Use art to turn the world inside out | JR

Translator: Kadri Klementi Reviewer: Allan Paiste

Two weeks ago I was in my studio in Paris,

Kaks nädalat tagasi olin enda Pariisi stuudios,

and the phone rang and I heard,

kui telefon helises ja kuulsin järgmist:

"Hey, JR,

"Hei, JR!

you won the TED Prize 2011.

Oled võitnud TED Prize 2011 auhinna.

You have to make a wish to save the world."

Sa pead soovima midagi, mis päästaks maailma."

I was lost.

Ma ei osanud midagi öelda.

I mean, I can't save the world. Nobody can.

Mina ei saa ju ometi maailma päästa. Keegi ei saa.

The world is fucked up.

Maailm on täiesti metsas.

Come on, you have dictators ruling the world,

Mõelge ometi - maailma valitsevad diktaatorid,

population is growing by millions,

rahvastik suureneb miljonite kaupa,

there's no more fish in the sea,

meri on kaladest tühi,

the North Pole is melting

Põhjapoolus sulab,

and as the last TED Prize winner said,

ja nagu ütles eelmine TED Prize võitja,

we're all becoming fat.

oleme me kõik paksuks minemas.

(Laughter)

(naer)

Except maybe French people.

prantslased ehk välja arvatud.

Whatever.

Mis iganes.

So I called back

Niisiis helistasin ma tagasi

and I told her,

ja ütlesin:

"Look, Amy,

"Tead, Amy,

ütle neile TEDi tüüpidele, et ma ei tule lihtsalt kohale.

tell the TED guys I just won't show up.

I can't do anything to save the world."

Ma ei saa maailma päästmiseks midagi teha."

She said, "Hey, JR,

Amy aga vastas: "Kuule, JR,

your wish is not to save the world, but to change the world."

sinu soov ei pea mitte maailma päästma, vaid maailma muutma."

"Oh, all right."

"Aa, olgu siis."

(Laughter)

(naer)

"That's cool."

"See sobib."

I mean, technology, politics, business

Selles mõttes, et tehnoloogia, poliitika, äri

do change the world --

ju muudavad maailma --

not always in a good way, but they do.

alati mitte just paremuse poole, aga muudavad.

What about art?

Aga kunst?

Could art change the world?

Kas kunst suudaks maailma muuta?

I started when I was 15 years old.

Mina alustasin 15-aastaselt.

And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world.

Ma ei mõelnud siis maailma muutmisele.

I was doing graffiti --

Ma tegin grafitit --

writing my name everywhere,

kirjutasin igale poole oma nime,

using the city as a canvas.

kasutasin linna lõuendina.

I was going in the tunnels of Paris,

Jõudsime sõpradega

on the rooftops with my friends.

Pariisi tunnelitesse ja katustele.

Each trip was an excursion,

Iga selline käik oli

was an adventure.

avastusretk, seiklus.

It was like leaving our mark on society,

See oli nagu ühiskonnale enda märgi jätmine,

to say, "I was here," on the top of a building.

et öelda: "Mina olin siin."

So when I found a cheap camera on the subway,

Kui ma metroost odava fotoka leidsin,

I started documenting those adventures with my friends

hakkasin ma meie seikluseid jäädvustama

and gave them back as photocopies --

ja jagasin neid teistega --

really small photos just that size.

väikeste, umbes nii suurte fotodena.

That's how, at 17 years old,

Nii see juhtuski, et 17-aastaselt

I started pasting them.

hakkasin ma fotosid kleepima.

And I did my first "expo de rue,"

Tegin oma esimese "expo de rue"

which means sidewalk gallery.

ehk tänavagalerii.

And I framed it with color

Ma raamistasin fotod värviga,

so you would not confuse it with advertising.

et neid eksikombel reklaamideks ei peetaks.

I mean, the city's the best gallery I could imagine.

Linn on parim galerii, mida oskan ette kujutada.

I would never have to make a book and then present it to a gallery

Ei ole tarvis teha portfooliot ja seda galeriile esitleda

and let them decide

ja lasta neil otsustada, kas minu tööd on

if my work was nice enough to show it to people.

inimestele näitamiseks piisavalt ilusad.

I would control it directly with the public

Ma pigem proovin seda ise

in the streets.

tänaval, inimeste peal järele.

So that's Paris.

Nii et, see on Pariis.

I would change --

Sõltuvalt kohast

depending on the places I would go --

muutsin ma

the title of the exhibition.

näituse pealkirja.

That's on the Champs-Elysees.

See on Champs-Élysées'l.

I was quite proud of that one.

Ma olin selle üle päris uhke.

Because I was just 18

Olin kõigest 18

and I was just up there on the top of the Champs-Elysees.

ja olin Champs-Élysées'l, Pariisi südames.

