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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,093 Probably some illegal shit going on here... 2 00:00:27,094 --> 00:00:28,729 - Yeah. - Yo, dude, we're gonna get... 3 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:31,064 This project's gonna get busted. 4 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:34,169 - People over here. - Get the net out of there. 5 00:00:37,505 --> 00:00:39,540 Yo, you want some help? 6 00:00:39,541 --> 00:00:41,643 - When I get on the truck... - Yeah. Yeah. 7 00:00:43,711 --> 00:00:45,180 Yo, throw it here. I got it. 8 00:00:50,352 --> 00:00:53,320 Yo. Yo. 9 00:00:53,321 --> 00:00:55,021 Yo. the cops are here. 10 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:56,991 Move out the way so I can go! 11 00:01:00,168 --> 00:01:01,436 Yo. yo! 12 00:01:03,505 --> 00:01:04,772 Shit. 13 00:01:07,775 --> 00:01:09,676 Yo! yo! Yo! Where you going? 14 00:01:09,677 --> 00:01:10,944 What are you doing? Move! Move! 15 00:01:22,157 --> 00:01:23,725 Go! 16 00:01:26,561 --> 00:01:27,895 - It's mine. - It's not yours. 17 00:01:30,265 --> 00:01:31,732 Let go. Let go. 18 00:01:31,733 --> 00:01:33,134 One last time, you need to let go. 19 00:01:33,135 --> 00:01:35,103 Everybody, let go. 20 00:01:38,806 --> 00:01:42,776 ♪ Keep in the dark to stay out of the light ♪ 21 00:01:42,777 --> 00:01:46,413 ♪ keep in the dark to stay out of the light ♪ 22 00:01:46,414 --> 00:01:50,651 ♪ keep in the dark to stay out of the light ♪ 23 00:01:50,652 --> 00:01:54,788 ♪ just hang in the sunshine ♪ 24 00:01:54,789 --> 00:01:57,691 ♪ la, ah-ah-ah ♪ 25 00:01:57,692 --> 00:02:01,835 ♪ la, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ 26 00:02:01,836 --> 00:02:05,739 ♪ la, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ 27 00:02:05,740 --> 00:02:07,441 ♪ la, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ♪ 28 00:02:07,442 --> 00:02:08,975 I'd appreciate if you guys would back this up. 29 00:02:08,976 --> 00:02:11,113 - Please back up, okay? - Okay. 30 00:02:11,713 --> 00:02:12,879 Move back! 31 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,348 It was really crazy. 32 00:02:14,349 --> 00:02:16,716 It almost seemed like a scene out of a movie. 33 00:02:16,717 --> 00:02:17,884 Pleading with the police 34 00:02:17,885 --> 00:02:19,553 to take it out or put it back up. 35 00:02:19,554 --> 00:02:22,789 ♪ Turn off your light, let's step into the dark ♪ 36 00:02:22,790 --> 00:02:26,727 ♪ sleep away like shining into her ♪ 37 00:02:26,728 --> 00:02:28,729 ♪ save your face and get behind... ♪ 38 00:02:28,730 --> 00:02:30,297 Let's move back. Move back. Move back. 39 00:02:30,298 --> 00:02:33,435 ♪ Into the earth ♪ 40 00:02:34,802 --> 00:02:36,470 ♪ earth ♪ 41 00:02:36,471 --> 00:02:38,273 - He stole it. - Yeah. 42 00:02:45,313 --> 00:02:47,114 Yo, don't touch me. 43 00:02:47,115 --> 00:02:49,083 What are we doing? Where am I going? 44 00:02:54,589 --> 00:02:58,159 Let's start off with a little tutorial on banksy. 45 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,235 Just who is this nefarious character? 46 00:03:02,036 --> 00:03:03,304 Well, that's the thing. 47 00:03:03,305 --> 00:03:05,806 People don't know too much about him. 48 00:03:05,807 --> 00:03:07,841 He's anonymous in the age 49 00:03:07,842 --> 00:03:10,777 where it's nearly impossible to be anonymous. 