Art that transforms cities into playgrounds of the imagination | Helen Marriage

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Kristina Radosavljević

We live in a world increasingly tyrannized by the screen,

Živimo u svetu u kojem sve više vladaju ekrani,

by our phones, by our tablets, by our televisions and our computers.

naši telefoni, tableti, televizori i kompjuteri.

We can have any experience that we want,

Možemo da doživimo šta god želimo,

but feel nothing.

ali ne osećamo ništa.

We can have as many friends as we want,

Možemo da imamo koliko god prijatelja želimo,

but have nobody to shake hands with.

ali nemamo sa kime da se rukujemo.

I want to take you to a different kind of world,

Htela bih da vas odvedem u drugačiji svet,

the world of the imagination,

svet mašte,

where, using this most powerful tool that we have,

gde pomoću najmoćnijeg sredstva koje imamo

we can transform both our physical surroundings,

možemo da transformišemo svoje fizičko okruženje,

but in doing so, we can change forever how we feel

ali na taj način možemo i zauvek promeniti kako se osećamo

and how we feel about the people that we share the planet with.

i šta osećamo prema ljudima sa kojima delimo planetu.

My company, Artichoke, which I cofounded in 2006,

Moja firma, Artičoka, čiji sam bila suosnivač 2006. godine,

was set up to create moments.

bila je namenjena da stvara trenutke.

We all have moments in our lives, and when we're on our deathbeds,

Svi imamo trenutke u svom životu, i kada smo na samrtnoj postelji,

nećemo se setiti svakodnevnog putovanja na posao autobusom broj 38,

we're not going to remember the daily commute to work

on the number 38 bus

or our struggle to find a parking space every day when we go to the shop.

niti borbe da nađemo mesto za parking svakog dana kad idemo u kupovinu.

We're going to remember those moments when our kid took their first step

Setićemo se onih trenutaka kada je naše dete prohodalo,

or when we got picked for the football team

ili kada su nas izabrali za fudbalski tim,

or when we fell in love.

ili kada smo se zaljubili.

So Artichoke exists to create moving, ephemeral moments

Artičoka dakle postoji da bi stvorila dirljive, efemerne trenutke

that transform the physical world using the imagination of the artist

koji transformišu fizički svet, koristeći maštu umetnika

to show us what is possible.

da nam pokaže šta je moguće.

We create beauty amongst ruins.

Mi stvaramo lepotu među ruševinama.

We reexamine our history.

Preispitujemo našu istoriju.

We create moments to which everyone is invited,

Stvaramo trenutke na koje su svi pozvani,

either to witness or to take part.

bilo da prisustvuju ili da učestvuju.

It all started for me way back in the 1990s,

Za mene je sve ovo počelo još 1990-ih,

when I was appointed as festival director in the tiny British city of Salisbury.

kada sam postavljena za organizatora festivala

u malom britanskom gradu Solsberiju.

You'll probably have heard of it.

Verovatno ste čuli za njega.

Here's the Salisbury Cathedral, and here's the nearby Stonehenge Monument,

Evo katedrale u Solsberiju, a evo i obližnjeg spomenika Stounhendž,

which is world-famous.

koji je poznat u svetu.

Salisbury is a city that's been dominated for hundreds of years by the Church,

Solsberi je grad kojim je stotinama godina

dominirala crkva, Konzervativna partija

the Conservative Party

and the army.

i vojska.

It's a place where people really love to observe the rules.

To je mesto gde ljudi zaista vole da se pridržavaju pravila.

So picture me on my first year in the city,

Zamislite mene prve godine u gradu,

cycling the wrong way down a one-way street, late.

kako vozim bicikl u pogrešnom smeru niz jednosmernu ulicu, i kasnim.

I'm always late.

Uvek kasnim.

It's a wonder I've even turned up today.

Čudo je da sam se uopšte pojavila danas.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

A little old lady on the sidewalk helpfully shouted at me,

Jedna sićušna starica na trotoaru mi je susretljivo doviknula:

"My dear, you're going the wrong way!"

