An underwater art museum, teeming with life | Jason deCaires Taylor

Prevoditelj: Sonja Žarić Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Ten years ago,

Prije deset godina,

I had my first exhibition here.

predstavio sam prvu izložbu ovdje.

I had no idea if it would work or was at all possible,

Nisam znao hoće li upaliti ili je li uopće moguće,

but with a few small steps and a very steep learning curve,

no, malim koracima i vrlo strmom krivuljom učenja,

I made my first sculpture, called "The Lost Correspondent."

napravio sam prvu skulpturu imena "Izgubljeni dopisnik."

Teaming up with a marine biologist and a local dive center,

Uz pomoć morskog biologa i lokalnog ronilačkog centra,

I submerged the work off the coast of Grenada,

potopio sam svoj rad blizu obale Grenade,

in an area decimated by Hurricane Ivan.

u područje uništeno uraganom Ivan.

And then this incredible thing happened.

Onda se nevjerojatna stvar dogodila.

It transformed.

Transformirao se.

One sculpture became two.

Jedna skulptura je postala dvije.

Two quickly became 26.

Dvije su postale 26.

And before I knew it,

I prije nego sam shvatio,

we had the world's first underwater sculpture park.

imali smo prvi podvodni park skulptura na svijetu.

In 2009, I moved to Mexico and started by casting local fisherman.

2009. godine sam se preselio u Meksiko i počeo lijevati lokalne ribare.

This grew to a small community,

Ovo je preraslo u malu zajednicu,

to almost an entire movement of people in defense of the sea.

i u cijeli pokret ljudi za obranu mora.

And then finally, to an underwater museum,

I konačno, u podvodni muzej,

with over 500 living sculptures.

s preko 500 živućih skulptura.

Gardening, it seems, is not just for greenhouses.

Vrtlarstvo, čini se, nije samo za staklenike.

We've since scaled up the designs:

Otad smo ih povećali:

"Ocean Atlas," in the Bahamas, rising 16 feet up to the surface

"Oceanski Atlas", na Bahamima, se uzdiže oko 5 m do površine

and weighing over 40 tons,

i teži preko 40 tona,

to now currently in Lanzarote,

pa do trenutnog u Lanzaroteu,

where I'm making an underwater botanical garden,

gdje pravim podvodni botanički vrt,

the first of its kind in the Atlantic Ocean.

prvi te vrste u Atlantskom Oceanu.

Each project, we use materials and designs that help encourage life;

Za svaki projekt koristimo materijale i dizajn koji potiču život;

a long-lasting pH-neutral cement provides a stable and permanent platform.

dugotrajni pH neutralan cement pruža stabilnu i stalnu platformu.

It is textured to allow coral polyps to attach.

Tekstura dopušta pričvršćivanje koraljnih polipa.

We position them down current from natural reefs

Postavljamo ih nizvodno od prirodnih grebena

so that after spawning, there's areas for them to settle.

tako da se imaju gdje smjestiti nakon mriješćenja.

The formations are all configured so that they aggregate fish

Formacije su konfigurirane tako da se ribe gomilaju

on a really large scale.

u velikom razmjeru.

Even this VW Beetle has an internal living habitat

Čak i ova VW Buba ima unutrašnje životno stanište

to encourage crustaceans such as lobsters and sea urchins.

koje podržava rakove kao što su jastozi i morski ježevi.

So why exhibit my work in the ocean?

No, zašto izlagati svoj rad u oceanu?

Because honestly, it's really not easy.

Zato što iskreno, zaista nije lako.

When you're in the middle of the sea under a hundred-foot crane,

Kada ste usred mora ispod 30 m visokog krana,

trying to lower eight tons down to the sea floor,

pokušavajući spustiti osam tona na morsko dno,

you start to wonder whether I shouldn't have taken up watercolor painting instead.

počnete se pitati ne bi li bilo bolje da sam se radije prihvatio vodenih bojica.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But in the end, the results always blow my mind.

No, na kraju rezultati su uvijek očaravajući.

(Music)

(Glazba)

The ocean is the most incredible exhibition space

Ocean je najnevjerojatniji izložbeni prostor

an artist could ever wish for.

kojeg umjetnik može poželjeti.

