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Tony Luciani: A mother and son's photographic journey through dementia
Toni Lučani (Tony Luciani): Fotografsko putovanje majke i sina kroz demenciju
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Umetnik Toni Lučani je isprobavao novu kameru kada se njegova 91-godišnja majka, Elija, prikrala u pozadini njegovih fotografija. Spontane fotografije koje su nastale rezultirale su dugogodišnjom saradnjom, dok je Lučani beležio život i duh svoje majke koja je živela sa demencijom. U ovom dirljivom govoru, on deli priče iza nekih od svojih omiljenih slika, koje su zabeležile radost i tugu za ostarelim roditeljem.
Tony Luciani - Artist
Tony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, beginning a four-year-long voyage of discovery. Full bio
Tony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, beginning a four-year-long voyage of discovery. Full bio
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00:13
When my 91-year-old mother, Elia,
moved in with me,
moved in with me,
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Kada se moja 91-godišnja majka,
Elija, uselila kod mene,
Elija, uselila kod mene,
00:17
I thought I was doing her a service.
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mislio sam da joj činim uslugu.
00:20
In fact, it was the other way around.
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U stvari, bilo je obrnuto.
00:23
You see, Mom was having issues
with memory loss and accepting her age.
with memory loss and accepting her age.
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Vidite, mama je imala probleme
sa gubitkom pamćenja
sa gubitkom pamćenja
i prihvatanjem godina.
00:29
She looked defeated.
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Izgledala je poraženo.
00:31
I tried to make her
as comfortable as possible,
as comfortable as possible,
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Pokušao sam da učinim
da joj bude što udobnije,
da joj bude što udobnije,
00:35
but when I was at my easel, painting,
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ali dok sam bio za štafelajem, slikajući,
00:37
I would peek over
and see her just ... there.
and see her just ... there.
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provirio bih preko njega
i prosto je video „tamo“.
i prosto je video „tamo“.
00:41
She'd be staring at nothing in particular.
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Zurila bi u nešto neodređeno.
00:45
I'd watch her slowly climb the stairs,
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Gledao bih je dok se polako
penje uz stepenice,
penje uz stepenice,
00:49
and she wasn't the mom I grew up with.
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i to nije bila mama uz koju sam odrastao.
00:52
I saw, instead, a frail,
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Umesto nje, video sam krhku,
00:55
tiny, old woman.
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sićušnu staricu.
01:01
A few weeks went by,
and I needed a break from my painting.
and I needed a break from my painting.
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Nakon nekoliko nedelja,
trebao mi je odmor od slikanja.
trebao mi je odmor od slikanja.
01:04
I wanted to play with the new camera
I had just bought.
I had just bought.
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Hteo sam da se igram
sa novim foto-aparatom koji sam kupio.
sa novim foto-aparatom koji sam kupio.
01:07
I was excited --
it had all sorts of dials,
it had all sorts of dials,
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Bio sam uzbuđen - imao je razne opcije,
01:10
buttons and settings I wanted to learn,
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dugmiće i podešavanja
koje sam hteo da isprobam,
koje sam hteo da isprobam,
01:13
so I set up my tripod
facing this large mirror,
facing this large mirror,
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pa sam namestio stalak
naspram velikog ogledala,
naspram velikog ogledala,
01:18
blocking the doorway
to the only bathroom in the house.
to the only bathroom in the house.
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blokirajući ulaz u jedino kupatilo u kući.
01:23
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:25
After a while, I hear,
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Posle izvesnog vremena, čujem:
01:29
(Imitating Italian accent)
"I need to use the washroom."
"I need to use the washroom."
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(Sa italijanskim naglaskom)
„Moram da idem u toalet.“
„Moram da idem u toalet.“
01:31
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:32
"Five minutes, Mom. I need to do this."
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„Pet minuta, mama. Moram ovo da završim.“
01:36
15 minutes later, and I hear, again,
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Petnaest minuta kasnije, čujem ponovo:
01:42
"I need to use the washroom."
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„Moram da koristim toalet“.
01:45
"Five more minutes."
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„Za pet minuta“.
01:47
Then this happened.
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Onda se desilo ovo.
01:53
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:57
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
02:05
And this.
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I ovo.
02:09
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:14
And then, this.
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A zatim, ovo.
02:19
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:25
I had my "aha!" moment.
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Imao sam svoj „aha“ trenutak.
02:29
We connected.
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Povezali smo se.
02:30
We had something tangible
we could do together.
we could do together.
