RO:
Va spuneam in articolul trecut despre experienta mea la editia de anul acesta a evenimentului TEDx ce s-a desfasurat la Iasi si ramasesem cu povestile undeva pe la jumatatea listei, ultimul despre care am vorbit fiind dansatorul zilei, Alexandru Damaschin.
Voi intra rapid in atmosfera creativa a conferintei si va voi spune ca pe scena TEDx Iasi, a urcat, in continuare, cel mai tanar speaker al acestei editii, Ana Rotaru, eleva al Colegiului National “Petru Rares” din Piatra Neamt, alaturi de profesul ei de georgrafie. Ei ne-au demonstrat, inca o data, cat de mult conteaza o simpla idee si cat de departe poti ajunge cu ea. In cazul lor, a fost vorba despre premiul de 100.000 de dolari acordat de juriul din Emiratele Arabe la gala “Zayed Future Prize 2015” pentru proiectul de transformare a vechii cladiri a scolii intr-o constructie dotata cu sisteme de reducere a consumului de energie clasica si de resurse naturale. Ingenios? Si uite asa, inca o idee este rasplatita (si inca cum…).
Urmatorul speaker a fost cel care a produs chicoteli in public. De fapt, ce chicoteli? Toata sala radea cu gura pana la urechi! Despre cine vorbesc? Despre Ion Barbu, cine altcineva? Folosind la tot pasul metafore destepte, dar indraznete, Ion Barbu a reusit sa se apropie de sufletul publicului cat ai pocni din degete. Plecand de la ideea ca Romania este o mare …. o mare ignoranta, el ne-a marturisit ca exista, totusi (!), cateva insule literare, cateva insule unde cultura, creativitatea si bunul simt domnesc, iar una dintre aceste insule este Petrila. In acest mic oras, Ion Barbu isi face meandrele, concepand fel de fel de proiecte, care mai de care mai semete: `Antologia poeziei romanesti la zid`, `Colonia Rasa – Plansa`, Bad Man Festival, a infiintat Muzeul Mamei, hmm.. dar degeaba vorbesc eu aici ca tot nu puteti intelege cu adevarat cat de faine sunt toate proiectele astea. Asa ca ia aruncati o privire la filmuletul de mai jos. Pana la final, am zis! 😀
Va intrebati daca mai poate nascoci si alte idei din moment ce deja sunt atat de multe? Oooh, da! Alte doua proiecte vor fi lansate in curand: isi doreste sa implementeze un festival de teatru underground si … cateva haine inteligente. O sa vedeti! To be continued.
Daca tot vorbeam de cultura, si urmatorul speaker, Matt Keen, pleaca de la premiza ca ceea ce modeleaza conversatia este tocmai cultura fiecaruia, iar pentru a ne putea coordona si controla mai bine intregul nostru sistem (de gandire, comportament, vorbire etc.), trebuie sa ne cunoastem cat mai bine pe noi insine (“know yourself to lead yourself”). El ne demonstreaza si cat de important este sa alegem sa ne orientam mereu catre o invatare (“leading yourself to learn”) si sa ne cream un mediu cultural in care sa vietuim si in care sa ne dezvaluim cea mai buna imagine a noastra (vezi? `be the best you can be`, probabil, aici isi are radacinile).
Pentru a arata ca ambitia si creativitatea nu au limite in cadrul TEDx, urmatorii speakeri (si sunt multi!) vin cu o masina de curse realizata chiar de ei! Este vorba de grupul de studenti de la T.U. Iasi Racing. Ei ne explica cum reusesc sa se coordoneze si cum transmit cunostintele generatiilor urmatoare de studenti (o regula a grupului: din echipa nu pot face parte decat cei care inca sunt la facultate).
