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Prevoditelj: Vanja Kovac Recezent: Ivana Kordic

In 2012, when I painted the minaret of Jara Mosque

U 2012., kada sam oslikao minaret na džamiji Jara

u mom rodnom gradu Gabes, na jugu Tunisa,

in my hometown of Gabés, in the south of Tunisia,

I never thought that graffiti would bring so much attention to a city.

nisam mislio da će taj grafit privući toliko pozornosti na grad.

At the beginning, I was just looking for a wall in my hometown,

U početku sam tražio bilo kakav zid u mom rodnom gradu,

and it happened that the minaret was built in '94.

a dogodilo se da je minaret sagrađen 94'-te.

I 18 godina tih 57 metara betona ostalo je sivo.

And for 18 years, those 57 meters of concrete stayed grey.

When I met the imam for the first time, and I told him what I wanted to do,

Kada sam se prvi puta susreo s imamom, i rekao mu što želim napraviti,

he was like, "Thank God you finally came,"

reagirao je s "Hvala Bogu, napokon si došao",

and he told me that for years he was waiting for somebody

i rekao mi kako već godinama čeka da netko

to do something on it.

napravi nešto na zidu.

The most amazing thing about this imam is that he didn't ask me anything --

Najnevjerojatnija stvar s tim imamom bila je da me nije tražio ništa

neither a sketch, or what I was going to write.

niti skicu, niti tekst kojeg sam mislio napisati.

In every work that I create, I write messages

U svaku sliku koju napravim, upisujem poruke

with my style of calligraffiti -- a mix of calligraphy and graffiti.

sa svojim stilom kaligrafita -- mješavinom kaligrafije i grafita.

I use quotes or poetry.

Koristim izreke ili poeziju.

For the minaret, I thought that the most relevant message

Za minaret, mislio sam da najvažnija poruka

to be put on a mosque should come from the Quran,

koja će biti napisana na džamiji treba biti iz Kurana,

so I picked this verse:

pa sam izabrao ovaj stih:

"Oh humankind, we have created you from a male and a female,

"O čovječji rode, stvorili smo te od muškoga i ženskoga,

and made you people and tribe, so you may know each other."

i napravili te ljudima i plemenima kako bi ste se upoznali."

It was a universal call for peace, tolerance, and acceptance

Bio je to univerzalan poziv na mir, toleranciju i prihvaćanje

coming from the side that we don't usually portray in a good way in the media.

izrečen od strane koju se inače u u medijima ne prikazuje kao dobru.

I was amazed to see how the local community reacted to the painting,

Bio sam zadivljen reakcijom lokalne zajednice na sliku,

and how it made them proud to see the minaret getting so much attention

i kako su bili ponosni što minaret privlači toliku pozornost

from international press all around the world.

međunarodnih novina iz svih dijelova svijeta.

For the imam, it was not just the painting;

Za imama to nije bila samo slika;

it was really deeper than that.

bilo je nešto dublje od toga.

He hoped that this minaret would become a monument for the city,

Nadao se da će minaret postati gradski spomenik,

and attract people to this forgotten place of Tunisia.

i da će privući ljude u ovaj zaboravljeni dio Tunisa.

The universality of the message,

Univerzalnost poruke,

the political context of Tunisia at this time,

politički kontekst Tunisa u tom vremenu,

and the fact that I was writing Quran in a graffiti way

i činjenica da sam prepisivao Kuran grafitima

were not insignificant.

nisu bili beznačajni.

It reunited the community.

Ponovno su ujedinili zajednicu.

Bringing people, future generations,

Povezivanje ljudi, budućih generacija

together through Arabic calligraphy

kroz arapsko pismo

is what I do.

je ono što ja radim.

Writing messages is the essence of my artwork.

Pisanje poruka je srž moje umjetnosti.

What is funny, actually, is that even Arabic-speaking people

Smiješno je da se čak i ljudi koji razumiju arapski

really need to focus a lot to decipher what I'm writing.

moraju jako usredotočiti kako bi odgonetnuli što sam napisao.

You don't need to know the meaning to feel the piece.

Ne morate znati značenje kako biste osjetili djelo.

I think that Arabic script touches your soul before it reaches your eyes.

Mislim da arapsko pismo dirne vašu dušu prije nego li dođe do vaših očiju.

There is a beauty in it that you don't need to translate.

U njemu postoji ljepota koju ne trebate prevoditi.

Arabic script speaks to anyone, I believe;

Arapsko pismo govori svima, vjerujem;

to you, to you, to you, to anybody,

i tebi, i tebi, i tebi, svima,

and then when you get the meaning,

i onda kada saznate značenje,

you feel connected to it.

povežete se s njim.

