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Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.09,0:00:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that I was making art
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.69,0:00:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I knew it was art,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.91,0:00:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like making homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.71,0:00:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just trying to find home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.98,0:00:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Florida is already a strange place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.86,0:00:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled with a lot of contradictions\Nand strata of chaos.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, there was a lot of intensity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.01,0:00:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my parents were just fully, fully overwhelmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.43,0:00:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it was out of this idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.63,0:00:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,escapism does end up being necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.36,0:01:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's interesting because I see so much of\Nthat in my work still today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.87,0:01:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same things keep coming up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.60,0:01:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Rachel Rossin's Digital Homes"]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.48,0:01:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started programming when I was around eight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.67,0:01:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was starting to use command line
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.22,0:01:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand that, if I typed "print," then\NI would print the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.37,0:01:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I was making ASCII art, which means arranging\Nletters in a format
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.37,0:01:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by just hitting the "enter" key a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.89,0:01:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just playing around.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.48,0:01:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then when Windows 95 came out, I started\Nopening up EXE packages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.49,0:01:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was seeing the backend.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.100,0:01:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was opening video games.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.78,0:01:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was opening the games that came loaded,\Nlike Solitaire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.46,0:01:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trying to figure out how to open that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.36,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then would have to try to repair it because\Nit was the family computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.04,0:01:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a lot of breaking things,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.58,0:01:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think is the best way to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.94,0:02:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Of course, nothing is working\Nnow that you're here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.82,0:02:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--I need to calibrate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.31,0:02:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My go-to tool for animation\Nis always motion capture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.57,0:02:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want to be able to see something\Nliving behind
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.86,0:02:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that's typically pretty sterile.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.01,0:02:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--This thing is fun because it's like...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.15,0:02:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--You're also just kind of working with the\Nway it breaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.21,0:02:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--So it's like I've rigged this man to live\Ninside my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.31,0:02:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--So the algorithm is trying to search for\Na humanoid figure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.85,0:02:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--using markerless motion capture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.43,0:02:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--And instead it has the only thing they can\Nlatch onto as limbs:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.60,0:02:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--my fingers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.29,0:02:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first started gaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.54,0:02:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started saving the assets, like the 3D models\Nthat I could find.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.94,0:02:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I built up a library from when\NI was quite young\N\N[Rachel gaming at age 15]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.40,0:02:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recovered a lot of the assets from those\Nhard drives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.46,0:02:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Skinsuits," 2019]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first avatar that I remember consciously\Nusing was a generic male avatar
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.76,0:03:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was trying to find a neutrality in\Nthe Internet that I was just navigating.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.50,0:03:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what led to "Man Mask."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.73,0:03:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just looking back and thinking about\Nwhen I was playing Call of Duty,\N\N["Man Mask," 2019]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.86,0:03:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took on this male avatar\Nto sort of live inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.59,0:03:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just like safety--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.17,0:03:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to find some sort of\Npoint of neutrality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.75,0:03:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this virtual avatar
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.31,0:03:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've more or less kept in the studio\Njust for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.43,0:03:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this harpy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.07,0:03:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is half human, half bird.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.64,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She, for me, represents how I feel very much\Nin two places at once.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.88,0:03:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She speaks to a reality that most people feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.77,0:04:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is so much of our emotional and cognitive\Nspace lived in virtual spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.90,0:04:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.41,0:04:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being tethered to a "mortal coil."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.44,0:04:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ROSSIN]\N--Have you grabbed this guy?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.95,0:04:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ASSISTANT]\N--Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.56,0:04:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ROSSIN] The installation is titled,\N"I'm my loving memory."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.18,0:04:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.96,0:04:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eight plexiglass pieces that I formed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.50,0:04:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an accompanying AR piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.83,0:04:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First they start as paintings--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.38,0:04:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital paintings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.86,0:04:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're sourced from 3D renderings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.79,0:04:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spaces that are fully virtual.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.11,0:04:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they're just printed out onto the plexiglass--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.54,0:04:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just UV printed out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.63,0:04:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that the UV works is it's embedded\Ninside the plexi,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.23,0:04:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I can heat it enough
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.30,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then mold it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.13,0:05:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They act so much as these hollow body\Nimprints of myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.69,0:05:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm physically using my body to form them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.68,0:05:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of them as...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.68,0:05:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as shields.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.06,0:05:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["I'm my loving memory", 2020–2021]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.90,0:05:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that the work is installed is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.70,0:05:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's important that it's shown with its shadow
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.74,0:05:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the AR piece blends with the shadows
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.09,0:05:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are made by the plexiglass.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.53,0:05:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you walk into the installation,\Nyou see the sculptures
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.98,0:05:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you see this window\Nthat's the AR piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.27,0:05:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you ask the AR piece to start,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.83,0:05:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this scene that unfolds\Nin front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.19,0:05:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For myself, it always comes back to\Nmy own embodiment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.93,0:06:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to anchor this very abstract,\Nloose space
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.96,0:06:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same dimension that I'm in.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.27,0:06:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very sweet how, in a lot of ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.06,0:06:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work doesn't change, it just...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.26,0:06:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.03,0:06:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart is still there in a lot of ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.38,0:06:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["everyone's connected"]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.71,0:06:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--It's okay.