ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tomás Saraceno - Artist
Tomás Saraceno invites us to consider the impossible, like spiders that play music or cities in the sky.

Why you should listen

Tomás Saraceno’s oeuvre could be seen as an ongoing research informed by the worlds of art, architecture, natural sciences, astrophysics and engineering. His floating sculptures, community projects and interactive installations propose and explore new, sustainable ways of inhabiting and sensing the environment.

Aerocene, an open-source community project for artistic and scientific exploration initiated from Saraceno's vision, becomes buoyant only by the heat of the sun and infrared radiation from the surface of earth. In 2015, Saraceno achieved the world record for the first and longest certified fully-solar manned flight. During the past decade, he has initiated collaborations with renowned scientific institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute, the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, and institutions of the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, among them Imperial College and the Natural History Museum London.

Saraceno lectures in institutions worldwide and directed the Institute of Architecture-related Art (IAK) at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany (2014–2016). He was the first person to scan, reconstruct and re-imagine spiders' weaved spatial habitats, and he possesses the only three-dimensional spider web collection to existence. He has held residencies at Centre National d’Études Spatiales (2014–2015), MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (2012–ongoing) and Atelier Calder (2010), among others. In 2009, Saraceno attended the International Space Studies Program at NASA Ames. The same year he presented a major installation at the 53rd Venice Biennale, and was later awarded the prestigious Calder Prize. Saraceno's work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; SFMOMA, San Francisco; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin; among others.

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TED2017

Tomás Saraceno: Would you live in a floating city in the sky?

托马斯.塞拉瑟诺: 你会住在一个浮在空中的泡泡里么?

