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Probably some illegal shit
going on here...
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- Yeah.
- Yo, dude, we're gonna get...
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This project's gonna get busted.
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- People over here.
- Get the net out of there.
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Yo, you want some help?
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- When I get on the truck...
- Yeah. Yeah.
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Yo, throw it here.
I got it.
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Yo. Yo.
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Yo. the cops are here.
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Move out the way so I can go!
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Yo. yo!
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Shit.
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Yo! yo! Yo!
Where you going?
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What are you doing?
Move! Move!
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Go!
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- It's mine.
- It's not yours.
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Let go. Let go.
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One last time, you need to let go.
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Everybody, let go.
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♪ Keep in the dark
to stay out of the light ♪
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♪ keep in the dark
to stay out of the light ♪
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♪ keep in the dark
to stay out of the light ♪
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♪ just hang in the sunshine ♪
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♪ la, ah-ah-ah ♪
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♪ la, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ♪
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♪ la, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ♪
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♪ la, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ♪
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I'd appreciate if you guys
would back this up.
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- Please back up, okay?
- Okay.
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Move back!
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It was really crazy.
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It almost seemed like a scene
out of a movie.
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Pleading with the police
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to take it out or put it back up.
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♪ Turn off your light,
let's step into the dark ♪
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♪ sleep away like shining into her ♪
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♪ save your face and get behind... ♪
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Let's move back.
Move back. Move back.
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♪ Into the earth ♪
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♪ earth ♪
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- He stole it.
- Yeah.
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Yo, don't touch me.
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What are we doing?
Where am I going?
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Let's start off with
a little tutorial on banksy.
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Just who is this nefarious character?
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Well, that's the thing.
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People don't know too much about him.
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He's anonymous in the age
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where it's nearly impossible
to be anonymous.
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He has a great instinct
for pushing buttons.
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He's distinguished himself
from other street artists
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by having a bigger agenda.
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He kind of exploded
into the stratosphere.
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All of a sudden, everyone wanted
to talk about banksy...
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- "Banksy, banksy, banksy."
- Banksy.
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- Banksy.
- banksy.
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I've heard about this guy for years.
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Like the most famous on earth.
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His works are far more famous
than his face.
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So, from Bristol, right?
He's an english-born artist.
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- What else do we know about him?
- That's pretty much it.
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Banksy has never let
anyone see his face.
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His following is international.
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Banksy's art often has political
and social overtones,
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and his controversial work
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has appeared on walls across the world.
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Including here,
on Israeli security walls
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in the occupied west bank.
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Since then, he's become popular
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on the international auction circuit,
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alongside Andy warhol and Damien hirst.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
are among the growing number
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of collectors known to pay
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more than $1 million for a banksy.
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Banksy, a legendary
British street artist,
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whose works are now popping up
all over New York City.
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All right, he's been tagging the walls
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of buildings throughout New York.
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There's a well-known graffiti artist
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who's making his Mark
in New York City...
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On New York City.
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I am Beth stebner.
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I am a reporter with the daily news,
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and I tracked banksy
throughout New York.
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He announced that he was doing
a month-long residency,
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so every morning, he'd post
to his Instagram account,
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and he'd just leave the littlest teaser
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of what he was doing.
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There's gonna be one piece every day
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for the entire month of October.
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Every day,
he would post on his website...
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...with a picture of the piece,
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with no identifying location
for where it is.
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Some of them had audio
commentary attached to them.
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Supposed to be kind of like
a museum guide.
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Hello, and welcome to lower Manhattan.
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Before you, you will see a spray art
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by the artist "ban-sky."
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This piece is typical
of ban-sky's output,
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relying as it does
on life-sized characters
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viewed at a level perspective
in monochrome.
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This effect is achieved by
spraying automotive spray paint
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through an intricately cut shape
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in a piece of cardboard,
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or, to give it its proper term,
"cheating."
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The children
in this case represent youth,
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and the sign represents, well, signs.
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What was interesting to me
as a journalist covering it
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was the wide array
of people who showed up.
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You had art students.
You had plumbers.
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You had gallery owners that just
brought new yorkers out.
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Yeah, we're looking
for the "banksky" piece
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on 16 and Allen,
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which I guess is the first
of his graffiti artwork
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in New York City.
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- He's doing a month-long...
- Right.
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A month-long tour on
the streets of New York, right?
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Right.
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Putting artwork all over the place?
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Yeah.
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And we're trying to find the first one.
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Right.
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Now let us pause for a moment
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to consider the deeper meaning
of this work.
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Okay, that's long enough.
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- What bullshit, huh?
- Yeah.
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I actually believe they actually
covered up a banksky original.
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So, it turned into
a scavenger hunt, in a sense,
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where people would see this piece
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and go, "oh, my God, where is it?
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I need to find it before it disappears."
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There's a lot of talk that it could be
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one of the shop owners
or it could be him himself.
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I don't know because the paintbrush
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is still on the ground.
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You just got to come as soon as you can.
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I have to work later on today,
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but first stop, see the new banksy.
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I just wish I could have seen
the full piece.
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I wanted to catch the banksy graffiti,
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but I just missed it.
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♪ Huh, but I don't cry
about the could'ves ♪
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♪ worry about the would'ves ♪
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♪ sure don't give a shit
about the should'ves ♪
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♪ so you think you've had it tough ♪
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♪ had it tougher than the rest of us ♪
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♪ you just couldn't take it
when it got too much ♪
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♪ should've known
then you would end up ♪
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♪ just like every other,
"coulda been a contender" ♪
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For the first time, we saw work
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in a really seamless fashion,
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where he would put out
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this cryptic message on his website...
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...which made like a treasure hunt
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where you needed to go
and find something
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in the part of the city
you'd never been in before.
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We would post something, and then...
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- Hashtag it.
- ...Hashtag it.
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The banksy phenomenon, like,
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trained us on to, like, how
to find things via social media.
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Every day this month, it seems,
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a fresh work will be unveiled,
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but nobody knows where
and nobody knows when.
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♪ But I'd rather... ♪
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So, banksy would post something,
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and within a very,
very small window of time,
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people would just be tweeting
about it, using Instagram.
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You'd just get a barrage
of people taking pictures.
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The people who followed him...
It was their job,
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it was their quest to find him.
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The response to it
would be part of the art itself.
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It's never been done like that before.
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It was like a giant scavenger
hunt in New York City,
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and we were all pawns.
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We all played along beautifully.
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For now, the city is getting
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a new tourist attraction every day
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and also a lot more graffiti.
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You know what it was?
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It was the integration
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of the street and social media.
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What was happening on the
streets was happening so fast,
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there were camera crews
interviewing people immediately.
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So, immediately I knew
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that this was going to be
an important event
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for 31 days in the city of New York,
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prompted by banksy.
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The "o" would be right here.
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So, right where they
painted it, look at that.
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- This is where it was.
- Amazing.
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And then the "y" was right here.
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Hello.
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You're standing somewhere
in New York City
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and looking at a delivery truck
that is delivering calm.
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Please rest awhile and enjoy the view.
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We just found out
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that it could be on St. Mark's and...
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Second or third.
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- ...second or third.
- Yeah.
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We're headed there now.
I'm shaking!
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Julia.
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Yeah?
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Found it!
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Can you imagine...
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The coolest part is,
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is that this guy
is hanging out here somewhere.
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Or one of his associates
is hanging out...
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They're watching the truck, yeah.
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They're watching that truck, right?
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It's basically a giant diorama.
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And I could kind of care less
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'cause I can to go
the natural history museum
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and see a silly diorama.
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But you listen to the audio guide,
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and he's like, "this truck
is delivering calm
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all throughout New York City."
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Well, he was delivering chaos.
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It never once delivered calm.
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It was driving a banksy around the city
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and hordes of people following it.
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No one was there and thinking,
"oh, I'm so relaxed."
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Everyone was there, saying,
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"got to get in, get my picture.
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How do I... aah!"
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So, this is on St. Mark's place.
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♪ Meet me at the station ♪
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♪ meet me 'bout half past 9:00 ♪
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Banksy is at it again.
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All right, banksy strikes again.
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He tagged a truck
that cruised around the village.
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Folks, brace yourself
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'cause... the British are coming?
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The British are coming.
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Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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So, today's banksky is a video.
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Today's banksky is a video.
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Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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Banksy really understands the necessity
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to make narratives simple
for the mainstream media.
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The video piece
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that obviously had a reference
to "dumbo"...
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The story of dumbo also was connected...
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It came out around
the time of world war ii.
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"Dumbo" was the code name
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used for the u. S. Navy
during the '40s and '50s
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to signify search-and-rescue mission.
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The purpose of dumbo missions
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was to rescue downed American aviators,
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as well as seamen in distress.
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Allahu akbar!
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That video with dumbo
getting shot, right?
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And if you look at that audio...
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Allahu akbar!
Allahu akbar!
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Allahu akbar!
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...that was actual audio
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of militants taking a rocket launcher
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and shooting down a real helicopter.
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So, while we're all saying like, "oh,
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childhood innocence is kind of, like,
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cute but sad and whatever, video,"
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that was the sound
of somebody actually dying.
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Allahu akbar!
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The helium balloon,
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an object of such poetry,
its lightness, its fragility,
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its way of wandering on a breeze.
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It's an uplifting visual poem
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to that most fragile of human emotions.
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Oh, brother.
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Such a juxtaposition, then,
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is a common theme for this artist.
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Or, to put it another way,
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he just keeps repeating himself.
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So, this piece, I think,
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was put up there to be
an interactive piece, you know,
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because it's, "there's always hope,"
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the stencil, the girl with the balloon.
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As soon as I saw it,
I was like, "all right,
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I hope a little girl shows up
so I can get a shot."
285
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You know, everybody wants to get
a shot that nobody else has.
286
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And I was trying
to do it as quickly as possible
287
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so everybody else who was there
wouldn't get the same shot.
288
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I really loved how much
the audience participation
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was a part of this show.
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The bandaged heart balloon piece...
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You had to stand in front of that piece.
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Yes, you had to take a picture, sure.
293
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So, Instagram, yay.
294
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But you had to stand there
to activate the piece.
295
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This piece is obviously
an iconic representation
296
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of the battle to survive a broken heart.
297
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I knew you were gonna do that shit, man.
298
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Just in time.
299
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Yeah, it's called spot-jocking.
300
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You put your name or piece
next to somebody else's
301
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who's, like, more famous than you
302
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because everybody who looks at that
303
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or takes a picture of that one
is also gonna get you.
304
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First week, you saw people
tagging major pieces by banksy.
305
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It was a call-and-response.
306
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It was banksy saying,
"New York, here I am."
307
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It was other graffiti artists
308
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saying, "hear you loud and clear."
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Yeah.
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People had negative reactions
311
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to his work getting ragged
by graffiti writers,
312
00:17:19,621 --> 00:17:21,855
and people who wanted to rag his work...
313
00:17:21,856 --> 00:17:24,958
They're all part
of the performance, you know?
314
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It's like performance art.
It's like epic street theater.
315
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Within the street-art community,
316
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there are a lot of graffiti artists
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who think that banksy is a poser,
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that he's sold out,
that he is not authentic anymore
319
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because of his notoriety.
320
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I mean, it plays into this
321
00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:44,145
"street art versus graffiti" divide.
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There's a feeling
that graffiti is prosecuted
323
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much more aggressively than street art,
324
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graffiti is something that's bad.
325
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So, you got this whole
326
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sweltering sort of undertone
that already exists,
327
00:17:56,924 --> 00:17:59,226
and in plops banksy.
328
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♪ Mine, mine, mine is on the inside ♪
329
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♪ mine, mine, mine is on the inside ♪
330
00:18:03,171 --> 00:18:05,172
♪ mine, mine, mine is on the inside ♪
331
00:18:05,173 --> 00:18:07,413
♪ I don't really like you,
but I like you on the inside ♪
332
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Banksy comes from a sort of
traditional graffiti background.
333
00:18:18,153 --> 00:18:19,586
Graffiti... it starts the story.
334
00:18:19,587 --> 00:18:22,456
It's the original street art.
335
00:18:22,457 --> 00:18:24,090
New York is the holy grail
336
00:18:24,091 --> 00:18:26,227
of street artists and graffiti writers,
337
00:18:26,228 --> 00:18:27,928
and I think there were a lot
of factors in New York
338
00:18:27,929 --> 00:18:29,596
that made it important,
339
00:18:29,597 --> 00:18:32,799
one of which was the fact that
there was a lot of empowerment
340
00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,702
for marginal voices
in the '70s in New York.
