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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.62,0:00:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[strumming music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.54,0:00:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Speaking Spanish]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.58,0:00:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Plays "A" note]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] I believe that anything can \Nbecome material for art.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.92,0:00:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the freest environments\Nbecause you're requested to reinvent the rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.78,0:00:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Chimes]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.94,0:01:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Let's try with revolvers, but it would \Nbe better with pistols.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.76,0:01:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Si. Si.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.68,0:01:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the many workshops that I've been \Ndoing where we turn weapons into instruments.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.68,0:01:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Speaking Spanish]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.13,0:01:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[welding]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.33,0:01:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The notion of sculpture is \Nhaving the understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.59,0:01:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can take that material and give it shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.92,0:01:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that was designed to kill, \Nhow will it produce sounds for music?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.98,0:01:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Chiming]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.68,0:01:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often find myself knocking at the \Ndoors of different government agencies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.72,0:01:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to persuade them to embrace this initiative \Nas something that could happen on a national scale
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.32,0:01:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we need to get rid of all the weapons that \Nare entering our territory from the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.72,0:02:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doing these workshops is an attempt to \Ntransform not only the material metal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.96,0:02:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to try to create a \Npsychological transformation and,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.32,0:02:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully, a social transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.08,0:02:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Percussion music]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.100,0:02:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Electric guitar]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.55,0:02:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music continues]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.28,0:02:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Mexico City, \Nand I have always lived here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.25,0:02:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have any plans to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.47,0:02:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.24,0:03:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I studied architecture, although I \Nhad always wanted to be an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.62,0:03:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After architecture school, I wanted to have \Na kind of a space for doing experiments,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.80,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I opened an artist-run space \Ncalled Torre de los Vientos.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.58,0:03:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a hollow tower made in 1968,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.24,0:03:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew this space was abandoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.28,0:03:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I squatted in, and I started to use it as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.68,0:03:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a studio and then invite other \Nartists to do projects there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.74,0:03:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when I started that, I was 23 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.68,0:03:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't have a kind of artistic dedication,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.88,0:03:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I learned through curating what \Nwas the trade of being an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.100,0:03:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Rain falling]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.80,0:04:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider myself a sculptor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.63,0:04:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an artist, I'm very interested with how things \Nare built and how you can walk around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.16,0:04:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also am very concerned with form and materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.29,0:04:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's interesting because in architecture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.38,0:04:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you learn to solve problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.26,0:04:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I think that that stick\Nwith me, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.20,0:04:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the issue of having to solve problems
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.68,0:04:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a degree that often, it's hard for me to think\Njust art for art's sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.04,0:04:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— And then here we could have other \Nsheet metal pieces
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.02,0:04:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when it moves back and forth, you hear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.40,0:04:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Ping ping ping ping ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.48,0:05:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Artists change the perception of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.76,0:05:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So something that is considered disgusting,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.54,0:05:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as an insect, you could turn that into a \Nsource for protein and make food out of insects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.80,0:05:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the crickets.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.05,0:05:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, you see
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.38,0:05:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mm mm, mm
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.01,0:05:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have their little legs \Nand stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.79,0:05:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mm mm. They're very yummy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.76,0:05:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making a hamburger which, instead of meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.18,0:05:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you use crickets could have a\Ntremendous effect in the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.73,0:05:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our reliance of meat as a source for \Nprotein is driving the planet to extinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.36,0:05:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was an idea that my son gave to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.46,0:05:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.40,0:06:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— They're cricket hamburgers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.78,0:06:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Whoa!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.50,0:06:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— This is an experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.40,0:06:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Really?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.60,0:06:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Let's see if it's successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.99,0:06:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— They're so big, the issue is to grab them because...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.13,0:06:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— No, but the size is good, it's actually very good.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.90,0:06:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] Other people may copy the idea, so you \Nhope that, in a way, you spark a trend.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.55,0:06:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[violin music]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.09,0:06:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Camarada, I have a new\Nidea for a manifesto.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.67,0:06:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Good, good, friend. What idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.97,0:06:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— All that is solid melts into\Nair.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.58,0:06:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hwahhh...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.01,0:06:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— I don't know if that could\Nhappen.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.66,0:06:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] When I became a parent, I started to \Nsee how my kids were feeding their mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.32,0:07:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I decided to do this puppet show where I could \Npresent the political debate between, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.88,0:07:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalism and socialism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.86,0:07:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Marx on one side or Adam Smith on the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.44,0:07:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Smith Puppet] And I have no cookie,\Nand, therefore,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.59,0:07:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should give me your\Ncookie.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.74,0:07:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] OK. Well, you're gonna fight\Nover who eats the cookie
