Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: O que o futebol nos pode ensinar sobre a 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
que me rodeia
on the soccer pitch.
num remate de futebol.
to revive the dead,
para dar vida aos mortos,
at a contemporary arts center,
num centro de artes contemporâneas
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
sem sangue, suor ou lágrimas.
are going to live in a time
vão viver numa época
are fresh water and empathy.
serão a água potável e a empatia.
e de esculturas majestosas
and majestic sculpture
to turn that inspiration
para transformar essa inspiração
who loves sports.
que adora desportos.
última peça /peh-LO-tah/
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
was a means for my own immigrant family
importante para a minha família imigrante
and normality and community
de continuidade, normalidade e comunidade
and assault on immigrant identity,
e de ataques à identidade de imigrantes.
como um instrumento de afirmação
as an affirmational tool
e de crianças imigradas,
and immigrant kids,
nos esquemas de movimentos no terreno
movement patterns on the field
across social and political borders.
das fronteiras sociais e políticas.
play on endangered ground.
jogam num terreno perigoso.
that they use to plan the next goal
que eles usam para planear um golo
to navigate the next block.
para ultrapassar um obstáculo.
e até de forma dividida,
and even divisively,
"build this wall,"
"construam este muro",
à nossa liberdade".
that are beautifully designed
que são lindamente concebidos
back to something that exists inside
a ideia com o que existe dentro de nós
part soccer tournament,
como de campeonato de futebol,
de /peh-lo-tah/'s
field of inquiry
political action for young people.
para jovens, baseada em desporto.
"Moving and Passing."
"Movendo e Passando."
site-specific performance
o desempenho específico do lugar
for the urgent question
para a pergunta urgente
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
de 15 anos das Honduras
to two Nigerian immigrants.
nascida em Washington DC
dribbling through cones
por entre os cones
a marching band comes down the field.
with the exuberance of culture,
com a exuberância da cultura,
would explain Black Lives Matter,
explicaria o Black Lives Matter,
would explain gun control,
explicaria o controlo de armas,
is the perfect metaphor
é a perfeita metáfora
norte-americano.
as nossas liberdades.
that we can all agree to do together.
todos concordamos fazer juntos.
of this spinning ball.
desta esfera giratória.
to connect the joy of the game
interligar a alegria do jogo
in sight of a better position.
em busca de uma situação melhor.
to connect their families' histories
interligar as histórias das suas famílias
de um ponta de lança,
after the ball beats the goalie,
depois de a bola entrar na baliza,
com a corrida para a liberdade.
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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