It's not fair having 12 pairs of legs | Aimee Mullins

Translator: Lucia Lukanova Reviewer: Dana Retová

I was speaking to a group of about 300 kids,

Prednášala som skupine asi 300 detí,

ages six to eight, at a children's museum,

od šesť do osem rokov v múzeu pre deti

and I brought with me a bag full of legs,

a priniesla so sebou tašku plnú nôh

similar to the kinds of things you see up here,

podobných tým, čo práve vidíte,

and had them laid out on a table for the kids.

rozložila som ich na stole, pre tie deti.

And, from my experience, you know, kids are naturally curious

Zo skúsenosti vieme, že deti sú prirodzene zvedavé,

about what they don't know, or don't understand,

ak niečo nevedia, nechápu

or is foreign to them.

alebo je im to cudzie.

They only learn to be frightened of those differences

Naučia sa obávať odlišného

when an adult influences them to behave that way,

len pod vplyvom dospelích,

and maybe censors that natural curiosity,

ktorí cenzúrujú ich prirodzenú zvedavosť

or you know, reins in the question-asking

alebo potláčajú ich otázky,

in the hopes of them being polite little kids.

aby boli slušnými malými deťmi.

So I just pictured a first grade teacher out in the lobby

Tak si predstavujem učiteľa prvákov na chodbe

with these unruly kids, saying, "Now, whatever you do,

ako hovorí neposlušným deťom, "Robte čo chcete,

don't stare at her legs."

len jej nečumte na nohy."

But, of course, that's the point.

No práve to je tou podstatou.

That's why I was there, I wanted to invite them to look and explore.

Dôvodom mojej návštevy bolo, aby sa pozerali a skúmali.

So I made a deal with the adults

Dohodla som sa teda s dospelými,

that the kids could come in without any adults for two minutes

aby pustili deti dnu na prvé dve minúty

on their own.

samé.

The doors open, the kids descend on this table of legs,

Dvere sa otvoria, deti sa znesú na stôl plný nôh,

and they are poking and prodding, and they're wiggling toes,

šťuchajú a naťahujú ich, krútia palcami

and they're trying to put their full weight on the sprinting leg

a snažia sa celou váhou zaťažit nohu na šprintovanie,

to see what happens with that.

aby videli, ako reaguje.

And I said, "Kids, really quickly --

Hovorím im "Deti, veľmi rýchlo --

I woke up this morning, I decided I wanted to be able to jump over a house --

ráno som sa zobudila s rozhodnutím, že chcem preskočiť ponad dom --

nothing too big, two or three stories --

nie moc vysoký, dve-tri poschodia --

but, if you could think of any animal, any superhero, any cartoon character,

mysliac na hociaké zviera, superhrdinu, kreslenú postavičku,

anything you can dream up right now,

čo sa vám len v sne napadne,

what kind of legs would you build me?"

aký druh nôh by ste mi spravili?"

And immediately a voice shouted, "Kangaroo!"

A okamžite sa ozve hlas "Klokan!"

"No, no, no! Should be a frog!"

"Nie, nie, nie, žaba!"

"No. It should be Go Go Gadget!"

"Nie. Inšpektor Gadget!"

"No, no, no! It should be the Incredibles."

"Nie, nie, nie! Ako z Rodinky Úžasných."

And other things that I don't -- aren't familiar with.

A kopec iných vecí, čo nepoznám.

And then, one eight-year-old said,

Potom jedna osemročná povie,

"Hey, why wouldn't you want to fly too?"

"A nechcela by si tiež vedieť lietať?"

And the whole room, including me, was like, "Yeah."

A celá miestnosť vrátane mňa len zavzdychala "Hej".

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And just like that, I went from being a woman

Takto jednoducho som sa zmenila zo ženy,

that these kids would have been trained to see as "disabled"

ktorú boli tieto deti naučené vnímať ako "postihnutú",

to somebody that had potential that their bodies didn't have yet.

na niekoho s potenciálom väčším ako ich vlastné telá.

Somebody that might even be super-abled.

