Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper

Prevodilac: Miljana Stojanovic Lektor: Ivana Korom

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

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(Aplauz)

I am a papercutter.

Ja sam rezačica papira.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I cut stories.

Ja izrezujem priče.

So my process is very straightforward.

Koristim veoma jednostavan postupak.

I take a piece of paper,

Uzmem parče papira,

I visualize my story,

zamislim svoju priču kao sliku,

sometimes I sketch, sometimes I don't.

ponekad skiciram, ponekad ne.

And as my image

I kada je moja slika

is already inside the paper,

već u papiru,

I just have to remove

ja samo treba da odstranim

what's not from that story.

ono što nije iz te priče.

So I didn't come to papercutting

Moj put do rezanja papira

in a straight line.

nije bio prav.

In fact,

Zapravo,

I see it more as a spiral.

zamišljam ga više kao spiralu.

I was not born

Nisam se rodila

with a blade in my hand.

sa makazama u rukama.

And I don't remember papercutting as a child.

I ne sećam se da sam seckala papir kao dete.

As a teenager,

Kao tinejdžerka

I was sketching, drawing,

crtala sam, skicirala

and I wanted to be an artist.

i htela da budem umetnica.

But I was also a rebel.

Ali bila sam i buntovnica.

And I left everything

I ostavila sam sve

and went for a long series of odd jobs.

i započela niz čudnih poslova.

So among them,

Između ostalog,

I have been a shepherdess,

bila sam čobanica,

a truck driver,

vozačica kamiona,

a factory worker,

radnica u fabrici,

a cleaning lady.

čistačica.

I worked in tourism for one year

Radila sam u turizmu godinu dana

in Mexico,

u Meksiku,

one year in Egypt.

godinu dana u Egiptu.

I moved for two years

Preselila sam se na dve godine

in Taiwan.

na Tajvan.

And then I settled in New York

Onda sam se skrasila u Njujorku

where I became a tour guide.

i tu postala turistički vodič.

And I still worked as a tour leader,

I dalje sam radila kao vođa puta

traveled back and forth

i putovala puno

in China, Tibet and Central Asia.

po Kini, Tibetu i Centralnoj Aziji.

So of course, it took time, and I was nearly 40,

I naravno, vreme je prolazilo, imala sam skoro 40 godina,

and I decided it's time

i odlučila sam da je vreme

to start as an artist.

da postanem umetnica.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

I chose papercutting

Izabrala sam rezanje papira

because paper is cheap,

zato što je papir jeftin,

it's light,

lagan,

and you can use it

i može da se koristi

in a lot of different ways.

na mnogo načina.

And I chose the language of silhouette

I odabrala sam jezik silueta

because graphically it's very efficient.

zato što je grafički veoma efektan.

And it's also just getting to the essential of things.

I zato što pogađa samu srž stvari.

So the word "silhouette"

Reč silueta

comes from a minister of finance,

dolazi od jednog ministra finansija,

Etienne de Silhouette.

Etjena de Silueta.

And he slashed so many budgets

On je toliko srezao budžet,

that people said they couldn't afford

da su ljudi rekli da nemaju više para

paintings anymore,

za slike,

and they needed to have their portrait

nego moraju da naručuju sebi portrete

"a la silhouette."

"a la siluet".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So I made series of images, cuttings,

Tako sam napravila seriju slika, izrezaka,

and I assembled them in portfolios.

i grupisala ih u mape.

And people told me --

I ljudi su mi rekli --

like these 36 views of the Empire State building --

kao ovih 36 pogleda na Empajer stejt bilding --

they told me, "You're making artist books."

rekli su mi: "Ti praviš umetničke knjige."

So artist books have a lot of definitions.

Ima puno definicija umetničkih knjiga.

They come in a lot of different shapes.

One mogu biti različitih oblika.

But to me,

Ali, za mene,

they are fascinating objects

one su fascinantan način

to visually narrate a story.

da se vizuelno ispriča priča.

They can be with words

To mogu biti knjige sa rečima

or without words.

ili bez reči.

And I have a passion

A ja strastveno volim

for images and for words.

i slike i reči.

I love pun

Volim igre reči

and the relation to the unconscious.

i njihovu povezanost sa podsvešću.

I love oddities of languages.

Volim neobične pojave u jezicima.

And everywhere I lived, I learned the languages,

I gde god sam živela, učila sam jezike,

but never mastered them.

ali nikad nisam ovladavala njima.

So I'm always looking

Tako uvek tražim

for the false cognates

lažne prijatelje

or identical words in different languages.

ili iste reči u različitim jezicima.

