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00:12everyone echo is here today we only discuss the exhibition no personal questions welcome
00:18back to the city i'm eli walker curator of this exhibition i've heard a lot about you
00:27likewise this piece silent night will be placed in the center of the main hall
00:32that is if our mysterious artist is willing to cooperate with basic publicity honestly talking
00:38about sincerity behind a mask is ironic my work speaks for itself my face is irrelevant or is it
00:43that your face can't be shown damien we are discussing the exhibition not staging a provocation
00:52echo wait have we met before no that's strange your voice the way you look at people
01:02it all feels familiar maybe you're mistaking me for someone else
01:09was that person important to you you don't remember someone this long if they didn't matter
01:27bad news someone posted photos of you and eli at the elevator last night
01:32damien's people who else would be this eager to start a fire i've heard a lot about you
01:39you've been off since last night i'm thinking about the exhibition you'd better be
01:47this isn't a public piece and it wasn't in the catalog your team sent me probably a discarded
01:52sketch that got mixed in during packing but it doesn't look discarded i've seen this place
01:57a lot of people have seen rooftops and stars but not many people can paint that cracked cement wall
02:03exactly like this sorry to interrupt but i'd like to remind everyone that our promo still lacks a proper
02:08frontal shot of the artist the contract is clear no face reveal the public has a right to know
02:14especially when an artist's story feels more like branding than art that's enough
02:18are you protecting him or your own curiosity if this gallery needs a face more than an exhibition
02:24we can terminate the collaboration right now it won't be terminated at least not for that reason
02:33i'm not here to push you then why are you here i just want to know why the things you
02:39paint
02:39feel like they're stealing my memories and your eyes they really remind me of someone
02:47two centimeters higher on the left no the starlight is crushing the figure's breathing space
02:52you see it well because i feel like i know the people in your pictures why are they always turned
02:57away from the viewer because one of them still isn't ready to turn around some reporters coming
03:02tonight are already asking whether ego play trees his own persona you're setting fires and pretending to
03:06be the firefighter i'm just clearing the smoke damien out you're sounding less and less like someone
03:12protecting a project
03:13you almost slipped today he remembered that wall
03:30the issue isn't whether he remembers the issue is how long you plan to keep hiding
03:35i'm not afraid he'll recognize me i'm afraid the answer i never got 10 years ago will be the same
03:40now
03:45keep digging i want every address school record and family file eco had in the last 10 years especially
03:49why he vanished 10 years ago i stared at this painting for two hours last night it reminds me of
03:59someone i
04:00lost strange part is i'm starting to wonder if you came back in his place to find me
04:07an artist's job isn't to return in someone else's place then what is your job to leave behind the
04:13words that were never said he's watching you and he's watching eli i think he's digging into your
04:18past my past is already all over these paintings but your identity isn't if you get exposed by force
04:24it won't just ruin your love life the art market will tear you apart echo are you in there don't
04:28forget you didn't come back here to die in front of him you need to attend tonight's media for you
04:32fine
04:33and if that person really matters this much to you you owe him an explanation what if the
04:38explanation comes too late it's still better than never coming no public identity his team scrub the
04:42records clean but there's one opening echo keeps dodging questions about the town like he's avoiding
04:47someone from his past he's not avoiding someone from his past he's afraid of an old lover then dig that
04:51person out for me i changed the opening sequence why because your work doesn't tell its story by
04:57chronology but by emotional wounds these works weren't originally about fame loneliness or mystery
05:02they've been waiting for an answer do you always read paintings like this no only yours
05:08echo the two boys repeated in your work are they from your own romantic history
05:12no personal questions today then at least answer this are these paintings dedicated to someone yes
05:18they are for someone i couldn't hold on to
05:22what you said out there was it true what do you think i think every time you say things like
05:29that you're
05:30not answering the press you're speaking to one specific person echo why do you affect me like this
05:40you can read this i don't know why but i can't walk away from your work then don't double the
05:46fee
05:46move faster i want his real identity and i want it now eli are you curating him or are you
05:51falling for him
06:00this wall has to stay empty
06:04a blank wall will break the emotional flow for the audience that's exactly what i want
