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Amanda Williams - Visual artist
Amanda Williams blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities.

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The landscapes in which Amanda Williams operates are the visual residue of the invisible policies and forces that have misshapen most inner cities. Her installations, paintings, video and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar -- and raise questions about the state of urban space in America in the process.

Williams has exhibited widely, including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, a solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. She is a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grantee, an Efroymson Family Arts Fellow, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a member of the multidisciplinary Museum Design team for the Obama Presidential Center. She is this year's Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and has previously served as a visiting assistant professor of architecture at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. She lives and works on Chicago's south side.

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Amanda Williams: Why I turned Chicago's abandoned homes into art

阿曼达·威廉姆斯: 我将芝加哥废弃房屋艺术化的原因

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在这篇强有力的视觉演讲中,阿曼达·威廉姆斯分享了她毕生对色彩复杂性的迷恋:从她对种族影响贷款的经历,到她对色彩理论的研究,再到她作为艺术家的工作。让我们与威廉姆斯一起前往芝加哥南部,探索“有色理论”,一个为期两年的艺术项目。在该项目中,她为即将被拆除的房屋涂上大胆的单色,并赋予了当地的意义——促进对话,使隐藏的东西可见。
- Visual artist
Amanda Williams blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities. Full bio

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我热爱色彩。
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I really love color颜色.
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我随时随地都在观察色彩。
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I notice注意 it everywhere到处 and in everything.
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My family家庭 makes品牌 fun开玩笑 of me
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我的家人常常开我的玩笑,
因为我喜欢用名字晦涩的颜色,
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because I like to use colors颜色
with elusive-sounding难以捉摸的声音 names,
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比如青瓷......
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like celadon青瓷 ...
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(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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淡褐色......
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ecru本色 ...
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carmine胭脂红.
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胭脂红。
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Now, if you haven't没有 noticed注意到,
I am black黑色, thank you --
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如果你还没注意到,
我是黑人,是的——
(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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而如果你像我一样
在一个种族分化严重的城市长大,
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and when you grow增长 up
in a segregated隔离 city as I have,
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像是芝加哥,
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like Chicago芝加哥,
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你会清晰地意识到
肤色和种族是不可分割的。
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you're conditioned条件 to believe
that color颜色 and race种族 can never be separate分离.
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There's hardly几乎不 a day that goes by
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人们不再关注你的肤色
几乎是不可能的。
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that somebody is not
reminding提醒 you of your color颜色.
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Racism种族主义 is my city's城市的 vivid生动 hue色调.
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种族歧视是我家乡的鲜明特色。
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Now, we can all agree同意 that race种族
is a socially社交上 constructed phenomenon现象,
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大家都知道种族是一种社会现象,
但是日常生活中
人们常常忽视了这一点。
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but it's often经常 hard to see it
in our everyday每天 existence存在.
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种族特色随处可见。
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Its pervasiveness普及 is everywhere到处.
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在我长大的社区,
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The neighborhoods社区 I grew成长 up in
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充满了各种各样人文景观。
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were filled填充 with a kind of
culturally文化 coded编码 beauty美女.
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主要的商业区充满了
颜色鲜艳的招牌,
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Major重大的 commercial广告 corridors走廊 were lined
with brightly明亮地 painted storefronts店面
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来吸引黑人消费者。
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that competed竞争 for black黑色 consumer消费者 dollars美元.
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街上充斥着各色商店的视觉混搭,
街角商铺,美容店,
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The visual视觉 mash-ups混搭 of corner stores商店
and beauty美女 supply供应 houses房屋,
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还有货币兑换商店。
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currency货币 exchanges交流,
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在这些地方,我不经意间
掌握了一些基本原理,
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are where I actually其实, inadvertently不经意间
learned学到了 the foundational基础 principles原则
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被称为色彩理论,
这是我后来才发现的。
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of something I would later后来
come to know is called color颜色 theory理论.
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I can remember记得 being存在 pretty漂亮 intimidated吓倒
by this term术语 in college学院 --
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我仍记得这个
让我受到惊吓的名字——
色彩理论。
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color颜色 theory理论.
