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Ursus Wehrli - Comedian
Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is on a crusade to tidy up art.

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Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is the author of Tidying Up Art, a visionary manifesto that yearns toward a more rational, more organized and cleaner form of modern art. In deconstructing the work of Paul Klee, Jaspen Johns and other masters into its component parts, organized by color and size, Wehrli posits a more perfect art world.

His book The Art of Clean Up extends this principle into the physical world, with extremely (though oddly) satisfying results. Click through to see what a bowl of alphabet soup would look like in Wehrli's world.

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Ursus Wehrli: Tidying up art

Ursus Wehrli 整理艺术

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Ursus Wehrli 向我们分享他对艺术的展望 - 一种更干净﹐更工整的艺术形式 - 先解构所有当代艺术大师的作品﹐再按着颜色﹐形状﹐大小排列整齐。
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My name名称 is Ursus熊属 WehrliWehrli, and I would like to talk to you this morning早上
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我的名字是 Ursus Wehrli﹐今天我想和你们谈谈我的作品
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about my project项目, Tidying整理 Up Art艺术.
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整理艺术
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First of all -- any questions问题 so far?
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首先 - 有什么疑问吗﹖
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First of all, I have to say I'm not from around here.
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首先﹐我必须说我不是来自这里
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I'm from a completely全然 different不同 cultural文化 area, maybe you noticed注意到?
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而是来自一个文化完全不同的地方﹐你发现了吗﹖
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I mean, I'm wearing穿着 a tie领带, first. And then secondly其次, I'm a little bit nervous紧张
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你瞧﹐我打着一条领带﹐然后﹐我有一点紧张
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because I'm speaking请讲 in a foreign国外 language语言,
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因为我说的是外国话
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and I want to apologize道歉 in advance提前, for any mistakes错误 I might威力 make.
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我想先为我接下来可能会犯的错误道歉
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Because I'm from Switzerland瑞士, and I just don't hope希望 you think this is Swiss瑞士人 German德语
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毕竟我是从瑞士来的﹐希望你们不要觉得我说的是瑞士腔的德文
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I'm speaking请讲 now here. This is just what it sounds声音 like
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这不过是一个瑞士人说美语
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if we Swiss瑞士人 try to speak说话 American美国.
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所产生出来的声音
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But don't worry担心 -- I don't have trouble麻烦 with English英语, as such这样.
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但不用担心 - 美语对我来说没问题
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I mean, it's not my problem问题, it's your language语言 after all.
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毕竟这是你们的语言﹐与我无关
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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I am fine. After this presentation介绍 here at TEDTED, I can simply只是 go back to Switzerland瑞士,
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真的﹐反正我结束TED演讲以后﹐我回瑞士就好
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and you have to go on talking like this all the time.
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倒是你还得继续留在这里讲这种语言
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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So I've been asked by the organizers组织者 to read from my book.
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大会要求我到这里来朗读我的书
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It's called "Tidying整理 Up Art艺术" and it's, as you can see,
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书名是”整理艺术“如你所见
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it's more or less a picture图片 book.
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这是一本图画书
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So the reading would be over very quickly很快.
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所以很快就读完了
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But since以来 I'm here at TEDTED, I decided决定 to hold保持 my talk here in a more modern现代 way,
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但既然我在TED﹐我决定用比较先进的方式来发表我的演讲
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in the spirit精神 of TEDTED here, and I managed管理 to do some slides幻灯片 here for you.
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以TED精神﹐我做了这些投影片
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I'd like to show显示 them around so we can just, you know --
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我想在这里跟你们分享﹐像这样
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Actually其实, I managed管理 to prepare准备 for you some enlarged放大 pictures图片 -- even better.
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说真的﹐我也准备了一些放大图片 - 这样更好
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So Tidying整理 Up Art艺术, I mean, I have to say, that's a relatively相对 new term术语.
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整理艺术﹐是一个非常新的名词
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You won't惯于 be familiar with it.
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你可能没有听过
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I mean, it's a hobby爱好 of mine that I've been indulging沉迷 in for the last few少数 years年份,
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这是我这几年来的一点小兴趣
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and it all started开始 out with this picture图片 of the American美国 artist艺术家, Donald唐纳德 BaechlerBAECHLER
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一切都从美国艺术家 Donald Baechler 的作品开始
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I had hanging at home. I had to look at it every一切 day
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我家里有一幅﹐我每天看着它
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and after a while I just couldn't不能 stand the mess食堂 anymore
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过了一阵子我实在受不了这种凌乱
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this guy was looking at all day long.