So as you can guess, my mother tongue is French.

Kao što možete da pretpostavite, moj maternji jezik je francuski.

And my daily language is English.

A moj svakodnevni jezik je engleski.

So I did a series of work

Uradila sam seriju radova

where it was identical words

sa identičnim rečima

in French and in English.

u francuskom i engleskom.

So one of these works

Jedan od tih radova

is the "Spelling Spider."

je "Pismeni pauk".

So the Spelling Spider

A Pismeni pauk

is a cousin of the spelling bee.

je pametan "kao pčelica".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But it's much more connected to the Web.

I mnogo je više "umrežen".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And this spider

Ovaj pauk

spins a bilingual alphabet.

plete dvojezični alfabet.

So you can read "architecture active"

Dakle, natpis "Aktivna arhitektura"

or "active architecture."

možete pročitati na francuskom i na engleskom.

So this spider goes through the whole alphabet

Tako ovaj pauk prolazi kroz čitav alfabet

with identical adjectives and substantives.

uz pomoć identičnih prideva i imenica.

So if you don't know one of these languages,

Ako ne znate jedan od ovih jezika,

it's instant learning.

vi odmah nešto naučite.

And one ancient form of the book

Jedan od starih oblika knjige

is scrolls.

je svitak.

So scrolls are very convenient,

Svitak je veoma zgodan

because you can create a large image

jer možete napraviti veliku sliku

on a very small table.

na veoma malom stolu.

So the unexpected consequences of that

Neočekivana posledica toga

is that you only see one part of your image,

je da vidite samo jedan deo slike,

so it makes a very freestyle architecture.

pa se dobija arhitektura veoma slobodnog stila.

And I'm making all those kinds of windows.

Ja pravim puno različitih prozora.

So it's to look beyond the surface.

A to je da bismo pogledali ispod površine.

It's to have a look

Da bismo zavirili

at different worlds.

u drugačije svetove.

And very often I've been an outsider.

Ja sam često bila stranac.

So I want to see how things work

I hoću da znam kako stvari funkcionišu

and what's happening.

i šta se dešava.

So each window

Svaki prozor

is an image

je slika

and is a world

i svet

that I often revisit.

kome se često vraćam.

And I revisit this world

Vraćam se tom svetu

thinking about the image

i razmišljam o slici

or cliché about what we want to do,

ili klišeu o onome što želimo da uradimo,

and what are the words, colloquialisms,

i o tome šta znače žargonske reči

that we have with the expressions.

koje koristimo u izrazima.

It's all if.

I sve je pretpostavka.

So what if we were living in balloon houses?

A šta bi bilo da živimo u balonima?

It would make a very uplifting world.

To bi bio jedan veoma poletan svet.

And we would leave a very low footprint on the planet.

Ostavili bismo veoma mali karbonski otisak na planeti.

It would be so light.

Sve bi bilo veoma lagano.

So sometimes I view from the inside,

Ponekad posmatram stvari iznutra,

like EgoCentriCity

kao EgocentroGrad

and the inner circles.

sa unutrašnjim krugovima.

Sometimes it's a global view,

Ponekad posmatram globalno,

to see our common roots

da bih videla naše zajedničke korene

and how we can use them to catch dreams.

i kako ih možemo koristiti za hvatanje snova.

And we can use them also

A možemo ih koristi još

as a safety net.

i kao sigurnosnu mrežu.

And my inspirations

Moje inspiracije

are very eclectic.

su mnogobrojne.

I'm influenced by everything I read,

Na mene utiče sve što čitam,

everything I see.

sve što vidim.

I have some stories that are humorous,

Imam neke šaljive priče,

like "Dead Beats."

kao "Strava Ritam".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Other ones are historical.

Neke su istorijske.

Here it's "CandyCity."

Ovo je "SlatkišGrad".

It's a non-sugar-coated

To je istorija šećera

history of sugar.

bez glazure.

It goes from slave trade

Proteže se od trgovine robljem

to over-consumption of sugar

do prekomernog korišćenja šećera

with some sweet moments in between.

sa malo slatkih momenata između.

And sometimes I have an emotional response to news,

A ponekad imam emotivnu reakciju na vesti,

such as the 2010 Haitian earthquake.

kao na zemljotres na Haitiju 2010. godine.

Other times, it's not even my stories.

Ponekad to uopšte nisu moje priče.

People tell me their lives,

Ljudi mi ispričaju svoje živote,

their memories, their aspirations,

svoja sećanja, svoje želje,

and I create a mindscape.

i ja napravim pejzaž njihovih misli.

