How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement | Magda Sayeg

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Milenka Okuka

I'm a textile artist

Ja sam tekstilna umetnica

najpoznatija po tome što sam započela pokret bombardovanja predivom.

most widely known for starting the yarn bombing movement.

Yarn bombing is when you take knitted or crocheted material

Bombardovanje predivom je kad uzmete štrikani ili heklani materijal,

out into the urban environment, graffiti-style --

stavite ga u urbanu sredinu, nalik na grafite,

or, more specifically,

ili, specifičnije,

without permission and unsanctioned.

bez dozvole i bez kazne.

But when I started this over 10 years ago,

Ali kada sam počela pre više od deset godina,

I didn't have a word for it,

nisam imala ime za ovo,

I didn't have any ambitious notions about it,

niti neke ambiciozne pojmove,

I had no visions of grandeur.

nikakve vizije grandioznosti.

All I wanted to see was something warm and fuzzy and human-like

Samo sam želela da vidim nešto toplo i čupavo i nalik ljudima

on the cold, steel, gray facade that I looked at everyday.

na hladnim, čeličnim, sivim fasadama koje sam svakog dana gledala.

So I wrapped the door handle.

Tako sam omotala kvaku od vrata.

I call this the Alpha Piece.

Ovo zovem komadom Alfa.

Little did I know that this tiny piece would change the course of my life.

Nisam imala pojma da će mi ovaj komad izmeniti tok života.

So clearly the reaction was interesting.

Jasno je da je reakcija bila zanimljiva.

It intrigued me and I thought, "What else could I do?"

Zaintrigiralo me je i pomislila sam: "Šta bih još mogla da uradim?"

Could I do something in the public domain that would get the same reaction?

Nešto u javnom domenu što bi izazvalo istu reakciju?

So I wrapped the stop sign pole near my house.

Tako sam zamotala znak STOP pored moje kuće.

The reaction was wild.

Reakcija je bila luda.

People would park their cars

Ljudi bi parkirali svoje automobile,

and get out of their cars and stare at it,

izlazili napolje i zurili u znak,

and scratch their heads and stare at it,

češali se po glavama i zurili u njega,

and take pictures of it and take pictures next to it,

slikali ga i slikali se pored njega,

and all of that was really exciting to me

i sve to mi je bilo veoma uzbudljivo

and I wanted to do every stop sign pole in the neighborhood.

i htela sam da to uradim sa svakim STOP znakom u kraju.

And the more that I did, the stronger the reaction.

A što sam više to radila, reakcija je bila sve jača.

So at this point I'm smitten.

U ovom trenutku sam očarana.

I'm hooked.

Navukla sam se.

This was all seductive.

Ovo je bilo veoma zavodljivo.

I found my new passion

Našla sam svoju novu strast

and the urban environment was my playground.

i urbano okruženje bilo je moje igralište.

So this is some of my early work.

Ovo su neki od mojih ranih radova.

I was very curious about this idea of enhancing the ordinary,

Veoma me je zanimala ideja poboljšavanja običnog,

the mundane, even the ugly,

jednostavnog, čak i ružnog,

and not taking away its identity or its functionality

bez oduzimanja identiteta ili funkcionalnosti,

but just giving it a well-tailored suit out of knitting.

samo sam mu pružala dobro ispleteno odelo.

And this was fun for me.

Ovo mi je bilo zabavno.

It was really fun to take inanimate objects

Bilo je veoma zabavano uzeti nežive predmete

and have them come to life.

i pružiti im život.

So ...

Tako...

I think we all see the humor in this,

Mislim da svi ovde vidimo šta je smešno,

but --

ali -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I was at a point where I wanted to take it seriously.

Došla sam do tačke gde sam želela da to shvatam ozbiljno.

I wanted to analyze it.

Želela sam da ga analiziram.

I wanted to know why I was letting this take over my life,

Želela sam da znam zašto puštam da mi ovo preuzme život,

why I was passionate about it,

zašto sam bila toliko pasionirana,

why were other people reacting so strongly to it.

zašto su drugi ljudi reagovali na to tako snažno.

And I realized something.

I shvatila sam nešto.

We all live in this fast-paced, digital world,

Svi živimo u ubrzanom, digitalnom svetu,

but we still crave and desire something that's relatable.

ali još uvek žudimo i težimo nečemu sa čime možemo da se poistovetimo.

I think we've all become desensitized

Mislimo da smo svi oguglali

by our overdeveloped cities that we live in,

na prerazvijene gradove u kojima živimo,

and billboards and advertisements,

na bilborde i reklame

and giant parking lots,

i ogromne parkinge,

and we don't even complain about that stuff anymore.

pa se više i ne žalimo na te stvari.

So when you stumble upon

Onda kada naletite

a stop sign pole that's wrapped in knitting

na STOP znak koji je umotan u predivo

and it seems so out of place

i tako odudara od okoline,

and then gradually -- weirdly --

a onda postepeno, i čudno,

you find a connection to it,

pronađete povezanost sa time,

that is the moment.

to je trenutak.

That is the moment I love

To je trenutak koji volim

and that is the moment I love to share with others.

i to je trenutak koji volim da delim sa drugima.

