Neil Harbisson: I listen to color

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Tereza Ivanovic Lektor: Tatjana Jevdjic

Well, I was born with a rare visual condition

Rođen sam sa retkim stanjem čula vida,

called achromatopsia, which is total color blindness,

ahromatopsijom, što je potpuno slepilo za boje,

so I've never seen color,

znači da nikad nisam video boju

and I don't know what color looks like,

i ne znam kako boja izgleda,

because I come from a grayscale world.

jer dolazim iz sveta sivila.

To me, the sky is always gray,

Za mene je nebo uvek sivo,

flowers are always gray,

cveće je uvek sivo,

and television is still in black and white.

a televizija je još uvek crno-bela.

But, since the age of 21,

Ali, od svoje 21. godine,

instead of seeing color, I can hear color.

mogu da čujem boje umesto da ih vidim.

In 2003, I started a project

2003. sam započeo projekat

with computer scientist Adam Montandon,

sa Adamom Montandonom, stručnjakom za kompjutere,

and the result, with further collaborations

i rezultat je, u saradnji sa

with Peter Kese from Slovenia

Peterom Keseom iz Slovenije

and Matias Lizana from Barcelona,

i Matijasom Lizanom iz Barselone,

is this electronic eye.

ovo elektronsko oko.

It's a color sensor that detects

To je senzor za boju koji mi otkriva

the color frequency in front of me — (Frequency sounds) —

frekvenciju boje ispred mene -- (Zvuci frekvencije)

and sends this frequency to a chip installed

i šalje je u čip koji je instaliran

at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me

pozadi na mojoj glavi, tako da čujem boju ispred sebe

through the bone, through bone conduction.

pomoću provodljivosti kosti.

(Frequency sounds) So, for example, if I have, like —

(Zvuci frekvencije).Tako, na primer, ovo --

This is the sound of purple. (Frequency sounds)

ovo je zvuk ljubičaste. (Zvuci frekvencije)

For example, this is the sound of grass. (Frequency sounds)

Ovo je, na primer, zvuk trave. (Zvuci frekvencije)

This is red, like TED. (Frequency sounds)

Ova je crvena, kao TED. (Zvuci frekvencije)

This is the sound of a dirty sock. (Laughter)

Ovo je zvuk prljave čarape. (Smeh)

Which is like yellow, this one.

Koji je kao žuta, evo ovaj.

So I've been hearing color all the time for eight years,

Ja već osam godina slušam boju,

since 2004, so I find it completely normal now

od 2004. i meni je skroz u redu

to hear color all the time.

da sve vreme čujem boju.

At the start, though, I had to memorize the names you give

U početku sam morao da pamtim ime

for each color, so I had to memorize the notes,

svake boje, morao sam da pamtim tonove,

but after some time, all this information

ali posle izvesnog vremena cela ova informacija

became a perception.

je postala percepcija.

I didn't have to think about the notes.

Nisam morao da razmišljam o tonovima.

And after some time, this perception became a feeling.

Posle nekog vremena, ova percepcija je postala osećaj.

I started to have favorite colors,

Neke boje su mi postale omiljene

and I started to dream in colors.

i počeo sam da sanjam u boji.

So, when I started to dream in color is when I felt

Počeo sam da sanjam u boji kada sam

that the software and my brain had united,

osetio da su se softver i moj mozak sjedinili,

because in my dreams, it was my brain creating

jer je moj mozak u snovima stvarao

electronic sounds. It wasn't the software,

elektronske zvuke, a ne softver.

so that's when I started to feel like a cyborg.

Tada sam počeo da se osećam kao kiborg.

It's when I started to feel that the cybernetic device

Počeo sam da osećam da kibernetski uređaj

was no longer a device.

više nije bio uređaj.

It had become a part of my body,

Postao je deo mog tela,

an extension of my senses,

dodatak mojim čulima

and after some time, it even became a part

i posle nekog vremena, postao je čak deo

of my official image.

mog zvaničnog imidža.

This is my passport from 2004.

Ovo je moj pasoš iz 2004.

You're not allowed to appear on U.K. passports

U pasošu UK nije dozvoljena slika

with electronic equipment, but I insisted

sa elektronskom opremom, ali sam insistirao

to the passport office that what they were seeing

u odeljenju za pasoše da je ono što vide,

was actually a new part of my body,

u stvari, jedan novi deo mog tela,

an extension of my brain, and they finally accepted me

produžetak mog mozga i na kraju su prihvatili

to appear with the passport photo.

da imam tu sliku na pasošu.

So, life has changed dramatically since I hear color,

Život mi se značajno promenio otkad čujem boju,

because color is almost everywhere,

jer boja je svuda prisutna,

so the biggest change for example is

pa je najveća promena, na primer,

going to an art gallery, I can listen to a Picasso,

da odlaženjem u umetničku galeriju mogu da slušam Pikasa.

for example. So it's like I'm going to a concert hall,

Kao da idem u koncertnu dvoranu,

because I can listen to the paintings.

jer mogu da slušam slike.

