EG 2008
Miru Kim: My underground art explorations
Miru Kim i njena umetnost iz podzemlja
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Na konferenciji EG (Entertainment Gathering) održanoj 2008, umetnica Miru Kim govori o svom radu. Kim istražuje napuštene industrijske objekte u podzemlju Njujorka i u tom okruženju fotografiše autoportrete, aktove - time ovi ogromni opasni tajni prostori postaju žižne tačke njenog rada.
Miru Kim - Photographer and explorer
Miru Kim is a fearless explorer of abandoned and underground places. Her photography underscores the vulnerable nature of the human explorer in these no-woman's-lands. Full bio
Miru Kim is a fearless explorer of abandoned and underground places. Her photography underscores the vulnerable nature of the human explorer in these no-woman's-lands. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
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I was raised in Seoul, Korea,
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Odrasla sam u Seulu u Južnoj Koreji,
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and moved to New York City in 1999 to attend college.
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a u Njujork sam se doselila 1999. na studije.
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I was pre-med at the time,
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Tada sam odabrala usmerenje koje je priprema za studije medicine
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and I thought I would become a surgeon
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i mislila sam da ću postati hirurg
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because I was interested in anatomy
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zato što me je interesovala anatomija
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and dissecting animals really piqued my curiosity.
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a seciranje životinja mi je zaista zagolicalo maštu.
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At the same time, I fell in love with New York City.
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Istovremeno, Njujork me je potpuno osvojio.
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I started to realize that I could look at the whole city
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Shvatila sam da ceo grad mogu da posmatram
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as a living organism.
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kao da je živi organizam.
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I wanted to dissect it
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I poželela sam da ga seciram
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and look into its unseen layers.
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i da se zagledam u njegove još neviđene slojeve.
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And the way to it, for me,
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A način da to uradim je bio
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was through artistic means.
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kroz umetničko izražavanje.
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So, eventually I decided to pursue an MFA instead of an M.D.
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Pa sam se tako posle nekog vremena umesto za medicinu odlučila za usavršavanje na akademiji umetnosti.
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and in grad school I became interested
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a na postdiplomskim studijama sam se zainteresovala
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in creatures that dwell in the hidden corners of the city.
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za stvorenja koja obitavaju u skrivenim budžacima grada.
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In New York City, rats are part of commuters' daily lives.
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U Njujorku, pacovi su deo svakodnevice putnika u gradskom prevozu.
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Most people ignore them or are frightened of them.
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Većina ljudi ih ignoriše ili ih se plaši.
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But I took a liking to them
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No, meni su počeli da se dopadaju,
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because they dwell on the fringes of society.
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jer pripadaju životu na rubovima društva.
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And even though they're used in labs to promote human lives,
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I uprkos tome što ih koriste u laboratorijama da bi unapredili živote ljudi
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they're also considered pests.
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takođe ih smatraju štetočinama.
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I also started looking around in the city
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Krenula sam da ih tražim po gradu
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and trying to photograph them.
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i pokušavala sam da ih fotografišem.
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One day, in the subway, I was snapping pictures of the tracks
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Jednoga dana, u podzemnoj železnici, snimala sam fotografije šina
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hoping to catch a rat or two,
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nadajući se da ću uhvatiti pokojeg pacova u kadar,
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and a man came up to me and said,
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i tada mi je prišao čovek i rekao mi
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"You can't take photographs here.
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"Ovde ne možeš da fotografišeš.
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The MTA will confiscate your camera."
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Gradsko saobraćajno preduzeće će ti oduzeti fotoaparat".
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I was quite shocked by that,
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To me je potpuno šokiralo,
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and thought to myself, "Well, OK then.
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i u sebi sam pomislila, "Pa, dobro ako je tako.
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I'll follow the rats."
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Slediću pacove".
01:58
Then I started going into the tunnels,
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Tada sam krenula u tunele,
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which made me realize that there's a whole new dimension to the city
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i tamo sam shvatila da grad ima još jednu meni sasvim nepoznatu dimenziju
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that I never saw before and most people don't get to see.
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koju većina ljudi nikada i ne upozna.
