ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Magda Sayeg - Textile artist
Magda Sayeg uses handmade, eye-catching yarn bombs to shake up the way we see the world and make us notice things we hadn't seen before.

Why you should listen

Considered to be the mother of yarn bombing, Magda Sayeg’s 10-year body of work includes the widely recognized knitted/crocheted covered bus in Mexico City as well as her first solo exhibit in Rome at La Museo des Esposizione. Her work has evolved to include large scale installations around the world including commissions and collaborations with companies such as Commes Des Garçons, CR Fashionbook, Absolut Vodka, Insight 51, Mini Cooper, Gap, Smart Car. She continues to participate in shows such as Milan's Triennale Design Museum, Le M.U.R. in Paris and the National Gallery of Australia, among others. Her installations have also been featured prominently at American monuments to contemporary culture, such as The Standard Hotel, South By Southwest and the Austin City Limits Festival.

Magda has most recently expanded her artwork to encompass new mediums and techniques as with her solo show in Rome, which explored the usage of lighting with knitted material. She continues to expand her boundaries by joining integrated media company 1stAveMachine as one of their directors which will serve as a platform for new types of experimentation and collaboration.

Recent projects include an installation for Dover Street Market in NYC covering a column spanning 6 floors and a knitted/crocheted Route Master Double Decker bus in London.

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Magda Sayeg: How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement

Magda Sayeg: 毛线轰炸如何成长为世界性的活动

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纺织艺术家Magda Sayeg把城市环境改造成了她的游乐场,使用彩色的针织和编织作品来装饰每天都会看到的平凡物件。这个温暖,毛茸茸的“毛线炸弹”开始于一个很小的作品,Sayeg家乡的停车标志住和消防栓,但是很快,人们的关注与喜爱很快将它传遍了世界各地。“我们都生活在这个快节奏,数字化的世界,但是我们仍然渴望并且期待那些治愈系的物品,” Sayeg说到。“潜在的力量能够出现在最平凡谦逊的地方,我们都具有等待被发觉的能力。”
- Textile artist
Magda Sayeg uses handmade, eye-catching yarn bombs to shake up the way we see the world and make us notice things we hadn't seen before. Full bio