Then when the photo left,

Ja kui fotod kadusid,

the frame was still there.

jäid raamid ikka alles.

(Laughter)

(naer)

November 2005:

November 2005:

the streets are burning.

tänavad põlevad.

A large wave of riots

Mässulaine uhub üle

had broken into the first projects of Paris.

Pariisi paneelikate.

Everyone was glued to the TV,

Kõik olid telerite ette naelutatud,

watching disturbing, frightening images

vaatamas hirmutavaid kaadreid

taken from the edge of the neighborhood.

äärelinnas toimuvast.

I mean, these kids, without control,

Ohjeldamatud noorukid,

throwing Molotov cocktails,

loopimas Molotovi kokteile,

attacking the cops and the firemen,

ründamas politseinikke ja tuletõrjujaid,

looting everything they could in the shops.

rüüstades poode.

These were criminals, thugs, dangerous,

Need olid ohtlikud kurjategijad,

destroying their own environment.

kes hävitasid omaenda keskkonda.

And then I saw it -- could it be possible? --

Ja siis ma nägin -- on see võimalik? --

my photo on a wall

ühel seinal oma fotot,

revealed by a burning car --

põleva auto taustal.

a pasting I'd done a year earlier --

Olin selle sinna kleepinud aasta varem,

an illegal one -- still there.

illegaalselt, see oli endiselt seal.

I mean, these were the faces of my friends.

Need on minu sõprade näod!

I know those guys.

Ma tunnen neid tüüpe.

All of them are not angels,

Kõik nad pole just inglikesed,

but they're not monsters either.

kuid nad ei ole ka koletised.

So it was kind of weird to see

Seda oli väga veider näha --

those images and those eyes stare back at me through a television.

neid pilke, mis mind läbi teleriekraani põrnitsesid.

So I went back there

Niisiis läksin sinna tagasi

with a 28 mm lens.

28 mm objektiiviga.

It was the only one I had at that time.

See oli ainus, mis mul tol hetkel oli.

But with that lens,

Sellise objektiiviga pildistamiseks

you have to be as close as 10 inches from the person.

pead sa inimesele väga lähedal olema.

So you can do it only with their trust.

Mis on võimalik vaid siis, kui sind usaldatakse.

So I took full portraits of people from Le Bosquet.

Tegin Le Bosquet'st pärit inimestest portreefotod.

They were making scary faces

Nad tegid nägusid,

to play the caricature of themselves.

luues iseendast karikatuure.

And then I pasted huge posters everywhere

Kleepisin need suurte postritena igale poole

in the bourgeois area of Paris

ühes Pariisi keskklassi linnaosas.

with the name, age, even building number

Postritel oli neil kujutatud inimese

of these guys.

nimi, vanus, isegi tema maja number.

A year later,

Aasta hiljem

the exhibition was displayed in front of the city hall of Paris.

oli samadest töödest näitus Pariisi linnavalitsuse hoone ees.

And we go from thug images,

Need inimesed, kelle kuvandi meedia oli

who've been stolen and distorted by the media,

varastanud ja nad pättideks tembeldanud,

who's now proudly taking over his own image.

võtsid oma kuvandi tagasi.

That's where I realized

Sel hetkel mõistsingi,

the power of paper and glue.

milline on paberi ja liimi jõud.

So could art change the world?

Kas kunst suudab siis maailma muuta?

A year later,

Aasta hiljem

I was listening to all the noise

kuulasin ma kogu seda lärmi,

about the Middle East conflict.

mis Lähis-Ida konflikti ümber keerles.

I mean, at that time, trust me,

Sel ajal, uskuge mind, viitas see

they were only referring to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.

vaid Iisraeli ja Palestiina konfliktile.

So with my friend Marco,

Otsustasime sõbra Marcoga

we decided to go there

sinna minna ja vaadata,

and see who are the real Palestinians and who are the real Israelis.

millised need palestiinlased ja iisraellased tegelikult on.

Are they so different?

On nad siis nii erinevad?

When we got there, we just went in the street,

Kui kohale jõudsime, läksime lihtsalt tänavale

started talking with people everywhere,

ja rääkisime inimestega.

and we realized that things were a bit different

Saime aru, et asjad olid veidi teisiti,

from the rhetoric we heard in the media.

kui see, mida meile meedias räägiti.

So we decided to take portraits

Otsustasime pildistada

of Palestinians and Israelis

palestiinlasi ja iisraellasi,

doing the same jobs --

kellel on sama elukutse:

taxi-driver, lawyer, cooks.

taksojuhte, advokaate, kokkasid.

Asked them to make a face as a sign of commitment.

