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.
Tako, čarovnija ki mi je všeč, in sem čarodej, je čarovnija, ki za ustvarjanje iluzij uporablja tehnologijo. In rad bi vam prikazal nekaj, kar sem pripravljal. To je aplikacija za katero menim, da je uporabna za umetnike -- še posebej za večpredstavnostne umetnike. Ta sinhronizira video na zaslonih večih mobilnih naprav. Med občinstvom sem si izposodil te tri iPode, da vam prikažem, kaj mislim. Uporabil jih bom za pripoved o moji najljubši temi: zavajanju.
(Music)
(Glasba)
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.
Med mojimi najljubšimi čarodeji je Karl Germain. Imel je ta čudoviti trik, kjer je vrtnica zacvetela kar pred vašimi očmi. A najlepša je bila njegova njegova izvedba metulja.
(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, the creation of life.
(Posnetek) "Dame in gospodje: stvarjenje življenja."
(Applause)
(Aplavz)
(Music)
(Glasba)
Marco Tempest: When asked about deception, he said this:
Marco Tempest: Ko so ga vprašali o zavajanju, je rekel:
Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you -- and he does.
"Čarodej je edini pošten poklic. Čarodej vam obljubi, da vas bo zavedel -- in to tudi naredi."
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: Imam se za poštenega čarodeja. Uporabljam veliko trikov, kar pomeni, da se vam moram včasih zlagati. Zdaj se počutim grdo zaradi tega. Toda ljudje lažemo vsak dan.
(Ringing)
(Zvonenje) Samo trenutek.
Hold on.
Gospodična na telefonu: "Hej, kje si?"
Phone: Hey, where are you?
MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon. You've all done it.
MT: Ujet v prometu. Kmalu bom tam. Vsi ste že to kdaj rekli.
(Laughter)
(Smeh)
(Music)
Gospa: "Dragi, pripravljena bom v minuti."
Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.
Moški: "Prav to sem si vedno želel."
Center: It's just what I've always wanted.
Ženska: "Super si bil."
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: Prevare so temeljni del življenja. Ankete govorijo, da moški uporabijo dvakrat več laži kot ženske -- če predpostavimo, da so bili ženski odgovori odkriti.
(Laughing)
(Smeh)
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.
Zavajamo, da pridobimo prednost in prikrivamo svoje slabosti. Kitajski general Sun Tzu je rekel, da so vse vojne osnovane na zavajanju. Oscar Wilde
Some people deceive
je isto rekel o romanci.
for money. Let's play a game. Three cards, three chances.
Nekateri zavajajo za denar. Igrajmo se igro. 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?
"Ena petka prinese 10, 10 prinese 20." In kje je dama? Kje 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: Tale? Žal, ste izgubili. No, nisem vas zavedel. Sami ste se. Samoprevara. To je, ko prepričamo sami sebe, da je laž resnica. Včasih težko razločimo med eno in drugo. Kompulzivni hazarderji so eksperti v samoprevari.
(Slot machine)
(Ropot igralnega avtomata)
They believe they can win. They forget the times they lose.
Verjamejo, da lahko zmagajo. Pozabijo kolikokrat izgubijo.
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.
Možgani so zelo pozabljivi. Slabe izkušnje so hitro pozabljene. Slabe izkušnje hitro izginejo. Zato smo v tem širnem in samotnem kozmosu tako čudovito optimistični. Naše samozavajanje postane pozitivna iluzija -- zato nas filmi popeljejo v nenavadne avanture; zato verjamemo Romeu, ko reče, da ljubi Julijo; in posamezni toni, ko jih zaigramo skupaj, postanejo sonata in pričarajo pomen.
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.
To je "Clair de Lune". Njen skladatelj, Debussy, je rekel, da je umetnost največje med vsemi zavajanji. Umetnost je zavajanje, ki ustvarja prava čustva -- laž, ki ustvari resnico. In ko se temu prepustite, postane čarovnija.
[MAGIC]
(Music fades slowly)
(Applause)
(Aplavz)
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Hvala vam. Najlepša hvala vsem.
(Applause)
(Aplavz)