Sam Martin: The quirky world of "manspaces"

Prevodilac: Tijana Mihajlović Lektor: Ivana Krivokuća

So, I am indeed going to talk about

Dakle, zaista ću pričati o prostoru

the spaces men create for themselves,

koji ljudi stvaraju za sebe,

but first I want to tell you why I'm here.

ali prvo želim da vam kažem zašto sam ovde.

I'm here for two reasons. These two guys

Ovde sam iz dva razloga.

Ova dvojica momaka su moji sinovi, Ford i Ren.

are my two sons Ford and Wren.

When Ford was about three years old,

Kada je Ford imao oko tri godine,

we shared a very small room together,

delili smo veoma malu sobu

in a very small space.

u veoma malom prostoru.

My office was on one half of the bedroom,

Moja kancelarija bila je jedna polovina sobe,

and his bedroom was on the other half.

a njegova spavaća soba bila je druga polovina.

And you can imagine, if you're a writer,

Kao što možete da zamislite, ako ste pisac,

that things would get really crowded around deadlines.

može se stvoriti prava gužva tokom perioda sa rokovima.

So when Wren was on the way,

Tako, kad je Ren već bio na putu,

I realized I needed to find a space of my own.

shvatio sam da mi treba prostor koji je samo moj.

There was no more space in the house. So I went out to the backyard,

Nije bilo više mesta u kući, pa sam otišao u dvorište

and without any previous building experience,

i bez ikakvog prethodnog graditeljskog iskustva

and about 3,000 dollars and some

i sa oko 3 000 dolara

recycled materials, I built this space.

i nešto recikliranog materijala, izgradio sam mesto.

It had everything I needed. It was quiet.

Imalo je sve što mi je potrebno - bilo je tiho,

There was enough space. And I had control, which was very important.

bilo je dovoljno prostora i imao sam kontrolu,

što je veoma važno.

As I was building this space, I thought

Dok sam gradio ovaj prostor, pomislio sam u sebi:

to myself, "Surely I'm not the only guy

„Sigurno nisam jedini momak

to have to have carved out a space for his own."

koji je izgradio mesto za sebe",

So I did some research.

pa sam malo istraživao

And I found that there was an historic precedence.

i otkrio da postoji istorijat ovoga.

Hemingway had his writing space.

Hemingvej je imao svoj prostor za pisanje.

Elvis had two or three manspaces,

Elvis je imao dva ili tri mesta rezervisana samo za muškarce,

which is pretty unique because he lived with both his wife and his mother in Graceland.

što je prilično jedinstveno jer je živeo sa ženom i majkom u Grejslendu.

In the popular culture, Superman had the Fortress of Solitude,

U popularnoj kulturi, Supermen je imao Tvrđavu usamljenosti,

and there was, of course, the Batcave.

a postoji, naravno, i Betmenova pećina.

So I realized then that I wanted to go out on a journey

Tada sam shvatio da želim da krenem na put

and see what guys were creating for themselves now.

i vidim šta momci danas grade za sebe.

Here is one of the first spaces I found. It is in Austin, Texas,

Evo jednog mesta koji sam našao u Ostinu u Teksasu,

which is where I'm from.

odakle sam i sam.

On the outside it looks like a very typical garage, a nice garage.

Spolja izgleda kao tipična garaža, fina garaža,

But on the inside, it's anything but.

ali je iznutra sve osim garaže,

And this, to me, is a pretty classic manspace.

a ovo je, za mene, prilično klasičan prostor za muškarce.

It has neon concert posters, a bar

Ima neonsku svetiljku, koncertne postere, bar

and, of course, the leg lamp,

i, naravno, lampu u obliku ženske noge,

which is very important.

što je vrlo bitno.

I soon realized that manspaces didn't have to be only inside.

Uskoro sam shvatio da prostor za muškarce

ne mora da se odnosi samo na prostor iznutra.

This guy built a bowling alley in his backyard,

Ovaj momak je izgradio kuglanu u dvorištu

out of landscaping timbers, astroturf.

koristeći grede za uređivanje, veštačku travu,

And he found the scoreboard in the trash.

a tabelu za rezultate našao je u otpadu.

Here's another outdoor space, a little bit more sophisticated.

Evo još jednog vanjskog prostora, nešto malo prefinjenijeg.

This a 1923 wooden tugboat,

Ovo je drveni remorker iz 1923. godine,

made completely out of Douglas fir.

napravljen potpuno od četinarskog drveta.

The guy did it all himself.

Ovaj momak je sve sam uradio.