Si asa am ajuns si la ultima persoana care a vorbit in cadrul conferintei: Radu Vasile. Desi povestea lui pare trista intrucat dansul este nevazator, va spun sincer ca l-am vazut zambind mai mult decat zambeste o persoana obisnuita in 20 de minute de conversatie. Radu Vasile este cel care a creat o voce sintetica, un soft care ii spune exact ce se afla pe ecranul laptopului si care ii permite sa isi desfasoare activitatea de IT-ist in mod normal. El crede cu tarie ca esential in viata este sa inovezi, mai intai, asupra ta si ca orice handicap poate fi suplinit prin cunostinte. Avand in vedere ca el detine o firma de IT in acest moment, eu zic sa-i dam dreptate si sa consideram povestea lui una de succes!
Este prima data cand particip la TEDx, insa consider ca astfel de activitati trezesc cele mai bune idei si te motiveaza pentru a le pune in aplicare.
Astept, asadar, urmatoare editie! Ne vedem acolo, da? 😀
Daca v-a placut acest gen de articol, dati-mi de stire.
EN:
I was telling you in the last article about my experience at this year’s edition of TEDx event which took place in Iasi and I stopped my sayings somewhere in the middle of the list, since the last speaker I was talking about was the dancer of the day, Alexandru Damaschin.
I will insert you quickly in the atmosphere of the conference and I tell you that, on the stage of TEDx Iasi, stepped the youngest speaker of this edition, Ana Rotaru, a student of the “Petru Rares” National College from Piatra Neamt, along with her Geography teacher. They have shown us, once again, how important a simple idea is and how far you can go with it. In their case, it was the $ 100,000 prize awarded by the jury from United Arab Emirates at the `Zayed Future Prize 2015` gala for the transformation of the old school building in a building equipped with systems for reduce the conventional energy consumption and the natural resources. Clever? And so, another idea is rewarded (big time!).
The next speaker was the one that produced giggles in the audience. In fact, what am I saying? The whole audience was laughing their heart out! Who am I talking about? About Ion Barbu, who else? Using clever yet so brave metaphors everywhere, Ion Barbu was able to approach to the hearts of the audience in a nicker time. Starting from the idea that Romania is a great …. great ignorance, he told us that there are still (!) several “literary islands”, some islands where culture, creativity and common sense are in power, and one of those islands is Petrila. In this small town, Ion Barbu makes twists and turns, initiating all kinds of projects, all amazing: Romanian poetry anthology stood against the wall, `Colonia Rasa – Plansa`, Bad Man Festival, he founded “The Mother’s Museum”, almost two years ago, hmm .. but nothing I say here can make you truly understand how cool all these projects are. So take a look at the video above. All the way to the end. Trust me! : D
You wonder if he can produce any other idea since there are so many? Oooh, yeah! Two other projects will be released soon: he wants to implement a festival of underground theater and some … smart clothes. You will see soon! To be continued. 😀
Talking about culture, the next speaker, Matt Keen, based his speech on the premise that culture shapes all conversations. And for coordinating and controlling better our entire system (thinking, behavior, speech etc.), we must know ourselves better (“know yourself to lead yourself”). He demonstrates how important it is to always choose to learn continuously (“leading yourself to learn”) and to create a cultural environment in which we live and in which we reveal the best image of ourselves (see? the phrase`Be the best you can be` probably has its roots here).
To show that ambition and creativity have no limits in the TEDx, the next speakers (and they were so many!) came with a racing car made by themselves! This is the group of students from T.U. Iasi Racing. They explained how they managed to coordinate themselves and how they are willing to transmit their knowledge to the future generations of students since the group’s rule is that all the team members should be students.
And so we got to the last person who spoke at the conference: Radu Vasile. Although his story seems sad at first because he is blind, I will honestly say that I saw him smiling more than an average person smiles in 20 minutes of conversation. Radu Vasile is the one who created a synthetic voice, a software that tells exactly what is on the laptop screen and enables him to conduct his IT business normally. He strongly believes that essential in life is to innovate first on yourself, and any disability can be refilled by knowledge. Given that he owns an IT company at the time, I say, give him credit and also consider his story a successful one.
It is the first time I attended a TEDx conference, but I believe that such activities aroused the best ideas and motivated me to implement them.
I’m waiting, therefore, for the next edition! See you there, ok? : D
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Photography sources: TEDx Iasi & Paul Padurariu‘s Facebook Pages