50 00:03:10,778 --> 00:03:14,348 He has a great instinct for pushing buttons. 51 00:03:14,349 --> 00:03:17,684 He's distinguished himself from other street artists 52 00:03:17,685 --> 00:03:21,155 by having a bigger agenda. 53 00:03:21,156 --> 00:03:24,291 He kind of exploded into the stratosphere. 54 00:03:24,292 --> 00:03:26,593 All of a sudden, everyone wanted to talk about banksy... 55 00:03:26,594 --> 00:03:28,429 - "Banksy, banksy, banksy." - Banksy. 56 00:03:28,430 --> 00:03:29,863 - Banksy. - banksy. 57 00:03:29,864 --> 00:03:31,232 I've heard about this guy for years. 58 00:03:31,233 --> 00:03:33,134 Like the most famous on earth. 59 00:03:33,135 --> 00:03:35,936 His works are far more famous than his face. 60 00:03:35,937 --> 00:03:38,339 So, from Bristol, right? He's an english-born artist. 61 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:40,407 - What else do we know about him? - That's pretty much it. 62 00:03:40,408 --> 00:03:43,544 Banksy has never let anyone see his face. 63 00:03:43,545 --> 00:03:45,078 His following is international. 64 00:03:45,079 --> 00:03:48,549 Banksy's art often has political and social overtones, 65 00:03:48,550 --> 00:03:49,883 and his controversial work 66 00:03:49,884 --> 00:03:51,452 has appeared on walls across the world. 67 00:03:51,453 --> 00:03:54,588 Including here, on Israeli security walls 68 00:03:54,589 --> 00:03:56,557 in the occupied west bank. 69 00:03:56,558 --> 00:03:57,858 Since then, he's become popular 70 00:03:57,859 --> 00:03:59,733 on the international auction circuit, 71 00:03:59,734 --> 00:04:01,668 alongside Andy warhol and Damien hirst. 72 00:04:01,669 --> 00:04:05,172 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are among the growing number 73 00:04:05,173 --> 00:04:06,740 of collectors known to pay 74 00:04:06,741 --> 00:04:09,075 more than $1 million for a banksy. 75 00:04:09,076 --> 00:04:11,245 Banksy, a legendary British street artist, 76 00:04:11,246 --> 00:04:13,447 whose works are now popping up all over New York City. 77 00:04:13,448 --> 00:04:14,881 All right, he's been tagging the walls 78 00:04:14,882 --> 00:04:16,150 of buildings throughout New York. 79 00:04:16,151 --> 00:04:18,084 There's a well-known graffiti artist 80 00:04:18,085 --> 00:04:20,721 who's making his Mark in New York City... 81 00:04:20,722 --> 00:04:22,157 On New York City. 82 00:04:45,713 --> 00:04:47,013 I am Beth stebner. 83 00:04:47,014 --> 00:04:48,515 I am a reporter with the daily news, 84 00:04:48,516 --> 00:04:52,487 and I tracked banksy throughout New York. 85 00:04:54,289 --> 00:04:57,558 He announced that he was doing a month-long residency, 86 00:04:57,559 --> 00:05:00,501 so every morning, he'd post to his Instagram account, 87 00:05:00,502 --> 00:05:02,803 and he'd just leave the littlest teaser 88 00:05:02,804 --> 00:05:04,271 of what he was doing. 89 00:05:04,272 --> 00:05:06,907 There's gonna be one piece every day 90 00:05:06,908 --> 00:05:10,144 for the entire month of October. 91 00:05:10,145 --> 00:05:13,315 Every day, he would post on his website... 92 00:05:14,716 --> 00:05:16,250 ...with a picture of the piece, 93 00:05:16,251 --> 00:05:20,287 with no identifying location for where it is. 94 00:05:20,288 --> 00:05:22,789 Some of them had audio commentary attached to them. 95 00:05:26,394 --> 00:05:28,563 Supposed to be kind of like a museum guide. 