The forgotten art of the zoetrope | Eric Dyer

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

A long time ago,

Nekada davno,

I was a professional animator.

bio sam profesionalni animator.

(Music)

(Muzika)

[Eric Dyer]

[Erik Dajer]

[Animator]

[Animator]

[Compositor]

[Kompozitor]

And at night,

A noću bih pravio svoje eksperimentalne filmove.

I would make my own experimental films.

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(Muzika)

And I was spending a lot of time, way too much time, in front of a screen

Provodio sam mnogo vremena, isuviše vremena, ispred ekrana

radi dela koje će biti prikazano na ekranu,

for work that would be presented on a screen,

and I had this great need to get my hands back on the work again.

i imao sam tu veliku potrebu da ponovo uposlim ruke radom.

Now, before "The Simpsons,"

Pre „Simpsonovih“,

before "Gumby,"

pre „Gambija“,

before "Betty Boop,"

pre „Beti Bup“,

before there was such a thing as cinema and television,

pre nego što su postojale stvari kao što su bioskop i televizija,

animation was hugely popular in this form.

animacija je bila veoma popularna u ovom obliku.

This is a zoetrope.

Ovo je zootrop.

And you spin this drum,

Zavrtite ovaj bubanj,

and you look through the slits into the inside of the drum,

pogledate kroz proreze u unutrašnjost bubnja

and you see the animation pop to life.

i videćete kako oživljava animacija.

This is animation in physical form,

Ovo je animacija u fizičkom obliku

and it's animation I could get my hands on again.

i to je animacija na kojoj bih mogao da ponovo upotrebim ruke.

I took these ideas to Denmark.

Otišao sam sa ovim idejama u Dansku.

I went there with my family on a Fulbright Fellowship.

Tamo sam otišao sa svojom porodicom u okviru Fulbrajtovog programa.

That's my daughter, Mia.

To je moja ćerka Mia.

I rode around the city on my bicycle

Vozio sam se po gradu na svom biciklu

and shot all the interesting moving elements of Copenhagen:

i snimao sve zanimljive pokretne elemente Kopenhagena:

the boaters in the canals,

ljude u čamcima u kanalima,

the colors that explode in spring,

boje koje izbijaju u proleće,

the free-use city bikes,

gradske bicikle koji se besplatno koriste,

love,

ljubav,

textures,

teksture,

the healthy cuisine --

zdravu kuhinju.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I brought all that video back into the physical world

Vratio sam te snimke u fizički svet tako što sam ih odštampao

by printing it out on these long strips of ink-jet paper

na ovim dugim trakama papira za štampanje i izrezao oblike.

and cutting out the forms.

Now, I invented my own form of the zoetrope,

Izumeo sam sopstveni oblik zootropa

which removes the drum

kod koga je odstranjen bubanj

and replaces the slits with a video camera.

i umesto proreza postavljena video kamera.

And this was very exciting for me,

To je za mene bilo veoma uzbudljivo,

because it meant that I could make these physical objects,

jer je značilo da mogu da napravim te fizičke objekte

and I could make films from those objects.

i pravim filmove pomoću tih objekata.

That's me riding on my bicycle.

Ovo ja vozim bicikl.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I made about 25 paper sculptures,

Napravio sam oko 25 papirnih skuptura

each the size of a bicycle wheel.

od kojih je svaka veličine točka bicikla.

Doneo sam ih u studio,

I brought them into the studio,

spun them

zavrteo ih

and shot them to make the film "Copenhagen Cycles."

i snimio ih tako da napravim film „Bicikli Kopenhagena“.

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(Muzika)

This project not only allowed me to get my hands back on the work again

Ne samo da mi je projekat omogućio da se vratim na obavljanje posla rukama,

but it helped me get my life back.

već mi je pomogao i da povratim svoj život.

Instead of spending 12, 15 hours a day with my face plastered to a screen,

Umesto da provodim 12, 15 sati dnevno sa licem zalepljenim za ekran,

I was having these little adventures with our new family

išao sam u ove avanturice sa našom novom porodicom

and shooting video along the way,

i usput snimao,

and it was kind of a symbiosis of art and life.