And supermarkets, I find this is very shocking,

A supermarketi, stvarno je šokantno,

it's very, very attractive to walk along a supermarket.

veoma je zgodno šetati se sa kraja na kraj.

It's like going to a nightclub.

Kao da si u noćnim klubu.

It's full of different melodies. (Laughter) Yeah.

Pun je raznih melodija. (Smeh). Da.

Especially the aisle with cleaning products.

Naročito red sa sredstvima za čišćenje.

It's just fabulous. (Laughter)

Fenomenalno je. (Smeh)

Also, the way I dress has changed.

Način oblačenja mi se takođe promenio.

Before, I used to dress in a way that it looked good.

Pre sam se oblačio tako da to izgleda lepo.

Now I dress in a way that it sounds good. (Laughter)

Sad se oblačim tako da to zvuči dobro. (Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So today I'm dressed in C major,

Danas sam se obukao u C-dur,

so it's quite a happy chord. (Laughter)

što je skroz srećan akord. (Smeh)

If I had to go to a funeral, though,

Kad bih morao da idem na sahranu,

I would dress in B minor, which would be

obukao bih se u h-mol, bila bi to

turquoise, purple and orange. (Laughter)

tirkizna, ljubičasta i narandžasta. (Smeh)

Also, food, the way I look at food has changed,

Takođe se promenio i moj način pogleda na hranu,

because now I can display the food on a plate,

mogu da izložim hranu na tanjir,

so I can eat my favorite song. (Laughter)

pa mogu da jedem omiljenu pesmu. (Smeh)

So depending on how I display it,

Zavisi kako izlažem hranu,

I can hear and I can compose music with food.

mogu da komponujem muziku pomoću hrane.

So imagine a restaurant where we can have, like,

Zamislite restoran gde možemo imati

Lady Gaga salads as starters. (Laughter) I mean,

za predjelo salatu Lady Gaga. (Smeh) Mislim

this would get teenagers to eat their vegetables, probably.

da bi ovo pomoglo tinejdžerima da jedu povrće.

And also, some Rachmaninov piano concertos

I takođe, Rahmanjinov koncert za klavir

as main dishes, and some Bjork or Madonna desserts,

kao glavno jelo, a Bjork ili Madonu za desert,

that would be a very exciting restaurant

bio bi to veoma uzbudljiv restoran,

where you can actually eat songs.

gde bi, u stvari, jeli pesme.

Also, the way I perceive beauty has changed,

Promenio se i način na koji doživljavam lepotu,

because when I look at someone, I hear their face,

jer kad pogledam nekog, čujem njegovo lice,

so someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible.

pa tako, neko može da izgleda jako lepo, ali da zvuči užasno.

(Laughter) And it might happen the opposite,

(Smeh) A može da se desi i suprotno.

the other way around. So I really enjoy creating, like,

Zaista uživam da stvaram

sound portraits of people.

zvučne portrete ljudi.

Instead of drawing someone's face, like drawing the shape,

Umesto da nacrtam nečije lice, crtajući oblike,

I point at them with the eye and I write down

ja uperim oko u njih i zapisujem

the different notes I hear, and then I create sound portraits.

različite tonove koje čujem i tako stvaram zvučne portrete.

Here's some faces.

Evo nekih lica.

(Musical chords)

(Muzički akordi)

Yeah, Nicole Kidman sounds good. (Laughter)

Da, Nikol Kidman dobro zvuči. (Smeh)

Some people, I would never relate, but they sound similar.

Neki ljudi zvuče slično, a nikad ih ne bih doveo u vezu.

Prince Charles has some similarities with Nicole Kidman.

Princ Čarls ima neke sličnosti sa Nikol Kidman.

They have similar sound of eyes.

Slično im zvuče oči.

So you relate people that you wouldn't relate,

Tako povezujete ljude koje ne biste doveli u vezu,

and you can actually also create concerts

a možete da napravite i koncerte

by looking at the audience faces.

gladajući lica publike.

So I connect the eye, and then I play the audience's faces.

Uključim oko i zatim odsviram lica publike.

The good thing about this is,

Ono što je dobro u vezi s ovim je,

if the concert doesn't sound good, it's their fault.

da ako koncert ne zvuči dobro, to je njihova greška.

It's not my fault, because — (Laughter)

Nije moja greška -- (Smeh)

And so another thing that happens is that

Još jedna stvar se dešava,

I started having this secondary effect

počeo je da mi se pojavljuje sekundarni efekat,

that normal sounds started to become color.

obični zvuci su počeli da se pretvaraju u boju.

I heard a telephone tone, and it felt green

Čuo sam telefon, činio mi se zelen,

because it sounded just like the color green.

zvučao je kao zelena boja.

The BBC beeps, they sound turquoise,

Bipovi na BBC-u zvuče tirkizno,

and listening to Mozart became a yellow experience,

a slušanje Mocarta postalo je žuto iskustvo,

so I started to paint music and paint people's voices,

pa sam počeo da slikam muziku, da slikam ljudske glasove,

because people's voices have frequencies

jer ljudski glasovi imaju frekvencije

that I relate to color.

koje ja povezujem sa bojama.

