Neil Harbisson: I listen to color

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Senzos Osijek Recezent: Danijela Rako

Well, I was born with a rare visual condition

Rođen sam s rijetkim vizualnim poremećajem

called achromatopsia, which is total color blindness,

koji se naziva akromatopsija, što je potpuna sljepoća za boje,

so I've never seen color,

nikada nisam vidio boju

and I don't know what color looks like,

i ne znam kako boja izgleda

because I come from a grayscale world.

zato što dolazim iz svijeta nijansi sive.

To me, the sky is always gray,

Za mene je nebo uvijek sivo,

flowers are always gray,

cvijeće je uvijek sivo,

and television is still in black and white.

a televizija je i dalje crno-bijela.

But, since the age of 21,

Međutim, od svoje 21. godine,

instead of seeing color, I can hear color.

umjesto da vidim boje, ja ih čujem.

In 2003, I started a project

2003. godine sam započeo projekt

with computer scientist Adam Montandon,

s računalnim znanstvenikom Adamom Montandom,

and the result, with further collaborations

a rezultat je uz daljnju suradnju

with Peter Kese from Slovenia

s Peterom Keseom iz Slovenije

and Matias Lizana from Barcelona,

i Matiasom Lizanom iz Barcelone,

is this electronic eye.

ovo elektroničko oko.

It's a color sensor that detects

To je senzor za boje koji otkriva

the color frequency in front of me — (Frequency sounds) —

frekvenciju boje ispred mene - (zvuk frekvencije) -

and sends this frequency to a chip installed

i šalje te frekvencije u čip postavljen

at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me

na moj zatiljak, tako da čujem boje ispred sebe

through the bone, through bone conduction.

kroz kosti, kroz kondukciju kostima.

(Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like —

(Zvuk frekvencije) Dakle, na primjer, imate ovo -

This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds)

ovo je zvuk ljubičaste. (Zvuk frekvencije)

For example, this is the sound of grass. (Frequency sounds)

Ovo je zvuk boje trave. (Zvuk frekvencije)

This is red, like TED. (Frequency sounds)

– ovo je crveno, kao TED. (Zvuk frekvencije)

This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter)

Ovo je zvuk prljave čarape. (Smijeh)

Which is like yellow, this one.

Što je kao žuta, ova.

So I've been hearing color all the time for eight years,

Slušam boje cijelo vrijeme već osam godina,

since 2004, so I find it completely normal now

od 2004. pa mi je potpuno normalno

to hear color all the time.

da sada stalno čujem boje.

At the start, though, I had to memorize the names you give

U početku sam morao zapamtiti imena koja se daju

for each color, so I had to memorize the notes,

svakoj boji, morao sam zapamtiti zabilješke,

but after some time, all this information

ali nakon nekog vremena, sve su te informacije

became a perception.

postale percepcija.

I didn't have to think about the notes.

Nisam više morao misliti o bilješkama.

And after some time, this perception became a feeling.

Nakon nekog vremena percepcija je postala osjećaj.

I started to have favorite colors,

Počeo sam imati omiljene boje

and I started to dream in colors.

i počeo sam sanjati u boji.

So, when I started to dream in color is when I felt

Kada sam počeo sanjati u bojama, tada sam osjetio

that the software and my brain had united,

da su se softver i moj mozak ujedinili,

because in my dreams, it was my brain creating

zato što u snovima moj mozak stvara

electronic sounds. It wasn't the software,

elektroničke zvukove, ne softver.

so that's when I started to feel like a cyborg.

Tada sam se počeo osjećati kao kiborg.

It's when I started to feel that the cybernetic device

Tada sam počeo osjećati da kibernetička naprava

was no longer a device.

nije više naprava.

It had become a part of my body,

Postala je dio mog tijela,

an extension of my senses,

produžetak mojih osjetila,

and after some time, it even became a part

te nakon nekog vremena, postala je i dio

of my official image.

moje službene slike.

This is my passport from 2004.

Ovo je moja putovnica iz 2004. godine.

You're not allowed to appear on U.K. passports

Na putovnicama Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva

with electronic equipment, but I insisted

ne smijete se slikati s elektroničkom opremom,

to the passport office that what they were seeing

ali u uredu za putovnice inzistirao sam da je ono što vide

was actually a new part of my body,

zapravo novi dio mog tijela,

an extension of my brain, and they finally accepted me

produžetak mog mozga i napokon su prihvatili

to appear with the passport photo.

da se pojavim na slikama za putovnicu.

So, life has changed dramatically since I hear color,

Dakle, život se dramatično promijenio otkako čujem boje,

because color is almost everywhere,

jer boje su gotovo posvuda,

so the biggest change for example is

tako je jedna od najvećih promjena

going to an art gallery, I can listen to a Picasso,

bila otići u umjetničku galeriju - mogu čuti Picassa,

for example. So it's like I'm going to a concert hall,

na primjer.

because I can listen to the paintings.

Dakle to je kao da odlazim u koncertnu dvoranu jer mogu čuti slike.