Me palusime neil oma pühendumuse märgina teha mingit nägu.

Not a smile -- that really doesn't tell

Mitte naeratada -- see ei ütle midagi

about who you are and what you feel.

selle kohta, kes sa oled ja mida tunned.

They all accepted

Nad kõik olid nõus, et nende portreed

to be pasted next to the other.

kleebitakse kõrvuti.

I decided to paste

Ma otsustasin fotod kleepida

in eight Israeli and Palestinian cities

kaheksasse Iisraeli ja Palestiina linna,

and on both sides of the wall.

müüri mõlemale küljele.

We launched the biggest illegal art exhibition ever.

Avasime maailma suurima ebaseadusliku kunstinäituse.

We called the project Face 2 Face.

Panime sellele nimeks projekt "Face 2 Face" ("Vastakuti")

The experts said, "No way.

Asjatundjad ütlesid: "See ei õnnestu.

The people will not accept.

Inimesed ei ole sellega nõus.

The army will shoot you, and Hamas will kidnap you."

Sõjavägi laseb teid maha ja Hamas röövib ära."

We said, "Okay, let's try and push as far as we can."

Meie ütlesime: "Olgu, me vaatame, kui kaugele jõuame."

I love the way that people will ask me,

Mulle meeldib, kuidas inimesed küsivad:

"How big will my photo be?"

"Kui suur see foto minust tuleb?"

"It will be as big as your house."

"See tuleb sinu maja suurune."

When we did the wall, we did the Palestinian side.

Kui me Palestiina poolel

So we arrived with just our ladders

redelitega müüri juurde jõudsime,

and we realized that they were not high enough.

mõistsime, et need olid liiga lühikesed.

And so Palestinians guys say,

Aga üks Palestiina tüüp ütleb:

"Calm down. No wait. I'm going to find you a solution."

"Rahu, rahu! Leiame lahenduse!"

So he went to the Church of Nativity

Ja ta läks Kristuse Sünnikirikusse

and brought back an old ladder

ja naases redeliga, mis oli nii vana,

that was so old that it could have seen Jesus being born.

et oli ilmselt Jeesuse sünni tunnistajaks.

(Laughter)

(naer)

We did Face 2 Face with only six friends,

Projekti "Face 2 Face" teostamiseks oli vaja ainult kuut sõpra,

two ladders, two brushes,

kahte redelit, kahte pintslit,

a rented car, a camera

ühte rendiautot, ühte fotokat

and 20,000 square feet of paper.

ja 1800 ruutmeetrit paberit.

We had all sorts of help

Meid aitasid igasugused inimesed

from all walks of life.

kõikvõimalikelt elualadelt.

Okay, for example, that's Palestine.

Näiteks see on Palestiinas.

We're in Ramallah right now.

Me oleme parajasti Ramallah's.

We're pasting portraits --

Kleebime portreesid

so both portraits in the streets in a crowded market.

tänavatele rahvarohke turu kõrval.

People come around us and start asking,

Meie ümber kogunevad inimesed ja küsivad:

"What are you doing here?"

"Mida te teete?"

"Oh, we're actually doing an art project

"See on kunstiprojekt. Kleebime kõrvuti

and we are pasting an Israeli and a Palestinian doing the same job.

iisraellase ja palestiinlase portreed.

And those ones are actually two taxi-drivers."

Need siin on kaks taksojuhti."

And then there was always a silence.

Sellele järgnes alati vaikus.

"You mean you're pasting an Israeli face --

"Tähendab, te kleebite iisraellase näo --

doing a face -- right here?"

tegemas grimasse -- siia?"

"Well, yeah, yeah, that's part of the project."

"Nojah, jah, see on osa projektist."

And I would always leave that moment,

Siis jätsime alati pausi

and we would ask them,

ja küsisime seejärel:

"So can you tell me who is who?"

"Kas oskad öelda, kumb on kumb?"

And most of them couldn't say.

Enamik neist muidugi ei osanud.

(Applause)

(aplaus)

We even pasted on Israeli military towers,

Me kleepisime fotod isegi Iisraeli sõjaväe tornidele

and nothing happened.

ja mitte midagi ei juhtunud.

When you paste an image, it's just paper and glue.

Selline foto on kõigest paber ja liim.

People can tear it, tag on it, or even pee on it --

Selle võib maha rebida, sellele sirgeldada või urineerida

some are a bit high for that, I agree --

tõde, mõned on viimaseks ehk liiga kõrgel,

but the people in the street,

aga need on inimesed tänavalt,

they are the curator.

kes on kuraatorid.

The rain and the wind will take them off anyway.

Vihm ja tuul eemaldavad need nagunii.

They are not meant to stay.

Need ei ole mõeldud jääma.

