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Béatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper
Beatrice Coron: Histori të prera nga letra
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Me gërshërë dhe letër, artistja Beatrice Coron krijon fjalë të komplikuara, qytete dhe shtete, parajsa dhe ferre. Paraqitet në skenë me një pelerinë madhështore prej Tyveku të prerë (material teknologjik dhe shumë inovativ), dhe përshkruan proçesin e saj krijues dhe mënyrën sesi shtjellohen historitë e saj prej copëzash e prerjesh.
Béatrice Coron - Papercutter artist
Béatrice Coron has developed a language of storytelling by papercutting multi-layered stories. Full bio
Béatrice Coron has developed a language of storytelling by papercutting multi-layered stories. Full bio
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I am a papercutter.
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Une jam nje prerese letre.
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(Laughter)
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I cut stories.
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Une pres histori.
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So my process is very straightforward.
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Pra proçesi qe ndjek eshte shume i drejte per drejte.
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I take a piece of paper,
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Une marr nje cope leter.
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I visualize my story,
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Shikoj aty historine time,
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sometimes I sketch, sometimes I don't.
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ndonjehere bej nje skice mbi leter, here te tjera jo.
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And as my image
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Dhe ndersa figura ime
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is already inside the paper,
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eshte pothuaj brenda letres,
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I just have to remove
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mua thjesht me duhet te heq
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what's not from that story.
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ate ç'ka nuk ben pjese ne histori.
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So I didn't come to papercutting
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Pra, une nuk arrita tek prerja e letrave
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in a straight line.
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ne menyre direkte dhe te thjeshte.
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In fact,
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Faktikisht,
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I see it more as a spiral.
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mua rruga qe bera me duket me shume si spirale.
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I was not born
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Une nuk linda
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with a blade in my hand.
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me thike prerese ne dore.
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And I don't remember papercutting as a child.
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Dhe nuk mbaj mend te kem prere letra kur isha femije.
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As a teenager,
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Kur isha adoleshente,
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I was sketching, drawing,
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beja skica dhe vizatime,
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and I wanted to be an artist.
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dhe doja te behesha artiste.
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But I was also a rebel.
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Por isha rrebele.
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And I left everything
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Dhe lashe gjithçka
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and went for a long series of odd jobs.
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dhe bera rruge ta gjata e pune te çuditshme.
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So among them,
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Disa prej tyre,
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I have been a shepherdess,
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kam qene bareshe,
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a truck driver,
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shofere kamioni,
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a factory worker,
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punetore fabrike,
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a cleaning lady.
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pastruese.
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I worked in tourism for one year
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Kam punuar ne sektorin e turizmit per nje vit
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in Mexico,
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ne Meksike,
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one year in Egypt.
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nje vit ne Egjypt.
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I moved for two years
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Per dy vjet u trasferova
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in Taiwan.
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ne Taivan.
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And then I settled in New York
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Dhe me ne fund u stabilizova ne Nju Jork
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where I became a tour guide.
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ku punoj si guide turistesh.
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And I still worked as a tour leader,
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Dhe perseri vazhdoj te punoj si guide turistesh,
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traveled back and forth
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duke udhetuar sa andej ketej
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in China, Tibet and Central Asia.
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ne Kine, Tibet dhe Azine qendrore.
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So of course, it took time, and I was nearly 40,
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Dhe sigurisht qe u desh kohe, dhe isha gati 40 vjec,
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and I decided it's time
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kur vendosa se kishte ardhur koha
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to start as an artist.
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qe te filloja te isha nje artiste.
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(Applause)
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I chose papercutting
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Zgjodha prerjen e letrave
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because paper is cheap,
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sepse letra eshte e lire,
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it's light,
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eshte e lehte,
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and you can use it
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dhe mund ta perdoresh
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in a lot of different ways.
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ne shume menyra te ndryshme.
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And I chose the language of silhouette
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Dhe zgjodha gjuhen e siluetave.
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because graphically it's very efficient.
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sepse nga ana grafike eshte shume efikase.
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And it's also just getting to the essential of things.
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Dhe eshte e lidhur me gjerat esenciale.
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So the word "silhouette"
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Pra fjala "siluete"
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comes from a minister of finance,
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vjen nga nje minister financash,
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Etienne de Silhouette.