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Imali smo nešto opipljivo
što možemo da radimo zajedno.
što možemo da radimo zajedno.
02:36
My mom was born in a small
mountain village in central Italy,
mountain village in central Italy,
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Moja majka je rođena u malom
planinskom selu u centralnoj Italiji,
planinskom selu u centralnoj Italiji,
02:41
where her parents had land and sheep.
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gde su njeni roditelji
imali zemlju i ovce.
imali zemlju i ovce.
02:44
At a young age,
her father died of pneumonia,
her father died of pneumonia,
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Kao mlad, njen otac
je umro od upale pluća,
je umro od upale pluća,
02:47
leaving his wife and two daughters alone
with all the heavy chores.
with all the heavy chores.
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ostavivši same ženu i dve kćerke
sa svim teškim poslovima.
sa svim teškim poslovima.
02:53
They found that they couldn't cope.
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Shvatile su da ne mogu da se nose s tim.
02:56
So a very hard decision was made.
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Pa su donele jako tešku odluku.
02:59
Mom, the oldest, at 13,
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Majku su, kao najstariju, sa 13 godina,
03:02
was married off to a complete
stranger twice her age.
stranger twice her age.
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udali za potpunog stranca
duplo starijeg od nje.
duplo starijeg od nje.
03:08
She went from being just a kid
and was pushed into adulthood.
and was pushed into adulthood.
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Iz detinjstva su je gurnuli u zrelo doba.
03:14
Mom had her first child
when she was only 16.
when she was only 16.
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Majka je rodila svoje prvo dete
sa samo 16 godina.
sa samo 16 godina.
03:20
Years later, and now living in Toronto,
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Godinama kasnije, živeći u Torontu,
03:23
Mom got work in a clothing factory
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majka je dobila posao u fabrici odeće
03:26
and soon became manager
of a very large sewing department.
of a very large sewing department.
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i uskoro postala menadžer
jako velikog odeljenja za šivenje.
jako velikog odeljenja za šivenje.
03:31
And because it was full
of immigrant workers,
of immigrant workers,
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A pošto je bilo puno radnika imigranata,
03:34
Mom taught herself words
from translation books.
from translation books.
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mama je učila reči
iz knjiga za prevođenje.
iz knjiga za prevođenje.
03:38
She then practiced them in French,
Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish,
Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish,
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Zatim ih je uvežbavala na francuskom,
grčkom, španskom, portugalskom, danskom,
grčkom, španskom, portugalskom, danskom,
03:42
Polish, Russian, Romanian, Hungarian,
all around the house.
all around the house.
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poljskom, ruskom, rumunskom,
mađarskom, po čitavoj kući.
mađarskom, po čitavoj kući.
03:47
I was in awe of her focus
and determination to succeed
and determination to succeed
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Divio sam se njenom fokusu
i odlučnosti da uspe
i odlučnosti da uspe
03:53
at whatever she loved to do.
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u svemu što je volela da radi.
03:56
After that bathroom "aha!" moment,
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Nakon onog „aha“ trenutka u kupatilu,
03:59
I practiced my newfound camera skills
with Mom as portrait model.
with Mom as portrait model.
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vežbao sam svoje novostečene veštine
sa aparatom dok je mama pozirala.
sa aparatom dok je mama pozirala.
04:05
Through all of this,
she talked, and I listened.
she talked, and I listened.
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Tokom celog tog procesa,
ona je pričala, a ja slušao.
ona je pričala, a ja slušao.
04:08
She'd tell me about her early childhood
and how she was feeling now.
and how she was feeling now.
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Pričala bi mi o svom ranom detinjstvu
i kako se trenutno oseća.
i kako se trenutno oseća.
04:13
We had each other's attention.
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Imali smo pažnju jedno drugog.
04:17
Mom was losing her short-term memory,
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Mama je gubila kratkoročno pamćenje,
04:19
but was better recalling
her younger years.
her younger years.
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ali se bolje sećala svojih mlađih godina.
04:23
I'd ask, and she would tell me stories.
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Pitao bih je, a ona bi mi pričala priče.
04:25
I listened, and I was her audience.
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Slušao sam, i bio njena publika.
04:29
I got ideas.
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Dobio sam ideje.
04:31
I wrote them down,
and I sketched them out.
and I sketched them out.
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Zapisao sam ih i skicirao.
04:34
I showed her what to do
by acting out the scenarios myself.
by acting out the scenarios myself.