što je bila neka vrsta simbioze umetnosti i života.

And I think that it's no mistake

Mislim da sa razlogom

that zoetrope translates into "wheel of life."

zootrop u prevodu znači „točak života“.

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(Muzika)

But film and video does flatten sculpture,

Međutim, film i video snimci zaravnjuju skulpturu,

so I tried to imagine

pa sam probao da osmislim

a way that animated sculpture could be experienced as such,

način na koji se animirana skulptura može doživeti kao takva,

and also a completely immersive kind of animated sculpture.

kao i vrstu animirane skulpture u koju možete sasvim da utonete.

And that's where I came up with the idea for the zoetrope tunnel.

Tako sam došao na ideju o zootropu-tunelu.

You walk through with a handheld strobe,

Prođete sa ručnim stroboskopom

and wherever you point the flashlight,

i gde god da uperite lampu,

the animation pops to life.

animacija oživi.

I plan to finish this project in the next 30 to 40 years.

Planiram da završim ovaj projekat u narednih 30 do 40 godina.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But I did build a half-scale prototype.

Napravio sam prototip u umanjenoj veličini.

It's covered in Velcro,

Prekriven je čičak trakom

and I could lay inside on this bridge

i mogao sam da ležim unutra na ovom mostu,

and stick animated sequences to the walls

nalepim animirane nizove na zidove

and test stuff out.

i proverim kako bi to izgledalo.

People would comment that it reminded them of an MRI.

Ljudi su komentarisali da ih podseća na magnetnu rezonancu.

And that medical connection spoke to me,

Ta veza sa medicinom je kod mene pogodila žicu,

because at the age of 14,

jer mi je u 14. godini

I was diagnosed with a degenerative retinal condition

dijagnostikovana degenerativna bolest mrežnjače

that's slowly taking my vision away,

koja mi polako oduzima vid,

and I'd never responded to that in my work.

na šta nikada nisam odreagovao u svojim radovima.

So I responded to it in this piece called, "Implant."

Zato sam odreagovao u ovom radu zvanom „Implant“.

It is an imaginary, super-magnified medical device

To je zamišljeni, znatno uvećani medicinski uređaj

that fits around the optic nerve.

koji staje oko optičkog nerva.

And the public is, in a sense, miniaturized to experience it.

Javnost je, na neki način, umanjena da bi to doživela.

With a handheld strobe,

Pomoću ručnog stroboskopa

they can explore the sculpture,

mogu da istraže skulpturu

and discover thousands of cell-sized robots

i otkriju hiljade robota veličine ćelije

hard at work, leaping in and out of the optic nerve,

koji naporno rade dok upadaju u optički nerv i ispadaju iz njega,

being deployed to the retina

premeštaju se u mrežnjaču da bi je popravili.

to repair it.

It's my science fiction fantasy cure of my own incurable disorder.

To je moj zamišljeni naučnofantastični lek za moju neizlečivu bolest.

(Machine buzzes)

(Mašina zuji)

Now, in the real-world gene therapy and gene therapy research,

U genskoj terapiji i istraživanjima genske terapije

healthy genes are being administered to unhealthy cells using viruses.

zdravi geni se unose u obolele ćelije pomoću virusa.

There's a lot of colorful, fluffy hope in this,

U ovome se nalazi mnogo šarene, pufnaste nade,

and there's also some creepy, threatening idea

kao i neka jeziva, preteća ideja

of viruses maybe becoming an invasive species in your body.

da virusi mogu postati invazivna vrsta u vašem telu.

Vision loss has helped to take me away from the things

Gubitak vida je pomogao da me odvrati od stvari

that disconnect me from the world.

koje prekidaju moju povezanost sa svetom.

Instead of being sealed off in an automobile,

Umesto da sam izolovan u automobilu,

I ride my bike,

vozim bicikl,

take buses and trains

vozim se autobusima i vozovima

and walk a lot.

i dosta šetam.