I channel their history

Ja kanališem njihovu istoriju

[so that] they have a place to go back

tako da mogu da pogledaju u prošlost

to look at their life and its possibilities.

i razmisle o svom životu i mogućnostima koje on pruža.

I call them Freudian cities.

Zovem ih frojdovski gradovi.

I cannot speak for all my images,

Ne mogu da govorim o svim svojim slikama,

so I'll just go through a few of my worlds

pa ću da preletim kroz nekoliko svojih svetova

just with the title.

samo uz naslove.

"ModiCity."

"Mali grad".

"ElectriCity."

"ElektroGrad".

"MAD Growth on Columbus Circle."

"Čudo od muzeja niče na trgu Kolumbo".

"ReefCity."

"Grad greben".

"A Web of Time."

"Vremenska mreža",

"Chaos City."

"Grad haosa".

"Daily Battles."

"Dnevne bitke".

"FeliCity."

"Grad radosti".

"Floating Islands."

"Lebdeća ostrva".

And at one point,

A jednom sam morala

I had to do "The Whole Nine Yards."

da izradim "Svih 9 jardi" (od početka do kraja),

So it's actually a papercut that's nine yards long.

To je papir dugačak 9 jardi (8,2 metra).

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So in life and in papercutting,

U životu i u rezanju papira,

everything is connected.

sve je povezano.

One story leads to another.

Jedna priča vodi drugoj.

I was also interested

Mene je zanimala

in the physicality of this format,

i fizička strana ovog formata,

because you have to walk to see it.

jer morate da hodate da biste ga videli.

And parallel to my cutting

A uporedo sa izrezivanjem

is my running.

bavim se i trčanjem.

I started with small images,

Počela sam sa malim slikama,

I started with a few miles.

i sa nekoliko kilometara.

Larger images, I started to run marathons.

Sa većim slikama, počela sam da trčim maratone.

Then I went to run 50K, then 60K.

Onda sam počela da trčim 50 km, pa 60 km.

Then I ran 50 miles -- ultramarathons.

Onda sam trčala 80 km - ultramaratone.

And I still feel I'm running,

I i dalje mi se čini da trčim,

it's just the training

to je trening,

to become a long-distance papercutter.

da postanem dugometražni rezač papira.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And running gives me a lot of energy.

Zahvaljujući trčanju imam puno energije.

Here is a three-week papercutting marathon

Ovo je tronedeljni maraton u rezanju papira

at the Museum of Arts and Design

u Muzeju umetnosti i dizajna

in New York City.

u Njujorku.

The result is "Hells and Heavens."

Rezultat toga su "Paklovi i rajevi".

It's two panels 13 ft. high.

To su dva panela visoka skoro 4 metra.

They were installed in the museum on two floors,

Postavljeni su na dva sprata u muzeju,

but in fact, it's a continuous image.

ali je to, zapravo, jedna celina.

And I call it "Hells and Heavens"

Zovem ih "Paklovi i rajevi",

because it's daily hells and daily heavens.

jer to su svakodnevni paklovi i svakodnevni rajevi.

There is no border in between.

Između njih ne postoji granica.

Some people are born in hells,

Neki ljudi su rođeni u paklu,

and against all odds, they make it to heavens.

ali uprkos svim izgledima, uspeju da dođu do raja.

Other people make the opposite trip.

Neki, pak, imaju obrnut životni put.

That's the border.

Ovo je granica.

You have sweatshops in hells.

U paklu imamo izrabljivačke fabrike.

You have people renting their wings in the heavens.

U raju ljudi iznajmljuju svoja krila.

And then you have all those individual stories

A onda vidimo sve te individualne priče

where sometimes we even have the same action,

gde ponekad isti postupci

and the result puts you in hells or in heavens.

odvode neke ljude u pakao, a neke u raj.

So the whole "Hells and Heavens"

Tako "Paklovi i rajevi"

is about free will

govore o slobodnoj volji

and determinism.

i determinizmu.

And in papercutting,

U rezanju papira

you have the drawing as the structure itself.

crtež postaje i sama struktura.

So you can take it off the wall.

I on se može skinuti sa zida.

Here it's an artist book installation

Ovo je umetnička knjiga kao instalacija,

called "Identity Project."

koja se zove "Projekat: Identitet".

It's not autobiographical identities.

Ovde se ne radi o autobiografskim identitetima.

They are more our social identities.

To su pre naši društveni identiteti.

