Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
Марк Бамути Джозеф: Как футбол может научить нас свободе?
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
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rising up against gravity
on the soccer pitch.
to revive the dead,
чтобы оживлять мёртвых,
at a contemporary arts center,
современного центра искусств,
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
не истекающее кровью, без пота и слёз.
are going to live in a time
будут жить в то время,
are fresh water and empathy.
будут свежая вода и эмпатия.
and majestic sculpture
и величавую архитектуру
to turn that inspiration
чтобы превратить вдохновение
who loves sports.
постановщик, который любит спорт.
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
was a means for my own immigrant family
в моей семье иммигрантов стал средством
and normality and community
общности и нормальной жизни
and assault on immigrant identity,
и нападок на самобытность иммигрантов,
as an affirmational tool
инструментом утверждения
and immigrant kids,
и детей иммигрантов,
movement patterns on the field
об узорах движений на поле
across social and political borders.
социальные и политические барьеры.
play on endangered ground.
играют на опасной земле.
that they use to plan the next goal
планируют забить следующий гол,
to navigate the next block.
когда идёшь по соседнему кварталу.
and even divisively,
и видим в ней повод для раскола:
"build this wall,"
«построим эту стену»,
that are beautifully designed
которые прекрасно работают,
или депортировать,
back to something that exists inside
идею свободы до места,
part soccer tournament,
отчасти футбольное соревнование
field of inquiry
к исследованию PEHLOTAH,
political action for young people.
политическое движение для молодых людей.
"Moving and Passing."
site-specific performance
конкретные выступления
for the urgent question
метафоры для актуального вопроса
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
ребёнок из Гондураса,
to two Nigerian immigrants.
в семье иммигрантов из Нигерии.
dribbling through cones
вокруг конусов
a marching band comes down the field.
марширующий оркестр.
with the exuberance of culture,
с живостью культуры,
would explain Black Lives Matter,
объясняет принцип «Black Lives Matter»,
would explain gun control,
важность контроля над оружием,
is the perfect metaphor
становится прекрасной метафорой
that we can all agree to do together.
которой мы согласны заниматься вместе.
of this spinning ball.
спорт на этом крутящемся шарике.
to connect the joy of the game
радость от игры
in sight of a better position.
чтобы получить лучшее положение.
to connect their families' histories
after the ball beats the goalie,
как мяч обходит вратаря,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artistTED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity.
Why you should listen
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a steadfast believer in empathy as the most valuable currency in building community, and he seeks to spark curiosity and dialogue about freedom, compassion and fearlessness through pioneering arts stewardship and education. A 2017 TEDGlobal Fellow, Bamuthi graced the cover of Smithsonian Magazine as one of America's Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences; artistically directed HBO's "Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices"; and is an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, which annually recognizes 50 of the country’s greatest living artists. Dance Magazine named him a Top Influencer in 2017.
Bamuthi's evening-length work, red black and GREEN: a blues, was nominated for a 2013 Bessie Award for "Outstanding Production (of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form)" and he has won numerous grants including from the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Capital Foundation. His noted work /peh-LO-tah/ is inspired by soccer and Bamuthi's first generation American experience, intersecting global economics, cross-border fan culture and the politics of joy.
Bamuthi is the founding Program Director of the non-profit Youth Speaks, and he is a co-founder of Life is Living, a national series of one-day festivals which activate under-resourced parks and affirm peaceful urban life. His essays have been published in Harvard Education Press; he has lectured at more than 200 colleges, has carried adjunct professorships at Stanford and Lehigh, among others, and currently serves as Chief of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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