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这个家伙天天这样盯着
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Yeah, I kind of felt sorry for him.
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我真为他感到抱歉
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And it seemed似乎 to me even he felt really bad
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我觉得甚至他自己也不是很舒服
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facing面对 these unorganized无组织的 red squares广场 day after day.
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每天都看着这些乱七八糟的红方块
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So I decided决定 to give him a little support支持,
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于是我决定帮他一把
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and brought some order订购 into neatly整洁 stacking堆叠 the blocks on top最佳 of each other.
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把这些方块整齐地堆起来
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Yeah. And I think he looks容貌 now less miserable.
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我觉得他现在看起来没这么悲惨了
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And it was great. With this experience经验, I started开始 to look more closely密切
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有了这次的愉快经验以后﹐我开始更仔细地观察现代艺术
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at modern现代 art艺术. Then I realized实现 how, you know, the world世界 of modern现代 art艺术
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我发觉﹐现代艺术的世界
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is particularly尤其 topsy-turvy乱七八糟的.
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真是有混乱
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And I can show显示 here a very good example.
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让我给你一个好例子
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It's actually其实 a simple简单 one, but it's a good one to start开始 with.
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从一个非常简单的例子开始
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It's a picture图片 by Paul保罗 Klee克利.
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这是保罗·克利的作品
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And we can see here very clearly明确地, it's a confusion混乱 of color颜色.
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我们可以很清楚的看到﹐颜色一篇混乱
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Yeah. The artist艺术家 doesn't really seem似乎 to know where to put the different不同 colors颜色.
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他好像不知道怎么把不同颜色放在一起
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The various各个 pictures图片 here of the various各个 elements分子 of the picture图片 --
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这里有这张作品的不同元素
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the whole整个 thing is unstructured非结构化.
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把它解构以后
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We don't know, maybe Mr先生. Klee克利 was probably大概 in a hurry匆忙, I mean --
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可能当时克利先生赶时间
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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-- maybe he had to catch抓住 a plane平面, or something.
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可能他正在赶一班飞机
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We can see here he started开始 out with orange橙子,
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我们可以看到他从桔色开始
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and then he already已经 ran out of orange橙子,
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然后慢慢用完桔色颜料
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and here we can see he decided决定 to take a break打破 for a square广场.
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这里我们可以看到他稍微休息了一格
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And I would like to show显示 you here my tidied整理 up version of this picture图片.
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现在看看经过我整理以后
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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We can see now what was barely仅仅 recognizable识别 in the original原版的:
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我们可以看到在原本图画中看不到的
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17 red and orange橙子 squares广场 are juxtaposed并列 with just two green绿色 squares广场.
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十七个红色和桔色方块还有两个绿色方块捣乱
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Yeah, that's great.
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很好
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So I mean, that's just tidying整理 up for beginners初学者.
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不过那只是初级的整理罢了
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I would like to show显示 you here a picture图片 which哪一个 is a bit more advanced高级.
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现在我们来看看比较复杂的图片
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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What can you say? What a mess食堂.
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怎么说呢﹖乱成一团
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I mean, you see, everything seems似乎 to have been scattered疏散 aimlessly等闲 around the space空间.
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所有东西都被随意的扔到这个空间里
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If my room房间 back home had looked看着 like this,
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如果我的房间长这样的话
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my mother母亲 would have grounded接地 me for three days.
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我妈可是会惩罚我禁足三天的
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So I'd like to -- I wanted to reintroduce重新引入 some structure结构体 into that picture图片.
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于是 - 让我来规范整理这张图画
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And that's really advanced高级 tidying整理 up.
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这真的是很复杂的
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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Yeah, you're right. Sometimes有时 people clap at this point,
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没错﹐有些人在这里会拍手
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but that's actually其实 more in Switzerland瑞士.
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但这是比较瑞士的方式
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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We Swiss瑞士人 are famous著名 for chocolate巧克力 and cheese起司. Our trains火车 run on time.
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我们瑞士出名的有巧克力和起司﹐火车准时
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We are only happy快乐 when things are in order订购.
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一切井井有条的时候我们才会快乐
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But to go on, here is a very good example to see.