341
00:18:35,703 --> 00:18:37,404
There was also a strong art community.
342
00:18:37,405 --> 00:18:39,840
There was also a strong
community of protest
343
00:18:39,841 --> 00:18:41,375
that was going on in this city.
344
00:18:41,376 --> 00:18:43,810
So, all these factors
sort of became this cocktail
345
00:18:43,811 --> 00:18:46,548
that really, you know,
birthed the movement.
346
00:18:48,783 --> 00:18:50,684
We didn't have art programs back then.
347
00:18:50,685 --> 00:18:52,886
We didn't have sports programs
back then.
348
00:18:52,887 --> 00:18:57,124
So, if you were competitive
and if you were an artist,
349
00:18:57,125 --> 00:19:00,535
the trains were like
a giant beacon for you.
350
00:19:04,406 --> 00:19:05,839
5 pointz is really
351
00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,142
one of the rare locations
in the city of New York
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where writers and graffiti artists
353
00:19:09,877 --> 00:19:12,446
can come together and really
explore their talents,
354
00:19:12,447 --> 00:19:13,947
collaborate.
355
00:19:13,948 --> 00:19:16,383
And people from around the world
would come to New York
356
00:19:16,384 --> 00:19:18,652
to visit it as a landmark.
357
00:19:18,653 --> 00:19:20,554
And you pass it on the train,
358
00:19:20,555 --> 00:19:24,591
and it's got that old,
gritty, industrial, wild sense
359
00:19:24,592 --> 00:19:28,061
that New York had much more
at a point in time in the past.
360
00:19:28,062 --> 00:19:29,496
But it's private property.
361
00:19:29,497 --> 00:19:33,901
A developer acquired it
with plans to change it.
362
00:19:49,016 --> 00:19:51,818
The largest legal
aerosol outlet in the u. S.,
363
00:19:51,819 --> 00:19:53,320
quite possibly the world.
364
00:19:53,321 --> 00:19:55,456
It was about artists
coming in and telling the story.
365
00:19:55,457 --> 00:19:59,066
This is the difference between
public art and Times Square.
366
00:20:00,768 --> 00:20:02,336
Banksy... his quote was,
367
00:20:02,337 --> 00:20:04,037
"New York calls to graffiti writers
368
00:20:04,038 --> 00:20:05,372
like a dirty, old lighthouse."
369
00:20:05,373 --> 00:20:07,974
And it's true.
It's the birthplace of graffiti.
370
00:20:07,975 --> 00:20:10,611
Of course banksy chose New York,
371
00:20:10,612 --> 00:20:12,447
the midwife of graffiti.
372
00:20:13,248 --> 00:20:14,981
So, I think an artist like banksy
373
00:20:14,982 --> 00:20:18,419
really needed a little bit
of that credit.
374
00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:19,853
Back in red hook,
375
00:20:19,854 --> 00:20:21,255
the owners of the building
with the red balloon
376
00:20:21,256 --> 00:20:24,024
decided to play it safe
and put up plexiglas
377
00:20:24,025 --> 00:20:27,428
to prevent any more graffiti
on top of the graffiti.
378
00:20:27,429 --> 00:20:30,331
Fans now waiting to see
what tomorrow will bring,
379
00:20:30,332 --> 00:20:32,333
if it brings anything banksy at all.
380
00:20:32,334 --> 00:20:35,369
Suddenly, someone posts
an address on Twitter.
381
00:20:35,370 --> 00:20:36,737
Okay, here it is.
382
00:20:36,738 --> 00:20:39,306
After a false alarm,
we eventually find it.
383
00:20:39,307 --> 00:20:40,607
What do you think?
384
00:20:40,608 --> 00:20:44,212
It's cool because we're one
of the first to get here.
385
00:20:47,882 --> 00:20:49,151
♪ Once ♪
386
00:20:55,790 --> 00:20:58,024
Everyone after photographic proof
387
00:20:58,025 --> 00:21:00,635
before too many others discover it.
388
00:21:03,338 --> 00:21:06,107
The attention was too much
for the building's owners.
389
00:21:06,108 --> 00:21:07,974
They started covering it up,
390
00:21:07,975 --> 00:21:10,844
despite one rich man's best attempts.
391
00:21:10,845 --> 00:21:13,480
$1,000 for the door right now.
392
00:21:13,481 --> 00:21:15,816
And I'll buy you a new door...
Home depot... today.
393
00:21:15,817 --> 00:21:17,818
His last piece sold for $400,000,
394
00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:19,320
and it was a piece of stucco.
395
00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:23,457
So, I would be glad
to hang that up on my wall.
396
00:21:23,458 --> 00:21:25,892
Oh, man. Come on, man.
397
00:21:25,893 --> 00:21:27,594
He didn't get his way.
398
00:21:27,595 --> 00:21:29,230
Just like that, it was gone.
399
00:21:29,231 --> 00:21:31,265
Instagram users hot on the banksy trail
400
00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:34,735
posted pictures
of workers taking down the door,
401
00:21:34,736 --> 00:21:36,737
hashtagged #dolladollabills.
402
00:21:36,738 --> 00:21:39,005
All right, and now we come up
403
00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:41,942
to the section that
everyone's been waiting for.
404
00:21:41,943 --> 00:21:44,845
This is the banksy portion
of the auction.
405
00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:47,181
So, people are taking banksy's work,
406
00:21:47,182 --> 00:21:48,549
they're cutting them out of the wall,
407
00:21:48,550 --> 00:21:51,084
and they're selling them
without authorization
408
00:21:51,085 --> 00:21:54,588
and making a lot of money.
409
00:21:54,589 --> 00:21:56,089
But what you see around banksy
410
00:21:56,090 --> 00:21:59,260
is not money that banksy
is making day after day,
411
00:21:59,261 --> 00:22:01,635
though that's the impression
in the press,
412
00:22:01,636 --> 00:22:03,237
and that's the impression
413
00:22:03,238 --> 00:22:08,375
that the gallery people who have
taken his rather stolen work
414
00:22:08,376 --> 00:22:10,744
and put it up at auction
would like to give.
415
00:22:10,745 --> 00:22:12,913
And we're selling it for $170,000
416
00:22:12,914 --> 00:22:14,282
to Megan Thorne, bidders.
417
00:22:20,087 --> 00:22:21,723
My name is Stephan keszler.
418
00:22:22,957 --> 00:22:25,092
I'm the owner of the keszler gallery.
419
00:22:26,561 --> 00:22:30,030
Southampton is the bathing
420
00:22:30,031 --> 00:22:32,633
and recreation area of New York...
421
00:22:32,634 --> 00:22:37,004
Hedge-fund guys and people
with very good income.
422
00:22:38,606 --> 00:22:43,877
So here, we have one
of the most famous banksy works
423
00:22:43,878 --> 00:22:47,481
from Bethlehem, the west bank.
424
00:22:47,482 --> 00:22:48,982
The name is "wet dog."
425
00:22:48,983 --> 00:22:52,186
In 10 years, this will be millions.
426
00:22:52,187 --> 00:22:55,556
And if you compare this with basquiat
427
00:22:55,557 --> 00:23:01,067
or with Keith haring
or even with Damien hirst,
428
00:23:01,068 --> 00:23:03,770
you pay for something in
this size that is important...
429
00:23:03,771 --> 00:23:06,273
$10 million, $20 million.
430
00:23:06,274 --> 00:23:08,242
$6,200.
431
00:23:08,243 --> 00:23:10,244
A few arguments by people is,
432
00:23:10,245 --> 00:23:12,846
"oh, it's not banksy's intention
433
00:23:12,847 --> 00:23:14,881
that this is in a gallery
434
00:23:14,882 --> 00:23:16,217
or this is in a private collection.
435
00:23:16,218 --> 00:23:17,351
My answer is always,
436
00:23:17,352 --> 00:23:19,286
"it was not Picasso's intention
437
00:23:19,287 --> 00:23:21,822
when he painted a beautiful woman
438
00:23:21,823 --> 00:23:24,057
or gave a piece to the hairdresser
439
00:23:24,058 --> 00:23:28,094
as a present
that it shows 40 years later
440
00:23:28,095 --> 00:23:31,064
or 30 years later at
an auction house for millions."
441
00:23:31,065 --> 00:23:33,800
I think, at a certain point,
when he does it,
442
00:23:33,801 --> 00:23:37,504
it's not his business anymore.
443
00:23:37,505 --> 00:23:43,344
Banksy is never
authenticating street art.
444
00:23:43,345 --> 00:23:46,780
He puts every work he does
on his website.
445
00:23:46,781 --> 00:23:48,849
So, if it's on his website,
446
00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:51,618
it's an authentication of his work.
447
00:23:51,619 --> 00:23:54,821
But I think if he goes to bed at night
448
00:23:54,822 --> 00:23:57,057
and he thinks about what we do,
449
00:23:57,058 --> 00:24:00,767
he's grateful about what we do.
450
00:24:05,607 --> 00:24:07,542
You want to see this?
451
00:24:14,749 --> 00:24:18,018
We got contacted from a middleman
452
00:24:18,019 --> 00:24:19,986
that those banksy works,
453
00:24:19,987 --> 00:24:22,557
the "wet dog"
and the "stop and search"...
454
00:24:31,466 --> 00:24:35,570
From west bank to New York.
455
00:24:41,309 --> 00:24:43,311
"Stop and search."
456
00:24:48,283 --> 00:24:49,850
It's very smart, what he does.
457
00:24:49,851 --> 00:24:57,858
I hope one day he will admit
that I'm good for him,
458
00:24:57,859 --> 00:25:00,101
and then we can work together
with all the hustle.
459
00:25:00,102 --> 00:25:01,435
This would be my dream.
460
00:25:01,436 --> 00:25:06,039
With banksy,
you never know happens tomorrow.
461
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,844
And we hope we will do this
for a long time.
462
00:25:14,516 --> 00:25:17,251
Did you see "house of cards"?
463
00:25:17,252 --> 00:25:19,321
- Yeah.
- I love Kevin spacey.
464
00:25:36,604 --> 00:25:37,604
Morning!
465
00:25:37,605 --> 00:25:39,206
Good morning!
466
00:25:39,207 --> 00:25:41,007
What day of the week is it?
467
00:25:41,008 --> 00:25:42,243
Is it Wednesday?
468
00:25:42,244 --> 00:25:43,644
It's Wednesday.
469
00:25:43,645 --> 00:25:45,746
I noticed a lot more traffic
on the way in,
470
00:25:45,747 --> 00:25:49,150
so maybe it's the...
471
00:25:49,151 --> 00:25:50,817
I'm already nervous
about banksky, aren't you?
472
00:25:50,818 --> 00:25:52,119
Yep, I'm already nervous,
473
00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:53,720
looking around.
474
00:25:53,721 --> 00:25:55,956
Let's see if there's anything there.
475
00:25:55,957 --> 00:25:58,225
We're in Times Square.
476
00:25:58,226 --> 00:26:00,066
We just got word there is a gigantic...
477
00:26:00,067 --> 00:26:01,935
- It's a war horse!
- ...Banksky piece...
478
00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:03,104
A war horse!
479
00:26:03,105 --> 00:26:04,438
...on the lower east side.
480
00:26:04,439 --> 00:26:05,806
We're headed there right now.
481
00:26:05,807 --> 00:26:07,241
We got a tip on Twitter.
482
00:26:07,242 --> 00:26:09,311
Hey, puppy.
Come on.
483
00:26:28,095 --> 00:26:29,263
Keep shooting.
484
00:26:33,935 --> 00:26:35,803
Hotel 2-6, crazy horse 1-8.
485
00:26:37,139 --> 00:26:39,840
Crazy horse 1-8,
this is hotel 2-6. Over.
486
00:26:39,841 --> 00:26:41,975
All right, we just
engaged all eight individuals.
487
00:26:41,976 --> 00:26:44,578
1-8, we also have one individual,
488
00:26:44,579 --> 00:26:47,214
appears to be wounded
trying to crawl away.
489
00:26:47,215 --> 00:26:48,449
He's getting up.
490
00:26:48,450 --> 00:26:49,616
Maybe he has a weapon down in his hand?
491
00:26:49,617 --> 00:26:51,886
No, no, I haven't seen one yet.
492
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,688
Come on, buddy.
493
00:26:54,689 --> 00:26:57,358
All you gotta do is pick up a weapon.
494
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,401
Bushmaster, crazy horse 1-8.