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Around the same time, I met like-minded individuals
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Otprilike u isto vreme sam upoznala druge ljude koji su delili moje stavove
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who call themselves urban explorers, adventurers, spelunkers,
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i koji su sebe nazivali urbanim istraživačima, avanturistima, istraživačima pećina
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guerrilla historians, etc.
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gerilskim istoričarima i slično.
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I was welcomed into this loose, Internet-based network
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Primili su me u svoju otvorenu onlajn mrežu
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of people who regularly explore urban ruins
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različitih ljudi koji se bave istraživanjem urbanih ruševina
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such as abandoned subway stations,
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kao što su napuštene stanice podzemne železnice,
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tunnels, sewers, aqueducts,
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tuneli, kanalizacioni kolektori, cevovodi,
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factories, hospitals, shipyards and so on.
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fabrike, bolnice, brodogradilišta i drugo.
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When I took photographs in these locations,
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Kada sam fotografisala na tim mestima,
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I felt there was something missing in the pictures.
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učinilo mi se da na slikama nešto nedostaje.
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Simply documenting these soon-to-be-demolished structures
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Prosto dokumentovanje ovih objekata koji će uskoro biti porušeni
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wasn't enough for me.
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meni nije bilo dovoljno.
02:53
So I wanted to create a fictional character
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Tako sam poželela da stvorim fiktivni lik
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or an animal that dwells in these underground spaces,
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ili životinju koja prebiva u tim podzemnim prostorima,
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and the simplest way to do it, at the time,
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i najjednostavniji način da to uradim, u to vreme,
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was to model myself.
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bio je da sama postanem svoj model.
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I decided against clothing
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Odlučila sam se za akt
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because I wanted the figure to be without any cultural implications
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jer nisam želela da figura unese bilo kakve kulturne pretpostavke
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or time-specific elements.
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ili elemente koji bi bili obeležja vremena.
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I wanted a simple way to represent a living body
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Tražila sam jednostavan način da predstavim živi organizam
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inhabiting these decaying, derelict spaces.
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koji naseljava ta opustošena i devastirana mesta.
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This was taken in the Riviera Sugar Factory in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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Ovo je snimljeno u šečerani Rivijera u Red Huku u Bruklinu.
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It's now an empty, six-acre lot
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Sada je to neiskorišćeno zemljište od dva i po hektara
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waiting for a shopping mall right across from the new Ikea.
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preko puta nove Ikeine robne kuće koje iščekuje novi tržni centar
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I was very fond of this space
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Bila sam veoma vezana za to mesto
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because it's the first massive industrial complex I found on my own
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jer je to bio prvi industrijski kompleks koji sam sama pronašla
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that is abandoned.
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koji je bio napušten.
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When I first went in, I was scared,
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Kada sam tamo ušla prvi put, bila sam preplašena,
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because I heard dogs barking and I thought they were guard dogs.
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jer sam čula lavež pasa i pomislila sam da su to psi čuvari.
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But they happened to be wild dogs living there,
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Ali ispostavilo se da su to divlji psi koji su tamo živeli
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and it was right by the water,
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a mesto je bilo tik uz vodu
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so there were swans and ducks swimming around
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pa je na vodi bilo labudova i pataka
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and trees growing everywhere
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i odasvud je raslo drveće
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and bees nesting in the sugar barrels.
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i pčele su se gnezdile u bačvama od šećera.
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The nature had really reclaimed the whole complex.
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Priroda je ponovo preuzela ceo kompleks.
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And, in a way, I wanted the human figure in the picture
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A ja sam, nekako želela ljudski lik u celoj slici
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to become a part of that nature.
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koji bi u istoj meri pripadao toj prirodi.
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When I got comfortable in the space,
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Kada sam se u tom prostoru počela osećati sigurno,
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it also felt like a big playground.
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činilo mi se da je to neko veliko igralište.
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I would climb up the tanks and hop across exposed beams
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Penjala sam se na rezervoare i skakutala po ogoljenim gredama
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as if I went back in time and became a child again.
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kao da sam se vratila kroz vreme i ponovo postala dete.
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This was taken in the old Croton Aqueduct,
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Ovo je snimljeno u starom akvaduktu sa reke Kroton
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which supplied fresh water to New York City for the first time.
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preko kojeg se prvi put dovodila voda u Njujork.
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The construction began in 1837.
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Gradnja je otpočeta 1837. godine
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It lasted about five years.