Niekoho s takmer nadľudskými schopnosťami.

Interesting.

Zaujímavé.

So some of you actually saw me at TED, 11 years ago.

Niektorí z Vás ma videli na TED pre 11 rokmi,

And there's been a lot of talk about how life-changing this conference is

často sa hovorí, že táto konferencia dokáže zmeniť život

for both speakers and attendees, and I am no exception.

prednášajúcich aj účastníkov a ja nie som výnimkou.

TED literally was the launch pad to the next decade of my life's exploration.

TED bol doslovne štartovacou dráhou do ďaľšieho desaťročia môjho života.

At the time, the legs I presented were groundbreaking in prosthetics.

Nohy, ktoré som prezentovala, boli vtedy prelomom v protézach.

I had woven carbon fiber sprinting legs

Spriadala som karbónové šprintérske nohy

modeled after the hind leg of a cheetah,

modelované podľa zadných nôh geparda,

which you may have seen on stage yesterday.

ktoré ste mohli vidieť na pódiu včera.

And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs.

Tiež tieto veľmi skutočné, prirodzene nafarbené silikónové nohy.

So at the time, it was my opportunity to put a call out

Takže bolo mojou príležitosťou vyzvať

to innovators outside the traditional medical prosthetic community

inovátorov mimo tradičnej protézovej komunity,

to come bring their talent to the science and to the art

aby zapojili svoj talent do vedy a umenia

of building legs.

výroby nôh.

So that we can stop compartmentalizing form, function and aesthetic,

Aby prestali deliť formu, funkciu a estetiku

and assigning them different values.

a dávať im rôzne hodnoty.

Well, lucky for me, a lot of people answered that call.

Našťastie pre mňa na túto výzvu odpovedalo mnoho ľudí.

And the journey started, funny enough, with a TED conference attendee --

Srandou je, že táto cesta začala vďaka účastníčke TED konferencie --

Chee Pearlman, who hopefully is in the audience somewhere today.

Chee Pearlman, ktorá tu dúfam sedí dnes v hľadisku.

She was the editor then of a magazine called ID,

Bola vtedy editorkou časopisu ID

and she gave me a cover story.

a venovala mi titulnú stránku.

This started an incredible journey.

Začala sa tým neuveriteľná cesta.

Curious encounters were happening to me at the time;

Prihodili sa mi vtedy neuveriteľné stretnutia,

I'd been accepting numerous invitations to speak

prijala som mnohé pozvania hovoriť

on the design of the cheetah legs around the world.

po celom svete na tému design nôh geparda.

And people would come up to me after the conference, after my talk,

Po konferencii, po mojom príspevku, za mnou prišli ľudia,

men and women.

muži a ženy,

And the conversation would go something like this,

náš rozhovor vyzeral asi takto:

"You know Aimee, you're very attractive.

"Vieš Aimee, si veľmi atraktívna.

You don't look disabled."

Nevyzeráš ako postihnutá."

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

I thought, "Well, that's amazing,

Myslela som si "To je úžasné,

because I don't feel disabled."

pretože ja sa necítim byť postihnutá."

And it really opened my eyes to this conversation

To mi skutočne otvorilo oči diskusii

that could be explored, about beauty.

o tom, čo je krása.

What does a beautiful woman have to look like?

Ako musí vyzerať krásna žena?

What is a sexy body?

Čo je sexy telo?

And interestingly, from an identity standpoint,

A zaujimavé z hľadiska identity,

what does it mean to have a disability?

čo znamená byť postihnutým?

I mean, people -- Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do.

Veď ľudia -- Pamela Anderson má v sebe viac protéz ako ja.

Nobody calls her disabled.

Nikto ju nenazýva postihnutou.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

So this magazine, through the hands of graphic designer Peter Saville,

Tento časopis sa teda dostal rukami grafického dizajnera Petera Saville

went to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and photographer Nick Knight,

k módnemu dizajnérovi Alexandrovi McQueenovi a fotografovi Nickovi Knightovi,

who were also interested in exploring that conversation.

ktorých tiež zaujala táto téma.