06:10why because some people stop right there and never move forward the audience isn't here to experience
06:16your personal paralysis they need a complete narrative complete you think everything gets a complete ending
06:28you always sound like you're trying to provoke me
06:32maybe i just want to see whether you'll finally say something real
06:35no are you two done at this rate the first thing to explode won't be the exhibition it'll be the
06:40two of you
06:46eli i like you not the kind of like between friends
06:56you
07:03you came you said you had something to ask
07:08a lot of the places from the town where i grew up are gone now
07:13only rooftops like this still bring me back
07:18you know what's strangest i don't even know you and yet every time i stand next to you
07:25it feels like i'm back 10 years ago
07:30echo did you know noah
07:33the places in your paintings the way you speak even the way you look at me they're all too much
07:38like him
07:47why did you stop some answers shouldn't be spoken where the wind is too loud
07:53you're just like him always pulling back right when the truth is within reach if it were you would
07:58you disappear without a word too i'm coming down now you pull me in then say nothing do you know
08:03how cool that is
08:10you can't face the press like this
08:12so you're just gonna walk away again eli this is not the time i'm not talking to you
08:19what exactly do you take me for
08:23a collaborator
08:25you paint my past drag back the person i lost and then tell me i'm just a collaborator
08:32what do you want to hear i want the truth
08:35some truths even if i told you you might not be able to bear them it's not that you can't
08:40say it you won't
08:44the one who looks most like him is the one who refuses to admit him
08:51at this rate eli won't recognize you first he'll hate you first
08:59major identity turning point so that's what this is filter through all of his public activity over the past 10
09:06years
09:07how deep do you want us to go deep enough that i can peel that mask off layer by layer
09:25yes i know someone's touching our private server damian
09:33do you recognize this
09:39i did write one even though i never sent it why are you showing it to me now because you
09:43make
09:43me feel like i'm about to lose the same thing a second time sorry to interrupt your early morning
09:48heart to quaint what are you doing here i'm getting more and more curious how many old acquaintances our
09:55eco really has
09:59too late
10:13so that's where you've been hiding
10:16don't touch the email it's a phishing attack noah grayson
10:32which one is waiting in this painting
10:42the one who's the one who never turned around then who's the one that keeps being too afraid to turn
10:46around maybe they're the same person this isn't just a memory painting then what is it it's one person
10:54staying where he was waiting for the other to finally face him who are you waiting for
11:04someone i thought would never answer
11:13someone is deliberately steering the narrative
11:17who put this here you'd better not know i need it faster i don't care about the process i want
11:21the
11:21results i'm trying but i can't hack into the system then find another way after opening nighting i want
11:26to know everything about you what if you regret it once you know it feels like someone hung his heart
11:30on the wall and forced another person to recognize it just give me a little more time
11:41noah grayson found you
11:52the key light is too cold a little colder feels more like loss loss isn't cold it's when the light
12:00is still on but it no longer reaches you you always say the things i don't dare to say
12:09maybe you just project yourself too easily onto my work and you who are you projecting into every
12:17painting someone who should never have been forgotten why does every painting feel like it was made for the
12:24same person because they were do you realize what you just said i'm talking about the work
12:32but what i heard wasn't just about the work the media confirmed tomorrow night's preview live stream
12:37echo you need to leave got it
12:45that didn't look like curating it's a strange feeling i've started envy the person he has painted for 10
12:59years
13:01you're still here
13:03i still have things to revise
13:07you've been strange lately
13:10ever since echo showed up you haven't looked at me the way you used to
13:13damien there was never a that way to begin with
13:23in viewing the person he has painted for 10 years
13:27you said too much last night i know
13:31i didn't come back just to retreat again
13:39i'm in love with you so i can't keep watching you get this close to him
13:45that's my business you don't get to tell me what to do then stay away from eco
13:56fine i hope you won't regret today's choice over a man in a mask
14:15sorry have we met somewhere before no but your eyes really look like someone i used to know
14:22a lot of people say that right this way the media area needs one more photo of you
14:31what are you hiding from i just don't like being studied by strangers but that didn't look like
14:37fear of a stranger the investors would love to meet our star artist
