Shilo Shiv Suleman: Using tech to enable dreaming

Translator: Erika Vojtkova Reviewer: Terézia Turčanová

My story begins right here actually in Rajasthan

Môj príbeh začína priamo tu v Radžastháne,

about two years ago.

asi 2 roky dozadu.

I was in the desert, under the starry skies

Bola som na púšti, nado mnou hviezdna obloha,

with the Sufi singer Mukhtiar Ali.

so spevákom Sufi menom Mukhtiar Ali.

And we were in conversation

A rozprávali sme sa

about how nothing had changed

o tom, ako sa nič nezmenilo

since the time of the ancient Indian epic "The Mahabharata."

od čias staroindického eposu "Mahábhárata."

So back in the day, when us Indians wanted to travel

Voľakedy, keď sme my Indovia chceli cestovať,

we'd jump into a chariot and we'd zoom across the sky.

naskočili sme do voza a leteli ozlomkrky.

Now we do the same with airplanes.

Teraz robíme to isté s lietadlami.

Back then,

Predtým,

when Arjuna, the great Indian warrior prince,

keď indický princ Arjuna, veľký bojovník,

when he was thirsty, he'd take out a bow,

keď bol smädný, vybral luk,

he'd shoot it into the ground and water would come out.

vystrelil šíp do zeme a z tej začala tiecť voda.

Now we do the same

Teraz robíme to isté

with drills and machines.

s vrtákmi a strojmi.

The conclusion that we came to

Dospeli sme k záveru,

was that magic had been replaced

že kúzlo nahradili

by machinery.

stroje.

And this made me really sad.

A z toho som bola vážne smutná.

I found myself becoming a little bit of a technophobe.

Uvedomila som si, že sa zo mňa stáva trochu technofobik.

I was terrified by this idea

Desila som sa predstavy,

that I would lose the ability

že stratím schopnosť

to enjoy and appreciate the sunset

tešiť sa a vážiť si západ slnka

without having my camera on me, without tweeting it to my friends.

bez toho, aby som pri sebe mala foťák a tweetovala o tom kamarátom.

And it felt like technology

Mala som pocit, že technológia

should enable magic, not kill it.

by mala kúzlo umožniť, nie ho zabiť.

When I was a little girl,

Keď som bola malá,

my grandfather gave me his little silver pocket watch.

dedko mi dal svoje malé strieborné vreckové hodinky.

And this piece of 50-year-old technology

A tento kus 50-ročnej technológie

became the most magical thing to me.

sa pre mňa stal tou najkúzelnejšou vecou na svete.

It became a gilded gateway

Stal sa zlatou bránou

into a world full of pirates and shipwrecks

do sveta plného pirátov a stroskotaných lodí

and images in my imagination.

a výplodov mojej fantázie.

So I felt like our cellphones

Takže som mala pocit, že naše mobily,

and our fancy watches and our cameras

luxusné hodinky a foťáky

had stopped us from dreaming.

nás zastavili v snívaní.

They stopped us from being inspired.

Vzali nám inšpiráciu.

And so I jumped in, I jumped into this world of technology,

A tak som sa vrhla do tohto sveta technológie,

to see how I could use it to enable magic

aby som zistila, ako ho využiť k uskutočneniu kúzel

as opposed to kill it.

ako opaku k ich zabíjaniu.

I've been illustrating books since I was 16.

Knihy ilustrujem od 16 rokov.

And so when I saw the iPad,

A tak keď som zbadala iPad,

I saw it as a storytelling device

videla som ho ako zariadenie na rozprávanie príbehov,

that could connect readers all over the world.

ktoré by mohlo spojiť čitateľov na celom svete.

It can know how we're holding it.

Dokáže rozpoznať, ako ho držíme.

It can know where we are.

Vie zistiť, kde sa nachádzame.

It brings together image and text

Spája obraz, text,

and animation and sound and touch.

animáciu, zvuk a dotyk.

