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Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists
薛·汉波利：我如何成为一百位艺术家
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你如何与100位不同的艺术家合作举办一个国际性的艺术展？如果你是薛·汉波利，你会自己创作出所有这些艺术家和他们的艺术作品 -- 从大型的户外展品到用一根头发做画笔的绘画作品。看看这个有趣的、让人刮目相看的演讲，看看一名艺术家的创造力和多样性的技巧能爆发到什么程度。
Shea Hembrey - Artist and curator
Shea Hembrey explores patterns from nature and myth. A childhood love of nature, and especially birdlife, informs his vision. Full bio
Shea Hembrey explores patterns from nature and myth. A childhood love of nature, and especially birdlife, informs his vision. Full bio
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I'm a contemporary artist
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我是一名有点
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with a bit of an unexpected background.
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不寻常背景的当代艺术家。
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I was in my 20s before I ever went to an art museum.
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我在二十多岁时才第一次进入艺术博物馆。
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I grew up in the middle of nowhere
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我生长在一个前不着村后不着店的地方
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on a dirt road in rural Arkansas,
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在阿肯色州乡下的一条脏脏的路旁，
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an hour from the nearest movie theater.
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离最近的电影院有一个小时的路程。
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And I think it was a great place to grow up as an artist
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我觉得那是一名艺术家成长的好地方，
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because I grew up around quirky, colorful characters
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因为我成长在古怪的、多姿多彩的人们中间，
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who were great at making with their hands.
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他们非常擅长手工制品。
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And my childhood is more hick
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我的童年非常的土
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than I could ever possibly relate to you,
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我都没法让你们了解，
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and also more intellectual than you would ever expect.
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同时也远比各位所预期的要充满智慧。
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For instance, me and my sister, when we were little,
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举例来说，我和我的妹妹，当我们小的时候，
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we would compete to see who could eat the most squirrel brains.
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我们会比比谁吃的松鼠脑子更多。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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But on the other side of that, though,
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但另一方面，
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we were big readers in our house.
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我们也在家里大量阅读。
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And if the TV was on, we were watching a documentary.
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如果电视开着，就是我们在看纪录片。
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And my dad is the most voracious reader I know.
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我爸爸是我所知道的求知欲最强的读者。
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He can read a novel or two a day.
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他能一天读一两本小说。
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But when I was little, I remember,
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但当我小的时候，我记得，
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he would kill flies in our house with my BB gun.
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他会在屋子里用我的玩具气枪打死苍蝇。
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And what was so amazing to me about that --
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让我惊奇的是 --
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well he would be in his recliner, would holler for me to fetch the BB gun,
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他会躺在躺椅里，让我去拿玩具气枪，
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and I'd go get it.
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我就去拿给他。
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And what was amazing to me --
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让我惊奇的是 --
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well it was pretty kickass; he was killing a fly in the house with a gun --
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这很厉害；他在屋子里用一把枪打死一只苍蝇 --
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but what was so amazing to me
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但让我如此惊奇的是
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was that he knew just enough how to pump it.
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他知道给枪施加多大的压力。
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And he could shoot it from two rooms away
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他能在两间房间之外开枪击中苍蝇
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and not damage what it was on
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而不会损坏苍蝇所在的那个地方，
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because he knew how to pump it just enough to kill the fly
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因为他知道要施加多少压力能足以打死苍蝇
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and not damage what it landed on.
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而不会破坏苍蝇在的地方。
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So I should talk about art.
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那么我应该谈谈艺术了。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Or we'll be here all day with my childhood stories.
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或者我们可以在这儿听一整天我童年的故事。
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I love contemporary art,
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我爱现代艺术，
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but I'm often really frustrated with the contemporary art world
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但我常常对现代艺术世界和
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and the contemporary art scene.
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当代艺术领域感到沮丧。
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A few years ago,
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几年前，
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I spent months in Europe
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我在欧洲呆了几个月
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to see the major international art exhibitions
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去看大型国际艺术展
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that have the pulse
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这一艺术展的脉动
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of what is supposed to be going on in the art world.
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将呈现在整个艺术世界之中。
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And I was struck
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我被震撼了
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by going to so many, one after the other,
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如此多的艺术家，一个接着一个
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with some clarity of what it was
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清晰地呈现出
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that I was longing for.