And here's some music translated into color.

Evo malo muzike pretvorene u boju.

For example, Mozart, "Queen of the Night," looks like this.

Na primer, Mocartova "Kraljica noći" izgleda ovako.

(Music) Very yellow and very colorful,

(Muzika) Veoma žuto i živopisno,

because there's many different frequencies.

jer ima mnogo različitih frekvencija.

(Music)

(Muzika)

And this is a completely different song.

A ovo je skroz drugačija pesma.

(Music) It's Justin Bieber's "Baby." (Laughter)

(Muzika) Ovo je Džastin Biberova "Baby". (Smeh)

(Music)

(Muzika)

It is very pink and very yellow.

Ovo je veoma ružičasto i žuto.

So, also voices, I can transform speeches into color,

Takođe i govore, kao i glasove, mogu pretvoriti u boju,

for example, these are two very well-known speeches.

na primer, ovo su dva vrlo poznata govora.

One of them is Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream,"

Jedan je "Ja imam san" Martina Lutera Kinga,

and the other one is Hitler.

a drugi je Hitlerov.

And I like to exhibit these paintings in the exhibition halls

Volim da izlažem ove slike bez natpisa

without labels, and then I ask people,

i onda pitam ljude:

"Which one do you prefer?"

"Koja vam se više dopada?"

And most people change their preference

I mnogi promene svoj izbor

when I tell them that the one on the left is Hitler

kad im kažem da je ona sa leve strane Hitler,

and the one on the right is Martin Luther King.

a ona sa desne Martin Luter King.

So I got to a point when I was able to perceive 360 colors,

Došao sam do tačke kada sam mogao da razlikujem 360 boja,

just like human vision.

kao i ljudski vid.

I was able to differentiate all the degrees of the color wheel.

Mogao sam da razlikujem sve nijanse spektralnog kruga.

But then, I just thought that

Onda sam pomislio da

this human vision wasn't good enough.

ljudski vid nije dovoljno dobar.

There's many, many more colors around us

Postoji mnogo, mnogo više boja oko nas

that we cannot perceive,

nego što možemo da vidimo,

but that electronic eyes can perceive.

ali elektronsko oko može to da zapazi.

So I decided to continue extending my color senses,

Odlučio sam da nastavim da proširujem svoje čulo vida,

and I added infrared and I added ultraviolet

dodao sam infracrvenu i ultraljubičastu

to the color-to-sound scale, so now I can hear colors

u moju skalu boje i zvuka. Sad čujem boje

that the human eye cannot perceive.

koje ljudsko oko ne može da vidi.

For example, perceiving infrared is good because you can

Na primer, uočavanje infracrvene je dobro,

actually detect if there's movement detectors in a room.

jer možete otkriti detektore pokreta u prostoriji.

I can hear if someone points at me with a remote control.

Čujem ako neko uperi u mene daljinski upravljač.

And the good thing about perceiving ultraviolet is that

Dobra stvar oko percepcije ultraljubičaste

you can hear if it's a good day or a bad day to sunbathe,

je da mogu čuti da li je dobar ili loš dan za sunčanje,

because ultraviolet is a dangerous color,

jer ultraljubičasta je veoma opasna boja,

a color that can actually kill us, so I think we should all have this wish

boja koja nas zaista može ubiti, pa mislim da bi svi

to perceive things that we cannot perceive.

trebalo da imamo želju da uočimo stvari koje ne uočavamo.

That's why, two years ago,

Zato sam pre dve godine

I created the Cyborg Foundation,

stvorio Kiborg fondaciju,

which is a foundation that tries to help people

koja pokušava da pomogne ljudima

become a cyborg, tries to encourage people

da postanu kiborzi, da ohrabri ljude

to extend their senses

da prošire svoja čula

by using technology as part of the body.

koristeći tehnologiju kao deo tela.

We should all think that knowledge comes from our senses,

Svi treba da mislimo da znanje potiče iz naših čula,

so if we extend our senses,

pa ako ih proširimo,

we will consequently extend our knowledge.

samim tim ćemo proširiti svoje znanje.

I think life will be much more exciting

Mislim da će život biti mnogo uzbudljiviji

when we stop creating applications for mobile phones

kada prestanemo da pravimo aplikacije za mobilne telefone

and we start creating applications for our own body.

i počnemo da stvaramo aplikacije za svoja tela.

I think this will be a big, big change

Mislim da će to biti velika, velika promena

that we will see during this century.

koju ćemo videti u ovom veku.

So I do encourage you all to think about which senses

Zato vas podstičem da razmislite koja biste

you'd like to extend.

čula voleli da proširite.

I would encourage you to become a cyborg.

Podstičem vas da postanete kiborg.

You won't be alone. Thank you. (Applause)

Nećete biti sami. Hvala. (Aplauz)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)