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Waste Land (2010)

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shoveling the worst possible matter...

Waste Land (2010)

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organic matter left by the truck.

Waste Land (2010)

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Sugar Children was probably the most important work...

Waste Land (2010)

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of my career.

Waste Land (2010)

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I think this is the first time that I addressed...

Waste Land (2010)

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the fact of material as something that exists...

Waste Land (2010)

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in the world with its own importance.

Waste Land (2010)

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These are children from the Caribbean island, of St. Kitts.

Waste Land (2010)

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They are sons and daughters of plantation workers.

Waste Land (2010)

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I would imagine the progression from these beautiful amazing children...

Waste Land (2010)

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to a grown, that would be just as happy...

Waste Land (2010)

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because it was paradise.

Waste Land (2010)

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But their parents were very sad, tired, weary people...

Waste Land (2010)

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who worked 16 hour shifts in the sugar fields.

Waste Land (2010)

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I kept thinking about what was missing in the transition...

Waste Land (2010)

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from a childhood like that to being very sad grownups.

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And it was sugar.

Waste Land (2010)

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The sweetness was taken from those children.

Waste Land (2010)

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When I came back to New York I started drawing their faces with sugar...

Waste Land (2010)

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I realized that I could make volumes with that.