96 00:05:33,135 --> 00:05:36,770 Hello, and welcome to lower Manhattan. 97 00:05:44,846 --> 00:05:47,581 Before you, you will see a spray art 98 00:05:47,582 --> 00:05:49,916 by the artist "ban-sky." 99 00:05:49,917 --> 00:05:53,620 This piece is typical of ban-sky's output, 100 00:05:53,621 --> 00:05:56,223 relying as it does on life-sized characters 101 00:05:56,224 --> 00:05:59,526 viewed at a level perspective in monochrome. 102 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:02,836 This effect is achieved by spraying automotive spray paint 103 00:06:02,837 --> 00:06:04,571 through an intricately cut shape 104 00:06:04,572 --> 00:06:06,207 in a piece of cardboard, 105 00:06:06,208 --> 00:06:10,177 or, to give it its proper term, "cheating." 106 00:06:10,178 --> 00:06:13,480 The children in this case represent youth, 107 00:06:13,481 --> 00:06:18,586 and the sign represents, well, signs. 108 00:06:19,521 --> 00:06:22,055 What was interesting to me as a journalist covering it 109 00:06:22,056 --> 00:06:25,292 was the wide array of people who showed up. 110 00:06:25,293 --> 00:06:27,794 You had art students. You had plumbers. 111 00:06:27,795 --> 00:06:32,599 You had gallery owners that just brought new yorkers out. 112 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,001 Yeah, we're looking for the "banksky" piece 113 00:06:35,002 --> 00:06:37,171 on 16 and Allen, 114 00:06:37,172 --> 00:06:39,640 which I guess is the first of his graffiti artwork 115 00:06:39,641 --> 00:06:41,041 in New York City. 116 00:06:41,042 --> 00:06:44,178 - He's doing a month-long... - Right. 117 00:06:44,179 --> 00:06:46,680 A month-long tour on the streets of New York, right? 118 00:06:46,681 --> 00:06:47,848 Right. 119 00:06:47,849 --> 00:06:48,849 Putting artwork all over the place? 120 00:06:48,850 --> 00:06:50,117 Yeah. 121 00:06:50,118 --> 00:06:51,418 And we're trying to find the first one. 122 00:06:51,419 --> 00:06:52,753 Right. 123 00:06:52,754 --> 00:06:54,555 Now let us pause for a moment 124 00:06:54,556 --> 00:06:58,126 to consider the deeper meaning of this work. 125 00:07:00,202 --> 00:07:01,703 Okay, that's long enough. 126 00:07:11,179 --> 00:07:12,979 - What bullshit, huh? - Yeah. 127 00:07:12,980 --> 00:07:16,817 I actually believe they actually covered up a banksky original. 128 00:07:16,818 --> 00:07:20,354 So, it turned into a scavenger hunt, in a sense, 129 00:07:20,355 --> 00:07:21,822 where people would see this piece 130 00:07:21,823 --> 00:07:23,190 and go, "oh, my God, where is it? 131 00:07:23,191 --> 00:07:24,958 I need to find it before it disappears." 132 00:07:24,959 --> 00:07:26,627 There's a lot of talk that it could be 133 00:07:26,628 --> 00:07:29,095 one of the shop owners or it could be him himself. 134 00:07:29,096 --> 00:07:30,063 I don't know because the paintbrush 135 00:07:30,064 --> 00:07:31,432 is still on the ground. 136 00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:32,499 You just got to come as soon as you can. 137 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,101 I have to work later on today, 138 00:07:34,102 --> 00:07:36,737 but first stop, see the new banksy. 139 00:07:36,738 --> 00:07:39,373 I just wish I could have seen the full piece. 