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Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.48,0:00:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka VO] Humans have\Na fear of impermanence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.10,0:00:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go against nature to try\Nto preserve and stabilize and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.15,0:00:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,control something that\Nresists all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.59,0:01:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In around 2010, I started\Ndeep-frying flowers and plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.66,0:01:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This very clunky batter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.89,0:01:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is almost masking and\Ndestroying the flower itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.15,0:01:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you subject them\Nto 300-degree hot oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.24,0:01:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪♪♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.100,0:01:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The visual aspects of it was\Ndefinitely something that I was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.92,0:01:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aiming for, but the odor of,\Nlike, french fries [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.76,0:01:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an artwork or something, that\Nwas very much compelling me to,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.43,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, fry up\Na batch of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪pensive synth music♪
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.98,0:01:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's always been an\Nincredible vulnerable aspect to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.58,0:01:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of my works use this\Nelement of deterioration and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.15,0:01:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perishable materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.85,0:02:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪♪♪
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.15,0:02:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm interested in the kind of\Nmutations that can take place in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.22,0:02:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.95,0:02:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work with living creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.49,0:02:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ultrasound gel,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.49,0:02:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bacteria,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.44,0:02:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,algae,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.44,0:02:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kelp,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.68,0:02:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soap.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.24,0:02:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka] Looks so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.57,0:02:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my gosh, I\Nforgot all about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.15,0:02:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, it's like seeing the\Npiece for the first time again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.02,0:02:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.40,0:02:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is such a sensual\Nquality to this soap.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.29,0:02:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that really keeps\Nhaunting me is this glowing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.57,0:02:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,floating\Nunderwater kind of quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.88,0:03:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's really\Nhard to do, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.64,0:03:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Because resin doesn't do it...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.29,0:03:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Esther] Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.04,0:03:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka] Acrylic\Ndoesn't do it...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.20,0:03:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Esther] Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.82,0:03:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-And as problematic\Nand volatile as it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.98,0:03:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to retain\Nand capture that quality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.61,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you what\Nto anticipate is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.96,0:03:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because glycerin is a humectant,\Nit will just over time slowly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.64,0:03:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shrink a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.03,0:03:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Esther] And so that's okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.11,0:03:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-If you get dents\Nand cuts and gashes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.22,0:03:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's fine; it's not intended\Nto be pristine and perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.27,0:03:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ethereal\Noscillating synths♪
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.04,0:03:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka VO] I'm quite\Nomnivorous in the areas and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.11,0:03:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disciplines where I draw from.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.86,0:03:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before it's even a\Nfully-fleshed idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start small\Ntrials in the studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.34,0:03:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much like you would\Ndo in a laboratory.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.21,0:03:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the trials\Nstart to bear fruit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.55,0:03:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we bring in the\Nexperts to help us,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.41,0:04:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's a software\Nengineer or a forensic chemist
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.03,0:04:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a perfumer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.56,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look to the natural\Nsciences, synthetic sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.14,0:04:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,artificial\Nintelligence research.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.55,0:04:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That seems like a very\Nmaximalist approach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.27,0:04:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think that we can't really\Ndiscount how we are influenced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.73,0:04:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by all of these\Ndifferent systems and ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.27,0:04:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and information.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.37,0:04:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka] I just want to\Nclimb up on these hills...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.38,0:04:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[man] [chuckles]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.38,0:04:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka] And just\Nenter into the screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.37,0:04:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-and go into the drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.95,0:04:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[man] Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.87,0:04:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-How can I translate that\Nthen into the outer world --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.18,0:04:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that feeling of wanting\Nto climb up these hills?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.96,0:05:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Cause that's what these\Nanemone panels do for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.12,0:05:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.78,0:05:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-You know, that\Nrolling, undulating feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.86,0:05:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.40,0:05:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-But then, when we were talking\Nabout more of a kind of a...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.12,0:05:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe-- I don't know, maybe we\Nneed to think about something
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.41,0:05:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more immersive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.80,0:05:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪upbeat bouncing synths♪
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.26,0:05:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[Anicka VO] We have a very\Nlimited imagination when it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.87,0:05:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes to machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.84,0:05:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot of anxiety\Nthat they will replace us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.93,0:05:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if we could relate to\Nthem in a more optimistic way?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.07,0:05:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪♪♪
