An underwater art museum, teeming with life | Jason deCaires Taylor

Prevodilac: Milenka Okuka Lektor: Mile Živković

Ten years ago,

Pre deset godina

I had my first exhibition here.

sam ovde imao prvu izložbu.

I had no idea if it would work or was at all possible,

Pojma nisam imao da li će da funkcioniše ili da li je to uopšte moguće,

but with a few small steps and a very steep learning curve,

ali uz nekoliko sitnih koraka i učeći veoma brzo,

I made my first sculpture, called "The Lost Correspondent."

napravio sam svoju prvu skulpturu, nazvanu "Izgubljeni korespondent".

Teaming up with a marine biologist and a local dive center,

Udružujući se s morskim biologom i lokalnim ronilačkim centrom,

I submerged the work off the coast of Grenada,

potopio sam delo blizu obala Grenade,

in an area decimated by Hurricane Ivan.

u oblast koju je desetkovao uragan Ivan.

And then this incredible thing happened.

A onda se desilo nešto neverovatno.

It transformed.

Došlo je do preobražaja.

One sculpture became two.

Od jedne skulpture su nastale dve.

Two quickly became 26.

Dve su brzo postale 26.

And before I knew it,

I očas posla,

we had the world's first underwater sculpture park.

imali smo prvi podvodni park skulptura na svetu.

In 2009, I moved to Mexico and started by casting local fisherman.

Godine 2009. sam se preselio u Meksiko i počeo sam da izlivam lokalne ribare.

This grew to a small community,

Ovo je naraslo do male zajednice,

to almost an entire movement of people in defense of the sea.

do skoro čitavog pokreta ljudi koji brane more.

And then finally, to an underwater museum,

I, naposletku, do podvodnog muzeja,

with over 500 living sculptures.

sa preko 500 živih skulptura.

Gardening, it seems, is not just for greenhouses.

Baštovanstvo, kako se čini, nije samo za plastenike.

We've since scaled up the designs:

Otada smo uvećali dizajne:

"Ocean Atlas," in the Bahamas, rising 16 feet up to the surface

Od "Okeanskog Atlasa" na Bahamima, koji se uspravlja 4,8 metara do površine

and weighing over 40 tons,

i težak je preko 40 tona,

to now currently in Lanzarote,

do Lansarotea trenutno

where I'm making an underwater botanical garden,

gde pravim podvodnu botaničku baštu,

the first of its kind in the Atlantic Ocean.

prvu te vrste u Atlantskom okeanu.

Each project, we use materials and designs that help encourage life;

Za svaki projekat koristimo materijale i dizajne koji potpomažu razvoj života;

a long-lasting pH-neutral cement provides a stable and permanent platform.

dugoročni pH neutralni cement pruža čvrstu i trajnu platformu.

It is textured to allow coral polyps to attach.

Njegova tekstura omogućuje koralnim polipima da se zakače.

We position them down current from natural reefs

Smeštamo ih u smeru struja od prirodnih grebena,

so that after spawning, there's areas for them to settle.

kako bi nakon mrešćenja imali prostora da se smeste.

The formations are all configured so that they aggregate fish

Formacije su sve oblikovane tako da privlače ribu

on a really large scale.

u zaista velikom obimu.

Even this VW Beetle has an internal living habitat

Čak i ova volksvagenova buba ima unutrašnje živo stanište

to encourage crustaceans such as lobsters and sea urchins.

kako bi podstakla ljuskare, poput jastoga i morskih ježeva.

So why exhibit my work in the ocean?

Dakle, zašto izlažem svoja dela u okeanu?

Because honestly, it's really not easy.

Jer, iskreno, to zaista nije lako.

When you're in the middle of the sea under a hundred-foot crane,

Kada ste u sred mora ispod krana od 30 metara,

trying to lower eight tons down to the sea floor,

pokušavate da spustite osam tona dole na morsko tlo,

you start to wonder whether I shouldn't have taken up watercolor painting instead.

počnete da se pitate da ne bi bilo bolje da ste se bavili slikarstvom.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But in the end, the results always blow my mind.

Međutim na kraju me rezultati uvek raspamete.

(Music)

(Muzika)

The ocean is the most incredible exhibition space

Okean je najneverovatniji izložbeni prostor

an artist could ever wish for.

koji bi svaki umetnik poželeo.