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让我们再举一些其它例子
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This is a picture图片 by Joan Miro米罗.
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这是米罗的作品
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And yeah, we can see the artist艺术家 has drawn a few少数 lines线 and shapes形状
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我们可以看到他画了一些线条和形状
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and dropped下降 them any old way onto a yellow黄色 background背景.
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随便地把它们画在黄色背景上
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And yeah, it's the sort分类 of thing you produce生产 when you're doodling涂鸦 on the phone电话.
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就像我们一边讲电话一边在纸上乱画的那些东西
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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And this is my --
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这是我的
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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-- you can see now the whole整个 thing takes up far less space空间.
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你可以看到我们节省了很多空间
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It's more economical经济 and also more efficient高效.
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经济实惠又有效率
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With this method方法 Mr先生. Miro米罗 could have saved保存 canvas帆布 for another另一个 picture图片.
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米罗先生如果用这种办法的话﹐可以省下一半画面再画一幅
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But I can see in your faces面孔 that you're still a little bit skeptical怀疑的.
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我知道你们仍然有点存疑
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So that you can just appreciate欣赏 how serious严重 I am about all this,
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为了证明我的认真
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I brought along沿 the patents专利, the specifications规格 for some of these works作品,
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我带来了我申请的专利﹐这些作品的规格
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because I've had my working加工 methods方法 patented专利
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我特别在瑞士的专利协会
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at the EidgenEidgenössischessische AmtAMT für GeistigesGeistiges EigentumEigentum in Bern伯尔尼, Switzerland瑞士.
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为我整理艺术的手法申请了专利
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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I'll just quote引用 from the specification规范.
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让我念一段说明给你们听
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"Laut劳特 den巢穴 KunstprKunstprüferFER Dr博士. Albrecht阿尔布雷希特 --"
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"Laut den Kunstprüfer Dr. Albrecht --"
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It's not finished yet然而.
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还没结束
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"Laut劳特 den巢穴 KunstprKunstprüferFER Dr博士. Albrecht阿尔布雷希特tzTZ von OhlenhusenOhlenhusen
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"Laut den Kunstprüfer Dr. Albrecht Götz von Ohlenhusen
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wirdwird die VerfahrensweiseVerfahrensweise rechtlichrechtlich geschgeschütztTZT welchewelche die Kunst孔斯特
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wird die Verfahrensweise rechtlich geschützt welche die Kunst
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durch第三人以 spezifischspezifisch aufgeraufgeräumteumte RegelmRegelmässigkeitenssigkeiten
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durch spezifisch aufgeräumte Regelmässigkeiten
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desDES allgemeinenallgemeinen FormenschatzesFormenschatzes
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des allgemeinen Formenschatzes
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neue抵达Neue WirkungenWirkungen zu erzielenerzielenglichglich wirdwird."
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neue Wirkungen zu erzielen möglich wird."
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JaJA, well I could have translated翻译 that, but you would have been none没有 the wiser聪明.
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是﹐当然我也可以翻译﹐但你们也不会更了解的
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I'm not sure myself what it means手段 but it sounds声音 good anyway无论如何.
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连我自己都不太懂﹐至少听起来不错
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I just realized实现 it's important重要 how one introduces介绍 new ideas思路 to people,
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我刚意识到介绍一个新点子的手法是很重要的
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that's why these patents专利 are sometimes有时 necessary必要.
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所以有时专利是必要的
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I would like to do a short test测试 with you.
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我想做一个小小的试验
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Everyone大家 is sitting坐在 in quite相当 an orderly整齐的 fashion时尚 here this morning早上.
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在座的每个人都坐的很整齐
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So I would like to ask you all to raise提高 your right hand. Yeah.
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现在大家举起你们的右手
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The right hand is the one we write with, apart距离 from the left-handers左撇子.
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我们用来写字的那个手﹐除了左撇子以外
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And now, I'll count计数 to three. I mean, it still looks容貌 very orderly整齐的 to me.
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然后﹐我数到三﹐现在看起来还很整齐
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Now, I'll count计数 to three, and on the count计数 of three
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当我数到三的时候
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I'd like you all to shake hands with the person behind背后 you. OK?
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你们就跟后面的那个人握手
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One, two, three.
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一﹐二﹐三
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(Laughter笑声)
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You can see now, that's a good example: even behaving行为 in an orderly整齐的, systematic系统的 way
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诚如所见﹐这就是个很好的例子﹕就算大家都秩序井然
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can sometimes有时 lead to complete完成 chaos混沌.