„Draga, ideš u pogrešnom smeru!“

Charmingly -- I thought -- I said, "Yeah, I know."

Šarmantno, mislila sam, rekoh: „Da, znam.“

"I hope you die!" she screamed.

„Crkla dabogda!“ - povikala je.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I realized that this was a place where I was in trouble.

Shvatila sam da ću ovde imati problem.

And yet, a year later,

A ipak, godinu dana kasnije,

persuasion, negotiation -- everything I could deploy --

uz ubeđivanje, pregovaranje, sve što sam mogla da upotrebim,

saw me producing the work.

uspevala sam da obavim posao.

Not a classical concert in a church or a poetry reading,

Ne da organizujem klasični koncert u crkvi ili čitanje poezije,

but the work of a French street theater company

već da francuska kompanija uličnog pozorišta

who were telling the story of Faust,

ispriča priču o Faustu,

"Mephistomania," on stilts, complete with handheld pyrotechnics.

„Mefistomaniju“, na štulama, sa pirotehnikom u rukama.

The day after, the same little old lady stopped me in the street and said,

Dan kasnije, ista starica me je zaustavila na ulici i rekla:

"Were you responsible for last night?"

„Jesi li ti odgovorna za ono od sinoć?“

I backed away.

Ustuknula sam.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"Yes."

„Da.“

"When I heard about it," she said, "I knew it wasn't for me.

„Kada sam čula za to,“ rekla je, „znala sam da nije za mene.

But Helen, my dear, it was."

Ali Helen, draga, bilo je.“

So what had happened?

Pa, šta se desilo?

Curiosity had triumphed over suspicion,

Radoznalost je nadjačala sumnju,

and delight had banished anxiety.

a oduševljenje je proteralo teskobu.

So I wondered how one could transfer these ideas to a larger stage

Zapitala sam se kako bi se ove ideje mogle preneti na veći nivo

and started on a journey to do the same kind of thing to London.

i započela sam putovanje da uradim to isto u Londonu.

Imagine: it's a world city.

Zamislite: to je svetski grad.

Like all our cities, it's dedicated to toil, trade and traffic.

Kao i svi naši gradovi, posvećen je radu, trgovini i saobraćaju.

It's a machine to get you to work on time and back,

To je mašina koja treba da vas na vreme odveze na posao i vrati nazad,

and we're all complicit in wanting the routines to be fixed

i svi smo saučesnici u želji da rutina bude učvršćena

and for everybody to be able to know what's going to happen next.

i da svi mogu da znaju šta će se sledeće dogoditi.

And yet, what if this amazing city could be turned into a stage,

A ipak, šta ako bi se ovaj čudesni grad pretvorio u pozornicu,

a platform for something so unimaginable

platformu za nešto toliko nazamislivo

that would somehow transform people's lives?

da bi to nekako transformisalo živote ljudi?

We do these things often in Britain.

Često radimo takve stvari u Britaniji.

I'm sure you do them wherever you're from.

Sigurna sam da to radite u mestima odakle ste.

Here's Horse Guards Parade.

Evo parade konjičke garde.

And here's something that we do often. It's always about winning things.

A evo i nečega što često radimo. Uvek se radi o pobeđivanju.

It's about the marathon or winning a war

Radi se o maratonu, pobeđivanju u ratu

or a triumphant cricket team coming home.

ili pobednički kriket tim koji se vraća kući.

We close the streets. Everybody claps.

Zatvaramo ulice. Svi aplaudiraju.

But for theater? Not possible.

Ali za pozorište? Nemoguće.

Except a story told by a French company:

Osim kada se radi o priči francuske trupe,

a saga about a little girl and a giant elephant

sagi o devojčici i ogromnom slonu

that came to visit

koji su došli u posetu

for four days.

na četiri dana.

And all I had to do was persuade the public authorities

Samo je trebalo da ubedim javne zvaničnike

that shutting the city for four days was something completely normal.

da je zatvaranje grada na četiri dana nešto sasvim normalno.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

No traffic, just people enjoying themselves,

Bez saobraćaja, samo ljudi koji se zabavljaju,

coming out to marvel and witness this extraordinary artistic endeavor

koji dolaze da se dive i prisustvuju ovom izuzetnom umetničkom poduhvatu

by the French theater company Royal de Luxe.

francuske pozorišne trupe Rojal deluks.