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我所渴求的东西。
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And I was longing for several things that I wasn't getting,
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我正在渴求却无法获得的，
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or not getting enough of.
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或是缺少的一些东西。
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But two of the main things:
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但有两个主要的东西：
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one of it, I was longing for more work
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一个是，我在渴求更多的作品
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that was appealing to a broad public,
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能吸引广泛的观众，
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that was accessible.
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并被大众理解。
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And the second thing that I was longing for
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第二件事是我在渴求
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was some more exquisite craftsmanship
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一些更敏锐的技巧
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and technique.
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和技术。
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So I started thinking and listing
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因此我开始思考并列出
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what all it was that I thought would make a perfect biennial.
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所有我认为能组成一个完美的双年展的作品。
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So I decided,
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我决定，
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I'm going to start my own biennial.
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我要开始准备自己的双年展。
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I'm going to organize it and direct it
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我要组织、导演
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and get it going in the world.
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并让它传遍世界。
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So I thought, okay,
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我想，好的，
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I have to have some criteria of how to choose work.
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我要有一些标准来选择作品。
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So amongst all the criteria I have,
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因此在我所有的标准之中，
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there's two main things.
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有两件主要的事情。
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One of them, I call my Mimaw's Test.
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一个是我称为“祖母的测试”。
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And what that is
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这是
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is I imagine explaining a work of art
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我想象着在五分钟内
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to my grandmother in five minutes,
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向我祖母解释一个艺术作品。
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and if I can't explain it in five minutes,
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我是否能在五分钟内解释清楚
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then it's too obtuse
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如果不能就代表这作品太粗糙
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or esoteric
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或太难理解了
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and it hasn't been refined enough yet.
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这作品就还不足够精细。
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It needs to worked on
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还需要继续加工
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until it can speak fluently.
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直到能被流利地讲述出来。
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And then my other second set of rules --
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接着是我的第二条规则 --
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I hate to say "rules" because it's art --
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我讨厌说“规则”，因为这是艺术 --
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my criteria would be
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我的标准是
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the three H's,
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三个H，
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which is head, heart and hands.
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头（head），心（heart）和手（hand）。
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And great art would have "head":
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好的艺术应该有头：
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it would have interesting intellectual ideas
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它要有聪明的思路
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and concepts.
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和概念。
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It would have "heart" in that it would have passion
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它要有心，这样它就有了激情
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and heart and soul.
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内心和灵魂。
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And it would have "hand" in that it would be greatly crafted.
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它要有手，这样它就会是精心制作的。
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So I started thinking about
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因此我开始思考
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how am I going to do this biennial,
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我怎样才能做这个双年展，
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how am I going to travel the world
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我怎样才能环游世界
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and find these artists?
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找到这些艺术家。
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And then I realized one day, there's an easier solution to this.
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而后某天我意识到，有个更好的法子。
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I'm just going to make the whole thing myself.
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我就打算自己搞定这一切。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And so this is what I did.
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这就是我所做的。
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So I thought, a biennial needs artists.
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我想，双年展需要艺术家。
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I'm going to do an international biennial; I need artists from all around the world.
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我要办一个国际性的双年展，我需要来自全世界的艺术家。
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So what I did was
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我做的是
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I invented a hundred artists from around the world.
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我创造了全世界的一百名艺术家。
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I figured out their bios, their passions in life
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我创作了他们的个人经历、他们生命中的激情所在
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and their art styles,
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和他们的艺术风格，
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and I started making their work.
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我开始创作他们的作品。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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I felt, oh this is the kind of project that I could spend my whole life doing.
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我觉得，哦，这是个能让我耗费一生来做的项目。
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So I decided, I'm going to make this a real biennial.
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因此我决定，我要做一个真正的双年展。
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It's going to be two years of studio work.
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这需要两年时间的工作。
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And I'm going to create this in two years,
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我要在两年内做到。
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and I have.
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我做到了。
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So I should start to talk about these guys.
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我该开始谈谈这些艺术家。
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Well the range is quite a bit.
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范围比较广泛。
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And I'm such a technician, so I loved this project,
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我就是这样的技术人员，所以我喜欢这类项目，
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getting to play with all the techniques.
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与各种技术打交道。
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So for example, in realist paintings,
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例如，在写实绘画中，
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it ranges from this,
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它的范围从这个，
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which is kind of old masters style,
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这类传统风格，
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to really realistic still-life,
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到真正写实的静物，
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to this type of painting where I'm painting with a single hair.