And supermarkets, I find this is very shocking,

I supermarketi su mi jako šokantni,

it's very, very attractive to walk along a supermarket.

vrlo je privlačno hodati supermarketom.

It's like going to a nightclub.

Slično je odlasku u noćni klub.

It's full of different melodies. (Laughter) Yeah.

Sve je puno različitih melodija. (Smijeh) Da.

Especially the aisle with cleaning products.

Posebno police s proizvodima za čišćenje.

It's just fabulous. (Laughter)

Jednostavno sjajno. (Smijeh)

Also, the way I dress has changed.

Također, način na koji se oblačim se promijenio.

Before, I used to dress in a way that it looked good.

Prije sam se oblačio tako da izgleda dobro.

Now I dress in a way that it sounds good. (Laughter)

Sada se oblačim tako da zvuči dobro. (Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

So today I'm dressed in C major,

Danas sam obučen u C-duru,

so it's quite a happy chord. (Laughter)

što je poprilično sretan akord. (Smijeh)

If I had to go to a funeral, though,

Ako bih morao ići na pogreb,

I would dress in B minor, which would be

obukao bih se u B-mol, što bi bilo

turquoise, purple and orange. (Laughter)

tirkizna, ljubičasta i narančasta. (Smijeh)

Also, food, the way I look at food has changed,

Također, hrana, promijenio se način na koji gledam hranu

because now I can display the food on a plate,

jer sada mogu izložiti hranu na tanjuru

so I can eat my favorite song. (Laughter)

i mogu jesti svoju najdražu pjesmu. (Smijeh)

So depending on how I display it,

Dakle, ovisno o tome kako ju izložim,

I can hear and I can compose music with food.

mogu čuti i skladati glazbu hranom.

So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like,

Zamislite restoran gdje možete imati, recimo,

Lady Gaga salads as starters. (Laughter) I mean,

Lady Gaga salatu kao predjelo. (Smijeh)

this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably.

Mislim, to bi vjerojatno navelo tinejdžere da jedu povrće.

And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos

Također, Rachmaninov piano koncert

as main dishes, and some Bjork or Madonna desserts,

kao glavno jelo, malo Bjork ili Madonne za desert,

that would be a very exciting restaurant

bio bi to vrlo uzbudljiv restoran

where you can actually eat songs.

u kojem biste mogli jesti pjesme.

Also, the way I perceive beauty has changed,

Način na koji vidim ljepotu se također promijenio.

because when I look at someone, I hear their face,

Kada vidim nekoga, čujem njihovo lice,

so someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible.

tako netko može izgledati vrlo lijepo, ali zvučati užasno.

(Laughter) And it might happen the opposite,

(Smijeh) A može se dogoditi i obrnuto.

the other way around. So I really enjoy creating, like,

Tako uživam u stvaranju

sound portraits of people.

zvučnih portreta ljudi.

Instead of drawing someone's face, like drawing the shape,

Umjesto da crtam nečije lice, crtam oblike,

I point at them with the eye and I write down

uperim u njih oko i zapišem

the different notes I hear, and then I create sound portraits.

različite note koje čujem, te potom stvaram zvučne portrete.

Here's some faces.

Evo nekih lica.

(Musical chords)

(Glazbeni akord)

Yeah, Nicole Kidman sounds good. (Laughter)

Da, Nicole Kidman zvuči dobro. (Smijeh)

Some people, I would never relate, but they sound similar.

Neke ljudi nikada ne bih povezao, ali zvuče slično.

Prince Charles has some similarities with Nicole Kidman.

Princ Charles ima sličnosti s Nicole Kidman.

They have similar sound of eyes.

Imaju sličan zvuk očiju.

So you relate people that you wouldn't relate,

Ako možete povezati ljude koje inače ne biste povezali,

and you can actually also create concerts

možete skladati koncerte

by looking at the audience faces.

samo gledajući u lica publike.

So I connect the eye, and then I play the audience's faces.

Spojim oko i onda sviram lica publike.

The good thing about this is,

Dobra stvar u tome jest,

if the concert doesn't sound good, it's their fault.

ako koncert zvuči loše, krivnja je njihova.

It's not my fault, because — (Laughter)

Nije moja krivnja, zato što - (Smijeh)

And so another thing that happens is that

Još jedna stvar koja mi se počela događati

I started having this secondary effect

jest sekundarni efekt

that normal sounds started to become color.

normalnih zvukova koji su počeli dobivati boju.

I heard a telephone tone, and it felt green

Čujem zvuk telefona i osjećam ga zeleno,

because it sounded just like the color green.

jer zvuči baš kao zelena boja.

The BBC beeps, they sound turquoise,

Zvuk najave BBC-a zvuči tirkizno,

and listening to Mozart became a yellow experience,

a slušanje Mozarta postalo je žuto iskustvo.

so I started to paint music and paint people's voices,

Tako sam počeo slikati glazbu i ljudske glasove,

because people's voices have frequencies

zato što glasovi ljudi imaju frekvencije

that I relate to color.

koje ja povezujem s bojama.

