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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.38,0:00:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ethereal music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.87,0:00:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Can I sit here?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.42,0:01:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nice day, no?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.83,0:01:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.51,0:01:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want one?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.78,0:01:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.18,0:01:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think if you tell your\Nparents, I want to be a clown,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.88,0:01:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is that quality of, oh no.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.34,0:01:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it possible that's also\Nthe case with an artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.77,0:01:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, oh no, don't go that direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.58,0:01:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is this risk of if your\Nwork is funny or humorous,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.61,0:01:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people don't take it seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.13,0:01:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.31,0:01:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forget about a serious artist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.54,0:01:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't even think you're an artist ,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.56,0:01:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they think you're a clown, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.80,0:01:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)\N(cardboard thuds)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that's the kind of fear that I,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.72,0:02:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point I recognized
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.89,0:02:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe it was stopping\Nme from what I wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.68,0:02:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was like, what will\Nhappen if I'm also the clown?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.59,0:02:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an artist, you can't escape
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.45,0:02:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not pointing the camera\Nor the finger at yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.01,0:02:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I try to exaggerate that aspect,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.54,0:02:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so then I will be allowed\Nto also exaggerate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.34,0:02:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything else about the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.68,0:02:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.85,0:02:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By doing that, I hope it'll allow the work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.49,0:02:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be seen as not myself,\Nbut what's surrounding me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.94,0:02:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spectators of this circus.\N(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.16,0:03:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that tension of who\Ngets to tell more truths,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.40,0:03:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it a clown in a circus\Nwho can criticize a society
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.39,0:03:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a serious artist, let's\Nsay, or a serious politician?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.35,0:03:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.06,0:03:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you come to my studio,\Nthere are very distinct,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.41,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different works existing\Nnext to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.77,0:03:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing about the realistic painting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it takes a longer time,\Nit's more labor intensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.52,0:03:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in contradiction to this very quick
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.14,0:03:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stage of the cartoonish work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.76,0:04:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are living on two different stages,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.68,0:04:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely slow, extremely fast,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.42,0:04:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely detailed, extremely un-detailed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.14,0:04:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely skilled, and very\Nde-skilled version of them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.77,0:04:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the cartoonish form.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.15,0:04:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That kind of analogy has found\Nits way all over my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.26,0:04:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is always this sense of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.22,0:04:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two things contradicting each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.69,0:04:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is two energy, there is a clash
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.28,0:04:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of two totally different things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.43,0:04:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resisting against each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.63,0:04:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how the affect of\Nwhat I'm producing is made.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.66,0:04:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It kind of tries to resist to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.94,0:04:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe desire from the\Nsociety to see you as one,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.13,0:04:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to frame you as one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.34,0:04:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to be that.\N(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.93,0:05:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2008, I was living in Iran,\Nmy path was on another route.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.99,0:05:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(spray gun hissing)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.24,0:05:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was growing up in Tehran,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.53,0:05:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the educational\Nsystem I had gone through,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.56,0:05:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are limitations, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.79,0:05:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can you be, what\Ncan you do, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.10,0:05:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost like just be happy\Nwith what you are given.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.86,0:05:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was supposed to be an aerospace engineer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.66,0:05:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember I fell in love with cinema
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.88,0:05:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with filmmaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.59,0:05:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Iranian filmmakers\Nthat I would think about,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.68,0:05:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had imagined, like, how\Nthe directors are writing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.56,0:05:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coming up with the stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.78,0:05:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling the stories of us back to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.66,0:05:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.66,0:06:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized, oh my god,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.07,0:06:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a world even\Nmore free than filmmaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.23,0:06:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the visual art.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.69,0:06:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew at that point
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.74,0:06:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm going to be a visual artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.07,0:06:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.26,0:06:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.20,0:06:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lemme just do it for you.\N(lighter flicking)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.57,0:06:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I like to imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.44,0:06:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that everything I make in\Nthe studio, it comes to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.73,0:06:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives like that soul to it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.31,0:06:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's on display to the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.98,0:06:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, this is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.01,0:06:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, this is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.16,0:06:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's bad for your health too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.79,0:06:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.87,0:07:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Breakers is one of the\Ngrandest mansions of Newport.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.87,0:07:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been turned to a museum
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.48,0:07:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the first time\Na contemporary exhibition
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.94,0:07:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being set up inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.57,0:07:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.17,0:07:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pick the head, I will\Nask you to hold it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.96,0:07:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any one of you guys\Nthat they are there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.18,0:07:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will hold it, I will have my hammer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.73,0:07:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- So once he puts
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.56,0:07:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes.\N- the pieces down,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.95,0:07:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we go out and get the food.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.12,0:07:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Exactly.\N- Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.71,0:07:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The people you have been serving,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.73,0:07:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just come between them and\Nyou will use your flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.24,0:07:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's totally fine to suddenly sit down
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.80,0:07:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look under the table
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.48,0:07:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or look at the elephant.\N- Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.77,0:07:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're looking for something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.60,0:07:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yeah, searching for something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.55,0:07:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.86,0:07:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of my performance
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.82,0:07:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have this sense of like a dream scenario.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.37,0:07:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things being tiny bit funny,\Nand things being tiny bit sad
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.28,0:07:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or out of place.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.73,0:08:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to laugh at it\Nand you might feel bad
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.23,0:08:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by laughing at the artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.06,0:08:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that confusion\Nof, hey, what's going on?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.90,0:08:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forcing everyone present in the room
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.67,0:08:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take on a role of performing\Nas part of the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.42,0:08:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dinner is something always\Nhappens at the exhibitions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.40,0:08:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after opening, and I\Nwanted that dinner actually
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.58,0:08:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the center part of the exhibition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.17,0:08:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have made a ceramic head shape
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.72,0:08:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every guest with their face on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.50,0:08:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn their heads into\Nplate and bowl for the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.83,0:08:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna break the guests' heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.66,0:08:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's time that we give it up ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.52,0:08:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(hammer clanging)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.77,0:09:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It just feels like wind ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.48,0:09:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It'll put all of them to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.83,0:09:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe they weren't expecting
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.30,0:09:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be doing, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.62,0:09:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(people chattering)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.38,0:09:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Hadi] As much as a critique of society,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.44,0:09:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the critique of the art world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.91,0:09:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a critique of the\Nartist, meaning myself too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.68,0:09:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always also the butt\Nof the joke, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.82,0:09:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft music)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.79,0:10:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're in public,\Nyou are taking chances
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.24,0:10:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people acting or responding
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.24,0:10:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that you had not imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.81,0:10:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Can I be in the movie?\N- Sure, you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.49,0:10:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looks like him, no?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.59,0:10:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you wanna have this one?\N- Mm-hmm.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.52,0:10:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.11,0:10:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Hadi] Bye.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.62,0:10:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It kind of frees you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.87,0:10:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing chance to play a role.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.26,0:10:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It allows for that de-skilled-ness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.12,0:10:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for that imperfection to reappear again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.16,0:10:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bright music)