Storytelling is becoming

Do rozprávania príbehov je zapájaných

more and more multi-sensorial.

čoraz viac zmyslov.

But what are we doing with it?

Ale na čo to je?

So I'm actually just going to go in and launch Khoya,

Teraz spustím Khoyu,

an interactive app for the iPad.

interaktívnu aplikáciu pre iPad.

So it says, "Place your fingers

Píše sa tu, "Položte prsty

upon each light."

na každé zo svetiel."

And so --

A tak -

(Music)

(Hudba)

It says, "This box belongs to ... "

Píše sa tu, "Táto krabička patrí ... "

And so I type in my name.

Takže napíšem moje meno.

And actually I become a character in the book.

A stávam sa vlastne knižnou postavou.

At various points, a little letter drops down to me --

Občas sa mi zjaví malý list -

and the iPad knows where you live because of GPS --

iPad vďaka GPS vie, kde žijete -

which is actually addressed to me.

ktorý je skutočne adresovaný mne.

The child in me is really excited

Dieťa vo mne je strašne nadšené

by these kinds of possibilities.

zo všetkých takýchto možností.

Now I've been talking a lot about magic.

Veľa som rozprávala o kúzlach.

And I don't mean wizards and dragons,

A tým nemyslím čarodejníkov a draky,

I mean the kind of childhood magic,

ale také to detské kúzlo,

those ideas that we all harbored as children.

nápady, ktoré sme ako deti v sebe všetci prechovávali.

This idea of fireflies in a jar, for some reason,

Tento nápad so svätojánskymi muškami v nádobe bol pre mňa

was always really exciting to me.

z nejakého dôvodu vždy veľmi vzrušujúci.

And so over here you need to tilt your iPad,

A tu potrebujete nakloniť iPad,

take the fireflies out.

aby mohli svätojánske mušky vyletieť.

And they actually illuminate your way through the rest of the book.

A potom vám vlastne po zvyšok knihy osvetľujú cestu.

Another idea that really fascinated me as a child

Ďalšia vec, ktorá ma ako dieťa fascinovala,

was that an entire galaxy could be contained

bolo, že celá galaxia by mohla byť obsiahnutá

within a single marble.

v jednej guličke.

And so over here,

A tak sa tu

each book and each world

každá kniha a každý svet

becomes a little marble

stávajú malou guličkou,

that I drag in

ktorú vložím

to this magical device within the device.

do tohto kúzelného prístroja v prístroji.

And it opens up a map.

Roztvorí mapu.

All along, all fantasy books have always had maps,

Fantasy knižky mali vždy mapy,

but these maps have been static.

ale tieto mapy boli nehybné.

This is a map that grows and glows

Toto je mapa, ktorá sa rozrastá a svieti

and becomes your navigation for the rest of the book.

a po zvyšok knihy vás naviguje.

It reveals itself to you at certain points in the book as well.

V niektorých častiach knihy sa vám zjaví aj sama.

So I'm just going to enter in.

Takže vstúpim dnu.

Another thing that's actually really important to me

Ďalšia vec, ktorá je pre mňa dôležitá,

is creating content that is Indian

je vytváranie obsahu, ktorý je indický

and yet very contemporary.

a zároveň veľmi súčasný.

Over here, these are the Apsaras.

Tu máme Apsary.

So we've all heard about fairies and we've all heard about nymphs,

Všetci sme počuli o vílach aj o nymfách,

but how many people outside of India

ale koľko ľudí mimo Indie

know about their Indian counterparts, the Apsaras?

vie o ich indickom náprotivku, Apsarách?

These poor Apsaras have been trapped inside Indra's chambers for thousands of years

Tieto úbohé Apsary boli tisícky rokov väznené v Indrových komnatách

in an old and musty book.

v starej plesnivej knihe.

And so we're bringing them back

Takže ich prinášame späť

in a contemporary story for children.

do súčasnej rozprávky pre deti.

And a story that actually deals with new issues

Do rozprávky, ktorá sa zaoberá novými problémami,

like the environmental crisis.

ako je environmentálna kríza.

