[Script Info]
Title: 
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.39,0:00:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Janine Antoni: Milagros]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.69,0:00:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, a lot of people don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.80,0:00:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the coccyx looks like,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.15,0:00:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but really, it's the site of our severed tail.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.78,0:00:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the cup of the sacrum and the cup of the hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.98,0:00:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if they're about to shake hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.91,0:00:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a very unusual--and impossible--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.25,0:00:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming together of two body parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.02,0:00:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole idea around this work was really about grafting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.88,0:01:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you graft one plant to another,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.19,0:01:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they fuse together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.74,0:01:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, I've been fascinated with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.14,0:01:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things called 'milagros'.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.18,0:01:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're found in Portugal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.75,0:01:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Spain, in Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.11,0:01:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.72,0:01:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones that people are most familiar with are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.91,0:01:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these small medallions that are shaped like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.75,0:01:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an arm, or a leg,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.48,0:01:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.91,0:01:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they also have them in three dimensions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.52,0:01:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way they're used is that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.86,0:01:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have an ailment--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.42,0:01:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a problem with your foot--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.68,0:01:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would go and buy one of these,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.54,0:01:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'd take it to the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.15,0:01:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hang them on the ceilings of the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.03,0:01:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the entire ceiling is filled with body parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.09,0:01:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very inspired by these more simple milagros
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.58,0:01:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are more generalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.85,0:01:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way, that foot becomes anyone's foot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.26,0:02:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started with very specific pairings that I was interested in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.42,0:02:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I took those gestures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.11,0:02:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I made milagros out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.24,0:02:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, all the pieces have been sanded
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.31,0:02:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for days and days and days.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.03,0:02:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They feel like they've been weathered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.44,0:02:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by something that seems familiar,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.39,0:02:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a piece of sea glass in the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.19,0:02:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that you feel that this thing has a history,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.19,0:02:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.43,0:02:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, here I am, cutting the body up into parts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.22,0:02:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not thinking about the importance of the sever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.31,0:02:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so to acknowledge that sever was, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.65,0:02:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crucial to whole installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.62,0:02:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,['Within' -- Janine Antoni]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.80,0:02:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the first thing that you witness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.54,0:02:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you come into the space
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.54,0:02:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a sever--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.59,0:03:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a very dramatic sever--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.11,0:03:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this ascension into the ceiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.52,0:03:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initially, I wanted to hang the roots from the ceiling,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.99,0:03:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hang the milagros from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.78,0:03:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This trunk is kind of grafted to the building itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.86,0:03:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then when the trunk goes through the ceiling,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.04,0:03:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's grafted to a table on the second floor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.53,0:03:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with milagros.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.76,0:03:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.16,0:03:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an aunt--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.44,0:03:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her name was Auntie Eileen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.90,0:03:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came over every Tuesday to have tea--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was English.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.93,0:03:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I would sit and have tea with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.47,0:03:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she would teach me how to drink tea like a lady.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.80,0:03:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of that was learning to cross my legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.60,0:04:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was funny to take the bone from one leg
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.98,0:04:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cross it with the skin of the other leg.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.97,0:04:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sunk that bone right into the thigh
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.60,0:04:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they are really fused together.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.51,0:04:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the piece, there's really no chance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.67,0:04:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of uncrossing my legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.60,0:04:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you stand in front of the object,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.26,0:04:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to imagine how it's been made.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.10,0:04:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.67,0:04:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in contact with a lot of objects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.17,0:04:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have no idea how they are made.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making any of my work is a form of healing--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.22,0:04:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, in making, I can somehow locate myself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.97,0:04:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in relationship to others
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.11,0:04:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.35,0:04:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If somebody comes along
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.47,0:04:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my work resonates for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.19,0:05:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when I feel less alone--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.60,0:05:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm not as strange as I feel. [LAUGHS]