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我是纺织艺术家
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I'm a textile纺织品 artist艺术家
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most widely广泛 known已知 for starting开始
the yarn bombing轰炸 movement运动.
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因开创了毛线轰炸活动
而为人熟知。
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Yarn bombing轰炸 is when you take
knitted针织的 or crocheted钩编 material材料
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毛线轰炸指的是
当你将针织或钩编所用的材料
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out into the urban城市的 environment环境,
graffiti-style涂鸦风格 --
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以涂鸦艺术用于城市环境中
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or, more specifically特别,
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然而,准确的说
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without permission允许 and unsanctioned未经批准.
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这种行为并未得到允许和批准。
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But when I started开始 this over 10 years年份 ago,
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但是,当我10年前开始这个活动的时候,
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I didn't have a word for it,
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我没有想到什么词来形容它,
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I didn't have any
ambitious有雄心 notions概念 about it,
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我对它并没有任何野心,
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I had no visions愿景 of grandeur富丽堂皇.
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也没有伟大的幻想。
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All I wanted to see was something
warm and fuzzy模糊 and human-like类人
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我所想要看到的是一些温暖的,
毛绒的,更人性的
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on the cold, steel, gray灰色 facade正面
that I looked看着 at everyday每天.
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我每天都能在冰冷的,钢铁般灰白色的表面上看到。
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So I wrapped包裹 the door handle处理.
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所以我包裹住了门把手。
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I call this the AlphaΑ Piece.
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我称之为Alpha作品。
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Little did I know that this tiny piece
would change更改 the course课程 of my life.
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我不知道这样的小物件
会改变我的生活轨道。
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So clearly明确地 the reaction反应 was interesting有趣.
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很明显,出现了有趣的反应。
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It intrigued好奇 me and I thought,
"What else其他 could I do?"
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这促使我想,
“我还能做些什么呢?”
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Could I do something in the public上市 domain
that would get the same相同 reaction反应?
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我能在公共领域做哪些事情以达到同样的效果?
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So I wrapped包裹 the stop sign标志
pole near my house.
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所以我包裹了
我家附近停车指示牌的杆子。
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The reaction反应 was wild野生.
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反应很热烈。
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People would park公园 their cars汽车
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人们会停下车
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and get out of their cars汽车 and stare at it,
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走出来,盯着它看,
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and scratch their heads and stare at it,
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挠着他们的头,盯着它看,
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and take pictures图片 of it
and take pictures图片 next下一个 to it,
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拍下它并且和它合照,
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and all of that was really exciting扣人心弦 to me
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这些都让我感到惊喜
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and I wanted to do every一切 stop sign标志 pole
in the neighborhood邻里.
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于是我想要把附近每个停车牌的杆子
都包裹起来。
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And the more that I did,
the stronger the reaction反应.
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我包裹的越多,
人们的反应就越强烈。
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So at this point I'm smitten重拳出击.
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因此在这时刻我着迷了。
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I'm hooked迷上.
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我乐在其中。
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This was all seductive妖媚.
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这一切太具有吸引力。
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I found发现 my new passion
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我找到了我新的热情
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and the urban城市的 environment环境
was my playground操场.
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城市是我的游乐园。
这些是我的早期作品。
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So this is some of my early work.
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01:35
I was very curious好奇 about this idea理念
of enhancing提高 the ordinary普通,
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我对这个的主意十分感兴趣:美化平凡
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the mundane平凡, even the ugly丑陋,
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世俗,甚至是丑陋的事物,
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and not taking服用 away its identity身分
or its functionality功能
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在不影响它的特征或是功能的情况下
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but just giving it a well-tailored精心定制
suit适合 out of knitting针织.
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给它裁剪一个优良的针织外套。
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And this was fun开玩笑 for me.
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这对我来说很有趣。
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It was really fun开玩笑
to take inanimate老成 objects对象
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它实在有趣将无生命的物件
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and have them come to life.
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赋予它们生气。
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So ...
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于是...
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I think we all see the humor幽默 in this,
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我想我们都理解这个笑点,
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but --
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但是 --
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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I was at a point where
I wanted to take it seriously认真地.
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我当时正处在想要严肃对待它的时期。
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I wanted to analyze分析 it.
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我想要分析它。
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I wanted to know why I was letting出租
this take over my life,
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我想要知道我为什么
会让它主宰我的生活,
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why I was passionate多情 about it,
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为什么我会乐在其中,
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why were other people
reacting反应 so strongly非常 to it.
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为什么人们会对此产生
如此强烈的回应。
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And I realized实现 something.
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我意识到了。
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We all live生活 in this
fast-paced快节奏, digital数字 world世界,
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我们都生活在这个
快节奏,数字化的世界,
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but we still crave渴望 and desire欲望
something that's relatable听上去很像.
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但我们仍然渴望并且期待
疗伤治愈系的东西。
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I think we've我们已经 all become成为 desensitized脱敏
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我想住在过度发展的城市里
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by our overdeveloped过度开发
cities城市 that we live生活 in,
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我们都已经变得麻木,
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and billboards广告牌 and advertisements广告,
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那些布告板,广告牌,
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and giant巨人 parking停車處 lots,
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巨型停车场,
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and we don't even complain抱怨
about that stuff东东 anymore.
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我们甚至不再抱怨这些东西。
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So when you stumble绊倒 upon
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当你偶遇一个
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a stop sign标志 pole
that's wrapped包裹 in knitting针织
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杆子被针织物包裹的停车牌杆时
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and it seems似乎 so out of place地点
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它看起来这么不协调
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and then gradually逐渐 -- weirdly古怪 --
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然后渐渐地-- 奇怪的--
