[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.07,0:00:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(wind blowing) Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.84,0:00:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds tweeting) Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.51,0:00:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Adam Milner, artist] Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.37,0:00:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft ambient music) Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think people would think of me\Nas a collector. Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.23,0:00:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music continues) Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.47,0:00:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel more like I'm just a magnet Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.96,0:00:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and objects are just\Nflying at me all the time Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.13,0:00:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I have to\Nthen deal with them. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient music continues) Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.39,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Adam Milner Takes Care of the Details] Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.35,0:01:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My artworks are always\Nintermingling with personal stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.28,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I turned to tidying philosophies\Nor home decor TV shows. Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.18,0:01:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of these philosophies are\Nabout getting rid of things, Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.74,0:01:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm really interested in\Nthis idea of vibrant matter Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.58,0:01:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this idea that everything is active-- Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.12,0:01:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how when we're done with something, Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.10,0:01:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it still exists in the world. Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.26,0:01:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately I think of trash,\Nand I love trash. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.24,0:01:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat synth music) Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.33,0:01:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will just walk around the\Nneighborhood and look at trash. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.71,0:01:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat synth music continues) Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.48,0:02:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A spilled bag of Cheetos on the sidewalk Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.63,0:02:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a stunning composition Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.86,0:02:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have to take a photo of. Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.73,0:02:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(camera clicking) Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.83,0:02:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I come home and I start to use Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.36,0:02:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I learned from\Nthose Cheetos in the work. Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.25,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find their accidental compositions\Nto be really exciting. Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.34,0:02:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(clanging) Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.18,0:02:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like the flattening\Nthat happens in thrift stores Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there's functional things\Nnext to artworks Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next to things\Nthat seem worthless. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.38,0:03:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(glass tinkling) Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.69,0:03:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get a lot of ideas\Nand a lot of materials Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.57,0:03:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of objects from\Nthe people in my life. Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.23,0:03:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my friend Jen from high school Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.45,0:03:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanted me to cut off all\Nher hair and keep it, Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.13,0:03:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt like a weird trophy. Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.46,0:03:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I've lived with that\Nhair and protected it Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.01,0:03:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cared for it for longer\Nthan it was on her head. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.21,0:03:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So is it my hair now? Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.37,0:03:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even as I approach something out of hair Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.66,0:03:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or closeness with a person, Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.18,0:03:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's also kind of a\Ndomination or a control. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.63,0:03:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always going to be Jen's hair, Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.39,0:03:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's now also been\Nin the Warhol museum. Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.70,0:03:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(piano synth music) Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.57,0:04:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm realizing that arranging Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.75,0:04:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of my primary discipline. Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.04,0:04:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made this sculpture Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.88,0:04:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these little things I had collected, Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.04,0:04:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I carved these stones Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.94,0:04:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would find to hold them. Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.60,0:04:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think some of the items\Nare safer in the stones Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.16,0:04:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they were before. Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.71,0:04:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ethereal synth music) Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.01,0:04:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It needs just a little\Nbit of yellow, actually. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.19,0:04:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(water running) Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.38,0:05:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(water dripping) Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.21,0:05:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exhibition I'm working on right now Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.05,0:05:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is with a museum called Black Cube. Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.20,0:05:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ethereal synth music) Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.27,0:05:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're showing thirteen sculptures\Nat a thrift store, a bodega, Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.27,0:05:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one sculpture is in my friend's car. Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.18,0:05:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This exhibition is about\Nletting these objects Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.15,0:05:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have these temporary contexts\Nthat change how you read them Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.64,0:05:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe help you access them, Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.78,0:05:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that aren't just this\Nwhite cube environment. Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.12,0:05:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(quiet violin music) Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.94,0:06:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes at an art museum, Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.68,0:06:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the brackets that are hand\Npainted to look like marble, Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.89,0:06:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those hand-painted brackets\Nare more exciting to me Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.56,0:06:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even than the bust. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.61,0:06:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're trying to disappear, Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.31,0:06:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then they become even more conspicuous Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.44,0:06:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this careful labor. Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.02,0:06:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ambient violin music) Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.04,0:06:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A museum has its own rules\Nof organization and display Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.29,0:06:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the store or\Nthe archive or the hoard. Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.04,0:06:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm interested in teasing out\Nthe similarities among them, Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.65,0:06:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disrupting that hierarchy a little bit. Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.37,0:07:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(drill running) Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.64,0:07:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a really fraught\Nrelationship with my things, Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.01,0:07:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realize that I'm,\Nbasically, defending the hoarder. Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.70,0:07:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With hoarding, you do\Nblur with your stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.77,0:07:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body becomes part of the hoard. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.99,0:07:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ethereal synth music) Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.57,0:07:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everything is porous, Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.22,0:07:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything is always\Nabsorbing the thing next to it. Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.88,0:07:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ethereal music continues) Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.60,0:07:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's confusing\Nwhere things begin and end, Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.86,0:07:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a lot harder to divide and segment. Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.52,0:08:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always trying to resist\Nthe clean category. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.05,0:08:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like when things are\Nmessier and blurrier. Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.85,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ethereal music continues) Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.74,0:08:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(soft guitar music)