140 00:07:39,374 --> 00:07:41,708 I wanted to catch the banksy graffiti, 141 00:07:41,709 --> 00:07:43,210 but I just missed it. 142 00:07:43,211 --> 00:07:47,080 ♪ Huh, but I don't cry about the could'ves ♪ 143 00:07:47,081 --> 00:07:48,815 ♪ worry about the would'ves ♪ 144 00:07:48,816 --> 00:07:53,488 ♪ sure don't give a shit about the should'ves ♪ 145 00:07:54,356 --> 00:07:58,525 ♪ so you think you've had it tough ♪ 146 00:07:58,526 --> 00:08:01,902 ♪ had it tougher than the rest of us ♪ 147 00:08:01,903 --> 00:08:06,039 ♪ you just couldn't take it when it got too much ♪ 148 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,875 ♪ should've known then you would end up ♪ 149 00:08:08,876 --> 00:08:13,248 ♪ just like every other, "coulda been a contender" ♪ 150 00:08:15,150 --> 00:08:17,384 For the first time, we saw work 151 00:08:17,385 --> 00:08:19,720 in a really seamless fashion, 152 00:08:19,721 --> 00:08:20,954 where he would put out 153 00:08:20,955 --> 00:08:22,857 this cryptic message on his website... 154 00:08:24,359 --> 00:08:26,727 ...which made like a treasure hunt 155 00:08:26,728 --> 00:08:28,895 where you needed to go and find something 156 00:08:28,896 --> 00:08:31,533 in the part of the city you'd never been in before. 157 00:08:33,601 --> 00:08:36,270 We would post something, and then... 158 00:08:36,271 --> 00:08:38,038 - Hashtag it. - ...Hashtag it. 159 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:39,640 The banksy phenomenon, like, 160 00:08:39,641 --> 00:08:45,279 trained us on to, like, how to find things via social media. 161 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,913 Every day this month, it seems, 162 00:08:46,914 --> 00:08:48,882 a fresh work will be unveiled, 163 00:08:48,883 --> 00:08:52,186 but nobody knows where and nobody knows when. 164 00:08:52,187 --> 00:08:53,487 ♪ But I'd rather... ♪ 165 00:08:53,488 --> 00:08:54,888 So, banksy would post something, 166 00:08:54,889 --> 00:08:58,359 and within a very, very small window of time, 167 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,269 people would just be tweeting about it, using Instagram. 168 00:09:02,270 --> 00:09:05,640 You'd just get a barrage of people taking pictures. 169 00:09:13,915 --> 00:09:16,917 The people who followed him... It was their job, 170 00:09:16,918 --> 00:09:19,587 it was their quest to find him. 171 00:09:22,457 --> 00:09:26,092 The response to it would be part of the art itself. 172 00:09:26,093 --> 00:09:27,961 It's never been done like that before. 173 00:09:27,962 --> 00:09:31,732 It was like a giant scavenger hunt in New York City, 174 00:09:31,733 --> 00:09:34,735 and we were all pawns. 175 00:09:35,970 --> 00:09:37,971 We all played along beautifully. 176 00:09:37,972 --> 00:09:39,106 For now, the city is getting 177 00:09:39,107 --> 00:09:41,408 a new tourist attraction every day 178 00:09:41,409 --> 00:09:43,977 and also a lot more graffiti. 179 00:09:43,978 --> 00:09:44,978 You know what it was? 180 00:09:44,979 --> 00:09:46,046 It was the integration 181 00:09:46,047 --> 00:09:48,081 of the street and social media. 182 00:09:48,082 --> 00:09:51,785 What was happening on the streets was happening so fast, 183 00:09:51,786 --> 00:09:55,922 there were camera crews interviewing people immediately. 