#connect_bts

00:24 RM: Hi! JH: Hello Antony!  (T/N: They are talking to Antony Gormley, the artist of ‘New York Clearing’.) RM: As a great fan from Korea, it’s really an honour to have a chance to work with you. 

00:39 JH: Jacob!  (T/N: They are talking to Jacob Kudsk Steensen, the artist of ‘Catharsis’.)  Jacob: Hello! (T/N: The ‘여보세요/Hello’ Jacob said is specifically used to greet another over the phone.)  JK: Hello! / RM: How you doin’? J: Hello? / JH&J&RM&JK: Hello! JH&V: Hello~ / RM: What do we call this? J: Hello. 

01:14 RM: See you at New York or Manhattan!

01:36 JK: “As for the message behind this performance, I really lo”—argh! JK: “I really love it.” (x2) Staff: That was really great but,  JK: It was great but I’ll do better! / Staff: Yes! (x2)

05:00 RM: Since this is a project that’s ongoing in 6 cities at once,  (T/N: RM mistakenly said 6, the project takes place in 5 cities.) 

05:35 Staff: We’ll head in this way!  J: Weren't you really that amazed by my skills? / V: 10 seconds! JH: I was amazed. JK: Jin's not that good. / V: 2.  J: You wanna die? / V: 1.  JK: Hey. V: I was faking. 

05:49 RM: Hi we are  BTS: BTS! RM: Thank you, Hans, for making the introduction.  (T/N: They are speaking to Hans Ulrich Obrist, the artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery, London, which is where the press conference was held.) 

07:52 RM: Please visit the exhibitions a lot and- JK: Have fun!  RM: Yes, I hope you have a lot of fun together. Thank you.  JM: Thank you! / JH: Yes! V: Thank you! JK&RM: CONNECT!

00:39 J: Oh, there’s an explanation here. J: The work is designed to be experienced from inside it—

00:48 JK: They made it really well. RM: There are traces of it being put together. RM: I reckon they used super glue to put this together. RM: If they used super glue, it’s pretty impressive the way it’s holding up. JK: This… JK: What could it mean?

01:33 V: I will… V: always be right here, Mr. Jimin… 01:52 JK: This is CONNECT, you know? JK: You know it. V: CONNECT.

J: How do I get this to work? Staff: Stay still for a moment. J: Oh, it’s showing up now. JH: Is it showing up?

02:24 J: Yoongi! J: Oh, Yoongi’s not here.

3:40 J: It’s really cool. JH: It’ll look even more impressive if it’s completely void of people. RM: If you were to meet someone here, / J: Shall we take some photos? JH: Yeah. / RM: “I’ll go over to where you are, just wait for me.” / J: Photo time! (x2)

5:11 S: It seems like POSCO too. (T/N: POSCO is a South Korean steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.)

02:07 JK: Oh, so this is where it turns green. JM: Wow, this is really super fascinating. JM: Seriously… S: So this is how it’s like, the colours... JM: It feels as though we’ve entered someone’s imagination. JH: Oh, hey! JK: We’re off! RM: I really can’t see anything at all. S: How is it that we can’t even see an inch’s distance before us. JH: They said that’s where the green is. JH: It’s my first time seeing anything like this! J: It’s so amazing. JH: It’s amazing, isn’t it? / J: I’m really surprised! Staff: Mr. Jimin! / JM: Yes? V: This is exactly my style. Staff: Mr. Taehyung, do come on out!

02:43 JM: Taehyung! (x2) Staff: It spreads out like this. JM: No, no—

03:08 RM: Oh no, not this! JH: So this is where it ends.

04:12 CAPTION: The members are appreciating the ‘Beyond The Scene’ piece JK: This is about our history! Staff: Yes!

07:18 JH: ARMY, have a great time!

07:28 S: It was fascinating! Though I’ve not been to many exhibitions… JM: Isn’t it right there?! S: But it’ll be the most memorable exhibition that I’ve been to. J: So the BTS corner is over there. V: Hey, Namjoon where are the ones you like? RM: Let’s go! S: The art piece that was presented as a video at the end, that was really amazing. / JH: So cool! S: I hope you enjoy your time here. JK: No, no— JH: It feels different from what I see at museums, like there’s something even more… / RM: They even went to New York and back. / J: Nothing can beat art. JH: There were various different things… / JK: Tomorrow— JH: It felt like I was seeing the art works for the first time ever too. / JM: Oh, really? JH: Anything I see for the first time ever, is art, to me.