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you find a connection连接 to it,
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你发现自己和它产生了某种连结,
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that is the moment时刻.
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就是那个时刻。
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That is the moment时刻 I love
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那是我爱的时刻
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and that is the moment时刻
I love to share分享 with others其他.
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那时我想要与他人分享的时刻。
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So at this point, my curiosity好奇心 grew成长.
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因此在这时,我更加好奇。
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It went from the fire hydrants消防栓
and the stop sign标志 poles
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从消防栓和停车牌杆
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to what else其他 can I do with this material材料.
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到别的我能用针织改造的物件。
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Can I do something big
and large-scale大规模 and insurmountable不可逾越?
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我能做大型的,难以超越的物件吗?
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So that's when the bus总线 happened发生.
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于是这个大巴就这样出现了。
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This was a real真实 game游戏 changer for me.
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这对我来说是一个真正的游戏规则改变者。
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I'll always have a soft柔软的 spot
in my heart for this one.
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我永远都在心中为这件作品
留有柔软的位置。
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At this point, people
were recognizing认识 my work
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那时起,人们开始认识到我的作品
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but there wasn't much out there
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但是这样的作品并不多
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that was wrapped包裹 in knitting针织
that was large-scale大规模,
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巨型的,被针织物包裹的作品,
03:14
and this definitely无疑 was the first
city bus总线 to be wrapped包裹 in knitting针织.
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这就是第一个被织针物品包裹起来的城市里大巴车。
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So at this point, I'm experiencing经历,
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那时,我开始试验,
03:19
or I'm witnessing见证 something interesting有趣.
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我开始见证一些有趣的事。
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I may可能 have started开始 yarn bombing轰炸
but I certainly当然 don't own拥有 it anymore.
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我也许是那个开启毛线轰炸活动的人
但很明显那活动已不属于我。
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It had reached到达 global全球 status状态.
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毛线轰炸成为了全球化的活动。
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People from all over the world世界
were doing this.
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全世界的人们
都在做这样的活动。
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And I know this because I would travel旅行
to certain某些 parts部分 of the world世界
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我知道这个是因为
我去了世界一些地方旅行
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that I'd never been to,
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我以前从没去过那里,
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and I'd stumble绊倒 upon a stop sign标志 pole
and I knew知道 I didn't wrap it.
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我会偶遇一个停车牌的杆子
我知道不是我把它包裹起来的。
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So as I pursued追求的
my own拥有 goals目标 with my art艺术 --
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因此当我开始追求自己的艺术目标--
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this is a lot of my recent最近 work --
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这些是一些我最近的作品--
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so was yarn bombing轰炸.
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当然是毛线轰炸。
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Yarn bombing轰炸 was also growing生长.
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毛线轰炸仍在增长。
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And that experience经验 showed显示 me
the hidden power功率 of this craft手艺
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这样的经验展示了
工艺作品的潜在能量
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and showed显示 me
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并告诉我
03:52
that there was this common共同 language语言
I had with the rest休息 of the world世界.
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我和世界其他地区有着
这样的通用语言。
03:57
It was through通过 this granny奶奶 hobby爱好 --
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通过这个老年女性的兴趣活动--
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this unassuming谦逊 hobby爱好 --
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这个不装腔作势谦逊活动--
04:01
that I found发现 commonality共性 with people
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我找到了和那些
我从未想过可能有关系的人群
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that I never thought
I'd have a connection连接 with.
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之间的连结。
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So as I tell my story故事 today今天,
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今天我讲了我的故事,
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I'd also like to convey传达 to you
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我也想传达给你们一个信息
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that hidden power功率 can be found发现
in the most unassuming谦逊 places地方,
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潜在的力量往往出现在
最谦逊平凡的地方
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and we all possess具有 skills技能
that are just waiting等候 to be discovered发现.
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我们都拥有这些本领等待着被发掘。
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If you think about our hands,
these tools工具 that are connected连接的 to us,
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如果你思考我们的双手,
这双与我们连接在一起的工具,
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and what they're capable of doing --
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他们能做什么--
04:25
building建造 houses房屋 and furniture家具,
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建造房屋和制造家具,
04:26
and painting绘画 giant巨人 murals壁画 --
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绘制巨型的壁画--
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and most of the time
we hold保持 a controller调节器 or a cell细胞 phone电话.
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在绝大部分时间里
我们握着遥控器或是手机。
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And I'm totally完全 guilty有罪 of this as well.
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我同样对此感到非常愧疚。
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But if you think about it,
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但是如果你们想,
04:36
what would happen发生
if you put those things down?
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当你放下这些东西的时候
会发生什么?
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What would you make?
What would you create创建 with your own拥有 hands?
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你会制作些什么?
你会用你的双手创造些什么?
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A lot of people think
that I am a master knitter织毛衣
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很多人认为
我是技艺精湛的编织大师
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but I actually其实 couldn't不能 knit针织
a sweater毛线衣 to save保存 my life.
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事实上,我甚至无法
为自己织一件毛衣来御寒。
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But I did something
interesting有趣 with knitting针织
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但我用针织
做了一些有趣的事情
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that had never been doneDONE before.
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那些我之前从未做过的事情。
04:51
I also wasn't "supposed应该 to be" an artist艺术家
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我也不是“想要”要成为艺术家的人
04:53
in the sense that I wasn't
formally正式地 trained熟练 to do this --
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在这个意义上我从未接受过正式的艺术类训练--
04:57
I'm a math数学 major重大的 actually其实.
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事实上,我的专业是数学。
04:59
So I didn't think
this was in the cards for me,
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我从未想过这是我手中的牌,
05:01
but I also know that I didn't
stumble绊倒 upon this.
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但我也知道我并非偶然发现它。
05:04
And when this happened发生 to me,
I held保持 on tight,
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当机会出现的时候
我将它紧紧握住,
05:07
I fought战斗 for it and I'm proud骄傲 to say
that I am a working加工 artist艺术家 today今天.
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我为此努力并且我很骄傲地说
今天我是艺术家。
05:12
So as we ponder思考 the future未来,
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当我们思考未来,
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know that your future未来
might威力 not be so seamless无缝.
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知道你的未来或许不是一帆风顺的。
05:17
And one day, you might威力
be as bored无聊 as I was
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某一天,你也许会
和我一样感到疲倦
05:20
and knit针织 a door handle处理
to change更改 your world世界 forever永远.
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织一个门把手套
就此改变你们的世界
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
05:25
(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
Translated by Zhiting Chen
Reviewed by Meng di

