Marc Bamuthi Joseph: What soccer can teach us about freedom
Marc Bamuthi Joseph: Futbol bizlere özgürlükle ilgili ne öğretebilir?
TED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity. Full bio
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rising up against gravity
ve altımdaki havanın,
on the soccer pitch.
to revive the dead,
vücuduma akın ediyor
at a contemporary arts center,
sanat merkezinde yöneticiyim,
that doesn't bleed or sweat or cry.
veya ağlamayan sanata inanmıyorum.
are going to live in a time
eşyaların taze su ve empati
are fresh water and empathy.
yaşadıklarını hayal ediyorum.
and majestic sculpture
to turn that inspiration
dönüştürebileceğim bir pratik ya da
who loves sports.
my latest piece /peh-LO-tah/
was a means for my own immigrant family
yeni bağlamında bir devamlılık,
and normality and community
nasıl bir araç olabileceği hakkında
and assault on immigrant identity,
saldırıların yükseldiği bu anda,
as an affirmational tool
bir olumluluk aracı olarak
and immigrant kids,
ve onların, sahadaki hareket biçimlerini,
movement patterns on the field
içerisindeki göçle ilgili
across social and political borders.
var saymalarını düşündüm.
futbolcu olsalar da olmasalar da,
play on endangered ground.
that they use to plan the next goal
bir sonraki engeli idare etmek için de
to navigate the next block.
yardım etmek istedim.
and even divisively,
bölücü şekilde bahsediyoruz;
"build this wall,"
"duvar örmek",
bizden nefret ediyorlar" gibi.
that are beautifully designed
üzere güzelce tasarlanmış
back to something that exists inside
alamayacağı, içeride var olan bir şey
part soccer tournament,
bir kısmı da futbol turnuvası olan
field of inquiry
politik eylem yaratmak için,
political action for young people.
erişim sağlıyor.
"Moving and Passing."
"Hareket Etmek ve Geçmek".
site-specific performance
hak tanınması sorununa bir metafor
for the urgent question
a 15-year-old kid from Honduras
olduğunuzu düşünün, Harlem'de yaşıyorsunuz
to two Nigerian immigrants.
13 yaşında bir kız olduğunuzu düşünün.
dribbling through cones
a marching band comes down the field.
bandosu sahaya geliyor.
with the exuberance of culture,
kültürün coşkusuyla bağdaştırarak,
politik olarak sanat bilgisine sahip olmak
would explain Black Lives Matter,
ya da kalecinin silah kontrolünü
would explain gun control,
veya savunucunun tarzının,
is the perfect metaphor
nasıl mükemmel bir metafor olduğuna
adlandırdık ve hayal ettik.
that we can all agree to do together.
kabul ettiğimiz tek şeydir.
of this spinning ball.
dönen topun resmi sporu gibidir.
to connect the joy of the game
futbolcuya bağlayabilmek
in sight of a better position.
bağlayabilmek istiyorum.
to connect their families' histories
tarihlerini, gol atan bir oyuncunun
after the ball beats the goalie,
hissi aileler sever,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Arts activist, spoken word artistTED Fellow Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a curator of words, ideas and protagonists. His bold, poetically-driven work investigates social issues and cultural identity.
Why you should listen
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a steadfast believer in empathy as the most valuable currency in building community, and he seeks to spark curiosity and dialogue about freedom, compassion and fearlessness through pioneering arts stewardship and education. A 2017 TEDGlobal Fellow, Bamuthi graced the cover of Smithsonian Magazine as one of America's Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Sciences; artistically directed HBO's "Russell Simmons presents Brave New Voices"; and is an inaugural recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship, which annually recognizes 50 of the country’s greatest living artists. Dance Magazine named him a Top Influencer in 2017.
Bamuthi's evening-length work, red black and GREEN: a blues, was nominated for a 2013 Bessie Award for "Outstanding Production (of a work stretching the boundaries of a traditional form)" and he has won numerous grants including from the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Capital Foundation. His noted work /peh-LO-tah/ is inspired by soccer and Bamuthi's first generation American experience, intersecting global economics, cross-border fan culture and the politics of joy.
Bamuthi is the founding Program Director of the non-profit Youth Speaks, and he is a co-founder of Life is Living, a national series of one-day festivals which activate under-resourced parks and affirm peaceful urban life. His essays have been published in Harvard Education Press; he has lectured at more than 200 colleges, has carried adjunct professorships at Stanford and Lehigh, among others, and currently serves as Chief of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
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