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Titus Kaphar: Can art amend history?
Tajtus Kafar (Titus Kaphar): Da li umetnost može da izmeni istoriju?
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Umetnik Tajtus Kafar pravi slike i skulpture koje vode borbu sa bitkama prošlosti, pri čemu se pozivaju na raznolikost i napretke sadašnjice. U nezaboravnoj radionici uživo, Kafar zamahuje četkom punom bele boje po replici slike Fransa Halsa iz 17. veka, zaklanjajući time delove kompozicije i uvodeći njenu skrivenu priču u vidno polje. „Postoji priča koja je šifrovana u takvoj umetnosti“, kaže Kafar. Šta se događa kada pomerimo fokus i suočimo se sa neizgovorenim istinama?
Titus Kaphar - Artist
Titus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums. Full bio
Titus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums. Full bio
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00:12
I love museums.
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Obožavam muzeje.
00:16
Have you guys ever been
to the Natural History Museum?
to the Natural History Museum?
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Jeste li ikada bili
u Prirodnjačkom muzeju?
u Prirodnjačkom muzeju?
00:19
In New York City?
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U Njujorku?
00:20
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
00:22
So one of the things that I do
is I take my kids to the museum.
is I take my kids to the museum.
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Jedna od stvari koje radim
je da vodim svoju decu u muzej.
je da vodim svoju decu u muzej.
00:27
Recently I took them
to the Natural History Museum.
to the Natural History Museum.
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Nedavno sam ih odveo u Prirodnjački muzej.
00:30
I had my two sons with me,
Sabian and Dabith.
Sabian and Dabith.
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Sa mnom su bila moja dva sina,
Sabijan i Dabit.
Sabijan i Dabit.
00:33
And we go into the front
entrance of the museum,
entrance of the museum,
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Ušli smo na prednji ulaz muzeja
00:36
and there's that amazing sculpture
of Teddy Roosevelt out there.
of Teddy Roosevelt out there.
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i tu je bila neverovatna skulptura
Tedija Ruzvelta.
Tedija Ruzvelta.
00:39
You guys know which one I'm talking about.
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Znate na koju mislim.
00:41
Teddy Roosevelt is sitting there
with one hand on the horse,
with one hand on the horse,
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Tedi Ruzvelt sedi
sa jednom rukom na konju,
sa jednom rukom na konju,
00:45
bold, strong, sleeves rolled up.
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hrabar, snažan, zavrnutih rukava.
00:47
I don't know if he's bare-chested,
but it kind of feels like it.
but it kind of feels like it.
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Ne znam da li je golih grudi,
ali stiče se takav utisak.
ali stiče se takav utisak.
00:50
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
00:51
And on the left-hand side of him
is a Native American walking.
is a Native American walking.
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Sa njegove leve strane hoda Indijanac.
00:56
And on the right-hand side of him
is an African-American walking.
is an African-American walking.
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A sa njegove desne strane
hoda Afroamerikanac.
hoda Afroamerikanac.
01:01
And as we're moving up the stairs,
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Kako idemo uz stepenice
01:05
getting closer to the sculpture,
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i približavamo se skulpturi,
moj najstariji sin
koji ima devet godina, kaže:
koji ima devet godina, kaže:
01:08
my oldest son, who's nine, says,
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01:10
"Dad, how come he gets to ride,
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„Tata, kako to da on jaše,
01:15
and they have to walk?"
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a oni moraju da hodaju?“
01:18
It stopped me in my tracks.
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To me je ukopalo.
01:20
It stopped me in my tracks.
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Ukopalo me je u mestu.
01:22
There was so much history
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Toliko je istorije
kroz koju bismo morali da prođemo
da bih pokušao da to objasnim,
da bih pokušao da to objasnim,
01:24
that we would have to go through
to try to explain that,
to try to explain that,
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01:26
and that's something
I try to do with them anyways.
I try to do with them anyways.
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a to je svakako nešto što nastojim
da radim sa njima.
da radim sa njima.
01:30
It's a question that I probably
would have never really asked.
would have never really asked.
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To je pitanje koje verovatno
nikada ne bih stvarno postavio.
nikada ne bih stvarno postavio.
01:34
But fundamentally what he was saying was,
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U suštini, on je govorio:
01:36
"That doesn't look fair.
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„To ne izgleda pravično.
01:38
Dad, that doesn't look fair.
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Tata, to ne deluje pravedno.