You have amazing lighting effects changing by the hour,

Imate divne svetlosne efekte koji se manjaju iz sata u sat,

explosions of sand covering the sculptures in a cloud of mystery,

eksplozije peska koje prekrivaju skulpture oblakom tajanstvenosti,

a unique timeless quality

jedinstven vanvremenski kvalitet

and the procession of inquisitive visitors,

i povorku radoznalih posetilaca,

each lending their own special touch to the site.

gde svaki dodaje sopstveni poseban dodir tom mestu.

(Music)

(Muzika)

But over the years,

No tokom godina,

I've realized that the greatest thing about what we do,

shvatio sam da je najvažnije kod našeg posla,

the really humbling thing about the work,

zaista smerna stvar kod ovog posla

is that as soon as we submerge the sculptures,

je da čim zaronimo ove skulpture,

they're not ours anymore,

one nam više ne pripadaju

because as soon as we sink them,

jer čim ih potopimo,

the sculptures, they belong to the sea.

more ih prisvoji.

As new reefs form, a new world literally starts to evolve,

Kako novi grebeni nastaju, novi svet bukvalno počinje da se razvija,

a world that continuously amazes me.

svet koji ne prestaje da me oduševljava.

It's a bit of a cliché, but nothing man-made

Pomalo zvuči kao kliše, ali ništa što čovek napravi

can ever match the imagination of nature.

ne može da se meri s maštom prirode.

Sponges look like veins across the faces.

Sunđeri liče na vene po licu.

Staghorn coral morphs the form.

Acropora cervicornis koral izobličava građu.

Fireworms scrawl white lines as they feed.

Mnogočekinjasti crv škraba bele linije dok se hrani.

Tunicates explode from the faces.

Plaštaši eksplodiraju na licima.

Sea urchins crawl across the bodies feeding at night.

Morski ježevi puze po telima dok se hrane po noći.

Coralline algae applies a kind of purple paint.

Koralne alge dodaju nekakvu ljubičastu boju.

The deepest red I've ever seen in my life lives underwater.

Najintenzivnija crvena boja, koju sam u životu video, živi pod vodom.

Gorgonian fans oscillate with the waves.

Gorgonari osciliraju s talasima.

Purple sponges breathe water like air.

Ljubičasti sunđeri udišu vodu kao vazduh.

And grey angelfish glide silently overhead.

A sive anđeoske ribe tiho klize preko glava.

And the amazing response we've had to these works

A iznenađujući odgovor na naša dela

tells me that we've managed to plug into something really primal,

mi govori da smo uspeli da se povežemo s nečim zaista iskonskim

because it seems that these images translate across the world,

jer mi se čini da su ovi prizori lako razumljivi širom sveta,

and that's made me focus on my responsibility as an artist

a to me je navelo da se usredsredim na odgovornost koju imam kao umetnik

and about what I'm trying to achieve.

i na to šta pokušavam da postignem.

I'm standing here today on this boat in the middle of the ocean,

Stojim ovde danas, na ovom brodu, u sred okeana

and this couldn't be a better place

i nema boljeg mesta

to talk about the really, really important effect of my work.

da govorim o zaista, zaista važnim posledicama mog stvaralaštva.

Because as we all know,

Jer, kao što svi znamo,

our reefs are dying, and our oceans are in trouble.

naši grebeni umiru i naši okeani su u nevolji.

So here's the thing:

Evo o čemu se radi:

the most used, searched and shared image

najkorišćeniji, najtraženiji i prizor koji je najviše deljen

of all my work thus far is this.

od svih mojih dosadašjih dela, je ovaj.

And I think this is for a reason,

I mislim da postoji razlog za to

or at least I hope it is.

ili se bar nadam da postoji.

What I really hope is that people are beginning to understand

Zaista se nadam da su ljudi počeli da shvataju

that when we think of the environment and the destruction of nature,

da kada razmišljamo o okolini i uništenju prirode,

that we need to start thinking about our oceans, too.

da moramo takođe početi razmišljati o našim okeanima.

Since building these sites, we've seen some phenomenal

Otkad smo napravili ova mesta, videli smo neke sjajne

and unexpected results.

i neočekivane rezultate.

