The Mind-Bending Art of Deep Time | Katie Paterson | TED

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Ivana Korom

Have you ever bathed under a light that creates the glow of a full moon,

Da li ste ikad bili okupani svetlom nastalim od sjaja punog meseca,

sculpted beaches into miniature mountains

oblikovali plaže u minijaturne planine

or breathed in the aroma of Earth’s first trees?

ili udisali aromu prvog drveća na Zemlji?

These are some of the artworks I’ve made to come to an understanding of deep time.

Ovo su neka od umetničkih dela koja sam napravila kako bih razumela duboko vreme.

But what is deep time,

Šta je pak duboko vreme

and why does it matter to us all?

i zašto je važno za sve nas?

The term describes the history of the Earth

Termin opisuje istoriju Zemlje

over a time span of millions of years.

u vremenskom rasponu od više miliona godina.

My first encounter with deep time came after I’d finished my studies,

Moj prvi susret sa dubokim vremenom se desio po završetku studija,

had no job

nisam imala posao

and didn’t know what to do.

i nisam znala šta da radim.

So I took off to work as a chambermaid in the remote north of Iceland.

Pa sam se zaposlila kao sobarica u zabačenom severu Islanda.

I was tilted on my axis

Bila sam izbačena iz težišta

and began a series of explorations

i započela sam niz istraživanja

to try to figure out how to tell the story of deep time.

pokušavajući da shvatim kako da pripovedam o dubokom vremenu.

This has been the quest of my work,

To je misija mog rada,

and it’s taken me through the cosmos,

koja me je vodila kroz kosmos,

the geological strata of the Earth,

geološke slojeve Zemlje

to encounters with the earliest forms of life.

i susrete sa najranijim oblicima života.

In Iceland I realized that we live on a planet.

Na Islandu sam uvidela da živimo na planeti.

By opening my eyes to the primordial landscape,

Otvarajući oči pred iskonskim pejzažima,

I started to understand we’re not born out of nothing.

počela sam da shvatam da nismo rođeni ni iz čega.

The sea, the sky, the Earth, the air:

More, nebo, zemlja, vazduh:

we’re made of the same stuff,

svi smo sačinjeni od iste tvari,

we coexist.

koegzistiramo.

In just my lifetime,

Samo u mom životnom veku,

we humans have become a geological force.

mi ljudi smo postali geološka sila.

We’ve caused glaciers around the world to melt entirely.

Zbog nas su se glečeri širom sveta u potpunosti otopili.

I wanted to bring these distant landscapes closer to our lives in a visceral way.

Želela sam na organski način da približim ove daleke pejzaže.

So of course, I set up a phone line.

Pa sam, naravno, postavila telefonsku liniju.

People everywhere could dial a number

Ljudi bilo gde su mogli da pozovu broj

and listen live to the sound of a glacier melting.

i da slušaju zvuk glečera koji se topi.

(Ice cracks)

(Led puca)

It was an elegy to disappearing landscape.

Radilo se o elegiji nestajućem pejzažu.

(Glacier melts)

(Otapanje glečera)

Can we connect to deep time via sensory experience?

Možemo li da se povežemo sa dubokim vremenom putem senzornog iskustva?

This artwork, called “Totality,”

Ovo umetničko delo, nazvano „Totalitet”,

brings together nearly every solar eclipse documented by humankind

spaja skoro sva pomračenja sunca koje je čovečanstvo zabeležilo

in a mirror ball.

u kugli od ogledala.

Over 10,000 images reflect the progression of a solar eclipse.

Preko 10 000 slika reflektuje progresiju pomračenja sunca.

Their light surrounds us,

Svetlost nas okružuje

and we can feel mesmerized.

i može da nas opčini.

This led me to wonder:

To me je navelo da se zapitam:

What is the color of deep time?

koje je boje duboko vreme?

I mapped the colors of the entire universe,

Napravila sam kartu boja celokupnog univerzuma,

from its very beginnings to its potential ends,

od njegovog samog početka do potencijalnog kraja,

discovering the pale blue hues of the first stars

otkrivajući svetloplave nijanse prvih zvezda

to the dark maroons of the last light.

i tamnokestenjaste nijanse poslednjeg svetla.

Every single atom in our bodies was formed in a star billions of years ago.

Svaki atom u našim telima je napravljen pre više milijardi godina unutar zvezde.

The remnants of stars make up all of us.

Svi smo sačinjeni od ostataka zvezda.

My vision was to gather every dying star across the universe

Moja vizija je bila da skupim sve umiruće zvezde širom univerzuma

and make a map.

i sačinim mapu.

The result:

Rezultat:

over 27,000 supernova,

preko 27 000 supernova,

stellar black holes

zvezdanih crnih rupa

and gamma-ray bursts shimmer as pinpoints of aluminum.

i eksplozija gama zraka svetlucaju kao aluminijumske tačkice.

What you see is a graveyard of stars,

Ono što vidite je groblje zvezda,

yet it alludes to life.

koje ipak nagoveštava život.

The journey we humans have been on to arrive right here

Putovanje na kom smo mi ljudi bili kako bismo stigli baš tu

is nothing short of a miracle.

je više od čuda.

“Fossil Necklace” is a string of worlds made of the material of life itself.

„Fosilna ogrlica” je niska svetova sačinjena od materijala koji je sam život.

