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Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms
娜塔莉･米巴克：风暴之艺术
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艺术家娜塔莉･米巴克将大量风暴的气象数据转化成复杂的雕塑，令其体现了自然与时间的力量。这些雕塑又成为一个弦乐四重奏的乐谱。
Nathalie Miebach - Artist
Nathalie Miebach is a Boston-based artist who translates weather data into complex sculptures and musical scores. Full bio
Nathalie Miebach is a Boston-based artist who translates weather data into complex sculptures and musical scores. Full bio
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What you just heard
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你刚刚听到的
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are the interactions of barometric pressure, wind and temperature readings
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是我们在2007年录下的诺尔飓风的
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that were recorded of Hurricane Noel in 2007.
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气压，风速和气温数据
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The musicians played off a three-dimensional graph of weather data like this.
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音乐家演奏的是这个一个三维的气象数据图
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Every single bead, every single colored band,
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每一个珠子和彩带
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represents a weather element
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代表着一个气象元素
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that can also be read as a musical note.
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也可以视作一个音符
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I find weather extremely fascinating.
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我发现气候是非常令人惊叹的东西
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Weather is an amalgam of systems
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气候是我们大多数人
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that is inherently invisible to most of us.
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看不见的系统的结合
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So I use sculpture and music
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所以我用雕塑和音乐
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to make it, not just visible,
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来创造它，不只是让其可见
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but also tactile and audible.
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并且可以触摸和听到
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All of my work begins very simple.
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我所有的工作开始都很简单
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I extract information from a specific environment
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我用很低技术含量的数据收集装置
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using very low-tech data collecting devices --
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提取特定环境的信息－－
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generally anything I can find in the hardware store.
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工具就是你能在五金店找到的那些
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I then compare my information to the things I find on the Internet --
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然后我把收集到的信息和网上可查的
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satellite images, weather data
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气象站和海上浮标的
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from weather stations as well as offshore buoys.
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卫星云图及气象数据进行对比
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That's both historical as well as real data.
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包括历史数据和实时数据
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And then I compile all of these numbers on these clipboards that you see here.
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你可以在这些速记板上看见我汇编的这些数据
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These clipboards are filled with numbers.
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上面全是数字
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And from all of these numbers,
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在这些数字里
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I start with only two or three variables.
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我从两三个变量开始
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That begins my translation process.
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进行翻译工作
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My translation medium is a very simple basket.
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我的翻译工具就是个篮子
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A basket is made up of horizontal and vertical elements.
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一个由经纬线组成的篮子
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When I assign values to the vertical and horizontal elements,
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当我对纵轴和横轴赋值
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I can use the changes of those data points over time
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我就能用长期积累的数据
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to create the form.
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来编织其形态
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I use natural reed,
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我用的是芦苇
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because natural reed has a lot of tension in it
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因为芦苇很有韧性
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that I cannot fully control.
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我无法完全控制
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That means that it is the numbers that control the form,
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这就意味着这些数字控制其形状
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not me.
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而不是我
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What I come up with are forms like these.
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最后得到的造型是这样的
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These forms are completely made up
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这些造型完全的通过
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of weather data or science data.
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气象数据或者说科学数据形成的
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Every colored bead, every colored string,
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每一个珠子和彩带
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represents a weather element.
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都是一个气象元素
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And together, these elements, not only construct the form,
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这些元素不仅仅组成了这个雕塑
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but they also reveal behavioral relationships
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也展示了二维图片
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that may not come across
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无法展现的
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through a two-dimensional graph.
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元素间的行为关系
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When you step closer, you actually see
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当你靠近它
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that it is indeed all made up of numbers.
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可以看出它确实由数字产生
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The vertical elements
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纵轴是
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are assigned a specific hour of the day.
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一天里的具体时间
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So all the way around, you have a 24-hour timeline.
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所以一圈是24小时
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But it's also used to assign a temperature range.
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同时也表示气温的范围
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On that grid, I can then weave the high tide readings,
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在此框架下我就能把高潮数据
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water temperature, air temperature and Moon phases.
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水温，气温和月相编进去
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I also translate weather data into musical scores.
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我也把气象数据翻译成乐谱
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And musical notation allows me a more nuanced way
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音符提供了一种更细致的
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of translating information
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没有损失的
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without compromising it.
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信息翻译方式
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So all of these scores are made up of weather data.
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这些乐谱都是用气象数据写成的
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Every single color, dot, every single line,
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每一个颜色，每一条线
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is a weather element.
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都是一个气象元素
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And together, these variables construct a score.
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这些变量共同组成乐谱
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I use these scores to collaborate with musicians.
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我用这些乐谱和音乐家门编曲
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This is the 1913 Trio
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这是1913 Trio
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performing one of my pieces
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在 Milwaukee艺术博物馆
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at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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演奏我的一个作品
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Meanwhile, I use these scores as blueprints
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同时我使用这些乐谱作为蓝图
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to translate into sculptural forms like this,
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转变这样的雕塑
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that function still in the sense
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仍然具备
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of being a three-dimensional weather visualization,
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三维化可视气候的功能
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but now they're embedding
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但现在有了可视的
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the visual matrix of the musical score,
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乐谱嵌入其中
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so it can actually be read as a musical score.
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它就可以作为一个乐谱阅读
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What I love about this work
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我喜欢这个作品的一点是
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is that it challenges our assumptions
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它挑战了我们对可视词汇
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of what kind of visual vocabulary belongs in the world of art, versus science.
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在科学世界和艺术世界中的假设
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This piece here is read very differently
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这个作品被放置不同的地方
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depending on where you place it.
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有不同的解读方法
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You place it in an art museum, it becomes a sculpture.
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你把它放在艺术博物馆，这是个雕塑
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You place it in a science museum,
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放在科学博物馆
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it becomes a three-dimensional visualization of data.
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它就是数据的三维可视化
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You place it in a music hall,
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放在音乐厅
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it all of a sudden becomes a musical score.
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它又成了一份乐谱
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And I really like that,
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我喜欢这点
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because the viewer is really challenged
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因为这对观众常认为
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as to what visual language
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可视化语言是科学的一部分
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is part of science versus art versus music.
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而不是艺术和音乐的看法是一种挑战
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The other reason why I really like this
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另一个原因是
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is because it offers an alternative entry point
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它提供了一种不同的
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into the complexity of science.
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接触科学复杂性的视角
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And not everyone has a Ph.D. in science.
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不是每个人都有个自然科学学科的博士学位
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So for me, that was my way into it.
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因为对我来说，这是我的方式
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nathalie Miebach - ArtistNathalie Miebach is a Boston-based artist who translates weather data into complex sculptures and musical scores.
Why you should listen
Nathalie Miebach's work focuses on the intersection of art and science and the visual articulation of scientific observations. Her woven sculptures interpret scientific data related to astronomy, ecology and meteorology in three-dimensional space. Her pieces simulatneously function as works of art, aural embodiments of data (musical compositions) and instruments that illustrate environmental change.
By utilizing artistic processes and everyday materials, Miebach questions and expands the boundaries of traditional science data visualization -- and provokes expectations of what visual vocabulary is considered to be in the domain of science and art. Miebach is a TEDGlobal 2011 Fellow.
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