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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.50,0:00:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAYA LIN: DISAPPEARING BODIES OF WATER]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.28,0:00:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to become a field zoologist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.98,0:00:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I took a sidetrack into art and architecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.41,0:00:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was brought up in the 60s--child of the 60s--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.06,0:00:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, whether I was petitioning to boycott Japan for the whaling industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.95,0:00:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or petitioning to ban steel traps,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.15,0:00:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was out in the parking lot in Athens, Ohio,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.08,0:00:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of being a bit of an activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.54,0:00:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The discussion was out of how much damage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were doing as a species to the rest of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.55,0:00:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really personal, and I love the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.44,0:00:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the world around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.22,0:00:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Red Sea" (2006)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.91,0:01:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a previous show, I had done these bodies of water--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.71,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Caspian, the Red Sea, and the Black Sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.94,0:01:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm going to be cutting into stone, this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.46,0:01:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these disappearing bodies of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.92,0:01:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we've got today of the Arctic Ice Shelf
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus what it was like in 1980.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.63,0:01:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Lake Chad which, again,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.54,0:01:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that's left of Lake Chad is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.28,0:01:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so at this point, we start with drawings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.40,0:01:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we end up putting it into the computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it will all be cut in stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.60,0:01:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sort of in between mechanized and then hand worn--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.11,0:01:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or worn out--so it gets to be a little bit softer on the edges.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.48,0:01:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the smaller-scale works because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.17,0:01:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can make them here with my team.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.56,0:02:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're both artists and architects working for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.60,0:02:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the architectural assistants, they're the only ones
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.91,0:02:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can take this data from the map makers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.74,0:02:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convert it, and then send it to the printers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.79,0:02:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Nick Croft, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.19,0:02:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you just walk them through some of the analysis
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.59,0:02:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and studies that have to go on?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.17,0:02:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Nick Croft, Studio Assistant]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.03,0:02:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CROFT] Well, a lot of it is finding data of geographical places
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.28,0:02:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or locations in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.62,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a lot of the time, we'll look to the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.26,0:02:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll take it all and we'll try to make a three-dimensional surface
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.79,0:02:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the computer program
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.35,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then make mock ups at various scales,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.84,0:02:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do different studies of the terrain and its surface quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.85,0:02:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LIN] Because so much of what I do ends up being
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.45,0:02:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the computer to analyze the data and information.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.03,0:02:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing I'm always wary of is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.90,0:02:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, what's the difference between whether it's in an art museum
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.74,0:03:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus a science museum?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.37,0:03:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where it's tricky.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.80,0:03:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not really a representation--it is its own thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.50,0:03:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm as much interested in the form making that I'm doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.53,0:03:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as getting you to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.33,0:03:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're doing to the world around us.