ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo - Video sculptor
Gabe Barcia-Colombo creates madcap art inspired both by Renaissance era curiosity cabinets and the modern-day digital chronicling of everyday life. Think: miniature people projected in objects and a DNA Vending Machine.

Why you should listen

Gabe Barcia-Colombo is an American artist who creates installation pieces that both delight and point to the strangeness of our modern, digital world. His latest work is a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses vials of DNA extracted from friends at dinner parties. He's also created video installations of "miniature people" encased inside ordinary objects like suitcases, blenders and more. His work comments on the act of leaving one's imprint for the next generation. Call it "artwork with consequences."

As he explains it: "While formally implemented by natural history museums and collections (which find their roots in Renaissance-era 'cabinets of curiosity'), this process has grown more pointed and pervasive in the modern-day obsession with personal digital archiving and the corresponding growth of social media culture. My video sculptures play upon this exigency in our culture to chronicle, preserve and wax nostalgic, an idea which I render visually by 'collecting' human beings (alongside cultural archetypes) as scientific specimens. I repurpose everyday objects like blenders, suitcases and cans of Spam into venues for projecting and inserting videos of people."

Barcia-Colombo is an alumnus and instructor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Read about his latest work on CoolHunting and in his TED Fellows profile.

More profile about the speaker
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo | Speaker | TED.com
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Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing memories in video art

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Čuvanje uspomena u video umjetnosti

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Koristeći video mapiranje i projekciju, umjetnik Gabriel Barcia-Colombo uspijeva sačuvati i dijeliti svoje uspomene i prijateljstva. Na TED Fellow Talks pokazuje nam svoj šarmantan i promišljen rad koji uspijeva sačuvati ljude u staklenkama, torbama, električnim miješalicama…
- Video sculptor
Gabe Barcia-Colombo creates madcap art inspired both by Renaissance era curiosity cabinets and the modern-day digital chronicling of everyday life. Think: miniature people projected in objects and a DNA Vending Machine. Full bio

