so today I’m going to talk about vines now there’s lines here this screen and
now there’s lines here this screen and
now there’s lines here this screen and that’s where the picture goes great and
that’s where the picture goes great and
that’s where the picture goes great and there’s a line here this edge of the
there’s a line here this edge of the
there’s a line here this edge of the stage that’s useful too that keeps you
stage that’s useful too that keeps you
stage that’s useful too that keeps you there listening to me here well I hope
there listening to me here well I hope
there listening to me here well I hope the world basically is full of lines we
the world basically is full of lines we
the world basically is full of lines we need them right need to know what
need them right need to know what
need them right need to know what country you’re from or where one land
country you’re from or where one land
country you’re from or where one land begins and where another ends now
begins and where another ends now
begins and where another ends now there’s lines of gender nation and
there’s lines of gender nation and
there’s lines of gender nation and religion but these lines that protect
religion but these lines that protect
religion but these lines that protect and define us also imprison us now
and define us also imprison us now
and define us also imprison us now language is a line and when you don’t
language is a line and when you don’t
language is a line and when you don’t speak someone’s language I mean not only
speak someone’s language I mean not only
speak someone’s language I mean not only you do not understand them but you can’t
you do not understand them but you can’t
you do not understand them but you can’t really relate to them and even when you
really relate to them and even when you
really relate to them and even when you do understand their language you might
do understand their language you might
do understand their language you might not always hear what they are trying to
not always hear what they are trying to
not always hear what they are trying to tell you and they might not understand
tell you and they might not understand
tell you and they might not understand exactly what you’re trying to stay and I
exactly what you’re trying to stay and I
exactly what you’re trying to stay and I deal with this a lot because I live in
deal with this a lot because I live in
deal with this a lot because I live in multiple cultures and I’m also freakin
multiple cultures and I’m also freakin
multiple cultures and I’m also freakin bipolar okay so my lines are everywhere
bipolar okay so my lines are everywhere
bipolar okay so my lines are everywhere or nowhere or I have no idea where they
or nowhere or I have no idea where they
or nowhere or I have no idea where they are
are
are like right now actually it’s because of
like right now actually it’s because of
like right now actually it’s because of the chemicals in my brain of going up
the chemicals in my brain of going up
the chemicals in my brain of going up and down and within that I need to find
and down and within that I need to find
and down and within that I need to find a place of the in between a place of
a place of the in between a place of
a place of the in between a place of stability where I can look at both the
stability where I can look at both the
stability where I can look at both the highs and the low and understand where
highs and the low and understand where
highs and the low and understand where to go so the thing about lines is if you
to go so the thing about lines is if you
to go so the thing about lines is if you zoom in on the line itself there is a
zoom in on the line itself there is a
zoom in on the line itself there is a space and that space is where I have
space and that space is where I have
space and that space is where I have found myself existing now it’s a space
found myself existing now it’s a space
found myself existing now it’s a space where two worlds exist one culturally
where two worlds exist one culturally
where two worlds exist one culturally and one chemically and within this line
and one chemically and within this line
and one chemically and within this line I myself become able to create something
I myself become able to create something
I myself become able to create something from both the inside and the outside
from both the inside and the outside
from both the inside and the outside so all this
so all this
so all this new work that I’m doing actually comes
new work that I’m doing actually comes
new work that I’m doing actually comes from a story basically in a state of
from a story basically in a state of
from a story basically in a state of mania in 2012 I decided I wanted to
mania in 2012 I decided I wanted to
mania in 2012 I decided I wanted to become a scientist so I said okay I’m
become a scientist so I said okay I’m
become a scientist so I said okay I’m going to go to Doha and I’m going to
going to go to Doha and I’m going to
going to go to Doha and I’m going to become a scientist and was studying at