01:41
And why is this thing that's so not fair
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Zašto ova stvar koja je toliko nepravedna
01:43
sitting outside
of such an amazing institution."
of such an amazing institution."
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stoji ispred tako neverovatne ustanove?“
Ovo pitanje me je navelo na razmišljanje
01:47
And his question got me wondering,
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01:49
is there a way for us
to amend our public sculptures,
to amend our public sculptures,
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o tome da li postoji način
da popravimo naše javne skulpture,
da popravimo naše javne skulpture,
01:54
our national monuments?
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naše nacionalne spomenike?
01:56
Not erase them,
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Ne da ih obrišemo,
već da li postoji način da ih popravimo?
01:58
but is there a way to amend them?
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02:00
Now, I didn't grow up going to museums.
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Ja nisam odrastao uz obilaske muzeja.
02:05
That's not my history.
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Moja prošlost nije takva.
02:07
My mother was 15 years old
when I was born.
when I was born.
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Moja majka je imala 15 godina
kada sam se rodio.
kada sam se rodio.
02:09
She is amazing.
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Ona je neverovatna.
02:12
My father was struggling
with his own things
with his own things
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Moj otac se mučio oko svojih ličnih stvari
02:14
for most of my life.
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većim delom mog života.
02:17
If you really want to know the truth,
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Ako hoćete baš da znate istinu,
02:19
the only reason I got into art
is because of a woman.
is because of a woman.
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jedini razlog što sam krenuo
putem umetnosti je zbog jedne žene.
putem umetnosti je zbog jedne žene.
02:23
There was this amazing, amazing,
fantastic, beautiful, smart woman,
fantastic, beautiful, smart woman,
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Bila je to neverovatna, fantastična,
prelepa, pametna žena,
prelepa, pametna žena,
četiri godine starija od mene,
02:28
four years older than me,
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02:30
and I wanted to go out with her.
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a ja sam hteo da izađem sa njom.
02:32
But she said, "You're too young
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Ali rekla mi je: „Previše si mlad
02:33
and you're not thinking
about your future."
about your future."
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i ne razmišljaš o svojoj budućnosti.“
02:35
So I ran on down to the junior college,
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Zato sam otrčao do više škole,
02:39
registered for some classes,
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prijavio se na neke kurseve,
02:41
ran on back,
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dotrčao nazad,
02:43
and basically was like,
"I'm thinking about my future now."
"I'm thinking about my future now."
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i u suštini sam rekao:
„Sad razmišljam o svojoj budućnosti.“
„Sad razmišljam o svojoj budućnosti.“
02:46
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:48
"Can we go out?"
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„Možemo li da izađemo?“
02:51
For the record, she's even more amazing.
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Da se zna, bila je još neverovatnija.
02:53
I married her.
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Oženio sam se njome.
02:54
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
03:00
So when I randomly ran down
to the junior college
to the junior college
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Tako da, kada sam otrčao
nasumično do više škole
nasumično do više škole
03:05
and registered for classes,
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i prijavio se za časove,
03:06
I really wasn't paying attention
to what I was registering to.
to what I was registering to.
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nisam baš obraćao pažnju
za šta se prijavljujem.
za šta se prijavljujem.
03:10
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:11
So I ended up with an art history class,
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Tako sam završio na predavanjima
istorije umetnosti,
istorije umetnosti,
03:14
and I didn't know a thing
about art history.
about art history.
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a nisam znao baš ništa
o istoriji umetnosti.
o istoriji umetnosti.
Međutim, nešto neverovatno se dogodilo
kada sam počeo da pohađam ta predavanja.
kada sam počeo da pohađam ta predavanja.
03:17
But something amazing happened
when I went into that class.
when I went into that class.
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03:21
For the first time in my academic career,
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Prvi put u mojoj akademskoj karijeri
03:25
my visual intelligence was required of me.
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od mene se tražila vizuelna inteligencija.
03:28
For the first time.
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Prvi put.
03:30
The professor would put up an image,
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Profesor bi postavio sliku,
03:32
bold strokes of blues and yellows,
and say, "Who's that?"
and say, "Who's that?"
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odvažne poteze plave i žute boje,
i upitao bi: „Ko je to?“
i upitao bi: „Ko je to?“
A ja bih rekao: „To je Van Gog.
Očigledno je da je to Van Gog.
Očigledno je da je to Van Gog.
03:36
And I'd go, "That's Van Gogh.
Clearly that is Van Gogh.
