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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.42,0:00:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We conventionally divide space
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.51,0:00:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into private and public realms,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.07,0:00:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know these legal distinctions very well
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.34,0:00:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've become experts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.35,0:00:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at protecting our private property and private space.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.32,0:00:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're less attuned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.31,0:00:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the nuances of the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.67,0:00:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What translates generic public space into qualitative space?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.59,0:00:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.75,0:00:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our studio has been working on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.82,0:00:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the past decade.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.33,0:00:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're doing this through some case studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.29,0:00:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A large chunk of our work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.08,0:00:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been put into transforming
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.62,0:00:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this neglected industrial ruin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.42,0:00:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a viable post-industrial space
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.49,0:00:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looks forwards and backwards
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.73,0:00:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.68,0:00:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another huge chunk of our work
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.75,0:00:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has gone into making relevant
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.79,0:00:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a site that's grown out of sync with its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.49,0:00:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been working on democratizing Lincoln Center
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.53,0:00:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a public that doesn't usually have $300
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.25,0:01:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend on an opera ticket.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.02,0:01:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've been eating, drinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.71,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking, living public space
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for quite a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.96,0:01:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's taught us really one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.24,0:01:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is to truly make good public space,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.21,0:01:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to erase the distinctions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.46,0:01:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between architecture, urbanism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.08,0:01:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscape, media design
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.96,0:01:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.54,0:01:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really goes beyond distinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.57,0:01:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're moving onto Washington, D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.62,0:01:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're working on another transformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.96,0:01:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is for the existing Hirshhorn Museum
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.58,0:01:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's sited
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.21,0:01:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the most revered public space in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.50,0:01:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.43,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mall is a symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of American democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.83,0:01:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's fantastic is that this symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not a thing, it's not an image,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not an artifact,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.75,0:01:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually it's a space,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.46,0:01:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's kind of just defined by a line of buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.31,0:01:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on either side.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.34,0:02:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a space where citizens can voice their discontent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.08,0:02:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show their power.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.04,0:02:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a place where pivotal moments in American history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.29,0:02:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken place.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.83,0:02:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're inscribed in there forever --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.21,0:02:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the march on Washington for jobs and freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.12,0:02:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the great speech that Martin Luther King gave there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.12,0:02:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Vietnam protests, the commemoration of all that died
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the pandemic of AIDS,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.75,0:02:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the march for women's reproductive rights,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.29,0:02:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right up until almost the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.75,0:02:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mall is the greatest civic stage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.25,0:02:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this country for dissent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.58,0:02:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's synonymous with free speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.62,0:02:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you're not sure what it is that you have to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.96,0:02:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may just be a place for civic commiseration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.50,0:02:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a huge disconnect, we believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.83,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the communicative and discursive space of the Mall
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the museums that line it to either side.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.04,0:03:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is that those museums are usually passive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.67,0:03:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have passive relationships between the museum
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.04,0:03:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the presenter and the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.67,0:03:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the receiver of information.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.96,0:03:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you can see dinosaurs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.71,0:03:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and insects and collections of locomotives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.79,0:03:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.79,0:03:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're really not involved;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.54,0:03:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're being talked to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.29,0:03:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Richard Koshalek took over as director of the Hirshhorn
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.33,0:03:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2009,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.79,0:03:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was determined to take advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.21,0:03:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fact that this museum was cited
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.46,0:03:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the most unique place
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.21,0:03:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the seat of power in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.08,0:03:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while art and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.29,0:03:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are inherently and implicitly together always and all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.75,0:03:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there could be some very special relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.92,0:03:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could be forged here in its uniqueness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.83,0:03:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is, is it possible ultimately
