Deep sea diving ... in a wheelchair | Sue Austin

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Sanda L Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

It's wonderful to be here

Divno je biti ovdje,

to talk about my journey,

pričati o mom putovanju,

to talk about the wheelchair

pričati o invalidskim kolicima

and the freedom it has bought me.

i slobodi kojom me to kupilo.

I started using a wheelchair 16 years ago

Počela sam koristiti invalidska kolica prije 16 godina

when an extended illness

kada je dugotrajna bolest

changed the way I could access the world.

promijenila način kojim mogu pristupiti svijetu.

When I started using the wheelchair,

Kada sam počela koristiti invalidska kolica,

it was a tremendous new freedom.

to je bila ogromna nova sloboda.

I'd seen my life slip away and become restricted.

Shvatila sam da mi život izmiče i da je postao ograničen.

It was like having an enormous new toy.

Ovo je bilo kao da imam novu, ogromnu igračku.

I could whiz around and feel the wind in my face again.

Mogla sam zujati uokolo i ponovo osjećati vjetar na svome licu.

Just being out on the street was exhilarating.

Samo biti na ulici je bilo uzbudljivo.

But even though I had this newfound joy and freedom,

Ali iako sam mislila da sam ponovo pronašla sreću i slobodu,

people's reaction completely changed towards me.

reakcije ljudi prema meni potpuno su se promijenile.

It was as if they couldn't see me anymore,

Izgledalo je kao da me više ne mogu vidjeti,

as if an invisibility cloak had descended.

kao da se spustio neki nevidljivi plašt.

They seemed to see me in terms of their assumptions

Činilo se kao da me gledaju u smislu svojih pretpostavki

of what it must be like to be in a wheelchair.

kako to izgleda kada si u invalidskim kolicima.

When I asked people their associations with the wheelchair,

Kada sam upitala ljude na što ih asociraju invalidska kolica,

they used words like "limitation," "fear,"

koristili su izraze poput "ograničenje", "strah,"

"pity" and "restriction."

"sažaljenje", "restrikcija".

I realized I'd internalized these responses

Shvatila sam da sam prihvatila te odgovore

and it had changed who I was on a core level.

i to je promijenilo ono tko sam bila u svojoj biti.

A part of me had become alienated from myself.

Dio mene se otuđio.

I was seeing myself not from my perspective,

Nisam gledala svoj život iz svoje perspektive,

but vividly and continuously from the perspective

nego živo i neprekidno iz perspektive

of other people's responses to me.

odgovora koje su mi drugi ljudi davali.

As a result, I knew I needed to make my own stories

Kao rezultat, znala sam da moram stvoriti vlastite priče

about this experience,

o ovom iskustvu,

new narratives to reclaim my identity.

nove priče da vratim svoj identitet.

["Finding Freedom: 'By creating our own stories we learn to take the texts of our lives as seriously as we do 'official' narratives.' — Davis 2009, TEDx Women"]

["Tražeći slobodu: Kreiranjem vlastite priče, učimo uzimati tekstove iz naših života toliko ozbiljno kao i službene priče".- Davis 2009, TEDx Women]

I started making work

Počela sam s poslom

that aimed to communicate something

koji je imao cilj komunicirati

of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair --

o sreći i slobodi koje sam osjećala koristeći invalidska kolica --

a power chair -- to negotiate the world.

moćna kolica -- kako bih pregovarala sa svijetom.

I was working to transform these internalized responses,

Radila sam kako bih transformirala te unutarnje odgovore,

to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped

kako bih transformirala predrasude koje su formirale

my identity when I started using a wheelchair,

moj identitet kada sam počela koristiti invalidska kolica,

by creating unexpected images.

kreirajući neočekivane slike.

The wheelchair became an object to paint and play with.

Kolica su postala objekt za crtanje i igranje.

When I literally started leaving

Kada sam doslovno počela

traces of my joy and freedom,

ostavljati tragove sreće i slobode,

it was exciting to see

bilo je vrlo uzbudljivo vidjeti

the interested and surprised responses from people.

zanimljive i iznenadne odgovore ljudi.

It seemed to open up new perspectives,

Činilo se da se otvaraju nove perspektive

and therein lay the paradigm shift.

i u tome leži promjena paradigme.

It showed that an arts practice

To je pokazalo da praksa umjetnosti

can remake one's identity

može popraviti nečiji identitet

and transform preconceptions by revisioning the familiar.

i transformirati predrasude revizijom poznatog.