Clearly that is Van Gogh.
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03:39
I got this."
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Sve mi je jasno.“
03:41
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:43
I got a B in that class.
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Imao sam devetku na tom predmetu.
03:46
For me, that was amazing.
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Za mene je to bilo neverovatno.
03:50
In high school, let's just say
I wasn't a great student. OK?
I wasn't a great student. OK?
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U srednjoj školi - može se reći
da nisam bio sjajan učenik. Okej?
da nisam bio sjajan učenik. Okej?
03:54
In high school, my GPA was .65.
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U srednjoj školi je moj prosek bio 0,65.
03:57
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:58
Decimal point first, six five.
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Prvo nula, zarez šest i pet.
04:02
So me getting a B was huge, huge,
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Stoga je to što sam dobio devet
za mene bilo velika stvar,
za mene bilo velika stvar,
04:07
absolutely huge.
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apsolutno velika.
04:08
And because of the fact that I realized
that I was able to learn things visually
that I was able to learn things visually
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A usled činjenice da sam shvatio
da umem da učim vizuelno
da umem da učim vizuelno
ono što nisam mogao
da saznam na drugi način,
da saznam na drugi način,
04:13
that I couldn't learn in other ways,
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04:15
this became my strategy,
this became my tactic
this became my tactic
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ovo je postala moja strategija,
moja taktika da razumem sve ostalo.
moja taktika da razumem sve ostalo.
04:18
for understanding everything else.
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Hteo sam da ostanem u ovoj vezi.
Stvari su se dobro odvijale.
Stvari su se dobro odvijale.
04:21
I wanted to stay in this relationship.
Things were going well.
Things were going well.
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Rešio sam da nastavim da pohađam
ova predavanja istorije umetnosti.
ova predavanja istorije umetnosti.
04:24
I decided, let me keep taking
these art history classes.
these art history classes.
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04:27
One of the last art history classes,
I will not forget, I will never forget.
I will not forget, I will never forget.
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Jedno od poslednjih predavanja
istorije umetnosti neću nikada zaboraviti.
istorije umetnosti neću nikada zaboraviti.
Bilo je to jedno
od onih opštih predavanja.
od onih opštih predavanja.
04:31
It was one of those survey
art history classes.
art history classes.
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Da li je neko od vas nekada išao
na neko od tih opštih predavanja,
na neko od tih opštih predavanja,
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Anybody ever have one of those
survey art history classes,
survey art history classes,
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04:36
where they try to teach you
the entire history of art
the entire history of art
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kada pokušaju da vas nauče
celokupnoj istoriji umetnosti
celokupnoj istoriji umetnosti
04:38
in a single semester?
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za samo jedan semestar?
04:40
I'm talking about cave paintings
and Jackson Pollock
and Jackson Pollock
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Govorim o pećinskom slikarstvu
i Džeksonu Poloku
i Džeksonu Poloku
04:45
just crunched together all in the same --
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strpanim zajedno u istom -
04:47
It doesn't really work,
but they try anyway.
but they try anyway.
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To baš i ne funkcioniše,
ali svakako pokušavaju.
ali svakako pokušavaju.
04:51
Well, at the beginning of the semester,
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Pa, na početku semestra,
04:54
I looked at the book,
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pogledao sam knjigu
04:55
and in this 400-page book
was about a 14-page section
was about a 14-page section
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i u toj knjizi od 400 strana
bila je oblast od oko 14 strana
bila je oblast od oko 14 strana
04:59
that was on black people in painting.
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koja je bila o crncima u slikarstvu.
05:01
Now, this was a crammed in section
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To je bilo nabijeno u poglavlju
05:03
that had representations
of black people in painting
of black people in painting
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koje je sadržalo prikaze crnaca na slikama
05:07
and black people who painted.
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i crnaca koji su slikali.
05:10
It was poorly curated,
let's just put it that way.
let's just put it that way.
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Bilo je loše organizovano,
hajde da tako kažemo.
hajde da tako kažemo.
05:15
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:16
Nonetheless I was really excited about it,
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Ipak sam bio veoma uzbuđen zbog toga,
05:19
because in all
the other classes that I had,
the other classes that I had,
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jer na ostalim predavanjima
koja sam pohađao
koja sam pohađao
05:21
we didn't even have that conversation.
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nismo čak ni razgovarali o tome.
05:25
We didn't talk about it at all.
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Uopšte nismo pričali o tome.