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那些沉闷的白人大佬,
他们的论文,
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All these stuffy old white白色 guys
with their treatises论文
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还有那些朦胧的术语,
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and obscure朦胧 terminologies术语.
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我掌握了每一组配色
以及相关的原理。
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I'd mastered掌握 each one of their
color颜色 palettes调色板 and associated相关 principles原则.
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Color颜色 theory理论 essentially实质上 boils down
to the art艺术 and science科学
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色彩理论本质上可以归结于艺术与科学,
用颜色来体现布局以及空间。
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of using运用 color颜色 to form形成
compositions成分 and spaces空间.
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这并不复杂。
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It's not so complicated复杂.
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This was my bible圣经 in college学院.
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色彩原理就是我大学中的圣经。
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Josef约瑟夫 Albers阿尔伯斯 posited假设 a theory理论
about the color颜色 red,
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约瑟夫·阿尔伯斯提出了
一个关于红色的理论,
它总是困扰着我。
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and it always has stuck卡住 with me.
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他说可乐罐的标志性颜色是红色,
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He argues主张 that the iconic标志性的
color颜色 of a cola可乐 can is red,
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事实上,我们所有人
都认为它是红色的。
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and that in fact事实
all of us can agree同意 that it's red
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但是我们每一个人所想的红色
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but the kinds of reds红魔 that we imagine想像
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都是独一无二的。
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are as varied多变 as the number
of people in this room房间.
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So imagine想像 that.
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请想象一下。
我们从幼儿园就开始
接触基础的颜色——
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This color颜色 that we've我们已经 all been
taught since以来 kindergarten幼儿园 is primary --
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红,黄,蓝......
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red, yellow黄色, blue蓝色 --
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它们其实并不基础,
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in fact事实 is not primary,
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它们可以被简化。
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is not irreducible束缚,
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事实上这些颜色是
相对主观而不是相对客观的。
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is not objective目的 but quite相当 subjective主观.
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What?
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什么?
(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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阿尔伯斯管这叫“相关的”。
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Albers阿尔伯斯 called this "relational相关的."
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Relational相关的.
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相关的。
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And so it was the first time
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所以这是我第一次,
把我的社区视为一种关系环境。
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that I was able能够 to see my own拥有 neighborhood邻里
as a relational相关的 context上下文.
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Each color颜色 is affected受影响 by its neighbor邻居.
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社区影响着每一种颜色,
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Each other is affected受影响 by its neighbor邻居.
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影响着每一个人。
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In the 1930s,
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上个世纪三十年代,
美国政府建立了
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the United联合的 States状态 government政府 created创建
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联邦住宅管理局,
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the Federal联邦 Housing住房 Administration行政,
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他们画了一系列的地图,
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which哪一个 in turn created创建 a series系列 of maps地图
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which哪一个 were using运用 a color-coding颜色编码 system系统
to determine确定 which哪一个 neighborhoods社区
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并使用色彩编码系统来决定
哪些人可以收到联邦住房贷款。
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should and should not receive接收
federal联邦 housing住房 loans贷款.
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Their residential住宅 security安全 map地图
was its own拥有 kind of color颜色 palette调色板,
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他们在住房安全地图上
所使用的配色十分独特,
与我在大学研究的所有配色相比,
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and in fact事实 was more influential有影响
than all of those color颜色 palettes调色板
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这种配色实际上更具有影响力。
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that I had been studying研究
in college学院 combined结合.
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Banks银行 would not lend to people
who lived生活 in neighborhoods社区 like mine.
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银行不会给我们社区的人贷款。
我就住在D86区。
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That's me in D86.
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Their cartographers制图
were literally按照字面 coloring染色 in these maps地图
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我们在地图上的颜色
被标记为”危险“。
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and labeling标签 that color颜色 "hazardous危险."
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Red was the new black黑色,
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红色成为黑人的新代表色,
黑人社区都被标记为了红色。
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and black黑色 neighborhoods社区 were colored有色.
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The problem问题 persists仍然存在 today今天,
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这个问题至今仍存在,
特别是在丧失抵押品赎回权中尤为常见。
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and we've我们已经 seen看到 it most recently最近
in the foreclosure丧失抵押品赎回权 crisis危机.