So when I began to dive, in 2005,

Kada sam počela roniti, 2005. godine,

I realized scuba gear extends your range of activity

shvatila sam da oprema za ronjenje proširuje granice aktivnosti

in just the same way as a wheelchair does,

na isti način kao što to čine invalidska kolica,

but the associations attached to scuba gear

ali asocijacije koje se povezuju s opremom za ronjenje

are ones of excitement and adventure,

su uzbudljive i pustolovne,

completely different to people's responses to the wheelchair.

potpuno drugačije od odgovora ljudi prema invalidskim kolicima.

So I thought, "I wonder what'll happen

Pomislila sam, "Pitam se što će se desiti

if I put the two together?" (Laughter) (Applause)

ako to dvoje ujedinim?" (Smijeh)(Pljesak)

And the underwater wheelchair that has resulted

Podvodna invalidska kolica koja su bila rezultat toga,

has taken me on the most amazing journey

odvela su me na najljepše putovanje

over the last seven years.

u posljednjih sedam godina.

So to give you an idea of what that's like,

Kako bih vam mogla dati ideju kako to, zapravo, izgleda,

I'd like to share with you one of the outcomes

željela bih s vama podijeliti jedan od ishoda

from creating this spectacle,

kreiranja ovog spektakla

and show you what an amazing journey it's taken me on.

i pokazati vam na kakvo me nevjerovatno putovanje to odvelo.

(Music)

(Glazba)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

It is the most amazing experience,

To je najnevjerojatnije iskustvo,

beyond most other things I've experienced in life.

nadilazi većinu ostalih stvari koje sam u životu iskusila.

I literally have the freedom to move

Doslovno sam bila slobodna kretati se

in 360 degrees of space

za 360 stupnjeva,

and an ecstatic experience of joy and freedom.

uz prekrasno iskustvo sreće i slobode.

And the incredibly unexpected thing

I nevjerojatna neočekivana stvar je

is that other people seem to see and feel that too.

što se činilo da to isto tako i drugi ljudi vide i osjećaju.

Their eyes literally light up,

Oči im doslovno zasjaju

and they say things like, "I want one of those,"

i govore stvari poput "I ja bih jedne ovakve",

or, "If you can do that, I can do anything."

ili, "Ako ti možeš to, ja mogu sve."

And I'm thinking, it's because in that moment

I razmišljam, to je zato što u tom trenutku

of them seeing an object

gledaju stvar

they have no frame of reference for,

za koju nemaju referentni okvir,

or so transcends the frames of reference

ili nadilazi referentne okvire

they have with the wheelchair,

koje imaju s pojmom invalidskih kolica,

they have to think in a completely new way.

moraju razmišljati na posve novi način.

And I think that moment of completely new thought

I mislim da upravo taj moment posve novog razmišljanja

perhaps creates a freedom

vjerojatno kreira slobodu

that spreads to the rest of other people's lives.

koja se širi do kraja ljudskim životima.

For me, this means that they're seeing

Za mene, ovo znači da oni vide

the value of difference,

vrijednost razlike,

the joy it brings

radost koju to donosi,

when instead of focusing on loss or limitation,

kada umjesto fokusiranja na gubitak ili ograničenje,

we see and discover the power and joy

vidimo i otkrijemo snagu i sreću

of seeing the world from exciting new perspectives.

gledanja na svijet iz posve nove perspektive.

For me, the wheelchair becomes

Za mene, invalidska kolica su postala

a vehicle for transformation.

vozilo preobrazbe.

In fact, I now call the underwater wheelchair "Portal,"

Zapravo, sada podvodna kolica zovem "Portal",

because it's literally pushed me through

zato što me doslovno guraju kroz

into a new way of being,

novi način postojanja,

into new dimensions and into a new level of consciousness.

u novu dimenziju i novi nivo svijesti.

And the other thing is,

I druga stvar je ta,

that because nobody's seen or heard

jer nitko prije nije vidio niti čuo

of an underwater wheelchair before,

o podvodnim invalidskim kolicima

and creating this spectacle is about creating

i stvaranje ovog spektakla je stvaranje

new ways of seeing, being and knowing,

novih načina gledanja, postojanja i znanja,

now you have this concept in your mind.

sada imate taj koncept u svojoj glavi.

You're all part of the artwork too.

I vi svi ste, također, dio umjetničkog rada.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)