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Trajala je oko pet godina.
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It got abandoned when the new Croton Aqueducts opened in 1890.
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Napušten je kada je otvoren novi akvadukt sa reke Kroton 1890.
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When you go into spaces like this,
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Kad ulazite u ovakve prostore,
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you're directly accessing the past,
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neposredno pristupate prošlosti
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because they sit untouched for decades.
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jer ti prostori desetlećima stoje netaknuti.
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I love feeling the aura of a space that has so much history.
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Volim da osetim auru mesta u kome je prisutno tako mnogo istorije.
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Instead of looking at reproductions of it at home,
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Umesto da gledate reprodukcije kod kuće,
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you're actually feeling the hand-laid bricks
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ovde zaista osećate svaku ručno obrađenu opeku
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and shimmying up and down narrow cracks
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i provlačite se kroz uske procepe i
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and getting wet and muddy
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budete mokri i blatnjavi
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and walking in a dark tunnel with a flashlight.
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i hodate niz mračni tunel sa baterijskom lampom u ruci.
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This is a tunnel underneath Riverside Park.
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Ovo je tunel ispod Riversajd parka.
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It was built in the 1930s by Robert Moses.
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Sagradio ga je tridesetih godina prošlog veka Robert Mozes.
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The murals were done by a graffiti artist
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Murale su uradili grafiti umetnici
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to commemorate the hundreds of homeless people
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da ovekoveče sudbine stotine beskućnika
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that got relocated from the tunnel in 1991
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koji su raseljeni iz tunela 1991.
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when the tunnel reopened for trains.
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kada je tunel ponovo otvoren za železnički saobraćaj.
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Walking in this tunnel is very peaceful.
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Dok hodate ovim tunelom, sve je veoma mirno.
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There's nobody around you,
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Nema nikoga oko vas,
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and you hear the kids playing in the park above you,
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a čujete kako se u parku iznad igraju deca,
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completely unaware of what's underneath.
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potpuno nesvesna da je sve ovo ispod njih.
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When I was going out a lot to these places,
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Kada sam često odlazila na takva mesta
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I was feeling a lot of anxiety and isolation
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obuzimao me je osećaj teskobe i izolovanosti
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because I was in a solitary phase in my life,
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jer sam prolazila kroz usamljeničku fazu u životu
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and I decided to title my series "Naked City Spleen,"
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i odlučila sam da svoju seriju nazovem "Zlovolja ogoljenog grada"
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which references Charles Baudelaire.
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što je omaž Šarlu Bodleru.
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"Naked City" is a nickname for New York,
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"Ogoljeni grad" je jedno od imena Njujojrka
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and "Spleen" embodies the melancholia and inertia
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a "zlovolja" otelovljuje melanholiju i inertnost
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that come from feeling alienated in an urban environment.
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koji proizlaze iz osećaja otuđenosti u urbanom okruženju.
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This is the same tunnel.
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Ovo je taj isti tunel.
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You see the sunbeams coming from the ventilation ducts
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Vidite sunčeve zrake kako se probijaju kroz ventilacione šahtove
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and the train approaching.
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i voz koji se približava.
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This is a tunnel that's abandoned in Hell's Kitchen.
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Ovo je napušteni tunel u Helz Kičenu.
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I was there alone, setting up,
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Bila sam tamo sama, pripremala sam snimanje,
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and a homeless man approached.
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kad mi je prišao jedan beskućnik.
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I was basically intruding in his living space.
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Ja sam u suštini bila uljez u njegovom životnom prostoru.
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I was really frightened at first,
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Isprva sam se baš uplašila,
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but I calmly explained to him that I was working on an art project
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ali sam mu smireno objasnila da radim na jednom umetničkom projektu
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and he didn't seem to mind
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i izgleda da se on sa time saglasio
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and so I went ahead and put my camera on self-timer
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pa sam tako nastavila da postavljam kameru na automatski tajmer
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and ran back and forth.
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i da trčim tamo amo.
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And when I was done, he actually offered me his shirt
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I kad sam završila, on mi je prišao i ponudio mi svoju košulju
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to wipe off my feet
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da obrišem noge
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and kindly walked me out.
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i ljubazno me je ispratio do izlaza.
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It must have been a very unusual day for him.