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在这个妞转了科学和艺术的TED演讲中,托马斯.塞拉瑟诺展示了一系列他从空气中得到灵感并创作的雕塑和装置艺术。这整个项目“AEROCENE”代表了一个全新更环保的时代。从巨大的,像一片云似的悬浮于22米高空的游乐场,到一个进行了环球旅行但却未用一滴石油的热气球。塞拉瑟诺的作品引领我们去探索人类脆弱的边界和陆地的各种生态系统共生的可能性。
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This is my favorite喜爱 place地点 on earth地球,
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这是我在这个地球上最喜欢的地方
位于玻利维亚的乌尤尼盐沼
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Salar撒拉族 de Uyuni乌尤尼 in Bolivia玻利维亚.
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And when it's covered覆盖
in a thin layer of water,
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当其被一层薄薄的水面笼罩,
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it reflects反映 the clouds.
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它倒印着空中的云彩
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There are days when you feel
as if you're floating漂浮的 among其中 the clouds.
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某些天里你能感受到浮在云中的感觉
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But there are days
when the horizon地平线 disappears消失;
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而这种水平感在另一些日子里又会消失
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there's no longer a top最佳 or a bottom底部.
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分不清哪里是天空,哪里是地面
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You feel immersed沉浸 in something bigger.
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你能感到被一些巨大的东西包围着
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It was there that one night
I woke醒来 up from a dream梦想,
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一天夜里,我正好从梦中醒来,
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and I saw that the stars明星
were also reflected反射的 on the water.
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我看见,星星也被倒映在水面上
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And that wasn't a dream梦想.
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而这竟然不是一个梦
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It was as if you could walk步行
among其中 the stars明星.
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你似乎可以在星星中漫步
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With every一切 step I took,
the stars明星 reverberated回荡 under my feet.
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当我迈出每一步,星星都在我的足底显露出来
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It was like I was floating漂浮的 in the universe宇宙
among其中 clouds of galaxies星系.
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我就像漂浮在宇宙中,和千万个星系一起
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But what's floating漂浮的 there today今天
are not just clouds of galaxies星系
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可是现在那里浮着的可不仅仅是银河和云朵
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but also clouds of plastic塑料.
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还有和云一样多的塑料垃圾
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These are the footprints脚印
we're leaving离开 on the planet行星.
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这将是我们留在这个地球上的脚印
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They're signs迹象 of an era时代
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这是一个时代的纪念
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in which哪一个 the behavior行为 of some humans人类
is making制造 a global全球 impact碰撞
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一些人的做法造成了生态圈中
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on our ecosystems生态系统.
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全球性的影响
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This era时代 is called the Anthropocene人类世.
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这个时代被称作:“人类纪元”
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There's also another另一个 type类型
of toxic有毒的 clouds that float浮动 in the air空气,
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在空中,同样也悬浮着有毒的云层
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like the ones那些 that form形成
from carbon dioxide二氧化碳 emissions排放
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比如由二氧化碳排放引起的
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and from the burning燃烧 of fossil化石 fuels燃料 --
oil, carbon, gas加油站 --
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由燃烧化石燃料导致的~油、炭和天然气...
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clouds that, when we see them,
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这些云看起来
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pollute污染 our dreams.
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已经影响到了我们的梦境
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I don't know about all of you,
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我不知道你怎么想
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but I've always dreamed梦见 of floating漂浮的
among其中 the clouds.
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我可一直做着浮在云端的美梦
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Maybe today今天 we can imagine想像 together一起
other types类型 of clouds,
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也许今天我们可以畅想别的一些云
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clouds we can live生活 with.
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能和我们和平共处的云
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If you're wondering想知道
about that photo照片, I'll explain说明:
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如果你对这幅图片感到费解,那么听我解释:
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it looks容貌 like a collage大学
or photomontage蒙太奇 -- something weird奇怪的.
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它就像一个拼图或重复曝光的底片——一个怪玩意儿
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No; it's reality现实.
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其实,这就是现实。
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But sometimes有时 I ask myself:
What is reality现实?
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但是有些时候我问我自己:什么是现实?
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According根据 to Alexander亚历山大 Kluge克鲁格:
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亚历山大.克鲁格提出:
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"Human人的 beings众生 are not
interested有兴趣 in reality现实.
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“人类才不在乎什么是现实
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They can’t be; it’s part部分
of the human人的 essence本质.
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他们不能够体会,这就是人性的本质之一”
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They have desires欲望.
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他们有欲望
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These desires欲望 are totally完全 opposed反对
to any form形成 of reality现实.
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他们的欲望与现实恰恰相反
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They prefer比较喜欢 to lie谎言
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他们宁可说谎
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than to become成为 divorced离婚
from their desires欲望."
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也不愿意从他们的欲望中抽身
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But how can we learn学习
to float浮动 among其中 the clouds?
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可我们怎么样才能漂浮在云间呢?
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As an artist艺术家, I thought we could start开始
building建造 a flying飞行 museum博物馆.
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作为一个艺术家,我觉得我们应当造一个飞行博物馆
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You're probably大概 wondering想知道:
With plastic塑料 bags包装袋?
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你或许奇怪:用塑胶袋么?
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In 2007, with a community社区 of people
all over the world世界,
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在2007年,一个由全球各地的人组成了一个组织
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we began开始 to collect搜集 used plastic塑料 bags包装袋 --
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我们开始收集废弃的塑胶袋
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not new ones那些.
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不是新的塑料袋
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And we washed them,
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我们清洗它们
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we cut them up,
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将它们剪开
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we glued胶合 them together一起,
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在用胶水粘在一起
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and we began开始 to draw on them,
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最后我们在上面画画
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creating创建 a huge巨大 canvas帆布.
