ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - Artist Laurel Nakadate
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Born in 1975 in Austin, Texas, Laurel Nakadate is one of the featured artists in the exhibition "One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now" currently on display at the Japanese American National Museum. In her work, Nakadate, oftentimes with the help of single men invited to participate with her in front of the camera, stage improvised vignettes that combine comedy and sadness, explore issues of exploitation and voyeurism. What follows is a collection of video interviews with Laurel Nakadate speaking about her background and her creative process.
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Family & Background - Part 1/6TRANSCRIPTION: I was born in Texas and I grew up in Iowa. My Dad is third generation Japanese American. He was raised in Portland, Oregon. My Mom is from Texas and she is Irish and Welsh. My Dad's parents, they were born and raised in Portland and they're very much …
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Creative Beginnings & Influences - Part 2/6TRANSCRIPTION: I think I was always doing creative stuff. My Dad is an author and a teacher at Iowa State. So I grew up knowing that making things was valid and the things we are inspired to do and make, they're all very valid things. And so I never really …
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Early Work & Origins - Part 3/6TRANSCRIPTION: When I was in college, I did a documentary on girls' colleges, where I just - very traditional documentary, 35mm and some video, of girls at Wellesley, Smith, and Mount Holyoke, sort of just living their college day, day-to-day, day in and out. And I got to graduate school …
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On Mixed-Race Identity - Part 4/6TRANSCRIPTION: I think there's a luxury of being neither one nor the other. Growing up, I never really fit into any one category. Like, "Are you a foreign student? Are you an American? Are you... What are you?" But questioning that early on is very, very important. And this sort …
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Exploitation vs. Empathy - Part 5/6TRANSCRIPTION: The job of an artist, I think, is to raise questions and try to answer them. And if I'm raising questions in an audience, and they're grappling with how they would answer them, I think that I'm doing my job. I never to set out to make art that …
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On Politics and Gender - Part 6/6TRANSCRIPTION: I think it's political by default, because any time we bring up gender politics, or any time you put a man and a woman in a frame, you're bringing up gender politics. Which immediately raises a million questions. So by default I think that it is. [off camera - …
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ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - Artist Laurel Nakadate
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