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.46,0:03:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for art to insert itself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.21,0:03:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the dialogue of national and world affairs?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.33,0:04:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And could the museum be an agent of cultural diplomacy?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.42,0:04:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over 180 embassies in Washington D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.42,0:04:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are over 500 think tanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.25,0:04:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be a way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.75,0:04:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of harnessing all of that intellectual and global energy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.67,0:04:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into, and somehow through, the museum.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.42,0:04:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be some kind of brain trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.25,0:04:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Hirshhorn, as we began to think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.21,0:04:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we evolved the mission,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.71,0:04:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Richard and his team --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.54,0:04:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really his life blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.67,0:04:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beyond exhibiting contemporary art,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.17,0:04:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hirshhorn will become a public forum,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.54,0:04:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place of discourse
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.67,0:04:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for issues around arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.88,0:04:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culture, politics and policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.96,0:04:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have the global reach of the world economic forum.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have the interdisciplinarity of the TED Conference.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.50,0:04:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have the informality of the town square.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.38,0:04:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for this new initiative,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.75,0:05:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hirshhorn would have to expand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.04,0:05:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or appropriate a site
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.25,0:05:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a contemporary, deployable structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.67,0:05:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it. This is the Hirshhorn --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a 230-foot-diameter concrete doughnut
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.17,0:05:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed in the early 70's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.38,0:05:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Gordon Bunshaft.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.54,0:05:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hulking, it's silent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.42,0:05:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's cloistered, it's arrogant,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.17,0:05:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a design challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.50,0:05:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Architects love to hate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.75,0:05:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One redeeming feature
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.08,0:05:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it's lifted up off the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.79,0:05:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's got this void,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.54,0:05:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's got an empty core
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.17,0:05:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of in the spirit and that facade
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.08,0:05:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much corporate and federal style.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.83,0:05:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And around that space,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.75,0:05:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ring is actually galleries.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.29,0:05:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very, very difficult to mount shows in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.92,0:05:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Hirshhorn opened,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.88,0:05:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ada Louise Huxstable, the New York Times critic,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.04,0:05:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had some choice words:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.25,0:05:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Neo-penitentiary modern."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.67,0:05:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A maimed monument and a maimed Mall
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.54,0:05:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a maimed collection."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.79,0:05:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost four decades later,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.33,0:05:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how will this building expand
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.29,0:05:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a new progressive program?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.58,0:05:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where would it go?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.83,0:05:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't go in the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.88,0:06:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no space there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.12,0:06:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't go in the courtyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.88,0:06:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's already taken up by landscape and by sculptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.08,0:06:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well there's always the hole.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.46,0:06:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how could it take the space of that hole
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.00,0:06:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be buried in it invisibly?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.00,0:06:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could it become iconic?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.75,0:06:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what language would it take?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.08,0:06:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hirshhorn sits among the Mall's momumental institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.50,0:06:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most are neoclassical, heavy and opaque,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.67,0:06:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made of stone or concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.54,0:06:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the question is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.42,0:06:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if one inhabits that space,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.12,0:06:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the material of the Mall?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.33,0:06:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be different from the buildings there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.46,0:06:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be something entirely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.21,0:06:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be air.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.21,0:06:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our imagination, it has to be light.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.79,0:06:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to be ephemeral. It has to be formless.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.62,0:06:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has to be free.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.32,0:07:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the big idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.07,0:07:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a giant airbag.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.08,0:07:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The expansion takes the shape of its container
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.74,0:07:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it oozes out wherever it can --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.48,0:07:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the top and sides.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.50,0:07:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more poetically,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.25,0:07:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we like to think of the structure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.29,0:07:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as inhaling the democratic air of the Mall,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.04,0:07:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing it into itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.12,0:07:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The before and the after.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.25,0:07:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was dubbed "the bubble" by the press.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.25,0:07:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the lounge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.79,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically one big volume of air
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just oozes out in every direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.04,0:07:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The membrane is translucent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.08,0:07:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's made of silcon-coated glass fiber.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.33,0:07:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's inflated twice a year for one month at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.33,0:07:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the view from the inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.33,0:07:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might have been wondering