495
00:27:00,402 --> 00:27:01,868
For more than 2 1/2 years,
496
00:27:01,869 --> 00:27:04,171
the wire service reuters
has been trying to find out
497
00:27:04,172 --> 00:27:06,072
what happened to their two staff members
498
00:27:06,073 --> 00:27:07,241
on this street
499
00:27:07,242 --> 00:27:10,311
in the suburb of new Baghdad.
500
00:27:10,312 --> 00:27:13,180
Wikileaks says this is what happened.
501
00:27:13,181 --> 00:27:15,382
Hotel 2-6, crazy horse 1-8,
502
00:27:15,383 --> 00:27:18,985
have five to six individuals
with ak-47s.
503
00:27:18,986 --> 00:27:20,322
Light them all up.
504
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:22,223
Come on. Fire.
505
00:27:24,959 --> 00:27:26,360
Roger.
506
00:27:26,361 --> 00:27:28,162
Keep shooting.
507
00:27:28,163 --> 00:27:29,496
Keep shooting.
508
00:27:33,268 --> 00:27:35,802
Hotel 2-6, crazy horse 1-8.
509
00:27:35,803 --> 00:27:38,740
Crazy horse 1-8,
this is hotel 2-6. Over.
510
00:27:44,979 --> 00:27:47,481
From a distance,
you hear the voices on the tape
511
00:27:47,482 --> 00:27:50,050
watch as the wounded
try to crawl to help,
512
00:27:50,051 --> 00:27:51,885
but when help arrives...
513
00:27:51,886 --> 00:27:52,886
Come on.
514
00:27:55,890 --> 00:27:57,024
Clear.
515
00:28:01,236 --> 00:28:02,636
Even from high above,
516
00:28:02,637 --> 00:28:05,206
the harsh reality
becomes evident as the troops
517
00:28:05,207 --> 00:28:07,874
that arrive claim two children, wounded.
518
00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:11,779
You see them carry their small
bodies and call for help.
519
00:28:19,354 --> 00:28:20,988
The response on the tape...
520
00:28:25,026 --> 00:28:28,395
To tie it into something
that's so real and to, I guess,
521
00:28:28,396 --> 00:28:30,231
refocus people's attention
not just on him,
522
00:28:30,232 --> 00:28:31,932
but to use that attention...
523
00:28:31,933 --> 00:28:34,535
To refocus it on this larger issue of,
524
00:28:34,536 --> 00:28:36,738
like, "what are we paying attention to?"
525
00:28:47,649 --> 00:28:49,316
Banksy managed to create
526
00:28:49,317 --> 00:28:52,085
this huge installation
on the lower east side
527
00:28:52,086 --> 00:28:54,255
without anyone seeing him.
528
00:28:54,256 --> 00:28:56,089
There was a blue tarp for a while up.
529
00:28:56,090 --> 00:28:57,758
Then the blue tarp came down.
530
00:28:57,759 --> 00:28:59,766
I think it's kind of cool that
he's, like, this elusive artist.
531
00:28:59,767 --> 00:29:02,836
Banksy has promised
to create a new work of art
532
00:29:02,837 --> 00:29:04,871
every day this month in New York,
533
00:29:04,872 --> 00:29:07,574
and no matter where the art pops up,
534
00:29:07,575 --> 00:29:11,612
it's sure to cause lots of drama
on the streets.
535
00:29:11,613 --> 00:29:14,014
These two images
were posted not long ago
536
00:29:14,015 --> 00:29:15,749
on banksy's website.
537
00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:18,051
It's graffiti, but depicting a beaver
538
00:29:18,052 --> 00:29:19,620
chewing down a street sign,
539
00:29:19,621 --> 00:29:21,455
but the caption
says "east New York," so...
540
00:29:21,456 --> 00:29:23,491
Yes. so, there's a hint.
541
00:29:37,905 --> 00:29:39,973
You want to take a picture,
it's gonna cost something,
542
00:29:39,974 --> 00:29:42,409
or the shit could just get broke.
543
00:29:42,410 --> 00:29:44,044
$100,000 portrait.
544
00:29:44,045 --> 00:29:46,079
We're trying to get this up.
545
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,714
But before we ruin it,
546
00:29:47,715 --> 00:29:49,683
we'd rather leave it so y'all
can come and take a picture.
547
00:29:49,684 --> 00:29:50,884
See, I don't give
a... they see it.
548
00:29:50,885 --> 00:29:52,653
They're not taking no pictures.
549
00:29:52,654 --> 00:29:55,689
These guys in the east
New York section of Brooklyn
550
00:29:55,690 --> 00:30:01,001
are actually charging people $5
to take pictures of graffiti.
551
00:30:01,002 --> 00:30:03,304
You want to take a picture,
it's gonna cost something...
552
00:30:03,305 --> 00:30:05,572
And some people are actually paying.
553
00:30:05,573 --> 00:30:06,807
We're trying to get some bread.
554
00:30:06,808 --> 00:30:07,974
This is my hood.
555
00:30:07,975 --> 00:30:09,910
So, you want us to pay
to take a picture?
556
00:30:09,911 --> 00:30:11,278
Yes.
557
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:13,046
You came for what you came
for... to take that picture.
558
00:30:13,047 --> 00:30:15,316
$20 ain't worth that for you?
559
00:30:15,317 --> 00:30:16,383
I could step on this shit.
560
00:30:16,384 --> 00:30:17,718
It don't matter to me.
561
00:30:17,719 --> 00:30:20,487
Y'all wouldn't come here
if this wasn't here.
562
00:30:20,488 --> 00:30:24,125
It's worth more to you
that this is here than to me.
563
00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:25,626
People were going to the Bronx,
564
00:30:25,627 --> 00:30:27,494
probably a part of the Bronx
they've never been to.
565
00:30:27,495 --> 00:30:29,596
I mean, people went to east New York,
566
00:30:29,597 --> 00:30:31,165
and they were going to a part of queens
567
00:30:31,166 --> 00:30:33,167
that I think most new yorkers
have never been to.
568
00:30:33,168 --> 00:30:35,502
He really shines a light on topics
569
00:30:35,503 --> 00:30:37,938
that people quite often
don't want to talk about.
570
00:30:37,939 --> 00:30:41,074
And one that he shined
a light on in this experience
571
00:30:41,075 --> 00:30:43,977
is gentrification, you know,
the fact that he was putting
572
00:30:43,978 --> 00:30:46,180
his artwork in places in New York City
573
00:30:46,181 --> 00:30:49,116
that art collectors,
art dealers, art connoisseurs
574
00:30:49,117 --> 00:30:50,651
would never travel to.
575
00:30:50,652 --> 00:30:55,822
This is public art,
public space for anyone to come
576
00:30:55,823 --> 00:30:59,025
and to experience and to enjoy together.
577
00:31:04,339 --> 00:31:05,839
My name's Andrew russeth,
578
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,674
and I'm an art critic
for the New York observer.
579
00:31:07,675 --> 00:31:09,876
We didn't write a ton about it...
580
00:31:09,877 --> 00:31:11,712
I think almost...
581
00:31:11,713 --> 00:31:13,480
Probably almost nothing...
582
00:31:13,481 --> 00:31:15,349
Just because we think of our audience
583
00:31:15,350 --> 00:31:17,851
as kind of the traditional, I guess,
584
00:31:17,852 --> 00:31:19,953
contemporary fine-art world,
585
00:31:19,954 --> 00:31:22,156
which banksy has kind of like
made a point of avoiding,
586
00:31:22,157 --> 00:31:24,691
and the contemporary art world
has, for the most part,
587
00:31:24,692 --> 00:31:26,493
kind of avoided him.
588
00:31:26,494 --> 00:31:28,695
I just think a lot of banksy,
589
00:31:28,696 --> 00:31:33,167
a lot of street art
is just so kitschy, so silly,
590
00:31:33,168 --> 00:31:37,771
so, in a way, just dumb.
591
00:31:37,772 --> 00:31:40,674
It's just art that kind of like
hits you over the head
592
00:31:40,675 --> 00:31:43,610
with its message, its point.
593
00:31:43,611 --> 00:31:45,212
And, you know, I think...
594
00:31:45,213 --> 00:31:46,680
I'm at least interested in stuff
595
00:31:46,681 --> 00:31:48,249
that has some nuance, some subtlety,
596
00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:51,986
like, makes you feel weird
and think weird things.
597
00:31:52,954 --> 00:31:57,724
And banksy is just the worst,
lowest-common-denominator art.
598
00:31:57,725 --> 00:32:01,302
The one that I think
everyone kind of liked...
599
00:32:01,303 --> 00:32:03,604
It was the moving truck
600
00:32:03,605 --> 00:32:06,573
with the animals
all flailing about inside.
601
00:32:06,574 --> 00:32:10,211
♪ Anw Bo ke ko yan ♪
602
00:32:10,212 --> 00:32:13,347
♪ anw Bo ke ko yan ♪
603
00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:19,420
♪ djama ♪
604
00:32:30,832 --> 00:32:37,071
♪ Sabali, sabali,
sabali yonkonte ♪
605
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:44,745
♪ sabali, sabali, sabali kayi ♪
606
00:32:44,746 --> 00:32:51,853
♪ ni kera mogo fe sabali yonkonte ♪
607
00:32:52,754 --> 00:33:00,134
♪ ni kera tie fe sabali yonkonte ♪
608
00:33:00,135 --> 00:33:08,175
♪ ni kera mousso fe sabali yonkonte ♪
609
00:33:08,176 --> 00:33:14,681
♪ wo, ouh, wo, sabali,
sabali, sabali kagni ♪
610
00:33:26,194 --> 00:33:29,663
We found it!
611
00:33:29,664 --> 00:33:33,135
You have to follow it till it stops.
612
00:33:33,935 --> 00:33:35,837
Yeah, you can hear it and everything.
613
00:33:41,243 --> 00:33:43,677
Cherie, je m'adresse á toi.
614
00:33:43,678 --> 00:33:47,682
Avec toi, cherie, la vie est belle.
615
00:34:12,914 --> 00:34:18,986
♪ La-la la-la la-la avec toi, cherie ♪
616
00:34:19,787 --> 00:34:23,390
♪ wo, ouh, wo, la-la la-la la-la ♪
617
00:34:23,391 --> 00:34:26,828
♪ ca c'est pour la vie ♪
618
00:34:29,564 --> 00:34:31,366
You have nothing to worry about.
619
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,516
Are you sure you got enough?
620
00:36:49,884 --> 00:36:52,986
So many people I knew were really...
621
00:36:52,987 --> 00:36:54,721
Were, you know, kind of tormented
622
00:36:54,722 --> 00:36:56,257
that they missed this opportunity,
623
00:36:56,258 --> 00:36:57,524
and I'm like,
624
00:36:57,525 --> 00:37:00,800
"do you really want to own
a banksy that badly?"
625
00:37:00,801 --> 00:37:02,035
And they're like, "no,
626
00:37:02,036 --> 00:37:05,539
I want to get a banksy for 60 bucks."
627
00:37:05,540 --> 00:37:09,008
And so it kind of plays
into that fantasy people have
628
00:37:09,009 --> 00:37:12,011
of, like, going to a thrift store
629
00:37:12,012 --> 00:37:13,147
and buying a painting,
630
00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:14,481
and then a piece chips off
631
00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:16,015
and you see
there's a painting underneath,
632
00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:18,619
and you discover, like, a lost Da Vinci.
633
00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:22,789
It's the last bit of dreaming
we have left in a culture
634
00:37:22,790 --> 00:37:24,626
which promised the American dream.
635
00:37:50,618 --> 00:37:51,918
We're at the new banksky.
636
00:37:51,919 --> 00:37:53,220
At the new banksky.
637
00:37:53,221 --> 00:37:55,222
- They're taking pictures of it.
- They are.
638
00:37:55,223 --> 00:37:58,160
Okay, right behind
this blue guy, right there.
639
00:38:46,514 --> 00:38:47,848
What you see before you
640
00:38:47,849 --> 00:38:50,351
is a sculpture entitled "shoeshine,"
641
00:38:50,352 --> 00:38:52,486
dating from the summer of 2013,
642
00:38:52,487 --> 00:38:55,456
depicting the powerful figure of
Ronald McDonald
643
00:38:55,457 --> 00:38:56,590
waiting impassively
644
00:38:56,591 --> 00:38:59,700
as his ridiculously
oversized clown shoes
645
00:38:59,701 --> 00:39:02,035
are buffed to a fine shine.
646
00:39:02,036 --> 00:39:04,271
Ronald was adopted
as the official mascot
647
00:39:04,272 --> 00:39:09,210
of the McDonald's fast-food
corporation chain in 1966.