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Etienne De Sihlouette.
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And he slashed so many budgets
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Dhe ai uli kaq shume bilancet
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that people said they couldn't afford
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sa njerezit filluan te thonin se nuk mund te blinin
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paintings anymore,
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me piktura,
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and they needed to have their portrait
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dhe se i duhej te kishin veç portrete
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"a la silhouette."
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"alla Siluete"
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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So I made series of images, cuttings,
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Pra une bera nje seri me figura, prerje,
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and I assembled them in portfolios.
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dhe i grumbullova ne albume.
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And people told me --
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Dhe njerezit me thonin --
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like these 36 views of the Empire State building --
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si ne keto 36 pamje te Nderteses Empire State ---
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they told me, "You're making artist books."
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ata me thonin, "Ti po ben libra artistik".
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So artist books have a lot of definitions.
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Librat artistik kane shume perkufizime.
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They come in a lot of different shapes.
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Ata prezantohen ne lloj lloj formash.
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But to me,
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Por per mua,
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they are fascinating objects
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jane objekte shume terheqese
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to visually narrate a story.
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per te rrefyer nje histori ne menyre vizive.
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They can be with words
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Ato mund te jene me fjale
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or without words.
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ose pa fjale.
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And I have a passion
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Dhe kam nje pasion
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for images and for words.
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per imazhet dhe per fjalet.
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I love pun
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Me pelqejne shume lojrat e fjaleve
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and the relation to the unconscious.
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dhe lidhja me subkoshiencen.
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I love oddities of languages.
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Me pelqejne jashte mase gjerat e çuditshme te gjuheve.
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And everywhere I lived, I learned the languages,
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Dhe kudo qe kam jetuar, kam mesuar gjuhet,
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but never mastered them.
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por asnjehere ne menyre te persosur.
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So I'm always looking
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Dhe gjithnje jam ne kerkim te
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for the false cognates
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lidhjeve fallco
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or identical words in different languages.
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ose fjalesh identike ne gjuhe te ndryshme.
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So as you can guess, my mother tongue is French.
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Pra siç mund te hamendesoni, gjuha ime e nenes eshte Frengjishtja.
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And my daily language is English.
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Dhe gjuha ime e perditshme eshte Anglishtja.
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So I did a series of work
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Pra bera disa pune artistike
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where it was identical words
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ku kishte fjale identike
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in French and in English.
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ne Frengjisht dhe ne Anglisht.
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So one of these works
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Per shembull nje nga keto fjale
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is the "Spelling Spider."
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eshte "Merimanga korrigjuese e drejtshkrimit"
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So the Spelling Spider
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Pra "Merimanga korrigjuese e drejtshkrimit"
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is a cousin of the spelling bee.
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eshte kusherire e "Bletes korrigjuese te drejtshkrimit"
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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But it's much more connected to the Web.
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Por ka me shume lidhje me Web-in (rrjetin e internetit).
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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And this spider
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Kjo merimange
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spins a bilingual alphabet.
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tjerr nje alfabet bilinguist (dy gjuhesor)
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So you can read "architecture active"
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Per shembull ju mund te lexoni "arkitekture aktive"
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or "active architecture."
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"aktive arkitekture"
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So this spider goes through the whole alphabet
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Kjo merimange pershkon gjithe alfabetin
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with identical adjectives and substantives.
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me mbiemra dhe embra identike.
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So if you don't know one of these languages,
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Dhe nese ju nuk njihni nje nga keto gjuhe,
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it's instant learning.
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eshte nje menyre per te mesuar menjehere disa fjale.
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And one ancient form of the book
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Dhe nje forme antike e librit
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is scrolls.
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jane fletushkat
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So scrolls are very convenient,
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Fletushkat jane shume te leverdishme,
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because you can create a large image
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sepse mund te krijoni nje figure te madhe
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on a very small table.
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ne nje tavoline te vogel.
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So the unexpected consequences of that
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Dhe pasojat e papritura te kesaj zgjedhjeje
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is that you only see one part of your image,
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jane se shikoni vetem nje pjese te figures,
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so it makes a very freestyle architecture.
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pra kthehet ne nje arkitekture me stil te lire.