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Mora da je to bio veoma neobičan dan u njegovom životu.
06:59
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:05
One thing that struck me, after this incident,
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Taj je događaj na mene ostavio utisak, jer sam shvatila
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was that a space like that holds so many deleted memories of the city.
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da taj prostor sadrži tako mnogo izbrisanih sećanja grada.
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That homeless man, to me, really represented
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Taj je beskućnik, za mene, zaista predstavljao
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an element of the unconscious of the city.
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elemenat podsvesti grada.
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He told me that he was abused above ground
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Ispričao mi je da su ga nad zemljom zlostavljali,
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and was once in Riker's Island,
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i da je neko vreme proveo i u zatvoru na Rajkers Ajlendu
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and at last he found peace and quiet in that space.
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i da je konačno u ovom prostoru pronašao svoj mir.
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The tunnel was once built for the prosperity of the city,
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Tunel su svojevremeno sagradili da bi pospešili razvoj grada,
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but is now a sanctuary for outcasts,
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a danas je to skrovište za odbačene,
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who are completely forgotten in the average urban dweller's everyday life.
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za one kojih se prosečni stanovnik grada nikada niti ne seti u svojim svakodnevnim aktivnostima.
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This is underneath my alma mater, Columbia University.
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Ovo se nalazi ispod mog matičnog univerziteta, Univerziteta Kolumbija.
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The tunnels are famous for having been used
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Tuneli su čuveni po tome što su bili korišćeni
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during the development of the Manhattan Project.
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za vreme rada na projektu Menhetn.
08:01
This particular tunnel is interesting
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Baš ovaj tunel je zanimljiv
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because it shows the original foundations of Bloomingdale Insane Asylum,
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jer se u njemu vide originalni temelji duševne bolnice Blumingdejl
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which was demolished in 1890
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koja je srušena 1890. godine
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when Columbia moved in.
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kada se univerzitet uselio.
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This is the New York City Farm Colony,
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Ovo je imanje kolonije grada Njujorka
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which was a poorhouse in Staten Island
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što je zapravo bila ubožnica na Steten Ajlendu
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from the 1890s to the 1930s.
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od 1890. do tridesetih godina dvadesetog veka.
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Most of my photos are set in places
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Najveći broj mojih fotografija snimljen je na mestima
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that have been abandoned for decades,
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koja su napuštena već nekoliko desetleća
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but this is an exception.
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ali ovo mesto je izuzetak.
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This children's hospital was closed in 1997;
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Dečija bolnica je zatvorena 1997. godine
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it's located in Newark.
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nalazi se u Njuarku.
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When I was there three years ago,
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Kada sam otišla tamo pre tri godine,
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the windows were broken and the walls were peeling,
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prozori su bili porazbijani i boja je otpadala sa zidova,
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but everything was left there as it was.
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ali sve ostalo je ostalo netaknuto.
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You see the autopsy table, morgue trays, x-ray machines
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Ovde vidite sto za autopsije, ležišta u mrtvačnici, rentgen aparate
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and even used utensils,
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čak i upotrebljene instrumente
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which you see on the autopsy table.
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koji su na stolu za autopsiju.
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After exploring recently-abandoned buildings,
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Nakon što sam prošla kroz nedavno napuštene objekte
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I felt that everything could fall into ruins very fast:
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učinilo mi se da sve može otići u propast veoma brzo:
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your home, your office, a shopping mall, a church --
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kuća, kancelarija, tržni centar ili crkva...
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any man-made structures around you.
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bilo šta što čovek podigne.
09:11
I was reminded of how fragile our sense of security is
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To me je podsetilo da je ljudski osećaj sigurnosti lako poljuljati
09:18
and how vulnerable people truly are.
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i da su ljudi zapravo veoma ranjivi.
09:21
I love to travel,
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Volim da putujem,
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and Berlin has become one of my favorite cities.
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a Berlin je jedan od mojih omiljenih gradova.
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It's full of history,
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U njemu ima mnogo istorije,
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and also full of underground bunkers
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a takođe, ima i mnogo podzemnih bunkera
09:32
and ruins from the war.
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i ruševina zaostalih iza rata.
09:34
This was taken under a homeless asylum
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Ovo je snimljeno ispod utočišta za beskućnike
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built in 1885 to house 1,100 people.