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In Chicago芝加哥, this is best最好
symbolized象征 by these XsXs
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在芝加哥,
在房子的南面或者西面,
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that are emblazoned
on the fronts战线 of vacated腾空 houses房屋
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这些空置的房屋上刻着“X”。
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on the South and West西 Side.
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The reality现实 is that someone有人 else's别人的
color颜色 palettes调色板 were determining决定
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这些人的配色决定了
我存在的意义。
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my physical物理 and artistic艺术的 existence存在.
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Ridiculous荒谬.
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无稽之谈。
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I decided决定 that I'd create创建
my own拥有 color颜色 palette调色板
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我决定要创造自己独特的颜色,
并与周围的人交流,
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and speak说话 to the people
who live生活 where I do
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去改变用颜色定义我们的方式。
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and alter改变 the way
that color颜色 had been defined定义 for us.
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It was a palette调色板 that I didn't
have to search搜索 far for
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这是一个我不用过多检索的调色板,
不需要过多的查找文献,
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and look for in a treatise论文,
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因为我已经知道了。
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because I already已经 knew知道 it.
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What kind of painter画家
emerges出现 from this reality现实?
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什么样的画家会从现实中诞生?
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What color颜色 is urban城市的?
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都市是什么颜色的?
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What color颜色 is ghetto贫民区?
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贫民窟是什么颜色的?
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What color颜色 is privilege特权?
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特权是什么颜色的?
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What color颜色 is gang-related帮派相关?
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帮派是什么颜色的?
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What color颜色 is gentrification高档化?
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贵族是什么颜色的?
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What color颜色 is Freddie房地美 Gray灰色?
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弗雷迪·格雷是什么颜色的?
(美籍非裔,因警察暴力去世)
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What color颜色 is Mike麦克风 Brown棕色?
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迈克·布朗是什么颜色的?
(美籍非裔,被警方枪杀)
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Finally最后, I'd found发现 a way
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最终,我找到了一种方法,
把我对颜色的种族化理解
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to connect my racialized种族化
understanding理解 of color颜色
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和我对颜色的理论认知联系起来。
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with my theoretical理论
understanding理解 of color颜色.
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And I gave birth分娩 to my third第三 baby宝宝:
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所以我创造了第三个理论:
“有色理论”。
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"Color颜色(edED) Theory理论."
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(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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"Color颜色(edED) Theory理论"
was a two-year两年 artistic艺术的 project项目
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“有色理论”是一个
长达两年的艺术项目。
在这个项目中,我用自己的
调色板,用我独特的方式
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in which哪一个 I applied应用的 my own拥有 color颜色 palette调色板
to my own拥有 neighborhoods社区
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来装饰社区。
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in my own拥有 way.
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Now, if I walked down
79th Street right now
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现在,如果行走在79街上,
询问50名路人
“比青色更绿一点的颜色叫什么”,
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and I asked 50 people for the name名称
of the slightly greener更环保 shade阴凉处 of cyan青色,
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they would look at me sideways侧身.
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他们会很诧异地看着我。
(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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但如果我说:
“超亮(护发素品牌)是什么颜色的?”
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But if I say, "What color颜色
is Ultra Sheen光泽?" --
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他们的脸上便会浮出笑容,
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oh, a smile微笑 emerges出现,
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关于他们祖母浴室的故事也接踵而至。
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stories故事 about their
grandmother's祖母 bathroom浴室 ensue接踵而至.
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I mean, who needs需求 turquoise绿松石
when you have Ultra Sheen光泽?
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当你手头有这种护发素时,
谁会需要青绿色?
谁会需要蓝绿色?
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Who needs需求 teal青色 when you have Ultra Sheen光泽?
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谁会需要群青,如果你有......
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Who needs需求 ultramarine群青 when you have ...
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(观众)超亮。
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(Audience听众) Ultra Sheen光泽.
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(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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这正是我独特的调色板。
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This is exactly究竟 how I derived派生 my palette调色板.
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I would ask friends朋友 and family家庭
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我会问我的朋友和家人,
以及那些和我背景相似的人,
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and people with backgrounds背景
that were similar类似 to mine
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问起他们的故事和回忆。
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for those stories故事 and memories回忆.