14:44if he finds out it's me will he still go silent
14:53you've been off all night you're overthinking
14:56if you really have nothing to do with my past why do you look ready to run every time someone
15:00mentions before so this is where you've been hiding something you need just a reminder the press
15:06is looking for echo of course some people may be looking for more than just echo
15:17this series should move a little deeper inside
15:24why because this shouldn't be the first place people see you say that like you've actually been
15:29there of course i've been there
15:32east district of the old town behind the abandoned water tower through the alley barely wide enough for
15:38one person up three flights of rusted stairs and and there's a cracked cement platform on top
15:50how do you paint this place exactly as it was
15:54art doesn't need to explain every source stop hiding
15:59that place other than me only one other person knew
16:10who are you echo the media vans arrived early looks like i came at an interesting time
16:17finish what you were about to say
16:22the harder a man hides the more valuable the face behind the mask must be
16:31echo is your refusal to show your face part of your artistic philosophy or are you hiding something
16:36a real artist usually doesn't need to hide a mask this is an interview not a personal provocation
16:43unless what some people are selling was never the work but the secret
16:51that's enough did i say something untrue the contract permits anonymity the curation supports anonymity
16:59if you can't tell the difference between professionalism and humiliation
17:02leave the floor now you humiliated me in public for him you crossed the line first you really are
17:09protective of him don't pay attention to him thank you
17:22if you're so determined to protect him i want you to move tonight hack maves private email
17:30i'm not asking for a risk assessment i want the truth
17:47i'm not asking for a risk assessment i'm not asking for a risk assessment
17:47lift the left side a little
17:52i keep dreaming about him lately
17:57who
18:02that boy who disappeared
18:05in the dream he's still 17 standing on the rooftop looking at me like he's waiting for me to say
18:12something maybe he really is if he came back would i still have the right to explain some people
18:21aren't waiting for an explanation then what are they waiting for courage
18:29so it really is you that line it sounds like something he would say maybe you just miss him too
18:36much echo i need you backstage right now
18:43what did they get
18:49not everything yet but enough
18:53damien no one else would do this right before the opening
18:56some people aren't waiting for an explanation but courage
19:03where did you get that line you said earlier
19:07it came to me so i said it but it sounded like it was meant for me
19:11maybe some words were always meant for you
19:19you two look deeply engaged
19:23don't look at me like that i'm in a very good mood tonight stay away from him
19:31too late
19:38noah grayson
19:41no need on opening night i'll make everyone watch the show together
19:48if anything happens tomorrow you leave immediately this time i don't want to run
20:00we can still cancel your public appearance
20:05no
20:07you know how high the risk is tonight
20:09i've already run once i'm not running again
20:13then at least promise me this whatever happens don't carry it alone
20:22it's not the mystery it's that there's someone in those paintings who has been silent for a long time but
20:28never truly left
20:37when tomorrow night is over i want to know everything about you
20:42what if you regret it once you know
20:45then that should still be my choice
20:52don't leave me outside the door again
21:01don't leave me outside the door again
21:02after the opening i'll tell you
21:15i guess you'd still be here
21:21i guess you'd still be here
21:33what
21:36tell you the truth
21:40why after tomorrow
21:44because some answers should be spoken after everything is over
21:49what if i say i don't want to wait anymore
21:52just one more night
21:54just one more night
22:00tomorrow night
22:02everyone will see it with their own eyes
22:06is there an issue with the back down access
22:11damn it
22:14after tomorrow night ends i'm coming to find you
22:18i'll wait for you
22:22the countdown has started
22:37welcome to echo's opening night
22:44who is noah grayson
23:10this isn't how it was
23:17looks like the secret revealed itself tonight
23:24don't touch him
23:28it's him we got him
23:30eli
23:33so it really was you
23:48mr grayson why did you hide your identity
23:51what exactly is the relationship between eco and noah grayson
23:55was this a carefully staged deception
24:07eli
24:09why
24:10i wasn't trying to deceive you
24:12not trying
24:14you stood in front of me every day
24:16heard everything i said
24:19watched me chase my own past like a madman
24:22you'd rather wear a mask than say my name even once
24:25when i came back i thought you didn't need me anymore
24:28so you made that decision for me
24:32back off everyone back off
24:36do you know
24:36do you know what's most ridiculous
24:37i almost believed you again
24:39leave now