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I love to collectprikupiti things.
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Volim skupljati stvari.
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Ever sinceod I was a kiddijete, I've had massivemasivan collectionszbirke
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Još od djetinjstva imao sam ogromnu zbirku
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of randomslučajan stuffstvari, everything from bizarrebizarno hotvruće saucesumaci
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različitih stvari, sve od bizarnih ljutih umaka
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from all around the worldsvijet to insectsinsekata
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s različitih strana svijeta do kukaca
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that I've captureduhvaćen and put in jarsstaklenke.
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koje sam uhvatio i stavljao u staklenke.
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Now, it's no secrettajna, because I like collectingprikupljanje things,
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Nije tajna da, kako volim skupljati stvari,
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that I love the NaturalPrirodni HistoryPovijest MuseumMuzej
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volim i Natural History Museum,
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and the collectionszbirke of animalsživotinje
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te zbirke životinja
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at the NaturalPrirodni HistoryPovijest MuseumMuzej in dioramasdiorame.
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koje se tamo nalaze u dioramama.
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These, to me, are like livingživot sculpturesskulpture, right,
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One su za mene kao živuće skulpture
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that you can go and look at,
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koje možeš posjetiti i pogledati,
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and they memorializespomenik a specificspecifično pointtočka of time
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a koje čuvaju određen trenutak u vremenu
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in this animal'sživotinje life.
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u životu tih životinja.
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So I was thinkingmišljenje about my ownvlastiti life,
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Tako sam razmišljao o vlastitom životu
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and how I'd like to memorializespomenik my life, you know,
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i o tome kako bih volio sačuvati uspomenu na njega, znate,
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for the agesdobi, and alsotakođer — (LaughterSmijeh) —
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za sva vremena i također - (Smijeh) -
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the livesživot of my friendsprijatelji, but
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živote mojih prijatelja,
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the problemproblem with this is that my friendsprijatelji aren'tnisu quitedosta keenoduševljen
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ali problem je u tome što moji prijatelji nisu previše zagrijani
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on the ideaideja of me taxidermy-ingprepariranje-ing them. (LaughterSmijeh)
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za ideju prepariranja. (Smijeh)
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So insteadumjesto, I turnedokrenut to videovideo,
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Tako sam se okrenuo videu,
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and videovideo is the nextSljedeći bestnajbolje way to preservesačuvati and memorializespomenik
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a video je sljedeći najbolji način da se sačuva uspomena
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someonenetko and to captureuhvatiti a specificspecifično momenttrenutak in time.
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na nekoga te zaustaviti određen poseban trenutak u vremenu.
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So what I did was, I filmedsnimio sixšest of my friendsprijatelji
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Ono što sam učinio jest da sam snimio šest svojih prijatelja
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and then, usingkoristeći videovideo mappingkartografija and videovideo projectionprojekcija,
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i zatim, koristeći video maping i video projekciju,
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I createdstvorio a videovideo sculptureskulptura, whichkoji was these sixšest friendsprijatelji
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stvorio video skulpture, mojih šest prijatelja
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projectedprojektiran into jarsstaklenke. (LaughterSmijeh)
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zarobljenih u staklenkama. (Smijeh)
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So now I have this collectionkolekcija of my friendsprijatelji
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Tako sada imam zbirku svojih prijatelja
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I can take around with me wheneverkada I go,
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koju mogu ponijeti sa sobom kamo god išao,
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and this is calledzvao AnimaliaAnimalia ChordataPodatke,
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a djelo se zove Animalia Chordata,
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from the LatinLatinski nomenclaturenomenklatura for
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iz latinskog sustava nomenklature
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humanljudski beingbiće, classificationklasifikacija systemsistem.
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ljudskih bića, klasifikacijski sustav.
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So this piecekomad memorializesmemorializes my friendsprijatelji in these jarsstaklenke,
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Tako ovo djelo uspijeva očuvati moje prijatelje u staklenkama,
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and they actuallyzapravo movepotez around. (LaughterSmijeh)
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te se oni čak mogu i kretati. (Smijeh)
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So, this is interestingzanimljiv to me,
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Dakle, to je vrlo zanimljivo,
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but it lackednisu imali a certainsiguran humanljudski elementelement. (LaughterSmijeh)
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ali nedostajao mi je određen element ljudskosti. ( Smijeh)
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It's a digitaldigitalni sculptureskulptura, so I wanted to adddodati
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Ovo je digitalna skulptura, tako da sam htio dodati
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an interactioninterakcija systemsistem. So what I did was,
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sustav interakcije. Ono što sam učinio jest
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I addeddodano a proximityneposredna blizina sensorsenzor, so that when you get closeblizu
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da sam dodao senzor blizine, stoga kada se približite
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to the people in jarsstaklenke, they reactreagirati to you in differentdrugačiji waysnačine.
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ljudima u staklenkama, oni reagiraju na različite načine.
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You know, just like people on the streetulica
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Znate, kao što ljudi na ulici
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when you get too closeblizu to them.
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reagiraju kada im se previše približite.
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Some people reactedreagirali su in terrorteror. (LaughterSmijeh)
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Neki ljudi reagiraju prestrašeno. (Smijeh)
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OthersDrugi reactedreagirali su in askingtraži you for help,
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Drugi vas traže za pomoć,
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and some people hidesakriti from you.
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a neki se kriju od vas.
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So this was really interestingzanimljiv to me, this ideaideja of
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Ovo mi je bilo zanimljivo, ta ideja
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takinguzimanje videovideo off the screenzaslon and puttingstavljanje it in realstvaran life,
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uzimanja videa s ekrana i postavljanja u stvarni život
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and alsotakođer addingdodajući interactivityinteraktivnost to sculptureskulptura.
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također dodajući interaktivnost sa skulpturom.
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So over the nextSljedeći yeargodina, I documenteddokumentirati 40 of my other friendsprijatelji
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Tako da sam tijekom sljedeće godine dokumentirao 40 svojih prijatelja
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and trappedzarobljena them in jarsstaklenke as well
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i zarobio ih u svoje staklenke,
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and createdstvorio a piecekomad knownznan as GardenVrt,
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te stvorio djelo poznato kao Garden (Vrt),
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whichkoji is literallydoslovce a gardenvrt of humanityčovječanstvo.
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što doslovce predstavlja vrt čovječanstva.
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But something about the first piecekomad,
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Ali nešto mi se u vezi ovog prvog djela,
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the AnimaliAnimali ChordataPodatke piecekomad, keptčuva comingdolazak back to me,
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Animalia Chordata, uporno vraćalo,