Each bead is carved from ancient fossils

Svaka perla je izdubljena od drevnog fosila

and strung geological epoch by epoch.

i geološki je nanizana po epohama.

The beads chart major moments in Earth’s history.

Perle obeležavaju važnije trenutke u istoriji Zemlje.

The first single-celled life,

Prvi jednoćelijski život,

the first flowers,

prvo cveće,

the first creatures to see

prva bića koja su progledala

and to fly.

i poletela.

“Fossil Necklace” speaks to our long continuum.

„Fosilna ogrlica” svedoči o našem dugom kontinuitetu.

Every day we walk past trees,

Svaki dan prolazimo pored drveća,

but do we stop to think that they are our cousins?

ali da li zastanemo i pomislimo da su to naši rođaci?

We share so many of our genes with trees,

Toliko naših gena je zajedničko sa drvećem,

and forests give us our breath.

a šume nam udahnjuju vazduh.

I wanted to honor them

Želela sam da im odam poštu

by creating a sculpture made of every tree type on Earth.

praveći kip sačinjen od svih vrsta drveća na Zemlji.

This is “Hollow.”

Ovo je „Šupljina”.

Designed with architects Zeller & Moye,

Dizajnirana sa arhitektama Zeler i Moje,

it brings together over 10,000 tree species

ona spaja preko 10 000 vrsta drveća

spanning millions of years.

starih više miliona godina.

We were donated wood samples from almost every country:

Dobili smo primerke drveta iz skoro svih država:

the Indian Banyan,

indijski banjan,

the White Mulberry,

beli dud,

the Dawn Redwood

metasekvoju,

and twigs from sacred forests around us.

kao i grančice svetih šuma oko nas.

Looking upwards into the light,

Podižući pogled ka svetlu,

we see the most threatened tree species of now.

vidimo trenutno najugroženije vrste drveća.

More recently in my practice,

Nešto skorije u svom radu,

I’ve come to believe that looking forward is just as important as looking back.

postala sam ubeđena da je gledanje napred jednako važno kao i gledanje nazad.

How do we speak to unborn people?

Kako da razgovaramo sa nerođenim ljudima?

How do we build a bridge across time?

Kako da sagradimo most kroz vreme?

I thought the world's literary voices may be the best at doing that job,

Pomislila sam kako su možda svetski književni glasovi najbolji u tom poslu,

so I proposed a library of the future:

pa sam predložila biblioteku budućnosti:

a forest,

u šumi,

a room,

jednoj prostoriji,

100 authors and 100 years.

100 pisaca i 100 godina.

It started in 2014.

Započeta je 2014. godine

On the outskirts of Oslo,

u okolini Osla

we planted a thousand baby Spruce trees.

kada smo posadili hiljadu mladica smreke.

When they’re fully grown,

Kada potpuno porastu,

they’re going to be cut and made into paper.

iseći ćemo ih i pretvoriti u papir.

Every year for 100 years

Svake godine tokom 100 godina,

a different author is invited to write something new.

različiti pisci će dobiti pozivnicu da napišu nešto novo.

Their words will become an anthology of books

Njihove reči će da postanu književna antologija

printed on paper made from these trees,

odštampana na papiru napravljenom od ovog drveća

only to be read in the year 2114.

koja će se čitati tek 2114. godine.

The core of Future Library is time and longevity,

Suština Biblioteke budućnosti je vreme i dugovečnost,

but also hope and rituals.

ali i nada i rituali.

Every spring, we take a pilgrimage to the forest.

Svakog proleća, odlazimo na hodočašće do šume.

Authors hand over their manuscript and announce its title.

Pisci predaju svoj rukopis i obznanjuju njegov naslov.

Their text will be stored here in Oslo’s new library.

Njihovi tekstovi će biti skladišteni ovde u novoj biblioteci u Oslu.

You take off your shoes,

Izujete cipele,

you step inside.

zakoračite unutra.

Each glass drawer holds a manuscript.

Svaka staklena fioka čuva rukopis.

100 years is not vast in cosmic terms.

Sto godina nije previše u kosmičkom smislu.

Yet if my young son lives to read the books,

Ipak, ako moj sin poživi da čita ove knjige,

his world is likely to have changed beyond recognition.

njegov svet će se verovatno promeniti do neprepoznatljivosti.

Will human beings survive to read the books?

Da li će ljudski rod preživeti da čita ove knjige?

Future Library is a century-long prayer.

Biblioteka budućnosti je jednovekovna molitva.

Future generations may be invisible to our eyes,

Buduće generacije su nam možda naočigled nevidljive,

but we are connected through our actions.

ali smo povezani našim delima.

I wanted to see to future readers,

Želela sam da kažem budućim čitaocima:

“I see you.”

„Vidim vas.”

“We see you.”

„Vidimo vas.”

Why does connecting to deep time matter to us all?

Zašto je veza sa dubokim vremenom važna za sve nas?

Shortsightedness may be the greatest threat to humanity.

Kratkovidost je možda najveća pretnja za čovečanstvo.

To be human is to understand that we’re part of a long continuum.

Biti ljudsko biće znači razumeti da smo deo dugog kontinuiteta.

Let’s embrace our cosmic context,

Prigrlimo naš kosmički kontekst,

respect our origins

poštujmo naše poreklo

and hold our future close.

i ne gubimo iz vida budućnost.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.