You have amazing lighting effects changing by the hour,

Imate zapanjujuće svjetlosne efekte koji se mijenjaju svakog sata,

explosions of sand covering the sculptures in a cloud of mystery,

eksplozije pjeska prekrivaju skulpture u oblaku misterije,

a unique timeless quality

jedinstvena vanvremenska kvaliteta

and the procession of inquisitive visitors,

i povorka radoznalih posjetilaca,

each lending their own special touch to the site.

svaki dodaje svoj vlastiti dodir mjestu.

(Music)

(Glazba)

But over the years,

No, tijekom godina,

I've realized that the greatest thing about what we do,

shvatio sam da je najbolja stvar u vezi ovog posla,

the really humbling thing about the work,

zaista skromna stvar u vezi posla,

is that as soon as we submerge the sculptures,

je da čim uronimo skulpture,

they're not ours anymore,

više nisu naše,

because as soon as we sink them,

jer čim ih potopimo,

the sculptures, they belong to the sea.

skulpture pripadaju moru.

As new reefs form, a new world literally starts to evolve,

Dok se novi grebeni formiraju, novi svijet doslovno počinje evoluirati,

a world that continuously amazes me.

svijet koji me neprestano zadivljuje.

It's a bit of a cliché, but nothing man-made

Malo je klišej, no ništa što su ljudi napravili

can ever match the imagination of nature.

ne mogu ikad nadmašiti maštu prirode.

Sponges look like veins across the faces.

Spužve izgledaju kao vene preko lica.

Staghorn coral morphs the form.

Koralji oblikuju formu.

Fireworms scrawl white lines as they feed.

Vatreni crvi škrabaju bijele crte kako se hrane.

Tunicates explode from the faces.

Plaštenjaci eksplodiraju na licima.

Sea urchins crawl across the bodies feeding at night.

Morski ježevi pužu preko tijela hraneći se po noći.

Coralline algae applies a kind of purple paint.

Corallinales alge ostavljaju neku vrstu ljubičaste boje.

The deepest red I've ever seen in my life lives underwater.

Najdublja crvena koju sam ikad vidio živi pod vodom.

Gorgonian fans oscillate with the waves.

Kožasti koralji osciliraju s valovima.

Purple sponges breathe water like air.

Ljubičaste spužve dišu vodu kao zrak.

And grey angelfish glide silently overhead.

A sivi skalari klize tiho iznad glava.

And the amazing response we've had to these works

Nevjerojatan odziv na ove radove

tells me that we've managed to plug into something really primal,

mi govori da smo uspjeli zagaziti u nešto zaista iskonsko,

because it seems that these images translate across the world,

čini se da se ove slike prenose diljem svijeta,

and that's made me focus on my responsibility as an artist

i to me natjeralo da se usredotočim na svoje odgovornosti kao umjetnik

and about what I'm trying to achieve.

i ono što pokušavam postići.

I'm standing here today on this boat in the middle of the ocean,

Stojim ovdje danas na ovom brodu usred oceana,

and this couldn't be a better place

i ovo ne može biti bolje mjesto

to talk about the really, really important effect of my work.

za govor o zaista, zaista bitnoj posljedici mog rada.

Because as we all know,

Jer svi znamo,

our reefs are dying, and our oceans are in trouble.

naši grebeni umiru, i naši oceani su u opasnosti.

So here's the thing:

Stvar je ova:

the most used, searched and shared image

najkorištenija, najtraženija i podjeljena slika

of all my work thus far is this.

od svog mog rada je ova.

And I think this is for a reason,

I mislim da je to s razlogom,

or at least I hope it is.

ili se barem nadam.

What I really hope is that people are beginning to understand

Ono što se stvarno nadam je da ljudi počinju razumijevati

that when we think of the environment and the destruction of nature,

da kad razmišljamo o okolini i uništavanju prirode,

that we need to start thinking about our oceans, too.

moramo početi razmišljati o našim oceanima, također.

Since building these sites, we've seen some phenomenal

Otkad smo napravili ova mjesta, vidjeli smo neke fenomenalne

and unexpected results.

i neočekivane rezultate.