24:40right now
24:42the car is waiting at the side exit
24:44i ruined everything again
24:45our collaboration ends here
24:47the artist behind the million dollar echo masks has finally been unmasked
24:56effective immediately the gallery is terminating all collaboration with noah grayman and the echo brand
25:04this is the only way to contain the damage
25:09go make the announcement to the press
25:16eli signed the termination
25:17okay
25:19you're not even going to fight it
25:21the way he looked at me last night said everything
25:25the gallery respects art and it respects the public's right to know
25:29as for ego's hidden identity we had no prior knowledge
25:33he's washing his hands clean
25:36let him
25:46you look like you didn't survive the night
25:48i was deceived by the one person who should never have deceived me
25:51or maybe it was someone most afraid of losing you didn't know how to return
25:55if that's the reason why not say a single word
25:58i'm not leaving
26:02why didn't you say a single word you left for 10 years
26:06and even when you came back this is what you do to me
26:17you've only remembered that he left but you never really looked at what he left behind
26:27when was this after graduation night he came by the house the next day you weren't there he left
26:32this behind he came back for me
26:37some people don't leave on purpose they just believe no one would ask them to stay
26:47i don't want the mask anymore
26:49then what do you want
26:50i want to answer once
26:53with my real name
27:01if you don't hate me come find me
27:14this time i won't leave you waiting alone
27:21call the print workshop did you name it answer
27:30no one hasn't released any public statement
27:32what is he planning maybe this time he doesn't want to rely on explanations
27:40this isn't a commercial job this is a 10-year late answer
27:53are you sure about this
27:56yes
27:57this time i won't use the name echo
28:00i'll answer as noah grazen
28:16i'm asking that question again with my real name 10 years later
28:29mr grazen is this your public response who are you speaking to do you realize this could cause
28:34even more controversy
28:38but some things shouldn't stay hidden anymore
28:51i'm asking that question again with my real name 10 years later
28:54mr eli cancel everything on my schedule but the board meeting cancel all of it
29:32so you weren't forcing an answer from me
29:37i just wanted you to know the question is still there and so is the choice
29:48that night it wasn't that i didn't want to answer
29:52i simply couldn't believe someone could love me like that
29:58i thought you deserved someone better
30:09noah this time you don't have to wait for me this time i'm not running
30:17no matter what your answer is my silence back then wasn't rejection
30:22i was afraid afraid i didn't deserve a love like yours
30:31will you still take it
30:33that answer is very very late i will damien hall yes what is this about you are suspected of
30:42illegally obtaining private information hacking private email accounts orchestrating public
30:46defamation you need to come with us for questioning surprised
30:55it was you i told you not to touch what wasn't yours
31:02this is a misunderstanding
31:05i'm entirely a misunderstanding you illegally obtained noah's identity records hacked my private email
31:13manipulated the opening night control system and orchestrated a deliberate public humiliation
31:19i gave you time to stop at every step you chose not to you're not seriously taking their side are
31:26you
31:29it's not their side you crossed the line a long time ago as of now all your permissions at the
31:37gallery are revaked that includes management authority financial access and all project attribution rights
31:44so the gallery is officially cutting ties with damien mr eli do you admit the gallery mishandled the eco
31:50situation i admit the real mistake wasn't that someone wore a mask it was that someone used another
31:55person's wounds as chips to win if it weren't for him you would never have walked away from me
32:00i was never on your side to begin with mr grayson will you continue working under the name echo
32:13yes i guess that's some mysterious sex sir no but for the road ahead i want to walk it under
32:23my real name
32:25what is the relationship between the two of you now we're the people each of us found far too late
32:32but last not too late to lose each other
32:45welcome back
32:50not back
32:52it's a new beginning
32:54for my silence 10 years ago i should apologize too for keeping you outside the mask for so long
33:01and for the hesitation anger and hurtful thing
33:06congratulations you two bosses
33:09you don't sound very congratulatory because i know the real challenge isn't the media
33:13it's the two of you finally making decisions together so you finally admit it
33:19i'll admit that what are you painting this time
33:25two people
33:30but not from the back this time then where are they looking
33:40the same direction
33:44this time will you run again no because this time you're finally by my side
33:53not from the back
33:53you
33:53but
33:53uh
33:57you
33:57you
33:57you
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