Besides creating over 800 square meters of new habitats and living reef,

Pored toga što smo stvorili preko 800 m kvadratnih novih staništa i živih grebena,

visitors to the marine park in Cancun now divide half their time

posetioci morskog parka u Kankunu sada dele svoje vreme na pola

between the museum and the natural reefs,

između muzeja i prirodnih grebena,

providing significant rest for natural, overstressed areas.

pružajući značajan odmor prirodnim, preopterećenim oblastima.

Visitors to "Ocean Atlas" in the Bahamas highlighted a leak

Posetioci "Okeanskog Atlasa" na Bahamima su obelodanili curenje

from a nearby oil refinery.

iz obližnje rafinerije nafte.

The subsequent international media forced the local government

Zatim su međunarodni mediji primorali lokalnu vladu

to pledge 10 million dollars in coastal cleanups.

da uloži 10 miliona dolara u čišćenje obale.

The sculpture park in Grenada was instrumental

Park skulptura u Grenadi je bio povod

in the government designating a spot -- a marine-protected area.

da vlada označi tačku - morsku oblast pod zaštitom.

Entrance fees to the park now help fund park rangers

Provizije od ulaznica za park sada pomažu u finansiranju rendžera

to manage tourism and fishing quotas.

kako bi se kontrolisale turističke i pecaroške kvote.

The site was actually listed as a "Wonder of the World"

Mesto je zapravo "Nacionalna geografija" uvrstila na listu: "Čuda sveta".

by National Geographic.

So why are we all here today in this room?

Dakle, zašto smo svi danas ovde u ovoj prostoriji?

What do we all have in common?

Šta nam je svima zajedničko?

I think we all share a fear

Mislim da svi delimo strah

that we don't protect our oceans enough.

da ne štitimo dovoljno naše okeane.

And one way of thinking about this

A jedan način razmišljanja o ovome

is that we don't regard our oceans as sacred,

je da ne smatramo naše okeane svetima,

and we should.

a trebalo bi.

When we see incredible places --

Kada vidimo neverovatna mesta -

like the Himalayas or the La Sagrada Família,

poput Himalaja ili Sagrada familije

or the Mona Lisa, even --

ili pak Mona Lize -

when we see these incredible places and things,

kada vidimo ova neverovatna mesta i stvari,

we understand their importance.

mi razumemo njihov značaj.

We call them sacred,

Nazivamo ih svetim

and we do our best to cherish them, to protect them

i dajemo sve od sebe da ih pazimo, štitimo

and to keep them safe.

i održavamo bezbednim.

But in order to do that,

No, da bismo to postigli,

we are the ones that have to assign that value;

mi smo ti koji moramo da im dodelimo vrednost;

otherwise, it will be desecrated

u suprotnom će ih desetkovati

by someone who doesn't understand that value.

neko ko ne razume tu vrednost.

So I want to finish up tonight by talking about sacred things.

Zato želim da završim večeras govoreći o svetim stvarima.

When we were naming the site in Cancun,

Kad smo davali naziv mestu u Kankunu,

we named it a museum for a very important and simple reason:

nazvali smo ga muzejem zbog važnog i jednostavnog razloga:

museums are places of preservation,

muzeji su mesta čuvanja,

of conservation and of education.

konzervacije i obrazovanja.

They're places where we keep objects of great value to us,

To su mesta na kojima čuvamo objekte koji su nam veoma važni,

where we simply treasure them for them being themselves.

gde ih prosto cenimo zato što su to što jesu.

If someone was to throw an egg at the Sistine Chapel,

Ako bi neko bacio jaje na Sikstinsku kapelu,

we'd all go crazy.

svi bismo poludeli.

If someone wanted to build a seven-star hotel

Ako bi neko želeo da sagradi hotel sa sedam zvezdica

at the bottom of the Grand Canyon,

u podnožju Velikog kanjona,

then we would laugh them out of Arizona.

s podsmehom bismo ga isterali iz Arizone.

Yet every day we dredge, pollute and overfish our oceans.

Pa ipak, svakodnevno kopamo, zagađujemo i pecanjem iscrpljujemo okean.

And I think it's easier for us to do that,

I smatram da nam je to olakšano

because when we see the ocean,

time što kada vidimo okean,

we don't see the havoc we're wreaking.

ne vidimo štetu koju nanosimo.

Because for most people,

Jer za većinu ljudi,

the ocean is like this.

okean izgleda ovako.

And it's really hard

I zaista je teško

to think of something that's just so plain and so enormous, as fragile.

razmišljati o nečemu što je tako otvoreno i tako ogromno, kao o nečemu krhkom.