And here's some music translated into color.

Evo neke glazbe prevedene u boje.

For example, Mozart, "Queen of the Night," looks like this.

Na primjer, Mozartova „Kraljica noći“ izgleda ovako.

(Music) Very yellow and very colorful,

(Glazba) Vrlo žuto i raznobojno,

because there's many different frequencies.

zato što ima puno raznih frekvencija.

(Music)

(Glazba)

And this is a completely different song.

A ovo je potpuno drugačija pjesma.

(Music) It's Justin Bieber's "Baby." (Laughter)

(Glazba) To je „Baby“ Justina Biebera. (Smijeh)

(Music)

(Glazba)

It is very pink and very yellow.

Jako je ružičasta i jako žuta.

So, also voices, I can transform speeches into color,

Jednako kao glasove i govore mogu prevesti u boje.

for example, these are two very well-known speeches.

Na primjer, ovo su dva vrlo poznata govora.

One of them is Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream,"

Jedan je „Imam san“ Marthina Luthera Kinga,

and the other one is Hitler.

a drugi je Hitler.

And I like to exhibit these paintings in the exhibition halls

Volim pokazivati ove slike u izložbenim dvoranama

without labels, and then I ask people,

bez oznaka i pitati ljude:

"Which one do you prefer?"

„Koji vam je draži?“

And most people change their preference

Većina ljudi promijeni mišljenje

when I tell them that the one on the left is Hitler

kada im kažem da je lijeva Hitler,

and the one on the right is Martin Luther King.

a desna Marthin Luther King.

So I got to a point when I was able to perceive 360 colors,

Došao sam do točke kada sam mogao razlikovati 360 boja,

just like human vision.

baš kao ljudski vid.

I was able to differentiate all the degrees of the color wheel.

Mogao sam razlikovati sve stupnjeve kromatskog spektra.

But then, I just thought that

Ali onda sam pomislio da

this human vision wasn't good enough.

ljudski vid nije dovoljno dobar.

There's many, many more colors around us

Postoji mnogo, mnogo boja oko nas

that we cannot perceive,

koje ne možemo raspoznati,

but that electronic eyes can perceive.

ali elektroničko oko može.

So I decided to continue extending my color senses,

Stoga sam odlučio nastaviti proširivati svoj osjet boje,

and I added infrared and I added ultraviolet

te sam dodao infracrveno i ultraljubičasto

to the color-to-sound scale, so now I can hear colors

u svoju boja-u-zvuk skalu.

that the human eye cannot perceive.

Sada mogu čuti boje koje ljudsko oko ne može primijetiti.

For example, perceiving infrared is good because you can

Na primjer, uočavanje infracrvene je dobro jer zapravo mogu

actually detect if there's movement detectors in a room.

otkriti postoje li detektori pokreta u sobi.

I can hear if someone points at me with a remote control.

Mogu čuti ako netko uperi u mene daljinski upravljač.

And the good thing about perceiving ultraviolet is that

Dobra stvar u uočavanju ultraljubičaste

you can hear if it's a good day or a bad day to sunbathe,

jest da mogu vidjeti je li dobar ili loš dan za sunčanje,

because ultraviolet is a dangerous color,

jer ultraljubičasta je opasna boja,

a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish

boja koja nas doslovno može ubiti, pa mislim da bi svi trebali željeti

to perceive things that we cannot perceive.

zamjećivati stvari koje ne zamjećujemo.

That's why, two years ago,

Zato sam prije dvije godine

I created the Cyborg Foundation,

stvorio Cyborg Fundation,

which is a foundation that tries to help people

zakladu koja pokušava pomoći ljudima

become a cyborg, tries to encourage people

da postanu kiborg,

to extend their senses

pokušava potaknuti ljude da prošire svoje osjete

by using technology as part of the body.

korištenjem tehnologije kao dijelom svoga tijela.

We should all think that knowledge comes from our senses,

Svi smatramo da znanje dolazi iz osjeta,

so if we extend our senses,

dakle ako proširimo svoje osjete,

we will consequently extend our knowledge.

moći ćemo proširiti i svoje znanje.

I think life will be much more exciting

Mislim da će život biti puno uzbudljiviji

when we stop creating applications for mobile phones

kada budemo prestali stvarati aplikacije za mobitele

and we start creating applications for our own body.

i počnemo stvarati aplikacije za svoja tijela.

I think this will be a big, big change

Mislim da će ovo biti velika, velika promjena

that we will see during this century.

koju ćemo vidjeti tijekom ovog stoljeća.

So I do encourage you all to think about which senses

Stoga vas potičem da razmislite koje biste osjete

you'd like to extend.

voljeli proširiti.

I would encourage you to become a cyborg.

Potičem vas da postanete kiborg.

You won't be alone. Thank you. (Applause)

Nećete u tome biti sami. Hvala. (Pljesak)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)