And then you can just walk behind them

I možete jednostavno proći iza njih

and try them on.

i probati ih.

So it's like the different layers

To su različiti slojevi

of what we are made of

od kojih smo sačinjeni

and what we present to the world

i koje predstavljamo svetu

as an identity.

kao svoj identitet.

That's another artist book project.

Ovo je drugi projekat umetničkih knjiga.

In fact, in the picture, you have two of them.

Zapravo, na slici vidite dva projekta.

It's one I'm wearing

Onaj koji nosim

and one that's on exhibition

i onaj koji je izložen

at the Center for Books Arts in New York City.

u Centru za umetnost knjige u Njujorku.

Why do I call it a book?

Zašto ih nazivam knjigama?

It's called "Fashion Statement,"

Zovu se "Modne poruke",

and there are quotes about fashion,

na njima su citati o modi,

so you can read it,

možete ih čitati,

and also,

a isto tako,

because the definition of artist book

zato što je definicija umetničke knjige

is very generous.

veoma velikodušna.

So artist books, you take them off the wall.

Dakle, umetničke knjige se mogu skinuti sa zida.

You take them for a walk.

Mogu se izvesti u šetnju.

You can also install them as public art.

A, mogu se izložiti i kao javna umetnost.

Here it's in Scottsdale, Arizona,

Ovo je u Skotsdejlu, u Arizoni,

and it's called "Floating Memories."

a zove se "Lebdeća sećanja".

So it's regional memories,

U pitanju su regionalna sećanja,

and they are just randomly moved by the wind.

koja nasumično pomera vetar.

I love public art.

Ja volim javnu umetnost.

And I entered competitions

Prijavljivala sam se na konkurse

for a long time.

dosta dugo.

After eight years of rejection,

Nakon osam godina negativnih odgovora,

I was thrilled to get my first commission

bila sam presrećna kada sam dobila poziv

with the Percent for Art in New York City.

za program Procenat za umenost u Njujorku.

It was for a merger station

Bilo je to za zajedničku stanicu

for emergency workers and firemen.

hitne pomoći i vatrogasaca.

I made an artist book

Napravila sam umetničku knjigu

that's in stainless steel

od nerđajućeg čelika

instead of paper.

umesto od papira.

I called it "Working in the Same Direction."

Nazvala sam je "Raditi u istom smeru".

But I added weathervanes on both sides

Ali sam dodala i vertokaze sa obe strane

to show that they cover all directions.

da pokažem da pokriva sve smerove.

With public art,

Kroz javnu umetnost

I could also make cut glass.

mogla sam još rezati i staklo.

Here it's faceted glass in the Bronx.

Ovo je rezano staklo u Bronksu.

And each time I make public art,

Svaki put kada stvaram javnu umetnost,

I want something that's really relevant

želim nešto što je zaista važno

to the place it's installed.

za tu lokaciju.

So for the subway in New York,

Za metro u Njujorku,

I saw a correspondence

pronašla sam povezanost

between riding the subway

između vožnje metroom

and reading.

i čitanja.

It is travel in time, travel on time.

To je putovanje kroz vreme, putovanje na vreme.

And Bronx literature,

A u književnosti Bronksa

it's all about Bronx writers

najvažniji su pisci iz Bronksa

and their stories.

i njihove priče.

Another glass project

Još jedno delo od stakla

is in a public library

je u javnoj biblioteci

in San Jose, California.

u San Hoseu, u Kaliforniji.

So I made a vegetable point of view

Predstavila sam rast San Hosea

of the growth of San Jose.

kroz biljke.

So I started in the center

Počela sam iz centra

with the acorn

žirom

for the Ohlone Indian civilization.

posvećenom indijanskoj civilzaciji Ohlone.

Then I have the fruit from Europe

Zatim imam voće iz Evrope

for the ranchers.

za rančere.

And then the fruit of the world for Silicon Valley today.

I onda voće sveta za današnju Silicijumsku dolinu.

And it's still growing.

A rast ne prestaje.

So the technique, it's cut,

Tehnika je rezanje,

sandblasted, etched

peskarenje, graviranje,

and printed glass into architectural glass.

i utiskivanje stakla u arhitektonsko staklo.

And outside the library,

A ispred biblioteke

I wanted to make a place to cultivate your mind.

htela sam da napravim mesto gde biste uzgajali svoj um.

I took library material

Uzela sam iz biblioteke materijal

that had fruit in their title

sa voćem u naslovu

and I used them to make an orchard walk

i napravila od toga voćnjak

with these fruits of knowledge.

