Elizabeth Streb: My quest to defy gravity and fly
الیزابت استرب: تلاش من برای غلبه بر گرانش و پرواز
Elizabeth Streb is an extreme action specialist who flies, crash-lands and invents hardware to get higher, faster, sooner, harder. Full bio
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learning to fly my whole life.
on the northern shore of Lake Ontario,
در ساحل شمالی دریاچه انتاریو بزرگ شدم،
father around.
راه میافتادم.
by things that moved,
holding them in my hands,
اینکه در دستم بگیرمشان،
its unrelenting force,
my father's barn down --
I caught a fly in a mason jar.
مگسی را توی بطری شیشهای حبس کردم.
in midair with acute angles,
there were things moving.
چیزی بود که تکان بخورد.
with their very own causal rhythms,
حرکت میکردند،
on their component parts:
حرکت میکنند:
kangaroos hopped.
کانگروها میجهند.
was falling accidentally, tripping,
ناگهان سقوط کردن بود، لیز خوردن،
out from under you,
I did my experiments alone,
مشغول آزمایشهایی شدم،
across the United States
سراسر ایالات متحده را
I mimicked that fly in the box.
در جعبهای ادای پرواز کردن را در آوردم.
something about flight.
New York City loft,
در نیویورک یافتم،
didn't really enjoy getting hurt,
از صدمه دیدن لذتی نمیبرد،
that we weren't flying yet
to that false idea
Minutes, maybe hours.
چند دقیقه، شاید چند ساعت.
rather interesting, foreign sensation."
جذاب و غریب.»
we were going to have to learn to land.
باید فرود آمدن را هم یاد بگیریم.
one of them -- said,
یکی از آنها -- گفت،
when you try to land it."
an impact technique?
تکنیک برخورد اختراع نکنیم؟
our base of support?"
که میافتند،
تغییری نمیکنند.
sound than "wham-o."
the streets of New York City
all over the world a little bit,
به دور جهان شروع کردیم،
to go to Kitty Hawk
به «کیتی هاوک» بریم
of flight with the Wright Brothers.
به دست برادران رایت جشن بگیریم.
to stay there longer.
بیشتر در هوا بمانیم.
you will do well to sit on a fence
در قفس بنشینی
you must mount a machine
باید ماشینی سرپا کنی
with its tricks by actual trial."
قلقهای آن را پیدا کنی.»
junkie inside of me.
to unhabitual places in space --
در فضا برویم یا سفر کنیم --
our vertical comfort zone,
and moves out from under us --
و از زیر پایمان کنار میرود --
who is trying to hit a note
به نت خاصی برسد
of my prototypic machines.
اختراع کردم.
higher, faster, sooner, harder,
بلندتر، سریعتر، زودتر، سختتر برسیم،
our very own spaceships.
invisible, dangerous territories,
و خطرناک سفر کردیم،
to try this, let me know.
کردن است، بگوید.
of our best machines to London
به لندن بردیم
مکانهای لندن قرار دادیم.
we unlocked our brake and fell --
حفاظ ایمنی را باز کردیم و سقوط کردیم --
of London's City Hall.
300 feet above the ground,
در ارتفاع ۹۱ متری،
the sky, a bird, a plane -- and then us.
آسمان، یک پرنده، یک هواپیما -- و بعد ما.
is for everybody.
mason jar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
در ویلیامزبرگ، بروکلین.
for Action Mechanics.
لب فور اکشن مکانیکس.
the use of a petri dish,
طراحی کردم،
and invent extreme action together.
بخوریم و فرود بیاییم و آن را ابداع کنیم.
every class, all genders,
همه جنسیتها،
the outcast and the cool,
طردشدگان و زبانبازها،
all over the world,
a flying training center.
مرکز آموزش پرواز باشد.
to just dream about flying,
فقط رویاپردازی کنند،
و میتوانند.
the hit and the impact,
و زمین خوردن لذت ببرند،
getting up afterwards.
اینکه بعدش بلند شوند.
causes smiles to get more common,
خندههای دسته جمعی،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Streb - Action and hardware architectElizabeth Streb is an extreme action specialist who flies, crash-lands and invents hardware to get higher, faster, sooner, harder.
Why you should listen
Elizabeth Streb is known for her unique brand of movement, "Pop Action," which intertwines dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, the circus, stunt work and the invention of action gizmos. In 1985, she founded STREB Extreme Action Company to push the limitations of the human body and, in 2003, she established SLAM (STREB Lab for Action Mechanics) in Brooklyn. For the 2012 London Olympic Games, the company was commissioned to create One Extraordinary Day, a series of events across the city that included dancers "bungee dancing" off Millennium Bridge and abseiling down City Hall. The 2016 film OXD, directed by Craig Lowy, follows these events. In 2017, STREB was commissioned by Bloomberg LLP to create a series of events to open the new corporate headquarters in London and to launch the CityLab Conference in Paris.
Streb is the recipient of numerous honors including a MacArthur Fellowship (1997) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1987). She lectures regularly across the country and her book, STREB: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero, was published by Feminist Press in 2010. In 2014, Born to Fly: STREB vs. Gravity a documentary directed by Catherine Gund, premiered at Film Forum NYC, was aired on PBS and nominated for an Emmy. It is available on iTunes and Netflix. STREB's rehearsals at SLAM are always open to the public.
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