So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician, is magic that uses technology to create illusions. So I would like to show you something I've been working on. It's an application that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular. It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices. I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience to show you what I mean. And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject: deception.
Dakle, vrsta magije koju ja volim, a ja sam mađioničar, je magija koja koristi tehnologiju kako bi se stvorila iluzija. Stoga bih vam volio pokazati nešto na čemu radim. To je aplikacija koja će, po mom mišljenju, biti korisna umjetnicima -- osobito multimedijalnim umjetnicima. Sinkronizira video zapise preko više ekrana mobilnih uređaja. I posudio sam ova tri iPoda od ljudi ovdje iz publike kako bih vam pokazao što pod time mislim. I upotrijebit ću ih kako bih vam rekao malo više o svojoj omiljenoj temi: obmani.
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(Glazba)
One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain. He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom right in front of your eyes. But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.
Jedan od mojih omiljenih mađioničara je Karl Germain. On je imao taj odličan trik u kojem bi ružin grm procvjetao upravo pred vašim očima. Ali njegova je produkcija leptira bila najljepša.
(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the creation of life.
(Snimka) Najavljivač: Dame i gospodo, stvaranje života.
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(Pljesak)
(Music)
(Glazba)
Marco Tempest: When asked about deception, he said this:
Marco Tempest: Kada su ga pitali o obmani, rekao je ovo:
Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you -- and he does.
Najavljivač: Magija je jedina poštena profesija. Mađioničar obećaje da će vas obmaniti -- i to učini.
MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician. I use a lot of tricks, which means that sometimes I have to lie to you. Now I feel bad about that. But people lie every day.
MT: Volim se smatrati poštenim mađioničarem. Koristim puno trikova, što znači da vam ponekad moram lagati. Osjećam se loše zbog toga. Ali ljudi lažu svakog dana.
(Ringing)
(Zvonjenje) Pričekajte.
Hold on.
Djevojka u telefonu: Hej, gdje si?
Phone: Hey, where are you?
MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon. You've all done it.
MT: Zaglavio sam u prometu. Doći ću uskoro. Svi ste to učinili.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
(Music)
Gospođa: Bit ću spremna za minutu, srce.
Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.
Muškarac: Upravo sam to oduvijek želio.
Center: It's just what I've always wanted.
Žena: Izgledaš odlično.
Left: You were great.
MT: Deception, it's a fundamental part of life. Now polls show that men tell twice as many lies as women -- assuming the women they asked told the truth.
MT: Obmana je temeljni dio života. Istraživanja pokazuju da muškarci lažu dvostruko više od žena -- pretpostavljajući da su žene koje su pitali rekle istinu.
(Laughing)
(Smijeh)
We deceive to gain advantage and to hide our weaknesses. The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
Obmanjujemo kako bismo stekli prednost i sakrili naše slabosti. Kineski general Sun Tzu je rekao da se svaki rat temelji na obmani. Oscar Wilde
Some people deceive
je rekao istu stvar o romantici.
for money. Let's play a game. Three cards, three chances.
Neki ljudi obmanjuju za novac. Igrajmo igru. Tri karte, tri šanse.
Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20. Now, where's the lady? Where is the queen?
Najavljivač: Jedna petica će ti donijeti 10, 10 će ti donijeti 20. Gdje je dama? Gdje je kraljica?
MT: This one? Sorry. You lose. Well, I didn't deceive you. You deceived yourself. Self-deception. That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth. Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart. Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.
MT: Ova? Žao mi je. Izgubili ste. Pa, nisam vas obmanuo. Sami ste se obmanili. Samoobmana. To je kada uvjerimo sami sebe kako je laž istina. Ponekad je teško razlikovati to dvoje. Ovisnici o kockanju stručnjaci su samoobmane.
(Slot machine)
(Zvuk automata)
They believe they can win. They forget the times they lose.
Vjeruju kako mogu pobijediti. Zaborave trenutke kada su izgubili.
The brain is very good at forgetting. Bad experiences are quickly forgotten. Bad experiences quickly disappear. Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos, we are so wonderfully optimistic. Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion -- why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures; why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet; and why single notes of music, when played together, become a sonata and conjure up meaning.
Mozak je jako dobar u zaboravljanju. Loša su iskustva vrlo brzo zaboravljena. Loša iskustva brzo nestanu. I upravo smo zato u ovom ogromnom i usamljenom svemiru, tako prekrasno optimistični. Naša samoobmana postaje pozitivna iluzija -- zato nas filmovi mogu odvesti na izvanredne avanture; zato vjerujemo Romeu kada kaže da voli Juliju; i zato pojedine glazbene note, kada se sviraju zajedno, postaju sonate i prizivaju značenje.
That's "Clair De lune." Its composer, called Debussy, said that art was the greatest deception of all. Art is a deception that creates real emotions -- a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
Ovo je "Clair de Lune." Njezin je skladatelj zvan Debussy rekao kako je umjetnost najveća obmana od svih. Umjetnost je obmana koja stvara prave osjećaje -- laž koja stvara istinu. A kada se predate toj obmani, ona postaje magija.
[MAGIC]
(Music fades slowly)
(Applause)
(Pljesak)
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Hvala vam. Hvala vam najljepša.
(Applause)
(Pljesak)