become a scientist and was studying at
become a scientist and was studying at UCL Qatar I’m going to study object
UCL Qatar I’m going to study object
UCL Qatar I’m going to study object conservation now Qatar is crazy
conservation now Qatar is crazy
conservation now Qatar is crazy expensive like all my money was spent on
expensive like all my money was spent on
expensive like all my money was spent on eating and basically a beer there costs
eating and basically a beer there costs
eating and basically a beer there costs like fifteen dollars so I couldn’t
like fifteen dollars so I couldn’t
like fifteen dollars so I couldn’t create the work that I used to create
create the work that I used to create
create the work that I used to create and I spent all my time studying and as
and I spent all my time studying and as
and I spent all my time studying and as an artist it was very very difficult
an artist it was very very difficult
an artist it was very very difficult because I was studying something that I
because I was studying something that I
because I was studying something that I wanted to become I wanted to do research
wanted to become I wanted to do research
wanted to become I wanted to do research I wanted to learn all these new things
I wanted to learn all these new things
I wanted to learn all these new things but I couldn’t create alright now I have
but I couldn’t create alright now I have
but I couldn’t create alright now I have no money what do I do this is what I
no money what do I do this is what I
no money what do I do this is what I used to do actually I used to make these
used to do actually I used to make these
used to do actually I used to make these large ceramic trees made out of
large ceramic trees made out of
large ceramic trees made out of porcelain out of soy sauce and vinegar
porcelain out of soy sauce and vinegar
porcelain out of soy sauce and vinegar pots I used to make these huge ice
pots I used to make these huge ice
pots I used to make these huge ice installations of life-size sculptures
installations of life-size sculptures
installations of life-size sculptures that I made in the middle of August in
that I made in the middle of August in
that I made in the middle of August in Beijing after that I had pneumonia and I
Beijing after that I had pneumonia and I
Beijing after that I had pneumonia and I used to make these underwater sculptures
used to make these underwater sculptures
used to make these underwater sculptures these bicycle installations that via
these bicycle installations that via
these bicycle installations that via electricity and mineral accretion I
electricity and mineral accretion I
electricity and mineral accretion I would turn them into living coral reefs
would turn them into living coral reefs
would turn them into living coral reefs or pottery I used to make these plates
or pottery I used to make these plates
or pottery I used to make these plates that were based off of book covers I
that were based off of book covers I
that were based off of book covers I found in Qatar or these jars that are
found in Qatar or these jars that are
found in Qatar or these jars that are made in Jing dejenne based off of
made in Jing dejenne based off of
made in Jing dejenne based off of Chinese deconstructed comic books in
Chinese deconstructed comic books in
Chinese deconstructed comic books in 2012 I had a show at the Smithsonian in
2012 I had a show at the Smithsonian in
2012 I had a show at the Smithsonian in Washington DC the museum and so fast
Washington DC the museum and so fast
Washington DC the museum and so fast word a year later I’m in Qatar now and I
word a year later I’m in Qatar now and I
word a year later I’m in Qatar now and I hadn’t written anything keynotes and my
hadn’t written anything keynotes and my
hadn’t written anything keynotes and my mother always taught me that I should
mother always taught me that I should
mother always taught me that I should write them and if I didn’t I should feel
write them and if I didn’t I should feel
write them and if I didn’t I should feel incredibly guilty and I did so I had to
incredibly guilty and I did so I had to
incredibly guilty and I did so I had to do what and make something from what I
do what and make something from what I
do what and make something from what I had around me so all I had were the
had around me so all I had were the
had around me so all I had were the objects in my room a camera and a
objects in my room a camera and a
objects in my room a camera and a bootleg version of Photoshop and this is
bootleg version of Photoshop and this is
bootleg version of Photoshop and this is what I what I made so very ghetto it was
what I what I made so very ghetto it was
what I what I made so very ghetto it was something I sent out to everyone
something I sent out to everyone
something I sent out to everyone it’s amateur and everything but it had
it’s amateur and everything but it had
it’s amateur and everything but it had thank you unruhe Pete in Jif form it