And instead of a visually intensive process in the studio, primarily,

Umesto vizuelno intenzivnog procesa u studiju, prvenstveno,

I'm also getting outdoors a lot more

takođe znatno više izlazim napolje

and using more of my senses.

i više koristim svoja čula.

This landscape is a couple hours east of San Diego, California.

Ovaj pejzaž se nalazi na par sati istočno od San Dijega u Kaliforniji.

My brother lives out that way.

Moj brat živi u tom pravcu.

He and I went camping there for four days.

On i ja smo otišli tamo da kampujemo na četiri dana.

And I grabbed my camera,

Zgrabio sam kameru

and I walked through the canyons.

i šetao kroz kanjone.

And I tried to imagine and figure out

Pokušao sam da zamislim i otkrijem

what kind of motion would be present

kakva bi vrsta kretanja bila prisutna

in this place that was so still and so devoid of motion.

na ovom mestu koje je tako mirno i tako lišeno pokreta.

I think it's the stillest place I've ever been.

Mislim da je to najmirnije mesto na kome sam ikada bio.

And I realized that it was the movement of my own body through the landscape

Shvatio sam da je kretanje mog tela kroz ovaj pejzaž

that was creating the animation.

stvaralo animaciju.

It was the motion of changing perspective.

Bilo je to kretanje promenljive perpektive.

So I created this piece called "Mud Caves" from those photographs.

Tako sam napravio ovo delo zvano „Pećine od blata“

na osnovu tih fotografija.

It's a multilayered print piece,

To je višeslojni štampani rad

and you can think of it as a zoetrope laid flat.

i možete ga zamisliti kao da je zaravnjeni zootrop.

It's kind of my western landscape panorama.

To je neka vrsta moje kaubojske panorame pejzaža.

And next to the print piece there's a video monitor

A pored odštampanog rada nalazi se ekran

that shows the animation hidden within the artwork.

koji prikazuje animaciju skrivenu unutar umetničkog dela.

I think one of the best parts about this project for me

Mislim da je jedna od najboljih stvari vezano za ovaj projekat

was that I got to hang out with my brother a lot,

za mene bilo to što sam mogao da provodim dosta vremena sa bratom

who lives 2,500 miles away from me.

koji živi 4 000 kilometara daleko od mene.

And we would just sit in this seemingly eternal landscape

Samo bismo sedeli u ovom naizgled večnom pejzažu

sculpted by water over millions of years

koji je izvajala voda tokom miliona godina

and talk.

i razgovarali bismo.

We'd talk about our kids growing up

Pričali bismo o tome kako naša deca odrastaju

and the slowing pace of our parents,

i o usporavanju naših roditelja,

and our dad who's suffering from leukemia, memory loss and infection.

o našem tati koji pati od leukemije, gubitka pamćenja i infekcije.

And it struck me that, as individuals,

Sinulo mi je da smo, kao pojedinci, ograničeni,

we're finite,

but as a family,

ali kao porodica

we are an ongoing cycle --

smo beskonačni ciklus -

a kind of wheel of life.

nešto poput točka života.

Now, I want to leave you with a tribute to one of my mentors.

Hteo bih da završim uz priznanje jednom od svojih mentora.

She reminds me that physical presence is important

Ona me podseća da je fizičko prisustvo važno

and that play is not a luxury,

i da igra nije luksuz,

but a necessity.

već nužnost.

She's Pixie,

Ona je Piksi,

and she's our family dog.

naš porodični pas.

And she loves to jump.

Voli da skače.

(Dog barking)

(Pas laje)

(Dog barking and spring boinging)

(Pas laje i opruge odskaču)

And this is a new kind of zoetrope

Ovo je nova vrsta zootropa

that I developed at the Imaging Research Center

koji sam razvio u Centru za istraživanje oslikavanja

at UMBC in Baltimore.

na Merilendskom univerzitetu okruga Baltimor.

And I call it a "real-time zoetrope."

Zovem ga „zootrop u realnom vremenu“.

(Dog barking)

(Pas laje)

(Dog barking and spring boinging)

(Pas laje i opruge odskaču)

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)