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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.60,0:00:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[TATTOO NEEDLE BUZZING]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.54,0:00:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My experience being tattooed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.70,0:00:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost like a rite of passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.48,0:00:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times I'll feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.89,0:00:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going through a change\Nor a transformation in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.27,0:00:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I need there to be\Nsomething that symbolizes that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.38,0:00:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being a fine artist,\NI always wanted to do tattoos.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.64,0:00:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting an image\Netched into your skin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.66,0:00:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it looks like when\Nthe needle penetrates through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.38,0:00:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot of submission and dominance\Nthat you have to be really mindful of;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.39,0:00:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially because I'm working\Non people of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.82,0:01:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really violent act,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.34,0:01:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have to perform that\Nwith a lot of care.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.74,0:01:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Doreen Garner's Invisible Man Tattoo]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.26,0:01:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Brooklyn Navy Yard]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.88,0:01:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[February 2018]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.98,0:01:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--So if you could read\Nand initial in the boxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.68,0:01:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--On the third sheet,\Nthere's an after care sheet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.05,0:01:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--I don't know if you need it.\NIf you want it, it's fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.26,0:01:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--And then the last sheet is the design,\Nbut printed in different sizes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.13,0:01:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--so let me know which one you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.20,0:01:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--You can have a seat and chill out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.26,0:01:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Doreen is running a pop-up tattoo shop at\Nthe Recess art space]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.72,0:01:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all of the images of American\Ntraditional tattoos all over the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.36,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's always a void.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no Black presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.04,0:01:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no imagery even acknowledging\NBlackness as a contribution to American life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.16,0:02:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to provide a place\Nfor people to feel comfortable,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.74,0:02:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only as far as the environment--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.56,0:02:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's working here?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.87,0:02:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's operating in this space?--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.49,0:02:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also finding themselves in the\Nimagery on the walls
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.59,0:02:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make them feel like\Nthis is a place for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.82,0:02:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[TATTOO NEEDLE BUZZING]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.04,0:02:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DAVID JOSEPH] This really hurts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.16,0:02:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] It does?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.78,0:02:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOSEPH] Um, no I think the talking helps.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.24,0:02:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] Oh, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.26,0:02:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOSEPH] But I am dying on the inside, though...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.78,0:02:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.46,0:02:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOSEPH] ...like, a slow death.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.36,0:02:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOSEPH] I remember being\Nin a hotel room in South Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.32,0:02:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching this Black Panther documentary,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.74,0:02:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was instantly inspired by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.82,0:02:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started reading up more on\Nthe Black Panthers and what they were about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.92,0:02:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just hate the timing of me\Ngetting this now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.20,0:02:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.28,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BOTH LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.01,0:02:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] It reeks of cornball.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.45,0:02:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOSEPH] Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.60,0:02:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, really?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.52,0:02:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might as well just tattoo\N"Wakanda" on my forehead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.00,0:03:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had someone tell me,\N"Color won't look that good on you."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.28,0:03:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BOTH LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.02,0:03:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] It's a crime to tell Black people\Nthey can't have color.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.88,0:03:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JOSEPH] It is a crime!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.12,0:03:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should never say that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.50,0:03:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't hear it just one time,\NI heard it a couple times.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.64,0:03:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it discouraged me from even\Ngetting something like that;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.08,0:03:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, alright, maybe I won't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.44,0:03:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] I do feel like tattooing\Nprovides a nice break for me--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.58,0:03:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I am still being creative,\Nit's just on a different canvas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.79,0:03:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that canvas has everything to do\Nwith the rest of my work conceptually.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.28,0:03:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I end up learning a lot about the body,\Njust through the process of tattooing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.88,0:03:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's higher stakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.22,0:03:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people are\Nway more forgiving of fine art.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.10,0:03:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have really horrible paintings--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.52,0:04:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like really, really, really bad craftsmanship--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.90,0:04:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is still regarded as a work of art.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.69,0:04:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where, if you have a tattoo\Nwhere the lines are all shaky,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.54,0:04:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's colored outside the lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.13,0:04:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, "That dude fucked that up."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.23,0:04:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You should get your money back."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.06,0:04:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait, you said that's from "The Color Purple"?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.62,0:04:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SONYA SPANN] It's the closing\Nscene of the movie where,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.70,0:04:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ms. Celie,\Nwho is played by Whoopi Goldberg,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.46,0:04:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she goes into this dialogue\Nwhere she's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.52,0:04:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I might be poor. I might be Black."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.90,0:04:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I might even be ugly."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.84,0:04:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But dear God, I'm here."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.36,0:04:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm here."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.86,0:04:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work in technology
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.03,0:04:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tend to be someone who\Nmost people don't anticipate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.36,0:04:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,belongs in the room,\Nor should be in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.57,0:04:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, having these words is like\Na reminder that I am here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.46,0:05:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I am supposed to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.33,0:05:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm meant to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.56,0:05:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also represents\Na rebelliousness that I think I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.18,0:05:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not "I think I have" but "I have."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.32,0:05:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MAN, OFF-SCREEN] You're a rebel?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.86,0:05:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] She's getting a tattoo.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.84,0:05:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[BOTH LAUGH]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SPANN] Two!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.60,0:05:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] We're going to do a\NBlack Panther party
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.34,0:05:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the release of the\N"Black Panther" film.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.06,0:05:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, since I saw the trailer,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.69,0:05:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had it in my mind that I wanted to\Ngo into the film "squad-deep,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.19,0:05:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant I need a slew of other\NBlack people to come with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.82,0:05:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FRIEND #1] Do you think you ever see\NWhite kids dressing up as Black Panther?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.76,0:05:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[FRIEND #2] No.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.94,0:05:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's weird, because it becomes\Na Black people thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.50,0:05:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, there's this expectation for us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.96,0:06:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just absorb and digest\Nsuperhero movies like nothing--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.62,0:06:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Spiderman, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.52,0:06:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[GARNER] I feel like Black people have\Nalways known that Black people are amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.75,0:06:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we need to stop bullshitting around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.29,0:06:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to really let\Npeople know who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.09,0:06:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like they did in the film.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.10,0:06:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as myself, there were some things\Nwhere I would hold back--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.18,0:06:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about fear and not being accepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.26,0:06:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up sculpting this place thinking about\Nwhat would make me feel comfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.44,0:06:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of my work talks about pain\Nthat was inflicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.83,0:06:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then in this instance, I'm using pain,\Nbut as a method of healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.22,0:06:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like that's what goes on\Nwhen you get a tattoo,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.13,0:06:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're initiating your own healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.06,0:06:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because these images are so\Ncelebratory of Black excellence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.05,0:06:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Black history,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.58,0:07:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kind of initiating\Na healing for Black people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.30,0:07:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[SPANN] I just imagine myself\Nbeing an old woman
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.60,0:07:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.44,0:07:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking down at this, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.14,0:07:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I am here."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.43,0:07:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am present."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.43,0:07:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am still here."