It was a seven-year journey,

Bio je to sedam godina dug put,

with me saying to a group of men -- almost always men -- sitting in a room,

pri čemu sam govorila pred grupom muškaraca - gotovo uvek muškaraca -

koji su sedeli u prostoriji:

"Eh, it's like a fairy story with a little girl and this giant elephant,

„Eh, to je kao bajka sa devojčicom i ogromnim slonom,

and they come to town for four days

oni dođu u grad na četiri dana

and everybody gets to come and watch and play."

i svi mogu da dođu, da gledaju i zabavljaju se.“

And they would go,

A oni bi rekli:

"Why would we do this?

„Zašto bismo to uradili?

Is it for something?

Da li je povodom nečega?

Is it celebrating a presidential visit?

Da li je za proslavu posete nekog predsednika?

Is it the Entente Cordiale between France and England?

Da li je zbog anglo-francuskog sporazuma?

Is it for charity? Are you trying to raise money?"

Da li je u dobrotvorne svrhe? Da li pokušavate da prikupite novac?“

And I'd say,

Ja bih rekla:

"None of these things."

„Ništa od toga.“

And they'd say, "Why would we do this?"

A oni bi rekli: „Zašto bismo to radili?“

But after four years, this magic trick, this extraordinary thing happened.

Ali nakon četiri godine, desio se čaroban trik, izvanredna stvar.

I was sitting in the same meeting I'd been to for four years,

Sedela sam na istom sastanku na koji sam išla četiri godine,

saying, "Please, please, may I?"

govoreći: „Molim vas, mogu li?“

Instead of which, I didn't say, "Please."

Umesto što nisam rekla „molim vas“,

I said, "This thing that we've been talking about for such a long time,

već: „Ono o čemu smo govorili već duže vreme

it's happening on these dates,

desiće se u ovom periodu,

and I really need you to help me."

i zaista mi je potrebna vaša pomoć.“

This magic thing happened.

Nešto magično se dogodilo.

Everybody in the room somehow decided that somebody else had said yes.

Svi u prostoriji su nekako presudili da se neko drugi već složio.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

They decided that they were not being asked to take responsibility,

Zaključili su da se od njih ne traži da preuzmu odgovornost,

ili je možda zatraženo od rukovodioca za upravljanje autobusima

or maybe the bus planning manager was being asked to take responsibility

da bude odgovoran za planiranje preusmeravanja autobusa,

for planning the bus diversions,

and the council officer was being asked to close the roads,

i da je od predstavnika odbora zatraženo da zatvori puteve,

and the transport for London people were being asked to sort out the Underground.

i da su ljudi iz londonskog prevoza zaduženi da srede stvari vezane za metro.

All these people were only being asked to do the thing that they could do

Jedino što se od njih tražilo je da urade ono što su mogli,

that would help us.

a što bi nama pomoglo.

Nobody was being asked to take responsibility.

Nikome nije zatraženo da preuzme odgovornost.

And I, in my innocence, thought, "Well, I'll take responsibility,"

I ja sam u svojoj naivnosti pomislila: „Pa, ja ću da prihvatim odgovornost“

for what turned out to be a million people on the street.

za ono što se na kraju pretvorilo u milion ljudi na ulici.

It was our first show.

Bila je to naša prva predstava.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

It was our first show, and it changed the nature of the appreciation of culture,

Bio je to prvi nastup koji je promenio prirodu uvažavanja kulture,

not in a gallery, not in a theater, not in an opera house,

ne u galeriji, ne u pozorištu, ne u zgradi opere,

but live and on the streets,

već žive kulture, na ulici,

transforming public space for the broadest possible audience,

koja je preobrazila javni prostor za najširu moguću publiku,

people who would never buy a ticket to see anything.

ljude koji nikada ne bi kupili kartu da bi nešto videli.