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this ideaideja of interactioninterakcija with artumjetnost,
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ta ideja interakcije s umjetnošću,
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and I really likedvolio the ideaideja of people beingbiće ableu stanju to interactinterakcija,
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stvarno mi se svidjela zamisao da ljudi mogu stupiti u interakciju
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and alsotakođer beingbiće challengedizazvan by interactingu interakciji with artumjetnost.
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s umjetnošću, te također biti izazvani u kontaktu s njom.
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So I wanted to createstvoriti a newnovi piecekomad that actuallyzapravo
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Tako sam htio stvoriti novo djelo koje će zapravo
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forcedprisiljeni people to come and interactinterakcija with something,
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primorati ljude da se približe i ostvare kontakt s nečime,
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and the way I did this was actuallyzapravo by projectingstrše
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a način na koji sam ovo ostvario jest da sam projektirao
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a 1950s housewifekućanica into a blendermiješalica. (LaughterSmijeh)
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kućanicu iz 1950-ih u električnu miješalicu. (Smijeh)
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This is a piecekomad calledzvao BlendSpoj, and what it does is
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Ovo djelo se zove Blend, a ono što čini jest
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it actuallyzapravo makesmarke you implicitimplicitno in the work of artumjetnost.
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da vas doista uključuje u umjetnost.
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You maysvibanj never experienceiskustvo the entirečitav thing yourselfsami.
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Možda nikada nećete to sami potpuno iskusiti.
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You can walkhodati away, you can just watch as this characterlik
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Možete otići, možete samo promatrati kako lik
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standsstoji there in the blendermiješalica and looksizgled at you,
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stoji sam u miješalici i gleda u vas
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or you can actuallyzapravo chooseizabrati to interactinterakcija with it.
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ili možete odlučiti ostvariti kontakt s njim.
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So if you do chooseizabrati to interactinterakcija with the piecekomad,
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Ako odlučite ostvariti kontakt s djelom,
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and you presstisak the blendermiješalica buttondugme, it actuallyzapravo sendsšalje
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te pritisnete dugme na miješalici, ono lik pretvara
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this characterlik into this dizzyingvrtoglave disarraynered of dishevelmentdishevelment.
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u vrtoglavu miješajuću zbrku.
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By doing that, you are now partdio of my piecekomad.
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Učinivši to vi ste postali dio mog djela.
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You, like the people that are trappedzarobljena in my work
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Vi, kao i ljudi koji su zarobljeni u mom djelu
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— (BlenderMiješalica noiseszvukovi, laughtersmijeh) —
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- (Zvuk miješalice, smijeh) -
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have becomepostati partdio of my work as well. (LaughterSmijeh)
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postali ste i sami dio mog djela. (Smijeh)
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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But, but this seemsčini se a bitbit unfairnepravedno, right?
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Ali, ovo se čini pomalo nepoštenim, zar ne?
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I put my friendsprijatelji in jarsstaklenke, I put this characterlik,
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Stavljao sam vlastite prijatelje u staklenke,
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this sortvrsta of endangeredugrožena speciesvrsta characterlik in a blendermiješalica.
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stavio sam ovaj lik, na neki način ugroženu vrstu u električnu miješalicu.
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But I'd never doneučinio anything about myselfsebe.
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Ali nikada nisam ništa učinio samome sebi.
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I'd never really memorializedmemorialized myselfsebe.
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Nikada nisam očuvao uspomenu na samoga sebe.
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So I decidedodlučio to createstvoriti a piecekomad whichkoji is a self-portraitautoportret piecekomad.
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Tako sam odlučio stvoriti djelo koje će biti na neki način autoportret.
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This is sortvrsta of a self-portraitautoportret taxidermyprepariranje time capsulekapsula piecekomad
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Ovo je neka vrsta očuvanog autoportreta vremenske kapsule
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calledzvao A PointTočka Just PassedProšao,
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koja se zove A Point Just Passed (Trenutak koji je upravo prošao)
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in whichkoji I projectprojekt myselfsebe on topvrh of a time cardkartica punchudarac clocksat,
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gdje sam projektirao samoga sebe na vrh sata s probušenim karticama.
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and it's up to you.
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I stvar je na vama.
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If you want to chooseizabrati to punchudarac that punchudarac cardkartica clocksat,
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Ako odlučite probušiti karticu na satu
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you actuallyzapravo agedob me.
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vi na određen način činite moj lik starijim.
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So I startpočetak as a babydijete, and then if you punchudarac the clocksat,
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Počinjem kao dijete, a kada probušite karticu i pokrenete sat,
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you'llvi ćete actuallyzapravo transformtransformirati the babydijete into a toddlermalo dijete,
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pretvarate me u starije dijete,
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and then from a toddlermalo dijete I'm transformedpretvara into a teenagertinejdžer.
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a potom iz starijeg djeteta u tinejdžera.
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From a teenagertinejdžer, I'm transformedpretvara into my currentstruja selfsam.
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Iz tinejdžera pretvaram se u trenutnog sebe.
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From my currentstruja selfsam, I'm turnedokrenut into a middle-agedsrednje godine man,
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Iz svog trenutnog stanja postajem sredovječni čovjek,
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and then, from there, into an elderlypostariji man.
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a potom se pretvaram u starijeg čovjeka.
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And if you punchudarac the punchudarac cardkartica clocksat a hundredstotina timesputa
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Ako pokrenete sat stotinu puta
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in one day, the piecekomad goeside blackcrno
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u jednom danu,
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and is not to be resetVrati izvorno untildo the nextSljedeći day.
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djelo se zacrni i neće se ponovno pokrenuti da idućeg dana.
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So, in doing so, you're erasingBrisanje time.
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Tako da čineći to, vi brišete vrijeme.
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You're actuallyzapravo implicitimplicitno in this work
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Sudjelujete u ovom djelu
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and you're erasingBrisanje my life.
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brišući moj život.
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So I like this about interactiveinteraktivni videovideo sculptureskulptura,
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To što volim kod interaktivne video skulpture
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that you can actuallyzapravo interactinterakcija with it,
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jest da možete stupiti u kontakt s njom,
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that all of you can actuallyzapravo touchdodir an artworkilustracije
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svi vi zapravo možete dodirnuti umjetničko djelo
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and be partdio of the artworkilustracije yourselvessami,
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te postati i sami njegov dio,
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and hopefullynadajmo se, one day, I'll have eachsvaki and everysvaki one of you
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a jednog dana, nadam se, imat ću svakoga od vas
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trappedzarobljena in one of my jarsstaklenke. (LaughterSmijeh)
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zarobljenog u jednu od mojih staklenki. (Smijeh)
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Thank you. (ApplausePljesak)
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Hvala! (Pljesak)
Translated by Senzos Osijek
Reviewed by Danijela Rako

