TEDxWomen 2012
Sue Austin: Deep sea diving ... in a wheelchair
Su Ostin (Sue Austin): Ronjenje… u kolicima
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Kada je Su Ostin dobila električna kolica pre 16 godina, obuzeo ju je neverovatan osećaj slobode - dok su je drugi gledali kao da je nešto izgubila. U svojoj umetnosti, želi da prenese osećaj čuda koji je nosi kroz njena putovanja svetom u kolicima. Uključuje uzbudljive fotografije kolica za ronjenje koja joj omogućavaju da istražuje svet okeana, lebdeći kroz jata riba, slobodno u 360 stepeni. (Snimljeno na TEDxWomen.)
Sue Austin - Performance artist
In repurposing her wheelchair to create fantastical art, Sue Austin reshapes how we think about disability. Full bio
In repurposing her wheelchair to create fantastical art, Sue Austin reshapes how we think about disability. Full bio
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00:16
It's wonderful to be here
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Divno je biti ovde
00:18
to talk about my journey,
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pričati o mom putovanju,
00:20
to talk about the wheelchair
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pričati o invalidskim kolicima
00:22
and the freedom it has bought me.
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i slobodi koju su mi donela.
00:25
I started using a wheelchair 16 years ago
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Invalidska kolica sam
počela da koristim pre 16 godina
počela da koristim pre 16 godina
00:27
when an extended illness
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kad je uznapredovala bolest
00:29
changed the way I could access the world.
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promenila način moga pristupa svetu.
00:33
When I started using the wheelchair,
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Kad sam počela da koristim kolica,
00:35
it was a tremendous new freedom.
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to je bila ogromna sloboda.
00:38
I'd seen my life slip away and become restricted.
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Posmatrala sam svoj život kako se menja
i postaje ograničen.
i postaje ograničen.
00:41
It was like having an enormous new toy.
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Kao da ste dobili jednu
ogromnu novu igračku.
ogromnu novu igračku.
00:44
I could whiz around and feel the wind in my face again.
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Mogla sam zujati unaokolo
i opet osetiti vetar na svom licu.
i opet osetiti vetar na svom licu.
00:48
Just being out on the street was exhilarating.
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Uzbudljivo je bilo samo ponovo biti na ulici.
00:51
But even though I had this newfound joy and freedom,
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Međutim, iako sam otkrila tu novu
sreću i slobodu,
sreću i slobodu,
00:56
people's reaction completely changed towards me.
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reakcija ljudi prema meni
se u potpunosti promenila.
se u potpunosti promenila.
00:59
It was as if they couldn't see me anymore,
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Kao da me više nisu mogli videti,
01:02
as if an invisibility cloak had descended.
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kao da me je prekrio
plašt nevidljivosti.
plašt nevidljivosti.
01:06
They seemed to see me in terms of their assumptions
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Izgleda da su me posmatrali
iz ugla svojih pretpostavki
iz ugla svojih pretpostavki
01:09
of what it must be like to be in a wheelchair.
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kako je to kad si u kolicima.
01:13
When I asked people their associations with the wheelchair,
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Kad sam pitala ljude na
šta ih asociraju kolica
šta ih asociraju kolica
01:18
they used words like "limitation," "fear,"
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upotrebili su reči
"ograničenje", "strah",
"ograničenje", "strah",
01:22
"pity" and "restriction."
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"sažaljenje" i "ograničenost".
01:25
I realized I'd internalized these responses
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Shvatila sam da sam
prihvatila ove odgovore
prihvatila ove odgovore
01:29
and it had changed who I was on a core level.
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i da me je to suštinski promenilo.
01:33
A part of me had become alienated from myself.
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Deo mene se otuđio.
01:37
I was seeing myself not from my perspective,
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Gledala sam sebe ne
iz sopstvene perspektive
iz sopstvene perspektive
01:41
but vividly and continuously from the perspective
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već slikovito i neprekidno
iz prespektive
iz prespektive
01:45
of other people's responses to me.
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reakcije drugih ljudi
prema meni.
prema meni.
01:48
As a result, I knew I needed to make my own stories
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Kao rezultat, znala sam da
moram da stvorim svoje priče
moram da stvorim svoje priče
01:53
about this experience,
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o ovom iskustvu,
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new narratives to reclaim my identity.
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nove priče kojima bih povratila
svoj identitet.
svoj identitet.