thank you unruhe Pete in Jif form it
thank you unruhe Pete in Jif form it wasn’t perfect but people loved it and
wasn’t perfect but people loved it and
wasn’t perfect but people loved it and it got my point across so I started
it got my point across so I started
it got my point across so I started making more um Father’s Day gifts and
making more um Father’s Day gifts and
making more um Father’s Day gifts and happy birthday cards and things about
happy birthday cards and things about
happy birthday cards and things about one-night stands that I hoped would turn
one-night stands that I hoped would turn
one-night stands that I hoped would turn into two but this one I’ll be honest did
into two but this one I’ll be honest did
into two but this one I’ll be honest did not so gifs at that time period were
not so gifs at that time period were
not so gifs at that time period were becoming a form of communication and
becoming a form of communication and
becoming a form of communication and this form of communication was this new
this form of communication was this new
this form of communication was this new way to express yourself on multiple ways
way to express yourself on multiple ways
way to express yourself on multiple ways through some of the media we consumed
through some of the media we consumed
through some of the media we consumed and I wanted to take that information
and I wanted to take that information
and I wanted to take that information and merge it with my stop-motion and
and merge it with my stop-motion and
and merge it with my stop-motion and after I graduated which is the first
after I graduated which is the first
after I graduated which is the first piece I made which is called our dango a
piece I made which is called our dango a
piece I made which is called our dango a piece by an African afro-pop wrapper in
piece by an African afro-pop wrapper in
piece by an African afro-pop wrapper in Sierra Leone who’s a doctor by day and
Sierra Leone who’s a doctor by day and
Sierra Leone who’s a doctor by day and rapper by night his name’s David sengai
rapper by night his name’s David sengai
rapper by night his name’s David sengai and he’s also a TED fellow and so he
and he’s also a TED fellow and so he
and he’s also a TED fellow and so he gifted me the music and I digested it
gifted me the music and I digested it
gifted me the music and I digested it and I made something of my own and
and I made something of my own and
and I made something of my own and something that I could really really
something that I could really really
something that I could really really understand and I think using these gifs
understand and I think using these gifs
understand and I think using these gifs in some sense I took from the world
in some sense I took from the world
in some sense I took from the world around me I made it something that was
around me I made it something that was
around me I made it something that was me but in actual actuality it was we it
me but in actual actuality it was we it
me but in actual actuality it was we it was taken from the world around us it
was taken from the world around us it
was taken from the world around us it was us
was us
was us gifs exist without lions that’s the
gifs exist without lions that’s the
gifs exist without lions that’s the thing about gifs okay and they’re silent
thing about gifs okay and they’re silent
thing about gifs okay and they’re silent there’s no words there’s no line being
there’s no words there’s no line being
there’s no words there’s no line being drawn and within that you transcend a
drawn and within that you transcend a
drawn and within that you transcend a type of communication and you whether
type of communication and you whether
type of communication and you whether it’s gender color or culture and it’s
it’s gender color or culture and it’s
it’s gender color or culture and it’s also taken from these objects around us
also taken from these objects around us
also taken from these objects around us or shared common experiences or taken
or shared common experiences or taken
or shared common experiences or taken from the media we consume I find them a
from the media we consume I find them a
from the media we consume I find them a modern form of communication that
modern form of communication that
modern form of communication that everyone basically has seen it as shared
everyone basically has seen it as shared
everyone basically has seen it as shared this familiar form of information so
this familiar form of information so
this familiar form of information so it’s no longer the unknown when you get
it’s no longer the unknown when you get
it’s no longer the unknown when you get something you have something – it’s
something you have something – it’s
something you have something – it’s something that is familiar
something that is familiar
something that is familiar something you can relate to and that’s
something you can relate to and that’s
something you can relate to and that’s kind of why I like it because living in
