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Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturing memories in video art
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: Capturar els records per mitjà del videoart
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Utilitzant mapatge i projecció de vídeo, l'artista Gabriel Barcia-Colombo captura i comparteix els seus records i les seves amistats. En el marc de les TED Fellow Talks, ens ensenya la seva obra reflexiva i encantadora, en la qual, segons sembla, conserva la gent del seu entorn en pots, maletes, batedores...
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. Full bio
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 collect things.
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M'encanta col·leccionar coses.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've had massive collections
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Des que era petit,
sempre he tingut col·leccions gegants
sempre he tingut col·leccions gegants
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of random stuff, everything from bizarre hot sauces
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de coses aleatòries, des d'estranyes
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from all around the world to insects
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salses picants de tot el món
fins a insectes
fins a insectes
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that I've captured and put in jars.
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que capturava i guardava en pots.
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Now, it's no secret, because I like collecting things,
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I d'aquí podreu deduir
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that I love the Natural History Museum
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que m'encanta
el Museu d'Història Natural
el Museu d'Història Natural
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and the collections of animals
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i les col·leccions
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at the Natural History Museum in dioramas.
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de diorames d'animals que hi ha allà.
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These, to me, are like living sculptures, right,
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Per mi són com escultures vivents
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that you can go and look at,
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que pots anar a contemplar
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and they memorialize a specific point of time
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i que immortalitzen un moment concret
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in this animal's life.
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en la vida d'aquell animal.
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So I was thinking about my own life,
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I reflexionava sobre la meva vida
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and how I'd like to memorialize my life, you know,
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i sobre com podria immortalitzar-la
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for the ages, and also — (Laughter) —
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per tota l'eternitat, i també
(Rialles)
(Rialles)
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the lives of my friends, but
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les vides dels meus amics,
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the problem with this is that my friends aren't quite keen
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però el problema és
que a ells no els entusiasma
que a ells no els entusiasma
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on the idea of me taxidermy-ing them. (Laughter)
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gaire la idea de que els dissequi.
(Rialles)
(Rialles)
00:58
So instead, I turned to video,
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Així que vaig recórrer al vídeo,
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and video is the next best way to preserve and memorialize
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que és la millor manera
de conservar i immortalitzar
de conservar i immortalitzar
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someone and to capture a specific moment in time.
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algú i de capturar
un moment específic en el temps.
un moment específic en el temps.
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So what I did was, I filmed six of my friends
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Vaig gravar sis dels meus amics
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and then, using video mapping and video projection,
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i després, utilitzant
mapatge i projecció de vídeo,
mapatge i projecció de vídeo,
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I created a video sculpture, which was these six friends
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vaig crear una videoescultura,
composta pels meus amics
composta pels meus amics
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projected into jars. (Laughter)
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projectats en pots. (Rialles)
01:17
So now I have this collection of my friends
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Ara tinc aquesta col·lecció
dels meus amics
dels meus amics
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I can take around with me whenever I go,
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que sempre puc portar amb mi,
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and this is called Animalia Chordata,
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anomenada "Animalia Chordata",
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from the Latin nomenclature for
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que ve de la nomenclatura llatina
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human being, classification system.
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per classificar l'ésser humà
(animal cordat).
(animal cordat).
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So this piece memorializes my friends in these jars,
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L'obra immortalitza
els meus amics en aquests pots
els meus amics en aquests pots
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and they actually move around. (Laughter)
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i fins i tot es mouen. (Rialles)
01:33
So, this is interesting to me,
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Tot això és molt interessant,
01:36
but it lacked a certain human element. (Laughter)
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però li faltava el toc humà.
(Rialles)
(Rialles)
01:39
It's a digital sculpture, so I wanted to add
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Volia afegir-li
01:41
an interaction system. So what I did was,
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un sistema d'interacció, així que vaig
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I added a proximity sensor, so that when you get close
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agregar-li un sensor de proximitat,
de manera que quan t'acostes
de manera que quan t'acostes
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to the people in jars, they react to you in different ways.
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a la gent dels pots,
reacciona de formes diferents.
reacciona de formes diferents.
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You know, just like people on the street
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Ben igual que la gent al carrer
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when you get too close to them.
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quan t'hi acostes massa.
01:50
Some people reacted in terror. (Laughter)
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Alguns reaccionen amb terror,
(Rialles)
(Rialles)
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Others reacted in asking you for help,
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d'altres et demanen ajuda
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and some people hide from you.
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i n'hi ha que s'amaguen de tu.
01:58
So this was really interesting to me, this idea of
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I m'interessava molt la idea
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taking video off the screen and putting it in real life,
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de traslladar el vídeo a la vida real
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and also adding interactivity to sculpture.
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i afegir interactivitat a l'escultura.
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So over the next year, I documented 40 of my other friends
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Així que l'any següent
vaig enregistrar 40 amics més
vaig enregistrar 40 amics més
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and trapped them in jars as well
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i també els vaig ficar en pots
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and created a piece known as Garden,
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per crear l'obra "Jardí",
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which is literally a garden of humanity.
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que és, literalment,
un jardí d'humanitat.
un jardí d'humanitat.
02:15
But something about the first piece,
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Però encara em faltava una cosa
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the Animali Chordata piece, kept coming back to me,
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de la primera obra,
"Animalia Chordata",
"Animalia Chordata",
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this idea of interaction with art,
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la idea d'interactuar amb l'art,
02:21
and I really liked the idea of people being able to interact,
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i em va agradar molt que la gent
hi pogués interactuar
hi pogués interactuar
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and also being challenged by interacting with art.