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还是有可能造成完全的混乱
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So we can also see that very clearly明确地 in this next下一个 painting绘画.
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我们可以从以下的例子里看到
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This is a painting绘画 by the artist艺术家, Niki尼基 de Saint Phalle法尔.
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画的作者是 Niki de Saint Phalle
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And I mean, in the original原版的 it's completely全然 unclear不明 to see
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在这里你看不清楚
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what this tangle纠纷 of colors颜色 and shapes形状 is supposed应该 to depict描绘.
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这些颜色和形状画的是什么
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But in the tidied整理 up version, it's plain to see that it's a sunburnt晒伤 woman女人 playing播放 volleyball排球.
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经过整理以后﹐很明显﹐这是一个晒伤的女人在打排球
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Yeah, it's a -- this one here, that's much better.
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没错﹐这个更清楚
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That's a picture图片 by Keith基思 Haring哈林.
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这是 Keith Haring 的作品
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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I think it doesn't matter.
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我想没差
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So, I mean, this picture图片 has not even got a proper正确 title标题.
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这幅画的名字很好
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It's called "Untitled无标题" and I think that's appropriate适当.
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它就叫"无题"﹐取得真好
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So, in the tidied-up收拾 version we have a sort分类 of Keith基思 Haring哈林 spare备用 parts部分 shop.
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于是经过整理以后﹐我们就可以看到这间 Keith Harding 五金行
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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This is Keith基思 Haring哈林 looked看着 at statistically统计学.
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用统计学的角度来看
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One can see here quite相当 clearly明确地,
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我们可以很清楚的看到
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you can see we have 25 pale苍白 green绿色 elements分子,
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这里有25个浅绿色的元素
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of which哪一个 one is in the form形成 of a circle.
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有一个是圆形
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Or here, for example, we have 27 pink squares广场 with only one pink curve曲线.
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这里有27个粉红色的方形﹐只有一个粉红弯形
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I mean, that's interesting有趣. One could extend延伸 this sort分类 of statistical统计 analysis分析
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非常有趣﹐有人可以在所有 Harding 先生的作品上
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to cover all Mr先生. Haring's哈林的 various各个 works作品,
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做一些统计分析
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in order订购 to establish建立 in which哪一个 period the artist艺术家 favored青睐 pale苍白 green绿色 circles or pink squares广场.
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看看画家在各个时期对浅绿圆形和粉红方形的偏好
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And the artist艺术家 himself他自己 could also benefit效益 from this sort分类 of listing清单 procedure程序
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艺术家自己也可以从列出的清单中
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by using运用 it to estimate估计 how many许多 pots of paint涂料 he's likely容易 to need in the future未来.
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算出自己以后需要多少颜料
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One can obviously明显 also make combinations组合.
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你也可以把它们组合在一起
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For example, with the Keith基思 Haring哈林 circles and Kandinsky's康定斯基 dots.
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Haring 的方形和 Kandinsky 的点点
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You can add them to all the squares广场 of Paul保罗 Klee克利.
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在把它加入克利的方形
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In the end结束, one has a list名单 with which哪一个 one then can arrange安排.
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最后你就有一整个清单可以排列
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Then you categorize分类 it, then you file文件 it, put that file文件 in a filing备案 cabinet内阁,
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你将它们分类﹐建档﹐最后再全部放进档案柜里
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put it in your office办公室 and you can make a living活的 doing it.
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放进你的办公室﹐然后就可以以此为生了
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Yeah, from my own拥有 experience经验. So I'm --
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就像我一样
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Actually其实, I mean, here we have some artists艺术家 that are a bit more structured结构化的. It's not too bad.
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其实也有几个艺术家是比较有条理的
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This is Jasper碧玉 Johns约翰斯. We can see here he was practicing with his ruler统治者.
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这是 Jasper Johns﹐我们可以看见他正在练习使用他的尺
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But I think it could still benefit效益 from more discipline学科.
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但我仍然觉得他可以再更有条不紊一点
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And I think the whole整个 thing adds增加 up much better if you do it like this.
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把这些都加起来﹐你就可以这样做
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And here, that's one of my favorites最爱.
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我最喜欢的作品之一
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Tidying整理 up Rene刘若英 Magritte马格利特 -- this is really fun开玩笑.