05:27
So imagine my surprise
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Zato zamislite moje iznenađenje
05:29
when I get to class
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kada sam stigao na predavanje
05:31
and on the day that we're supposed
to go over that particular chapter,
to go over that particular chapter,
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i onog dana kada je trebalo
da pređemo baš to poglavlje,
da pređemo baš to poglavlje,
05:35
my professor announces,
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moja profesorka je objavila:
05:38
"We're going to skip this chapter today
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„Preskočićemo ovo poglavlje danas
05:40
because we do not have time
to go through it."
to go through it."
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jer nemamo vremena da ga pređemo.“
05:42
"Whoa, I'm sorry,
hold on, professor, professor.
hold on, professor, professor.
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„Čekajte, izvinjavam se,
pričekajte, profesorka, profesorka.
pričekajte, profesorka, profesorka.
05:45
I'm sorry. This is a really
important chapter to me.
important chapter to me.
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Izvinite. Ovo je za mene
zaista bitno poglavlje.
zaista bitno poglavlje.
05:49
Are we going to go over it at any point?"
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Hoćemo li ga preći u nekom trenutku?“
05:51
"Titus, we don't have time for this."
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„Tajtuse, nemamo vremena za ovo.“
„Izvinite, izvinite, izvinite, izvinite,
05:53
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
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molim vas, zaista moram da razumem.
05:55
please, I really need to understand.
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Očigledno da autor smatra
da je ovo značajno.
da je ovo značajno.
05:57
Clearly the author thinks
that this is significant.
that this is significant.
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Zašto preskačemo ovo?“
05:59
Why are we skipping over this?"
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06:01
"Titus, I do not have time for this."
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„Tajtuse, nemam vremena za to.“
„U redu, poslednje pitanje,
stvarno se izvinjavam.
stvarno se izvinjavam.
06:03
"OK, last question, I'm really sorry here.
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Kada možemo da razgovaramo?
Jer moramo da razgovaramo.“
Jer moramo da razgovaramo.“
06:05
When can we talk,
because we need to talk."
because we need to talk."
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06:07
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
06:09
I went to her office hours.
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Otišao sam kod nje na konsultacije.
06:11
I ended up getting kicked
out of her office.
out of her office.
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Na kraju sam izbačen iz njene kancelarije.
06:14
I went to the dean.
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Otišao sam kod dekana.
Dekan mi je na kraju rekao: „Ja ne mogu
da je nateram da nešto predaje.“
da je nateram da nešto predaje.“
06:15
The dean finally told me,
"I can't force her to teach anything."
"I can't force her to teach anything."
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06:18
And I knew in that moment
if I wanted to understand this history,
if I wanted to understand this history,
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Tog trenutka sam znao da,
ako hoću da razumem ovu istoriju,
ako hoću da razumem ovu istoriju,
06:23
if I wanted to understand the roles
of those folks who had to walk,
of those folks who had to walk,
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ako hoću da razumem ulogu
onih ljudi koji su morali da hodaju,
onih ljudi koji su morali da hodaju,
06:27
I was probably going
to have to figure that out myself.
to have to figure that out myself.
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verovatno ću to morati sam da otkrijem.
06:33
So ...
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I tako...
06:39
above you right here on the slide
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Ovde iznad vas na slajdu
06:43
is a painting by Frans Hals.
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je slika Fransa Halsa.
06:47
This is one of the kinds of images
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To je jedna od slika
06:51
that was in that chapter.
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koja je bila u tom poglavlju.
06:55
I taught myself how to paint
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Sam sam sebe naučio da slikam
06:57
by going to museums
and looking at images like this.
and looking at images like this.
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odlazeći u muzeje
i posmatrajući ovakve slike.
i posmatrajući ovakve slike.
07:03
I want to show you something.
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Želim da vam nešto pokažem.
07:18
I made this.
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Ovo sam ja napravio.
07:20
I --
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Ja -
07:21
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07:23
I made some alterations.
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Uneo sam neke izmene.
07:24
You'll see there are
some slight differences in the painting.
some slight differences in the painting.
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Videćete da postoje male razlike na slici.
07:28
All this art history
that I had been absorbing
that I had been absorbing
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Celokupna ta istorija umetnosti
koju sam upijao
koju sam upijao
07:33
helped me to realize
that painting is a language.
that painting is a language.
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pomogla mi je da uvidim da je slika jezik.
07:41
There is a reason
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07:47
why he is the highest
in the composition here.
in the composition here.