But exactly four years after,

Aga täpselt neli aastat hiljem

the photos, most of them are still there.

on enamus fotosid ikka veel seal.

Face 2 Face demonstrated

"Face 2 Face" näitas, et

that what we thought impossible was possible --

võimatu on võimalik --

and, you know what, even easy.

ja teate mis -- isegi lihtne.

We didn't push the limit;

Me ei ületanud mingeid piire.

we just showed that they were further than anyone thought.

Me vaid näitasime, et need on kaugemal, kui arvatakse.

In the Middle East, I experienced my work

Lähis-Idas kogesin oma tööd

in places without [many] museums.

kohtades, kus ei ole [eriti] muuseume.

So the reactions in the street

Seega reaktsioonid tänaval

were kind of interesting.

olid päris huvitavad.

So I decided to go further in this direction

Otsustasin selles suunas jätkata

and go in places where there were zero museums.

ja minna kohtadesse, kus ei ole üldse muuseume.

When you go in these developing societies,

Sellistes arenevates ühiskondades

women are the pillars of their community,

on naised oma kogukonna tugitala,

but the men are still the ones holding the streets.

kuid tänav on meeste tanner.

So we were inspired to create a project

Tahtsime, et meie fotoprojekt

where men will pay tribute to women

oleks meeste

by posting their photos.

lugupidamisavaldus naistele.

I called that project Women Are Heroes.

Projekti nimeks sai "Women Are Heroes" ("Naised on kangelased")

When I listened to all the stories

Kuuldes kohalike lugusid paikades,

everywhere I went on the continents,

kus käisin,

I couldn't always understand

ei saanud ma alati aru

the complicated circumstances of their conflict.

nende konflikti keerukast taustast.

I just observed.

Ma lihtsalt vaatlesin.

Sometimes there was no words,

Mõnikord ei olnudki sõnu

no sentence, just tears.

ega lauseid. Ainult pisarad.

I just took their pictures

Ma tegin neist lihtsalt pilti

and pasted them.

ja kleepisin need seintele.

Women Are Heroes took me around the world.

"Women Are Heroes" viis mind kõikjale maailmas.

Most of the places I went to,

Enamikesse kohtadesse

I decided to go there

otsustasin minna,

because I've heard about it through the media.

kuna olin neist kuulnud meedia vahendusel.

So for example, in June 2008,

Näiteks 2008. aasta juunis

I was watching TV in Paris,

vaatasin Pariisis telerit

and then I heard about this terrible thing

ja kuulsin jubedast sündmusest,

that happened in Rio de Janeiro --

mis oli just juhtunud Rio de Janeiros --

the first favela of Brazil named Providencia.

Brasiilia esimeses favelas [slumm] Providencias.

Three kids -- that was three students --

Sõdurid olid arreteerinud

were [detained] by the army

kolm noorukit -- kolm õpilast --

because they were not carrying their papers.

sest neil ei olnud dokumente kaasas.

And the army took them,

Ja sõdurid viisid nad

and instead of bringing them to the police station,

politseijaoskonna asemel

they brought them to an enemy favela

vaenulikku favelasse,

where they get chopped into pieces.

kus nad raiuti tükkideks.

I was shocked.

Ma olin šokis.

All Brazil was shocked.

Terve Brasiilia oli šokis.

I heard it was one of the most violent favelas,

Kuulsin, et see on üks vägivaldsemaid favelasid,

because the largest drug cartel controls it.

sest see on suurima narkokartelli võimu all.

So I decided to go there.

Otsustasin sinna minna.

When I arrived --

Kui ma kohale jõudsin --

I mean, I didn't have any contact with any NGO.

mul ei olnud mingit kontakti ühegi MTÜga.

There was none in place -- no association, no NGOs, nothing --

Seal ei olnudki ühtegi -- ei ühtki organisatsiooni ega MTÜd --

no eyewitnesses.

ei ühtki tunnistajat.

So we just walked around,

Seega kõndisime lihtsalt ringi

and we met a woman,

ja kohtasime üht naist.

and I showed her my book.

Näitasin talle oma raamatut.

And she said, "You know what?

Ja tema ütles: "Tead mis?

We're hungry for culture.

Me januneme kultuuri järele.

We need culture out there."

Meil on kultuuri vaja."

So I went out and I started with the kids.

Läksin siis tänavatele ja alustasin lastest.

I just took a few photos of the kids,

Tegin neist mõned fotod

and the next day I came with the posters and we pasted them.

ja järgmisel päeval kleepisime need postritena üles.

The day after, I came back and they were already scratched.

Päev pärast seda oli neid juba lõhutud.

But that's okay.

Aga sellest polnud midagi.

