1 00:00:10,766 --> 00:00:16,433 IN 1991 A BOLD OF A 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:18,500 5,000-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FOUND AND 3 00:00:15,266 --> 00:00:21,800 SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED HIS BODY 4 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:23,800 WAS MARKED WITH 60 TATTOOS. 5 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:26,400 THE FIELD MUSEUM HAS A LOOK AT 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,866 TATTOOING THAT IS AS POPULAR NOW 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,766 AS IT WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:31,233 AGO. 9 00:00:26,866 --> 00:00:33,533 >> THE FIELD MUSEUM INSTALLED A 10 00:00:28,766 --> 00:00:38,833 LICENSED TATTOO PARLOR. 11 00:00:31,233 --> 00:00:39,800 IT'S TEMPORARY BUT THE TATTOOS 12 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:42,500 ARE PERMANENT. 13 00:00:38,833 --> 00:00:43,966 >> WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT 14 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,900 TO INCLUDE THAT TO SHOW YOU KNOW 15 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:48,600 HOW TOOT TOOING IS DONE. 16 00:00:43,966 --> 00:00:50,566 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS BUT 17 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:52,166 HAVE A NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION WITH 18 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:54,466 TATTOOING CULTURE THAT WE HOPE 19 00:00:50,566 --> 00:00:56,200 TO CHALLENGE WITH THE SHOP. 20 00:00:52,166 --> 00:00:57,366 THE ACT OF INSERTING PIGMENT 21 00:00:54,466 --> 00:00:58,166 INTO THE SKIN IS SOMETHING THAT 22 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:01,966 PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR THOUSANDS 23 00:00:57,366 --> 00:01:03,400 OF YEARS. 24 00:00:58,166 --> 00:01:05,433 IT'S PART OF HUMAN HISTORY. 25 00:01:01,966 --> 00:01:08,300 TATTOOING MANIFESTED ITSELF 26 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:09,900 ACROSS TIME AND CULTURES. 27 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:12,566 AND THE REASONS VARY. 28 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:14,400 A LOT OF THEM ARE RELIGIOUS. 29 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:14,800 A LOT ARE CONNECTED TO RITES OF 30 00:01:12,566 --> 00:01:15,700 PASSAGE OR ENTRANCE INTO 31 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,266 ADULTHOOD. 32 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,166 ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING 33 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:20,700 THINGS THAT I FOUND IN 34 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:23,400 RESEARCHING THIS EXHIBIT WAS THE 35 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:25,766 DIFFERENT TECHNICAL WAYS PEOPLE 36 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:28,000 FOUND TO DO THIS SIMPLE ACT HOW 37 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:29,066 THEY MADE INK AND CRAFTED TOOLS 38 00:01:25,766 --> 00:01:31,566 THAT INSERTED THIS PIGMENT INTO 39 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,466 A PERSON'S SKIN. 40 00:01:29,066 --> 00:01:34,200 IT IS A DIVERSE SET OF WAYS 41 00:01:31,566 --> 00:01:36,000 PEOPLE GOT TO THE SAME TECHNICAL 42 00:01:33,466 --> 00:01:38,133 THING. 43 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:41,200 >> THIS IMPROVISED TATTOO 44 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,600 MACHINE WAS MADE IN PRISON WITH 45 00:01:38,133 --> 00:01:43,800 A BALL POINT PEN AND ELECTRICAL 46 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:47,033 WIRE. 47 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:49,733 >> OBJECTS THAT SHOW HOW 48 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:53,333 TATTOOING HAS BEEN USED. 49 00:01:47,033 --> 00:01:55,900 THOUGH THE PEOPLE OF NUFERS MARK 50 00:01:49,733 --> 00:01:58,066 THEIR FACES AND HANDS AND THE 51 00:01:53,333 --> 00:01:59,866 TATTOOS REPRESENT THEIR GENOLOGY 52 00:01:55,900 --> 00:02:02,133 AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IT IS A 53 00:01:58,066 --> 00:02:04,600 VISUAL RESUME ON THEIR SKIN. 54 00:01:59,866 --> 00:02:06,633 AND WE HAVE OBJECTS FROM ALASKA 55 00:02:02,133 --> 00:02:08,933 THAT SHOW HOW WOMEN MARKED THEIR 56 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:10,766 CHINS ARE STRIPES TO REPRESENT 57 00:02:06,633 --> 00:02:14,600 THEIR READINESS TO BE A MOTHER 58 00:02:08,933 --> 00:02:20,933 AND ENTRY INTO ADULTHOOD. 59 00:02:10,766 --> 00:02:21,233 IT IS SYMBOLIC USES. 60 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:24,133 >> IT FEET SURES LIFE SIZED BODY 61 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:27,266 PARTS. 62 00:02:21,233 --> 00:02:28,733 >> IT WAS CREATED IN PARIS AND 63 00:02:24,133 --> 00:02:31,133 COMES TO US FROM THE ROYAL HUMAN 64 00:02:27,266 --> 00:02:33,833 IN TORONTO. 65 00:02:28,733 --> 00:02:35,733 AND WE IN ADDITION TO ALONG WITH 66 00:02:31,133 --> 00:02:38,700 THE HUNDREDS OF OBJECTS FROM THE 67 00:02:33,833 --> 00:02:40,200 ORIGINAL EXHIBITION SUPPLEMENTED 68 00:02:35,733 --> 00:02:42,166 ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTIONS AND A 69 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:42,900 FEW NEW PIECES OF ART 70 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,566 COMMISSIONED FOR THE FIELD'S 71 00:02:42,166 --> 00:02:46,333 OPENING. 72 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:48,566 >> FROM ANCIENT PRACTICES TO THE 73 00:02:44,566 --> 00:02:51,500 LATEST DESIGNS, THE EXHIBITION 74 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:52,633 AIMS TO CREATE A LASTING 75 00:02:48,566 --> 00:02:54,666 IMPRESSION AND TO MAKE YOU THINK 76 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:56,633 ABOUT INK. 77 00:02:52,633 --> 00:02:58,733 >> CELEBRITIES AND WELL-KNOWN 78 00:02:54,666 --> 00:03:00,100 PEOPLE WEAR TATTOOS PROUDLY AND 79 00:02:56,633 --> 00:03:02,800 WE HOPE THIS EXHIBITION GIVES 80 00:02:58,733 --> 00:03:04,500 PEOPLE A LOOK INTO THAT HISTORY 81 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:06,733 AND HOW TATTOOING EXISTED 82 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:07,200 OUTSIDE OF A WESTERN CONTEXT 83 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:09,400 ACROSS THE WORLD. 84 00:03:06,733 --> 00:03:11,766 >> WOW.