So, three months after TED I found myself on a plane

Tri mesiace po TEDe som teda sedela v lietadle

to London, doing my first fashion shoot,

do Londýna na moje prvé módne fotenie,

which resulted in this cover --

ktorého výsledkom bola táto titulka --

"Fashion-able"?

Módy-schopná?

Three months after that, I did my first runway show for Alexander McQueen

Tri mesiace nato som spravila prvú mólovú šou pre Alexandra McQueena

on a pair of hand-carved wooden legs made from solid ash.

na páre nôh ručne vyrezávaných z jaseňa.

Nobody knew -- everyone thought they were wooden boots.

Nikto to nevedel -- každý ich pokladal za drevené čižmy.

Actually, I have them on stage with me:

Inak, mám ich tu so sebou na pódiu:

grapevines, magnolias -- truly stunning.

Vinič, magnólie, vskutku úžasné.

Poetry matters.

Na poézii záleží.

Poetry is what elevates the banal and neglected object

Poézia povznáža obyčajný a zanedbaný predmet

to a realm of art.

do ríše umenia.

It can transform the thing that might have made people fearful

Dokáže transformovať vec, čo inak naháňa strach,

into something that invites them to look,

na vec hodnú pohľadu

and look a little longer,

a dlhšieho hľadenia

and maybe even understand.

a dokonca možno pochopenia.

I learned this firsthand with my next adventure.

Naučilo ma to z prvej ruky moje ďaľšie dobrodružstvo.

The artist Matthew Barney, in his film opus called the "The Cremaster Cycle."

Umelec Matthew Barney vo svojom filmovom cykle "Cremaster".

This is where it really hit home for me --

Úplne ma to dorazilo --

that my legs could be wearable sculpture.

že moje nohy by mohli byť sochami na nosenie.

And even at this point, I started to move away from the need to replicate human-ness

Vtedy som sa začala vzdaľovať od potreby kopírovania ľudskosti

as the only aesthetic ideal.

ako jediného estetického ideálu.

So we made what people lovingly referred to as glass legs

Spravili sme, čo ľudia láskyplne nazvali sklenými nohami,

even though they're actually optically clear polyurethane,

aj keď boli v podstate z priehľadného polyuretánu

a.k.a. bowling ball material.

a.k.a. materiálu bowlingových gúľ.

Heavy!

Tvrdé!

Then we made these legs that are cast in soil

Potom sme vyrobili nohy odliate do zeme

with a potato root system growing in them, and beetroots out the top,

s koreňovým systémom zemiakov, repkou hore

and a very lovely brass toe.

a krásnym mosadzným palcom.

That's a good close-up of that one.

Tu je bližší detail.

Then another character was a half-woman, half-cheetah --

Ďaľšia postavička bola potom napol žena, napol gepard --

a little homage to my life as an athlete.

malá pocta môjmu životu atlétky.

14 hours of prosthetic make-up

14 hodín protézového make-upu

to get into a creature that had articulated paws,

zmení ženu na tvora s ohybnými labkami,

claws and a tail that whipped around,

pazúrmi a chvostom, ktorý máva hore dole

like a gecko.

ako jašterica.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And then another pair of legs we collaborated on were these --

Tu je ďaľší pár nôh, na ktorom sme spolupracovali...

look like jellyfish legs,

vyzerajú ako nohy medúzy.

also polyurethane.

Tiež polyuretán.

And the only purpose that these legs can serve,

Tieto nohy slúžia len jedinému účelu

outside the context of the film,

mimo kontextu filmu,

is to provoke the senses and ignite the imagination.

a to provokácii zmyslov a naštartovaniu predstavivosti.

So whimsy matters.

Veci rozmaru.

Today, I have over a dozen pair of prosthetic legs

Vlastním dnes vyše tucta párov protéz,

that various people have made for me,

ktoré mi vyrobili rôzni ľudia,

and with them I have different negotiations of the terrain under my feet,

a ktoré umožňujú rozdielne zdolávanie terénu.

and I can change my height --

Môžem zmeniť svoju výšku --

I have a variable of five different heights.