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And I'm making all those kinds of windows.
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Dhe une po bej gjithe keto lloje dritaresh.
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So it's to look beyond the surface.
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Ne menyre qe te shikohet pertej siperfaqes.
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It's to have a look
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Keshtu mund te hedhim nje sy
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at different worlds.
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ne bote te ndryshme.
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And very often I've been an outsider.
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Dhe shume shpesh une kam qene nje tip pak i vecante
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So I want to see how things work
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Dhe dua te shikoj se si funksionojne gjerat
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and what's happening.
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dhe se cfare ndodh perreth.
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So each window
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Pra çdo dritare
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is an image
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eshte nje pamje
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and is a world
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dhe eshte nje bote
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that I often revisit.
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qe une mund te rivizitoj shpesh.
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And I revisit this world
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Dhe une rivizitoj kete bote
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thinking about the image
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duke menduar per pamjet
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or cliché about what we want to do,
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ose klishete qe doni te beni,
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and what are the words, colloquialisms,
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dhe cilat jane fjalet, bisedat
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that we have with the expressions.
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qe kemi ne keto shprehi.
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It's all if.
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Gjithçka eshte nje "Sikur".
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So what if we were living in balloon houses?
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Po sikur te jetonim ne shtepi tullumbace
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It would make a very uplifting world.
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Bota do te ishte shume me e lehte.
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And we would leave a very low footprint on the planet.
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Dhe ne do te linin nje gjurme shume te vogel ne planetin tone.
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It would be so light.
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Do te ishte kaq e lehte.
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So sometimes I view from the inside,
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Ndersa disa here shikoj nga brenda,
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like EgoCentriCity
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si psh. ne QytetinEgoQendror
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and the inner circles.
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dhe rrathet e brendshme.
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Sometimes it's a global view,
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Ndonjehere eshte nje pamje globale,
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to see our common roots
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shikimi i rrenjeve te perbashketa
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and how we can use them to catch dreams.
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dhe se si mund ti perdorim qe te kapim endrrat.
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And we can use them also
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Biles mund ti perdorim
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as a safety net.
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dhe si rrjet shpetimi.
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And my inspirations
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Dhe frymezimet e mija
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are very eclectic.
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jane shume eklektike.
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I'm influenced by everything I read,
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Influencohem nga çdo gje qe lexoj,
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everything I see.
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çdo gje qe shikoj.
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I have some stories that are humorous,
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Kam disa histori qe jane humoristike,
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like "Dead Beats."
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si psh "Ritmi i te vdekurve".
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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Other ones are historical.
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Te tjerat jane historike.
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Here it's "CandyCity."
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Ja ketu "QytetiKaramele".
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It's a non-sugar-coated
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Eshte nje histori sheqeri
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history of sugar.
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e pambuluar nga sheqeri.
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It goes from slave trade
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Perfshin tregtine e sklleverve
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to over-consumption of sugar
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deri tek konsumi i tepert i sheqerit
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with some sweet moments in between.
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me disa momente te embla aty ketu.
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And sometimes I have an emotional response to news,
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Ndersa disa here me ndodh te kem nje pergjigje emocionale ndaj lajmeve,
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such as the 2010 Haitian earthquake.
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si psh nga termeti ne Haiti ne 2010.
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Other times, it's not even my stories.
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Here te tjera, nuk jane historite e mia.
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People tell me their lives,
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Njerezit me tregojne per jeten e tyre,
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their memories, their aspirations,
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kujtimet e tyre dhe aspiratat,
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and I create a mindscape.
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dhe une krijoj nje harte mendore.
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I channel their history
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Kanalizoj historine e tyre
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[so that] they have a place to go back
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ne menyre qe te kene nje vend ku te kthehen
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to look at their life and its possibilities.
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dhe te mund te shikojne jeten e tyre dhe mundesite e saj.
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I call them Freudian cities.
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Keto i quaj qytete Frojdiane.
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I cannot speak for all my images,
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Une nuk mund te flas per te gjitha figurat e mia,
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so I'll just go through a few of my worlds
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pra thjesht do te pershkoj disa nga fjalet e mia
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just with the title.
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thjesht me titujt.
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"ModiCity."