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到这类我用一根头发绘制的画作。
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And then at the other end, there's performance and short films
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然后在另一方面，有一些演出、短片
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and indoor installations
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和室内装置，
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like this indoor installation
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比如这件
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and this one,
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和这件，
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and outdoor installations like this one
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还有户外展品
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and this one.
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还有这件。
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I know I should mention: I'm making all these things.
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我知道我应该提一下，所有这些都是我制作的。
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This isn't Photoshopped.
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这照片不是被Photoshop图像处理过的。
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I'm under the river with those fish.
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我在河里和这些鱼在一起。
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So now let me introduce some of my fictional artists to you.
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因此现在让我向各位介绍一些我的虚拟艺术家。
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This is Nell Remmel.
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这是内尔·雷梅尔。
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Nell is interested in agricultural processes,
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内尔对农业的发展进程有兴趣，
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and her work is based in these practices.
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她的作品都与这些有关。
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This piece, which is called "Flipped Earth" --
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这个作品，名为“翻转的地球” --
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she was interested in taking the sky
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她对拍摄天空有兴趣，
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and using it to cleanse barren ground.
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用天空来装饰贫瘠的土地。
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And by taking giant mirrors --
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用巨大的镜子做到的 --
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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and here she's taking giant mirrors
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她用了巨大的镜子
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and pulling them into the dirt.
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把它们放入泥土中。
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And this is 22 feet long.
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这有22英尺长。
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And what I loved about her work
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我喜欢她作品的地方在于
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is, when I would walk around it
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当我在它周围走动时
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and look down into the sky,
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向下能看到天空，
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looking down to watch the sky,
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向上也能看到天空，
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and it unfolded in a new way.
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它以一种新的方式显露出来。
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And probably the best part of this piece
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这一作品最好的部分可能是
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is at dusk and dawn
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在黄昏和黎明
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when the twilight wedge has fallen and the ground's dark,
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当暮光低沉大地昏暗时，
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but there's still the light above, bright above.
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这儿仍然上下皆有光亮。
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And so you're standing there and everything else is dark,
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因此你站在那儿，所有其他地方都是黑暗的，
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but there's this portal that you want to jump in.
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但这是个你想跃入的大门。
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This piece was great. This is in my parents' backyard in Arkansas.
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这作品很棒。这是我在阿肯色州我父母的后院里的作品。
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And I love to dig a hole.
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我喜欢挖个洞。
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So this piece was great fun
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这作品非常有意思，
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because it was two days of digging in soft dirt.
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因为在软土中挖洞花了两天时间。
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The next artist is Kay Overstry,
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下一名艺术家是凯·欧瓦斯屈，
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and she's interested in ephemerality and transience.
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她的兴趣在寿命短暂和稍纵即逝的事物上。
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And in her most recent project,
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在她多数最近的项目中，
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it's called "Weather I Made."
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这名为“我制造的天气。”
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And she's making weather
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她以她的身体为准
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on her body's scale.
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来制造天气。
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And this piece is "Frost."
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这个作品是“白霜。”
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And what she did was she went out on a cold, dry night
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她所做的是，在一个寒冷而干燥的晚上出去
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and breathed back and forth on the lawn
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不断对这草坪呼气
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to leave --
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留下 --
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to leave her life's mark,
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留下她生命的印记，
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the mark of her life.
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她生命的印记。
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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And so this is five-foot, five-inches of frost
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这是她所留下的
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that she left behind.
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五英尺长五英寸宽的白霜。
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The sun rises, and it melts away.
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太阳升起，它就融化了。
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And that was played by my mom.
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这是由我母亲出演的。
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So the next artist, this is a group of Japanese artists,
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下一位艺术家，这是一群日本艺术家，
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a collective of Japanese artists --
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一个日本艺术家的集体 --
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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in Tokyo.
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在东京。
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And they were interested in developing a new, alternative art space,
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他们的兴趣在开发一个新的、非主流的艺术领域。
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and they needed funding for it,
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他们需要获得资助，
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so they decided to come up with some interesting fundraising projects.
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因此他们决定提出一些有趣的募捐项目。
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One of these is scratch-off masterpieces.