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.77,0:07:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but using these kind of, uh,\Nideological ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.79,0:07:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Marx Puppet] Well, according to you,\Nthe capitalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.82,0:07:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should have bought a\Ncookie
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.60,0:07:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you would have ownership of\Nthe cookie,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.51,0:07:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you would have the\Nright to eat all of the cookie.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.18,0:07:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Smith Puppet] OK. Just give me the cookie.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.37,0:07:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Marx Puppet] You can't have my cookie.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.00,0:07:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Smith Puppet] Give me the cookie.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.56,0:07:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.00,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] Mythology, mathematics, neurology, \Npacifism, poetry, psychology.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.74,0:08:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's social sciences, feminism, \Nsocial justice, Latin America.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.17,0:08:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, like, I think that my\Nlibrary is like my brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.82,0:08:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In any moment, one section of the library \Nbecomes the raw material for a new series.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.78,0:08:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, every year, I need to \Nmove to a different planet...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.66,0:08:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One big, new field of research that I start.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.40,0:08:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It becomes an entire system of reading materials \Nand sculptures that will be made and a show.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.19,0:09:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[strumming music]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.13,0:09:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.72,0:09:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes]The People's United Nations, or pUN,\Nis an idea that I had since I was a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.25,0:09:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— I did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.38,0:09:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] There's a comic strip made in \Nthe Sixties called "Mafalda."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.92,0:09:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's saying, "Yes. When I grow up, \NI'm gonna be an interpreter at the UN
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.12,0:09:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when one delegate tells another,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.98,0:09:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your country stinks," uh, I'm\Ngonna translate, ''Oh, your country's charming,'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.68,0:09:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, you know, 'I'm gonna avoid global war,'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.82,0:09:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she looks at the planet and says, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.10,0:09:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you have to promise you \Nwill last until I grow up."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.92,0:09:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.00,0:09:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— On the count of 3. 1, 2, 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.94,0:09:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] Role-play is something that \Nis very much present in pUN.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.63,0:10:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[indistinct conversation]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.66,0:10:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact of being in character and the character \Nbeing that you're the delegate of your country
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.52,0:10:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes this game very serious,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.18,0:10:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love serious games. \NI mean, I love serious fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.50,0:10:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— So I'm from Mexico City. \NI've been living in California for 4 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.88,0:10:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.21,0:10:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— I love my city. I love my\Ncountry...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.84,0:10:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.35,0:10:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— but it isn't like, people are\Nscared.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.56,0:10:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— "If you were the president or head of state of China,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.60,0:10:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what change would you\Nimplement?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.83,0:10:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— In the past two years,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.63,0:10:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two members of my family have\Nbeen killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.100,0:10:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Remove the nationalistic\Ncomponent of a school curriculum.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.67,0:10:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— We need to rise as citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.96,0:10:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to not just complain.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.18,0:10:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Super fun talking to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.16,0:10:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— So fun talking to you, too. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.53,0:10:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] That is why art is useful,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.08,0:10:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can have this\Nrehearsal space
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.13,0:11:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can play.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.59,0:11:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter and conversation]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.45,0:11:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] This workshop is called\N"pUN Times."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.55,0:11:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of you say to the group\Nsomething about your country,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.46,0:11:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's, like, actually\Nsomething
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.15,0:11:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't like about your\Ncountry,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.97,0:11:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're gonna turn that\Nnegative thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.46,0:11:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a positive headline of\Nextremely optimist scenarios.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.62,0:11:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[People murmur]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.99,0:11:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— Hi. I'm the delegate from\NVenezuela,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.50,0:11:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I shared my concerns\Nabout violence and crime
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.22,0:11:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my country, the delegates\Nof Germany, Australia, Yemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.100,0:11:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Paraguay, um, helped me\Nthink of a solution,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.70,0:11:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so soon, the headline in the\Npapers in Venezuela will be,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.00,0:11:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mandatory Use of U-Turn\NBullets in All Guns in the\NCountry."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.25,0:11:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughter and applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.51,0:11:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pedro Reyes] I love my\Nlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.75,0:12:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.52,0:12:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's super fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.08,0:12:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like a kid, and everybody \Ngets to do what you wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.86,0:12:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, in terms of "Oh, I have this one idea. Let's make it." "Yes," and it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.41,0:12:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.72,0:12:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.72,0:12:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[soft electronic music]