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这是一个巨大的画布
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We made制作 a collection采集 of drawings图纸,
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我们完成了一个巨幅的拼接作品
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of personal个人 stories故事
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阐述着各人的故事
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and of friendships友谊.
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关于友谊
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And when you join加入 them,
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而当你也加入
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bend弯曲 them and fold them,
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弯曲并折叠它们时
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it creates创建 a space空间 full充分 of air空气.
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它形成了一个完全由空气组成的空间
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When the sun太阳 comes up from the horizon地平线,
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当阳光从地平线中升起
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the museum博物馆 rises上升 up to the sky天空.
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这个博物馆便飘到天空上
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That's why we call it,
"The Aero-Solar航空太阳能 Museum博物馆."
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这就是我们之所以叫它“气流-太阳能 博物馆”的原因
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And from this simple简单 idea理念,
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也是因为这个简单的想法
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we learned学到了 how to float浮动 in the air空气
in a radically根本 new way,
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我们学会了一种崭新的漂浮在空中的形式
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without using运用 any type类型 of fuel汽油.
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不必使用任何燃料
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The difference区别 in temperature温度
between之间 the interior室内 and the exterior外观
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浮力来源于球体内外的温度差
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is what makes品牌 us rise上升 up.
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使得我们可以飞向空中
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That way,
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这样,
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we don't use fossil化石 fuels燃料
or helium or hydrogen;
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我们就不需要化石燃料、氦气、或者氢气
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we don't use solar太阳能 panels面板
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也不用太阳能板
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or batteries电池 or motors马达.
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电池、或引擎
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We discovered发现 a way that's simple简单,
clean清洁 and accessible无障碍 to the whole整个 world世界
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我们发现了一个如此简单,清洁,并且容易获得的主意
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to lift电梯 ourselves我们自己 up.
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来吧我们升到天空
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I remember记得 when I was at NASANASA in 2009
with 120 engineers工程师.
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我记得2009年我还在NASA时,和120位机械工程师一起
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You guys know, too,
when you go up in a plane平面,
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你们也知道,当你乘飞机起飞
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the control控制 panels面板 are gigantic巨大.
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那些控制器都是庞然大物
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And what we're doing is really complex复杂,
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我们所做的事情其实是很复杂的
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and when I started开始 coming未来 in
with the plastic塑料 bags包装袋, saying,
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然后我就带着我的塑胶袋出现了
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"But we have a different不同 way ..."
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并向大家说:“我有一个新办法......“
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people had a hard time
understanding理解 the concept概念.
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人们要理解这个主意并不简单
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Seeing眼见 the power功率 of this idea理念,
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而看到这个主意的力量的人们
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we started开始 to initiate发起 a new era时代;
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我们开始了一个新的纪元
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one that would leave离开 behind背后
the violence暴力 of the Anthropocene人类世
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一个与“人类中心论”的粗暴相背离的
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and give way to a new era时代,
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另一个新的纪元
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which哪一个 we call the "AeroceneAerocene" --
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我们叫它:“空气中心论”
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an era时代 of ecological生态 awareness意识,
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一个以环保为核心的纪元,
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in which哪一个 we learn学习 to float浮动 together一起,
live生活 together一起 in the air空气,
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在这个纪元中,我们学会漂浮并一起生活在天空中
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and come to an ethical合乎道德的 commitment承诺
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并且和大气层,以及地球本身
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with the atmosphere大气层 and with planet行星 earth地球.
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形成了一种伦理上的承诺
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That's why I've brought
this backpack背包 today今天.
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这也是今天我为什么背着这个背包的原因
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Let's see ...
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让我们看看...
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OK. This is a balloon气球
that we also refer参考 to as a sculpture雕塑.
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是的,这是个气球,我们也叫它雕塑
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And if it's sunny晴朗 out tomorrow明天,
we can go out and fly --
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而且如果明天是个晴天,我们就可以一起出门放飞它~
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though虽然, no, the weather天气
in Vancouver温哥华 isn't --
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可惜温哥华的天气实在不给力
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(Laughter笑声)
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(观众大笑)
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it's not very ...
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不是特别
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very favorable有利.
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令人愉快的天气
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So, what other features特征 does it have?
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所以,它还有什么别的特征呢?
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It has sensors传感器 that, when it moves移动,
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它配备了探测器,当它移动时
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make sort分类 of drawings图纸 in the air空气.
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就开始在天空中作画
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It also has other sensors传感器.
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它也装备了其他的感应器
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I always think that first
you have to feel it,
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我总是在想,你们得亲身摸一摸它
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and then you can measure测量 it;
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你才对他有感觉
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you need to hear the sounds声音
of the atmosphere大气层,
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你得亲耳听听着大气层的声音
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of the climate气候, of the hot air空气,
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天气,和热空气,
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in order订购 to then measure测量 the ozone臭氧,
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才能量化臭氧层结构
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the carbon dioxide二氧化碳.