I wanted them to feel that this art belongs to them.

Ma tahtsin, et nad peaksid seda kunsti omaks.

Then the next day, I held a meeting on the main square

Järgmisel päeval tegin keskväljakul koosoleku

and some women came.

ja mõned naised tulid kohale.

They were all linked to the three kids that got killed.

Nad kõik olid seotud nende kolme tapetud noorega.

There was the mother, the grandmother, the best friend --

Oli ühe ema, ühe vanaema, ühe parim sõber --

they all wanted to shout the story.

nad kõik tundsid, et see lugu karjub neis.

After that day,

Peale seda päeva

everyone in the favela gave me the green light.

anti mulle favelas roheline tuli.

I took more photos, and we started the project.

Tegin veel pilte ja me alustasime projektiga.

The drug lords were kind of worried

Narkobossid olid murelikud,

about us filming in the place,

kuna me seal filmisime.

so I told them, "You know what?

Aga ma ütlesin neile: "Mind ei huvita

I'm not interested in filming the violence and the weapons.

vägivalla ja relvade filmimine.

You see that enough in the media.

Seda näevad kõik meedias niigi.

What I want to show is the incredible life and energy.

Tahan näidata seda elu ja energiat,

I've been seeing it around me the last few days."

mida olen viimastel päevadel enda ümber näinud."

So that's a really symbolic pasting,

Need olid väga sümboolsed postrid,

because that's the first one we did that you couldn't see from the city.

sest need olid esimesed, mida ei olnud linna poolt näha.

And that's where the three kids got arrested,

See on koht, kus need kolm noort arreteeriti.

and that's the grandmother of one of them.

Ja see on neist ühe vanaema.

And on that stairs,

Sellel trepil

that's where the traffickers always stand

seisavad alati hangeldajad

and there's a lot of exchange of fire.

ja siin on palju tulevahetusi.

Everyone there understood the project.

Kõik kohalikud mõistsid meie projekti.

And then we pasted everywhere -- the whole hill.

Ja siis kleepisime me fotosid kõikjale -- terve mäe peale.

(Applause)

(aplaus)

What was interesting is that the media couldn't get in.

Huvitaval kombel meediat sinna ei lastud.

I mean, you should see that.

Te oleksite pidanud seda nägema.

They would have to film us from a really long distance by helicopter

Nad olid sunnitud meid filmima helikopterilt ja väga kaugelt

and then have a really long lens,

ja väga suure objektiiviga.

and we would see ourselves, on TV, pasting.

Nägime ennast telekas postreid kleepimas

And they would put a number: "Please call this number

ja all jooksis kiri: "Helistage,

if you know what's going on in Providencia."

kui teate, mis Providencias toimub."

We just did a project and then left

Me tegime oma projekti ära

so the media wouldn't know.

ja lahkusime meedia teadmata.

So how can we know about the project?

Kuidas nad teada said?

So they had to go and find the women

Nad pidid kohale minema

and get an explanation from them.

ja küsima selgitust neilt naistelt.

So you create a bridge between the media

Meedia ja anonüümsete naiste vahele

and the anonymous women.

oli loodud sild.

We kept traveling.

Meie aga jätkasime oma reisi.

We went to Africa, Sudan, Sierra Leone,

Käisime Aafrikas: Sudaanis, Sierra Leones,

Liberia, Kenya.

Libeerias, Keenias.

In war-torn places like Monrovia,

Sõjast räsitud paikades nagu Monroovias

people come straight to you.

tulevad inimesed ise sinu juurde.

I mean, they want to know what you're up to.

Nad tahavad teada, mida sa teed.

They kept asking me, "What is the purpose of your project?

Nad küsisid aina: "Mis on sinu projekti eesmärk?

Are you an NGO? Are you the media?"

Oled sa mõnest MTÜst? Oled sa meediast?"

Art. Just doing art.

Kunst. Ma teen lihtsalt kunsti.

Some people question, "Why is it in black and white?

Mõned küsivad: "Miks need mustvalged on?

Don't you have color in France?"

Kas Prantsusmaal pole värvifotograafiat?"

(Laughter)

(naer)

Or they tell you, "Are these people all dead?"

Või: "Kas need inimesed on surnud?"

Some who understood the project would explain it to others.

Need, kes projekti mõistsid, seletasid seda teistele.

And to a man who did not understand, I heard someone say,

Kuulsin, kuidas mehele, kes ei saanud aru, öeldi:

"You know, you've been here for a few hours

"Tead, sa oled siin olnud mõned tunnid,

trying to understand, discussing with your fellows.

püüdnud mõista, arutanud oma kaaslastega.

During that time, you haven't thought about

Selle aja jooksul ei mõelnud sa kordagi,

what you're going to eat tomorrow.

mida sa küll homme sööd.