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这些故事并不总是愉快的,
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The stories故事 weren't always happy快乐
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但产品的颜色总比
产品本身更容易引起共鸣。
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but the colors颜色 always resonated共鸣
more than the product产品 itself本身.
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I took those theories理论 to the street.
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我对街道的配色使用了这套理论。
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"Ultra Sheen光泽."
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”超亮“,
"粉油保湿霜"。
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"Pink Oil Moisturizer保湿."
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If you're from Chicago芝加哥,
"Harold's哈罗德的 Chicken Shack窝棚."
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如果你来自芝加哥,
你应该知道“哈罗的鸡肉小吃”。
(笑声)
07:29
(Laughter笑声)
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"货币兑换和安全通行证 ",
07:30
"Currency货币 Exchange交换 + Safe安全 Passage通道."
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07:34
"Flamin'弗拉明' Red Hots."
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"火红的火种",
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"Loose疏松 Squares广场" ...
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"松散方格",
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and "Crown王冠 Royal王室的 Bag."
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以及"烈酒装饰袋" 。
(以上为讲者对这些建筑的命名)
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I painted soon-to-be-demolished即将要被拆除 homes家园
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我给许多将要
被拆除的房子上了色,
那些房子在一个
充满非议的地区——恩格尔伍德。
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in a much-maligned备受指责 area called Englewood恩格尔伍德.
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We'd星期三 gather收集 up as much paint涂料
as I could fit适合 in my trunk树干,
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我们会尽可能在我的卡车上装满油漆,
我会叫上我最信任的艺术伙伴,
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I'd call my most trusted信任 art艺术 homies兄弟们,
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我的丈夫总会在身边支持我,
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my amazing惊人 husband丈夫 always by my side,
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然后我们会把建筑外的每一寸
都涂上同一种颜色。
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and we'd星期三 paint涂料 every一切 inch英寸 of the exteriors外景
in monochromatic单色 fashion时尚.
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08:08
I wanted to understand理解 scale规模
in a way that I hadn't有没有 before.
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我想用一种新的方法去理解比例。
我想在最大的画布上上色......
08:12
I wanted to apply应用 the colors颜色
to the biggest最大 canvas帆布 I could imagine想像 ...
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在房子上上色。
08:17
houses房屋.
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我在熟悉的街道上来回踱量,
08:18
So I'd obsessively痴迷 drive驾驶 up and down
familiar streets街道 that I'd grown长大的 up on,
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在城市信息查询处检查
08:23
I'd cross-reference交叉引用 these houses房屋
with the city's城市的 data数据 portal门户
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哪些建筑物将被摧毁——
08:27
to make sure that they'd他们会 been
tagged标记 for demolition拆除 --
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或已无法修复,或者是死者的故居。
08:29
unsalvageable不可挽救, left for dead.
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08:34
I really wanted to understand理解
what it meant意味着 to just let color颜色 rule规则,
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我十分想理解被颜色主宰的感觉,
相信直觉,
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to trust相信 my instincts本能,
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停止请求许可。
08:40
to stop asking for permission允许.
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不询问城市管理员的意见,
08:43
No meetings会议 with city officials官员,
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不需要社区认同,
08:45
no community社区 buy-in买入,
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让颜色主宰一切。
08:47
just let color颜色 rule规则
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我想在城南绘制不同的图案。
08:50
in my desire欲望 to paint涂料
different不同 pictures图片 about the South Side.
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09:02
These houses房屋 sit in stark与之形成鲜明 contrast对比
to their fully充分 lined counterparts同行.
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这些房子和它们周围的房屋
形成了鲜明的对比。
09:10
We'd星期三 paint涂料 to make them stand out
like Monopoly垄断 pieces
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在这样的环境中,我们把它们画得像
大富翁的房子一样显眼。
09:16
in these environments环境.
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09:18
And we'd星期三 go on these early Sunday星期日 mornings早晨
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我们常常在周日上午去,
一直到油漆用完或有人投诉。
09:21
and keep going until直到 we ran out
of that paint涂料 or until直到 someone有人 complained抱怨.
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09:30
"Hey, did you paint涂料 that?"