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koje je sagrađeno 1885. i primalo je 1100 ljudi.
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I saw the structure while I was on the train,
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Videla sam građevinu iz voza,
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and I got off at the next station and met people there
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i sišla sam na sledećoj stanici i tamo sam srela ljude
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that gave me access to their catacomb-like basement,
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koji su mi omogućili pristup svom podrumu nalik na katakombe
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which was used for ammunition storage during the war
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koji je za vreme rata služio kao skladišta za municiju
09:54
and also, at some point, to hide groups of Jewish refugees.
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a takođe je, u jednom trenutku bio skrovište za izbegle Jevreje.
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This is the actual catacombs in Paris.
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Ovo su originalne katakombe u Parizu.
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I explored there extensively
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Tamo sam dosta toga istraživala
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in the off-limits areas
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u područjima koja inače nisu dostupna
10:08
and fell in love right away.
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i istog časa sam bila opčinjena tim prostorom.
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There are more than 185 miles of tunnels,
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Tuneli se protežu na preko 300 kilometara
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and only about a mile is open to the public as a museum.
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a samo je oko kilometar i po otvoren za javnost kao muzej.
10:19
The first tunnels date back to 60 B.C.
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Smatra se da su prvi tuneli sagrađeni oko 60. godine p.n.e.
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They were consistently dug as limestone quarries
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Kopani su sistemski i služili su kao kamenolomi
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and by the 18th century,
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i do 18. veka
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the caving-in of some of these quarries posed safety threats,
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urušavanje ovih struktura je predstavljalo pretnju po sigurnost
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so the government ordered reinforcing of the existing quarries
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pa je vlada naredila podupiranje postojećih kamenoloma
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and dug new observation tunnels
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i kopanje novih tunela za nadzor
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in order to monitor and map the whole place.
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da bi se cela oblast unela u karte i nadgledala.
10:43
As you can see, the system is very complex and vast.
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Kao što vidite, sistem je veoma složen i nepregledan.
10:46
It's very dangerous to get lost in there.
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Bilo bi veoma opasno izgubiti se u tim tunelima.
10:50
And at the same time,
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Ali, istovremeno,
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there was a problem in the city with overflowing cemeteries.
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u gradu je postojao problem sa prepunim grobljima.
10:56
So the bones were moved from the cemeteries into the quarries,
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Pa su tako kosti prenete iz groblja u kamenolome,
11:01
making them into the catacombs.
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čineći ih jednom vrstom katakombi.
11:06
The remains of over six million people are housed in there,
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Ovde se nalaze ostaci više od šest miliona ljudi
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some over 1,300 years old.
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neki stari i oko 1300 godina.
11:13
This was taken under the Montparnasse Cemetery
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Ovo je snimljeno ispod groblja na Montparnasu
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where most of the ossuaries are located.
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gde se i nalazi većina kosturnica.
11:21
There are also phone cables that were used in the '50s
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Tu se nalaze i telefonski kablovi iz pedesetih godina
11:26
and many bunkers from the World War II era.
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i mnoštvo bunkera iz vremena drugog svetskog rata
11:29
This is a German bunker.
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Ovo je nemački bunker.
11:32
Nearby there's a French bunker,
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U blizini je francuski bunker,
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and the whole tunnel system is so complex
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a ceo sistem tunela je toliko složen
11:38
that the two parties never met.
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da se suprotstavljene strane nikada nisu susrele.
11:41
The tunnels are famous for having been used by the Resistance,
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Tuneli su čuveni i po tome što su ih koristili pripadnici pokreta otpora,
11:44
which Victor Hugo wrote about in "Les Miserables."
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a o tunelima piše i Viktor Igo u romanu Jadnici.
11:47
And I saw a lot of graffiti from the 1800s, like this one.
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Videla sam mnogo grafita iz devetnaestog veka, poput ovog.
11:56
After exploring the underground of Paris,
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Nakon istraživanja podzemlja Pariza,
11:59
I decided to climb up,
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odlučila sam da se popnem visoko
12:02
and I climbed a Gothic monument
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pa sam se ispela na gotički spomenik
12:05
that's right in the middle of Paris.
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koji se nalazi u samom središtu Pariza.