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"QytetiLeviz"
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"ElectriCity."
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"ElektriQyteti"
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"MAD Growth on Columbus Circle."
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"Rritje e Cmendur ne rrethin e Kolombit."
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"ReefCity."
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"Qyteti nenujor"
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"A Web of Time."
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"Kohe rrjeti"
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"Chaos City."
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"KaosQyteti"
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"Daily Battles."
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"Beteja ditore"
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"FeliCity."
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"LumQyteti"
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"Floating Islands."
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"Ishujt lundrues"
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And at one point,
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Dhe ne nje moment,
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I had to do "The Whole Nine Yards."
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Mu desh te beja nje "Histori qe zgjat gati 8 metra"
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So it's actually a papercut that's nine yards long.
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Eshte faktikisht nje prerje e gjate 8 metra.
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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So in life and in papercutting,
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Pra ne jete dhe ne prerjen e letrave,
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everything is connected.
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çdo gje eshte e lidhur.
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One story leads to another.
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Nje histori te çon tek tjetra.
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I was also interested
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Me interesonte shume dhe
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in the physicality of this format,
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fizikaliteti i ketij formati,
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because you have to walk to see it.
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sepse ju duhet te ecni per ta pare.
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And parallel to my cutting
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Dhe paralelisht me prerjet e mia
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is my running.
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shkon dhe vrapi im.
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I started with small images,
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Fillova me figura te vogla,
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I started with a few miles.
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Fillova me pak kilometra.
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Larger images, I started to run marathons.
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Ndersa figurat beheshin me te medha, fillova te vrapoja maratona.
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Then I went to run 50K, then 60K.
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Arrita 50 km, pastaj 60 km.
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Then I ran 50 miles -- ultramarathons.
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Pastaj 80 km -- Ultramaratona.
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And I still feel I'm running,
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Dhe prap me duket sikur vrapoj.
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it's just the training
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Eshte thjesht trainimi
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to become a long-distance papercutter.
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per tu bere nje prerese letre me distanca te gjata.
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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And running gives me a lot of energy.
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Vrapi me jep shume energji.
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Here is a three-week papercutting marathon
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Kjo ketu eshte nje maratone tre-javore e prerjes se letres.
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at the Museum of Arts and Design
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ne Muzeun e Arteve dhe Dizenjimit
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in New York City.
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ne Nju Jork.
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The result is "Hells and Heavens."
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Rezultati quhet "Ferr dhe Parajse."
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It's two panels 13 ft. high.
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Jane dy panele gati 4 m te larte.
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They were installed in the museum on two floors,
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Jane instaluar ne Muze me dy kate,
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but in fact, it's a continuous image.
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por faktikisht eshte nje pamje ne vazhdim.
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And I call it "Hells and Heavens"
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Dhe e kam titulluar "Ferr dhe Parajse"
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because it's daily hells and daily heavens.
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sepse perfaqeson ferret dhe parajsat e çdo dite.
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There is no border in between.
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Nuk ka kufi e ndarje ne mes.
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Some people are born in hells,
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Disa njerez kane lindur ne ferr,
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and against all odds, they make it to heavens.
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dhe gjithesesi arrijne te shkojne ne parajse.
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Other people make the opposite trip.
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Ndersa te tjere bejne udhetimin e kundert.
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That's the border.
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Ky eshte kufiri.
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You have sweatshops in hells.
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Ne Ferr mund te gjeni dyqane embelsirash.
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You have people renting their wings in the heavens.
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Ndersa ne Parajse ka njerez qe japin hua krahet e tyre.
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And then you have all those individual stories
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Dhe pastaj ka shume histori personale
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where sometimes we even have the same action,
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ku shpesh ndodh te beni te njejtin veprim,
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and the result puts you in hells or in heavens.
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por rezultati ju ben te shkoni ne ferr ose ne parajse.
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So the whole "Hells and Heavens"
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Pra gjithe "Ferret e Parajsat"
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is about free will
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kane te bejne me deshiren e lire
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and determinism.
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dhe vendosmerine.
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And in papercutting,
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Dhe ne prerjen e letres,
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you have the drawing as the structure itself.
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vizatimi eshte nje strukture ne vetvete.
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So you can take it off the wall.