184 00:09:55,923 --> 00:09:58,292 So, immediately I knew 185 00:09:58,293 --> 00:10:00,734 that this was going to be an important event 186 00:10:00,735 --> 00:10:03,737 for 31 days in the city of New York, 187 00:10:03,738 --> 00:10:05,740 prompted by banksy. 188 00:10:40,208 --> 00:10:42,809 The "o" would be right here. 189 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:46,281 So, right where they painted it, look at that. 190 00:10:48,049 --> 00:10:50,417 - This is where it was. - Amazing. 191 00:10:50,418 --> 00:10:55,690 And then the "y" was right here. 192 00:11:06,808 --> 00:11:07,841 Hello. 193 00:11:07,842 --> 00:11:10,010 You're standing somewhere in New York City 194 00:11:10,011 --> 00:11:14,815 and looking at a delivery truck that is delivering calm. 195 00:11:14,816 --> 00:11:18,719 Please rest awhile and enjoy the view. 196 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,727 We just found out 197 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:29,963 that it could be on St. Mark's and... 198 00:11:29,964 --> 00:11:31,031 Second or third. 199 00:11:31,032 --> 00:11:32,433 - ...second or third. - Yeah. 200 00:11:32,434 --> 00:11:35,637 We're headed there now. I'm shaking! 201 00:11:55,990 --> 00:11:57,023 Julia. 202 00:11:57,024 --> 00:11:58,058 Yeah? 203 00:11:58,059 --> 00:12:00,867 Found it! 204 00:12:00,868 --> 00:12:02,136 Can you imagine... 205 00:12:02,137 --> 00:12:03,504 The coolest part is, 206 00:12:03,505 --> 00:12:06,307 is that this guy is hanging out here somewhere. 207 00:12:06,308 --> 00:12:08,642 Or one of his associates is hanging out... 208 00:12:08,643 --> 00:12:10,177 They're watching the truck, yeah. 209 00:12:10,178 --> 00:12:11,646 They're watching that truck, right? 210 00:12:13,315 --> 00:12:14,715 It's basically a giant diorama. 211 00:12:14,716 --> 00:12:16,950 And I could kind of care less 212 00:12:16,951 --> 00:12:19,085 'cause I can to go the natural history museum 213 00:12:19,086 --> 00:12:20,687 and see a silly diorama. 214 00:12:20,688 --> 00:12:22,989 But you listen to the audio guide, 215 00:12:22,990 --> 00:12:25,492 and he's like, "this truck is delivering calm 216 00:12:25,493 --> 00:12:27,328 all throughout New York City." 217 00:12:27,329 --> 00:12:29,831 Well, he was delivering chaos. 218 00:12:39,073 --> 00:12:41,408 It never once delivered calm. 219 00:12:41,409 --> 00:12:44,445 It was driving a banksy around the city 220 00:12:44,446 --> 00:12:47,114 and hordes of people following it. 221 00:12:47,115 --> 00:12:49,616 No one was there and thinking, "oh, I'm so relaxed." 222 00:12:49,617 --> 00:12:51,152 Everyone was there, saying, 223 00:12:51,153 --> 00:12:52,386 "got to get in, get my picture. 224 00:12:52,387 --> 00:12:53,820 How do I... aah!" 225 00:12:53,821 --> 00:12:57,023 So, this is on St. Mark's place. 226 00:12:57,024 --> 00:12:59,501 ♪ Meet me at the station ♪ 227 00:13:00,668 --> 00:13:03,003 ♪ meet me 'bout half past 9:00 ♪ 228 00:13:03,004 --> 00:13:04,938 Banksy is at it again. 229 00:13:04,939 --> 00:13:06,940 All right, banksy strikes again. 230 00:13:06,941 --> 00:13:09,243 He tagged a truck that cruised around the village. 231 00:13:09,244 --> 00:13:10,477 Folks, brace yourself 232 00:13:10,478 --> 00:13:11,545 'cause... the British are coming? 233 00:13:11,546 --> 00:13:12,980 The British are coming. 234 00:13:20,955 --> 00:13:22,123 Allahu akbar! 235 00:13:22,124 --> 00:13:23,857 Allahu akbar! 236 00:13:23,858 --> 00:13:25,292 Allahu akbar! 