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i se sentís estimulada
interactuant amb l'art.
interactuant amb l'art.
02:25
So I wanted to create a new piece that actually
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Volia crear una nova obra
02:27
forced people to come and interact with something,
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que obligués el públic a acostar-s'hi
i a interactuar,
i a interactuar,
02:29
and the way I did this was actually by projecting
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i ho vaig aconseguir projectant
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a 1950s housewife into a blender. (Laughter)
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una mestressa de casa dels anys 50
en una batedora. (Rialles)
en una batedora. (Rialles)
02:35
This is a piece called Blend, and what it does is
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Aquesta obra s'anomena "Mescla",
i fa que el públic
i fa que el públic
02:37
it actually makes you implicit in the work of art.
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participi en la creació de l'art.
02:39
You may never experience the entire thing yourself.
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Potser ningú no la veurà sencera.
02:42
You can walk away, you can just watch as this character
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Pots passar de llarg,
parar-te a observar el personatge
parar-te a observar el personatge
02:44
stands there in the blender and looks at you,
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i com et mira des de la batedora
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or you can actually choose to interact with it.
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o pots escollir interactuar amb l'obra.
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So if you do choose to interact with the piece,
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Llavors, si decideixes
interactuar amb ella,
interactuar amb ella,
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and you press the blender button, it actually sends
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i prems el botó de "batre", sumiràs
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this character into this dizzying disarray of dishevelment.
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el personatge en
el desconcert més absolut i vertiginós.
el desconcert més absolut i vertiginós.
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By doing that, you are now part of my piece.
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En el moment en què fas això,
ja ets part de la meva obra.
ja ets part de la meva obra.
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You, like the people that are trapped in my work
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Tant tu com la gent
que hi ha atrapada
que hi ha atrapada
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— (Blender noises, laughter) —
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(So de batedora, rialles)
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have become part of my work as well. (Laughter)
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passeu a formar part de la meva obra.
(Rialles)
(Rialles)
03:15
(Laughter)
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(Rialles)
03:17
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
03:20
But, but this seems a bit unfair, right?
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Però això sembla una mica injust, oi?
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I put my friends in jars, I put this character,
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Fico els meus amics en pots,
aquesta espècie
aquesta espècie
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this sort of endangered species character in a blender.
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de personatge en perill d'extinció
en una liquadora,
en una liquadora,
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But I'd never done anything about myself.
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però mai no he fet res amb mi.
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I'd never really memorialized myself.
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Mai no m'havia immortalitzat,
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So I decided to create a piece which is a self-portrait piece.
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així que vaig decidir crear
una obra sobre mi.
una obra sobre mi.
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This is sort of a self-portrait taxidermy time capsule piece
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És una espècie d'autoretrat
o càpsula del temps taxidèrmica
o càpsula del temps taxidèrmica
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called A Point Just Passed,
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anomenada "Un moment fugaç",
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in which I project myself on top of a time card punch clock,
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en la qual em projecto
a la part superior d'un rellotge,
a la part superior d'un rellotge,
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and it's up to you.
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i depèn de vosaltres.
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If you want to choose to punch that punch card clock,
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Si decidiu passar la vostra targeta
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you actually age me.
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pel rellotge, m'envelliu.
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So I start as a baby, and then if you punch the clock,
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Començo com un nadó,
i si passeu la targeta,
i si passeu la targeta,
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you'll actually transform the baby into a toddler,
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fareu que el nadó
es transformi en un nen petit,
es transformi en un nen petit,
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and then from a toddler I'm transformed into a teenager.
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i després passo
de nen petit a adolescent.
de nen petit a adolescent.
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From a teenager, I'm transformed into my current self.
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D'adolescent,
em transformo en el meu jo actual.
em transformo en el meu jo actual.
04:00
From my current self, I'm turned into a middle-aged man,
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Del meu jo actual, em converteixo
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and then, from there, into an elderly man.
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en un home de mitjana edat,
i llavors en un ancià.
i llavors en un ancià.
04:07
And if you punch the punch card clock a hundred times
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I si passeu la targeta 100 vegades
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in one day, the piece goes black
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en un dia, l'obra es torna negra
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and is not to be reset until the next day.
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i no es reiniciarà
fins el dia següent.
fins el dia següent.
04:16
So, in doing so, you're erasing time.
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En fer això, esteu esborrant el temps.
04:18
You're actually implicit in this work
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Formeu part implícita d'aquesta obra
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and you're erasing my life.
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i esborreu la meva vida.
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So I like this about interactive video sculpture,
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Això és el que m'agrada
de la videoescultura interactiva,
de la videoescultura interactiva,
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that you can actually interact with it,
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que es pot interactuar amb ella,
04:25
that all of you can actually touch an artwork
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que tots podeu tocar-la
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and be part of the artwork yourselves,
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i formar part de l'obra d'art.
04:29
and hopefully, one day, I'll have each and every one of you
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I, amb sort, potser algun dia
us tindré a tots
us tindré a tots
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trapped in one of my jars. (Laughter)
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atrapats en un dels meus pots.
(Rialles)
(Rialles)
04:34
Thank you. (Applause)
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Gràcies. (Aplaudiments)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo - Video sculptorGabe 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.
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