This is art."

See ongi kunst."

I think it's people's curiosity

Ma usun, et see on uudishimu

that motivates them

mis motiveerib inimesi

to come into the projects.

selliste projektidega liituma.

And then it becomes more.

Ja see kasvab enamaks.

It becomes a desire, a need, an armor.

Sellest saab kirg, vajadus, kaitse.

On this bridge that's in Monrovia,

Sellel sillal Monroovias

ex-rebel soldiers helped us pasting a portrait

aitasid endised mässulised meil kleepida portreed

of a woman that might have been raped during the war.

naisest, keda sõja ajal võib-olla vägistati.

Women are always the first ones targeted

Naised on esimesed, kes konflikti puhkedes

during conflict.

sihikule võetakse.

This is Kibera, Kenya,

See on Kiberas, Keenias,

one of the largest slums of Africa.

ühes Aafrika suurimas slummis.

You might have seen images about the post-election violence

Võib-olla nägite kaadreid vägivallast peale valimisi

that happened there in 2008.

2008. aastal.

This time we covered the roofs of the houses,

Seekord katsime

but we didn't use paper,

majade katused,

because paper doesn't prevent the rain

aga mitte paberiga,

from leaking inside the house --

sest see ei peata vihma lekkimist majja,

vinyl does.

vaid vinüüliga.

Then art becomes useful.

Kunst sai kasulikuks.

So the people kept it.

Ja inimesed jätsid selle alles.

You know what I love is, for example, when you see the biggest eye there,

Mis mulle eriti meeldib, on see, et selle suurima silma all

there are so [many] houses inside.

on niivõrd palju majakesi.

And I went there a few months ago --

Käisin seal mõned kuud tagasi.

photos are still there -- and it was missing a piece of the eye.

Fotod on alles, aga silmast on üks tükk puudu.

So I asked the people what happened.

Uurisin inimestelt, mis juhtus.

"Oh, that guy just moved."

"Ah, see tüüp kolis ära."

(Laughter)

(naer)

When the roofs were covered, a woman said as a joke,

Kui katsime katused portreedega, naljatas üks naine:

"Now God can see me."

"Nüüd jumal näeb mind."

When you look at Kibera now,

Kui Kiberale nüüd pilk heita,

they look back.

vaatab Kibera vastu.

Okay, India.

Hea küll. India.

Before I start that, just so you know,

Enne, kui alustan, tahan et teaksite,

each time we go to a place, we don't have authorization,

meil ei ole kunagi mingit ametlikku luba.

so we set up like commandos --

Seame end sisse nagu eriüksus --

we're a group of friends who arrive there,

oleme seltskond sõpru,

and we try to paste on the walls.

kes püüavad seintele postreid kleepida.

But there are places where you just can't paste on a wall.

Kuid on kohti, kus lihtsalt ei ole võimalik seintele kleepida.

In India it was just impossible to paste.

Indias oli see täiesti võimatu.

I heard culturally and because of the law,

Kuulsin, et kultuuristja seadustest lähtuvatel põhjustel

they would just arrest us at the first pasting.

arreteeritakse meid juba esimesel katsel.

So we decided to paste white,

Niisiis otsustasime kleepida lihtsalt

white on the walls.

valget paberit valgetele seintele.

So imagine white guys pasting white papers.

Valged tüübid kleebivad valget paberit.

So people would come to us and ask us,

Inimesed tulevad meie juurde ja küsivad:

"Hey, what are you up to?"

"Hei! Mis toimub?"

"Oh, you know, we're just doing art." "Art?"

"Ah, teate, teeme kunsti." "Kunsti?"

Of course, they were confused.

Loomulikult olid nad hämmeldunud.

But you know how India has a lot of dust in the streets,

Te ilmselt teate, kui tolmused on India tänavad.

and the more dust you would have

Mida rohkem tolmu

going up in the air,

õhus keerleb --

on the white paper you can almost see,

valgel paberil on see ainult õrnalt näha,

but there is this sticky part

aga siin on mõned kleepuvad kohad,

like when you reverse a sticker.

sellised nagu kleepsud tagantpoolt on.

So the more dust you have, the more it will reveal the photo.

Mida tolmusem on õhk, seda rohkem ilmub nähtavale foto.

So we could just walk in the street during the next days

Nii et järgnevatel päevadel jalutasime meie lihtsalt tänavatel

and the photos would get revealed by themselves.

ja fotod ilmutasid ennast ise.

(Applause)

(aplaus)

Thank you.

Aitäh.

So we didn't get caught this time.

Nii et seekord me vahele ei jäänud.

Each project -- that's a film

See on film

from Women Are Heroes.

projektist "Women Are Heroes".

