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Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Mile Živković

In 2012, when I painted the minaret of Jara Mosque

2012. godine, kada sam oslikao minaret džamije Džara

in my hometown of Gabés, in the south of Tunisia,

u mom rodnom Gabesu, na jugu Tunisa,

I never thought that graffiti would bring so much attention to a city.

nisam ni pomislio da će grafiti doneti toliko pažnje gradu.

At the beginning, I was just looking for a wall in my hometown,

U početku, samo sam tražio zid u mom rodnom gradu,

and it happened that the minaret was built in '94.

i desilo se da je minaret izgrađen 1994. godine.

And for 18 years, those 57 meters of concrete stayed grey.

I tokom 18 godina, tih 57 metara betona ostalo je sivo.

When I met the imam for the first time, and I told him what I wanted to do,

Kada sam sreo imama prvi put i kazao mu šta hoću da uradim,

he was like, "Thank God you finally came,"

rekao je: "Hvala Bogu da si konačno došao",

and he told me that for years he was waiting for somebody

i rekao mi je da je godinama čekao

nekoga da nešto uradi na njoj.

to do something on it.

The most amazing thing about this imam is that he didn't ask me anything --

Najzanimljivija stvar u vezi sa ovim imamom je da me ništa nije pitao -

neither a sketch, or what I was going to write.

nije tražio skicu, niti je pitao šta ću da napišem.

In every work that I create, I write messages

Stvarajući svako delo, pišem poruke

with my style of calligraffiti -- a mix of calligraphy and graffiti.

svojim stilom kaligrafita - mešavina kaligrafije i grafita.

I use quotes or poetry.

Koristim citate ili poeziju.

For the minaret, I thought that the most relevant message

Za minaret sam smatrao da bi najvažnija poruka

to be put on a mosque should come from the Quran,

koju treba staviti na džamiju bila iz Kurana,

so I picked this verse:

i tako sam odabrao ove stihove:

"Oh humankind, we have created you from a male and a female,

„O čovečanstvo, stvorili smo te od muškarca i žene,

and made you people and tribe, so you may know each other."

i napravili ljude i plemena, tako da možete da poznajete jedni druge.”

It was a universal call for peace, tolerance, and acceptance

Bio je to univerzalni poziv na mir, toleranciju i prihvatanje

coming from the side that we don't usually portray in a good way in the media.

od strane koju u medijima obično ne prikazujemo na dobar način.

I was amazed to see how the local community reacted to the painting,

Bio sam zapanjen kada sam video

kako je lokalna zajednica reagovala na sliku,

and how it made them proud to see the minaret getting so much attention

i kako su bili ponosni videvši da minaret dobija toliko pažnje

from international press all around the world.

od međunarodne štampe širom sveta.

For the imam, it was not just the painting;

Za imama, to nije bila samo slika;

it was really deeper than that.

bilo je nešto dublje od toga.

He hoped that this minaret would become a monument for the city,

Nadao se da će ovaj minaret postati spomenik grada

and attract people to this forgotten place of Tunisia.

i privući ljude u ovo zaboravljeno mesto u Tunisu.

The universality of the message,

Univerzalnost poruke,

the political context of Tunisia at this time,

politički kontekst u Tunisu u to vreme,

and the fact that I was writing Quran in a graffiti way

i činjenica da sam napisao stihove Kurana u stilu grafita

were not insignificant.

nisu bili bez značaja.

It reunited the community.

To je iznova ujedinilo zajednicu.

Bringing people, future generations,

Spajanje ljudi, budućih generacija,

together through Arabic calligraphy

kroz arapsku kaligrafiju

is what I do.

je ono što ja radim.

Writing messages is the essence of my artwork.

Pisanje poruka je suština mog rada.

What is funny, actually, is that even Arabic-speaking people

Smešno je da čak i ljudi koji govore arapski jezik

really need to focus a lot to decipher what I'm writing.

moraju zaista mnogo da se fokusiraju da bi dešifrovali ono što pišem.

You don't need to know the meaning to feel the piece.

Ne morate da znate značenje da biste osetili delo.

I think that Arabic script touches your soul before it reaches your eyes.

Mislim da arapsko pismo dotakne dušu pre nego što stigne do očiju.

There is a beauty in it that you don't need to translate.

U njemu postoji lepota koju ne treba prevoditi.

Arabic script speaks to anyone, I believe;

Arapsko pismo se obraća svakome, verujem;

to you, to you, to you, to anybody,

vama, vama, vama, svakome,

and then when you get the meaning,

i onda kada shvatite značenje,

you feel connected to it.

osećate se povezano sa njime.