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zbog čega je on najviši na kompoziciji.
07:57
There is a reason
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08:01
why the painter is showing us
this gold necklace here.
this gold necklace here.
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zašto nam slikar prikazuje
ovu zlatnu ogrlicu ovde.
ovu zlatnu ogrlicu ovde.
08:08
He's trying to tell us something
about the economic status
about the economic status
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Pokušava da nam kaže nešto
o ekonomskom statusu
o ekonomskom statusu
ovih ljudi na slici.
08:11
of these people in these paintings.
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08:16
Painting is a visual language
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Slikarstvo je vizuelni jezik,
08:20
where everything in the painting
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pri čemu je sve na slici
08:23
is meaningful, is important.
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smisleno i značajno.
08:26
It's coded.
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Šifrovano je.
08:32
But sometimes, because
of the compositional structure,
of the compositional structure,
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Ali ponekad, zbog strukture kompozicije,
08:35
because of compositional hierarchy,
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zbog hijerarhije kompozicije,
08:38
it's hard to see other things.
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teško je videti druge stvari.
Ta svila takođe treba da nam kaže
da imaju poprilično novca.
da imaju poprilično novca.
08:56
This silk is supposed to tell us also
that they have quite a bit of money.
that they have quite a bit of money.
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09:02
There's more written
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Više je zapisano
09:04
about dogs in art history
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o psima u istoriji umetnosti
09:08
than there are about
this other character here.
this other character here.
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nego o ovom liku ovde.
09:13
Historically speaking,
in research on these kinds of paintings,
in research on these kinds of paintings,
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Istorijski rečeno,
pri istraživanju ovakvih slika,
pri istraživanju ovakvih slika,
09:16
I can find out more about the lace
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mogu saznati više o čipki
09:20
that the woman is wearing
in this painting --
in this painting --
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koju nosi žena na ovoj slici -
09:23
the manufacturer of the lace --
than I can about this character here,
than I can about this character here,
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o proizvođaču čipke -
nego o ovom liku ovde,
nego o ovom liku ovde,
09:28
about his dreams, about his hopes,
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o njegovim snovima, o njegovim nadama,
09:30
about what he wanted out of life.
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o tome šta je želeo u životu.
09:35
I want to show you something.
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Hteo bih da vam pokažem nešto.
09:39
I don't want you to think
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Ne bih da pomislite
09:41
that this is about eradication.
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da se ovde radi o eliminaciji.
09:45
It's not.
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Ne radi se o tome.
09:46
The oil that you saw me
just put inside of this paint
just put inside of this paint
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Ulje koje ste videli da stavljam na boju
09:50
is linseed oil.
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je laneno ulje.
09:51
It becomes transparent over time,
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Vremenom postaje providno,
09:54
so eventually what's going to happen
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pa će na kraju
09:57
is these faces
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ova lica
10:00
will emerge a little bit.
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postepeno pojavljivati.
10:04
What I'm trying to do,
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Ono što pokušavam da uradim,
10:06
what I'm trying to show you,
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što pokušavam da vam pokažem,
10:08
is how to shift your gaze just slightly,
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jeste kako da samo malčice
pomerite svoj pogled,
pomerite svoj pogled,
10:11
just momentarily,
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samo na trenutak,
10:13
just momentarily,
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samo na trenutak,
10:15
to ask yourself the question,
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kako biste se zapitali
10:18
why do some have to walk?
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zašto neki moraju da hodaju.
10:20
What is the impact of these kinds
of sculptures at museums?
of sculptures at museums?
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Kakav je uticaj
ovakvih skulptura u muzejima?
ovakvih skulptura u muzejima?
10:24
What is the impact
of these kinds of paintings
of these kinds of paintings
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Kakav je uticaj ovakvih slika
10:28
on some of our most vulnerable in society,
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na neke od naših najugroženijih u društvu,
10:31
seeing these kinds of depictions
of themselves all the time?
of themselves all the time?
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stalnog gledanja ovakvih njihovih prikaza?
10:35
I'm not saying erase it.
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Ne kažem da ih izbrišete.
10:37
We can't erase this history.
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Ne možemo obrisati ovu istoriju.
10:39
It's real. We have to know it.
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Ona je stvarna. Moramo je znati.
10:41
I think of it in the same way
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Razmišljam o njoj na isti način
10:43
we think of --
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na koji mislimo o -
10:47
Let me step back a second.
