Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: O que o futebol pode nos ensinar sobre liberdade
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
pelo peso do meu corpo.
on the soccer pitch.
to revive the dead,
para reviver os mortos,
at a contemporary arts center,
em um centro de artes contemporâneas,
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
que não sangre, sue ou chore.
are going to live in a time
vão viver em um tempo
are fresh water and empathy.
serão água potável e empatia.
and majestic sculpture
e esculturas majestosas
to turn that inspiration
para transformar essa inspiração
who loves sports.
de teatro que ama esporte.
minha última peça, /peh-LO-tah/,
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
was a means for my own immigrant family
um meio para minha família de imigrantes
and normality and community
normalidade e comunidade
and assault on immigrant identity,
e ataque à identidade dos imigrantes,
as an affirmational tool
como uma ferramenta de afirmação
and immigrant kids,
e norte-americanos de primeira geração,
movement patterns on the field
padrões de movimento no campo
across social and political borders.
nas fronteiras sociais e políticas.
play on endangered ground.
that they use to plan the next goal
usam para planejar o próximo gol
to navigate the next block.
para furar a defesa adversária.
and even divisively,
de forma abstrata e até divisiva,
"build this wall,"
"construa este muro",
da nossa liberdade".
that are beautifully designed
lindamente projetados
back to something that exists inside
a ideia de algo que existe dentro delas,
part soccer tournament,
parte torneio de futebol,
field of inquiry
de pesquisa do /peh-LO-tah/
political action for young people.
no esporte para os jovens.
"Moving and Passing."
de "Moving and Passing".
site-specific performance
performances específicas de arte ambiente
for the urgent question
entre os jovens imigrantes.
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
de 15 anos de Honduras
to two Nigerian immigrants.
em Washington de imigrantes nigerianos.
dribbling through cones
o drible entre cones
a marching band comes down the field.
uma fanfarra vem pelo campo.
with the exuberance of culture,
com a exuberância da cultura,
would explain Black Lives Matter,
"Black Lives Matter",
would explain gun control,
o controle de armas,
is the perfect metaphor
é a metáfora perfeita
do excepcionalismo americano.
nossa própria liberdade.
that we can all agree to do together.
nós podemos concordar em fazer juntos.
of this spinning ball.
oficial desta bola giratória.
to connect the joy of the game
a alegria do jogo
in sight of a better position.
se moveram para uma posição melhor.
to connect their families' histories
as histórias de suas famílias
after the ball beats the goalie,
depois que a bola derrota o goleiro,
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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