And there is about 1,000 square feet of hanging-out space inside.

Postoji oko 300 kvadratnih metara prostora za provođenje vremena unutra.

So, pretty early on in my investigations

Znači, prilično rano u istraživanju

I realized what I was finding was not what I expected to find,

shvatio sam da nailazim na nešto

što nisam očekivao da ću naći,

which was, quite frankly, a lot of beer can pyramids

što je, iskreno, puno piramida od pivskih konzervi,

and overstuffed couches and flat-screen TVs.

prenatrpani kaučevi i televizori sa ravnim ekranom.

There were definitely hang-out spots.

To su definitivno bila mesta za provođenje slobodnog vremena,

But some were for working, some were for playing,

ali neka su za rad, neka za igru,

some were for guys to collect their things.

neka da momci sakupljaju stvari.

Most of all, I was just surprised with what I was finding.

Iznad svega, bio sam iznenađen onim što sam otkrio.

Take this place for example.

Uzmite ovo mesto za primer.

On the outside it looks like a typical northeastern garage.

Spolja izgleda kao tipična severoistočna garaža.

This is in Long Island, New York.

Ovo je Long Ajlend u Njujorku.

The only thing that might tip you off is the round window.

Jedina stvar koja bi vam mogla dati nagoveštaj je okrugli prozor.

On the inside it's a recreation of a

Iznutra je urađena po ugledu

16th century Japanese tea house.

na japansku kuću čaja iz 16. veka.

The man imported all the materials from Japan,

Čovek je uvezao sav materijal iz Japana

and he hired a Japanese carpenter

i unajmio japanskog stolara

to build it in the traditional style.

da je izgradi u tradicionalnom stilu.

It has no nails or screws.

Nema eksere ni šrafove.

All the joints are hand-carved and hand-scribed.

Svi spojevi su ručno izrezbareni i spojeni.

Here is another pretty typical scene. This is a suburban Las Vegas neighborhood.

Evo još jedne prilično tipične scene. Ovo je prigradsko naselje u Las Vegasu.

But you open one of the garage doors

Otvorite, međutim, vrata jedne garaže

and there is a professional-size boxing ring inside.

i eto bokserskog ringa profesionalne veličine unutra.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And so there is a good reason for this.

Postoji dobar razlog za ovo.

It was built by this man who is Wayne McCullough.

Izgradio ga je čovek po imenu Vejn Mekalou.

He won the silver medal for Ireland

Osvojio je srebrnu medalju za Irsku

in the 1992 Olympics,

na Olimpijadi 1992. godine

and he trains in this space. He trains other people.

i trenira na ovom mestu. Trenira druge ljude.

And right off the garage he has his own trophy room

Odmah pored garaže ima sobu sa trofejima

where he can sort of bask in his accomplishments,

gde može da uživa u svojim dostignućima,

which is another sort of important part about a manspace.

što je još jedna važna stvar vezana za muški prostor.

So, while this space represents someone's profession,

Dok ovaj prostor predstavlja nečiju profesiju,

this one certainly represents a passion.

ovaj nesumnjivo predstavlja strast.

It's made to look like the inside of an English sailing ship.

Napravljen je tako da izgleda kao unutrašnjost engleskog jedrenjaka.

It's a collection of nautical antiques from the 1700s and 1800s.

To je kolekcija nautičkih antikviteta iz 1700-ih i 1800-ih godina.

Museum quality.

Muzejski kvalitet.

So, as I came to the end of my journey,

Do kraja svog putovanja,

I found over 50 spaces.

našao sam preko 50 mesta,

And they were unexpected and they were surprising.

a sva su bila neočekivana i iznenađujuća.

But they were also --

Međutim, bila su i -

I was really impressed by how personalized they were,

zaista sam bio impresioniran koliko su bila personalizovana

and how much work went into them.

i koliko je rada uloženo u njih.

And I realized that's because the guys that I met

Shvatio sam i da je to zato što su momci koje sam sreo

were all very passionate about what they did.

bili veoma ostrašćeni u vezi sa svojim radom

And they really loved their professions.

i da stvarno vole svoje profesije,

And they were very passionate about their collections and their hobbies.

a bili su veoma pasionirani i oko svojih kolekcija i hobija.

And so they created these spaces

Tako su napravili ova mesta

to reflect what they love to do,

da odraze ono što vole da rade

and who they were.

i ono što oni jesu.

So if you don't have a space of your own,

Ako nemate sopstveni prostor,

I highly recommend finding one, and getting into it.

toplo vam preporučujem da ga nađete i uđete u njega.

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)