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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.07,0:00:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds chirping)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.55,0:00:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(water flowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.61,0:00:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Place is important in my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.51,0:00:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming from a place that is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.04,0:00:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,determined in other people's imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.31,0:00:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm interested in the idea of opacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.47,0:00:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(street traffic rumbling softly)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.28,0:00:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A right to remain opaque,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.10,0:00:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.18,0:00:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even things that you may not\Nunderstand about yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.11,0:00:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being at peace with that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.88,0:00:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not having to explain\Nyourself to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.31,0:00:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the way it manifests in my work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is through all these layers\Nthat I'm playing with.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.99,0:01:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Particularly as it relates\Nto the idea of camouflage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.07,0:01:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I think it's some type\Nof opacity in a visual way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.25,0:01:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(waves lapping)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.45,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Camouflage is this survival\Nstrategy in the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.60,0:01:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we navigate society,\Nthis idea of blending in or
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.12,0:01:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being visible,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.99,0:01:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having control of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.70,0:01:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think is a tool for\Nliberation, in a way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.75,0:01:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(sirens wailing)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.27,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat Reggaeton music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.04,0:01:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Joiri Minaya.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.39,0:01:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a multidisciplinary visual artist
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.21,0:01:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based in New York from\Nthe Dominican Republic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.12,0:01:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else do I say?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.47,0:01:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My pronouns are she/her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.78,0:01:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been interested in patterns\Nas a metaphor for society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.71,0:01:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How people repeat and\Nembody these patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.61,0:02:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Siboney is about labor
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.40,0:02:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unpacking the laboriousness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.15,0:02:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the facade of tropical packaging,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.35,0:02:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking of women's\Nrole in this packaging.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.50,0:02:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.34,0:02:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an interesting process
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.19,0:02:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happens when you see an image
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.78,0:02:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't necessarily\Nhave language for immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.75,0:02:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ♪ ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.46,0:02:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm interested in how an image
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.23,0:02:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the power to transmit\Na lot in a very short time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.36,0:02:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then how you can spend a\Nlonger time with that image
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.57,0:03:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unpack all of these other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.72,0:03:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Container series\Ndeveloped from the collages
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.71,0:03:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I did initially for
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.39,0:03:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dominican Women Google Search series.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.70,0:03:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started saving the images
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.65,0:03:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found on the Google search
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.45,0:03:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and classifying them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.10,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way they were posing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I thought there were some patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.35,0:03:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe I'm just fixated on patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.88,0:03:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I thought there were some patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.46,0:03:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way that women\Npose for the cameras.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.95,0:03:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like there was a lot of like arms akimbo
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.05,0:03:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like a lot of like obelisk-esque poses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.56,0:03:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of women lying on the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.51,0:03:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started recognizing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.91,0:03:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how some of those are\Nthings that I did myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.27,0:03:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(people chatting)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.90,0:03:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I started sewing body suits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.56,0:03:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that forced me to embody these poses,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.65,0:04:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an exploration for myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.87,0:04:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to question this\Ntype of performativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.27,0:04:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you initially\Nrecognize it very quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.33,0:04:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then there's the weirdness
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.01,0:04:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this person being fully encased.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.27,0:04:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat drumming)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.63,0:04:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(car horns honking)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.28,0:04:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in the city of Santo Domingo
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.16,0:04:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is full of concrete
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.72,0:04:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and notoriously lacking public parks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.21,0:04:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really appreciate nature\Nwhen I can access it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.12,0:04:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, I'm aware of my possible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.65,0:04:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probable romanticization of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.39,0:04:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I go back to the region\Nwhere my family's from
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.51,0:04:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really excited about this nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.85,0:04:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then my mom is like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.22,0:04:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, growing up we were really\Nconcerned about parasites
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.98,0:04:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like the heat is really awful,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.77,0:04:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be raped in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.69,0:04:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, like there's all of this\Nfears and dangers of nature
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.17,0:04:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are very real.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.88,0:05:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(waves lapping)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.82,0:05:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(ground crunching under feet)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.10,0:05:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Site specificity and the\Nhistory that a place has
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.54,0:05:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been important,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.86,0:05:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically with the works\Nwhere I'm making new patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.30,0:05:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in response to the patterns\Nthat I have been appropriating.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.21,0:05:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been designing\Npatterns that look tropical
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.53,0:05:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are playing with the visual language
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.81,0:05:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of botanical illustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, looking at plants that were used
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.77,0:05:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people who resisted colonial processes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.22,0:05:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the use of these plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.47,0:05:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some plants have been\Nused to make weapons,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.86,0:05:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes have been used to make poisons,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.81,0:05:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes these plants are used\Nto speak to your ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.25,0:05:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm interested in all\Nof these different systems
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.37,0:05:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of resistance through these plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.98,0:05:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main way that I've showcased this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.91,0:06:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is printing them on fabric
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.53,0:06:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is then used to\Ncover colonizer statues.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.61,0:06:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking of a way to\Nre-signify that public space
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.71,0:06:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is used to commemorate\Ncolonial history,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.86,0:06:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead trying to\Ncommemorate the people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.13,0:06:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who resisted colonialism\Nwho don't have a statue.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.04,0:06:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just thinking of public space
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.63,0:06:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as this space that's\Nsupposed to be democratic,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.27,0:06:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.95,0:06:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's like forces that\Ndetermine what is more significant
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.88,0:06:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is left out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.83,0:06:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to tell the\Nstories that remain untold.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.99,0:06:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(upbeat percussive music)