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整理 Rene Magritte - 这真的很好玩
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You know, there is a --
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你看
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I'm always being存在 asked what inspired启发 me to embark从事 on all this.
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很多人问我是什么让我这样做的
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It goes back to a time when I was very often经常 staying in hotels酒店.
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这必须要追溯到﹐我时常住在旅馆的那段时间
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So once一旦 I had the opportunity机会 to stay in a ritzy豪华的, five-star五星 hotel旅馆.
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有一次我有机会住在丽池五星旅馆
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And you know, there you had this little sign标志 --
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你知道﹐那里有这些标语
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I put this little sign标志 outside the door every一切 morning早上 that read,
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每天早上你可以放在门口
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"Please tidy整洁 room房间." I don't know if you have them over here.
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”请整理房间“我不知道我在这里有没有
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So actually其实, my room房间 there hasn't有没有 been tidied整理 once一旦 daily日常, but three times a day.
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事实上﹐我的房间不只是一天整理一次﹐是一天整理了三次
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So after a while I decided决定 to have a little fun开玩笑,
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过了一阵子我决定开个玩笑
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and before leaving离开 the room房间 each day I'd scatter分散 a few少数 things around the space空间.
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在每天离开房间里我都会故意四处乱扔些东西
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Like books图书, clothes衣服, toothbrush牙刷, etc等等. And it was great.
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书﹐衣服﹐牙刷等等﹐很不错
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By the time I returned everything had always been neatly整洁 returned to its place地点.
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我每次回房间的时候一切都回归原位
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But then one morning早上, I hang the same相同 little sign标志 onto that picture图片 by Vincent文森特 van面包车 Gogh梵高.
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有一天早上﹐我在梵高的画上挂了这个标语
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And you have to say this room房间 hadn't有没有 been tidied整理 up since以来 1888.
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这个房间从1888年以后就没整理过了
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And when I returned it looked看着 like this.
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当我回来的时候﹐它变成了这样
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Yeah, at least最小 it is now possible可能 to do some vacuuming吸尘.
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至少现在可以吸地了
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OK, I mean, I can see there are always people
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我可以了解为什么有些人
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that like reacting反应 that one or another另一个 picture图片
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会对某些特殊的图画特别有感觉
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hasn't有没有 been properly正确 tidied整理 up. So we can make a short test测试 with you.
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觉得它需要整理﹐让我们做一个小测验
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This is a picture图片 by Rene刘若英 Magritte马格利特,
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这是 Rene Magritte 的图画
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and I'd like you all to inwardly里面 -- like in your head, that is --
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现在你们可以在心中把它整理一下
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to tidy整洁 that up. So it's possible可能 that some of you would make it like this.
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我想你们之中的有些人可能会把它整理成这样
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Yeah? I would actually其实 prefer比较喜欢 to do it more this way.
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是吗﹖但我比较喜欢把它整理成这样
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Some people would make apple苹果 pie馅饼 out of it.
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有些人会把它做成苹果派
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But it's a very good example to see that the whole整个 work
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但这是一个很好的例子﹐说明这是一项
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was more of a handicraft手工业 endeavor努力 that involved参与 the very time-consuming耗时的 job工作
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非常费时的手工业
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of cutting切割 out the various各个 elements分子 and sticking症结 them back in new arrangements安排.
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你得把不同元素剪下来﹐再把它重新安排
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And it's not doneDONE, as many许多 people imagine想像, with the computer电脑,
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而不是像你们之中很多人想象的﹐用计算机做的
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otherwise除此以外 it would look like this.
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不然它就会变成这样
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So now I've been able能够 to tidy整洁 up pictures图片 that I've wanted to tidy整洁 up for a long time.
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目前为止﹐我已经整理了很多我想要处理的图画
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Here is a very good example. Take Jackson杰克逊 Pollock波洛克, for example.
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就像这个 Jackson Pollock 的作品
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It's -- oh, no, it's -- that's a really hard one.
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这很困难﹐真的
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But after a while, I just decided决定 here to go all the way
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过了一阵子﹐我决定一不做二不休
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and put the paint涂料 back into the cans.
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把颜料全放回它们原来的地方
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Or you could go into three-dimensional三维 art艺术.
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你也可以整理3D艺术
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Here we have the fur毛皮 cup杯子 by MeretMeret Oppenheim奥本海姆.