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其中之一是刮刮卡。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And so what they're doing --
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他们所做的是 --
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each of these artists on a nine-by-seven-inch card,
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每个艺术家在一个9×7英寸的卡片上，
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which they sell for 10 bucks,
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每张他们卖10美元，
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they drew original works of art.
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在上面画上原创的艺术作品。
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And you buy one, and maybe you get a real piece, and maybe not.
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你买一个，也许你能得到一个真的作品，也许不能。
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Well this has sparked a craze in Japan,
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这在日本引发了热潮，
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because everyone's wanting a masterpiece.
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And the ones that are the most sought after
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那些最火的作品
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are the ones that are only barely scratched off.
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And all these works, in some way,
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所有这些工作，在某种意义上，
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talk about luck or fate or chance.
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与幸运、命运或机会有关。
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Those first two
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这前面的两幅
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are portraits of mega-jackpot winners years before and after their win.
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百万大奖中奖者在中奖前后的肖像。
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And in this one it's called "Drawing the Short Stick."
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这幅作品名为“画这根短棍。”
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(Laughter)
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I love this piece because I have a little cousin at home
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我喜欢这些作品，因为在家乡我有个小表弟
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who introduced me -- which I think is such a great introduction --
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他某天在向一位朋友介绍我时 -- 我认为这是很棒的介绍 --
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to a friend one day as, "This is my cousin Shea.
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他说“这是我表哥薛。
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He draws sticks real good."
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他画棍子画的非常好。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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Which is one of the best compliments ever.
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这是最好的称赞之一。
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This artist is Gus Weinmueller,
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这是艺术家格斯·魏德米勒
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and he's doing a project, a large project, called "Art for the Peoples."
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他在做一个项目，一个大项目，名为“给人民的艺术。”
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And within this project, he's doing a smaller project
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在这个项目中，他在做一个更小的项目
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called "Artists in Residence."
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名为“居所中的艺术家。”
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And what he does is --
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他所做的是 --
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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he spends a week at a time with a family.
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他每次和一个家庭呆上一周。
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And he shows up on their porch, their doorstep,
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他出现在他们的走廊上、他们的门阶，
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with a toothbrush and pajamas,
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穿着睡衣拿着牙刷，
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and he's ready to spend the week with them.
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他准备与他们一起度过一周。
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And using only what's present,
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就地取材，
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he goes in and makes a little abode studio to work out of.
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他进去做一个小工作室进行创作。
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And he spends that week talking to the family
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他花一周时间与家庭成员谈天
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about what do they think great art is.
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谈他们认为伟大的艺术是什么。
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He has all these discussions with their family,
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他与他们家庭中所有成员都进行这些探讨。
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and he digs through everything they have,
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他从他们拥有的一切事物中挖掘，
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and he finds materials to make work.
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发现可以用于创作的素材。
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And he makes a work
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他创作出作品
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that answers what they think great art is.
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来回应他们认为的伟大的艺术品是什么。
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For this family, he made this still-life painting.
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对这个家庭来说，他创作了这幅静物画。
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And whatever he makes
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无论他创作的是什么
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somehow references nesting and space
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总会以某种方式与休息所、空间
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and personal property.
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和个人财产有关。
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This next project,
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这是下一个项目，
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this is by Jaochim Parisvega,
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由Jaochim Parisvega创作，
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and he's interested in --
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他的兴趣在于 --
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he believes art is everywhere waiting --
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他相信艺术就在各种地方等待着 --
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that it just needs a little bit of a push to happen.
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只是需要一点推动就会出现。
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And he provides this push by harnessing natural forces,
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他通过控制自然的力量来提供这一推动，
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like in his series where he used rain to make paintings.
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如在他的专辑中使用了雨来绘画。
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This project is called "Love Nests."
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这项目名为“爱巢。”
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What he did was to get wild birds to make his art for him.
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他做的就是让野生鸟类为他创作。
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So he put the material in places where the birds were going to collect them,
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因此他把原材料放到鸟儿收集材料的地方，
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and they crafted his nests for him.
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它们为他精心制作鸟巢。
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And this one's called "Lovelock's Nest."
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这名为“秀发之巢。”
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This one's called "Mixtape Love Song's Nest."
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这名为“自选恋曲之巢。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And this one's called "Lovemaking Nest."
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这个名为"做爱之巢。"
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(Laughted)
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Next is Sylvia Slater.
