ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.

Why you should listen

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. 

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.  

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Rives: A story of mixed emoticons

Rives priča priču iz pomiješanih emotikona

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Rives -- zvijezda Bravova specijala "Ironic Iconic America" -- priča tipografsku bajku koja je kratka i gorka.
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Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. Full bio

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This meanssredstva, "I'm smilingnasmijan."
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Ovo označava da se smijem.
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So does that.
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Kao i ovo.
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This meanssredstva "mousemiš."
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Ovo predstavlja miša
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"CatMačka."
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mačku.
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Here we have a storypriča.
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Ovo je priča.
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The startpočetak of the storypriča, where this meanssredstva guy,
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Početak priče, gdje ovo predstavlja momka
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and that is a ponytailkonjski rep on a passer-byprolaznik.
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a ovo je konjski rep prolaznice.
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Here'sOvdje je where it happensdogađa se.
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Ovdje se sve događa.
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These are when.
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i kad se događa.
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This is a cassettekaseta tapetraka the girldjevojka putsstavlja into her cassette-tapekaseta playerigrač.
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Ovo je kazeta koju djevojka stavlja u svoj kazetofon.
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She wearsnosi it everysvaki day.
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To radi svaki dan.
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It's not consideredsmatra vintageberba --
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Ne smatra se staromodnim --
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she just likessviđa certainsiguran musicglazba to soundzvuk a certainsiguran way.
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samo voli da određena muzika zvuči posebno.
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Look at her posturedržanje; it's remarkableizvanredan.
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Pogledajte njenu pozu, nevjerojatno.
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That's because she dancesplesovi.
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To je zato što pleše.
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Now he, the guy, takes all of this in, figuringfiguring,
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A on, momak, sve to promatra, razmišljajući,
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"HonestlyIskreno, geezIsuse, what are my chancesšanse?"
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"Iskreno, kakve su mi šanse?"
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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And he could say, "Oh my God!"
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I mogao bi reći, "O moj Bože!"
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or "I heartsrce you!"
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ili "Volim te"
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"I'm laughingsmijanje out loudglasno."
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Glasno se smijem
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"I want to give you a hugzagrljaj."
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Želim te zagrliti.
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But he comesdolazi up with that, you know.
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Ali on se sjeti nečeg drugog
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He tellsgovori her, "I'd like to hand-paintruka-boje your portraitportret on a coffeekava mugkrigla."
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Kaže joj, "Rado bih te rukom portretirao na šalicu"
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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Put a crabRakovica insideiznutra it.
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Staviti raka unutra.
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AddDodati some watervoda.
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Dodati vode.
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SevenSedam differentdrugačiji saltssoli.
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Sedam različitih soli.
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He meanssredstva he's got this suddennaglo notionpojam to standstajati on drysuho landzemljište,
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Misli da je odjednom shvatio pojam stajati čvrsto na tlu
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but just panhandleprosjačenje at the oceanokean.
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ali poput poluotoka u oceanu.
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He sayskaže, "You look like a mermaidsirena, but you walkhodati like a waltzvalcer."
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Kaže, "Izgledaš poput sirene, a hodaš kao da plešeš valcer."
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And the girldjevojka goeside, "Wha'Što '?"
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Djevojka ga pita, "Što?"
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So, the guy repliesodgovora, "Yeah, I know, I know.
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Momak odgovori, "Da, znam, znam."
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I think my heartbeatrad srca mightmoć be the MorseMorse codekodirati for inappropriateneprikladan.
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Mislim da bi mi otkucaji srca mogli biti Morseov kod za neprikladno.
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At leastnajmanje, that's how it seemsčini se.
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Bar se tako čini.
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I'm like a juniorJunior varsityUniverzitet cheerleadernavijačica sometimesponekad --
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Ponekad sam poput mladog navijača prvog tima -.
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for swearingpsovanje, awkwardneugodno silencestišine, and very simplejednostavan rhymeRima schemessheme.
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za psovke, neugodne tišine i jednostavne rime.
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Right now, talkingkoji govori to you, I'm not even really a guy.
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Sad, dok pričam s tobom, ne osjećam se poput muškarca.
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I'm a monkeymajmun --
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Majmun sam,
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(LaughterSmijeh) --
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(smijeh)
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blowingpuhanje kissesljubi
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koji šalje poljubce
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at a butterflyleptir.
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leptiru.
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But I'm still suggestingsugerirajući you and I should meetsastati.
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Al' još uvijek predlažem da se sastanemo.
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First, soonuskoro, and then a lot.
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Ubrzo, a poslije često.
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I'm thinkingmišljenje the southwestjugozapadno cornerugao of 5thth and 42ndSjeverna Dakota at noonpodne tomorrowsutra,
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Razmišljam o sjeverozapadnom kutu 5. i 42. ulice sutra u podne,
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but I'll stayboravak untildo you showpokazati up, ponytailkonjski rep or not.
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bit ću tamo dok se ne pojavis, s repom ili bez.
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HellPakao, ponytailkonjski rep alonesam.
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Strašno, rep sam.
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I don't know what elsedrugo to tell you.
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Ne znam što da ti kažem.
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I got a pencilolovka you can borrowposuditi.
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Imam olovku koju ti mogu posuditi.
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You can put it in your phonetelefon."
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Možeš ju staviti u mobitel."
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But the girldjevojka does not budgemrdnuti, does not smileosmijeh, does not frownodbijati.
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Ali djevojka se ne miče, ne smije i ne mršti.
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She just sayskaže, "No thank you."
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Samo kaže, "Ne, hvala."
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You know?
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Znate?
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[ "i don't need 2 writepisati it down." ]
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["ne moram to pisati."]
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Dunja Vucenovic
Reviewed by Predrag Pale

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.

Why you should listen

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. 

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.  

More profile about the speaker
Rives | Speaker | TED.com