648
00:39:09,211 --> 00:39:11,077
Fiberglass versions of his likeness
649
00:39:11,078 --> 00:39:14,848
have been installed
outside restaurants ever since,
650
00:39:14,849 --> 00:39:17,050
thus making Ronald arguably
651
00:39:17,051 --> 00:39:19,953
the most sculpted figure
in history, after Christ.
652
00:39:19,954 --> 00:39:21,188
Ooh!
653
00:39:21,189 --> 00:39:22,656
For this piece, the artist
654
00:39:22,657 --> 00:39:25,992
has reproduced Ronald McDonald
in perfect detail,
655
00:39:25,993 --> 00:39:27,528
single-handedly...
656
00:39:27,529 --> 00:39:28,729
Ah!
657
00:39:28,730 --> 00:39:31,097
...if by "perfect detail"
you mean "awfully"
658
00:39:31,098 --> 00:39:33,066
and by "single-handedly" you mean
659
00:39:33,067 --> 00:39:34,568
with two people helping.
660
00:39:34,569 --> 00:39:36,770
Aw!
661
00:39:36,771 --> 00:39:38,439
But take a closer look,
662
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,442
and you may notice something
familiar about this clown.
663
00:39:41,443 --> 00:39:44,111
His face is that
of the Greek god hermes,
664
00:39:44,112 --> 00:39:47,181
carved by praxiteles in 340 b. C.
665
00:39:47,182 --> 00:39:50,884
Is this a wry, oblique reference
to Greek mythology?
666
00:39:50,885 --> 00:39:52,286
Or did the artist
667
00:39:52,287 --> 00:39:54,621
have such difficulty
trying to sculpt the face,
668
00:39:54,622 --> 00:39:59,166
he simply plonked on the nearest
replica bust he could find?
669
00:39:59,167 --> 00:40:03,069
We will never know.
670
00:40:03,070 --> 00:40:05,140
It's the second one.
671
00:40:07,575 --> 00:40:09,576
NYPD is hot on his trail,
672
00:40:09,577 --> 00:40:12,413
saying what he is doing
around the five boroughs
673
00:40:12,414 --> 00:40:13,714
is vandalism.
674
00:40:13,715 --> 00:40:15,616
No one knows who he is
or what he looks like,
675
00:40:15,617 --> 00:40:17,384
even though he's been
around for quite some time.
676
00:40:17,385 --> 00:40:19,486
16 have been painted so far.
677
00:40:19,487 --> 00:40:22,223
The NYPD is calling "bansky" a vandal,
678
00:40:22,224 --> 00:40:25,058
vowing to arrest the artist
if he is caught.
679
00:40:25,059 --> 00:40:27,161
While I don't support
the public defacing of,
680
00:40:27,162 --> 00:40:29,563
you know, buildings, I'm...
I'm very intrigued.
681
00:40:29,564 --> 00:40:31,898
Police are still trying
to track this guy down.
682
00:40:31,899 --> 00:40:33,434
We're so close to kind of getting
683
00:40:33,435 --> 00:40:35,102
a glimpse of maybe who he is.
684
00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:37,338
Police department's stance
on the art is,
685
00:40:37,339 --> 00:40:40,941
graffiti is graffiti, and it is illegal.
686
00:40:40,942 --> 00:40:42,476
Banksy has many fans,
687
00:40:42,477 --> 00:40:44,478
but don't count mayor bloomberg
among them.
688
00:40:44,479 --> 00:40:48,482
Graffiti does ruin people's property
689
00:40:48,483 --> 00:40:53,354
and is a sign of decay
and loss of control.
690
00:40:53,355 --> 00:40:56,223
And you running up
to somebody's property
691
00:40:56,224 --> 00:40:59,193
or public property and defacing it
692
00:40:59,194 --> 00:41:00,967
is not my definition of art.
693
00:41:00,968 --> 00:41:02,369
Well, it's funny 'cause, I mean,
694
00:41:02,370 --> 00:41:05,906
bloomberg's been so proactive
with public art.
695
00:41:05,907 --> 00:41:08,142
But, you know, it should be sanctioned.
696
00:41:08,143 --> 00:41:10,277
It should be commissioned.
697
00:41:10,278 --> 00:41:12,779
In the '70s and '80s,
it was so prevalent,
698
00:41:12,780 --> 00:41:14,981
and it sort of became associated
699
00:41:14,982 --> 00:41:18,185
in the new yorkers' minds with blight.
700
00:41:18,186 --> 00:41:19,786
It became associated with crime.
701
00:41:19,787 --> 00:41:23,124
Each of these cost us
$1 million in a sense
702
00:41:23,125 --> 00:41:27,628
because others went out
and tried to copy.
703
00:41:27,629 --> 00:41:28,829
Is it worth it?
704
00:41:28,830 --> 00:41:31,465
Well, it is one of the quality
of life offenses,
705
00:41:31,466 --> 00:41:35,068
and you can't just take one of
those quality of life offenses.
706
00:41:35,069 --> 00:41:38,905
It's like three-card monte
and pickpocketing
707
00:41:38,906 --> 00:41:40,574
and shoplifting
708
00:41:40,575 --> 00:41:46,380
and graffiti defacing
our public and private walls.
709
00:41:46,381 --> 00:41:49,316
I mean, look, the law is the law,
710
00:41:49,317 --> 00:41:51,885
and you're not allowed to deface
someone else's property
711
00:41:51,886 --> 00:41:53,820
without their permission.
712
00:41:53,821 --> 00:41:55,656
You know, at the same time,
713
00:41:55,657 --> 00:42:00,134
there's no doubt that the way
people experience the city is...
714
00:42:00,135 --> 00:42:01,668
Their interests are perked
715
00:42:01,669 --> 00:42:06,173
by seeing kind of a wall in a new way.
716
00:42:06,174 --> 00:42:08,175
The twist in the banksy story
717
00:42:08,176 --> 00:42:11,678
is that when he vandalizes
your property,
718
00:42:11,679 --> 00:42:14,915
its value goes up instead of going down.
719
00:42:14,916 --> 00:42:18,452
I wish I can meet him
in person to congratulate him
720
00:42:18,453 --> 00:42:20,587
because he's getting paint
on my building.
721
00:42:20,588 --> 00:42:23,157
I'm a real-estate developer in Brooklyn,
722
00:42:23,158 --> 00:42:26,460
and we're putting street art and murals
723
00:42:26,461 --> 00:42:28,429
on all of our projects.
724
00:42:28,430 --> 00:42:30,631
It's a wonderful amenity
for our tenants,
725
00:42:30,632 --> 00:42:34,635
and it creates a vibrant
neighborhood and street-scape.
726
00:42:34,636 --> 00:42:36,403
You know, so, they've worked so hard
727
00:42:36,404 --> 00:42:37,471
to get it off the subways,
728
00:42:37,472 --> 00:42:38,939
and now I go on the subways,
729
00:42:38,940 --> 00:42:40,207
and it's one big ad.
730
00:42:40,208 --> 00:42:41,742
It's sort of like, "oh, great."
You know,
731
00:42:41,743 --> 00:42:44,712
it's all this privatization
of public space.
732
00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:48,315
"Graffiti free NYC."
733
00:42:48,316 --> 00:42:51,418
So, this is what they want, eh?
734
00:42:51,419 --> 00:42:53,255
Mm-hmm.
735
00:43:02,637 --> 00:43:03,905
Excuse me.
736
00:43:05,006 --> 00:43:07,774
Two days ago, it was an old man.
737
00:43:07,775 --> 00:43:08,876
You know what I mean?
738
00:43:11,012 --> 00:43:13,046
What was it, though?
739
00:43:13,047 --> 00:43:14,581
Two women on top of a bridge.
740
00:43:14,582 --> 00:43:16,984
- Huh?
- two women on top of a bridge.
741
00:43:21,088 --> 00:43:22,656
- Did it.
- We found him.
742
00:43:22,657 --> 00:43:24,526
We found it.
743
00:43:26,027 --> 00:43:27,928
They did?
What did they do?
744
00:43:27,929 --> 00:43:29,664
They smeared all over.
745
00:43:31,899 --> 00:43:33,435
- Really?
- mm-hmm.
746
00:43:36,404 --> 00:43:38,071
- Yeah.
- that guy...
747
00:43:38,072 --> 00:43:39,840
He tagged over that piece
748
00:43:39,841 --> 00:43:42,276
probably five minutes
before I got there.
749
00:43:42,277 --> 00:43:45,812
Like, I was walking
around the williamsburg area
750
00:43:45,813 --> 00:43:47,281
looking for that piece
751
00:43:47,282 --> 00:43:49,150
and checking Instagram at the same time.
752
00:43:49,151 --> 00:43:51,051
Like, "oh, man, this guy
just painted over
753
00:43:51,052 --> 00:43:52,353
the geisha paintings, da da da da."
754
00:43:52,354 --> 00:43:54,389
Don't fuck up.
Your life's at stake.
755
00:43:55,123 --> 00:43:57,057
Don't blow it, guys.
756
00:43:57,058 --> 00:44:01,635
There were this collaborative
group called the wet wipe gang.
757
00:44:03,638 --> 00:44:05,306
We ride around, and we wipe.
758
00:44:05,307 --> 00:44:06,873
We ride around, and we wipe.
759
00:44:06,874 --> 00:44:11,178
They would go after a banksy
had been tampered with.
760
00:44:11,179 --> 00:44:13,314
They would go in and try and restore it.
761
00:44:13,315 --> 00:44:15,282
So, there is sort of this altruistic,
762
00:44:15,283 --> 00:44:17,984
you know, like, Robin hood do-goodery
763
00:44:17,985 --> 00:44:20,287
that was taking place, too.
764
00:44:20,288 --> 00:44:21,822
I've been following since day one.
765
00:44:21,823 --> 00:44:24,325
Like, I feel like...
766
00:44:24,326 --> 00:44:26,527
Chasing these pieces is like...
767
00:44:26,528 --> 00:44:28,129
It reminds me of when I was a teenager
768
00:44:28,130 --> 00:44:30,731
chasing that new pair of Jordans
that came out Saturday morning.
769
00:44:30,732 --> 00:44:34,135
It's like,
I wake up early to catch these
770
00:44:34,136 --> 00:44:35,370
before they're defaced.
771
00:44:47,549 --> 00:44:50,751
Welcome to ban-sky's
"better out than in."
772
00:44:50,752 --> 00:44:53,620
This is more than just another art show.
773
00:44:53,621 --> 00:44:56,657
Oh, no, wait.
That's exactly what it is.
774
00:44:56,658 --> 00:45:00,767
This is a collaboration
between banksy and os gemeos,
775
00:45:00,768 --> 00:45:02,836
the street-art twins from Sao paolo,
776
00:45:02,837 --> 00:45:06,608
who are something akin
to folk heroes back home.
777
00:45:07,375 --> 00:45:09,042
Come in and rest awhile.
778
00:45:09,043 --> 00:45:10,644
There's a bench right here.
779
00:45:10,645 --> 00:45:14,281
And over in the corner is a
water cooler full of cheap wine.
780
00:45:14,282 --> 00:45:15,916
Please help yourself to a cup.
781
00:45:15,917 --> 00:45:18,519
After all, it's an art-world tradition
782
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:22,088
to ignore the paintings
and gossip over drinks.
783
00:45:22,089 --> 00:45:23,390
It's an art district.
784
00:45:23,391 --> 00:45:24,758
It's the art district of New York.
785
00:45:24,759 --> 00:45:26,693
- It's Chelsea.
- So, having them there,
786
00:45:26,694 --> 00:45:28,929
positioned like right
under a bridge that,
787
00:45:28,930 --> 00:45:30,964
you know, would otherwise go unlooked
788
00:45:30,965 --> 00:45:34,000
and have that be the place to be
other than a gallery,
789
00:45:34,001 --> 00:45:36,503
in itself, is fantastic
790
00:45:36,504 --> 00:45:38,305
because it speaks to the entire show.
791
00:45:38,306 --> 00:45:39,673
Just having people...
792
00:45:39,674 --> 00:45:42,809
Have an exhibit outside
and having a high demand
793
00:45:42,810 --> 00:45:44,345
and such a high interest in it,
794
00:45:44,346 --> 00:45:45,579
that people would rather
795
00:45:45,580 --> 00:45:48,282
be standing outside under this bridge
796
00:45:48,283 --> 00:45:50,384
than in any of these lovely galleries
797
00:45:50,385 --> 00:45:51,953
with their white walls, you know.
798
00:45:53,955 --> 00:45:55,956
So, I did a search on artforum...