kind of why I like it because living in
kind of why I like it because living in within two different cultures like I
within two different cultures like I
within two different cultures like I lived in China for many years I lived in
lived in China for many years I lived in
lived in China for many years I lived in Qatar I had to find some way to commute
Qatar I had to find some way to commute
Qatar I had to find some way to commute with with people so these when I found
with with people so these when I found
with with people so these when I found them I had to bring them into my work
them I had to bring them into my work
them I had to bring them into my work and my work before was huge it was
and my work before was huge it was
and my work before was huge it was massive so I’ve gone from the massive to
massive so I’ve gone from the massive to
massive so I’ve gone from the massive to the miniature there’s a reason why I’m
the miniature there’s a reason why I’m
the miniature there’s a reason why I’m in this part of the world right now
in this part of the world right now
in this part of the world right now because I left it and I lived in China
because I left it and I lived in China
because I left it and I lived in China for about eleven years but it’s also a
for about eleven years but it’s also a
for about eleven years but it’s also a part of me it’s my second language I
part of me it’s my second language I
part of me it’s my second language I moved there in 2005 and I went to school
moved there in 2005 and I went to school
moved there in 2005 and I went to school there I got my degree in sculpture at
there I got my degree in sculpture at
there I got my degree in sculpture at the Central Academy Fine Arts it took me
the Central Academy Fine Arts it took me
the Central Academy Fine Arts it took me forever to learn Chinese okay it took me
forever to learn Chinese okay it took me
forever to learn Chinese okay it took me forever but I had about two years and it
forever but I had about two years and it
forever but I had about two years and it was like the first thing my teacher told
was like the first thing my teacher told
was like the first thing my teacher told me after two years of studying and him
me after two years of studying and him
me after two years of studying and him not talking to me he was like Joey
not talking to me he was like Joey
not talking to me he was like Joey needed junghwan Aldo la Cocinita also
needed junghwan Aldo la Cocinita also
needed junghwan Aldo la Cocinita also heightens ha which is basically
heightens ha which is basically
heightens ha which is basically translated to Wow Joey your Chinese has
translated to Wow Joey your Chinese has
translated to Wow Joey your Chinese has gotten so good but your sculpture still
gotten so good but your sculpture still
gotten so good but your sculpture still sucks one of the reasons why I went to
sucks one of the reasons why I went to
sucks one of the reasons why I went to Cutler it was this it became no longer
Cutler it was this it became no longer
Cutler it was this it became no longer interesting because sometimes when you
interesting because sometimes when you
interesting because sometimes when you stay in a place too long it loses its
stay in a place too long it loses its
stay in a place too long it loses its beauty I have a problem with that and
beauty I have a problem with that and
beauty I have a problem with that and people always ask me when will I go back
people always ask me when will I go back
people always ask me when will I go back to America well I’ll go back to America
to America well I’ll go back to America
to America well I’ll go back to America when I think I’ll become a tourist in my
when I think I’ll become a tourist in my
when I think I’ll become a tourist in my own land in my hometown because you go
own land in my hometown because you go
own land in my hometown because you go around here and you take pictures
around here and you take pictures
around here and you take pictures everywhere everything and it’s amazing
everywhere everything and it’s amazing
everywhere everything and it’s amazing but you don’t do that in your home but
but you don’t do that in your home but
but you don’t do that in your home but your homes are actually a really
your homes are actually a really
your homes are actually a really beautiful place and that’s what I’m kind
beautiful place and that’s what I’m kind
beautiful place and that’s what I’m kind of trying to do with objects to show
of trying to do with objects to show
of trying to do with objects to show people that actually the objects around
people that actually the objects around
people that actually the objects around us that I’m animating are right in front
us that I’m animating are right in front
us that I’m animating are right in front of us and anything is possible let’s go
of us and anything is possible let’s go
of us and anything is possible let’s go to where I’m at now I’m in Kathmandu and
to where I’m at now I’m in Kathmandu and
to where I’m at now I’m in Kathmandu and Kathmandu is little less intense than