So there we were.

I tako je to bilo.

We'd finished, and we've continued to produce work of this kind.

Završili smo i nastavili smo da stvaramo ovakve stvari.

As you can see, the company's work is astonishing,

Kao što vidite, ono što radi ova trupa je neverovatno,

but what's also astonishing is the fact that permission was granted.

ali ono što je takođe neverovatno je činjenica da je dozvola odobrena.

And you don't see any security.

I uopšte nije bilo obezbeđenja.

And this was nine months after terrible terrorist bombings

A to je bilo devet meseci nakon užasnih terorističkih bombardovanja

that had ripped London apart.

koji su rastrgli London.

So I began to wonder whether it was possible

Počela sam da se pitam da li je moguće

to do this kind of stuff in even more complicated circumstances.

uraditi ovakve stvari u još složenijim okolnostima.

We turned our attention to Northern Ireland,

Usmerili smo pažnju ka Severnoj Irskoj,

the North of Ireland, depending on your point of view.

ili ka severu Irske, u zavisnosti od tačke gledišta.

This is a map of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland,

Ovo je mapa Engleske, Škotske, Velsa i Irske,

the island to the left.

ostrva sa leve strane.

For generations, it's been a place of conflict,

Generacijama je to bilo mesto sukoba,

the largely Catholic republic in the south

većinom katolička republika na jugu

and the largely Protestant loyalist community --

i zajednica većinom protestantskih lojalista -

hundreds of years of conflict,

stotine godina konflikta,

British troops on the streets for over 30 years.

britanskih trupa na ulicama više od 30 godina.

And now, although there is a peace process,

A sada, iako je u toku proces mira,

this is today in this city, called Londonderry if you're a loyalist,

ovo stoji danas u ovom gradu zvanom Londonderi ako ste lojalista,

called Derry if you're a Catholic.

a Deri ako ste katolik.

But everybody calls it home.

Ali svi ga nazivaju domom.

And I began to wonder

Počela sam da se pitam

whether there was a way in which the community tribalism could be addressed

da li postoji način na koji bi se mogao rešiti tribalizam zajednica

through art and the imagination.

kroz umetnost i maštu.

This is what the communities do,

Evo šta zajednice rade,

every summer, each community.

svakog leta, svaka zajednica.

This is a bonfire filled with effigies and insignia

Ovo je lomača ispunjena slikama i simbolima

from the people that they hate on the other side.

ljudi koje mrze na drugoj strani.

This is the same from the loyalist community.

Ovo je isto to iz zajednice lojalista.

And every summer, they burn them.

I svakog leta ih spale.

They're right in the center of town.

Nalaze se u samom centru grada.

So we turned to here, to the Nevada desert, to Burning Man,

Usmerili smo se u ovom pravcu, ka pustinji u Nevadi, festivalu Burning Man,

where people also do bonfires,

gde ljudi takođe pale lomače,

but with a completely different set of values.

ali sa potpuno različitim skupom vrednosti.

Here you see the work of David Best and his extraordinary temples,

Ovde vidite radove Dejvida Besta i njegove izvanredne hramove,

which are built during the Burning Man event

koji se grade za vreme događaja Burning Man,

and then incinerated on the Sunday.

a potom budu spaljeni u nedelju.

So we invited him and his community to come,

Pozvala sam njega i njegovu zajednicu da dođu

and we recruited from both sides of the political and religious divide:

i prikupili smo ljude sa obe strane političke i verske podele:

young people, unemployed people,

mlade, nezaposlene,

people who would never normally come across each other

ljude koji se inače ne bi sreli

or speak to each other.

niti razgovarali jedni sa drugima.

And out of their extraordinary work rose a temple

I od njihovog izuzetnog rada izdigao se hram

to rival the two cathedrals that exist in the town,

kao takmac dvema katedralama koje postoje u gradu,

one Catholic and one Protestant.

od kojih je jedna katolička, a druga protestantska.