799
00:45:55,957 --> 00:45:58,592
Not one single mention of banksy
or the residency
800
00:45:58,593 --> 00:46:01,202
on all of artforum for a month.
801
00:46:01,203 --> 00:46:03,170
I understand that that's not
what they want to cover,
802
00:46:03,171 --> 00:46:04,271
but you'd think they'd do, like,
803
00:46:04,272 --> 00:46:05,606
one little blurb,
804
00:46:05,607 --> 00:46:07,274
like, "hey, guys, banksy's in New York.
805
00:46:07,275 --> 00:46:08,743
We think he's silly."
806
00:46:10,178 --> 00:46:11,745
The thing about the art world
807
00:46:11,746 --> 00:46:16,483
is that they're inheriting
an artist with millions of fans,
808
00:46:16,484 --> 00:46:20,521
a whole history, and a whole
language around them.
809
00:46:20,522 --> 00:46:23,857
It's unfathomably more complex
than they can catch up.
810
00:46:23,858 --> 00:46:26,860
And yet, they feel obliged
to put in their opinion.
811
00:46:26,861 --> 00:46:28,695
Well, their opinion's
gonna be based off of,
812
00:46:28,696 --> 00:46:30,764
like, "we missed this."
813
00:46:30,765 --> 00:46:33,867
These pieces were inspired
by the occupy movement
814
00:46:33,868 --> 00:46:37,171
that started in wall street in 2011.
815
00:46:37,172 --> 00:46:40,073
But quite how exhibiting
these pictures under a bridge
816
00:46:40,074 --> 00:46:41,508
in the heart of gallery row
817
00:46:41,509 --> 00:46:44,411
is supposed to be doing
anything for the 99%,
818
00:46:44,412 --> 00:46:45,812
we can't be sure.
819
00:46:45,813 --> 00:46:48,515
I mean, he gets pretty
deeply serious sometimes,
820
00:46:48,516 --> 00:46:51,017
like the piece with the horses.
821
00:46:51,018 --> 00:46:52,519
I don't know what it is about banksy
822
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,155
that he... you know, he's not the first
823
00:46:54,156 --> 00:46:56,790
and definitely won't be the last
street artist that there is,
824
00:46:56,791 --> 00:47:00,467
but there's something
about his wittiness, I guess.
825
00:47:00,468 --> 00:47:03,037
I mean, it's always a bit funny.
826
00:47:06,641 --> 00:47:09,510
This is the first
"hipster scavenger hunt."
827
00:47:09,511 --> 00:47:11,112
Every day, people wake up...
828
00:47:11,113 --> 00:47:12,646
My first thing I Google,
829
00:47:12,647 --> 00:47:15,449
other than my own
handsome pictures, is...
830
00:47:15,450 --> 00:47:17,784
First thing I Google is,
831
00:47:17,785 --> 00:47:19,153
"where's the new piece?
832
00:47:19,154 --> 00:47:20,188
What's going on?"
833
00:47:25,793 --> 00:47:27,861
You know who says he's a sellout?
834
00:47:27,862 --> 00:47:31,031
Motherfuckers that ain't
making no motherfucking money
835
00:47:31,032 --> 00:47:33,267
thinks he's a motherfucking sellout.
836
00:47:33,268 --> 00:47:34,501
This wine's pretty strong.
837
00:47:34,502 --> 00:47:38,739
I'm not sure if I can do this anymore.
838
00:47:38,740 --> 00:47:41,242
I say hit them with the water Cannon.
839
00:47:41,243 --> 00:47:44,411
It's the only time these
filthy idiots ever get a wash.
840
00:47:44,412 --> 00:47:46,547
I mean, they should occupy
a bathtub maybe.
841
00:47:46,548 --> 00:47:49,283
Can I get some more wine?
842
00:48:30,031 --> 00:48:32,032
I walked into the store at 12:00.
843
00:48:32,033 --> 00:48:33,934
He said to me, "you know,
there's a banksy over there,"
844
00:48:33,935 --> 00:48:35,236
and I said, "who's banksy?"
845
00:48:35,237 --> 00:48:36,670
Tell them the story.
846
00:48:36,671 --> 00:48:38,972
I got a text from my cousin
847
00:48:38,973 --> 00:48:41,375
about 10 after 9:00 Sunday morning.
848
00:48:41,376 --> 00:48:43,377
It said, "you guys must be
pretty busy over there today,"
849
00:48:43,378 --> 00:48:44,978
and I said, "why?"
850
00:48:44,979 --> 00:48:48,783
He said, "well, there's a banksy
around the corner on dsw."
851
00:48:50,252 --> 00:48:51,785
Kids were acting out.
852
00:48:51,786 --> 00:48:54,020
They were putting their head
down on the standpipe.
853
00:48:54,021 --> 00:48:57,391
Everybody was just so full
of good feelings,
854
00:48:57,392 --> 00:49:00,135
only joy, no negativity.
855
00:49:04,572 --> 00:49:08,642
Everybody was just happy.
856
00:49:08,643 --> 00:49:10,612
I thought that we had to protect it.
857
00:49:11,846 --> 00:49:16,318
So, we hung this article
from the wall street journal.
858
00:49:18,153 --> 00:49:22,022
This is a close-up of this caricature.
859
00:49:22,023 --> 00:49:27,027
You see... You see this line over here?
860
00:49:27,028 --> 00:49:28,929
That's the plexiglas that we put.
861
00:49:28,930 --> 00:49:32,799
This is one of the few pictures
we have... come here...
862
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,035
One of the few picture that we
have with actually someone
863
00:49:35,036 --> 00:49:36,103
looking at it.
864
00:49:36,104 --> 00:49:40,474
There's a picture
of my brother and myself.
865
00:49:40,475 --> 00:49:42,244
Point the camera that way.
866
00:49:48,650 --> 00:49:50,652
There it is.
867
00:49:52,420 --> 00:49:55,289
So, that's one of the few
banksys that have survived.
868
00:49:55,290 --> 00:49:57,458
- Okay, guys?
- Yep.
869
00:49:57,459 --> 00:49:58,933
Okay, come on.
870
00:50:08,543 --> 00:50:09,943
Check it out.
871
00:50:09,944 --> 00:50:12,078
There were some rumors
that this was defaced,
872
00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:14,648
but his latest... well, there,
they're showing it to us.
873
00:50:14,649 --> 00:50:16,884
There it is.
It's intact.
874
00:50:23,358 --> 00:50:26,193
I believe that there's still
this negative image,
875
00:50:26,194 --> 00:50:28,995
these negative stereotypes of the Bronx.
876
00:50:28,996 --> 00:50:33,400
And where I am upset with him is
that he didn't do his research
877
00:50:33,401 --> 00:50:36,069
and that what he winds up doing
878
00:50:36,070 --> 00:50:38,905
is perpetuating
those negative stereotypes
879
00:50:38,906 --> 00:50:40,808
with this type of wording.
880
00:50:41,676 --> 00:50:43,610
People from the Bronx are a little upset
881
00:50:43,611 --> 00:50:46,046
because of the word "ghetto"
882
00:50:46,047 --> 00:50:53,320
and them taking that word
a little out of proportion.
883
00:50:53,321 --> 00:50:54,821
We are the ghetto.
884
00:50:54,822 --> 00:50:57,724
And this is where it started...
885
00:50:57,725 --> 00:50:59,500
In the ghetto.
886
00:50:59,501 --> 00:51:02,436
And it's really nice.
887
00:51:02,437 --> 00:51:04,271
So, this what we're looking for.
888
00:51:04,272 --> 00:51:06,141
It's in flushing, queens.
889
00:51:15,750 --> 00:51:18,219
Yeah, what a crazy spot.
890
00:51:18,220 --> 00:51:20,922
It's like in a junkyard or something.
891
00:51:26,594 --> 00:51:28,062
Man.
892
00:51:39,507 --> 00:51:41,142
Oh, my God.
893
00:51:41,143 --> 00:51:42,776
She's trying to buy it from him.
894
00:51:42,777 --> 00:51:44,845
Does he know how much it's worth?
895
00:51:44,846 --> 00:51:46,280
I'm the only one who found it.
896
00:51:46,281 --> 00:51:49,216
At 6:00 in the morning,
when I come in to work,
897
00:51:49,217 --> 00:51:50,484
nobody paid attention.
898
00:51:50,485 --> 00:51:51,752
I'd be like, "that's weird.
899
00:51:51,753 --> 00:51:53,887
Who do this?"
Everybody started coming.
900
00:51:53,888 --> 00:51:56,123
Paparazzi started taking
pictures and everything.
901
00:51:56,124 --> 00:51:57,491
You see the sidewalk right here?
902
00:51:57,492 --> 00:51:59,966
- I didn't even...
- See that thing?
903
00:51:59,967 --> 00:52:01,869
It's been there for a month.
904
00:52:03,638 --> 00:52:05,539
Can you grab the duster out of there?
905
00:52:07,209 --> 00:52:09,343
No, you guys can keep...
I'm fine. Thank you.
906
00:52:09,344 --> 00:52:11,112
What were you saying?
907
00:52:11,113 --> 00:52:14,048
They're guarding that thing
with their lives.
908
00:52:14,882 --> 00:52:17,017
Why do you think they're guarding it?
909
00:52:17,018 --> 00:52:18,452
Because they probably want to sell it.
910
00:52:18,453 --> 00:52:19,486
Yeah.
911
00:52:19,487 --> 00:52:21,021
I mean, New York was founded
912
00:52:21,022 --> 00:52:23,056
as the mecca of capitalism,
913
00:52:23,057 --> 00:52:25,192
so everyone wanted to make a quick buck
914
00:52:25,193 --> 00:52:27,895
or, in this case, a quick million.
915
00:52:46,714 --> 00:52:52,854
Somebody's already
stealing... the piece.
916
00:52:54,822 --> 00:52:56,891
They're gonna ruin it.
917
00:53:01,369 --> 00:53:04,172
They're stealing it right now,
as we speak.
918
00:53:05,072 --> 00:53:06,473
What do you think about that?
919
00:53:06,474 --> 00:53:07,841
It's fucked up.
920
00:53:07,842 --> 00:53:09,243
They don't even know who the artist is.
921
00:53:09,244 --> 00:53:10,777
Yeah, right?
They don't even know who it is.
922
00:53:10,778 --> 00:53:12,113
They don't even know who the artist is.
923
00:53:12,114 --> 00:53:13,780
They think they're gonna
get money on ebay.
924
00:53:13,781 --> 00:53:15,450
They probably will, but...
925
00:53:20,488 --> 00:53:25,427
Now, that's just theft
in like... in broad daylight.
926
00:53:27,595 --> 00:53:29,431
Whoa!
927
00:53:30,765 --> 00:53:32,334
Adios!
928
00:53:36,904 --> 00:53:38,139
- Gone.
- Like it never even existed.
929
00:53:38,140 --> 00:53:39,806
Like it never even happened.
930
00:53:39,807 --> 00:53:42,543
Same pile of rocks that were
there yesterday are there now.
931
00:53:42,544 --> 00:53:45,412
Yep, the same stupid-ass
pile of rocks and the...
932
00:53:45,413 --> 00:53:47,013
- No, no, no.
- Oh.
933
00:53:47,014 --> 00:53:51,118
The same stupid pile of rocks
in the stinky, little pond
934
00:53:51,119 --> 00:53:54,288
on the worthless piece of property
935
00:53:54,289 --> 00:53:55,856
that they're going to tear down
936
00:53:55,857 --> 00:53:58,459
to turn into a housing development.
937
00:53:58,460 --> 00:54:01,202
Speaking of stinky,
you're pretty stinky, mister.
938
00:54:01,203 --> 00:54:04,037
Hey, man, I had to go far and wide
939
00:54:04,038 --> 00:54:06,474
for my banksky experience.
940
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,749
You can't do that here.
941
00:54:15,750 --> 00:54:16,950
No, that's graffiti.
942
00:54:34,702 --> 00:54:36,037
Thank you.
943
00:54:45,580 --> 00:54:47,414
Kurt's on TV.
944
00:54:47,415 --> 00:54:50,083
Really got to find out
where those things are,
945
00:54:50,084 --> 00:54:52,119
race to them,
take the pictures, you know,
946
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,655
and start talking to people,
you know, enjoy the area
947
00:54:54,656 --> 00:54:57,258
because I think it all just
adds to the whole ambiance.
948
00:54:57,259 --> 00:54:59,334
- $1.
- don't touch. Don't touch.
949
00:55:04,972 --> 00:55:07,142
- Exit left.
- Have a good day.