Kathmandu is little less intense than
Kathmandu is little less intense than Delhi
Delhi
Delhi I love Delhi okay but I can only take it
I love Delhi okay but I can only take it
I love Delhi okay but I can only take it for like a couple weeks and I’m gonna do
for like a couple weeks and I’m gonna do
for like a couple weeks and I’m gonna do lets me chill that’s where I made this
lets me chill that’s where I made this
lets me chill that’s where I made this gifs and that is an object that is a
gifs and that is an object that is a
gifs and that is an object that is a shared experience and that is the media
shared experience and that is the media
shared experience and that is the media we consume that’s from our dango okay
we consume that’s from our dango okay
we consume that’s from our dango okay what is going to
what is going to
what is going to is that gifs exist in the in-between
is that gifs exist in the in-between
is that gifs exist in the in-between that there are no lines that within that
that there are no lines that within that
that there are no lines that within that place there is no end there’s no
place there is no end there’s no
place there is no end there’s no beginning you don’t see the end or
beginning you don’t see the end or
beginning you don’t see the end or beginning you just see the middle and
beginning you just see the middle and
beginning you just see the middle and that that middle is where you focus and
that that middle is where you focus and
that that middle is where you focus and I don’t know I just I love that oh yeah
I don’t know I just I love that oh yeah
I don’t know I just I love that oh yeah I get passion in that I get passionate
I get passion in that I get passionate
I get passion in that I get passionate and that’s why I bring it into my work
and that’s why I bring it into my work
and that’s why I bring it into my work and that’s why I animate and that’s why
and that’s why I animate and that’s why
and that’s why I animate and that’s why sometimes I spend all my time on the
sometimes I spend all my time on the
sometimes I spend all my time on the computer doing this because it’s my
computer doing this because it’s my
computer doing this because it’s my passion
passion
passion okay well that’s RuPaul on the right and
okay well that’s RuPaul on the right and
okay well that’s RuPaul on the right and that’s a honey boo boo on the left and
that’s a honey boo boo on the left and
that’s a honey boo boo on the left and basically in this talk what I was going
basically in this talk what I was going
basically in this talk what I was going to say in this section because there’s
to say in this section because there’s
to say in this section because there’s something in between but before that
something in between but before that
something in between but before that there’s another slide I was going to
there’s another slide I was going to
there’s another slide I was going to talk about what I made making now pretty
talk about what I made making now pretty
talk about what I made making now pretty child it’s a song by the scooter
child it’s a song by the scooter
child it’s a song by the scooter Gujarati artist from Bombay and it’s a
Gujarati artist from Bombay and it’s a
Gujarati artist from Bombay and it’s a song that needed to be crowd funded okay
song that needed to be crowd funded okay
song that needed to be crowd funded okay and within that we asked people from all
and within that we asked people from all
and within that we asked people from all over India okay use the platform wish
over India okay use the platform wish
over India okay use the platform wish bury and ask them to donate 51 rupees
bury and ask them to donate 51 rupees
bury and ask them to donate 51 rupees and in exchange you get to be in the
and in exchange you get to be in the
and in exchange you get to be in the film you send in a childhood photo okay
film you send in a childhood photo okay
film you send in a childhood photo okay so selling cameos to the masses and I
so selling cameos to the masses and I
so selling cameos to the masses and I like the way I understand things and
like the way I understand things and
like the way I understand things and visualize things is through these types
visualize things is through these types
visualize things is through these types of gifs so like this is what helps me
of gifs so like this is what helps me
of gifs so like this is what helps me get through it RuPaul was like in a
get through it RuPaul was like in a
get through it RuPaul was like in a cameo that I remember from a childhood
cameo that I remember from a childhood
cameo that I remember from a childhood and this is honey boo boo who’s a child
and this is honey boo boo who’s a child
and this is honey boo boo who’s a child that media consumed and in between there
that media consumed and in between there
that media consumed and in between there there’s some rupees from the game Zelda
there’s some rupees from the game Zelda
there’s some rupees from the game Zelda so now let’s go to this cat what is