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下一位是西维亚·斯莱特。
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Sylvia's interested in art training.
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西维亚的兴趣在艺术培训。
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She's a very serious Swiss artist.
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她是位非常严肃的瑞士艺术家。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And she was thinking about her friends and family
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她在考虑着那些生活在混乱不堪的地方
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who work in chaos-ridden places and developing countries,
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和在发展中国家的她的朋友们和家人，
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and she was thinking,
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她在思考，
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what can I make that would be of value to them,
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我能为他们做些什么有价值的事情，
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in case something bad happens
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万一有不幸发生
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and they have to buy their way across the border
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他们不得不买通跨越边境的道路
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or pay off a gunman?
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或是买通一名枪手。
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And so she came up with creating
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因此她提出创建
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these pocket-sized artworks
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这些口袋大小的艺术品
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that are portraits of the person that would carry them.
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是随身携带这些作品的人的肖像。
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And you would carry this around with you,
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你会随身带着这个，
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and if everything went to hell, you could make payments
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如果情况变糟，你可以用于付款
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and buy your life.
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救你一命。
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So this life price
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因此这一生命的价钱
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is for an irrigation non-profit director.
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是为一名非营利团体总监做的。
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So hopefully what happens is you never use it,
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因此希望你永远也用不上它，
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and it's an heirloom that you pass down.
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可以在你去时候作为传家宝传下去。
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And she makes them so they could either be broken up into payments,
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她把它们做出来，因此它们既可以拆开用于付款，
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or they could be like these, which are leaves that can be payments.
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或是像这些，这些叶子能用于付款。
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And so they're valuable. This is precious metals and gemstones.
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因此它们是有价值的。这是贵金属和宝石。
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And this one had to get broken up.
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这一个已经被打碎了。
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He had to break off a piece to get out of Egypt recently.
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最近他不得不打碎一片才得以逃出埃及。
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This is by a duo, Michael Abernathy and Bud Holland.
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这是由二人组，迈克尔·阿伯内亚和巴德·荷兰。
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And they're interested in creating culture,
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他们的兴趣在于创造文化，
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just tradition.
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仅仅是传统。
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So what they do is they move into an area
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因此他们做的是进入一个领域
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and try to establish a new tradition in a small geographic area.
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试着在一个小的地理范围内建立一个新的传统。
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So this is in Eastern Tennessee,
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这是美国田纳西州东部，
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and what they decided was
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他们决定做的是
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that we need a positive tradition
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我们需要一个与死亡相关的
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that goes with death.
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积极正面的传统。
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So they came up with "dig jigs."
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因此他们提出了捷格舞。
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And a dig jig --
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捷格舞 --
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a dig jig is where,
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捷格舞是在
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for a milestone anniversary or a birthday,
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重要的周年纪念或是生日上跳的，
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you gather all your friends and family together
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聚集起朋友和家人
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and you dance on where you're going to be buried.
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去将要埋葬你的地方跳舞。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And we got a lot of attention when we did it.
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我们这么做时广受瞩目。
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I talked my family into doing this, and they didn't know what I was doing.
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我说服我的家人做这件事，他们不知道我在做什么。
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And I was like, "Get dressed for a funeral. We're going to go do some work."
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我大致说到，“身着葬礼礼服。我们要去做些事。”
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And so we got to the grave and made this, which was hilarious --
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我们来到墓穴前，开始跳了起来，非常愉快 --
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the attention that we got.
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很受瞩目。
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So what happens is you dance on the grave,
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这就是在墓穴前跳舞时所发生的。
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and after you've done your dance,
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在跳完之后，
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everyone toasts you and tells you how great you are.
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每个人都送上祝福，告诉你你有多棒。
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And you in essence have a funeral
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你基本上有了一个
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that you get to be present for.
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你自己参加了的葬礼。
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That's my mom and dad.
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这是我妈妈和爸爸。
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This is by Jason Birdsong.
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这是詹森·伯德桑。
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He is interested in how we see as an animal,
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他的兴趣在于我们如何看待动物，
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how we are interested in mimicry and camouflage.
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我们对模仿和伪装有多大兴趣。
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You know, we look down a dark alley
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各位知道，我们望向一条漆黑的小巷
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or a jungle path,
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或是一条林中小径，
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trying to make out a face or a creature.
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试着拼凑出一张脸或是一个生物。
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We just have that natural way of seeing.