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.89,0:07:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.00,0:07:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did we get this approved by the federal government.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.96,0:08:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had to be approved by actually two agencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.88,0:08:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one is there to preserve
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.08,0:08:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dignity and sanctity of the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.83,0:08:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I blush whenever I show this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.75,0:08:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is yours to interpret.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.00,0:08:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one thing I can say
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.04,0:08:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's a combination
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.50,0:08:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of iconoclasm
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.75,0:08:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adoration.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.50,0:08:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was also some creative interpretation involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.71,0:08:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Congressional Buildings Act of 1910
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.42,0:08:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limits the height of buildings in D.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.38,0:08:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 130 feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.33,0:08:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for spires, towers, domes and minarettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.21,0:08:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This pretty much exempts monuments of the church and state.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.88,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the bubble is 153 ft.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the Pantheon next to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.62,0:08:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 1.2 million cubic feet of compressed air.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.92,0:08:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we argued it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.83,0:08:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the merits of being a dome.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.83,0:08:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.92,0:08:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very stately,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.00,0:09:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among all the stately buildings in the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.54,0:09:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while this Hirshhorn is not landmarked,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.58,0:09:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very, very historically sensitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.96,0:09:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we couldn't really touch its surfaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.33,0:09:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We couldn't leave any traces behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.00,0:09:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we strained it from the edges,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.25,0:09:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we held it by cables.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.38,0:09:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a study of some bondage techniques,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.75,0:09:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are actually very, very important
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.33,0:09:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's hit by wind all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.96,0:09:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one permanent steel ring at the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.83,0:09:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can't be seen from any vantage point on the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.88,0:09:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also some restrictions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.38,0:09:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how much it could be lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.88,0:09:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It glows from within, it's translucent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.92,0:09:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it can't be more lit than the Capitol
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.08,0:09:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some of the monuments.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.50,0:09:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's down the hierarchy on lighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.00,0:09:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it comes to the site twice a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's taken off the delivery truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.96,0:09:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hoisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.46,0:09:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's inflated
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.75,0:09:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this low-pressure air.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.50,0:09:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's restrained with the cables.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.96,0:09:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's ballasted with water at the very bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.67,0:10:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very strange moment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.79,0:10:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were asked by the bureaucracy at the Mall
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.21,0:10:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much time would it take to install.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.42,0:10:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we said, well the first erection would take one week.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.00,0:10:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they really connected with that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.50,0:10:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it was really easy all the way through.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.50,0:10:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we didn't really have that many hurdles, I have to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.58,0:10:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the government and all the authorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.58,0:10:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some of the toughest hurdles
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.08,0:10:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been the technical ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.71,0:10:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the warp and weft.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.00,0:10:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a point cloud.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.04,0:10:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are extreme pressures.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.17,0:10:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very, very unusual building
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.67,0:10:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that there's no gravity load,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.88,0:10:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's load in every direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.58,0:10:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm just going to zip through these slides.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.17,0:10:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the space in action.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.29,0:10:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So flexible interior for discussions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.12,0:10:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like this, but in the round --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.46,0:10:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,luminous and reconfigurable.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.92,0:10:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could be used for anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.33,0:10:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for performances, films,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.08,0:10:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for installations.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.62,0:11:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the very first program
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.04,0:11:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be one of cultural dialogue and diplomacy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.79,0:11:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organized in partnership
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.54,0:11:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.17,0:11:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Form and content are together here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.92,0:11:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bubble is an anti-monument.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.58,0:11:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ideals of participatory democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.12,0:11:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are represented through suppleness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.25,0:11:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than rigidity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.25,0:11:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.12,0:11:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupy an ambiguous site outside the museum walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.75,0:11:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but inside of the museum's core,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.96,0:11:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blending its air
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.21,0:11:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the democratic air of the Mall.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.08,0:11:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the bubble will inflate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.12,0:11:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully for the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.75,0:11:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of 2013.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.96,0:11:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.46,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)