12:11
This is the Tower of Saint Jacques.
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ovo je kula Sen Žak.
12:15
It was built in the early 1500s.
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Sagrađena je početkom šesnaestog veka.
12:20
I don't recommend sitting on a gargoyle in the middle of January, naked.
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Ne preporučujem sedenje na gargojlu usred januara, bez odeće.
12:24
It was not very comfortable. (Laughter)
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Bilo je veoma neprijatno.
12:28
And all this time,
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I sve to vreme,
12:30
I never saw a single rat in any of these places,
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nisam videla nijednog pacova ni na jednom od ovih mesta,
12:33
until recently, when I was in the London sewers.
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sve do nedavno, kada sam se spustila u drenažni sistem Londona.
12:37
This was probably the toughest place to explore.
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Na tom mestu mi je istraživanje možda bilo najteže
12:40
I had to wear a gas mask because of the toxic fumes --
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Morala sam da nosim gas masku, zbog otrovnih isparenja,
12:43
I guess, except for in this picture.
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Pretpostavljam svuda osim na ovoj fotogafiji.
12:46
And when the tides of waste matter come in
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I onda kada nailazi talas otpadnih voda
12:49
it sounds as if a whole storm is approaching you.
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sve grmi kao pred oluju.
12:55
This is a still from a film I worked on recently, called "Blind Door."
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Ovo je kadar iz filma na kome sam nedavno radila, zove se Slepa vrata.
12:59
I've become more interested in capturing movement and texture.
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Pažnju sam usmerila na to da uhvatim pokret i teksturu.
13:05
And the 16mm black-and-white film gave a different feel to it.
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A crno-beli 16-milimetarski film je sve to predstavio na neki drugačiji način.
13:15
And this is the first theater project I worked on.
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A ovo je prvi pozorišni projekat na kome sam radila.
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I adapted and produced "A Dream Play" by August Strindberg.
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Uradila sam adaptaciju i produkciju komada "San" Augusta Strindberga
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It was performed last September one time only
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koji je izveden samo jednom prošle godine u septembru
13:27
in the Atlantic Avenue tunnel in Brooklyn,
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u tunelu ispod avenije Atlantik u Bruklinu,
13:30
which is considered to be the oldest underground train tunnel in the world,
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to je tunel koji se smatra najstarijim tunelom podzemne železnice na svetu,
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built in 1844.
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sagrađen je 1844. godine
13:38
I've been leaning towards more collaborative projects like these, lately.
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U poslednje vreme više se bavim ovakvim zajedničkim projektima.
13:44
But whenever I get a chance I still work on my series.
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Ali kad god sam u prilici, radim na svojim serijama.
13:48
The last place I visited
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Poslednje mesto na kome sam bila
13:51
was the Mayan ruins of Copan, Honduras.
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su ruševine Maja u Kopanu u Hondurasu.
13:54
This was taken inside an archaeological tunnel in the main temple.
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Ovo je snimljeno unutar arheološkog tunela u glavnom hramu.
13:59
I like doing more than just exploring these spaces.
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Dopada mi se da učinim još nešto pored istraživanja ovakvih mesta.
14:05
I feel an obligation to animate and humanize these spaces continually
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Osećam obavezu da te prostore iznova oživljavam i da im dajem ljudsku dimenziju
14:11
in order to preserve their memories in a creative way --
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da bih u kreativnom činu sačuvala njihova sećanja
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before they're lost forever.
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pre nego što budu zauvek izgubljena.
14:19
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Miru Kim - Photographer and explorerMiru Kim is a fearless explorer of abandoned and underground places. Her photography underscores the vulnerable nature of the human explorer in these no-woman's-lands.
Why you should listen
Miru Kim is a photographer and filmmaker with a love of the new and unknown. In her best-known body of work, she investigates left-behind industrial spaces, infiltrates them with her camera, and then photographs herself in the space, nude. Like Wallace Stevens' jar upon a hill, the presence of her small body brings these massive, damp and dirty, unknown spaces into a new focus.
Extending her aesthetic, she has made a film of Strindberg's A Dream Play set in an abandoned tunnel underneath New York City.
Kim also runs a nonprofit called Naked City Arts to promote young local artists in Manhattan.
Miru Kim | Speaker | TED.com