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我们仅仅是利用了视觉的自然方式。
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And he plays with this idea.
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他以这个观点为基础。
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And this piece: those aren't actually leaves.
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这个作品：这些不是真的树叶。
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They're butterfly specimens who have a natural camouflage.
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它们是有着自然伪装的蝴蝶标本。
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So he pairs these up.
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他把它们配对起来。
12:16
There's another pile of leaves.
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这是另一堆树叶。
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Those are actually all real butterfly specimens.
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这些是真的蝴蝶标本。
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And he pairs these up with paintings.
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他把他们配对起来用于绘画。
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Like this is a painting of a snake in a box.
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就像是一条蛇在盒子里的绘画。
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So you open the box and you think, "Whoa, there's a snake in there."
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如果打开盒子你会觉得，“这儿有条蛇。”
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But it's actually a painting.
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但这真的是幅画。
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So he makes these interesting conversations
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他创作出这些
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about realism and mimicry
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存在于真实与伪装之间的有趣的会话
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and our drive to be fooled by great camouflage.
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以及我们被很棒的伪装所愚弄。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
12:40
The next artist is Hazel Clausen.
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下一位艺术家是黑泽尔·克劳森。
12:43
Hazel Clausen is an anthropologist who took a sabbatical
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黑泽尔·克劳森是位人类学家，她休了个假
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and decided, "You know, I would learn a lot about culture
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决定，“你知道，如果我从头创建一个不存在的文化，
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if I created a culture that doesn't exist from scratch."
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我要学很多与文化相关的东西。”
12:51
So that's what she did.
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这就是她所作的。
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She created the Swiss people named the Uvulites,
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她创造了这个名为Uvulites的瑞士人，
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and they have this distinctive yodeling song
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他们有种有特色的
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that they use the uvula for.
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用小舌演出的歌。
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And also they reference how the uvula --
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他们也提供了如何使用小舌的参考 --
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everything they say is fallen
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他们说任何话都是降调
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because of the forbidden fruit.
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因为禁果的缘故。
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And that's the symbol of their culture.
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这是他们文化的符号。
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And this is from a documentary
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这来自一部纪录片
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called "Sexual Practices and Populations Control
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名为“Uvulites人中的性行为和
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Among the Uvulites."
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人口控制。”
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This is a typical angora embroidery for them.
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这是他们典型的安哥拉毛刺绣。
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This is one of their founders, Gert Schaeffer.
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这是他们的创立者，格特·谢弗。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And actually this is my Aunt Irene.
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实际上这是我姑姑艾琳。
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It was so funny having a fake person
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让一个假的人物
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who was making fake things.
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来做假的事情太有趣了。
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And I crack up at this piece,
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我看到这个作品时爆笑了，
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because when I see it I know that's French angora
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因为当我看到它时，我知道这是法国安哥拉羊毛
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and all antique German ribbons
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和德国的古董缎带
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and wool that I got in a Nebraska mill
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我从内布拉斯加工厂买来的
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and carried around for 10 years
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携带了10年的羊毛
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and then antique Chinese skirts.
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和古董中式裙子。
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The next is a collective of artists
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下面是一组名为
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called the Silver Dobermans,
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银色杜宾的艺术家。
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and their motto is to spread pragmatism
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他们的格言是一次一人地
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one person at a time.
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传播实用主义。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
13:57
And they're really interested
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他们真正的兴趣在于
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in how over-coddled we've become.
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我们是如何变得过度娇气的。
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So this is one of their comments on how over-coddled we've become.
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这是他们对我们如何变得过度娇气的评论。
14:06
And what they've done
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他们所做的是
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is they put a warning sign on every single barb on this fence.
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在这个围栏上的每个倒钩上挂上一个警告标志。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
14:19
And this is called "Horse Sense Fence."
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这个名为“常识围栏。”
14:22
The next artist is K. M. Yoon,
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下一位艺术家是K. M. 尹，
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a really interesting South Korean artist.
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一位真正有趣的韩国艺术家。
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And he's reworking a Confucian art tradition
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他在重做儒家艺术传统的
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of scholar stones.
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学者石。
14:30
Next is Maynard Sipes.
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下一位是梅纳德·西普斯。
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And I love Maynard Sipes,
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我喜欢梅纳德·西普斯，
14:34
but he's off in his own world,
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但他关闭在他自己的世界中，
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and, bless his heart, he's so paranoid.