I always make sure to write messages

Uvijek se pobrinem napisati poruke

that are relevant to the place where I'm painting,

koje su važne za mjesto u kojem slikam,

but messages that have a universal dimension,

ali poruke koje imaju univerzalnu dimenziju,

so anybody around the world can connect to it.

tako da se svi mogu povezati s njom.

I was born and raised in France, in Paris,

Rođen sam i odrastao u Francuskoj, u Parizu,

and I started learning how to write and read Arabic when I was 18.

a počeo sam učiti kako pisati i čitati arapski kada sam imao 18.

Today I only write messages in Arabic.

Danas poruke pišem samo na arapskom.

Jedan od razloga zašto mi je to toliko važno

One of the reasons this is so important to me,

is because of all the reaction that I've experienced all around the world.

su reakcije koje sam doživio po svijetu.

In Rio de Janeiro, I translated this Portuguese poem

U Rio de Janeiru, preveo sam portugalsku pjesmu

from Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa,

Gabriela Torresa Barbose,

who was giving an homage to the poor people of the favela,

koji je odavao počast siromašnima u favelama,

and then I painted it on the rooftop.

i oslikao njome krov.

The local community were really intrigued by what I was doing,

Lokalna zajednica bila je jako zainteresirana za to što sam radio,

but as soon as I gave them the meaning of the calligraphy,

ali čim sam im rekao značenje napisanog,

they thanked me, as they felt connected to the piece.

zahvalili su mi jer su se osjećali povezano s djelom.

In South Africa, in Cape Town,

U Južnoj Africi, u Cape Townu,

the local community of Philippi

lokalna zajednica Philippi,

offered me the only concrete wall of the slum.

ponudila mi je jedini betonski zid u slamu.

It was a school, and I wrote on it

Bila je to škola, i na nju sam napisao

a quote from Nelson Mandela,

citat Nelsona Mandele,

saying, "[in Arabic],"

koji kaže, "(na arapskom)",

which means, "It seems impossible until it's done."

što znači, "Čini se nemogućim dok se ne napravi."

Then this guy came to me and said, "Man, why you don't write in English?"

Prišao mi je jedan čovjek i pitao, "Čovječe, zašto ne pišeš na engleskom?"

i odgovorio sam mu, "Smatrao bi tvoju zabrinutost opravdanom da si me pitao

and I replied to him, "I would consider your concern legit if you asked me

why I didn't write in Zulu."

zašto ne pišem Zulu jezikom."

In Paris, once, there was this event,

Jednom u Parizu bilo je to događanje,

and someone gave his wall to be painted.

i netko je dao da mu se oslika zid.

And when he saw I was painting in Arabic,

I kada je vidio da oslikavam na arapskom,

he got so mad -- actually, hysterical -- and he asked for the wall to be erased.

toliko se naljutio, zapravo histerično, i tražio je da prekreče zid.

I was mad and disappointed.

Bio sam ljut i razočaran.

But a week later, the organizer of the event asked me to come back,

Ali tjedan kasnije, organizator me pozvao da se vratim,

and he told me that there was a wall right in front of this guy's house.

i rekao mi da postoji zid odmah ispred kuće onog čovjeka.

So, this guy --

Tako da, taj čovjek --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

like, was forced to see it every day.

on je prisiljen gledati ga svaki dan.

At the beginning, I was going to write, "[In Arabic],"

Na početku htio sam napisati, "(na arapskom)",

which means, "In your face," but --

što znači ''Evo ti ga", ali --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I decided to be smarter and I wrote, "[In Arabic],"

Odlučio sam biti pametniji, i napisao sam "(na arapskom)",

which means, "Open your heart."

što znači "Otvori svoje srce."

I'm really proud of my culture,

Jako sam ponosan na svoju kulturu,

and I'm trying to be an ambassador of it through my artwork.

i pokušavam biti njezin glasnik kroz svoju umjetnost.

And I hope that I can break the stereotypes we all know,

I nadam se da mogu slomiti stereotipe koje svi znamo,

with the beauty of Arabic script.

ljepotom arapskog pisma.

Today, I don't write the translation of the message anymore on the wall.

Danas više ne pišem prijevode poruka na zid.

Ne želim pokvariti poeziju kaligrafije,

I don't want the poetry of the calligraphy to be broken,

as it's art and you can appreciate it without knowing the meaning,

obzirom da je to umjetnost koju možete cijeniti neznajući značenje

as you can enjoy any music from other countries.

isto kao što uživate u glazbi iz drugih zemalja.

Some people see that as a rejection or a closed door,

Neki to vide kao odbijanje, ili zatvorena vrata,

but for me, it's more an invitation --

ali za mene, to je više pozivnica --

to my language, to my culture, and to my art.

u moj jezik, u moju kulturu, u moju umjetnost.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)