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ARTIST IS NETTING THE WORLD’S LARGEST AMERICAN FLAG MEASURING A WHOPPING 15 FEET TALL 25 FEET WIDE. DAVE COLE IS USING TELEPHONE POLES AS THE KNITTING NEEDLES AND TOGETHER, THE FINISHING TOUCHES WILL BE PUT ON TONIGHT. THIS GIANT WORK OF ART CAN BE SEEN IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS WHICH SITS JUST OUTSIDE OF FAYETTEVILLE, AN ARTIST DAVE COLE JOINS ME LIVE RIGHT NOW. DAVE, I WANT YOU KNOW, I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED YESTERDAY TO SPEAK WITH YOU FOR AGREEING TO IT AND GIVING US SOME OF YOUR TIME. FIRST OF ALL, THIS FLAG IS AWESOME. WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO DO

THIS. AND WHAT WAS YOUR MOTIVATION. GETTING THIS PUT TOGETHER FOR ABOUT A. OH, I GUESS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET UP HERE AT THE MOMENT. IN BENTONVILLE. THERE’S CULTURAL RENAISSANCE ARKANSAS WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND JUMP ON IT. I LOVE IT. SO HOW DO YOU APPROACH SOMETHING THIS MASSIVE BECAUSE WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU CAN SIT AT HOME. IN YOUR CHAIR AND PUT THIS TOGETHER. WHAT WENT INTO PLANNING HOW YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS. YOU KNOW, HE REQUIRES TAKEN CHALLENGE IS VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY

IN THE IN THE DOING OF IT. I’M FIGURING OUT THE RIGHT MATERIAL, FIGURING OUT HOW STRONG IT IS GETTING ENGINEERS SIGNED OFF ON THE COUPLINGS AND THE NEEDLES

AND NOT. A LOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT. SO DAY FOR WOULD WHAT MATERIAL IS THAT. ESSENTIALLY CRAFT STORE SMELL. BUT TAKEN BY THE YARD YARD. SO WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT AS I’M WATCHING THIS VIDEO. NOT DROPPING ANY STITCHES. I SO. ARE YOU INTERVENTION? I ASSUME THAT YOU MIGHT DO THAT THINGS. I DO NEED OTHER KNITTING AND

TAX OF THE CAVALIERS BEEN PART OF OUR PRACTICE RUN. 25 YEARS NOW. I LOVE MY I DIDN’T REALLY ACCESSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I THINK CONTEMPORARY ART CAN BE REALLY INTELLIGENT BUT ALSO ACCESSIBLE SAME TIME. MEETING IS A REALLY GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR PEOPLE. THAT IS I NOW I WANT I WANT TO LEARN THAT MAYBE NOT ON THE SCALE. DAVE, WHAT HAS BEEN THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY OVERERWHELMING. WONDERFUL HERE IN ARKANSAS AND AND THE. THE REACTION OF PEOPLE HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS. LET ME DO THESE GIANT GIANT ALI PROJECT, YOU KNOW. WELL, NOT SO AT ALL

DAY. SO COOL, SO OBVIOUSLY IT’S JULY 4TH. YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT DAY HERE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS FLAG, THOUGH. I MEAN, IT’S GOING TO BE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED SOMEWHERE. DOES IT STAY THERE. WELL, WHAT TOO. WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO WE’VE GOT THE LAST ROW YET TO THAT AT 07:30PM TONIGHT AND AFTER THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THE FIREWORKS OVER THE TOP OF IT. I LOVE IT. I THINK THAT WHAT? MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU DAVID. YOU ARE CITED SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. SO DIVIDED, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS. WHAT TYPE OF MESSAGE ARE YOU HOPING

YOUR FLAG SENSE. WELL, I I JUST. I I THINK THAT ART CAN BE A FORCE FOR GOOD. I THINK IT CAN BE A FORCE FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT IT CAN BE AWAY AN ENTRY POINT IN THE CONVERSATIONS THATARE PRODUCTIVE RATHER THAN DIVISIVE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. ARTIST DAVE COLE. I LOVE THAT FLAG BEHIND YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US SOME OF YOUR TIME TONIGHT. STILL GOT