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Da se vratim unazad na sekundu.
10:49
You remember old-school cameras,
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Sećate se starih kamera,
10:52
where when you took a picture,
you actually had to focus. Right?
you actually had to focus. Right?
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kod kojih ste, kada ste slikali,
morali da fokusirate, je l' tako?
morali da fokusirate, je l' tako?
10:55
You'd put the camera up,
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Podigli biste kameru,
10:56
and if I wanted you in focus,
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i ako bih hteo fokus na vama,
10:58
I would move the lens a little to the left
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pomerio bih objektiv malo ulevo
i vi biste došli napred.
11:00
and you would come forward.
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Mogao bih da pomerim objektiv malo udesno
11:02
I could move the lens
a little to the right,
a little to the right,
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i vi biste otišli unazad,
a ljudi u pozadini napred.
a ljudi u pozadini napred.
11:04
and you would go back and the folks
in the background would come out.
in the background would come out.
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Samo pokušavam da to uradim ovde.
11:07
I'm just trying to do that here.
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11:09
I'm trying to give you that opportunity.
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Pokušavam da vam dam tu priliku.
11:13
I'm trying to answer that question
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Pokušavam da odgovorim na to pitanje
11:15
that my son had.
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koje je moj sin postavio.
11:20
I want to make paintings,
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Želim da slikam slike,
11:22
I want to make sculptures
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da pravim skulpture
11:24
that are honest,
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koje su iskrene,
11:26
that wrestle with
the struggles of our past
the struggles of our past
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koje vode borbu
sa bitkama naše prošlosti,
sa bitkama naše prošlosti,
11:31
but speak to the diversity
and the advances of our present.
and the advances of our present.
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ali se pozivaju na raznolikost
i napretke naše sadašnjosti.
i napretke naše sadašnjosti.
11:36
And we can't do that by taking an eraser
and getting rid of stuff.
and getting rid of stuff.
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A to ne možemo tako što uzmemo gumicu
i otarasimo se nekih stvari.
i otarasimo se nekih stvari.
11:40
That's just not going to work.
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To tako neće ići.
Mislim da to treba
da uradimo na isti način
da uradimo na isti način
11:41
I think that we should
do it in the same way
do it in the same way
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na koji funkcioniše američki ustav.
11:43
the American Constitution works.
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11:45
When we have a situation
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Kada imamo situaciju
11:46
where we want to change
a law in the American Constitution,
a law in the American Constitution,
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u kojoj želimo da promenimo zakon
u američkom ustavu,
u američkom ustavu,
11:50
we don't erase the other one.
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ne brišemo onaj drugi.
11:53
Alongside that is an amendment,
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Pored toga je amandman,
11:55
something that says,
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nešto što kaže:
11:57
"This is where we were,
but this is where we are right now."
but this is where we are right now."
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„Ovde smo bili, a ovde smo sada.“
12:01
I figure if we can do that,
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Mislim da, ako to možemo da uradimo,
12:03
then that will help us
understand a little bit
understand a little bit
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to će nam onda pomoći da razumemo
12:06
about where we're going.
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kuda smo se zaputili.
12:38
Thank you.
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Hvala.
12:39
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Titus Kaphar - ArtistTitus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums.
Why you should listen
As Titus Kaphar says of his work: "I’ve always been fascinated by history: art history, American history, world history, individual history -- how history is written, recorded, distorted, exploited, reimagined and understood. In my work I explore the materiality of reconstructive history. I paint and I sculpt, often borrowing from the historical canon, and then alter the work in some way. I cut, crumple, shroud, shred, stitch, tar, twist, bind, erase, break, tear and turn the paintings and sculptures I create, reconfiguring them into works that nod to hidden narratives and begin to reveal unspoken truths about the nature of history."
Kaphar is founder/CEO of the NXTHVN, a multidisciplinary arts incubator that's being built to train professional artists and to further establish New Haven's growing creative community. His latest works are an investigation into the highest and lowest forms of recording history. From monuments to mug shots, this body of work exhibited at Jack Shainman gallery December-January 2017 seeks to collapse the line of American history to inhabit a fixed point in the present. Historical portraiture, mug shots, and YouTube stills challenge viewers to consider how we document the past, and what we have erased. Rather than explore guilt or innocence, Kaphar engages the narratives of individuals and how we as a society manage and define them over time. As a whole, this exhibition explores the power of rewritten histories to question the presumption of innocence and the mythology of the heroic.
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