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Pokazao sam joj šta da radi
tako što bih odglumio.
tako što bih odglumio.
04:40
We would then stage them.
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Zatim bismo to izvodili.
04:42
So she posed, and I learned
more about photography.
more about photography.
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Ona je pozirala, a ja sam učio
više o fotografiji.
više o fotografiji.
04:48
Mom loved the process, the acting.
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Mama je obožavala taj proces, glumu.
04:53
She felt worthy again,
she felt wanted and needed.
she felt wanted and needed.
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Ponovo se osećala dostojno,
željeno i potrebno.
željeno i potrebno.
04:58
And she certainly wasn't camera-shy.
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I definitivno se nije stidela kamere.
05:00
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:04
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
05:12
Mom laughed hysterically at this one.
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Mama se histerično smejala ovoj.
05:16
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:19
The idea for this image
came from an old German film I'd seen,
came from an old German film I'd seen,
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Ideju za ovu fotografiju sam dobio
iz starog nemačkog filma koji sam gledao,
iz starog nemačkog filma koji sam gledao,
05:23
about a submarine, called "Das Boot."
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o podmornici, „Das Boot“.
05:26
As you can see, what I got instead
looked more like "E.T."
looked more like "E.T."
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Kao što vidite, ono što sam dobio
više je ličilo na „E.T-ja“.
više je ličilo na „E.T-ja“.
05:30
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:32
So I put this image aside,
thinking it was a total failure,
thinking it was a total failure,
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Tako da sam sklonio ovu fotografiju,
misleći da je totalni promašaj,
misleći da je totalni promašaj,
05:35
because it didn't reach
my particular vision.
my particular vision.
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jer nije odgovarala mojoj viziji.
05:38
But Mom laughed so hard,
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Ali mama se tako jako smejala,
05:41
I eventually, for fun,
decided to post it online anyway.
decided to post it online anyway.
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da sam na kraju, iz zabave,
ipak odlučio da je postavim na internet.
ipak odlučio da je postavim na internet.
05:47
It got an incredible amount of attention.
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Dobila je neverovatno mnogo pažnje.
05:51
Now, with any Alzheimer's, dementia,
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E sad, kod Alchajmera, demencije,
05:56
there's a certain amount
of frustration and sadness
of frustration and sadness
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postoji određena količina
frustracije i tuge
frustracije i tuge
05:59
for everyone involved.
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za svoje koji su uključeni.
06:02
This is Mom's silent scream.
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Ovo je mamin tihi vrisak.
06:06
Her words to me one day were,
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Jednog dana me je pitala:
06:08
"Why is my head so full of things to say,
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„Zašto je moja glava prepuna
stvari koje bih rekla,
stvari koje bih rekla,
06:12
but before they reach my mouth,
I forget what they are?"
I forget what they are?"
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ali pre nego što one dosegnu usta,
zaboravim koje su?“
zaboravim koje su?“
06:20
"Why is my head so full of things to say,
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„Zašto je moja glava prepuna
stvari koje bih rekla,
stvari koje bih rekla,
06:27
but before they reach my mouth,
I forget what they are?"
I forget what they are?"
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ali pre nego što one dosegnu usta,
zaboravim koje su?“
zaboravim koje su?“
06:33
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
06:44
Now, as full-time care partner
and full-time painter,
and full-time painter,
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Kao stalni negovatelj i slikar,
06:49
I had my frustrations too.
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i ja sam imao svojih frustracija.
06:53
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
06:55
But to balance off
all the difficulties, we played.
all the difficulties, we played.
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Kako bismo izbalansirali
sve poteškoće, igrali smo se.
sve poteškoće, igrali smo se.
06:58
That was Mom's happy place.
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To je mamu činilo srećnom.
07:01
And I needed her to be there, too.
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A i ja sam hteo da bude srećna.
07:05
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:10
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:15
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:19
Now, Mom was also preoccupied with aging.
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Takođe, mama je bila zabrinuta starenjem.
07:22
She would say,
"How did I get so old, so fast?"
"How did I get so old, so fast?"
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Govorila bi: „Kako sam
tako brzo toliko ostarila?“
tako brzo toliko ostarila?“
07:29
(Audience sighs)
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(Uzdasi publike)
07:41
"So old."
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„Toliko ostarila“.
07:48
"So fast."
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„Tako brzo“.
07:53
I also got Mom to model
for my oil paintings.
for my oil paintings.
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Mama mi je, takođe, pozirala
za moja ulja na platnu.
za moja ulja na platnu.