čiji su plodovi znanje.

I also planted the bibliotree.

Osim toga, posadila sam i bibliodrvo.

So it's a tree,

To je drvo,

and in its trunk you have the roots of languages.

koje u stablu ima korene jezika.

And it's all about international writing systems.

Radi se o internacionalnim načinima pisanja.

And on the branches

A na granama

you have library material growing.

rastu knjige.

You can also have function and form

Kada stvarate javnu umetnost

with public art.

dobijete i primenu i formu.

So in Aurora, Colorado it's a bench.

U Aurori, u Koloradu, napravila sam klupu.

But you have a bonus with this bench.

Ali, uz ovu klupu, dobija se i bonus.

Because if you sit a long time in summer in shorts,

Tako što, ako dugo sedite leti u šorcu,

you will walk away

otići ćete

with temporary branding of

sa privremenim otiskom

the story element on your thighs.

jednog dela priče na butinama.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Another functional work,

Još jedno delo sa primenom

it's in the south side of Chicago

je na južnoj strani Čikaga,

for a subway station.

za metro stanicu.

And it's called "Seeds of the Future are Planted Today."

Zove se "Seme budućnosti seje se danas".

It's a story about transformation

To je priča o transformaciji

and connections.

i povezanosti.

So it acts as a screen

Služi kao paravan

to protect the rail and the commuter,

koji štiti i šine i putnike,

and not to have objects falling on the rails.

tako da ništa ne može pasti na šine.

To be able to change fences

Moći pretvoriti ograde

and window guards into flowers,

i rešetke na prozorima u cveće,

it's fantastic.

to je fantastično.

And here I've been working for the last three years

Protekle tri godine radim

with a South Bronx developer

sa graditeljem iz južnog Bronksa

to bring art to life

na oživljavanju

to low-income buildings

socijalno neprofitnih

and affordable housing.

i povoljnih stanova.

So each building has its own personality.

Svaka zgrada ima svoju osobenost.

And sometimes it's about a legacy of the neighborhood,

Ponekad se radi o nasleđu tog kraja,

like in Morrisania, about the jazz history.

kao što je u Morisanji istorija džeza.

And for other projects, like in Paris,

Za druge projekte, kao u Parizu,

it's about the name of the street.

radi se o imenu ulice.

It's called Rue des Prairies -- Prairie Street.

Ova se zove Rue des Prairies - Prerijska ulica.

So I brought back the rabbit,

Zato sam vratila zeca,

the dragonfly,

vilinog konjica,

to stay in that street.

da ostanu u ovoj ulici.

And in 2009,

A u 2009. godini,

I was asked to make a poster

pitali su me da napravim poster

to be placed in the subway cars in New York City

koji će biti postavljen u vagonima njujorškog metroa

for a year.

tokom godinu dana.

So that was a very captive audience.

Ovde imamo jednu zatočenu publiku.

And I wanted to give them an escape.

I ja sam želela da joj omogućim beg.

I created "All Around Town."

Napravila sam "Po čitavom gradu".

It is a papercutting,

To je izrezak papira,

and then after, I added color on the computer.

a kasnije sam mu dodala boju na kompjuteru.

So I can call it techno-crafted.

Tako da mogu reći da je i tehnički obrađen.

And along the way,

U međuvremenu,

I'm kind of making papercuttings

izrezujem papir

and adding other techniques.

dodajući druge tehnike.

But the result is always to have stories.

Ali cilj je uvek da se ispriča priča.

So the stories, they have a lot of possibilities.

Priče pružaju mnogo mogućnosti.

They have a lot of scenarios.

Imaju mnogo scenarija.

I don't know the stories.

Ja ne znam priče.

I take images from our global imagination,

Ja uzimam scene iz globalne mašte,

from cliché, from things we are thinking about,

iz klišea, iz stvari o kojima razgovaramo,

from history.

iz istorije.

And everybody's a narrator,

Svako je pripovedač,

because everybody has a story to tell.

jer svako ima svoju priču.

But more important

Ali najvažnije je

is everybody has to make a story

da svako treba da stvori priču,

to make sense of the world.

da bi svet imao smisla.

And in all these universes,

I u svim ovim svetovima,

it's like imagination is the vehicle

mašta je

to be transported with,

prevozno sredstvo,

but the destination is our minds

ali cilj su naši umovi

and how we can reconnect

i cilj je ponovo se povezati

with the essential and with the magic.

sa suštinom i sa magijom.

And it's what story cutting is all about.

I to je upravo smisao izrezivanja priča.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)