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Dhe mund ta hiqni kollaj nga muri.
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Here it's an artist book installation
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Ja nje shembull tjeter i instalimit te nje libri artistik
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called "Identity Project."
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te titulluar "Projekti i Identitetit".
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It's not autobiographical identities.
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Nuk jane identitete autobiografike.
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They are more our social identities.
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Jane me teper identitete sociale.
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And then you can just walk behind them
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Ju mund te viheni pas tyre
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and try them on.
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dhe te provoni se si ju rrine.
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So it's like the different layers
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Pra jane si shtresa te ndryshme
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of what we are made of
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prej te cilave jemi bere
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and what we present to the world
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dhe te cilat i prezantojme botes
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as an identity.
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si nje identitet.
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That's another artist book project.
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Ky eshte nje tjeter projekt libri artistik.
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In fact, in the picture, you have two of them.
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Faktikisht, ne figure, shikoni dy projekte.
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It's one I'm wearing
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Nje qe kam veshur
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and one that's on exhibition
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dhe nje qe kam ekspozuar
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at the Center for Books Arts in New York City.
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ne Qendren e Librave Artistike ne Nju Jork.
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Why do I call it a book?
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Pse i quaj Libra?
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It's called "Fashion Statement,"
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Titullohet "Deklarata Mode,"
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and there are quotes about fashion,
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dhe ne to ka te thena mbi moden
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so you can read it,
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ne menyre qe te mund ti lexoni,
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and also,
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dhe gjithashtu per faktin
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because the definition of artist book
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se perkufizimi i nje libri artistik
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is very generous.
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mund te jete shume i gjere.
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So artist books, you take them off the wall.
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Pra librat artistik, mund ti hiqni nga muri.
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You take them for a walk.
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Mund ti merrni per nje shetitje.
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You can also install them as public art.
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Mund ti instaloni si art publik.
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Here it's in Scottsdale, Arizona,
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Ketu jemi ne Scottsdale, Arizona,
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and it's called "Floating Memories."
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dhe titulli eshte "Kujtime lundruese"
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So it's regional memories,
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Pra jane kujtime rajonale,
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and they are just randomly moved by the wind.
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qe ne menyre te çrregullt levizin nga era.
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I love public art.
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Une e adhuroj artin publik.
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And I entered competitions
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Dhe per nje kohe shume te gjate
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for a long time.
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kam marre pjese ne konkurse.
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After eight years of rejection,
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Pas 8 vitesh refuzime,
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I was thrilled to get my first commission
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isha shume e lumtur kur mora porosine e pare
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with the Percent for Art in New York City.
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me nje perqindje nga Arti ne Nju Jork.
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It was for a merger station
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Porosia ishte per nje stacion
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for emergency workers and firemen.
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zjarrefikesish dhe punonjesish urgjencash.
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I made an artist book
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Dhe une bera nje liber artistik
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that's in stainless steel
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dhe perdora çelik
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instead of paper.
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ne vend te letres.
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I called it "Working in the Same Direction."
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Dhe punen e titullova "Duke punuar ne te njejtin drejtim."
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But I added weathervanes on both sides
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Por shtova dhe drejtimin e eres ne te dyja anet
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to show that they cover all directions.
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qe te tregoja se ata shkonin ne te gjtha drejtimet.
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With public art,
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Per artin publik,
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I could also make cut glass.
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une munda dhe te pres xhamin.
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Here it's faceted glass in the Bronx.
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Kjo eshte prerje xhami ne Bronx.
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And each time I make public art,
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Dhe sa here qe bej diçka per artin publik,
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I want something that's really relevant
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dua qe te jete diçka e rendesishme
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to the place it's installed.
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per vendin ne te cilin instalohet.
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So for the subway in New York,
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Keshtu qe per metrone ne Nju Jork,
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I saw a correspondence
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mendova per korespondencen
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between riding the subway
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midis udhetimit ne metro
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and reading.
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dhe leximit.
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It is travel in time, travel on time.
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Eshte koha per udhetim, udhetim ne kohe.
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And Bronx literature,
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Dhe letersia e Bronksit,
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it's all about Bronx writers
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ka te beje me shkrimtaret e Bronksit
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and their stories.
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dhe historite e tyre.
