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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.20,0:00:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["New York Close Up"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.78,0:00:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think this is a...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.98,0:00:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smell that smells like popcorn...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.44,0:00:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a fucking popcorn factory right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.08,0:00:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jamian Juliano-Villani, Artist]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.22,0:00:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Popcorn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.14,0:00:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tires.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.46,0:00:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More tires.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.24,0:00:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems so rare and lucky
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.78,0:00:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an artist can actually
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.30,0:00:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about the things\Nthat they want all day--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.69,0:00:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, like, research\Nas much as you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.30,0:00:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's their job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.94,0:00:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I think going out\Nand doing stuff in the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.60,0:00:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also counts as work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.50,0:00:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's crazy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.50,0:00:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can live in New York
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.82,0:00:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just, like, screw around\Nand express yourself--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.42,0:00:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get paid, maybe?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.90,0:01:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a privilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.46,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Jamian Juliano-Villani's Field Work"]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.78,0:01:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So stupid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.48,0:01:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been going to Strand\Never since I moved to New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.08,0:01:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever I'm restless with my work,\NI just go to Strand--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.92,0:01:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm like,\N"I'll find something here!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.70,0:01:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like an event.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll usually be there for, like,\Nfour hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.18,0:01:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is good for color, but...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.64,0:01:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I like him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.24,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Master of Make-Believe"!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.20,0:01:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.24,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Signed copy, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.60,0:02:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really like trying to get things from books,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.50,0:02:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to just the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.46,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll find one specific thing\Nthat you won't find anywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.01,0:02:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like it's more mine\Nif I get it from a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.05,0:02:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the Internet,\Neverything is everywhere, so...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.14,0:02:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is fucked up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.18,0:02:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this!?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.94,0:02:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I base so many paintings off of\Nbooks from Strand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.76,0:02:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really into throwaway ephemera, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.53,0:02:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or things that people passed over.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.72,0:02:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a flipbook, the way I look at them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.56,0:02:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell immediately\Nif it's going to be useful or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.24,0:02:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.96,0:02:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.88,0:02:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, like, you can get a million books\Non, like, caricature art.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.76,0:02:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, which one do you pick?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.06,0:02:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't just be like the most obvious reference.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.04,0:02:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something off with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.24,0:02:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or something unique about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.04,0:02:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to explain,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.22,0:02:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I feel like when I look through something,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.12,0:03:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, a light will go off\Nand be like, "That's good!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.84,0:03:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I get in?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.66,0:03:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aw, come on!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.40,0:03:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.08,0:03:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.74,0:03:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.44,0:03:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CARS HONKING]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.42,0:03:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the fuck is this!?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.16,0:03:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DRIVER] You want to open right in...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.02,0:03:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being in the crossing walk!?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.66,0:03:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JULIANO-VILLANI] Sorry, I didn't know!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.58,0:03:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DRIVER] Come on!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.22,0:03:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[JULIANO-VILLANI] Alright! Alright!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.64,0:03:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living in New York\Nand growing up in Jersey,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the least cool thing you could possibly do
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.56,0:03:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is go to Times Square.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.72,0:03:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's something\Nthat I really love about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.88,0:03:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only is it uniquely American,\Nbut it's also...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.66,0:03:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, you know, you take everything\Nfrom your fridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.68,0:03:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you put it in a bowl
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.72,0:03:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to make, like, some gross-ass meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.76,0:03:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think you could, like,\Nforce someone to eat it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.26,0:03:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it feels like, and I like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.96,0:03:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ripley's Believe It or Not--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.72,0:04:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's something I wanted to do for a while\Nin terms of research.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.80,0:04:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like these fake sets and gimmicks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.46,0:04:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is tasteless
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.46,0:04:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is tacky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.46,0:04:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a way to get your brain moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.94,0:04:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh man!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.34,0:04:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those aren't real!?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.34,0:04:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my God, they are!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.26,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, hell no!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.83,0:04:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.84,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like some quick mental vacation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.68,0:04:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find yourself getting really into things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.94,0:04:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you would never dip your toe into.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.14,0:04:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my God, I can't!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.64,0:04:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's so gross.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.28,0:04:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a Paul Thek or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.16,0:04:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no real level of good or bad there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.32,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, who the hell can tell?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.28,0:04:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I make my paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.38,0:04:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kind of like I can't tell either.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.49,0:04:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The line is so thin,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.49,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I get confused all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.08,0:04:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finding, like, the I'm-not-sure area
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.05,0:04:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the thing that I find interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.84,0:04:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Portrait of Abe Lincoln on that house fly...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.68,0:04:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.58,0:05:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is insane.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.70,0:05:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going into Ripley's,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.86,0:05:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what the value of\Nall that stuff is?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.46,0:05:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forty dollars--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.28,0:05:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entry fee!--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.12,0:05:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.54,0:05:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you put one of those objects in a vitrine
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.08,0:05:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you put it next to something\Nlike Paul Thek--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are no labels or anything--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.18,0:05:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.08,0:05:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're both ephemera.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.18,0:05:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're both made from a point in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.60,0:05:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're both cultural.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.60,0:05:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, the pretense of art feels weird\Nand wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.28,0:05:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the thing--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.06,0:05:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think anyone that is an artist
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.96,0:05:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is constantly feeling the guilt of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.81,0:05:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why I kind of like
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.18,0:05:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these other weird elements of life--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.22,0:05:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially life in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.52,0:05:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like lowest-common denominator--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.50,0:05:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, bottom common denominator?--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.08,0:05:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.18,0:05:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's inspiring!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.32,0:05:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one cares.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.14,0:05:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one's looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.98,0:05:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can act however you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.52,0:05:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be whoever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.54,0:05:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seems pretty cool.