07:57
This painting is called "The Dressmaker."
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Ova slika se zove „Krojačica“.
08:02
I remember, as a kid,
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Kao dete se sećam
08:05
Mom sewing clothes for the whole family
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da je mama šila odeću za celu porodicu
08:07
on this massive, heavy sewing machine
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na jednoj masivnoj, velikoj šivaćoj mašini
08:11
that was bolted
to the floor in the basement.
to the floor in the basement.
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pričvršćenoj za pod u podrumu.
08:15
Many nights, I would go downstairs
and bring my schoolwork with me.
and bring my schoolwork with me.
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Mnogo puta, sišao bih dole
sa domaćim zadatkom.
sa domaćim zadatkom.
08:20
I would sit behind her
in this overstuffed chair.
in this overstuffed chair.
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Seo bih iza nje
na jednu pretrpanu stolicu.
na jednu pretrpanu stolicu.
08:25
The low hum of the huge motor
and the repetitive stitching sounds
and the repetitive stitching sounds
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Tihi zvuk velikog motora
i ponavljajući zvuci šivenja
i ponavljajući zvuci šivenja
08:30
were comforting to me.
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su mi prijali.
08:33
When Mom moved into my house,
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Kada se mama doselila kod mene,
08:35
I saved this machine and stored it
in my studio for safekeeping.
in my studio for safekeeping.
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sačuvao sam tu mašinu
u svom studiju da bih je imao na sigurnom.
u svom studiju da bih je imao na sigurnom.
08:40
This painting brought me
back to my childhood.
back to my childhood.
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Ova slika me je vratila u detinjstvo.
08:44
The interesting part
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Ono što je interesantno
08:46
was that it was now Mom,
sitting behind me,
sitting behind me,
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je da je sada mama sedela iza mene,
08:51
watching me paint her
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gledajući me kako je slikam
08:53
working on that very same
machine she sewed at
machine she sewed at
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dok šije na istoj onoj mašini
na kojoj je šila
na kojoj je šila
08:57
when I sat behind her, watching her sew,
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kada sam ja sedeo iza nje i gledao je,
09:01
50 years earlier.
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50 godina ranije.
09:07
I also gave Mom a project to do,
to keep her busy and thinking.
to keep her busy and thinking.
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Mami sam takođe dao projekat,
da joj zaokupim misli.
da joj zaokupim misli.
09:11
I provided her with a small camera
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Dao sam joj mali foto-aparat
09:14
and asked her to take at least
10 pictures a day of anything she wanted.
10 pictures a day of anything she wanted.
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i tražio da svaki dan napravi
bar 10 fotografija čega god je htela.
bar 10 fotografija čega god je htela.
09:18
These are Mom's photographs.
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Ovo su mamine fotografije.
09:21
She's never held a camera
in her life before this.
in her life before this.
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Pre ovoga, nikada u životu
nije držala foto-aparat u rukama.
nije držala foto-aparat u rukama.
09:25
She was 93.
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Imala je 93 godine.
09:53
We would sit down together
and talk about our work.
and talk about our work.
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Seli bismo i pričali o našim radovima.
09:57
I would try to explain
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Pokušao bih da objasnim
09:58
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:00
how and why I did them,
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kako i zašto sam ih napravio,
10:03
the meaning, the feeling,
why they were relevant.
why they were relevant.
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značenje, osećaj, zašto su važne.
10:07
Mom, on the other hand,
would just bluntly say,
would just bluntly say,
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Mama bi, s druge strane,
samo tupo govorila:
samo tupo govorila:
10:10
"sì,"
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„da“,
10:12
"no,"
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„ne“,
10:13
"bella" or "bruta."
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„lepo“ ili „ružno“.
10:15
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:17
I watched her facial expressions.
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Posmatrao sam izraze njenog lica.
10:21
She always had the last say,
with words or without.
with words or without.
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Njena reč je uvek bila poslednja,
sa rečima ili bez.
sa rečima ili bez.
10:28
This voyage of discovery
hasn't ended with Mom.
hasn't ended with Mom.
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Ovaj put otkrivanja
nije se završio sa mamom.
nije se završio sa mamom.
10:33
She is now in an assisted
living residence,
living residence,
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Ona je sada u staračkom domu,
10:37
a 10-minute walk away from my home.
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10 minuta peške od mog doma.
10:41
I visit her every other day.
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Posećujem je svaki drugi dan.
10:45
Her dementia had gotten to the point
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Njena demencija je dovela do toga
10:47
where it was unsafe for her
to be in my house.
to be in my house.
