The magic of truth and lies (and iPods) | Marco Tempest

Translator: Jonas Tholstrup Christensen Reviewer: Morten Kelder Skouboe

So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician,

Den slags magi, jeg kan lige, og jeg er magiker,

is magic that uses technology to create illusions.

er magi, som bruger teknologi

til at skabe illusioner.

So I would like to show you something I've been working on.

Så jeg vil gerne vise jer noget, jeg har arbejdet på.

Det er en applikation,

It's an application

that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular.

som jeg tror vil være brugbar for kunstnere -

multimediekunstnere især.

Den synkroniserer videoer

It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices.

mellem flere skærme på mobile enheder.

Og jeg har lånt disse tre iPods

I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience

fra folk her i publikum

to show you what I mean.

for at vise jer, hvad jeg mener.

Og jeg kommer til at bruge dem til at fortælle jer

And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject:

lidt omkring mit yndlingsemne:

deception.

vildledning.

(Music)

(Musik)

En af mine yndlingsmagikere

One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain.

er Karl Germain.

He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom

Han havde dette vidunderlige trick,

hvor en rosenbusk blomstrede

right in front of your eyes.

lige for øjnene af dig.

But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.

Men det var hans produktion af en sommerfugl,

som var den smukkeste.

(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen,

(Optagelse) Speakeren: Mine damer og herrer,

the creation of life.

skabelsen af liv.

(Applause)

(Klapsalver)

(Music)

(Musik)

Marco Tempest: When asked about deception,

Marco Tempest: Når spurgt om vildledning,

sagde han dette:

he said this:

Speaker: Magi er den eneste ærlige profession.

Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession.

A magician promises to deceive you --

En magiker lover at vildlede dig --

og han gør det.

and he does.

MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician.

MT: Jeg tænker gerne om mig selv som en ærlig magiker.

Jeg bruger en masse tricks,

I use a lot of tricks,

which means that sometimes I have to lie to you.

hvilket betyder,

at jeg nogen gange bliver nødt til at lyve overfor jer.

Now I feel bad about that.

Jeg har det skidt med det.

But people lie every day.

Men mennesker lyver hver dag.

(Ringing)

(Ringer) Øjeblik.

Hold on.

Phone: Hey, where are you?

Pige i telefonen: Hej, hvor er du?

MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon.

MT: Jeg sidder fast i trafikken. Jeg er der snart.

I har alle gjort det.

You've all done it.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Music)

Dame: Jeg er klar om et minut, skat.

Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.

Center: It's just what I've always wanted.

Mand: Det er lige hvad jeg altid har ønsket mig.

Left: You were great.

Kvinde: Du var fantastisk.

MT: Deception,

MT: Vildledelse,

it's a fundamental part of life.

det er en fundamental del af livet.

Now polls show

Undersøgelser viser,

that men tell twice as many lies as women --

at mænd fortæller dobbelt så mange løgne

som kvinder --

assuming the women they asked told the truth.

hvis man antager, at kvinderne, de spørger, fortalte sandheden.

(Latter)

(Laughing)

We deceive to gain advantage

Vi vildleder for at få en fordel

and to hide our weaknesses.

og for at skjule vore svagheder.

The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception.

Den kinesiske general Sun Tzu

sagde, at al krig

var baseret på vildledning.

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.

sagde det samme om romantik.

Some people deceive

Nogle mennesker

for money.

vildleder for penge.

Let's play a game.

Lad os spille et spil.

Three cards, three chances.

Tre kort, tre chancer.

Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20.

Speaker: En fem'er vil give dig 10, 10 vil give dig 20.

Now, where's the lady?

Hvor er damen?

Where is the queen?

Hvor er dronningen?

MT: Denne?

MT: This one?

Sorry. You lose.

Beklager. Du tabte.

Well, I didn't deceive you.

Altså, jeg vildledte dig ikke.

You deceived yourself.

Du vildledte dig selv.

Self-deception.

Selv-bedrag.

That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth.

Det er, når man overbeviser sig selv om,

at en løgn er sandheden.

Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.

Nogle gange er det svært at skelne de to fra hinanden.

Tvangs-gamblere

Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.

er eksperter i selv-bedrag.

(Slot machine)

(Spilleautomatlyd)

They believe they can win.

De tror, de kan vinde.

They forget the times they lose.

De glemmer de gange, de taber.

The brain is very good at forgetting.

Hjernen er rigtig god til at glemme.

Bad experiences are quickly forgotten.

Dårlige oplevelser er hurtigt glemt.

Dårlige oplevelser

Bad experiences quickly disappear.

forsvinder hurtigt.

Det er derfor, at vi i dette enorme og ensomme kosmos,

Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos,

er så vidunderligt optimistiske.

we are so wonderfully optimistic.

Vores selv-bedrag

Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion --

bliver en positiv illusion --

hvorfor film

why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures;

er i stand til at tage os på ekstraordinære eventyr;

hvorfor vi tror på Romeo,

why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet;

når han siger, han elsker Julie;

and why single notes of music,

og hvorfor enkelte noder af musik,

when played together,

når spillet sammen,

become a sonata and conjure up meaning.

bliver en sonate og frembringer mening.

Det er "Clair de Lune."

That's "Clair De lune."

Its composer, called Debussy,

Dets komponist ved navn Debussy

sagde, at kunst

said that art was the greatest deception of all.

er den største af alle vildledninger.

Art is a deception that creates real emotions --

Kunst er en vildledning,

som skaber sande følelser --

a lie that creates a truth.

en løgn, der skaber sandhed.

Og når du overgiver dig selv til denne vildledning,

And when you give yourself over to that deception,

bliver det magi.

it becomes magic.

[MAGIC]

(Music fades slowly)

(Applause)

(Klapsalver)

Tak. Mange tak.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

(Klapsalver)

(Applause)