Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Ando Saina Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Usually I like working in my shop,

Obično volim raditi u svojoj radionici,

but when it's raining and the driveway outside turns into a river,

ali kada pada kiša i prilaz se pretvori u rijeku,

then I just love it.

onda to jednostavno obožavam.

And I'll cut some wood and drill some holes and watch the water,

Jednostavno režem drvo, bušim rupe i gledam vodu,

and maybe I'll have to walk around and look for washers.

možda prošećem okolo i potražim podloške.

You have no idea how much time I spend.

Nemate pojma koliko vremena potrošim.

This is the "Double Raindrop."

Ovo je "dvostruka kapljica kiše."

Of all my sculptures, it's the most talkative.

Od svih mojih skulptura, ova najviše govori.

It adds together the interference pattern

Spaja uzorak međudjelovanja

from two raindrops that land near each other.

dviju kapi kiše koje padnu jedna pokraj druge.

Instead of expanding circles, they're expanding hexagons.

Umjesto širećih krugova, one su šireći šesterokuti.

All the sculptures move by mechanical means.

Sve skulpture se pomiču mehanički.

Do you see how there's three peaks to the yellow sine wave?

Vidite li tri vrha žutog sinusnog vala?

Right here I'm adding a sine wave with four peaks and turning it on.

Ovdje dodajem sinusni val s četiri vrha i uključujem ga.

Eight hundred two-liter soda bottles --

Osam stotina dvolitrenih boca --

oh yea.

oh da.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Four hundred aluminum cans.

Četiri stotine aluminijskih limenki.

Tule is a reed that's native to California,

Tule je biljka autentična za Kaliforniju,

and the best thing about working with it is that it smells just delicious.

a najbolja stvar kada radite sa njom je ta da odlično miriše.

A single drop of rain

Jedna kapljica kiše

increasing amplitude.

koja povećava amplitudu.

The spiral eddy that trails a paddle on a rafting trip.

Spiralni vrtlog koji prati veslo na raftingu.

This adds together four different waves.

Ovo objedinjuje četiri različita vala.

And here I'm going to pull out the double wavelengths

Ovdje ću izvući dvostruke valne duljine

and increase the single.

i pojačati jednu.

The mechanism that drives it has nine motors

Mehanizam koji pokreće ovo ima devet motora

and about 3,000 pulleys.

i otprilike 3,000 kolotura.

Four hundred and forty-five strings in a three-dimensional weave.

Četiri stotine četrdeset i pet žica u trodimenzionalnom tkanju.

Transferred to a larger scale --

Prenešeno na veću skalu --

actually a lot larger, with a lot of help --

zapravo, puno veću, uz puno pomoći --

14,064 bicycle reflectors --

14,064 svjetala za bicikle --

a 20-day install.

20 dana postavljanja.

"Connected" is a collaboration

"Spoj" je suradnja

with choreographer Gideon Obarzanek.

s koreografom Gideonom Obarzanekom.

Strings attached to dancers.

Žice povezane na plesače.

This is very early rehearsal footage,

Ovo je rana snimka s probe,

but the finished work's on tour

ali završni rad je na turneji

and is actually coming through L.A. in a couple weeks.

i dolazi u Los Angeles za koji tjedan.

A pair of helices and 40 wooden slats.

Par spirala i 40 drvenih greda.

Take your finger and draw this line.

Prstom povucite ovu liniju.

Summer, fall, winter, spring,

Ljeto, jesen, zima, proljeće,

noon, dusk, dark, dawn.

podne, sumrak, noć, zora.

Have you ever seen those stratus clouds

Jeste li ikad vidjeli stratusne oblake

that go in parallel stripes across the sky?

koji se pojavljuju u paralelnim linijama na nebu?

Did you know that's a continuous sheet of cloud

Jeste li znali da je to kontinuirani niz oblaka

that's dipping in and out of the condensation layer?

koji ulazi i izlazi iz kondenzacijskog sloja?

What if every seemingly isolated object

Što ako je svaki naizgled izolirani objekt

was actually just where the continuous wave of that object

zapravo mjesto gdje kontinuirani val tog objekta

poked through into our world?

probija u naš svijet.

The Earth is neither flat nor round.

Zemlja nije ni ravna ni okrugla.

It's wavy.

Ona je valovita.

It sounds good, but I'll bet you know in your gut that it's not the whole truth,

Dobro zvuči, ali mogu se kladiti da u sebi osjetite da to nije cijela istina,

and I'll tell you why.

a reći ću vam zašto.