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二氧化碳的浓度
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We're developing发展 these sensors传感器
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我们正在开发这些探测器
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together一起 with different不同 communities社区
all over the world世界
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与全世界不同的社群一起合作
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in order订购 to reconnect重新连接 with the climate气候,
the temperature温度 and the environment环境,
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一起与天气、温度和环境达成一种新的联系
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because there are other
species种类 in the air空气;
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因为在空中还生活着其他的物种
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in these excursions游览
towards the atmosphere大气层,
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在我们迈向大气的集体进步中,
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we're not alone单独.
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我们并不孤单
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The air空气 is full充分 of clouds of life.
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空气中充满了一朵朵云的生命体
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We live生活 at the bottom底部 of an ocean海洋 of air空气.
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我们其实住在由空气层组成的海洋的洋底
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And this same相同 sculpture雕塑,
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还有这个雕塑
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this exact精确 one in my hands,
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我手里正拿着的这个
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flew 375 miles英里 -- 12 hours小时 --
from Germany德国 to Poland波兰,
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飞了375英里,在十二个小时内,从德国到波兰
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on a fuel-free燃油免费 trip.
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没用一滴石油
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But it wasn't free自由 from crossing路口 borders国界.
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可是它没能通过国境的边界
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The trip was much more complicated复杂
than what we imagined想象;
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这趟旅行比我们最初想象的要复杂许多
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air空气 space空间 is as regulated调控 and militarized军事化
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制空权也是由军队捍卫和管理的
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as land土地 space空间.
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和国土一样
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To fly using运用 the winds,
the heat of the sun太阳
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我们利用风,和太阳的热度
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and the radiant辐射的 energy能源 of the earth地球
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以及地球本身散发的辐射能
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is complex复杂 and beautiful美丽.
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飞翔,是一件即复杂又优美的事儿
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But even more complex复杂
will be getting得到 the permits许可证
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可更难的是
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to cross交叉 the air空气 space空间
of each of the different不同 countries国家
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让那些国家允许我们
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that we fly over using运用 wind.
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乘风飞过他们的边境
05:53
At COP警察21, the Paris巴黎 Climate气候 Conference会议,
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在COP21,在巴黎召开的环境会议上,
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we presented呈现 these spherical球形 sculptures雕塑
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我们阐述了这些球形雕塑的意义
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that could transport运输 us
all over the world世界.
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说起它如何能带着乘客到达世界的每一个角落
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But how can we fly using运用 the wind
to arrive到达 at our destination目的地?
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可是,只依赖风的话我们怎么能准确的到达地点呢?
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Together一起 with MITMIT, we developed发达 a program程序
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和麻省理工大学一起,我们建立了一个项目
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that predicts预测 how we can navigate导航
the wind highways公路.
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来预测我们将如何利用风的“高速路”飞行
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For example, if I had to return返回
to Berlin柏林 from Vancouver温哥华,
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比如说,如果我要从温哥华飞回柏林
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the first thing I would need to do
is choose选择 an altitude高度.
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第一件我要做的事情,是选一个高度
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At different不同 altitudes高度,
there are different不同 directions方向
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在不同的高度上,风的方向是不同的
06:21
and different不同 speeds速度.
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速度也是不同的
06:24
The red line线 is tomorrow明天
and the orange橙子, the day after tomorrow明天.
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红线代表了明天,而橙线,代表着后天
06:27
And there it goes.
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那么
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You can see, the best最好 day
to fly back to Berlin柏林 --
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你可以看出:飞回柏林的最佳出发日是~
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so now, traveling旅行 using运用 only wind --
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只靠风力的话--
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is in six days.
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在六天后
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And we can get to 105 miles英里
from the center中央 of Berlin柏林
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我们可以到达距离柏林市中心105英里的地方
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without burning燃烧 a single drop下降 of fuel汽油,
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不燃烧一滴汽油
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being存在 transported only by wind currents电流.
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只利用到气流的助动力
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So we thought that these trajectories轨迹
that we drew德鲁 with the wind
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所以,我们想这些我们用风画出的一道道轨迹
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could become成为 signatures签名, declaring声明
"Independence独立 from Fossil化石 Fuels燃料 Day."
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可以变成签名,宣布今天是“汽油终结日”
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More and more of us
are experiencing经历 the air空气
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越来越多的人加入我们,并体验气流
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in a different不同 way.
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带给他们全新的感受
06:59
You're all familiar with Earth地球 Day.
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你们大家都知道“地球日”
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We think we should also celebrate庆祝 Air空气 Day:
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我想我们也应该庆祝一下“空气日”
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it's a pact协议 that we make with the earth地球,
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这是我们与地球结成的一个约定
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an ethical合乎道德的 commitment承诺 to the atmosphere大气层.
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一个和我们的大气层签订的伦理上的承诺
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But let's keep thinking思维 and dreaming做梦.
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但同时,让我们保持思考和梦想
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We've我们已经 learned学到了 that the bigger
the sculptures雕塑 are,
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我们知道,雕塑越大,
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the more weight重量 they can lift电梯.
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它能加载的重量更重,
07:18
Remember记得,
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请记住
07:20
they rise上升 up only with hot air空气
that's been heated加热 by the sun太阳.
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它们能升起完全是因为太阳辐射加热了空气
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Using运用 this approach途径, we can learn学习
to build建立 gardens花园 in the air空气.