(Music)

(muusika)

Okay.

Olgu.

For each project we do

Me teeme igast projektist

a film.

filmi.

And most of what you see -- that's a trailer from "Women Are Heroes" --

See on tutvustav klipp projektist "Women Are Heroes".

its images, photography,

See koosneb fotodest,

taken one after the other.

mis on üles võetud üksteise järel.

And the photos kept traveling even without us.

Ja fotod jätkasid reisimist ka ilma meieta.

(Laughter)

(naer)

(Applause)

(aplaus)

Hopefully, you'll see the film,

Ma loodan, et te näete seda filmi

and you'll understand the scope of the project

ja mõistate selle projekti ulatust ja seda,

and what the people felt when they saw those photos.

mida inimesed neid fotosid nähes tundsid.

Because that's a big part of it. There's layers behind each photo.

Väga suur osa neist teostest jääb pildi taha.

Behind each image is a story.

Igal fotol on lugu.

Women Are Heroes created a new dynamic

"Women Are Heroes" lõi uue dünaamika

in each of the communities,

igasse kaasatud kogukonda

and the women kept that dynamic after we left.

ja naised hoidsid seda dünaamikat ka pärast meie lahkumist.

For example, we did books -- not for sale --

Näiteks trükkisime raamatud -- mitte müügiks --

that all the community would get.

mille said kõik kogukonnad. Aga selleks,

But to get it, they would have to [get] it signed by one of the women.

et see saada, pidid nad sinna ühelt neist naistest autogrammi saama.

We did that in most of the places.

Me tegime seda enamustes kohtades.

We go back regularly.

Läheme ikka ja jälle tagasi.

And so in Providencia, for example, in the favela,

Providencias näiteks, selles favelas,

we have a cultural center running there.

on meil kultuurikeskus.

In Kibera, each year we cover more roofs.

Kiberas katame igal aastal uusi katuseid.

Because of course, when we left, the people who were just at the edge of the project

Sest loomulikult küsisid need, kes projektiala servale jäid:

said, "Hey, what about my roof?"

"Aga minu katus?"

So we decided to come the year after

Niisiis otsustasime järgmisel aastal naasta

and keep doing the project.

ja projektiga jätkata.

A really important point for me

Mulle on väga oluline,

is that I don't use any brand or corporate sponsors.

et meid ei sponsoreeri ükski bränd ega suurettevõte.

So I have no responsibility

See tähendab, et ma ei pea vastust andma

to anyone but myself

kellegi muu, kui iseenda

and the subjects.

ja nende ees, keda ma pildistan.

(Applause)

(aplaus)

And that is for me

Ja see on minu jaoks

one of the more important things in the work.

üks olulisemaid asju selles töös.

I think, today,

Ma arvan, et tänapäeval

as important as the result is the way you do things.

on see, kuidas sa asju teed, sama tähtis kui tulemus.

And that has always been a central part of the work.

See on minu töös alati kesksel kohal olnud.

And what's interesting is that fine line that I have

Huvitav on ka see õrn piir

with images and advertising.

minu fotode ja reklaami vahel.

We just did some pasting in Los Angeles

Käisime just Los Angelesis kleepimas

on another project in the last weeks.

üht teist projekti.

And I was even invited to cover the MOCA museum.

Mind kutsuti isegi MOCA muuseumi peale kleepima.

But yesterday the city called them and said,

Aga eile helistati neile linnavalitsusest ja öeldi:

"Look, you're going to have to tear it down.

"Teate, te peate selle ikka alla võtma.

Because this can be taken for advertising,

Seda võib mõista reklaamina.

and because of the law,

Ja seaduse järgi

it has to be taken down."

peab selle maha võtma."

But tell me, advertising for what?

Aga mille reklaam ometi?

The people I photograph

Inimesed, keda pildistasin, olid uhked,

were proud to participate in the project

et said selles projektis osaleda ja et

and to have their photo in the community.

nende fotot nende kogukonnas eksponeeriti.

But they asked me for a promise basically.

Aga nad võtsid mult ka lubaduse.

They asked me, "Please, make our story travel with you."

Nad ütlesid: "Palun võta meie lugu endaga kaasa."

So I did. That's Paris.

Ja ma võtsin. See on Pariis.

That's Rio.

See on Rio.

In each place, we built exhibitions with a story, and the story traveled.

Igal pool tegime näituse koos lugudega ja lood reisid üle maailma.

You understand the full scope of the project.

Näete selle projekti ulatust.

That's London.

See on London.

New York.

New York.

And today, they are with you in Long Beach.

Ja täna on nad teiega Long Beachil.