I always make sure to write messages

Uvek se postaram da napišem poruke

that are relevant to the place where I'm painting,

koje su relevantne za mesto gde slikam,

but messages that have a universal dimension,

ali poruke koje imaju univerzalnu dimenziju,

so anybody around the world can connect to it.

tako da se svako u svetu može povezati sa njom.

I was born and raised in France, in Paris,

Rođen sam i odrastao u Francuskoj, u Parizu,

and I started learning how to write and read Arabic when I was 18.

i počeo da učim da pišem i čitam arapski kada sam imao 18 godina.

Today I only write messages in Arabic.

Danas pišem poruke samo na arapskom.

One of the reasons this is so important to me,

Jedan od razloga zbog čega mi je ovo tako važno

is because of all the reaction that I've experienced all around the world.

je zbog svih reakcija koje sam doživeo širom sveta.

In Rio de Janeiro, I translated this Portuguese poem

U Rio de Žaneiru, preveo sam portugalsku pesmu

from Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa,

od autora Gabriela Toresa Barbose,

who was giving an homage to the poor people of the favela,

koji je odao počast siromašnim ljudima iz favele,

and then I painted it on the rooftop.

i zatim sam je naslikao na krovu.

The local community were really intrigued by what I was doing,

Lokalnu zajednicu je zaista zaintrigiralo ono što sam radio,

but as soon as I gave them the meaning of the calligraphy,

ali čim sam im objasnio značenje te kaligrafije,

they thanked me, as they felt connected to the piece.

zahvalili su mi se, kao da su se osetili povezano sa delom.

In South Africa, in Cape Town,

U Južnoj Africi, u Kejptaunu,

the local community of Philippi

lokalna zajednica Filipi

offered me the only concrete wall of the slum.

ponudila mi je samo zabačeni betonski zid.

It was a school, and I wrote on it

To je bila škola, i na njoj sam napisao

a quote from Nelson Mandela,

citat Nelsona Mandele,

saying, "[in Arabic],"

koji kaže: „[Govori arapski]”,

which means, "It seems impossible until it's done."

što znači: „Deluje nemoguće sve dok se ne uradi.”

Then this guy came to me and said, "Man, why you don't write in English?"

Onda mi je prišao neki tip i rekao: „Čoveče, zašto ne pišeš na engleskom?”

and I replied to him, "I would consider your concern legit if you asked me

a ja sam mu odgovorio:

„Smatrao bih tvoje interesovanje legitimnim

da si me pitao zašto ne pišem na zulu jeziku.”

why I didn't write in Zulu."

In Paris, once, there was this event,

Jednom je u Parizu bio neki događaj

and someone gave his wall to be painted.

i neko je dao svoj zid da se oslika.

And when he saw I was painting in Arabic,

I kada je video da slikam na arapskom,

he got so mad -- actually, hysterical -- and he asked for the wall to be erased.

pobesneo je - u stvari, histerisao je, tražio je da se zid obriše.

I was mad and disappointed.

Bio sam ljut i razočaran.

But a week later, the organizer of the event asked me to come back,

Nedelju dana kasnije, organizator događaja je zatražio da se vratim,

and he told me that there was a wall right in front of this guy's house.

i rekao mi je da postoji zid baš ispred kuće tog tipa.

So, this guy --

I, taj tip -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

like, was forced to see it every day.

bio je primoran da ga gleda svakog dana.

At the beginning, I was going to write, "[In Arabic],"

Prvo sam hteo da napišem: „[Govori arapski]”,

which means, "In your face," but --

što znači „Evo ti za inat”, ali -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I decided to be smarter and I wrote, "[In Arabic],"

odlučio sam da postupim pametnije i napisao: „[Govori arapski]”,

which means, "Open your heart."

što znači: „Otvori svoje srce.”

I'm really proud of my culture,

Zaista sam ponosan na svoju kulturu,

and I'm trying to be an ambassador of it through my artwork.

i pokušavam da budem njen ambasador kroz moja umetnička dela.

And I hope that I can break the stereotypes we all know,

I nadam se da mogu da razbijem stereotipe koji su svima nama poznati,

with the beauty of Arabic script.

lepotom arapskog pisma.

Today, I don't write the translation of the message anymore on the wall.

Danas više ne pišem prevod poruke na zidu.

I don't want the poetry of the calligraphy to be broken,

Ne želim da se pokvari poezija kaligrafije,

as it's art and you can appreciate it without knowing the meaning,

jer to je umetnost i možete je ceniti ne znajući značenje,

as you can enjoy any music from other countries.

kao što možete uživati u bilo kojoj muzici iz drugih zemalja.

Some people see that as a rejection or a closed door,

Neki ljudi vide to kao odbijanje ili kao zatvorena vrata,

but for me, it's more an invitation --

ali za mene je to više poziv -

to my language, to my culture, and to my art.

mom jeziku, mojoj kulturi i mojoj umetnosti.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)