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I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF SEWERS MY FAMILY COMES
FROM PUERTO RICO AND AS A CHILD EVERYTHING WAS SEWN AND IT WAS A MOMENT WHERE WE ALL SORT OF LIKE
WERE TOGETHER HANGING OUT I JUST YEAH I STARTED SEWING AND I LOVED IT MY NAME IS MARI HIDALGO KING
AND I'M A TEXTILE AND VISUAL ARTIST I STUDIED FASHION DESIGN AT PARSONS I'VE ALWAYS DONE ART
ON THE SIDE AND ALWAYS HAD TEXTILES AS PART OF MY MATERIAL BASE THAT I WOULD BUILD THINGS OFF
OF SO I'VE BUILT THINGS FROM PAPER LARGE FORM PAPER DRESSES LARGE LAMINATES RECYCLED PRODUCTS
AND THAT WILL JUST BE THE CONTINUED JOURNEY MY PIECE I'M EXCITED TO SHOW WITH FRISCO IS CALLED
VALLEY OF THE GIANTS IT WILL BE A 12 PIECE INSTALLATION OF INFLATABLES THEY REFERENCE THE
CALIFORNIA REDWOODS AND ALSO HUMAN MIGRATION THEY STAND ABOUT 12 TO 15 FT TALL EACH OF THEM IT'S
FOR THE OBSERVER TO HAVE FUN WITH TAKE IN AND BE INFORMED BY THEIR SHAPES THEY'RE ALL CUSTOM SHAPES
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LINGER WITH YOU AND SEE WHAT THOSE FEELINGS CALL OUT FROM THOSE SHAPES AS A
SEWER A CREATOR MY FAVORITE PARTS ARE WHEN YOU SEE THE LINES CONNECTING AND MATCHING UP AND HOW
THAT LOOKS THROUGH THE GLOW OF LIGHT I'M PROUD OF THAT AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT WORKS AND I ALSO LOVE THE SOFT TURNS OF THE FORMS I LOVE HOW PLAYFUL THEY ARE AND THEY'RE
NOT ANY THING SPECIFIC BUT I I LOVE THOSE FORMS COMING TO LIFE WHAT I HOPE VISITORS TAKE AWAY
FROM THIS PIECE IS A NEW WAY TO SEE INTERACTING WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT WITH ART HI MY NAME IS MARI HIDALGO KING MY PIECE IS TITLED VALLEY OF THE GIANTS I HOPE YOU COME AND ENJOY THE
WORK AT NOCTURNE AT GRAND PARK IN FRISCO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.