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”嘿,你在给那个房屋上色吗??
09:33
a driver司机 asked as I was taking服用
this image图片 one day.
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某一天我在拍这张图片的时候,
一个司机问我。
09:37
Me, nervously紧张:
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我紧张地回答道:
“是的。”
09:39
"Yes?"
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09:41
His face面对 changed.
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他的脸色瞬间变了。
“噢,我以为王子(Prince R. Nelson,
美国著名音乐家)要来了。”
09:42
"Aw, I thought Prince王子 was coming未来."
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(笑声)
09:45
(Laughter笑声)
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他从小在这附近长大,
09:48
He had grown长大的 up on this block,
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你可以想象当他开车经过的时候,
09:50
and so you could imagine想像
when he drove开车 past过去
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看到为数不多的老房子
在一夜之间神奇地改变了颜色,
09:52
and saw one of its last remaining其余 houses房屋
mysteriously神秘 change更改 colors颜色 overnight过夜,
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这显然不是因为眼花了,
09:57
it was clearly明确地 not
a Crown王冠 Royal王室的 bag involved参与,
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这可能是来自王子的秘密信号。
10:00
it was a secret秘密 beacon烽火 from Prince王子.
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(笑声)
10:03
(Laughter笑声)
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10:07
And though虽然 that block
was almost几乎 all but erased擦除,
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尽管那个街区几乎要被拆掉了,
但王子仍可能会突然出现在
意想不到的地方,
10:12
it was the idea理念 that Prince王子
could pop流行的 up in unexpected意外 places地方
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在音乐产业和社会都认为
不再有价值的区域,
10:18
and give free自由 concerts音乐会 in areas
that the music音乐 industry行业 and society社会
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举办免费音乐会,
10:22
had deemed认为 were not valuable有价值 anymore.
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10:26
For him,
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对他而言,
10:29
the idea理念 that just the image图片 of this house
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仅仅是这座房子的图片
就足以吸引王子前来。
10:33
was enough足够 to bring带来 Prince王子 there
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这意味着万事皆有可能。
10:36
meant意味着 that it was possible可能.
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在那一瞬间,
10:38
In that moment时刻,
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埃格尔斯顿的一小部分
已经成为皇室的代名词。
10:40
that little patch补丁 of Eggleston埃格尔顿
had become成为 synonymous代名词 with royalty王权.
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10:45
And for however然而 briefly简要地,
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简单来讲,
埃里克·班纳特的社区
已经恢复了价值。
10:47
Eric埃里克 Bennett's贝内特的 neighborhood邻里
had regained失而复得 its value.
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10:52
So we traded交易 stories故事
despite尽管 being存在 strangers陌生人
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所以虽然我们是陌生人,
但是我们互相交换了故事,
我们谈论了曾经念过的高中,
10:54
about which哪一个 high school学校 we'd星期三 gone走了 to
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从小生长的地方,
10:57
and where we'd星期三 grown长大的 up,
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还有一家
10:59
and Mrs太太. So-and-so's所以的 candy糖果 store商店 --
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在芝加哥南边的糖果店。
11:01
of being存在 kids孩子 on the South Side.
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一旦我表示
11:04
And once一旦 I revealed透露
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这个项目和王子
一点关系都没有时,
11:05
that in fact事实 this project项目 had
absolutely绝对 nothing to do with Prince王子,
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埃里克似乎是同意的,
11:09
Eric埃里克 nodded点头 in seeming表面上的 agreement协议,
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但当我们分开的时候,
11:11
and as we parted分手 ways方法 and he drove开车 off,
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他仍坚持,“王子还是有可能会来”。
11:14
he said, "But he could still come!"
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(笑声)
11:16
(Laughter笑声)
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他声明了这个项目的所有权,
11:19
He had assumed假定
full充分 ownership所有权 of this project项目
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并且不愿意放弃这个观点,
11:23
and was not willing愿意 to relinquish放弃 it,
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甚至对我这个创作者
也持有这个态度。
11:25
even to me, its author作者.
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11:28
That, for me, was success成功.