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Another glass project
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Nje projekt tjeter prej xhami
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is in a public library
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gjendet ne nje librari publike
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in San Jose, California.
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ne San Jose, Kaliforni.
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So I made a vegetable point of view
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Dhe imagjinova pikepamjen e nje perimeje
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of the growth of San Jose.
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per rritjen e San Joses.
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So I started in the center
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Dhe fillova ne qender
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with the acorn
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me simbolin
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for the Ohlone Indian civilization.
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e qyteterimit te Ohlone Indiane.
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Then I have the fruit from Europe
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Pastaj bera frutin prej Evropes
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for the ranchers.
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per kaubojsat.
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And then the fruit of the world for Silicon Valley today.
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Dhe pastaj frutin e botes per Silicon Valley-n sot.
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And it's still growing.
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Dhe prap vazhdon te rritet.
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So the technique, it's cut,
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Pra teknika, eshte prerje,
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sandblasted, etched
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gdhendje,
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and printed glass into architectural glass.
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dhe pastaj prodhim xhami ne xham arkitekturor.
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And outside the library,
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Dhe ne pjesen e jashtme te librarise,
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I wanted to make a place to cultivate your mind.
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Doja te beja nje vend qe te kish mundesine te kultivonte mendjen.
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I took library material
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Mora material nga libraria
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that had fruit in their title
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ne te cilin te ishte shkruar nje emer fruti ne titull
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and I used them to make an orchard walk
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dhe i perdora per te bere nje rruge shetitje me dru frutor
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with these fruits of knowledge.
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e me frutat e diturise.
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I also planted the bibliotree.
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Biles kam mbjelle dhe nje BiblioPeme.
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So it's a tree,
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Qe eshte nje peme,
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and in its trunk you have the roots of languages.
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qe ka nje trung ne te cilin rrenjet jane gjuhet.
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And it's all about international writing systems.
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Pra gjithe kjo ka te beje me sistemet e shkrimit nderkombetar.
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And on the branches
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Dhe me ne deget e tyre
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you have library material growing.
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gjeni material librarie qe rritet.
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You can also have function and form
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Me artin publik
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with public art.
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mund te kemi funksion dhe forme se bashku.
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So in Aurora, Colorado it's a bench.
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Per shembull ne Aurora, Colorado eshte nje stol.
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But you have a bonus with this bench.
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Por nga ky stol mund te keni nje bonus.
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Because if you sit a long time in summer in shorts,
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Sepse nese uleni per nje kohe te gjate ne vere kur keni veshur pantallona te shkurtra,
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you will walk away
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kur te ngriheni
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with temporary branding of
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do te keni nje lloj te veçante vule
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the story element on your thighs.
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me elementet e historise ne prapanicen tuaj.
15:25
(Laughter)
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Tte qeshura)
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Another functional work,
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Nje pune tjeter funksionale,
15:32
it's in the south side of Chicago
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gjindet ne pjesen jugore te Chikagos
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for a subway station.
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ne nje stacion metroje.
15:36
And it's called "Seeds of the Future are Planted Today."
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Dhe titullohet "Farat e te ardhmes mbillen sot."
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It's a story about transformation
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Kjo histori ka te beje me trasformimin
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and connections.
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dhe lidhjet.
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So it acts as a screen
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Ne kete menyre funksionon si nje lloj ekrani
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to protect the rail and the commuter,
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qe mbron hekurudhen dhe banoret e periferise,
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and not to have objects falling on the rails.
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dhe nuk ka objekte qe bien ne hekurudhe.
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To be able to change fences
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Ne menyre qe te kemi mundesi te ndryshojme gardhet
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and window guards into flowers,
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dhe rojet e dritareve e ti kthejme ne lule,
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it's fantastic.
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eshte vertet shume bukur.
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And here I've been working for the last three years
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Dhe ja ketu, kam punuar per gati tre vitet e fundit
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with a South Bronx developer
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me nje artist te Bronksit jugor
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to bring art to life
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qe sjell artin ne jete
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to low-income buildings
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ne banesa me te ardhura te uleta
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and affordable housing.
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dhe shtepi te perballueshme.
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So each building has its own personality.