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神保佑他，他非常的多疑。
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Next is Roy Penig,
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下一位是罗伊·佩尼希，
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a really interesting Kentucky artist,
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一位非常有趣的肯塔基州艺术家，
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and he's the nicest guy.
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他是最和蔼的家伙。
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He even once traded a work of art for a block of government cheese
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他有一次甚至用一件作品换取了一块政府干酪
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because the person wanted it so badly.
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因为这个人实在是太想要了。
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Next is an Australian artist, Janeen Jackson,
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下面是一位澳大利亚艺术家，贾宁·杰克逊，
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and this is from a project of hers
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这来自她的
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called "What an Artwork Does When We're Not Watching."
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名为“艺术作品在没人看时做什么”的项目
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
15:06
Next is by a Lithuanian fortune teller, Jurgi Petrauskas.
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下面由立陶宛的算命者Jurgi Petrauskas创作的。
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Next is Ginger Cheshire.
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下面是Ginger Cheshire。
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This is from a short film of hers called "The Last Person."
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这来自她名为“最后的人”的短片。
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And that's my cousin and my sister's dog, Gabby.
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这是我表妹和我姐姐的狗，Gabby。
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The next, this is by Sam Sandy.
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接下来，是由山姆·桑迪创作。
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He's an Australian Aboriginal elder,
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他是一位澳大利亚土著长者，
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and he's also an artist.
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他也是名艺术家。
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And this is from a large traveling sculpture project
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这来自一个他正在做的
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that he's doing.
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大型旅游雕塑项目。
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This is from Estelle Willoughsby.
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这来自埃斯特尔·威洛比。
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She heals with color.
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她善用颜色。
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And she's one of the most prolific of all these hundred artists,
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她是这百位艺术家中最多产的艺术家之一，
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even though she's going to be 90 next year.
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尽管明年她就要90岁了。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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This is by Z. Zhou,
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这是由Z. Zhou创作，
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and he's interested in stasis.
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他的兴趣在于静止。
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Next is by Hilda Singh,
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下一位是希尔达·辛格，
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and she's doing a whole project called "Social Outfits."
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她在做一个名为“社会机构”的项目。
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Next is by Vera Sokolova.
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下一个由维拉·索科洛娃创作。
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And I have to say, Vera kind of scares me.
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我不得不说，conversations有点让我害怕。
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You can't look her directly in the eyes
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你无法直视她的眼睛，
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because she's kind of scary.
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因为她有点吓人。
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And it's good that she's not real;
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还好她不是真实的；
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she'd be mad that I said that.
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听到我这么说她会生气的。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And she's an optometrist in St. Petersburg,
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她是名圣彼得堡的验光师，
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and she plays with optics.
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她与光学打交道。
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Next, this is by Thomas Swifton.
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下一个，这是托马斯·斯威夫特的作品。
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This is from a short film, "Adventures with Skinny."
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这来自一部短片，“皮包骨历险记”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And this is by Cicily Bennett,
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这是西西利·班尼特的作品，
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and it's from a series of short films.
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它来自一系列短片。
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And after this one, there's 77 other artists.
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这之后，还有77位其他艺术家。
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And all together with those other 77 you're not seeing,
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所有这些和77位其他还没见到的艺术家
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that's my biennial.
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就是我的双年展。
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Thank you. Thank you.
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谢谢大家。谢谢大家。
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Thanks.
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谢谢。
16:32
(Applause)
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（掌声）
16:37
Thank you. Thanks.
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谢谢大家。谢谢。
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shea Hembrey - Artist and curatorShea Hembrey explores patterns from nature and myth. A childhood love of nature, and especially birdlife, informs his vision.
Why you should listen
Shea Hembrey's art imitates nature’s forms, in an attempt to appreciate how humans have always appropriated and learned from forms in nature. An early fascination with birds (as a teenager, he was a licensed breeder of migratory waterfowl), led to "Mirror Nests," a series of metal replicas of bird nests exhibited at Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology observatory.
Hembrey works with focused concentration on a single project, letting his research into his subject direct the media and methods of the final product. He has produced works on folk and faith healing inspired by his healer grandfather, and his view of art was profoundly changed while studying Maori art while he was a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to New Zealand.
Shea Hembrey | Speaker | TED.com