[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.96,0:00:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now... Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.20,0:00:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's go back in time. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.56,0:00:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 1974. Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.96,0:00:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is the gallery somewhere... Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.88,0:00:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.08,0:00:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a young girl, aged 23, Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.40,0:00:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing in the middle of the space. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.76,0:00:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the front of her is a table. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the table there are 76 objects Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.72,0:00:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for pleasure and for the pain. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.52,0:00:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the objects are Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.72,0:00:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a glass of water, a coat, a shoe, a rose. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.16,0:01:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also the knife,\Nthe razor blade, the hammer... Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.80,0:01:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pistol with one bullet. Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.24,0:01:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are instructions which say, Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.24,0:01:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm an object. Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can use everything on the table on me. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.36,0:01:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm taking all responsibility --\Neven killing me. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.92,0:01:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the time is six hours." Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.60,0:01:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beginning of this\Nperformance was easy. Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.28,0:01:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would give me\Nthe glass of water to drink, Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd give me the rose. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.12,0:01:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after very soon, Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a man who took the scissors\Nand cut my clothes, Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.44,0:01:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they took the thorns of the rose\Nand stuck them in my stomach. Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.92,0:01:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody took the razor blade\Nand cut my neck and drank the blood. Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.96,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I still have the scar. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.72,0:01:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women would tell the men what to do. Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:02:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the men didn't rape me\Nbecause it was just a normal opening, Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.84,0:02:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was all public, Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.56,0:02:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were with their wives. Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.96,0:02:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They carried me around\Nand put me on the table, Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.24,0:02:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put the knife between my legs. Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.16,0:02:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somebody took the pistol and bullet\Nand put it against my temple. Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.56,0:02:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another person took the pistol\Nand they started a fight. Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.92,0:02:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after six hours were finished, Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.68,0:02:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I... Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.20,0:02:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started walking towards the public. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.36,0:02:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a mess. Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was half-naked, I was full of blood\Nand tears were running down my face. Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everybody escaped, they just ran away. Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.28,0:02:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could not confront myself,\Nwith myself as a normal human being. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.08,0:02:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.24,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I went to the hotel,\Nit was at two in the morning. Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.08,0:02:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And... Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.68,0:02:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked at myself in the mirror, Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.52,0:03:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a piece of gray hair. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.08,0:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please take off your blindfolds. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.76,0:03:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to the performance world. Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.52,0:03:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, let's explain\Nwhat is the performance. Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.84,0:03:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many artists,\Nso many different explanations, Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.40,0:03:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my explanation\Nfor performance is very simple. Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.64,0:03:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Performance is a mental\Nand physical construction Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.24,0:03:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the performer makes\Nin a specific time Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.08,0:03:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a space in front of an audience, Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.40,0:03:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then energy dialogue happens. Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.28,0:03:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The audience and the performer\Nmake the piece together. Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.60,0:03:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the difference between\Nperformance and theater is huge. Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.24,0:03:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the theater, the knife is not a knife Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.72,0:03:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the blood is just ketchup. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.04,0:03:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the performance,\Nthe blood is the material, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.60,0:03:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the razor blade or knife is the tool. Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.92,0:04:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about being there\Nin the real time, Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.84,0:04:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't rehearse performance, Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.72,0:04:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't do many\Nof these types of things twice -- ever. Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.36,0:04:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is very important,\Nthe performance is -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.88,0:04:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, all human beings\Nare always afraid of very simple things. Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.20,0:04:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're afraid of suffering,\Nwe're afraid of pain, Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.60,0:04:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're afraid of mortality. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.24,0:04:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I'm doing -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.52,0:04:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm staging these kinds of fears\Nin front of the audience. Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.76,0:04:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm using your energy, Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.96,0:04:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with this energy I can go\Nand push my body as far as I can. Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.76,0:04:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I liberate myself\Nfrom these fears. Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.36,0:04:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm your mirror. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.68,0:04:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I can do this for myself,\Nyou can do it for you. Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.72,0:04:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Belgrade, where I was born, Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.80,0:04:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Amsterdam. Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.44,0:04:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, I've been doing performances Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.08,0:04:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the last 40 years. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.36,0:04:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I met Ulay, Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.96,0:05:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was the person\NI actually fell in love with. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.36,0:05:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we made, for 12 years,\Nperformances together. Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.52,0:05:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the knife\Nand the pistols and the bullets, Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.80,0:05:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I exchange into love and trust. Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.76,0:05:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to do this kind work\Nyou have to trust the person completely Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.40,0:05:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this arrow\Nis pointing to my heart. Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.44,0:05:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, heart beating and adrenaline\Nis rushing and so on, Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.80,0:05:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about trust, is about total trust\Nto another human being. Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.32,0:05:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our relationship was 12 years, Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.56,0:05:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we worked on so many subjects,\Nboth male and female energy. Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.44,0:05:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as every relationship\Ncomes to an end, ours went too. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.60,0:05:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't make phone calls\Nlike normal human beings do Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.28,0:05:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, you know, "This is over." Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.28,0:05:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked the Great Wall\Nof China to say goodbye. Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.64,0:05:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started at the Yellow Sea,\Nand he started from the Gobi Desert. Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.20,0:05:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We walked, each of us, three months, Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two and a half thousand kilometers. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.80,0:05:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the mountains, it was difficult. Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.80,0:06:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was climbing, it was ruins. Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.16,0:06:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was, you know, going through\Nthe 12 Chinese provinces, Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.28,0:06:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was before China was open in '87. Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.12,0:06:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we succeeded to meet in the middle Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.68,0:06:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say goodbye. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.32,0:06:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then our relationship stopped. Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.56,0:06:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, it completely changed\Nhow I see the public. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.28,0:06:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one very important piece\NI made in those days Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.44,0:06:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was "Balkan Baroque." Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.44,0:06:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was the time of the Balkan Wars, Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.16,0:06:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to create\Nsome very strong, charismatic image, Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.72,0:06:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that could serve\Nfor any war at any time, Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.04,0:06:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Balkan Wars are now finished,\Nbut there's always some war somewhere. Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.08,0:06:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here I am washing Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.08,0:06:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two and a half thousand\Ndead, big, bloody cow bones. Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.88,0:06:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't wash the blood,\Nyou never can wash shame off the wars. Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.44,0:06:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm washing this six hours, six days,\Nand wars are coming off these bones, Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.04,0:06:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and becoming possible --\Nan unbearable smell. Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.64,0:07:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then something stays in the memory. Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.52,0:07:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to show you the one\Nwho really changed my life, Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.28,0:07:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was the performance in MoMa\Nwhich just recently I made. Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This performance,\Nwhen I said to the curator, Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.80,0:07:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm just going to sit at the chair, Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.80,0:07:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there will be\Nan empty chair at the front, Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.36,0:07:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anybody from the public\Ncan come and sit as long as they want." Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.88,0:07:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The curator said to me, Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.12,0:07:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's ridiculous, you know,\Nthis is New York, Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.80,0:07:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this chair will be empty, Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.04,0:07:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody has time to sit in front of you." Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.97,0:07:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.16,0:07:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I sit for three months. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.08,0:07:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sit everyday, eight hours -- Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.04,0:07:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opening of the museum -- Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.44,0:07:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10 hours on Friday\Nwhen the museum is open 10 hours, Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.36,0:07:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I never move. Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.56,0:07:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I removed the table\Nand I'm still sitting, Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.44,0:07:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this changed everything. Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.96,0:07:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This performance,\Nmaybe 10 or 15 years ago -- Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.32,0:07:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing would have happened. Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.76,0:07:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the need of people to actually\Nexperience something different, Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.68,0:07:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the public was not anymore the group -- Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.80,0:07:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relation was one to one. Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.16,0:07:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was watching these people,\Nthey would come and sit in front of me, Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.92,0:08:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they would have to wait\Nfor hours and hours and hours Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.64,0:08:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get to this position, Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.82,0:08:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally, they sit. Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.40,0:08:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happened? Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.44,0:08:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are observed by the other people, Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.60,0:08:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're photographed,\Nthey're filmed by the camera, Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.20,0:08:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're observed by me Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.60,0:08:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have nowhere to escape\Nexcept in themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.24,0:08:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that makes a difference. Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.84,0:08:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was so much pain and loneliness, Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.68,0:08:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much incredible things\Nwhen you look in somebody else's eyes, Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.80,0:08:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in the gaze\Nwith that total stranger, Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.80,0:08:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you never even say one word --\Neverything happened. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.20,0:08:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understood when I stood up\Nfrom that chair after three months, Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.20,0:08:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not the same anymore. Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.80,0:08:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understood\Nthat I have a very strong mission, Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.60,0:08:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have to communicate this experience Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.88,0:08:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to everybody. Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.16,0:08:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is how, for me, was born the idea Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.00,0:08:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have an institute\Nof immaterial performing arts. Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.32,0:08:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because thinking about immateriality, Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.24,0:08:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,performance is time-based art. Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.72,0:08:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like a painting. Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.08,0:08:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the painting on the wall,\Nthe next day it's there. Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.88,0:09:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Performance, if you are missing it,\Nyou only have the memory, Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.60,0:09:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the story of somebody else telling you, Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.96,0:09:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you actually missed the whole thing. Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.92,0:09:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to be there. Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.16,0:09:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in my point,\Nif you talk about immaterial art, Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.08,0:09:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,music is the highest --\Nabsolutely highest art of all, Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.48,0:09:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's the most immaterial. Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.28,0:09:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after this is performance,\Nand then everything else. Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.16,0:09:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my subjective way. Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.72,0:09:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This institute is going to happen\Nin Hudson, upstate New York, Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.64,0:09:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are trying to build\Nwith Rem Koolhaas, an idea. Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.96,0:09:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's very simple. Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.24,0:09:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to get experience,\Nyou have to give me your time. Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.92,0:09:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to sign the contract\Nbefore you enter the building, Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.04,0:09:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you will spend there\Na full six hours, Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.92,0:09:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to give me your word of honor. Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.60,0:09:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something so old-fashioned, Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.52,0:09:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you don't respect your own\Nword of honor and you leave before -- Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.88,0:09:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not my problem. Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.12,0:09:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's the six hours, the experience. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.64,0:09:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after you finish,\Nyou get a certificate of accomplishment, Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.81,0:09:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so get home and frame it if you want. Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.88,0:09:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.92,0:10:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is orientation hall. Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.28,0:10:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The public comes in, and the first thing\Nyou have to do is dress in lab coats. Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.80,0:10:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this importance Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.04,0:10:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of stepping from being\Njust a viewer into experimenter. Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.28,0:10:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you go to the lockers Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.72,0:10:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you put your watch,\Nyour iPhone, your iPod, your computer Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.04,0:10:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything digital, electronic. Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.36,0:10:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are getting free time\Nfor yourself for the first time. Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.72,0:10:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there is nothing\Nwrong with technology, Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.12,0:10:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our approach to technology is wrong. Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.48,0:10:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are losing the time\Nwe have for ourselves. Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.20,0:10:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an institute\Nto actually give you back this time. Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.52,0:10:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what you do here, Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.80,0:10:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first you start slow walking,\Nyou start slowing down. Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.92,0:10:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going back to simplicity. Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.88,0:10:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After slowing walking, you're going\Nto learn how to drink water -- Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.52,0:10:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very simple, drinking water\Nfor maybe half an hour. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.64,0:10:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After this, you're going to\Nthe Magnet Chamber, Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.96,0:10:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're going to create\Nsome magnet streams on your body. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.88,0:10:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then after this,\Nyou go to Crystal Chamber. Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.36,0:11:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Crystal Chamber,\Nyou go to Eye-Gazing Chamber, Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.16,0:11:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after Eye-Gazing Chamber, you go to\Na chamber where you are lying down. Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.28,0:11:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's the three basic positions\Nof the human body, Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.76,0:11:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting, standing and lying. Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.12,0:11:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And slow walking. Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.68,0:11:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a sound chamber. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.52,0:11:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after you've seen all of this, Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.88,0:11:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prepared yourself\Nmentally and physically, Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.05,0:11:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you are ready to see\Nsomething with a long duration, Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.74,0:11:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in immaterial art. Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.12,0:11:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be music, it can be opera,\Nit can be theater piece, Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.00,0:11:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be film, it can be video dance. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.92,0:11:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to the long duration chairs\Nbecause now you are comfortable. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.76,0:11:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the long duration chairs, Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.16,0:11:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're transported to the big place\Nwhere you're going to see the work. Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.88,0:11:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you fall asleep, Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.12,0:11:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is very possible\Nbecause it's been a long day, Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.68,0:11:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to be\Ntransported to the parking lot. Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.16,0:11:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.80,0:11:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, sleeping is very important. Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.64,0:11:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In sleeping, you're still receiving art. Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.44,0:11:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the parking lot you stay\Nfor a certain amount of time, Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.16,0:11:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then after this\Nyou just, you know, go back, Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.44,0:12:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see more of the things you like to see Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.80,0:12:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or go home with your certificate. Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.28,0:12:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this institute right now is virtual. Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.72,0:12:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, I am just\Nmaking my institute in Brazil, Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.60,0:12:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's going to be in Australia, Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.29,0:12:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's coming here,\Nto Canada and everywhere. Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.44,0:12:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is to experience\Na kind of simple method, Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.96,0:12:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you go back to simplicity\Nin your own life. Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.88,0:12:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counting rice will be another thing. Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.76,0:12:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.68,0:12:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if you count rice\Nyou can make life, too. Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.20,0:12:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to count rice for six hours? Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.40,0:12:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's incredibly important. Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.12,0:12:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you go through this whole range\Nof being bored, being angry, Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.28,0:12:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being completely frustrated, not finishing\Nthe amount of rice you're counting. Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.76,0:12:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then this unbelievable\Namount of peace you get Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.56,0:12:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when satisfying work is finished -- Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.04,0:12:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or counting sand in the desert. Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.60,0:12:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or having the sound-isolated situation -- Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.12,0:12:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have headphones,\Nthat you don't hear anything, Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.72,0:12:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're just there\Ntogether without sound, Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.44,0:13:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the people experiencing silence,\Njust the simple silence. Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.32,0:13:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are always doing things\Nwe like in our life. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.56,0:13:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is why you're not changing. Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.84,0:13:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do things in life -- Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.32,0:13:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just nothing happens\Nif you always do things the same way. Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.20,0:13:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my method is to do things\NI'm afraid of, the things I fear, Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.32,0:13:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things I don't know, Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.84,0:13:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to territory\Nthat nobody's ever been. Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.72,0:13:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then also to include the failure. Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.60,0:13:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think failure is important Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.36,0:13:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you go,\Nif you experiment, you can fail. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.12,0:13:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't go into that area\Nand you don't fail, Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.80,0:13:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are actually repeating yourself\Nover and over again. Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.32,0:13:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that human beings\Nright now need a change, Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.16,0:13:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only change to be made\Nis a personal level change. Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.28,0:13:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to make the change on yourself. Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.88,0:13:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the only way\Nto change consciousness, Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.40,0:13:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to change the world around us, Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.44,0:13:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to start with yourself. Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.16,0:13:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so easy to criticize\Nhow it's different, Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.68,0:13:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the things in the world\Nand they're not right, Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.85,0:14:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the governments are corrupted\Nand there's hunger in the world Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.12,0:14:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's wars -- the killing. Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.60,0:14:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we do on the personal level -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.20,0:14:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is our contribution\Nto this whole thing? Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.96,0:14:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you turn to your neighbor,\Nthe one you don't know, Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.08,0:14:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look at them for two full minutes\Nin their eyes, right now? Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.84,0:14:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chatter) Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.36,0:14:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking two minutes\Nof your time, that's so little. Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.28,0:14:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathe slowly, don't try to blink,\Ndon't be self-conscious. Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.64,0:14:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be relaxed. Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.28,0:14:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just look a complete\Nstranger in his eyes. Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.52,0:14:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Silence) Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.04,0:15:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for trusting me. Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.72,0:15:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.36,0:15:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson: Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.36,0:15:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.