Deep sea diving ... in a wheelchair | Sue Austin

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Andrea Jovanovic Lektor: Boško Eraković

It's wonderful to be here

Divno je biti ovde

to talk about my journey,

pričati o mom putovanju,

to talk about the wheelchair

pričati o invalidskim kolicima

and the freedom it has bought me.

i slobodi koju su mi donela.

I started using a wheelchair 16 years ago

Invalidska kolica sam počela da koristim pre 16 godina

when an extended illness

kad je uznapredovala bolest

changed the way I could access the world.

promenila način moga pristupa svetu.

When I started using the wheelchair,

Kad sam počela da koristim kolica,

it was a tremendous new freedom.

to je bila ogromna sloboda.

I'd seen my life slip away and become restricted.

Posmatrala sam svoj život kako se menja i postaje ograničen.

It was like having an enormous new toy.

Kao da ste dobili jednu ogromnu novu igračku.

I could whiz around and feel the wind in my face again.

Mogla sam zujati unaokolo i opet osetiti vetar na svom licu.

Just being out on the street was exhilarating.

Uzbudljivo je bilo samo ponovo biti na ulici.

But even though I had this newfound joy and freedom,

Međutim, iako sam otkrila tu novu sreću i slobodu,

people's reaction completely changed towards me.

reakcija ljudi prema meni se u potpunosti promenila.

It was as if they couldn't see me anymore,

Kao da me više nisu mogli videti,

as if an invisibility cloak had descended.

kao da me je prekrio plašt nevidljivosti.

They seemed to see me in terms of their assumptions

Izgleda da su me posmatrali iz ugla svojih pretpostavki

of what it must be like to be in a wheelchair.

kako je to kad si u kolicima.

When I asked people their associations with the wheelchair,

Kad sam pitala ljude na šta ih asociraju kolica

they used words like "limitation," "fear,"

upotrebili su reči "ograničenje", "strah",

"pity" and "restriction."

"sažaljenje" i "ograničenost".

I realized I'd internalized these responses

Shvatila sam da sam prihvatila ove odgovore

and it had changed who I was on a core level.

i da me je to suštinski promenilo.

A part of me had become alienated from myself.

Deo mene se otuđio.

I was seeing myself not from my perspective,

Gledala sam sebe ne iz sopstvene perspektive

but vividly and continuously from the perspective

već slikovito i neprekidno iz prespektive

of other people's responses to me.

reakcije drugih ljudi prema meni.

As a result, I knew I needed to make my own stories

Kao rezultat, znala sam da moram da stvorim svoje priče

about this experience,

o ovom iskustvu,

new narratives to reclaim my identity.

nove priče kojima bih povratila svoj identitet.

["Finding Freedom: 'By creating our own stories we learn to take the texts of our lives as seriously as we do 'official' narratives.' — Davis 2009, TEDx Women"]

["Pronalazeći slobodu: 'Kreirajući svoje priče učimo kako da prihvatimo tekstove svojih života podjednako ozbiljno kao i 'zvanične' priče." - Dejvis 2009, TEDx Women"]

I started making work

Počela sam sa radom

that aimed to communicate something

čiji cilj je bio da kažem nešto

of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair --

o sreći i slobodi koju sam osećala koristeći kolica -

a power chair -- to negotiate the world.

električna kolica - za pregovore sa svetom.

I was working to transform these internalized responses,

Želela sam da pretvorim ove ukorenjene reakcije,

to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped

da preobrazim predrasude koje su oblikovale

my identity when I started using a wheelchair,

moj identitet kad sam počela da koristim kolica,

by creating unexpected images.

kroz kreiranje neočekivanih prizora.

The wheelchair became an object to paint and play with.

Kolica su postala predmet za slikanje i igru.

When I literally started leaving

Kad sam doslovno počela da ostavljam

traces of my joy and freedom,

tragove sreće i slobode,

it was exciting to see

bilo je uzbudljivo videti

the interested and surprised responses from people.

zainteresovane i iznenađene reakcije ljudi.

It seemed to open up new perspectives,

Činilo se da to stvara nove perspektive,

and therein lay the paradigm shift.

i tu je ležao ključ promene.

It showed that an arts practice

Pokazalo se da umetnička praksa

can remake one's identity

može ponovo da stvori nečiji identitet

and transform preconceptions by revisioning the familiar.

i izmeni predrasude kroz promenu sagledavanja već poznatog.