so now let’s go to this cat what is
so now let’s go to this cat what is he doing he’s looking at me I dealt with
he doing he’s looking at me I dealt with
he doing he’s looking at me I dealt with what I got okay and I wasn’t afraid of
what I got okay and I wasn’t afraid of
what I got okay and I wasn’t afraid of that okay I wasn’t afraid of what people
that okay I wasn’t afraid of what people
that okay I wasn’t afraid of what people sent me because honestly they did not
sent me because honestly they did not
sent me because honestly they did not send me childhood photos they sent me
send me childhood photos they sent me
send me childhood photos they sent me cat photos but the thing that I was most
cat photos but the thing that I was most
cat photos but the thing that I was most afraid of was that I had to lose control
afraid of was that I had to lose control
afraid of was that I had to lose control of my creativity I couldn’t do this
of my creativity I couldn’t do this
of my creativity I couldn’t do this alone as an artist you know I you want
alone as an artist you know I you want
alone as an artist you know I you want to do everything yourself okay and I had
to do everything yourself okay and I had
to do everything yourself okay and I had to now ask for help
to now ask for help
to now ask for help and these these pieces of
and these these pieces of
and these these pieces of videos take hours and hours and hours
videos take hours and hours and hours
videos take hours and hours and hours months a month months and months and so
months a month months and months and so
months a month months and months and so Norman Mailer once wrote that every one
Norman Mailer once wrote that every one
Norman Mailer once wrote that every one of his books killed him a little bit
of his books killed him a little bit
of his books killed him a little bit more that’s an intense statement and for
more that’s an intense statement and for
more that’s an intense statement and for me as an artist and someone with bipolar
me as an artist and someone with bipolar
me as an artist and someone with bipolar I totally relate to it and in fact I’m I
I totally relate to it and in fact I’m I
I totally relate to it and in fact I’m I like my mania okay I fuel it I drink
like my mania okay I fuel it I drink
like my mania okay I fuel it I drink when I shouldn’t drink I workout and
when I shouldn’t drink I workout and
when I shouldn’t drink I workout and well I don’t workout basically I don’t
well I don’t workout basically I don’t
well I don’t workout basically I don’t sleep I work too much
sleep I work too much
sleep I work too much I eat dal makhni instead of just plain
I eat dal makhni instead of just plain
I eat dal makhni instead of just plain dal tastes good but anyway what happens
dal tastes good but anyway what happens
dal tastes good but anyway what happens is that when the piece of work that I
is that when the piece of work that I
is that when the piece of work that I have made finishes I am I’m down
have made finishes I am I’m down
have made finishes I am I’m down I really really go down and I can barely
I really really go down and I can barely
I really really go down and I can barely have the courage to show the work that I
have the courage to show the work that I
have the courage to show the work that I just killed myself for which is actually
just killed myself for which is actually
just killed myself for which is actually today really important because I like
today really important because I like
today really important because I like finish this video yesterday so I think
finish this video yesterday so I think
finish this video yesterday so I think of it as a Darwinian Peter Pan ideology
of it as a Darwinian Peter Pan ideology
of it as a Darwinian Peter Pan ideology now Peter Pan is innocent children are
now Peter Pan is innocent children are
now Peter Pan is innocent children are innocent and you have to have a type of
innocent and you have to have a type of
innocent and you have to have a type of innocence to trust so therefore a to
innocence to trust so therefore a to
innocence to trust so therefore a to survive you kind of need to be like a
survive you kind of need to be like a
survive you kind of need to be like a child I just want you to know one thing
child I just want you to know one thing
child I just want you to know one thing let a little part of you be a jiff okay
let a little part of you be a jiff okay
let a little part of you be a jiff okay no end no beginning it’s just somewhere
no end no beginning it’s just somewhere
no end no beginning it’s just somewhere in between where you’re just you and
in between where you’re just you and
in between where you’re just you and within that it’s actually kind of what
within that it’s actually kind of what
within that it’s actually kind of what fueled this this work that I’m about to
fueled this this work that I’m about to
fueled this this work that I’m about to show
show
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