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo - Video sculptor
Gabe Barcia-Colombo creates madcap art inspired both by Renaissance era curiosity cabinets and the modern-day digital chronicling of everyday life. Think: miniature people projected in objects and a DNA Vending Machine.

Why you should listen

Gabe Barcia-Colombo is an American artist who creates installation pieces that both delight and point to the strangeness of our modern, digital world. His latest work is a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses vials of DNA extracted from friends at dinner parties. He's also created video installations of "miniature people" encased inside ordinary objects like suitcases, blenders and more. His work comments on the act of leaving one's imprint for the next generation. Call it "artwork with consequences."

As he explains it: "While formally implemented by natural history museums and collections (which find their roots in Renaissance-era 'cabinets of curiosity'), this process has grown more pointed and pervasive in the modern-day obsession with personal digital archiving and the corresponding growth of social media culture. My video sculptures play upon this exigency in our culture to chronicle, preserve and wax nostalgic, an idea which I render visually by 'collecting' human beings (alongside cultural archetypes) as scientific specimens. I repurpose everyday objects like blenders, suitcases and cans of Spam into venues for projecting and inserting videos of people."

Barcia-Colombo is an alumnus and instructor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Read about his latest work on CoolHunting and in his TED Fellows profile.

More profile about the speaker
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo | Speaker | TED.com