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像 Meret Oppenheim 的毛杯
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Here I just brought it back to its original原版的 state.
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让它们回到原来的模样
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But yeah, and it's great, you can even go, you know --
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真的﹐很棒﹐你甚至可以尝试
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Or we have this pointillist点画 movement运动 for those of you who are into art艺术.
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如果你喜欢艺术的话﹐这是点彩画派的作品
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The pointillist点画 movement运动 is that kind of paintings绘画
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点彩画派便是所有画都是由
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where everything is broken破碎 down into dots and pixels像素.
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点和像素组成的
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And then I -- this sort分类 of thing is ideal理想 for tidying整理 up.
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这是最适合整理的了
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(Laughter笑声)
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So I once一旦 applied应用的 myself to the work of the inventor发明者 of that method方法, Georges乔治 Seurat瑟拉,
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这是点彩画派的创始人 Georges Seurat
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and I collected together一起 all his dots.
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我把他的所有点都收集起来
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And now they're all in here.
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它们全在这里
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(Laughter笑声)
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You can count计数 them afterwards之后, if you like.
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你可以晚点把它们清点一下﹐如果你想要的话
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You see, that's the wonderful精彩 thing about the tidy整洁 up art艺术 idea理念:
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你知道﹐这就是整理画作的好处
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it's new. So there is no existing现有 tradition传统 in it.
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这是全新的﹐没有任何传统
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There is no textbooks教科书, I mean, not yet然而, anyway无论如何.
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没有教科书﹐至少现在还没有
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I mean, it's "the future未来 we will create创建."
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这是“我们创造的未来"
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But to round回合 things up I would like to show显示 you just one more.
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最后我们再看一个例子
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This is the village square广场 by Pieter彼得 Bruegel勃鲁盖尔.
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这是由 Pieter Bruegel 所画的广场
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That's how it looks容貌 like when you send发送 everyone大家 home.
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你把每个人赶回家以后就变成这样
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Yeah, maybe you're asking yourselves你自己
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但或许你会自问
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where old Bruegel's勃鲁盖尔的 people went?
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那这些人都去了哪里﹖
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Of course课程, they're not gone走了. They're all here.
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当然﹐他们还在。他们全在这里
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I just piled them up.
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我把他们堆了起来
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So I'm -- yeah, actually其实 I'm kind of finished at that moment时刻.
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嗯好﹐我差不多已经讲完了
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And for those who want to see more, I've got my book downstairs楼下 in the bookshop书店.
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如果你想看其它例子﹐你可以到楼下的书店去买
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And I'm happy快乐 to sign标志 it for you with any name名称 of any artist艺术家.
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我很荣幸为你签名﹐你想要我签哪个画家的名字都可以
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But before leaving离开 I would like to show显示 you,
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离开前我想给你们看一个东西
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I'm working加工 right now on another另一个 -- in a related有关 field领域
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最近我在做的新作品 - 和这个有关的
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with my tidying整理 up art艺术 method方法. I'm working加工 in a related有关 field领域.
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也是整理
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And I started开始 to bring带来 some order订购 into some flags.
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我开始整理国旗
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Here -- that's just my new proposal提案 here for the Union联盟 Jack插口.
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你看﹐英国国旗可以变成这样
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And then maybe before I leave离开 you ...
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在我离去以前
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yeah, I think, after you have seen看到 that I have to leave离开 anyway无论如何.
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我是说﹐我想我最好赶快离开
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Yeah, that was a hard one. I couldn't不能 find a way to tidy整洁 that up properly正确,
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这个真的很难﹐我没办法整理它
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so I just decided决定 to make it a little bit more simpler简单.
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我只好把它做得简单一点
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(Laughter笑声)
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Thank you very much.
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非常谢谢打击
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Translated by Coco Shen
Reviewed by Geoff Chen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ursus Wehrli - Comedian
Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is on a crusade to tidy up art.

Why you should listen

Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is the author of Tidying Up Art, a visionary manifesto that yearns toward a more rational, more organized and cleaner form of modern art. In deconstructing the work of Paul Klee, Jaspen Johns and other masters into its component parts, organized by color and size, Wehrli posits a more perfect art world.

His book The Art of Clean Up extends this principle into the physical world, with extremely (though oddly) satisfying results. Click through to see what a bowl of alphabet soup would look like in Wehrli's world.

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