But this was a temple to no religion,

Ali ovo je bio hram bez religije,

for everyone,

za svakoga,

for no community, but for everyone.

bez zajednice, ali za svakoga.

And we put it in this place where everyone told me nobody would come.

Smestili smo ga na mesto gde su mi svi govorili da niko neće doći.

It was too dangerous. It sat between two communities.

Bilo je previše opasno. Nalazilo se između dve zajednice.

I just kept saying, "But it's got such a great view."

Uporno sam govorila: „Ali ima tako divan pogled.“

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And again, that same old question:

I opet, ono isto pitanje:

Why wouldn't we do this?

zašto ne bismo to radili?

What you see in the picture

Ono što vidite na slici su prvi redovi 426 učenika osnovne škole

is the beginning of 426 primary school children

who were walked up the hill by the head teacher,

koje je doveo uz ovo brdo njihov direktor

who didn't want them to lose this opportunity.

koji nije želeo da propuste tu priliku.

And just as happens in the Nevada desert,

Baš kao što se dešava u pustinji u Nevadi,

though in slightly different temperatures,

mada sa malom razlikom u temperaturi,

the people of this community, 65,000 of them,

ljudi u ovoj zajednici, njih 65 000,

turned out to write their grief, their pain, their hope,

pojavili su se da pišu o svom tugovanju, o svom bolu, svojim nadama,

their hopes for the future,

nadama vezanim za budućnost,

their love.

o svojoj ljubavi.

Because in the end, this is only about love.

Jer, na kraju krajeva, ovo je samo zbog ljubavi.

They live in a post-conflict society:

Oni žive u postkonfliktnom društvu

lots of post-traumatic stress,

u kome je mnogo posttraumatskog stresa,

high suicide.

veliki broj samoubistava.

And yet, for this brief moment --

A ipak, na ovaj kratak momenat -

and it would be ridiculous to assume that it was more than that --

a bilo bi smešno pretpostaviti da je bilo nešto više od toga -

somebody like Kevin -- a Catholic whose father was shot when he was nine,

neko poput Kevina - katolika čijeg su oca upucali kada je imao devet godina,

upstairs in bed --

na spratu u krevetu -

Kevin came to work as a volunteer.

Kevin je došao da radi kao volonter.

And he was the first person to embrace the elderly Protestant lady

Bio je prvi koji je zagrlio stariju protestantkinju

who came through the door on the day we opened the temple to the public.

koja je ušla na vrata toga dana kada smo hram otvorili za javnost.

It rose up. It sat there for five days.

Uzdigao se. Stajao je tamo pet dana.

And then we chose -- from our little tiny band of nonsectarian builders,

A zatim smo iz naše grupice graditelja koji nisu pripadali nijednoj religiji,

who had given us their lives for this period of months

a koji su nam dali svoje živote na ovaj period od nekoliko meseci

to make this extraordinary thing --

da bi napravili ovu izuzetnu stvar,

we chose from them the people who would incinerate it.

odabrali ljude koji će ga zapaliti.

And here you see the moment when,

Ovde vidite trenutak kada,

witnessed by 15,000 people who turned out on a dark, cold, March evening,

u prisustvu 15 000 ljudi koji su došli mračne, hladne martovske večeri,

the moment when they decided to put their enmity behind them,

trenutak kada su rešili da neprijateljstvo ostave za sobom,

to inhabit this shared space,

da nastane ovaj zajednički prostor,

where everybody had an opportunity to say the things that had been unsayable,

gde su svi imali priliku da kažu stvari koje su bile neizrecive,

to say out loud,

da glasno kažu:

"You hurt me and my family, but I forgive you."

„Povredili ste mene i moju porodicu, ali opraštam vam.“

And together, they watched

I zajedno su posmatrali

as members of their community let go of this thing that was so beautiful,

dok su članovi njihove zajednice napuštali ovu stvar koja je bila tako lepa,

but was as hard to let go of

ali ju je bilo isto tako teško napustiti

as those thoughts and feelings

kao i misli i osećanja

that had gone into making it.

koje su unete u njeno stvaranje.

(Music)

(Muzika)

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)