950
00:55:09,344 --> 00:55:10,144
Don't touch.
951
00:55:10,145 --> 00:55:11,112
Ask for permission,
952
00:55:11,113 --> 00:55:12,313
and permission is granted.
953
00:55:12,314 --> 00:55:13,580
Ah!
954
00:55:13,581 --> 00:55:14,616
I know.
955
00:55:24,192 --> 00:55:25,826
Guys, step back!
Step back!
956
00:55:25,827 --> 00:55:27,161
- Back up!
- Back up!
957
00:55:27,162 --> 00:55:29,029
Back up!
Let's go!
958
00:55:29,030 --> 00:55:30,298
A little help!
959
00:55:46,981 --> 00:55:49,483
Meantime, there's been a rash of greed
960
00:55:49,484 --> 00:55:52,653
surrounding the concrete sphinx
he put up on Tuesday
961
00:55:52,654 --> 00:55:53,787
near citi field.
962
00:55:53,788 --> 00:55:55,622
Two auto shop partners took it.
963
00:55:55,623 --> 00:55:59,025
They told the post they
were offered $50,000 for it,
964
00:55:59,026 --> 00:56:01,034
but they say they're holding out
for more.
965
00:56:01,035 --> 00:56:03,003
And they claim
that they did not steal it
966
00:56:03,004 --> 00:56:06,108
because banksy did not report it stolen.
967
00:56:34,469 --> 00:56:36,437
We don't know anything
about... you know,
968
00:56:36,438 --> 00:56:38,539
we saw a lot of photographer,
969
00:56:38,540 --> 00:56:41,442
a lot of paparazzi, a lot of, you know,
970
00:56:41,443 --> 00:56:43,810
dressed people, nice-dressed people.
971
00:56:43,811 --> 00:56:45,346
When you see that kind of people,
972
00:56:45,347 --> 00:56:47,649
you know something's going on.
973
00:56:50,185 --> 00:56:51,952
They just told us,
974
00:56:51,953 --> 00:56:53,454
"oh, you got to be very careful
975
00:56:53,455 --> 00:56:56,758
because this is very important."
976
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:01,802
And at the end of the day,
we just decided to take it
977
00:57:01,803 --> 00:57:04,572
because if we don't take it,
somebody's gonna do it.
978
00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:18,885
He got a plan for his mother.
979
00:57:18,886 --> 00:57:22,756
You know, he want to buy maybe
a house or something, you know?
980
00:57:22,757 --> 00:57:24,858
Maybe this is the opportunity...
981
00:57:24,859 --> 00:57:26,527
You got one in your life...
982
00:57:26,528 --> 00:57:29,963
That makes you change your whole life.
983
00:57:29,964 --> 00:57:33,234
Right now, it's very expensive to live.
984
00:57:33,235 --> 00:57:35,869
- Oh, yeah.
- You know, and this...
985
00:57:35,870 --> 00:57:41,576
And this little basement,
we already pay $1,400 for this.
986
00:57:45,547 --> 00:57:47,281
Three days ago, we got an e-mail
987
00:57:47,282 --> 00:57:49,683
and that they would like to sell it.
988
00:57:49,684 --> 00:57:50,784
"We have a banksy piece.
989
00:57:50,785 --> 00:57:52,052
We want to sell it."
990
00:57:52,053 --> 00:57:54,054
"Okay. I come by."
991
00:58:05,373 --> 00:58:06,707
Stephan. nice to meet you.
992
00:58:06,708 --> 00:58:07,808
- Elias.
- hi. Brendan.
993
00:58:07,809 --> 00:58:09,443
- Elias.
- nice to meet you.
994
00:58:09,444 --> 00:58:10,777
- This is the boss.
- Hi. Hi.
995
00:58:10,778 --> 00:58:12,113
How are you?
Stephan. Nice to meet you.
996
00:58:12,114 --> 00:58:13,247
This is my mom.
997
00:58:13,248 --> 00:58:14,448
So, is this the banksy?
998
00:58:14,449 --> 00:58:15,349
Yeah.
999
00:58:15,350 --> 00:58:16,717
- Is this the banksy?
- Yeah.
1000
00:58:23,925 --> 00:58:25,192
We got to remove all this stuff
1001
00:58:25,193 --> 00:58:26,593
'cause it's all the way in the back.
1002
00:58:26,594 --> 00:58:28,862
This is all our security.
1003
00:58:28,863 --> 00:58:31,699
To get inside,
you have to remove everything.
1004
00:58:40,542 --> 00:58:43,444
This is it.
1005
00:58:43,445 --> 00:58:44,678
- Can we go in?
- Yeah, sure.
1006
00:58:44,679 --> 00:58:46,181
Go ahead.
1007
00:58:48,216 --> 00:58:50,218
Who's not gonna like this piece?
1008
00:58:50,952 --> 00:58:52,720
It's unique.
1009
00:58:57,292 --> 00:59:00,801
On the side here, this side?
1010
00:59:00,802 --> 00:59:03,137
So, what are your plans?
1011
00:59:03,138 --> 00:59:06,407
The plans is, actually,
sell it, a good sell.
1012
00:59:06,408 --> 00:59:08,142
- That's what...
- What is a good sell?
1013
00:59:08,143 --> 00:59:10,344
I don't know.
1014
00:59:10,345 --> 00:59:12,045
- Do you know about us?
- No.
1015
00:59:12,046 --> 00:59:13,214
That's good.
1016
00:59:13,215 --> 00:59:15,716
You know about us?
1017
00:59:15,717 --> 00:59:16,483
Yes.
1018
00:59:16,484 --> 00:59:18,852
It's good.
1019
00:59:18,853 --> 00:59:20,086
You know southampton?
1020
00:59:20,087 --> 00:59:21,255
Southampton?
1021
00:59:21,256 --> 00:59:23,924
- Southampton. long island.
- Mm-hmm.
1022
00:59:23,925 --> 00:59:25,826
Suffolk county.
Right, Nicky?
1023
00:59:25,827 --> 00:59:29,963
So, we have a gallery
in southampton, big gallery.
1024
00:59:29,964 --> 00:59:34,601
Our gallery is selling
original banksy street works.
1025
00:59:34,602 --> 00:59:36,937
If you're interested to talk about this,
1026
00:59:36,938 --> 00:59:38,239
we can talk about this.
1027
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:39,740
No problem.
1028
00:59:39,741 --> 00:59:42,309
Most of the people
who have these banksy works...
1029
00:59:42,310 --> 00:59:43,977
They get greedy.
1030
00:59:43,978 --> 00:59:47,047
They say, "oh, this is millions."
1031
00:59:47,048 --> 00:59:49,116
- Mm-hmm.
- and millions is ridiculous.
1032
00:59:49,117 --> 00:59:50,617
- Life is about solution.
- Yes.
1033
00:59:50,618 --> 00:59:53,320
Exactly. I always say that.
1034
00:59:53,321 --> 00:59:57,291
And then, from what we sell,
1035
00:59:57,292 --> 01:00:00,367
we get a certain percentage.
1036
01:00:00,368 --> 01:00:01,568
They're gonna take it to the gallery.
1037
01:00:01,569 --> 01:00:03,237
They're gonna put insurance.
1038
01:00:03,238 --> 01:00:04,971
And the best buy is the one
that's gonna get it,
1039
01:00:04,972 --> 01:00:06,407
and they get a percent.
1040
01:00:06,408 --> 01:00:08,709
Me and you, you and me, me and you.
1041
01:00:08,710 --> 01:00:12,313
What is your opinion?
1042
01:00:12,314 --> 01:00:16,583
Then we will show it
at southampton this summer.
1043
01:00:16,584 --> 01:00:18,624
And then we go to...
1044
01:00:34,369 --> 01:00:35,469
- Can it get any louder?
- Yeah.
1045
01:00:35,470 --> 01:00:36,803
So, if we sell the banksy,
1046
01:00:36,804 --> 01:00:38,872
you can put one of these
in your new corvette.
1047
01:00:38,873 --> 01:00:39,940
No.
1048
01:00:41,643 --> 01:00:42,476
Hasta luego.
1049
01:00:42,477 --> 01:00:44,077
It was good to meet you.
1050
01:00:44,078 --> 01:00:45,312
- Nice to meet you.
- Bye.
1051
01:00:45,313 --> 01:00:46,780
- Bye-bye.
- bye-bye.
1052
01:00:46,781 --> 01:00:47,981
Bye-bye.
1053
01:00:47,982 --> 01:00:49,183
This is banksy, too.
1054
01:00:50,218 --> 01:00:52,619
"Frog-sky."
1055
01:00:52,620 --> 01:00:55,656
Somebody saw a big, blue tarp
1056
01:00:55,657 --> 01:00:58,725
surrounding what had
previously been an empty lot
1057
01:00:58,726 --> 01:01:02,803
with curious things inside and workers.
1058
01:01:02,804 --> 01:01:05,206
So, I don't know if they saw
a banksky or Santa's village,
1059
01:01:05,207 --> 01:01:07,309
but we'll see.
1060
01:01:18,153 --> 01:01:20,954
It is often said that the role of art
1061
01:01:20,955 --> 01:01:23,124
is to remind us of our morality.
1062
01:01:23,125 --> 01:01:26,260
"Brainsky's" take on that seems
to be mounting an art show
1063
01:01:26,261 --> 01:01:28,362
that goes on for so long,
1064
01:01:28,363 --> 01:01:33,234
we all wish we were dead already.
1065
01:01:51,219 --> 01:01:52,553
Ladies and gentlemen,
1066
01:01:52,554 --> 01:01:54,422
please don't crowd
in the street, please.
1067
01:01:56,057 --> 01:01:58,325
I have no idea. I didn't
even know this was happening.
1068
01:01:58,326 --> 01:02:00,834
♪ Seasons don't fear the reaper ♪
1069
01:02:00,835 --> 01:02:03,637
♪ nor do the wind, the sun,
or the rain ♪
1070
01:02:03,638 --> 01:02:05,872
♪ we can be like they are ♪
1071
01:02:05,873 --> 01:02:07,274
♪ come on, baby ♪
1072
01:02:07,275 --> 01:02:09,110
♪ don't fear the reaper ♪
1073
01:02:09,111 --> 01:02:10,611
♪ baby, take my hand ♪
1074
01:02:10,612 --> 01:02:12,246
♪ don't fear the reaper ♪
1075
01:02:12,247 --> 01:02:13,580
♪ we'll be able to fly ♪
1076
01:02:13,581 --> 01:02:14,815
It was like a happening.
1077
01:02:14,816 --> 01:02:16,450
It was just this momentary thing,
1078
01:02:16,451 --> 01:02:17,651
and either you were there
1079
01:02:17,652 --> 01:02:20,321
or you found out about it
or you missed it.
1080
01:02:20,322 --> 01:02:23,924
♪ La, la-la, la-la ♪
1081
01:02:23,925 --> 01:02:25,492
To be honest with you,
1082
01:02:25,493 --> 01:02:28,662
I think the real show that
he's running is on the Internet.
1083
01:02:28,663 --> 01:02:31,532
It's like the Internet's
almost the graffiti wall.
1084
01:02:31,533 --> 01:02:32,966
It's like every one
of these new banksy pieces
1085
01:02:32,967 --> 01:02:35,035
is kind of like a stencil
that we're, you know,
1086
01:02:35,036 --> 01:02:37,605
running around throwing up
all over the place for him.
1087
01:02:42,076 --> 01:02:45,146
This is street art.
1088
01:02:45,147 --> 01:02:46,747
I'll be on like tumblr saying,
1089
01:02:46,748 --> 01:02:48,014
"what can I re-blog today?"
1090
01:02:48,015 --> 01:02:50,517
Like, you can't re-blog this.
1091
01:02:50,518 --> 01:02:52,086
You have to experience this.
1092
01:03:00,268 --> 01:03:02,102
I mean, he's got a team in New York
1093
01:03:02,103 --> 01:03:04,171
that I think has probably
laid the groundwork
1094
01:03:04,172 --> 01:03:05,372
for a lot of these things.
1095
01:03:05,373 --> 01:03:07,474
And this particular space,
1096
01:03:07,475 --> 01:03:09,443
where the grim reaper is...
I think in that case,
1097
01:03:09,444 --> 01:03:10,677
it was probably just,
1098
01:03:10,678 --> 01:03:13,447
you know,
gaining access via the landlord.