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Ne kete menyre çdo shtepi ka personalitetin e vet,
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And sometimes it's about a legacy of the neighborhood,
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Dhe disa here eshte e rendesishme dhe lidhja me komshinjte,
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like in Morrisania, about the jazz history.
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si ne Morrisania, qe ishte nje histori jazz-i.
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And for other projects, like in Paris,
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Dhe ne disa projekte te tjera ne Paris,
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it's about the name of the street.
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ku puna kishte lidhje me emrin e rruges.
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It's called Rue des Prairies -- Prairie Street.
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Dhe quhet Rue des Praires - rruga e Lugines.
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So I brought back the rabbit,
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Ne te cilen une vura nje lepur,
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the dragonfly,
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nje pilivese,
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to stay in that street.
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qe te rrinin ne ate rruge.
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And in 2009,
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Dhe ne vitin 2009,
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I was asked to make a poster
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me kerkuan te beja nje poster
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to be placed in the subway cars in New York City
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qe do te vihej ne vagonat e metrose ne Nju Jork
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for a year.
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per nje vit.
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So that was a very captive audience.
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Dhe ne kete rast audienca ishte shume terheqese.
16:52
And I wanted to give them an escape.
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Dhe mendova tu jepja nje lloj arratisjeje.
16:56
I created "All Around Town."
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Dhe e krijova "Rreth e perreth qytetit."
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It is a papercutting,
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Eshte prerje letre,
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and then after, I added color on the computer.
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dhe me pas, shtova pak ngjyre me kompjuter.
17:04
So I can call it techno-crafted.
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Ne kete menyre mund ta quaj tekno-artizanat.
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And along the way,
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Dhe pergjate rruges,
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I'm kind of making papercuttings
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une vazhdoj te bej prerje letrash
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and adding other techniques.
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dhe te shtoj teknika te reja.
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But the result is always to have stories.
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Dhe rezultati eshte qe gjithnje kam histori.
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So the stories, they have a lot of possibilities.
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Dhe keto histori, kane shume mundesi.
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They have a lot of scenarios.
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Kane shume skenare.
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I don't know the stories.
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Une nuk i di historite.
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I take images from our global imagination,
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Une marr pamje nga imagjinata e pergjithshme,
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from cliché, from things we are thinking about,
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nga klisheja, dhe nga gjera per te cilat mendoj,
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from history.
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nga historia.
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And everybody's a narrator,
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Dhe çdokush eshte nje rrefyes,
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because everybody has a story to tell.
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sepse çdokush ka nje histori per te treguar.
17:37
But more important
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Por ç'eshte me e rendesishme
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is everybody has to make a story
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eshte se çdo njeri duhet te beje nje histori
17:41
to make sense of the world.
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qe ti jape nje kuptim botes.
17:43
And in all these universes,
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Dhe ne gjithe keto universe,
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it's like imagination is the vehicle
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imagjinata ze vendin e nje mjeti
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to be transported with,
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qe te trasporton,
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but the destination is our minds
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por ama destinacionet jane ne mendjen tuaj
17:53
and how we can reconnect
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dhe ju e dini se si mund te mbetemi ne lidhje
17:55
with the essential and with the magic.
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me ate çka eshte esenciale dhe magjike.
17:57
And it's what story cutting is all about.
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Ja pra me kete ka te beje prerja e letres.
18:01
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Béatrice Coron - Papercutter artistBéatrice Coron has developed a language of storytelling by papercutting multi-layered stories.
Why you should listen
Béatrice Coron tells stories informed by life. Her own life colors her work: after briefly studying art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyon, and Mandarin Chinese at the Université of Lyon III, Coron experienced life with a series of odd jobs. She has been, among others, a shepherdess, truck driver, factory worker, cleaning lady and New York City tour guide. She has lived in France (her native country) , Egypt and Mexico for one year each, and China for two years. She moved to New York in 1985, where she reinvented herself as an artist.
Coron's oeuvre includes illustration, book arts, fine art and public art. She cuts her characteristic silhouette designs in paper and Tyvek. She also creates works in stone, glass, metal, rubber, stained glass and digital media. Her work has been purchased by major museum collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum, the Walker Art Center and The Getty. Her public art can be seen in subways, airport and sports facilities among others.
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