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Mark Bradford: Paper | Art21 "Exclusive"

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    [Mark Bradford: Paper]
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    I always say, "Well,"
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    "What I need is not here."
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    "So I just have to make myself
    available to the universe."
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    So I start walking around,
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    looking for paper.
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    For the right paper.
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    I know it when I see it.
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    And when you turn it around,
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    so the backside is exposed,
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    borders collapse.
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    Languages collapse.
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    And suddenly I'm sitting with...
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    this, sort of, paper that is
    so familiar to me.
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    [CHUCKLES]
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    I was in Bali,
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    and whenever I go to a new city
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    I always take down…
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    This is right before the tsunami.
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    A month before, actually.
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    I had a whole lot of this paper,
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    so…
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    And when I was going through customs,
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    the official said,
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    "Why are you bringing back trash?"
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    I said, "This ain't trash!"
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    "This is art."
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    And he said, "It's trash."
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    And I said, "It's art!"
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    And he said, "Well…"
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    I said, "Well, can I take it home?"
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    "If it's trash?"
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    And he said, "Yeah."
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    And I said,
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    "Well it's trash."
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    So…
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    [LAUGHS]
Title:
Mark Bradford: Paper | Art21 "Exclusive"
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Video Language:
English
Team:
Art21
Project:
"Extended Play" series
Duration:
01:35

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