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.84,0:05:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really wanted to\Nmerge the biosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.72,0:05:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the technosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.79,0:05:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consulted software\Nengineers, molecular biologists
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.83,0:06:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create what I\Ncalled "aerobes."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.09,0:06:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was inspired by\Nthe comb jellyfish,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.27,0:06:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lion's mane mushroom...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.35,0:06:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The machines respond\Nand detect one another
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.52,0:06:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through high\Nfrequency radio waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.62,0:06:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're able to detect\Nheat signatures of visitors.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.00,0:06:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some aerobes are\Ncurious about the visitors,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.75,0:06:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while some are more shy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.62,0:06:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really important for me\Nthat they were unpredictable,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.80,0:06:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they had space and\Ntime for their own evolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.58,0:06:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that\Nthey're mechanical,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.32,0:06:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet they feel\Npalpably alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.79,0:06:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪uplifting ethereal music♪
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.74,0:07:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It inspires a\Nfeeling of awe and calm,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.13,0:07:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you're swimming\Nnext to a humpback whale.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.16,0:07:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always surprised how\Nmuch power that they had
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.98,0:07:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to quell a lot of anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.10,0:07:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With these aerobes,\NI, too, get to inhabit
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.63,0:07:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this space of wonder.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.11,0:07:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[woman VO] Another kind of\Ntrace is formidably encapsulated
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.01,0:07:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the French word "sillage."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.92,0:07:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means "the degree to which a\Nperfume's fragrance lingers in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.44,0:07:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the air when worn."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.66,0:07:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a way, an organism's\Nsillage is a living presence
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.64,0:07:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sensed even in the\Nabsence of a body or an author.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.80,0:07:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Oh, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.12,0:07:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the bullfrog.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.66,0:07:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[woman] [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.13,0:08:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-That is very animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.70,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-It's like boggy, frog...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Mm-hm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.50,0:08:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-Swampy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.73,0:08:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-[woman] Very swampy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.86,0:08:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-One of the earliest forms\Nof inquiries in my research
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.56,0:08:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how we relate to smell, how\Nit informs what I would call
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.93,0:08:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the biopolitics of our senses."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.02,0:08:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a\Nvery pungent home,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.21,0:08:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was very keenly and acutely\Naware of how smell does start to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.39,0:08:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create these forms of identity\Naround these
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.59,0:08:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invisible scent molecules.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.12,0:08:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ethereal piano music♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.53,0:08:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Western world, we really\Ntend to reject very pungent
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.14,0:08:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,odors as a\Nsign of weakness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.16,0:08:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a sign of\Nbeing more animal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.77,0:09:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have left those odors behind\Nus to a perfectly-sanitized
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.04,0:09:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world where we control what we\Ncan smell and what we can't,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.74,0:09:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is an impossible\Napproach to existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.42,0:09:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an exhibition in Milan,\Nand I worked with a French
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.81,0:09:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,artist and perfumer,\NChristophe Laudamiel.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.48,0:09:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the central\Nseries are two dryer doors
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.81,0:09:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with two different scents.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.89,0:09:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One dryer door had\Na bullfrog aroma.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.48,0:09:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other\Ncontained this broomstick,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.48,0:09:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of cardboard\Nsweeping-away aroma
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.19,0:09:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after everything has been\Npacked up in your home,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.65,0:09:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting ready to\Nevacuate a space that holds
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.32,0:10:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of memories
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.19,0:10:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of love and\Nsadness and despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.43,0:10:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is about memory, but\Nalso forgetting and letting go.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.37,0:10:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪bittersweet string music♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.77,0:10:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always straddle this\Nawkward line between
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.05,0:10:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perishability and\Nnon-perishability.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.02,0:10:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look to art as a\Nform of preservation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.18,0:10:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a statement on\Nour civilization,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.78,0:10:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our species.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.27,0:10:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, you can't have\Nmonumentality without
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.41,0:10:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing the\Nembedded vulnerability around
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.26,0:10:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monumentality.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.14,0:10:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work deals a lot with\Nwhat it means that things are
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.02,0:10:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perpetually\Nblossoming and decaying.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.61,0:11:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Change is the most constant\Nform that we can acknowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.94,0:11:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and embrace.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.25,0:11:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ ethereal ambient music ♪