Mám na výber päť rôznych výšok

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

Today, I'm 6'1".

Dnes meriam 185 cm.

And I had these legs made a little over a year ago

Tieto nohy boli vyrobené asi rok dozadu

at Dorset Orthopedic in England

v Dorset Ortopédii v Anglicku

and when I brought them home to Manhattan,

a keď som ich priniesla domov na Manhattan,

my first night out on the town, I went to a very fancy party.

prvú noc vonku v meste som šla na snobskú párty.

And a girl was there who has known me for years

Kamoške, čo ma poznala už roky

at my normal 5'8".

s mojimi normálnymi 170 cm,

Her mouth dropped open when she saw me,

spadla sánka, keď ma videla,

and she went, "But you're so tall!"

povedala "Ty si ale vysoká!"

And I said, "I know. Isn't it fun?"

Ja na to "Viem, nie je to sranda?"

I mean, it's a little bit like wearing stilts on stilts,

Je to trochu ako nosenie opätkov na opätkoch,

but I have an entirely new relationship to door jams

mám tým celkom nový vzťah k prahom vo dverách,

that I never expected I would ever have.

čo som nikdy nečakala.

And I was having fun with it.

A to ma bavilo.

And she looked at me,

Ona sa na mňa pozrela

and she said, "But, Aimee, that's not fair."

a povedala: "Aimee, to nie je fér."

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

And the incredible thing was she really meant it.

Neskutočné na tom bolo, že to myslela vážne.

It's not fair that you can change your height,

Je nefér môcť meniť svoju výšku

as you want it.

ako si človek zmyslí.

And that's when I knew --

Vtedy som si uvedomila --

that's when I knew that the conversation with society

uvedomila som si, že rozhovor so spoločnosťou

has changed profoundly

sa od základov zmenil

in this last decade.

v poslednom desaťročí.

It is no longer a conversation about overcoming deficiency.

Nebavíme sa už o prekonaní postihnutia.

It's a conversation about augmentation.

Bavíme sa o zlepšení.

It's a conversation about potential.

Bavíme sa o potenciále.

A prosthetic limb doesn't represent the need to replace loss anymore.

Protéza už nereprezentuje potrebu nahradiť stratu.

It can stand as a symbol that the wearer

Môže byť symbolom toho, že majiteľ

has the power to create whatever it is that they want to create

má moc vytvoriť to, čo chce vytvoriť

in that space.

namiesto straty.

So people that society once considered to be disabled

Takže ľudia, ktorých spoločnosť pokladala za postihnutých,

can now become the architects of their own identities

sa môžu zrazu stať architektami vlastných identít

and indeed continue to change those identities

a naďalej meniť svoje identity

by designing their bodies

vytváraním vlastných tiel

from a place of empowerment.

podľa vlastnej vôle.

And what is exciting to me so much right now

V súčasnosti pokladám za neskutočne vzrušujúce,

is that by combining cutting-edge technology --

že kombináciou špičkovej technológie --

robotics, bionics --

robotiky a bioniky --

with the age-old poetry,

s vekmi starou poéziou,

we are moving closer to understanding our collective humanity.

sa približujeme k porozumeniu našej kolektívnej ľudskosti.

I think that if we want to discover the full potential

Myslím si, že ak máme objaviť plný potenciál

in our humanity,

našej ľudskosti,

we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths

musíme sláviť tie srdcervúce silné stránky

and those glorious disabilities that we all have.

aj tie úžasné postihnutia, ktoré každý máme.

I think of Shakespeare's Shylock:

Mám na mysli Shakespearovho Shylocka:

"If you prick us, do we not bleed,

"Keď nás bodnete, nekrvácame?

and if you tickle us, do we not laugh?"

A keď nás pošteklíte, nesmejeme sa?"

It is our humanity,

Je to naša ľudskosť

and all the potential within it,

a celý jej potenciál,

that makes us beautiful.

ktorý nás robí krásnymi.

Thank you.

Ďakujem Vám.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)