It's simply too massive, too vast, too endless.

Jednostavno je suviše krupno, suviše prostrano, suviše beskonačno.

And what do you see here?

A šta vidite ovde?

I think most people actually look past to the horizon.

Verujem da većina ljudi gleda iznad u horizont.

So I think there's a real danger

Zato mislim da postoji prava opasnost

that we never really see the sea,

da mi zapravo nikad ne vidimo more,

and if we don't really see it,

a, ako ga ne vidimo,

if it doesn't have its own iconography,

ako nema sopstvenu ikonografiju,

if we miss its majesty,

ako nam izmiče njegova veličanstvenost,

then there's a big danger that we take it for granted.

onda postoji velika opasnost da ga uzimamo zdravo za gotovo.

Cancun is famous for spring break,

Kankun je poznat zbog proletnjih raspusta,

tequila and foam parties.

tekile i žurki pod penom.

And its waters are where frat boys can ride around on Jet Skis

A na njegovim vodama brucoši voze vodene skije

and banana boats.

i banana čamce.

But because of our work there, there's now a little corner of Cancun

Međutim, zahvaljujući našem delovanju, sada postoji maleni ćošak Kankuna

that is simply precious for being itself.

koji je dragocen samo zbog sebe.

And we don't want to stop in Grenada,

I ne želimo da se zaustavimo na Grenadi,

in Cancun or the Bahamas.

Kankunu ili Bahamima.

Just last month, I installed these Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Baš sam prošlog meseca postavio ova Četiri jahača apokalipse

in the Thames River,

u Temzu,

in central London, right in front of the Houses of Parliament,

u centru Londona, tačno ispred Vestminsterske palate,

putting a stark message about climate change

ostavljajući ozbiljnu poruku o klimatskim promenama

in front of the people that have the power to help change things.

pred ljudima koji imaju moć da pomognu da se stvari promene.

Because for me, this is just the beginning of the mission.

Jer je za mene ovo tek početak misije.

We want to team up with other inventors,

Želimo da se udružimo s drugim pronalazačima,

creators, philanthropists, educators, biologists,

stvaraocima, filantropima, nastavnicima, biolozima,

to see better futures for our oceans.

kako bismo osmislili bolju budućnost za naše okeane.

And we want to see beyond sculpture,

I želimo da gledamo mimo skulptura,

beyond art, even.

čak i mimo umetnosti.

Say you're a 14-year-old kid from the city,

Recimo da ste 14-ogodišnje gradsko dete

and you've never seen the ocean.

i nikada niste videli okean.

And instead of getting taken to the natural history museum

I umesto da vas povedu u prirodnjačko-istorijski muzej

or an aquarium,

ili u akvarijum,

you get taken out to the ocean,

povedu vas do okeana,

to an underwater Noah's Ark,

u podvodnu Nojevu barku,

which you can access through a dry-glass viewing tunnel,

kojoj imate pristup preko ustakljenog tunela,

where you can see all the wildlife of the land

gde biste mogli da vidite sav divlji svet s kopna

be colonized by the wildlife of the ocean.

kolonizovan od strane okeanske divljine.

Clearly, it would blow your mind.

Jasno da bi vas oduševilo.

So let's think big and let's think deep.

Zato, razmišljajmo neskromno i razmišljajmo duboko.

Who knows where our imagination and willpower can lead us?

Ko zna gde nas naša mašta i snaga volje mogu odvesti?

I hope that by bringing our art into the ocean,

Nadam se da dovođenjem naše umetnosti u okean,

that not only do we take advantage of amazing creativity

ne samo da ćemo da iskoristimo neverovatnu kreativnost

and visual impact of the setting,

i vizuelni uticaj prostora,

but that we are also giving something back,

već da ćemo i da pružimo nešto za uzvrat

and by encouraging new environments to thrive,

i da ćemo da podstaknemo bujanje novih životnih sredina

and in some way opening up a new -- or maybe it's a really old way

i da ćemo, na neki način, pokrenuti novi - ili je to možda zapravo stari način

of seeing the seas:

gledanja na mora:

as delicate, precious places,

kao na osetljiva, dragocena mesta,

worthy of our protection.

koja zavređuju našu zaštitu.

Our oceans are sacred.

Naši okeani su sveti.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)