Besides creating over 800 square meters of new habitats and living reef,

Uz stvaranje preko 800 kvadratnih metara novog staništa i živog grebena,

visitors to the marine park in Cancun now divide half their time

posjetitelji morskog parka u Cancunu sad dijele vrijeme

between the museum and the natural reefs,

između muzeja i prirodnih grebena,

providing significant rest for natural, overstressed areas.

pružajući znatni odmor za prirodna, previše posjećena područja.

Visitors to "Ocean Atlas" in the Bahamas highlighted a leak

Posjetitelji " Oceanskog Atlasa" na Bahamima su istaknuli izlijevanje

from a nearby oil refinery.

iz obližnje rafinerije nafte.

The subsequent international media forced the local government

Sljedeće su internacionalni mediji natjerali lokalnu vladu

to pledge 10 million dollars in coastal cleanups.

da obećaju 10 milijuna dolara za čišćenje obale.

The sculpture park in Grenada was instrumental

Park skulptura u Grenadi je bio ključan

in the government designating a spot -- a marine-protected area.

u imenovanju mjesta -- morsko-zaštićenog područja.

Entrance fees to the park now help fund park rangers

Novac od ulaznica u park sad pomaže financirati čuvare parka

to manage tourism and fishing quotas.

koji upravljaju turizmom i ribolovnim kvotama.

The site was actually listed as a "Wonder of the World"

Zapravo National Geographic mjesto smatra

by National Geographic.

"Svjetskim čudom."

So why are we all here today in this room?

No, zašto smo danas svi u ovoj prostoriji?

What do we all have in common?

Što svi mi imamo zajedničko?

I think we all share a fear

Mislim da svi dijelimo strah

that we don't protect our oceans enough.

da ne štitimo naše oceane dovoljno.

And one way of thinking about this

Jedan način razmišljanja o ovome

is that we don't regard our oceans as sacred,

je da ne smatramo naše oceane svetima,

and we should.

a trebali bi.

When we see incredible places --

Kada vidimo nevjerojatna mjesta --

like the Himalayas or the La Sagrada Família,

poput Himalaja ili La Sagrada Familia,

or the Mona Lisa, even --

ili Mona Lisu, čak --

when we see these incredible places and things,

kada vidimo ta nevjerojatna mjesta i stvari,

we understand their importance.

razumijemo njihovu važnost.

We call them sacred,

Nazivamo ih svetima,

and we do our best to cherish them, to protect them

i trudimo ih se njegovati, štititi ih

and to keep them safe.

i čuvati na sigurnom.

But in order to do that,

No, da bi to napravili,

we are the ones that have to assign that value;

mi smo ti koji pridodajemo tu vrijednost,

otherwise, it will be desecrated

inače će ih oskvrnuti

by someone who doesn't understand that value.

netko tko ne razumije tu vrijednost.

So I want to finish up tonight by talking about sacred things.

Tako da želim završiti večeras sa pričom o svetim stvarima.

When we were naming the site in Cancun,

Kad smo imenovali mjesto u Cancunu,

we named it a museum for a very important and simple reason:

nazvali smo ga muzej iz veoma važnog i jednostavnog razloga:

museums are places of preservation,

muzeji su mjesta očuvanja,

of conservation and of education.

konzervacije i obrazovanja.

They're places where we keep objects of great value to us,

To su mjesta gdje čuvamo objekte velike vrijednosti za nas,

where we simply treasure them for them being themselves.

gdje ih jednostavno skupljamo zbog njih samih.

If someone was to throw an egg at the Sistine Chapel,

Ako bi netko bacio jaje na Sistinsku Kapelicu,

we'd all go crazy.

svi bi poludjeli.

If someone wanted to build a seven-star hotel

Ako bi netko htio izgraditi hotel sa sedam zvjezdica

at the bottom of the Grand Canyon,

na dnu Grand Canyona,

then we would laugh them out of Arizona.

istjerali bi ih smijehom iz Arizone.

Yet every day we dredge, pollute and overfish our oceans.

No ipak, svakog dana kopamo, onečišćujemo i izlovljavamo naše oceane.

And I think it's easier for us to do that,

I mislim da nam je lakše to raditi,

because when we see the ocean,

jer kad pogledamo ocean,

we don't see the havoc we're wreaking.

ne vidimo štetu koju nanosimo.

Because for most people,

Za većinu ljudi,

the ocean is like this.

ocean je ovakav.