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利用这个手段,我们可以尝试建造出空中花园
07:29
Could we one day live生活 in a garden花园
the size尺寸 of the earth地球?
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我们会不会有一天真的住在一个地球这么大的花园中?
07:33
Could we live生活 in an ecosystem生态系统
floating漂浮的 among其中 the clouds?
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我们能不能住在云层里?
07:37
Answering回答 these questions问题
isn't just a technological技术性 challenge挑战;
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要回答这些问题,可不只是一个技术上的挑战
07:41
it's a way to reexamine复审
the freedom自由 of movement运动 between之间 countries国家,
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而是一个考验国与国中间自由行动的能力
07:46
and of overcoming克服 the political政治,
social社会, cultural文化 and military军事 restrictions限制
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以及排除政治、社会、文化和军队的控制
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of contemporary现代的 societies社会.
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这些现代社会的制度
07:51
Because in the end结束,
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因为归根究底
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the air空气 belongs属于 to everybody每个人
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空气是属于每一个人的
07:55
and doesn't answer回答 to any government政府.
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它不听任何国家的指挥
07:58
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
08:05
And like we said earlier,
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就和我之前说的那样
08:06
our imagination想像力 is the force
that allows允许 us to create创建 these places地方.
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我们的想象本身就是让我们前行的动力
08:10
This is an installation安装 I did
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这是我做的一个装置艺术
08:12
at the Metropolitan宗主 Museum博物馆
of Art艺术 in New York纽约.
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在纽约的大都会美术馆展出。
08:15
It asks the question:
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它提出了一个问题:
08:16
What might威力 these transnational跨国
spaces空间 be like?
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这些跨越国际的空间将是什么模样?
08:19
And once一旦 we inhabit居住于 those spaces空间,
we need to learn学习 how to move移动 within them,
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当我们真正生活在这样的空间中,我们如何在里面移动?
08:24
to walk步行 among其中 the clouds,
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在云中漫步,
08:26
where every一切 movement运动 affects影响
everyone大家 else's别人的 movements运动;
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每一个人的行动都会干扰到另一个人的轨迹
08:29
the body身体 weight重量 and proximity接近
between之间 people
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不同的人的体重和距离也将是一个命题
08:33
will cause原因 the space空间 to expand扩大 ...
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它会导致这个空间或是膨胀
08:35
or contract合同.
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或是紧缩
08:38
There we are, suspended暂停
72 feet in the air空气.
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于是,当我们高悬在72英尺的高空时,
08:41
When two or more people
get too close together一起,
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当两个人靠的太近,
08:44
even those farthest最远 away are affected受影响 --
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甚至那些了他们很远的人也可以感知到
08:48
everyone大家 falls下降 to the same相同 spot.
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所有人落在同一个点上,
08:50
These are fragile脆弱 ecosystems生态系统.
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这是一个十分脆弱的生态系统,
08:53
And it's between之间 these spheres
that we build建立 nets that connect us.
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所以在这些生态球中,我们要拉起网来连接人们
08:58
There are moments瞬间
when we have to face面对 the void空虚,
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有些时候,当我们面对一片虚无
09:01
and fear恐惧 can paralyze瘫痪 us.
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恐惧也许会使我们麻木
09:04
One of the most beautiful美丽 things
about this exhibit展示
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这个展示最美妙的一点
09:06
is the sense of solidarity团结 generated产生
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就是对实体的构建
09:08
when we face面对 these new "aero-graphs航空图."
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当我们面对这些新的“空气-图”时
09:11
Finally最后,
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最后
09:13
let me tell you one last story故事.
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让我告诉你们一个故事
09:15
On July七月 16, 1945,
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在1945年7月16日,
09:17
on the White白色 Sands金沙 of New Mexico墨西哥,
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在新墨西哥程的白沙地上,
09:19
an atomic原子 bomb炸弹 was detonated引爆
for the first time.
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一个原子弹被首次发射了
09:23
As a result结果 of this explosion爆炸,
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而这场爆炸的后果
09:25
a cloud of radioactive放射性的 particles粒子
disseminated传播 all over the earth地球,
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就是将放射性的粒子通过风传遍了全球
09:29
marking印记 the beginning开始
of the Anthropocene人类世 era时代.
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这标志着“人类纪元”的开始
09:33
Seventy七十 years年份 later后来, on November十一月 8, 2015,
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七十年后,在2015年11月8日
09:36
in the same相同 place地点,
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同样的地点
09:38
another另一个 event事件 occurred发生.
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另一件事发生了
09:40
For the first time in history历史,
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在人类历史上
09:42
we lifted取消 a person into the air空气
using运用 only the sun太阳,
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我们首次将一个人带到空中,而只利用了太阳的热量
09:45
without burning燃烧 any fossil化石 fuels燃料.
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不燃烧一滴石油
09:48
As the sun太阳 rose玫瑰 up above以上 the horizon地平线,
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当太阳从地平线上升起
09:50
we rose玫瑰 up, too,
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我们也缓缓上升
09:52
silently默默,
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轻轻地
09:54
slowly慢慢地,
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慢慢地
09:55
with no explosions爆炸.
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没有爆炸
09:56
We felt as if gravity重力 had been inverted;
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我们感到似乎重力被反转了
10:00
it wasn't pulling us
toward the center中央 of the earth地球,
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我们不再被重力拽向地面
10:02
but toward the universe宇宙.
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而是朝着宇宙升腾
10:05
If Neil尼尔 Armstrong阿姆斯特朗 said,
when he walked on the moon月亮,
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如果Neil Armstrong在月球漫步的时候说出
10:08
"That's one small step for man,
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”这是一个人的一小步
10:09
one giant巨人 leap飞跃 for mankind人类,"
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却是全人类的一大步“
10:12
perhaps也许 what we ought应该 to ask ourselves我们自己 is:
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也许我们应当自省的问题是:
10:14
What steps脚步 do we need to take today今天?
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我们究竟应当向何处迈步
10:17
In the AeroceneAerocene era时代,
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在这个空气纪元的时代
10:19
our steps脚步 are much smaller,
but radically根本 different不同;
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我们的脚步变的更小,但彻底的不同了
10:24
they're steps脚步 that began开始 with a bag
full充分 of air空气 and wishes祝福,
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我们的脚步包括了一大口袋的空气和梦想
10:29
but that can carry携带 us
to independence独立 from fossil化石 fuels燃料
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它能够带着我们走向零石油的明天
10:33
and the opportunity机会 to celebrate庆祝 Air空气 Day;
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而这个庆祝”空气日“的机会
10:35
steps脚步 that won't惯于 leave离开 footprints脚印
on other planets行星
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将不会落在另一个星球的表面上,
10:38
until直到 we've我们已经 learned学到了 to walk步行
in the atmosphere大气层 of this one.
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在我们学会在我们自己的大气中漫步,
10:42
The landscapes景观 are tiny
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景观就变得微小,
10:44
and the steps脚步 are tiny,
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迈得步子也不大,
10:46
but I hope希望 we can take them together一起.
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但是我希望,我们可以将其结合。
10:48
And I'm sure that these steps脚步 will lead us
much further进一步 than the moon月亮,
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我还坚信,这些脚步将带领我们到达远超过月球的距离,
10:52
so we can learn学习 to float浮动
with our feet on the ground地面.
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所以,让我们学会漂浮,脚踏实地地。
10:56
Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
10:57
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by JING JING ZOU
Reviewed by 相辉 刘