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Magda Sayeg - Textile artist
Magda Sayeg uses handmade, eye-catching yarn bombs to shake up the way we see the world and make us notice things we hadn't seen before.

Why you should listen

Considered to be the mother of yarn bombing, Magda Sayeg’s 10-year body of work includes the widely recognized knitted/crocheted covered bus in Mexico City as well as her first solo exhibit in Rome at La Museo des Esposizione. Her work has evolved to include large scale installations around the world including commissions and collaborations with companies such as Commes Des Garçons, CR Fashionbook, Absolut Vodka, Insight 51, Mini Cooper, Gap, Smart Car. She continues to participate in shows such as Milan's Triennale Design Museum, Le M.U.R. in Paris and the National Gallery of Australia, among others. Her installations have also been featured prominently at American monuments to contemporary culture, such as The Standard Hotel, South By Southwest and the Austin City Limits Festival.

Magda has most recently expanded her artwork to encompass new mediums and techniques as with her solo show in Rome, which explored the usage of lighting with knitted material. She continues to expand her boundaries by joining integrated media company 1stAveMachine as one of their directors which will serve as a platform for new types of experimentation and collaboration.

Recent projects include an installation for Dover Street Market in NYC covering a column spanning 6 floors and a knitted/crocheted Route Master Double Decker bus in London.

More profile about the speaker
Magda Sayeg | Speaker | TED.com