So when I began to dive, in 2005,

Kad sam počela da ronim 2005. godine,

I realized scuba gear extends your range of activity

shvatila sam da oprema za ronjenje širi raspon aktivnosti

in just the same way as a wheelchair does,

na isti način kao što to i kolica čine

but the associations attached to scuba gear

ali asociacije u vezi sa opremom za ronjenje

are ones of excitement and adventure,

su uzbuđenje i avantura,

completely different to people's responses to the wheelchair.

u potpunosti različita reakcija ljudi nego na kolica.

So I thought, "I wonder what'll happen

Pa sam pomislila: "Pitam se šta bi se desilo

if I put the two together?" (Laughter) (Applause)

ako ih spojim?" (Smeh) (Aplauz)

And the underwater wheelchair that has resulted

I podvodna kolica koja su proizašla iz toga,

has taken me on the most amazing journey

odvela su me na najuzbudljivije putovanje

over the last seven years.

tokom prethodnih sedam godina.

So to give you an idea of what that's like,

Da bih vam to dočarala,

I'd like to share with you one of the outcomes

želela bih da podelim sa vama jedan od rezultata

from creating this spectacle,

kreiranja ovog spektakla

and show you what an amazing journey it's taken me on.

i pokažem vam na kakvo me je neverovatno putovanje to povelo.

(Music)

(Muzika)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

It is the most amazing experience,

Ovo je krajnje uzbudljivo iskustvo,

beyond most other things I've experienced in life.

prevazilazi većinu stvari koje sam iskusila u životu.

I literally have the freedom to move

Doslovno imam slobodu kretanja

in 360 degrees of space

od 360 stepeni

and an ecstatic experience of joy and freedom.

i zanosno iskustvo sreće i slobode.

And the incredibly unexpected thing

I krajnje neočekivana stvar

is that other people seem to see and feel that too.

je da i drugi ljudi vide i osećaju to.

Their eyes literally light up,

Njihove oči bukvalno sjaje

and they say things like, "I want one of those,"

i govore stvari kao: "I ja želim jedna,"

or, "If you can do that, I can do anything."

ili, "ako ti možeš to da uraditš, ja mogu bilo šta."

And I'm thinking, it's because in that moment

I razmišljam, to je zato što u tom trenutku

of them seeing an object

u kome vide objekat

they have no frame of reference for,

za koji nemaju referentni okvir

or so transcends the frames of reference

ili upravo time prevazilazi okvire poimanja

they have with the wheelchair,

koje imaju vezano za kolica,

they have to think in a completely new way.

moraju da razmišljaju na potpuno novi način.

And I think that moment of completely new thought

I smatram da taj trenutak potpuno nove misli

perhaps creates a freedom

možda stvara slobodu

that spreads to the rest of other people's lives.

koja se širi na ostatak života.

For me, this means that they're seeing

Za mene znači da vide

the value of difference,

vrednost različitosti,

the joy it brings

sreću koju donosi

when instead of focusing on loss or limitation,

kada umesto fokusiranja na gubitak i ograničenost,

we see and discover the power and joy

vidimo i otkrivamo snagu i sreću

of seeing the world from exciting new perspectives.

gledajući svet iz uzbudljive nove perspektive.

For me, the wheelchair becomes

Za mene, kolica postaju

a vehicle for transformation.

vozilo transformacije.

In fact, I now call the underwater wheelchair "Portal,"

U stvari, podvodna kolica sad nazivam "Portal"

because it's literally pushed me through

jer su me bukvalno uvela

into a new way of being,

u novi način postojanja,

into new dimensions and into a new level of consciousness.

u nove dimenzije i novi nivo svesti.

And the other thing is,

Druga stvar je,

that because nobody's seen or heard

pošto niko nije video niti čuo

of an underwater wheelchair before,

za podvodna kolica pre,

and creating this spectacle is about creating

a kreiranje ovog spektakla je zapravo kreiranje

new ways of seeing, being and knowing,

novih načina sagledavanja stvari, postojanja i saznanja,

now you have this concept in your mind.

sad i vi imate ovaj koncept u glavi,

You're all part of the artwork too.

Svi ste vi takođe deo umetničkog dela.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)