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Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms
娜塔莉·米巴赫：风暴的艺术
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艺术家娜塔莉·米巴赫将暴风雨等天气数据转变成复杂嘅雕塑，代表佐艺术同埋时间嘅力量。而呢地雕塑又再演变成弦乐四重奏演奏嘅乐谱。
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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（音乐）
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What you just heard
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你刚刚听到嘅，
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are the interactions of barometric pressure, wind and temperature readings
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就系从2007年诺尔飓风中记低嘅
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that were recorded of Hurricane Noel in 2007.
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气压计,强风和温度嘅度数嘅协奏曲。
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The musicians played off a three-dimensional graph of weather data like this.
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音乐家们演奏嘅其实系一个3D嘅音乐数据图，就好似呢果。
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Every single bead, every single colored band,
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每一粒珠子，每一条彩色线，
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represents a weather element
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都代表佐一种天气元素，
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that can also be read as a musical note.
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亦代表佐一种音符。
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I find weather extremely fascinating.
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我发现天气好有趣。
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Weather is an amalgam of systems
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佢系由我地大部分人都睇唔到嘅
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that is inherently invisible to most of us.
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各种系统构成嘅。
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So I use sculpture and music
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所以，我用佐雕塑同音乐
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to make it, not just visible,
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来实现佢，令佢“可视”，
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but also tactile and audible.
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而且“可触”，“可听”。
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All of my work begins very simple.
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我嘅工作嘅开始都好简单。
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I extract information from a specific environment
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我用很简易嘅方法，
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using very low-tech data collecting devices --
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来从特定环境入边抽取信息，
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generally anything I can find in the hardware store.
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几乎所有工具都可以从五金店入边买到。
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I then compare my information to the things I find on the Internet --
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然后，我将我得到嘅呢地信息同我系网上稳到嘅——
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satellite images, weather data
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果地从气象站，海上浮标上得到嘅
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from weather stations as well as offshore buoys.
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卫星图像，天气数据信息进行对比。
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That's both historical as well as real data.
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既有历史数据，亦有现实数据。
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And then I compile all of these numbers on these clipboards that you see here.
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然后，我将呢地数字汇编系呢地写字板上面，就系你宜家睇到呢个。
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These clipboards are filled with numbers.
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上面写满佐数字。
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And from all of these numbers,
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由呢地数字出发，
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I start with only two or three variables.
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我由两到三种变量开始。
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That begins my translation process.
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“翻译”过程开始啦。
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My translation medium is a very simple basket.
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我嘅“翻译”介质就系一个好简单嘅竹篮。
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A basket is made up of horizontal and vertical elements.
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一个篮，有横向同纵向嘅元素。
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When I assign values to the vertical and horizontal elements,
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当我赋予呢地横向、纵向嘅元素新嘅意义时，
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I can use the changes of those data points over time
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我就可以用呢地随着时间变化嘅数据点，
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to create the form.
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来创造呢种艺术嘅形式。
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I use natural reed,
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我用天然芦苇，
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because natural reed has a lot of tension in it
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因为天然嘅芦苇很有韧性，
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that I cannot fully control.
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我无法完全控制佢。
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That means that it is the numbers that control the form,
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呢个意味着，系呢地数据控制着形式，
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not me.
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而唔系我。
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What I come up with are forms like these.
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我最终得到嘅就系好似呢地嘅形式。
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These forms are completely made up
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呢地完全由天气数据或者系科学数据
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of weather data or science data.
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构成嘅形式。
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Every colored bead, every colored string,
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每一粒彩珠，彩条，
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represents a weather element.
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代表佐一种天气元素。
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And together, these elements, not only construct the form,
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呢地元素系一起，唔单单建构出一种形式，
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but they also reveal behavioral relationships
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更建构佐一种两位空间
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that may not come across
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无法表达出嘅一种
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through a two-dimensional graph.
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元素间嘅行为关系。
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When you step closer, you actually see
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你如果行近D，你会睇到
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that it is indeed all made up of numbers.
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呢个完全系由数字搭建而成嘅。
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The vertical elements
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呢地垂直嘅元素
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are assigned a specific hour of the day.
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代表一日之内特定嘅时间。
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So all the way around, you have a 24-hour timeline.
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所以，一圈代表佐24个小时。
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But it's also used to assign a temperature range.
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不过佢亦都表示佐温度嘅范围。
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On that grid, I can then weave the high tide readings,
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系呢上边，我可以加入涨潮嘅度数，
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water temperature, air temperature and Moon phases.
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水温，气温同埋月相。
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I also translate weather data into musical scores.
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我都将呢地天气数据转化成佐音符。
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And musical notation allows me a more nuanced way
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乐谱呢种方式，俾佐我一种翻译信息
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of translating information
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更细腻，
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without compromising it.
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更无损嘅方式。
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So all of these scores are made up of weather data.
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呢地乐谱都系由天气数据编成嘅。
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Every single color, dot, every single line,
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每一种颜色，每一条线，
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is a weather element.
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都系一种音乐元素。
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And together, these variables construct a score.
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加埋一齐，呢地变量就构成佐一份乐谱。
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I use these scores to collaborate with musicians.
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我同音乐家们合作演奏呢地乐谱。
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This is the 1913 Trio
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佢地系“1913三重奏”，
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performing one of my pieces
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演奏梗我一件被Milwakee 艺术博物馆
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at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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收藏嘅作品。
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Meanwhile, I use these scores as blueprints
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同时，我又以呢地乐谱为蓝本，
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to translate into sculptural forms like this,
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将佢地翻译成甘样嘅雕塑作品，
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that function still in the sense
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佢地一样可以发挥
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of being a three-dimensional weather visualization,
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令天气3D“可视化”嘅作用，
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but now they're embedding
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不过依家，佢地嵌入佐
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the visual matrix of the musical score,
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音符嘅视觉形式，
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so it can actually be read as a musical score.
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所以佢可以好似乐谱一样被阅读。
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What I love about this work
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正系因为佢挑战佐我地以前嘅假想，
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is that it challenges our assumptions
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即系对艺术同科学界内嘅可视语言嘅界定，
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of what kind of visual vocabulary belongs in the world of art, versus science.
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令我对佢喜爱有加。
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This piece here is read very differently
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要点样睇呢件作品
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depending on where you place it.
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取决于你将佢摆系边。
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You place it in an art museum, it becomes a sculpture.
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如果你摆系博物馆入边，佢就系件雕塑。
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You place it in a science museum,
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摆系科学博物馆入边，
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it becomes a three-dimensional visualization of data.
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佢就变成佐一件3D可视嘅数据模型。
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You place it in a music hall,
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你将佢摆系音乐厅度，
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it all of a sudden becomes a musical score.
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佢突然间就会变成佐一份乐谱。
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And I really like that,
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我好中意呢个，
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because the viewer is really challenged
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因为观者关于视觉语言嘅定义
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as to what visual language
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被挑战佐，
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is part of science versus art versus music.
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系科学，艺术，定系音乐嘅一部分？（求指教~）
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The other reason why I really like this
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我中意呢个嘅另一个原因，
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is because it offers an alternative entry point
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就系佢提供佐另外一种
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into the complexity of science.
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接近呢地复杂嘅科学嘅方法。
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And not everyone has a Ph.D. in science.
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唔系所有人都系学自然科学嘅博士。
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So for me, that was my way into it.
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对于我来讲，呢个就系我接近科学嘅方法。
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Thank you.
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多谢。
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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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