01:58
["Finding Freedom: 'By creating our own stories we learn to take the texts of our lives as seriously as we do 'official' narratives.' — Davis 2009, TEDx Women"]
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["Pronalazeći slobodu: 'Kreirajući svoje priče učimo kako da prihvatimo tekstove svojih života podjednako ozbiljno kao i 'zvanične' priče." - Dejvis 2009, TEDx Women"]
02:01
I started making work
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Počela sam sa radom
02:03
that aimed to communicate something
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čiji cilj je bio da kažem nešto
02:06
of the joy and freedom I felt when using a wheelchair --
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o sreći i slobodi koju sam
osećala koristeći kolica -
osećala koristeći kolica -
02:11
a power chair -- to negotiate the world.
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električna kolica -
za pregovore sa svetom.
za pregovore sa svetom.
02:16
I was working to transform these internalized responses,
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Želela sam da pretvorim ove
ukorenjene reakcije,
ukorenjene reakcije,
02:22
to transform the preconceptions that had so shaped
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da preobrazim predrasude
koje su oblikovale
koje su oblikovale
02:26
my identity when I started using a wheelchair,
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moj identitet kad sam
počela da koristim kolica,
počela da koristim kolica,
02:29
by creating unexpected images.
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kroz kreiranje neočekivanih prizora.
02:33
The wheelchair became an object to paint and play with.
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Kolica su postala predmet
za slikanje i igru.
za slikanje i igru.
02:39
When I literally started leaving
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Kad sam doslovno počela da ostavljam
02:41
traces of my joy and freedom,
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tragove sreće i slobode,
02:45
it was exciting to see
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bilo je uzbudljivo videti
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the interested and surprised responses from people.
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zainteresovane i iznenađene
reakcije ljudi.
reakcije ljudi.
02:51
It seemed to open up new perspectives,
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Činilo se da to stvara nove perspektive,
02:54
and therein lay the paradigm shift.
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i tu je ležao ključ promene.
02:57
It showed that an arts practice
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Pokazalo se da umetnička praksa
02:59
can remake one's identity
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može ponovo da stvori
nečiji identitet
nečiji identitet
03:01
and transform preconceptions by revisioning the familiar.
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i izmeni predrasude
kroz promenu sagledavanja već poznatog.
kroz promenu sagledavanja već poznatog.
03:06
So when I began to dive, in 2005,
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Kad sam počela
da ronim 2005. godine,
da ronim 2005. godine,
03:10
I realized scuba gear extends your range of activity
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shvatila sam da oprema za ronjenje
širi raspon aktivnosti
širi raspon aktivnosti
03:14
in just the same way as a wheelchair does,
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na isti način kao
što to i kolica čine
što to i kolica čine
03:16
but the associations attached to scuba gear
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ali asociacije u vezi sa
opremom za ronjenje
opremom za ronjenje
03:19
are ones of excitement and adventure,
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su uzbuđenje i avantura,
03:21
completely different to people's responses to the wheelchair.
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u potpunosti različita reakcija ljudi
nego na kolica.
nego na kolica.
03:25
So I thought, "I wonder what'll happen
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Pa sam pomislila:
"Pitam se šta bi se desilo
"Pitam se šta bi se desilo
03:28
if I put the two together?" (Laughter) (Applause)
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ako ih spojim?"
(Smeh) (Aplauz)
(Smeh) (Aplauz)
03:33
And the underwater wheelchair that has resulted
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I podvodna kolica koja su proizašla iz toga,
03:37
has taken me on the most amazing journey
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odvela su me na
najuzbudljivije putovanje
najuzbudljivije putovanje
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over the last seven years.
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tokom prethodnih sedam godina.
03:42
So to give you an idea of what that's like,
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Da bih vam to dočarala,
03:45
I'd like to share with you one of the outcomes
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želela bih da podelim sa vama
jedan od rezultata
jedan od rezultata
03:48
from creating this spectacle,
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kreiranja ovog spektakla
03:50
and show you what an amazing journey it's taken me on.
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i pokažem vam na kakvo me je
neverovatno putovanje to povelo.
neverovatno putovanje to povelo.
03:54
(Music)
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(Muzika)
07:24
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
07:31
It is the most amazing experience,
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Ovo je krajnje uzbudljivo iskustvo,
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beyond most other things I've experienced in life.