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tomás Saraceno - Artist
Tomás Saraceno invites us to consider the impossible, like spiders that play music or cities in the sky.

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Tomás Saraceno’s oeuvre could be seen as an ongoing research informed by the worlds of art, architecture, natural sciences, astrophysics and engineering. His floating sculptures, community projects and interactive installations propose and explore new, sustainable ways of inhabiting and sensing the environment.

Aerocene, an open-source community project for artistic and scientific exploration initiated from Saraceno's vision, becomes buoyant only by the heat of the sun and infrared radiation from the surface of earth. In 2015, Saraceno achieved the world record for the first and longest certified fully-solar manned flight. During the past decade, he has initiated collaborations with renowned scientific institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute, the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, and institutions of the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, among them Imperial College and the Natural History Museum London.

Saraceno lectures in institutions worldwide and directed the Institute of Architecture-related Art (IAK) at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany (2014–2016). He was the first person to scan, reconstruct and re-imagine spiders' weaved spatial habitats, and he possesses the only three-dimensional spider web collection to existence. He has held residencies at Centre National d’Études Spatiales (2014–2015), MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (2012–ongoing) and Atelier Calder (2010), among others. In 2009, Saraceno attended the International Space Studies Program at NASA Ames. The same year he presented a major installation at the 53rd Venice Biennale, and was later awarded the prestigious Calder Prize. Saraceno's work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; SFMOMA, San Francisco; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin; among others.

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