1099
01:03:13,448 --> 01:03:17,618
I mean, I think he managed
to kind of walk
1100
01:03:17,619 --> 01:03:19,220
an interesting line of doing some,
1101
01:03:19,221 --> 01:03:20,787
like, entirely un-sanctioned pieces
1102
01:03:20,788 --> 01:03:22,689
and then, on the other end
of the spectrum,
1103
01:03:22,690 --> 01:03:25,759
doing things that were obviously done,
1104
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:27,461
at least, with a tacit permission.
1105
01:03:27,462 --> 01:03:29,696
Crowds in Chelsea were flocking tonight
1106
01:03:29,697 --> 01:03:31,732
to see banksy's latest installation.
1107
01:03:31,733 --> 01:03:33,534
It's under the high line.
1108
01:03:33,535 --> 01:03:36,503
I could never get
a solid answer out of anyone.
1109
01:03:36,504 --> 01:03:39,072
I managed to talk
to one of the instrumentalists,
1110
01:03:39,073 --> 01:03:40,107
the accordion player...
1111
01:03:40,108 --> 01:03:41,508
The grim reaper.
1112
01:03:41,509 --> 01:03:44,478
They had to sign all these
confidentiality clauses.
1113
01:03:44,479 --> 01:03:46,647
But in my opinion,
I think it kind of proves
1114
01:03:46,648 --> 01:03:49,783
that he isn't this sort of rogue
street artist anymore,
1115
01:03:49,784 --> 01:03:54,688
that he is a businessman,
and he has to protect his brand.
1116
01:03:54,689 --> 01:03:58,159
And his brand is this
sort of fly-by-night,
1117
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:00,235
cloak-and-dagger street artist.
1118
01:04:20,822 --> 01:04:23,390
Today's piece was supposed
to be an editorial
1119
01:04:23,391 --> 01:04:24,891
in the New York times
1120
01:04:24,892 --> 01:04:27,628
about the one world trade center,
1121
01:04:27,629 --> 01:04:29,663
the freedom tower, and how ugly it is.
1122
01:04:29,664 --> 01:04:33,034
But the New York times declined it.
1123
01:04:36,070 --> 01:04:39,673
Now, meantime, not everyone
is happy with banksy tonight.
1124
01:04:39,674 --> 01:04:42,876
He posted an op-ed piece on his website
1125
01:04:42,877 --> 01:04:44,811
that he submitted to the New York times,
1126
01:04:44,812 --> 01:04:47,314
which the newspaper declined to print.
1127
01:04:47,315 --> 01:04:48,582
In the piece, he calls
1128
01:04:48,583 --> 01:04:50,551
the freedom tower in lower Manhattan
1129
01:04:50,552 --> 01:04:53,520
"the biggest eyesore in New York City"
1130
01:04:53,521 --> 01:04:55,756
and "a shy skyscraper."
1131
01:04:55,757 --> 01:04:57,958
He said it was something
that could be built in Canada,
1132
01:04:57,959 --> 01:05:00,334
which pissed off not only new yorkers,
1133
01:05:00,335 --> 01:05:01,902
but Canadians.
1134
01:05:01,903 --> 01:05:04,105
I think a lot of us
agree that the new freedom tower
1135
01:05:04,106 --> 01:05:06,340
isn't a very nice building,
architecturally.
1136
01:05:06,341 --> 01:05:07,908
And, you know,
1137
01:05:07,909 --> 01:05:10,744
whether he was actually going
to have this published.
1138
01:05:10,745 --> 01:05:12,379
I don't think that was the point.
1139
01:05:12,380 --> 01:05:14,315
You know, this idea of being censored
1140
01:05:14,316 --> 01:05:16,283
was really part of the message.
1141
01:05:16,284 --> 01:05:17,851
Can you explain to everyone, then,
1142
01:05:17,852 --> 01:05:19,420
what the banksky thing was?
1143
01:05:19,421 --> 01:05:22,489
So, the banksky piece
said on the side of a building,
1144
01:05:22,490 --> 01:05:25,058
"this site contains
blocked messages," right?
1145
01:05:25,059 --> 01:05:28,862
He went to a spot across
from the world trade center,
1146
01:05:28,863 --> 01:05:30,096
right, on the other side of the river...
1147
01:05:30,097 --> 01:05:31,998
- Mm-hmm.
- ...And put that up there...
1148
01:05:31,999 --> 01:05:33,767
"This site contains blocked messages"...
1149
01:05:33,768 --> 01:05:36,002
In full view of the freedom tower.
1150
01:05:36,003 --> 01:05:38,872
And now it's gonna be
world headline news.
1151
01:06:15,650 --> 01:06:18,852
It's stopping people
dead in their tracks.
1152
01:06:18,853 --> 01:06:21,021
It was an anonymous donation,
1153
01:06:21,022 --> 01:06:23,690
a painting mysteriously purchased,
1154
01:06:23,691 --> 01:06:26,660
then given back with banksy's Mark.
1155
01:06:26,661 --> 01:06:29,530
There's what appears
to be a Nazi soldier
1156
01:06:29,531 --> 01:06:31,798
sitting on a bench in this banksy
1157
01:06:31,799 --> 01:06:35,836
titled "the banality
of the banality of evil."
1158
01:06:35,837 --> 01:06:38,239
You could see people here
gathered, taking pictures.
1159
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:41,442
They cannot believe that they
are actually seeing a banksy
1160
01:06:41,443 --> 01:06:43,044
here on 23rd street.
1161
01:06:53,087 --> 01:06:57,758
He takes a benign, picturesque version
1162
01:06:57,759 --> 01:07:00,401
of humanity in nature.
1163
01:07:00,402 --> 01:07:03,504
And he basically put
a Hitler mustache on this guy.
1164
01:07:03,505 --> 01:07:05,139
He just totally twisted it,
1165
01:07:05,140 --> 01:07:07,708
and so it becomes so far from any form
1166
01:07:07,709 --> 01:07:09,110
of political correctness.
1167
01:07:09,111 --> 01:07:11,845
And then he twists it again by doing
1168
01:07:11,846 --> 01:07:14,315
about the most politically
correct thing you can do
1169
01:07:14,316 --> 01:07:15,616
as a successful artist.
1170
01:07:15,617 --> 01:07:17,284
But he puts this up
1171
01:07:17,285 --> 01:07:20,887
in auction for the homeless.
1172
01:07:20,888 --> 01:07:23,390
My name's David raper.
I'm the head of businesses
1173
01:07:23,391 --> 01:07:24,558
at housing works thrift shops.
1174
01:07:24,559 --> 01:07:26,160
Banksy, the u. K. Artist,
1175
01:07:26,161 --> 01:07:28,729
unannounced, dropped an original
work into one of our stores.
1176
01:07:28,730 --> 01:07:30,731
The sorts of things we do is,
we build housing
1177
01:07:30,732 --> 01:07:32,633
for HIV-positive people in the city.
1178
01:07:32,634 --> 01:07:33,967
We provide healthcare services,
1179
01:07:33,968 --> 01:07:35,736
drug treatment and drug counseling.
1180
01:07:35,737 --> 01:07:38,004
Our job, to be honest,
with this piece of work,
1181
01:07:38,005 --> 01:07:40,141
is to create a bit of fun
for our customers
1182
01:07:40,142 --> 01:07:42,777
and to turn it into money
that we can do good with.
1183
01:07:44,779 --> 01:07:48,048
It's up for auction
for the next 24 hours.
1184
01:07:48,049 --> 01:07:50,016
It was come and left
in the store very quietly,
1185
01:07:50,017 --> 01:07:52,719
and then a little while later,
we got a tip-off from his people
1186
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:54,355
that there was an original work
in the store,
1187
01:07:54,356 --> 01:07:58,024
and that's how we found out
about it yesterday afternoon.
1188
01:07:58,025 --> 01:07:59,366
The original work was actually
bought here
1189
01:07:59,367 --> 01:08:01,302
about two weeks ago for $50.
1190
01:08:01,303 --> 01:08:03,069
The little bit of extra work
that he's put in
1191
01:08:03,070 --> 01:08:05,907
has turned into something
that's gonna be over $250,000.
1192
01:08:12,347 --> 01:08:16,217
He called it "the banality
of the banality of evil."
1193
01:08:16,218 --> 01:08:18,852
"The banality of evil" is the subtitle
1194
01:08:18,853 --> 01:08:21,655
of Hannah arendt's book...
The trial of Adolf eichmann.
1195
01:08:21,656 --> 01:08:26,393
He was accused of deporting
the Jews to the death camps.
1196
01:08:26,394 --> 01:08:31,398
Yet Hannah arendt insisted
he was not a monster.
1197
01:08:31,399 --> 01:08:33,800
He was perfectly ordinary.
1198
01:08:33,801 --> 01:08:36,036
And arendt's conclusion was
1199
01:08:36,037 --> 01:08:40,207
that evil is not perpetrated
by the people at the top.
1200
01:08:40,208 --> 01:08:44,145
Evil is perpetrated
by the people like eichmann
1201
01:08:44,146 --> 01:08:46,880
who are just doing their jobs.
1202
01:08:46,881 --> 01:08:48,682
It's a failure to think.
1203
01:08:48,683 --> 01:08:50,317
That's what Hannah arendt called it...
1204
01:08:50,318 --> 01:08:52,018
A failure to think.
1205
01:08:52,019 --> 01:08:57,991
And banksy, I think, is trying
to expose this failure to think.
1206
01:08:57,992 --> 01:09:00,167
Biddingforgood.com
is where you can place your bid
1207
01:09:00,168 --> 01:09:01,468
if you have that kind of money.
1208
01:09:01,469 --> 01:09:02,936
It's up to $211,000.
1209
01:09:02,937 --> 01:09:04,871
The bidding has gotten huge.
1210
01:09:04,872 --> 01:09:07,874
Banksy work up for auction
at more than $300,000.
1211
01:09:07,875 --> 01:09:10,344
...he donated
was auctioned off last night
1212
01:09:10,345 --> 01:09:13,181
for $615,000.
1213
01:09:56,858 --> 01:09:59,966
♪ It's my party,
and I'll cry if I want to ♪
1214
01:09:59,967 --> 01:10:03,337
♪ cry if I want to,
c-c-cry if I want to ♪
1215
01:10:03,338 --> 01:10:06,640
♪ you would cry, too,
if it happened to you ♪
1216
01:10:06,641 --> 01:10:09,110
♪ you would cry, yeah, yeah ♪
1217
01:10:09,111 --> 01:10:13,980
♪ don't know why he is not here ♪
1218
01:10:13,981 --> 01:10:18,919
♪ and I called him more than twice ♪
1219
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:21,822
♪ but he won't pick up ♪
1220
01:10:21,823 --> 01:10:25,091
♪ where the guys? ♪
1221
01:10:25,092 --> 01:10:27,161
♪ I had a couple of friends come ♪
1222
01:10:27,162 --> 01:10:32,399
♪ not the ones I really like ♪
1223
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:34,602
♪ what the... ♪
1224
01:10:35,537 --> 01:10:38,772
♪ It's my party,
and I'll cry if I want to ♪
1225
01:10:38,773 --> 01:10:42,409
♪ cry if I want to,
c-c-cry if I want to ♪
1226
01:10:42,410 --> 01:10:45,546
♪ you would cry, too,
if it happened to you ♪
1227
01:10:45,547 --> 01:10:48,282
♪ you would cry, too,
if it happened to you ♪
1228
01:10:48,283 --> 01:10:50,384
Banksy dropped this off in queens,
1229
01:10:50,385 --> 01:10:53,019
behind, essentially, a mechanics shop.
1230
01:10:53,020 --> 01:10:54,421
And these guys get...
1231
01:10:54,422 --> 01:10:57,090
They're the owners,
totally regular guys...
1232
01:10:57,091 --> 01:10:58,759
♪ If it happened to you ♪
1233
01:10:58,760 --> 01:11:01,235
♪ you would cry, yeah, yeah ♪
1234
01:11:01,236 --> 01:11:03,437
And they actually loaded it
into their truck,
1235
01:11:03,438 --> 01:11:06,740
drove away with it, put it
into their grandmother's garage.
1236
01:11:06,741 --> 01:11:08,309
♪ She got body, she got body ♪
1237
01:11:08,310 --> 01:11:11,178
- ♪ I'm-a get her ♪
- hey, how are you?
1238
01:11:11,179 --> 01:11:12,913
- Good.
- nice to see you.
1239
01:11:12,914 --> 01:11:14,548
Me, too.
1240
01:11:14,549 --> 01:11:15,616
How is things here?
1241
01:11:15,617 --> 01:11:17,484
Good. a lot of people.
1242
01:11:18,753 --> 01:11:22,256
I think this is a piece of the fair.