All right, recently I started a public art project

Hiljuti algatasin avaliku kunstiprojekti,

where I don't use my artwork anymore.

kus ma ei kasuta enam enda teoseid.

I use Man Ray, Helen Levitt,

Kasutan Man Ray, Helen Levitti,

Giacomelli, other people's artwork.

Giacomelli ja teiste kunstnike töid.

It doesn't matter today if it's your photo or not.

Ei ole enam tähtis, kas see on sinu foto või mitte.

The importance is what you do

Tähtis on see,

with the images,

mida sa nende fotodega teed,

the statement it makes where it's pasted.

millist sõnumit edastad sellega, kuhu need kleebitud on.

So for example, I pasted the photo of the minaret

Näiteks kleepisin foto minaretist

in Switzerland

Šveitsi paar nädalat peale seda,

a few weeks after they voted the law forbidding minarets in the country.

kui seal võeti vastu seadus, mis keelustab minaretid.

(Applause)

(aplaus)

This image of three men wearing gas masks

See foto kolmest gaasimaskis mehega

was taken in Chernobyl originally,

pärineb algselt Tšernobõlist.

and I pasted it in Southern Italy,

Kleepisin selle Lõuna-Itaaliasse,

where the mafia sometimes bury the garbage under the ground.

kus maffial on kombeks prügi maa alla matta.

In some ways, art can change the world.

Nii et kunst saab maailma muuta.

Art is not supposed to change the world,

Kunst ei pea seda tegema

to change practical things,

praktilisi asju selles,

but to change perceptions.

vaid arusaamu muutes.

Art can change

Kunst võib muuta

the way we see the world.

meie maailmavaadet.

Art can create an analogy.

Kunst võib luua analoogia.

Actually the fact that art cannot change things

See, et kunst ei saa asju muuta,

makes it a neutral place

teeb kunstist neutraalse pinna

for exchanges and discussions,

mõttevahetustele ja aruteludele,

and then enables you to change the world.

mis võimaldavad maailma muuta.

When I do my work,

Oma töös kohtan ma

I have two kinds of reactions.

kahte sorti reaktsioone.

People say, "Oh, why don't you go in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Mõni ütleb: "Ahsoo, aga sa võiksid minna Iraaki ja Afganistani.

They would be really useful."

See tuleks kasuks."

Or, "How can we help?"

Teised küsivad: "Kuidas mina kaasa aidata saaksin?"

I presume that you belong to the second category,

Ma eeldan, et teie kuulute pigem viimaste hulka

and that's good,

ja see on hea,

because for that project,

sest mul on projekt,

I'm going to ask you to take the photos

mille jaoks palun teil pilte teha

and paste them.

ja neid seintele kleepida.

So now my wish is:

Nii et minu soov on:

(mock drum roll)

(matkib trummipõrinat)

(Laughter)

(naer)

I wish for you to stand up

Ma soovin, et te seisaksite selle eest,

for what you care about

millest te hoolite

by participating in a global art project,

osaledes ülemaailmses kunstiprojektis

and together we'll turn the world inside out.

ja koos pöörame me maailma peapeale.

And this starts right now.

Ja see algab nüüd kohe.

Yes, everyone in the room.

Jah, teie kõik, kes te olete siin saalis.

Everyone watching.

Ja teie kõik, kes te vaatate.

I wanted that wish

Ma tahan, et minu soov

to actually start now.

tõepoolest hakkaks täituma kohe praegu.

So a subject you're passionate about, a person who you want to tell their story

Teema, millest te hoolite; inimene, kelle lugu otsib jutustajat

or even your own photos --

või fotod sinust endast --

tell me what you stand for.

näita, kelle või mille eest sa seisad.

Take the photos, the portraits,

Tee fotod, portreed,

upload it -- I'll give you all the details --

laadi need üles -- annan sulle kohe vajaliku info --

and I'll send you back your poster. Join by groups

ja ma saadan sulle tagasi su postri. Ühinege terve seltskonnaga

and reveal things to the world.

ja näidake maailmale asju.

The full data is on the website --

Kogu info on veebilehel

insideoutproject.net --

insideoutproject.net

that is launching today.

insideoutproject.net

What we see changes who we are.

See, mida näeme, muudab seda, kes me oleme.

When we act together,

Kui me tegutseme koos

the whole thing is much more than the sum of the parts.

on tulemuseks palju rohkem, kui vaid selle osade summa.

So I hope that, together, we'll create something

Ma loodan, et üheskoos loome me midagi,

that the world will remember.

mida maailm mäletab.

And this starts right now and depends on you.

Ja see algab nüüd kohe ja sõltub teist kõigist.

Thank you.

Aitäh!

(Applause)

(aplaus)

Thank you.

Aitäh!

(Applause)

(aplaus)