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那对我而言就是成功的。
11:32
I wish希望 I could tell you that this project项目
transformed改造 the neighborhood邻里
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我希望我可以告诉你们
这个项目改变了社区,
用那些我们依赖的指数:
11:37
and all the indices指数
that we like to rely依靠 on:
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新增工作岗位,犯罪率降低,
没有人酗酒——
11:40
increased增加 jobs工作,
reduced减少 crime犯罪, no alcoholism酗酒 --
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但事实上,它更灰暗。
11:46
but in fact事实 it's more gray灰色 than that.
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11:49
"Color颜色(edED) Theory理论"
catalyzed催化 new conversations对话
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“有色理论”促进了
关于黑人的价值新的讨论。
11:52
about the value of blackness.
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11:56
"Color颜色(edED) Theory理论" made制作 unmistakably明白地
visible可见 the uncomfortable不舒服 questions问题
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“有色理论”明确地指出
令人不适的问题,
那些组织和政府必须问问自己的问题,
12:02
that institutions机构 and governments政府
have to ask themselves他们自己
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他们为什么要这样做。
12:05
about why they do what they do.
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12:08
They ask equally一样 difficult questions问题
of myself and my neighborhood邻里 counterparts同行
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他们问我们难以回答的问题,
关于我们的价值体系,
12:13
about our value systems系统
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以及我们通往
集体组织的方式。
12:16
and what our path路径
to collective集体 agency机构 needs需求 to be.
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12:21
Color颜色 gave me freedom自由 in a way
that didn't wait for permission允许
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色彩给了我喘息的空间,
不需要得到许可,
也不需要肯定和包容。
12:25
or affirmation肯定 or inclusion包容.
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12:29
Color颜色 was something that I could rule规则 now.
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色彩是我可以自己主宰的东西。
12:34
One of the neighborhood邻里 members会员
and paint涂料 crew船员 members会员 said it best最好
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我的邻居兼上色伙伴
曾经说过一句很在理的话,
“这些行为没有改变我们的社区,
12:38
when he said, "This didn't
change更改 the neighborhood邻里,
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它”——或多或少——“改变了
12:41
it changed people's人们 perceptions看法 about
what's possible可能 for their neighborhood邻里,"
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人们对我们的看法。“
12:45
in big and small ways方法.
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12:47
Passersby路人 would ask me,
"Why are you painting绘画 that house
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路人可能会问我:
“为什么你要给这些房子上色呢?
政府马上就要拆了它们。”
12:50
when you know the city's城市的 just going
to come and tear眼泪 it down?"
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那时候,我往往没有答案,
12:53
At the time, I had no idea理念,
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我只知道我应该做些什么。
12:55
I just knew知道 that I had to do something.
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我愿意付出一切
为了更好地理解
12:58
I would give anything to better
understand理解 color颜色 as both a medium
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作为一种媒介
和我定义社会的方式的颜色。
13:03
and as an inescapable不可避免的 way
that I am identified确定 in society社会.
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13:08
If I have any hope希望
of making制造 the world世界 better,
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如果我对美好的世界抱有希望,
我必须热爱和利用
这两种我理解的方式,
13:12
I have to love and leverage杠杆作用
both of these ways方法 that I'm understood了解,
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那就是价值和色彩。
13:17
and therein在其中 lies the value and the hue色调.
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13:21
Thank you.
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谢谢。
(掌声)
13:22
(Applause掌声 and cheers干杯)
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Translated by Chen Yunru
Reviewed by Danyang Luo

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Amanda Williams - Visual artist
Amanda Williams blurs the distinction between art and architecture through works that employ color as a way to draw attention to the political complexities of race, place and value in cities.

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The landscapes in which Amanda Williams operates are the visual residue of the invisible policies and forces that have misshapen most inner cities. Her installations, paintings, video and works on paper seek to inspire new ways of looking at the familiar -- and raise questions about the state of urban space in America in the process.

Williams has exhibited widely, including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, a solo exhibition at the MCA Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. She is a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors grantee, an Efroymson Family Arts Fellow, a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and a member of the multidisciplinary Museum Design team for the Obama Presidential Center. She is this year's Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago and has previously served as a visiting assistant professor of architecture at Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis. She lives and works on Chicago's south side.

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