1243
01:11:22,257 --> 01:11:24,691
I'm very happy
with the resonance of people.
1244
01:11:24,692 --> 01:11:26,160
This is the first night tonight,
1245
01:11:26,161 --> 01:11:30,464
and I think this is the major
piece of the whole show.
1246
01:11:30,465 --> 01:11:31,798
♪ He is not here ♪
1247
01:11:31,799 --> 01:11:36,670
♪ and I called him more than twice ♪
1248
01:11:36,671 --> 01:11:38,071
♪ but he won't pick up ♪
1249
01:11:38,072 --> 01:11:39,573
So, that picture
that you see right there...
1250
01:11:39,574 --> 01:11:42,943
We're gonna put that here,
in a tattoo, a real tattoo.
1251
01:11:42,944 --> 01:11:44,679
It'll say, "thanks, banksy."
1252
01:11:45,613 --> 01:11:47,981
This looks better
than in the garage, no?
1253
01:11:47,982 --> 01:11:49,916
- Yeah, yeah, yeah!
- Yeah.
1254
01:11:49,917 --> 01:11:51,352
So, now today or tomorrow,
1255
01:11:51,353 --> 01:11:54,755
they look, and then
they come back, and then...
1256
01:11:54,756 --> 01:11:57,224
Today is a circus, you know?
1257
01:11:57,225 --> 01:11:59,700
Everyone's looking...
"Neh, neh, neh, neh, neh."
1258
01:11:59,701 --> 01:12:02,303
So, the asking price is $350,000.
1259
01:12:02,304 --> 01:12:05,272
I think it's a very significant
piece from the New York show.
1260
01:12:05,273 --> 01:12:07,341
And I'm happy that they contacted me
1261
01:12:07,342 --> 01:12:10,311
and that we were able to make a deal.
1262
01:12:10,312 --> 01:12:12,779
I think we're gonna sell it.
1263
01:12:12,780 --> 01:12:13,847
Good luck with that.
1264
01:12:13,848 --> 01:12:15,382
Good.
1265
01:12:15,383 --> 01:12:17,384
♪ You could cry, too,
if it happened to you ♪
1266
01:12:17,385 --> 01:12:21,323
I'm gonna be around,
see what I can find.
1267
01:12:22,257 --> 01:12:25,126
The rich see the art about money.
1268
01:12:25,127 --> 01:12:27,661
Banksy see the art about art.
1269
01:12:27,662 --> 01:12:31,632
♪ You would cry, too,
if it happened to you ♪
1270
01:12:31,633 --> 01:12:34,401
He did it when he was
in New York, in November.
1271
01:12:34,402 --> 01:12:36,637
So, he sets it up
every time you move it?
1272
01:12:36,638 --> 01:12:37,904
- Banksy?
- yeah.
1273
01:12:37,905 --> 01:12:42,977
No. he... he has nothing to do with it.
1274
01:12:44,346 --> 01:12:45,747
I hope so.
1275
01:13:20,788 --> 01:13:23,524
If they're gonna just
tear it down and build condos,
1276
01:13:23,525 --> 01:13:26,260
why they hell did they have
to paint over everything?
1277
01:13:26,261 --> 01:13:29,496
They painted over it
so there wasn't, like, a dispute
1278
01:13:29,497 --> 01:13:33,634
on making it a monument
or, like, a historic site.
1279
01:13:33,635 --> 01:13:36,670
By whitewashing the building,
there's no more argument.
1280
01:13:36,671 --> 01:13:37,772
They win.
1281
01:13:39,174 --> 01:13:41,542
To me, 5 pointz really is
1282
01:13:41,543 --> 01:13:43,677
part of a larger development
in New York,
1283
01:13:43,678 --> 01:13:46,413
where, essentially,
the value of real estate
1284
01:13:46,414 --> 01:13:48,615
has become so prohibitively expensive
1285
01:13:48,616 --> 01:13:50,917
that it's becoming
increasingly difficult
1286
01:13:50,918 --> 01:13:54,322
for cultural organizations to function.
1287
01:14:02,337 --> 01:14:04,204
A lot of the development
that takes place
1288
01:14:04,205 --> 01:14:06,206
is for people with a lot of money...
1289
01:14:06,207 --> 01:14:08,542
It drives out people that lived
in their neighborhoods
1290
01:14:08,543 --> 01:14:09,609
for a long time,
1291
01:14:09,610 --> 01:14:12,346
that the benefits of new development
1292
01:14:12,347 --> 01:14:15,315
aren't being shared anywhere
near as well as we want them to,
1293
01:14:15,316 --> 01:14:18,885
that the inequality crisis
hits neighborhoods often
1294
01:14:18,886 --> 01:14:24,158
in the form of some new
glass-and-steel luxury tower.
1295
01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:25,359
People are angry.
1296
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:27,561
People are asking a lot of questions,
1297
01:14:27,562 --> 01:14:31,098
and graffiti has long been
one way people ask them.
1298
01:14:33,234 --> 01:14:36,936
In "the grapes of wrath,"
John steinbeck writes,
1299
01:14:36,937 --> 01:14:38,672
"a homeless hungry man,
1300
01:14:38,673 --> 01:14:41,442
driving the roads
with his wife beside him
1301
01:14:41,443 --> 01:14:43,744
and his thin children in the backseat,
1302
01:14:43,745 --> 01:14:46,347
could look at the fallow fields
that might produce food,
1303
01:14:46,348 --> 01:14:48,215
but not for profit,
1304
01:14:48,216 --> 01:14:51,518
and that man could know
how a fallow field is a sin
1305
01:14:51,519 --> 01:14:55,823
and the unused land a crime
against the thin children."
1306
01:15:10,412 --> 01:15:12,313
Here's today's piece.
1307
01:15:12,314 --> 01:15:15,182
Today's... and final piece.
1308
01:15:15,183 --> 01:15:18,319
It says, "an inflatable throw-up
1309
01:15:18,320 --> 01:15:20,354
on the long island expressway."
1310
01:15:20,355 --> 01:15:22,189
Oh, there's audio. Okay.
1311
01:15:22,190 --> 01:15:23,957
"And that's it.
Thanks for your Patience.
1312
01:15:23,958 --> 01:15:27,762
It's been fun.
Save 5 pointz. Bye."
1313
01:15:29,131 --> 01:15:32,233
Well, this is the last day of the show,
1314
01:15:32,234 --> 01:15:36,403
and I'd like to say
we're going out on a high note.
1315
01:15:36,404 --> 01:15:40,374
And I guess, in a way, we are.
1316
01:15:40,375 --> 01:15:42,676
You!
You!
1317
01:15:42,677 --> 01:15:43,944
Graffiti god banksy
1318
01:15:43,945 --> 01:15:47,414
wraps up New York residency
with this final work,
1319
01:15:47,415 --> 01:15:50,384
and his admirers, of course,
flock to the site,
1320
01:15:50,385 --> 01:15:53,654
including some who may have
admired it a little too much.
1321
01:15:53,655 --> 01:15:55,856
You could see the piece.
It was beautiful.
1322
01:15:55,857 --> 01:15:58,825
But within minutes,
they came up with the ladder.
1323
01:15:58,826 --> 01:16:01,235
...scaling the side
of a building with a hatchet
1324
01:16:01,236 --> 01:16:03,204
to cut down the valuable work of art.
1325
01:16:03,205 --> 01:16:05,339
Someone's taking the piece down!
1326
01:16:05,340 --> 01:16:06,740
♪ I want to be a part of it ♪
1327
01:16:06,741 --> 01:16:08,209
It's an homage of sorts
1328
01:16:08,210 --> 01:16:10,211
to the most prevalent form of graffiti
1329
01:16:10,212 --> 01:16:13,347
in the city that invented it
for the modern era.
1330
01:16:13,348 --> 01:16:16,617
♪ These vagabond shoes ♪
1331
01:16:16,618 --> 01:16:19,019
As fans gathered to see the piece,
1332
01:16:19,020 --> 01:16:21,822
two men were seeing trying
to remove the balloons.
1333
01:16:21,823 --> 01:16:26,260
My heart just, like, sank
to the bottom of my stomach.
1334
01:16:26,261 --> 01:16:27,794
But as they hit the ground,
1335
01:16:27,795 --> 01:16:32,333
they were soon confronted
by members of the public.
1336
01:16:32,334 --> 01:16:36,403
Now this piece created
what we new yorkers love...
1337
01:16:36,404 --> 01:16:38,172
A fight on the streets.
1338
01:16:38,173 --> 01:16:39,240
No. what are you doing?
1339
01:16:40,675 --> 01:16:43,177
- Move! move!
- ♪ and I'm king of the hill ♪
1340
01:16:43,178 --> 01:16:44,611
Okay, cue the cops.
1341
01:16:44,612 --> 01:16:46,213
♪ top of the heap ♪
1342
01:16:46,214 --> 01:16:47,915
Move! move!
1343
01:16:49,517 --> 01:16:51,952
People are wrestling all over
the ground and everything.
1344
01:16:51,953 --> 01:16:54,989
You know, the police
break up the commotion.
1345
01:16:55,923 --> 01:16:57,325
No.
1346
01:16:58,726 --> 01:17:02,136
And then they grabbed
the banksky balloons, right,
1347
01:17:02,137 --> 01:17:04,438
that spells "banksy," all in one piece.
1348
01:17:04,439 --> 01:17:06,273
The cops, just standing around it
1349
01:17:06,274 --> 01:17:07,909
as if it was a corpse.
1350
01:17:09,344 --> 01:17:11,312
The balloons represented banksky,
1351
01:17:11,313 --> 01:17:14,981
and they finally at the very end
caught banksky.
1352
01:17:14,982 --> 01:17:16,117
That's amazing.
1353
01:17:16,118 --> 01:17:17,351
Finally caught their man.
1354
01:17:17,352 --> 01:17:19,019
- They finally got their man.
- Yeah.
1355
01:17:19,020 --> 01:17:22,156
They were just stuffing it
in the back of a paddy wagon.
1356
01:17:22,157 --> 01:17:24,024
I was pleading with the police.
1357
01:17:24,025 --> 01:17:26,760
I was like, "you don't
understand the social currency
1358
01:17:26,761 --> 01:17:27,561
involved in this.
1359
01:17:27,562 --> 01:17:29,062
Please put it back up."
1360
01:17:29,063 --> 01:17:30,697
Load it up.
1361
01:17:30,698 --> 01:17:31,598
Don't touch me.
1362
01:17:31,599 --> 01:17:33,234
I'm fighting with a cameraman
1363
01:17:33,235 --> 01:17:36,002
that was ruthless and is elbowing me
1364
01:17:36,003 --> 01:17:37,070
and is breaking my ribs.
1365
01:17:37,071 --> 01:17:38,405
And I said, "don't do that."
1366
01:17:38,406 --> 01:17:40,274
And then they heard me maybe.
1367
01:17:40,275 --> 01:17:42,309
No, no, no.
1368
01:17:42,310 --> 01:17:43,544
They all look at me.
1369
01:17:43,545 --> 01:17:45,479
And I took a photograph.
1370
01:17:45,480 --> 01:17:49,316
And then the next minute,
I'm in handcuffs.
1371
01:17:49,317 --> 01:17:51,152
You guys want to go with them?
1372
01:17:51,153 --> 01:17:52,586
Do you want to go with them?
1373
01:17:52,587 --> 01:17:56,657
Now the last banksy piece
is in police custody.
1374
01:17:56,658 --> 01:17:59,193
It was an emotional experience
for most of us
1375
01:17:59,194 --> 01:18:02,669
that hunted banksy for the month.
1376
01:18:02,670 --> 01:18:05,506
So, what does the artist hope
to have achieved
1377
01:18:05,507 --> 01:18:08,209
with his so-called residency?
1378
01:18:08,210 --> 01:18:10,578
Shame it didn't get any press.
1379
01:18:12,747 --> 01:18:16,317
Banksy asserts that outside
is where art should live,
1380
01:18:16,318 --> 01:18:17,518
amongst us,
1381
01:18:17,519 --> 01:18:20,387
where it can act as a public service,
1382
01:18:20,388 --> 01:18:26,760
provoke debate, voice concerns,
forge identities.
1383
01:18:26,761 --> 01:18:30,096
Don't we want to live
in a world made of art,
1384
01:18:30,097 --> 01:18:32,299
not just decorated by it?
1385
01:18:32,300 --> 01:18:36,970
♪ It's up to you, New York ♪
1386
01:18:36,971 --> 01:18:40,842
♪ New York ♪
1387
01:18:41,909 --> 01:18:50,017
♪ New York ♪
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