Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
جود کلی: چرا زنان باید داستانهای بشری را روایت کنند
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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to be of universal importance,
to be merely about women?
when she was 12.
to become a theater director,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
افرادی که من هرگز ندیدم
have progress.
پیشرفت کنند.
and obviously you are, too.
و قطعا شما هم همینطور.
Women of the World, seven years ago,
"واو" مخفف : زنان جهان
across five continents.
is Somaliland in Africa.
was going to these caves.
در آنجا رفتن به این غارها بود.
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
روی صخره در جهان است.
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
۹ تا ۱۱ سال قدمت دارند.
ever since it evolved.
انسانیت از زمان تکامل به این سو کرده است.
when I was a little girl.
یک دختربچه بودم.
this joyful, youthful figure?
کار کیست؟
and women who painted these."
این نقاشی ها را کشیدند بگویید.»
absolutely askance, and he said,
it was 11,000 years ago."
that I've seen continuously
در
خالق تئاتر دیده بودم.
comes down through the masculine,
از طریق جنس مذکر می آید،
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
چه خاخام، یا مرد روحانی.
resides in the masculine,
نبوغ خلاق در جنس مذکر است،
about who we really are,
ما حقیقتا چه کسی هستیم،
the universal story
داستان جهان گستر را می گوید
just talk about women's experiences,
تنها درباره تجربه زنان حرف می زنند،
only really relevant to women
تنها به زنان مربوط است
of whether we're prepared to believe
که آیا ما آماده هستیم باور کنیم
that women's stories really matter,
که داستان های زنان واقعا اهمیت دارد،
about two examples of stories
برایتان بگویم
of universal importance:
اهمیت جهان شمول دارد:
when they were little --
of this little alien
آدم فضایی کوچک است
really bad scientists
back to his spaceship
have found out, and they're catching up
و دنبالشان می کنند
and they've got their guns,
و تفنگهایشان را درمی آورند،
it's terribly frightening,
واقعا ترسناک است،
going to make it.
دوچرخه در آسمان به پرواز درمی آید،
the bikes fly up in the air,
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
دارد ای.تی را نجات می دهد،
and she's crying her eyes out.
دارد به شدت گریه می کند.
Why can't I come?"
چرا من نمیتونم بیام؟»
so much in E.T.,
ای.تی حساب کرده بود،
(کارگردان فیلم) --
if you understand
of what's happened,
می دانید یا نه،
for the therapy bills?"
صورتحساب روانشناس را پرداخت کنید؟»
had a word back from him,
ولی من هنوز جوابی از او نگرفته ام،
of what he intended with E.T.,
هدف او از ساخت ای.تی را بخوانید،
and embrace difference."
the idea of girls' difference
about all humanity.
درباره تمامی انسانیت می نویسد.
about human goodness;
خوبی انسانیت نوشته؛
a lad's heroic adventure.
ماجراجویی های قهرمانانه یک پسر بود.
for universal communication,
به دست آنان سپرده شده است،
through male's eyes.
از دید مردانه می نویسند.
through all our books and our films,
فیلمهایمان را مرور کنیم،
by a male artist --
یک هنرمند مرد نوشته --
that so many of these stories
این داستان ها
50 percent of the rights
as a young woman
به من یاد داده شد
example of human dilemma
دوراهی انسانی
fearful that he won't be able to make it
که می ترسد نتواند
for his father's murder.
about suicide being an option,
حرف های زیادی می زند،
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
خودکشی می کند، اوفلیا،
and abused by him,
مورد سوءاستفاده قرار گرفت،
to the audience about her feelings.
چیزی به مخاطب بگوید.
he turns on his mum,
سراغ مادر او می رود،
to fall in love with his uncle
که عاشق عموی پسرش شود
male dilemma, male struggle.
دوراهی مردانه، و مبارزه ای مردانه.
of human beings,
این داستان درباره بشریت است،
had two women in it.
که فقط دو زن در آن هستند.
matter less than men's.
در مقایسه با مردان اهمیت کمتری دارند.
global recognition.
that belongs to then.
to be a theater director,
کارگردان تئاتر شوم،
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
جوان لیتل وود که بازنشسته شده،
who's just killed herself.
که تازگی خودش را کشت.
would you like to be?"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
را کنار می گذاریم،
می خواست مرا تحقیر کند.
that I wanted to be a director.
چیز احمقانه ای است.
the conductor, and she said,
رهبر ارکستر است. او گفت،
said exactly the same.
هم دقیقا همین را گفت.
we've made our mark.
خودمان را گذاشته ایم.
of the Paris Conservatoire
great physical strength
said two years ago,
immediately if it's written by a woman,
که نویسنده آن زن است،
because it's not worthy of me."
چرا که ارزش خواندن مرا ندارد.»
their story doesn't matter,
روایاتشان اهمیتی ندارد،
to be the storyteller.
اجازه ندارند روایتگر باشند.
that you can't stand in the central space
که نمی توانید در فضای مرکزی بایستید
your goods up to a small, select group.
به گروهی کوچکتر، گروهی خاص، ارائه کنید.
on smaller stages,
در زمینه های کوچکتری کار می کنید،
اعتبار کمتری دریافت می کنید.
these incredible, prominent spaces
و فوق العاده را به هنرمندان می دهیم
if you're not an artist?
چرا این مسئله باید برایتان مهم باشد؟
or an entrepreneur or a medic
یا کارآفرین، یا در کار پزشکی
شما اهمیت داشته باشد؟
from the cave paintings,
پیداست
to tell the human story,
بر دوش هنرمندان تکیه داشته،
is finally told by men,
to all our institutions,
of incapability of women
که زنان ناتوانند،
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
در نیجریه، چین، روسیه،
and women are being told
و زنان شنیده اند که
of creative inspiration.
خلاقانهای را داشته باشند.
can be a creative genius?
نابغه ای خلاق باشند؟
their voices will be made.
که بتواند صدای آنان را برساند.
to get past this moment
that we are unequal,
a different world.
را تصور کنند.
women and men,
زنان و مردان،
and the stamina
داشته باشیم
she's entitled to her dreams,
که حق دارد رویا داشته باشد،
on behalf of the whole world,
سخن بگوید،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jude Kelly - Theater director, producerJude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution.
Why you should listen
Jude Kelly was appointed artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain's largest cultural institution, in 2006.
She founded Solent People's Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre, and was the founding director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 1997, she was awarded an OBE for her services to theatre, and in 2015 she was made a CBE in the New Year honours for services to the Arts. She has directed over 100 productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Châtalet in Paris.
In 2002, Kelly founded Metal, a platform where artistic hunches can be pursued in community contexts, with bases in Liverpool, Southend-On-Sea and Peterborough. She led the cultural team for the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid and then served on the Board of the cultural Olympiad. She is a regular broadcaster and commentator on a range of issues relating to society, art and education.
Kelly created the WOW – Women of the World Festival in 2011. In 2011 she created the WOW: Women of the World Festival, now heading into its 7th year at Southbank Centre as well as in other parts of the UK and in countries all over the world.
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