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I DO THINK THAT ART MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE I REALLY LOVE BEING AN ARTIST MY NAME IS ALICIA
EGGERT AND I'M A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST THE WORK I'M SHOWING AT GRAND PARK IS CALLED YOU ARE ON
A MOUNTAIN AND IT'S A NEON SIGN THAT LITERALLY SAYS YOU ARE ON A MOUNTAIN BUT THE WORD ON
FLASHES ON AND OFF SLOWLY SO IT ALSO SAYS YOU ARE A MOUNTAIN I CONSIDER MYSELF A CONCEPTUAL
ARTIST BUT I'M ALSO AT MY CORE A SCULPTOR SO I REALLY LOVE TO MAKE PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND
PHYSICAL EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IN THE WORLD WITH MY WORK AS OPPOSED TO JUST
LOOKING AT AN IMAGE I DON'T REALLY THINK IN IMAGES I THINK IN WORDS AND SO BECAUSE OF
THAT LANGUAGE IS REALLY MY PRIMARY ART MEDIUM AND I LIKE TO SWITCH THAT SAYING THAT YOU'VE
PROBABLY HEARD OF WHICH IS THAT ONE IMAGE IS EQUAL TO A THOUSAND WORDS I THINK ONE WORD CAN
ALSO CONJURE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT IMAGES SO I LOVE GIVING PEOPLE WORDS TO THINK ABOUT AND THEN
LETTING THEIR IMAGINATION RUN WILD I REALLY ENJOY AS AN ARTIST CREATING THESE MESSAGES THAT I FIND
REALLY INSPIRING THAT I PULL FROM THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES BUT PUTTING THEM INTO PUBLIC PLACES
SO THAT SOMEONE WHO'S GOING ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE MIGHT SORT OF HAPPEN UPON IT AND SEE
IT AND READ IT AND FEEL INSPIRED OR FEEL A SENSE OF LIKE INTROSPECTION OR REFLECTION IN THEIR
EVERYDAY LIFE I THINK THE THING I HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM MY WORK IS A KIND OF WONDER ABOUT
NOT ONLY LIKE WHO THEY ARE AS A PERSON AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR LIVES
BUT ALSO WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN THE WORLD WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WATCH WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE LOOK AT MY
WORK OR TALKING ABOUT MY WORK IS SEEING THE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE INTERPRET IT AND THE WAY
THAT IT CAN MEAN SOMETIMES LIKE A VERY UNIVERSAL THING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON BUT THEN IT CAN
MEAN VERY DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND IT CAN BE VERY PERSONAL MY NAME IS ALICIA EGGERT
AND I'M A CONCEPTUAL ARTIST AND SCULPTOR AND THE WORK I'M SHOWING IS CALLED YOU ARE ON A MOUNTAIN
SO I HOPE YOU COME SEE IT AT NOCTURNE AT GRAND PARK
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.