I have a two-year-old daughter who's the best thing ever.

Imam dvogodišnju kćer koja mi je najbolja stvar ikad.

And I'm just going to come out and say it:

I jednostavno ću reći:

My daughter is not a wave.

Moja kći nije val.

And you might say, "Surely, Rueben, if you took even just the slightest step back,

I možda ćete reći: "Naravno, Rueben, ako odeš samo malo unatrag,

the cycles of hunger and eating,

tokovi gladi i hranjenja,

waking and sleeping, laughing and crying

buđenja i spavanja, smijeha i plakanja

would emerge as pattern."

bi se pojavili kao obrazac."

But I would say, "If I did that,

Ali ja bih rekao, "Kada bih to učinio,

too much would be lost."

previše bi toga bilo izgubljeno."

This tension between the need to look deeper

Ta napetost između potrebe da gledamo u dubinu

and the beauty and immediacy of the world,

i ljepote i trenutnosti svijeta,

where if you even try to look deeper you've already missed what you're looking for,

gdje samo ako pokušaš pogledati u dubinu već izgubiš ono što si tražio,

this tension is what makes the sculptures move.

ta napetost pokreće skulpture.

And for me, the path between these two extremes

Za mene, put između ta dva ekstrema

takes the shape of a wave.

poprima oblik vala.

Let me show you one more.

Dopustite da vam pokažem još jednu skulpturu.

Thank you very much. Thanks.

Puno hvala. Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Thanks.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

June Cohen: Looking at each of your sculptures,

June Cohen: Gledajući u svaku vašu skulpturu,

they evoke so many different images.

izazivaju mnoštvo različitih slika.

Some of them are like the wind and some are like waves,

Neke od njih su poput vjetra, neke poput valova

and sometimes they look alive and sometimes they seem like math.

i ponekad izgledaju živo, a ponekad poput matematike.

Is there an actual inspiration behind each one?

Postoji li neka stvarna inspiracija iza svake?

Are you thinking of something physical or somthing tangible as you design it?

Mislite li o nečem fizičkom ili stvarnom dok ih stvarate?

RM: Well some of them definitely have a direct observation --

RM: Neke od njih zasigurno potječu od izravnog promatranja --

like literally two raindrops falling,

doslovno poput dvije kapljice kiše koje padaju,

and just watching that pattern is so stunning.

jednostavno promatranje tog uzorka je vrlo zapanjujuće.

And then just trying to figure out how to make that using stuff.

I onda jednostavno pokušati dokučiti kako to napraviti pomoću raznih stvari.

I like working with my hands.

Volim raditi svojim rukama.

There's nothing better than cutting a piece of wood

Nema ništa boljeg od rezanja komada drva

and trying to make it move.

i natjerati ga da se pokrene.

JC: And does it ever change?

JC: I mijenjaju li se ikada?

Do you think you're designing one thing,

Mislite li da izrađujete jednu stvar,

and then when it's produced it looks like something else?

i onda kada je napravite izgleda kao nešto potpuno drugačije?

RM: The "Double Raindrop" I worked on for nine months,

RM: "Dvostruka kapljica", na kojoj sam radio devet mjeseci,

and when I finally turned it on,

kada sam ju napokon uključio,

I actually hated it.

zapravo sam je mrzio.

The very moment I turned it on, I hated it.

Od prvog trenutka kada sam ju uključio, zamrzio sam je.

It was like a really deep-down gut reaction, and I wanted to throw it out.

Bila je to reakcija izazvana duboko u meni, i jednostavno sam je htio baciti.

And I happened to have a friend who was over,

I slučajno je naišao prijatelj

and he said, "Why don't you just wait."

i rekao, "Zašto jednostavno ne pričekaš."

And I waited, and the next day I liked it a bit better,

I čekao sam, sljedeći dan mi se malo više sviđala,

the next day I liked it a bit better, and now I really love it.

sljedeći dan još više, i sad je stvarno volim.

And so I guess, one, the gut reactions a little bit wrong sometimes,

Tako da pretpostavljam, prvo, da je naš instinkt ponekad u krivu,

and two, it does not look like as expected.

i drugo, ne izgeda sve kako smo očekivali.

JC: The relationship evolves over time.

JC: Veza izrasta tijekom vremena.

Well thank you so much. That was a gorgeous treat for us.

RM: Thanks. (JC: Thank you, Reuben.)

Hvala vam jako puno. Ovo je bilo prekasna poslastica za nas.

RM: Hvala. (JC: Hvala vam, Reuben.)

(Applause)

( Pljesak )