237 00:13:25,293 --> 00:13:27,093 Allahu akbar! 238 00:13:27,094 --> 00:13:29,530 So, today's banksky is a video. 239 00:13:29,531 --> 00:13:31,633 Today's banksky is a video. 240 00:13:43,845 --> 00:13:45,011 Allahu akbar! 241 00:13:45,012 --> 00:13:46,847 Allahu akbar! 242 00:13:46,848 --> 00:13:48,115 Allahu akbar! 243 00:13:48,116 --> 00:13:49,483 Allahu akbar! 244 00:13:49,484 --> 00:13:52,819 Banksy really understands the necessity 245 00:13:52,820 --> 00:13:56,257 to make narratives simple for the mainstream media. 246 00:13:56,258 --> 00:13:57,658 The video piece 247 00:13:57,659 --> 00:14:00,367 that obviously had a reference to "dumbo"... 248 00:14:00,368 --> 00:14:03,404 The story of dumbo also was connected... 249 00:14:03,405 --> 00:14:05,372 It came out around the time of world war ii. 250 00:14:05,373 --> 00:14:06,773 "Dumbo" was the code name 251 00:14:06,774 --> 00:14:08,975 used for the u. S. Navy during the '40s and '50s 252 00:14:08,976 --> 00:14:10,844 to signify search-and-rescue mission. 253 00:14:10,845 --> 00:14:12,313 The purpose of dumbo missions 254 00:14:12,314 --> 00:14:14,315 was to rescue downed American aviators, 255 00:14:14,316 --> 00:14:16,150 as well as seamen in distress. 256 00:14:16,151 --> 00:14:17,818 Allahu akbar! 257 00:14:17,819 --> 00:14:20,354 That video with dumbo getting shot, right? 258 00:14:20,355 --> 00:14:22,589 And if you look at that audio... 259 00:14:22,590 --> 00:14:26,427 Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar! 260 00:14:28,163 --> 00:14:29,530 Allahu akbar! 261 00:14:29,531 --> 00:14:31,031 ...that was actual audio 262 00:14:31,032 --> 00:14:33,900 of militants taking a rocket launcher 263 00:14:33,901 --> 00:14:35,769 and shooting down a real helicopter. 264 00:14:35,770 --> 00:14:38,639 So, while we're all saying like, "oh, 265 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,641 childhood innocence is kind of, like, 266 00:14:40,642 --> 00:14:44,678 cute but sad and whatever, video," 267 00:14:44,679 --> 00:14:47,681 that was the sound of somebody actually dying. 268 00:14:47,682 --> 00:14:50,652 Allahu akbar! 269 00:15:11,746 --> 00:15:14,047 The helium balloon, 270 00:15:14,048 --> 00:15:20,554 an object of such poetry, its lightness, its fragility, 271 00:15:20,555 --> 00:15:24,391 its way of wandering on a breeze. 272 00:15:24,392 --> 00:15:27,027 It's an uplifting visual poem 273 00:15:27,028 --> 00:15:31,665 to that most fragile of human emotions. 274 00:15:31,666 --> 00:15:33,934 Oh, brother. 275 00:15:33,935 --> 00:15:35,902 Such a juxtaposition, then, 276 00:15:35,903 --> 00:15:38,872 is a common theme for this artist. 277 00:15:38,873 --> 00:15:40,674 Or, to put it another way, 278 00:15:40,675 --> 00:15:43,277 he just keeps repeating himself. 279 00:15:43,278 --> 00:15:45,112 So, this piece, I think, 280 00:15:45,113 --> 00:15:47,914 was put up there to be an interactive piece, you know, 281 00:15:47,915 --> 00:15:49,450 because it's, "there's always hope," 282 00:15:49,451 --> 00:15:51,752 the stencil, the girl with the balloon. 