also my home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.72,0:05:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been here since the beginning of August.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.96,0:05:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little over a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.64,0:05:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot chillier now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.10,0:05:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WOMAN, OFF CAMERA] You're planning on staying for how long?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.02,0:05:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GILBERT] Through the end of the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.39,0:05:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more November-ish...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.28,0:05:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,December-ish.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.62,0:06:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's really important to...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.68,0:06:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, people were like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.56,0:06:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, it's going to get so cold."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.88,0:06:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know, it's going to be really important
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.76,0:06:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience that part of the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.82,0:06:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[November]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.68,0:06:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Mary is really apocalyptic,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.56,0:06:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imagines a world in which
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.48,0:06:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have a supply chain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.39,0:06:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which you can get your needs...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.99,0:06:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so she's inventing things in which
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.95,0:06:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still live in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.99,0:06:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like an urban habitat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.86,0:06:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am interested in gaining
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.19,0:06:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few more degrees of relative freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.36,0:06:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from giant, like, inhuman institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.79,0:06:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MATTINGLY] Obviously, we're at a very unbalanced time right now
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.76,0:07:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as who has power
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.12,0:07:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who has control--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.35,0:07:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.11,0:07:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who doesn't have access
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.37,0:07:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who does.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.08,0:07:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, the thing that I am optimistic about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.14,0:07:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how people, I think, can work together
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.29,0:07:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a more grassroots and undercurrent way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.45,0:07:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really make something that's a different world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.58,0:07:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to get to a future
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.68,0:07:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're actually living in this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.19,0:07:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in real space and time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.85,0:07:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the sculpture is just more of a symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.22,0:07:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this idea.