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Golan Levin: Software (as) art
GoLan Levin 软件工程 （用于） 艺术
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工程师兼艺术家Golan Levin 推动视听和科技的可能极限。 在这个令人惊叹的TED演讲中，他展示了他的两个程序来表现他最原始的创作。
Golan Levin - Experimental audio-visual artist
Half performance artist, half software engineer, Golan Levin manipulates the computer to create improvised soundscapes with dazzling corresponding visuals. He is at the forefront of defining new parameters for art. Full bio
Half performance artist, half software engineer, Golan Levin manipulates the computer to create improvised soundscapes with dazzling corresponding visuals. He is at the forefront of defining new parameters for art. Full bio
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Imagine spending seven years at MIT and research laboratories,
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想象一下七年呆在麻省理工(大学)和研究实验室，
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only to find out that you're a performance artist.
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仅仅发现你是一个表演艺术家。
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(Laughter)
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（大笑）
00:39
I'm also a software engineer,
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我也是一个软件工程师，
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and I make lots of different kinds of art with the computer.
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我也用电脑表现了很多不同形式的艺术。
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And I think the main thing that I'm interested in
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我认为我最感兴趣的事
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is trying to find a way of
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是尝试找到一种途径
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making the computer into a personal mode of expression.
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让计算机变成个人的表达模式。
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And many of you out there are the heads of Macromedia and Microsoft,
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台下许多人是宏媒体（公司）和微软（公司）的领头人，
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and in a way those are my bane:
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他们在某种程度上局限着我：
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I think there's a great homogenizing force
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我认为这里有种强大的均质力量，它使
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that software imposes on people and limits the way they think
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软件强制于人们并且局限人们
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about what's possible on the computer.
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关于计算机可能性的思维。
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Of course, it's also a great liberating force that makes possible,
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当然，它也是一种强大的释放力量，这能实现（其）可能性，
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you know, publishing and so forth, and standards, and so on.
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就象，发表论文，接着，制定标准，等等。
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But, in a way, the computer makes possible much more
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但是，在某种程度上，计算机的功能超出
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than what most people think, and my art has just been about
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大多数人的想象，这就是我的艺术作品
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trying to find a personal way of using the computer,
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（我）尝试找到一个使用计算机的个人方法，
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and so I end up writing software to do that.
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而最终我用软件程序完成了。
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Chris has asked me to do a short performance,
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Chris 叫我做一个短的演示，
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and so I'm going to take just this time -- maybe 10 minutes --
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所以我将要用 -- 大概10分钟 --
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to do that, and hopefully at the end have just a moment
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展示，希望在最后有时间
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to show you a couple of my other projects in video form.
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介绍一些我其它的视频项目。
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
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We've got about a minute left.
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我们还有一分钟。
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I'd just like to show a clip from a most recent project.
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我就展示一段我最新项目的视频。
13:28
I did a performance with two singers
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我做了一个关于两个歌手的表演
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who specialize in making strange noises with their mouths.
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他们擅长用嘴发出奇怪的噪音。
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And this just came off last September at ARS Electronica;
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这是来自于最近9月份的ARS 电子（组织）；
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we repeated it in England.
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我们在英格兰也展示了一遍。
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And the idea is to visualize their speech and song behind them
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这个想法是使他们的演讲和背景音乐形象化
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with a large screen.
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用一个大规模的屏幕。
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We used a computer vision tracking system
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我们用了一个计算机视觉跟踪系统
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in order to know where they were.
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去追踪他们的位置。
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And since we know where their heads are,
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自从我们知道他们的头在哪以后，
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and we have a wireless mic on them
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我们在他们身上安装了无线麦克风
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that we're processing the sound from,
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这样我们可以处理声音的来源。
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we're able to create visualizations
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我们能够创造形象化（的表演模式）
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which are linked very tightly to what they're doing with their speech.
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这把他们如何处理他们的演讲连接的非常紧密。
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This will take about 30 seconds or so.
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这个将要用大概30秒钟。
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He's making a, kind of, cheek-flapping sound.
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他正在发出，一种，拍面颊的声音。
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Well, suffice it to say it's not all like that, but that's part of it.
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好吧，足以说明不是全是这样，但是这是其中的一部分。
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Thanks very much. There's always lots more.
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非常感谢。总是有很多（要展示）。
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I'm overtime, so I just wanted to say you can, if you're in New York,
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我超时了，所以我想说的是你能，如果你在纽约，
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you can check out my work at the Whitney Biennial next week,
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下个星期，你能在Whitney Biennial 查看我的作品
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and also at Bitforms Gallery in Chelsea.
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同时在切儿西的Bitforms 画廊。
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And with that, I think I should give up the stage,
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在此，我想我应该下去了，
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so, thank you so much.
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非常感谢大家（听我的演讲）。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Golan Levin - Experimental audio-visual artistHalf performance artist, half software engineer, Golan Levin manipulates the computer to create improvised soundscapes with dazzling corresponding visuals. He is at the forefront of defining new parameters for art.
Why you should listen
Having worked as an academic at MIT and a researcher specializing in computer technology and software engineering, Golan Levin now spends most of his time working as a performance artist. Rest assured his education hasn't gone to waste, however, as Levin blends high tech and customized software programs to create his own extraordinary audio and visual compositions. The results are inordinately experimental sonic and visual extravaganzas from the furthest left of the field.
Many of his pieces force audience participation, such as Dialtones: A Telesymphony, a concert from 2001 entirely composed of the choreographed ringtones of his audience. Regularly exhibiting pieces in galleries around the world, and also working as an Assistant Professor of Electronic Time-Based Art at Carnegie Mellon University, Levin is unapologetically pushing boundaries to define a brave new world of what is possible.
His latest piece, Double-Taker (Snout), is installed at the Pittsburg Museum of Art.
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