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- My name is Samuel.
- My name is Tala.
I'm an emerging artist
based in Bankstown,
and I'm very excited
to be part of the "15 Cigarettes" project.
- You know, every art project is a journey,
a personal journey,
you know, to learn.
We learn in doing it
and being a part of it.
- It will be really interesting
to, like, sort of see the cross-generational sort of aspect
of being a young person
and having old people be part of this,
especially with my practice as well
'cause I love doing experimental film.
- Art is important to me because
I get to learn what it means
to be a human being,
and I discover what it means for other people.
And so it's a journey for me
to learn about others' experiences.
And then, throughout that,
to find, you know, the commonality,
or even what divides us.
And to be able to express that
and to share that
and, yeah, to share that experience with others
is very valuable.
- Yeah, I think definitely, opportunities like this
are really rare for young people.
Especially when you're a young artist,
it's really hard to find any opportunity out there for you.
- So I suppose art is just a,
it's a life force.
It's a vital way of existing.
And so for me, being an artist,
you know, I have work outside of being an artist,
but it,
being here partic...
You know, fostering this space
is important.
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