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prevazilazi većinu stvari koje
sam iskusila u životu.
sam iskusila u životu.
07:37
I literally have the freedom to move
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Doslovno imam slobodu kretanja
07:40
in 360 degrees of space
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od 360 stepeni
07:43
and an ecstatic experience of joy and freedom.
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i zanosno iskustvo
sreće i slobode.
sreće i slobode.
07:47
And the incredibly unexpected thing
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I krajnje neočekivana stvar
07:49
is that other people seem to see and feel that too.
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je da i drugi ljudi vide
i osećaju to.
i osećaju to.
07:54
Their eyes literally light up,
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Njihove oči bukvalno sjaje
07:56
and they say things like, "I want one of those,"
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i govore stvari kao:
"I ja želim jedna,"
"I ja želim jedna,"
07:59
or, "If you can do that, I can do anything."
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ili, "ako ti možeš to da uraditš,
ja mogu bilo šta."
ja mogu bilo šta."
08:03
And I'm thinking, it's because in that moment
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I razmišljam, to je zato što u tom trenutku
08:06
of them seeing an object
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u kome vide objekat
08:09
they have no frame of reference for,
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za koji nemaju referentni okvir
08:11
or so transcends the frames of reference
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ili upravo time prevazilazi okvire poimanja
08:14
they have with the wheelchair,
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koje imaju vezano za kolica,
08:16
they have to think in a completely new way.
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moraju da razmišljaju na potpuno novi način.
08:19
And I think that moment of completely new thought
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I smatram da taj trenutak potpuno nove misli
08:23
perhaps creates a freedom
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možda stvara slobodu
08:25
that spreads to the rest of other people's lives.
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koja se širi na ostatak života.
08:29
For me, this means that they're seeing
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Za mene znači da vide
08:33
the value of difference,
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vrednost različitosti,
08:35
the joy it brings
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sreću koju donosi
08:37
when instead of focusing on loss or limitation,
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kada umesto fokusiranja
na gubitak i ograničenost,
na gubitak i ograničenost,
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we see and discover the power and joy
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vidimo i otkrivamo
snagu i sreću
snagu i sreću
08:45
of seeing the world from exciting new perspectives.
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gledajući svet iz uzbudljive
nove perspektive.
nove perspektive.
08:49
For me, the wheelchair becomes
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Za mene, kolica postaju
08:51
a vehicle for transformation.
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vozilo transformacije.
08:54
In fact, I now call the underwater wheelchair "Portal,"
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U stvari, podvodna kolica
sad nazivam "Portal"
sad nazivam "Portal"
08:57
because it's literally pushed me through
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jer su me bukvalno uvela
09:00
into a new way of being,
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u novi način postojanja,
09:01
into new dimensions and into a new level of consciousness.
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u nove dimenzije
i novi nivo svesti.
i novi nivo svesti.
09:05
And the other thing is,
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Druga stvar je,
09:07
that because nobody's seen or heard
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pošto niko nije
video niti čuo
video niti čuo
09:09
of an underwater wheelchair before,
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za podvodna kolica pre,
09:12
and creating this spectacle is about creating
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a kreiranje ovog spektakla
je zapravo kreiranje
je zapravo kreiranje
09:14
new ways of seeing, being and knowing,
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novih načina sagledavanja stvari,
postojanja i saznanja,
postojanja i saznanja,
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now you have this concept in your mind.
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sad i vi imate ovaj
koncept u glavi,
koncept u glavi,
09:20
You're all part of the artwork too.
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Svi ste vi takođe deo umetničkog dela.
09:24
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sue Austin - Performance artistIn repurposing her wheelchair to create fantastical art, Sue Austin reshapes how we think about disability.
Why you should listen
Multimedia, performance and installation artist Sue Austin keeps a fascinating mission at the center her work: to challenge the idea of disabled as “other” and represent her experience as a wheelchair user in a brighter light. She does this by creating quirky, unexpected juxtapositions -- bringing a sense of whimsy and empowerment to the discussion of disability.
Austin is the founder and artistic director of Freewheeling, an initiative aiming to further the genre of Disability Arts. In 2012, she was asked to be a part of the Cultural Olympiad in Britain, a celebration of the arts leading up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The work she created for the event, called “Creating the Spectacle!,” is a groundbreaking series of live art and video works of an underwater wheelchair.
Sue Austin | Speaker | TED.com