283 00:15:51,753 --> 00:15:53,320 As soon as I saw it, I was like, "all right, 284 00:15:53,321 --> 00:15:55,321 I hope a little girl shows up so I can get a shot." 285 00:15:56,924 --> 00:15:59,293 You know, everybody wants to get a shot that nobody else has. 286 00:15:59,294 --> 00:16:01,235 And I was trying to do it as quickly as possible 287 00:16:01,236 --> 00:16:04,306 so everybody else who was there wouldn't get the same shot. 288 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,242 I really loved how much the audience participation 289 00:16:08,243 --> 00:16:09,476 was a part of this show. 290 00:16:09,477 --> 00:16:10,911 The bandaged heart balloon piece... 291 00:16:10,912 --> 00:16:12,213 You had to stand in front of that piece. 292 00:16:12,214 --> 00:16:13,814 Yes, you had to take a picture, sure. 293 00:16:13,815 --> 00:16:15,249 So, Instagram, yay. 294 00:16:15,250 --> 00:16:19,986 But you had to stand there to activate the piece. 295 00:16:19,987 --> 00:16:23,790 This piece is obviously an iconic representation 296 00:16:23,791 --> 00:16:27,295 of the battle to survive a broken heart. 297 00:16:30,198 --> 00:16:33,033 I knew you were gonna do that shit, man. 298 00:16:33,034 --> 00:16:35,236 Just in time. 299 00:16:42,610 --> 00:16:44,111 Yeah, it's called spot-jocking. 300 00:16:44,112 --> 00:16:46,947 You put your name or piece next to somebody else's 301 00:16:46,948 --> 00:16:48,515 who's, like, more famous than you 302 00:16:48,516 --> 00:16:50,016 because everybody who looks at that 303 00:16:50,017 --> 00:16:52,553 or takes a picture of that one is also gonna get you. 304 00:16:52,554 --> 00:16:57,425 First week, you saw people tagging major pieces by banksy. 305 00:16:59,026 --> 00:17:00,767 It was a call-and-response. 306 00:17:00,768 --> 00:17:04,305 It was banksy saying, "New York, here I am." 307 00:17:04,306 --> 00:17:06,673 It was other graffiti artists 308 00:17:06,674 --> 00:17:09,177 saying, "hear you loud and clear." 309 00:17:13,948 --> 00:17:14,781 Yeah. 310 00:17:14,782 --> 00:17:16,217 People had negative reactions 311 00:17:16,218 --> 00:17:19,620 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 00:17:24,959 --> 00:17:27,828 It's like performance art. It's like epic street theater. 315 00:17:27,829 --> 00:17:29,963 Within the street-art community, 316 00:17:29,964 --> 00:17:32,133 there are a lot of graffiti artists 317 00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:34,468 who think that banksy is a poser, 318 00:17:34,469 --> 00:17:38,605 that he's sold out, that he is not authentic anymore 319 00:17:38,606 --> 00:17:40,607 because of his notoriety. 320 00:17:40,608 --> 00:17:41,842 I mean, it plays into this 321 00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:44,145 "street art versus graffiti" divide. 322 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:47,080 There's a feeling that graffiti is prosecuted 323 00:17:47,081 --> 00:17:49,015 much more aggressively than street art, 324 00:17:49,016 --> 00:17:51,485 graffiti is something that's bad. 325 00:17:51,486 --> 00:17:53,787 So, you got this whole 326 00:17:53,788 --> 00:17:56,923 sweltering sort of undertone that already exists, 327 00:17:56,924 --> 00:17:59,226 and in plops banksy. 328 00:17:59,227 --> 00:18:01,168 ♪ Mine, mine, mine is on the inside ♪ 329 00:18:01,169 --> 00:18:03,170 ♪ 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 00:18:13,315 --> 00:18:16,818 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 352 00:19:08,143 --> 00:19:09,876 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 ♪ 98460

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