And it's really hard

I veoma je teško

to think of something that's just so plain and so enormous, as fragile.

misliti o nečemu tako jasnom i tako ogromnom kao krhkom.

It's simply too massive, too vast, too endless.

Jednostavno je prevelik, preprostran, beskrajan.

And what do you see here?

Što vidite ovdje?

I think most people actually look past to the horizon.

Mislim da većina ljudi zapravo gleda preko horizonta.

So I think there's a real danger

Mislim da je to prava opasnost

that we never really see the sea,

što nikad zapravo ne vidimo more,

and if we don't really see it,

i ako ga ne vidimo,

if it doesn't have its own iconography,

ako nema svoju vlastitu ikonografiju,

if we miss its majesty,

ako propuštamo njegovu veličanstvenost,

then there's a big danger that we take it for granted.

onda je velika opasnost da ga uzmemo zdravo za gotovo.

Cancun is famous for spring break,

Cancun je poznat po proljetnim praznicima,

tequila and foam parties.

tekili i pjena partyjima.

And its waters are where frat boys can ride around on Jet Skis

I na njegovim vodama se dečki iz bratstva voze na Jet Skiju

and banana boats.

i banana brodovima.

But because of our work there, there's now a little corner of Cancun

No, zbog našeg rada tamo, sad postoji jedan kutak Cancuna

that is simply precious for being itself.

koji je jednostavno dragocjen sam po sebi.

And we don't want to stop in Grenada,

I ne želimo stati u Grenadi,

in Cancun or the Bahamas.

u Cancunu ili Bahamima.

Just last month, I installed these Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Baš prošlog mjeseca sam instalirao Četiri jahača Apokalipse

in the Thames River,

u Temzi,

in central London, right in front of the Houses of Parliament,

u središtu Londona, upravo ispred zgrade Parlamenta,

putting a stark message about climate change

stavljajući jaku poruku o klimatskim promjenama

in front of the people that have the power to help change things.

ispred ljudi koji imaju moć promijeniti stvari.

Because for me, this is just the beginning of the mission.

Za mene je ovo tek početak misije.

We want to team up with other inventors,

Želimo se povezati s ostalim izumiteljima,

creators, philanthropists, educators, biologists,

stvarateljima, filantropima, odgajateljima, biolozima,

to see better futures for our oceans.

da vidimo bolju budućnost za naše oceane.

And we want to see beyond sculpture,

I želimo vidjeti više od skulptura,

beyond art, even.

više od umjetnosti, čak.

Say you're a 14-year-old kid from the city,

Recimo da ste 14-godišnji klinac iz grada,

and you've never seen the ocean.

koji nikad nije vidio ocean.

And instead of getting taken to the natural history museum

Umjesto da vas odvedu u prirodoslovni muzej

or an aquarium,

ili akvarij,

you get taken out to the ocean,

odvedu vas do oceana,

to an underwater Noah's Ark,

do podvodne Noine arke,

which you can access through a dry-glass viewing tunnel,

kojoj možete pristupiti putem staklenog tunela,

where you can see all the wildlife of the land

gdje možete vidjeti svu divljinu sa kopna

be colonized by the wildlife of the ocean.

koloniziranu divljinom oceana.

Clearly, it would blow your mind.

Očito, bili bi očarani.

So let's think big and let's think deep.

Razmislimo dobro i duboko.

Who knows where our imagination and willpower can lead us?

Tko zna gdje nas naša mašta i volja mogu odvesti?

I hope that by bringing our art into the ocean,

Nadam se da dovodeći umjetnost u ocean,

that not only do we take advantage of amazing creativity

ne samo da iskorištavamo nevjerojatnu kreativnost

and visual impact of the setting,

i vizualni utjecaj instalacije,

but that we are also giving something back,

nego, također, dajemo nešto zauzvrat,

and by encouraging new environments to thrive,

i poticanjem napretka novog okoliša,

and in some way opening up a new -- or maybe it's a really old way

i na neki način, novim -- ili možda veoma starim načinom

of seeing the seas:

gledanja na more:

as delicate, precious places,

kao nježnim, dragocjenim mjestima,

worthy of our protection.

vrijednima naše zaštite.

Our oceans are sacred.

Naši oceani su sveti.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)