So at this point, my curiosity grew.

Ovde se pojačala moja znatiželja.

It went from the fire hydrants and the stop sign poles

Otišla je od hidranata i STOP znakova

do bilo čega što sam mogla da uradim sa ovim materijalom.

to what else can I do with this material.

Can I do something big and large-scale and insurmountable?

Mogu li da uradim nešto veliko, velikih razmera i nepremostivo?

So that's when the bus happened.

Onda se desio autobus.

This was a real game changer for me.

Ovo je zaista promenilo priču za mene.

I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for this one.

U mom srcu će uvek biti posebno mesto za ovo.

At this point, people were recognizing my work

U tom trenutku, ljudi su prepoznavali moj rad

but there wasn't much out there

ali nije bilo mnogo toga u svetu

that was wrapped in knitting that was large-scale,

što je bilo umotano u predivo a da je bilo velikih razmera,

and this definitely was the first city bus to be wrapped in knitting.

a ovo je sigurno bio prvi gradski autobus koji je bio umotan u predivo.

So at this point, I'm experiencing,

U ovom trenutku doživljavam,

or I'm witnessing something interesting.

ili sam svedok nečemu zanimljivom.

I may have started yarn bombing but I certainly don't own it anymore.

Možda sam započela bombardovanje predivom, ali svakako ga više ne posedujem.

It had reached global status.

Dostiglo je svetski status.

People from all over the world were doing this.

Ljudi širom sveta su radili ovo.

And I know this because I would travel to certain parts of the world

A ovo znam jer bih putovala u određene krajeve sveta

that I'd never been to,

gde nikada pre nisam bila,

and I'd stumble upon a stop sign pole and I knew I didn't wrap it.

i naletela bih na STOP znak i znala bih da ga ja nisam obmotala.

So as I pursued my own goals with my art --

Kako sam sledila sopstvene ciljeve mojom umetnošću -

this is a lot of my recent work --

ovo je dosta mojih skorašnjih radova -

to je radilo i bombardovanje predivom.

so was yarn bombing.

Yarn bombing was also growing.

Bombardovanje predivom je takođe raslo.

And that experience showed me the hidden power of this craft

A to iskustvo pokazalo mi je skrivenu moć ove veštine

and showed me

i pokazalo mi je

that there was this common language I had with the rest of the world.

da postoji zajednički jezik koji sam imala sa ostatkom sveta.

It was through this granny hobby --

Kroz ovaj hobi za bake -

this unassuming hobby --

ovaj skromni hobi -

that I found commonality with people

pronašla sam nešto zajedničko s ljudima

that I never thought I'd have a connection with.

sa kojima sa mislila da nikada neću imati povezanost.

So as I tell my story today,

Dok danas iznosim svoju priču,

I'd also like to convey to you

želela bih da vam prenesem i to

that hidden power can be found in the most unassuming places,

da se skrivena moć može pronaći na mestima gde najmanje očekujete

and we all possess skills that are just waiting to be discovered.

i da svi posedujemo veštine koje samo čekaju da budu otkrivene.

If you think about our hands, these tools that are connected to us,

Ako razmislite o našim rukama, to su alati koji su povezani sa nama,

and what they're capable of doing --

i šta sve mogu da urade -

building houses and furniture,

grade kuće i prave nameštaj,

and painting giant murals --

slikaju ogromne murale -

and most of the time we hold a controller or a cell phone.

a većinu vremena držimo kontroler ili mobilni telefon.

And I'm totally guilty of this as well.

I ja sam od onih koji rade ovo.

But if you think about it,

Ali ako razmislite o ovome,

what would happen if you put those things down?

šta bi se desilo kada biste spustili te stvari?

What would you make? What would you create with your own hands?

Šta biste napravili? Šta biste stvorili sopstvenim rukama?

A lot of people think that I am a master knitter

Mnogi ljudi misle da sam vrhunska pletilja,

but I actually couldn't knit a sweater to save my life.

ali zapravo nemam blage veze sa pletenjem.

But I did something interesting with knitting

Ali uradila sam nešto zanimljivo pletenjem

that had never been done before.

što nikada pre nije urađeno.

I also wasn't "supposed to be" an artist

Takođe "nije trebalo" da budem umetnica,

in the sense that I wasn't formally trained to do this --

u smislu da sa nisam formalno obrazovala za ovo -

zapravo sam diplomirala matematiku.

I'm a math major actually.

So I didn't think this was in the cards for me,

Tako da ne mislim da mi je ovo bilo suđeno,

but I also know that I didn't stumble upon this.

ali takođe znam da na ovo nisam nabasala.

And when this happened to me, I held on tight,

A kada mi se ovo desilo, uhvatila sam se čvrsto,

I fought for it and I'm proud to say that I am a working artist today.

borila sam se za to i ponosno kažem da danas radim kao umetnica.

So as we ponder the future,

I dok se pitamo o budućnosti,

know that your future might not be so seamless.

znajte da vaša budućnost možda nije tako jasna.

And one day, you might be as bored as I was

Jednog dana, možda će vam biti dosadno kao i meni

and knit a door handle to change your world forever.

i isplešćete kvaku na vratima da biste zauvek promenili svoj svet.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)