(Music)

(Hudba)

Speaking of the environmental crisis,

Keď hovoríme o environmentálnej kríze,

I think a big problem has been in the last 10 years

myslím, že veľkým problémom posledných 10 rokov bolo to,

is that children have been locked inside their rooms,

že deti boli zavreté vo svojich izbách,

glued to their PCs, they haven't been able to get out.

prilepené k počítačom a nechodili vonku.

But now with mobile technology,

Ale teraz s mobilnou technológiou,

we can actually take our children outside into the natural world

môžeme vziať naše deti vonku do prírody

with their technology.

spolu s ich technológiou.

One of the interactions in the book

Jedna z interakcií v knihe

is that you're sent off on this quest

vás vyšle splniť úlohu,

where you need to go outside,

pri ktorej musíte ísť von,

take out your camera on the iPad

zapnúť na iPade foťák

and collect pictures of different natural objects.

a nazbierať obrázky rôznych objektov v prírode.

When I was a child, I had multiple collections

Keď som bola malá, mala som niekoľko zbierok

of sticks and stones and pebbles and shells.

nálepiek, kameňov, okruhliakov a mušlí.

And somehow kids don't do that anymore.

Z nejakého dôvodu to dnešné deti už nerobia.

So in bringing back this childhood ritual,

Takže k oživeniu tohto detského rituálu,

you need to go out

musíte ísť von

and, in one chapter, take a picture of a flower

a - v jednej kapitole - odfotiť kvet

and then tag it.

a potom ho označiť.

In another chapter, you need to take a picture of a piece of bark

V ďalšej kapitole musíte odfotiť kúsok kôry

and then tag that.

a potom ho označiť.

And what happens

A stane sa to,

is that you actually create a digital collection of photographs

že takto vlastne vytvárate digitálne zbierky fotografií,

that you can then put up online.

ktoré môžete dať online.

A child in London puts up a picture of a fox

Dieťa v Londýne zverejní obrázok líšky

and says, "Oh, I saw a fox today."

a povie, "Oh, dnes som videl líšku."

A child in India says, "I saw a monkey today."

Dieťa v Indii povie, "Dnes som videl opicu."

And it creates this kind of social network

A tak vznikne akoby sociálna sieť

around a collection of digital photographs

zo zbierok digitálnych fotografií,

that you've actually taken.

ktoré ste sami urobili.

In the possibilities of linking together

Možností ako prepojiť

magic, the earth and technology,

kúzla, zem a technológiu

there are multiple possibilities.

je veľa.

In the next book, we plan on having an interaction

V ďalšej knihe plánujeme interakciu,

where you take your iPad out with the video on

kedy pôjdete von s iPadom so zapnutou kamerou

and through augmented reality,

a cez rozšírenú realitu

you see this layer of animated pixies

uvidíte vrstvu animovaných škriatkov,

appear on a houseplant that's outside your house.

ktorá sa zjaví na rastlinách pred vaším domom.

At one point, your screen is filled up with leaves.

V jednej chvíli bude vaša obrazovka pokrytá listami.

And so you need to make the sound of wind and blow them away

Takže budete musieť napodobniť zvuk vetra a odfúknuť ich preč

and read the rest of the book.

a pokračovať v čítaní knihy.

We're moving, we're all moving here,

Približujeme sa

to a world where the forces of nature

k svetu, kde sa sily prírody

come closer together to technology,

zbližujú s technológiou,

and magic and technology can come closer together.

a tak sa aj kúzla a technológia môžu zblížiť.

We're harnessing energy from the sun.

Využívame energiu zo slnka.

We're bringing our children and ourselves

Približujeme naše deti aj nás

closer to the natural world

viac k prírode,

and that magic and joy

kúzlam, radosti

and childhood love that we had

a detskej láske, ktorú sme mali,

through the simple medium of a story.

prostredníctvom jednoduchého média príbehu.

Thank you.

Ďakujem.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)