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da nije bezbedno za nju da bude kod mene.
10:50
It has a lot of stairs.
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Jer ima mnogo stepenica.
10:54
She doesn't know my name anymore.
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Više ne zna moje ime.
10:58
(Voice breaking)
But you know what? That's OK.
But you know what? That's OK.
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(Glas puca) Ali znate šta? To je u redu.
11:02
She still recognizes my face
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Još uvek me prepoznaje
11:05
and always has a big smile
when she sees me.
when she sees me.
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i uvek ima veliki osmeh kada me vidi.
11:10
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
11:23
(Applause ends)
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(Kraj aplauza)
11:25
I don't take pictures of her anymore.
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Više je ne fotografišem.
11:28
That wouldn't be fair
or ethical on my part.
or ethical on my part.
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To ne bi bilo fer ili etično od mene.
11:32
And she wouldn't understand
the reasons for doing them.
the reasons for doing them.
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I ne bi razumela zašto je fotografišem.
11:36
My father,
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Moj otac,
11:38
my brother,
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brat,
11:40
(Voice breaking) my nephew,
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(Glas puca) moj nećak,
11:46
my partner and my best friend,
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moj partner i moj najbolji prijatelj,
11:49
all passed away suddenly.
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svi su iznenada preminuli.
11:51
And I didn't have the chance
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I nisam imao priliku
11:54
to tell them how much
I appreciated and loved them.
I appreciated and loved them.
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da im kažem koliko ih cenim i volim.
11:58
With Mom, I need to be there
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Sa mamom, moram da budem prisutan
12:02
and make it a very long goodbye.
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i da se nadugačko oprostim.
12:09
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
12:20
(Applause ends)
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(Kraj aplauza)
12:22
For me, it's about being present
and really listening.
and really listening.
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Za mene, važno je biti prisutan
i zaista slušati.
i zaista slušati.
Oni koji zavise od drugih žele
da se osećaju kao deo nečega, bilo čega.
da se osećaju kao deo nečega, bilo čega.
12:27
Dependents want to feel
a part of something, anything.
a part of something, anything.
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12:30
It doesn't need to be something
exceptionally profound that's shared --
exceptionally profound that's shared --
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Ne morate deliti nešto izuzetno duboko -
12:35
it could be as simple as walks together.
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to može biti prosto kao zajedničke šetnje.
12:38
Give them a voice
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Dajte im osećaj
12:41
of interaction, participation,
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interakcije, učestvovanja,
12:44
and a feeling of belonging.
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i osećaj pripadanja.
12:48
Make the time meaningful.
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Učinite vreme značajnim.
12:52
Life, it's about wanting to live
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Život čini želja za životom,
12:56
and not waiting to die.
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a ne čekanje na smrt.
13:01
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
13:11
(Applause ends)
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(Kraj aplauza)
13:14
Can I get a wave and a smile
from everyone, please?
from everyone, please?
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Da li biste svi mogli
da mahnete i nasmejete se, molim vas?
da mahnete i nasmejete se, molim vas?
13:18
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
13:20
This is for you, Mom.
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Ovo je za tebe, mama.
13:23
(Camera clicks)
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(Zvuk foto-aparata)
13:25
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tony Luciani - ArtistTony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, beginning a four-year-long voyage of discovery.
Why you should listen
Tony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, and it was the imaginative expression of the collaboration that propelled his work internationally. After more than 40 years as a full-time painter, Luciani garnered worldwide attention with this four-year-long photography series. Their voyage of discovery, expressing the benefits of inclusion and participation within a creative medium, has gone beyond the boundaries of recognizing it as just a personal visual diary.
Luciani graduated from Toronto's Ontario College of Art in 1977 with prestigious honors. At age 21, he was encouraged to continue with his fifth-year post-graduate study in Florence, Italy. It was there that he found maturity while carefully observing the historical paintings of the Renaissance Masters. Upon returning, he was promptly accepted for representation by a well-respected and established Canadian art gallery.
In defining his work, Luciani prefers to be placed in a tradition of realism, which is both interpretive and characterized by focused observation. As a photographer, he likes defining his imagery as an "obvious extension" to what he already creates as an artist.
Luciani's art can be found in private, public and corporate collections globally. An unabridged edition of one-hundred photographs titled "MAMMA, In the Meantime" is in the collection of the local chapter of the Canadian Alzheimer Society. He is represented by Loch Gallery in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary.
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