ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Tom Shannon - Sculptor
Tom Shannon's mixed-material sculpture seems to levitate -- often it actually does -- thanks to powerful magnets and clever arrangements of suspension wire. He designed the TED Prize trophy.

Why you should listen

Artist and inventor Tom Shannon's sculpture has been exhibited in galleries and institutions all around the world, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His clever orchestrations of hidden magnets and tiny suspension cables make otherwise inert materials such as steel and wood take on a truly otherworldly quality -- bringing objects like planets, stars and atoms to a scale you can understand (and touch).

Shannon also holds the patents for the first tactile telephone, a color television projector and a synchronous world clock that is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. He is developing a spherical helium airship whose entire surface is an LED video screen.

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Tom Shannon | Speaker | TED.com
John Hockenberry - Journalist
Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry has reported from all over the world in virtually every medium. He's the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence."

Why you should listen

Three-time Peabody Award winner, four-time Emmy award winner and Dateline NBC correspondent, John Hockenberry has broad experience as a journalist and commentator for more than two decades. He is the co-anchor of the public radio morning show “The Takeaway” on WNYC and PRI. He has reported from all over the world, in virtually every medium, having anchored programs for network, cable and radio. Hockenberry joined NBC as a correspondent for Dateline NBC in January 1996 after a fifteen-year career in broadcast news at both National Public Radio and ABC News. Hockenberry's reporting for Dateline NBC earned him three Emmys, an Edward R Murrow award and a Casey Medal.

His most prominent Dateline NBC reports include an hour-long documentary on the often-fatal tragedy of the medically uninsured, an emotionally gripping portrait of a young schizophrenic trying to live on his own, and extensive reporting in the aftermath of September 11th. In 2009 Hockenberry was appointed to the White House Fellows Commission by President Barack Obama where he participates in the selection of the annual Fellows for this most prestigious of Federal programs. Hockenberry is also the author of A River out of Eden, a novel based in the Pacific Northwest, and Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence, a memoir of life as a foreign correspondent, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1996. He has also written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, I.D., Wired, The Columbia Journalism Review, Details, and The Washington Post.

Hockenberry spent more than a decade with NPR as a general assignment reporter, Middle East correspondent and host of several programs. During the Persian Gulf War (1990-91), Hockenberry was assigned to the Middle East, where he filed reports from Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. He was one of the first Western broadcast journalists to report from Kurdish refugee camps in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Hockenberry also spent two years (1988-90) as a correspondent based in Jerusalem during the most intensive conflict of the Palestinian uprising. Hockenberry received the Columbia Dupont Award for Foreign News Coverage for reporting on the Gulf War.

 

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John Hockenberry | Speaker | TED.com
TED in the Field

Tom Shannon, John Hockenberry: The painter and the pendulum

Tom Shannon:用钟摆运动绘画的人

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TED团队仔细地参观了他的在曼哈顿的受科学启发的艺术工作室。通过一次与John Hockenberry的让人大开眼界的私人谈话,揭示了自然的力量——
- Sculptor
Tom Shannon's mixed-material sculpture seems to levitate -- often it actually does -- thanks to powerful magnets and clever arrangements of suspension wire. He designed the TED Prize trophy. Full bio - Journalist
Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry has reported from all over the world in virtually every medium. He's the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence." Full bio

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John约翰 HockenberryHockenberry: It's great to be here with you, Tom汤姆.
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John Hockenberry:很高兴见到你,Tom.
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And I want to start开始 with a question
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我想先问一个问题
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that has just been consuming消费 me
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从我熟悉你的作品开始
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since以来 I first became成为 familiar with your work.
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就一直让我着迷的问题。
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In you work there's always this kind of hybrid混合动力 quality质量
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自然的力量和创造力总是
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of a natural自然 force
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以某种方式混在一起
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in some sort分类 of interplay相互作用 with creative创作的 force.
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出现在你的作品里。
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Are they ever in equilibrium平衡
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你觉得在你的作品里,
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in the way that you see your work?
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它们是平衡的吗?
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Tom汤姆 Shannon香农: Yeah, the subject学科 matter that I'm looking for,
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Tom Shannon:通常我寻找的主要物质
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it's usually平时 to solve解决 a question.
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都是可以解决问题的。
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I had the question popped膨化 into my head:
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我突然想起有个问题,
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What does the cone锥体 that connects所连接 the sun太阳 and the Earth地球 look like
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如果能把太阳和地球两个球体连起来,
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if you could connect the two spheres?
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那么中间那个圆锥体会是怎么样的呢?
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And in proportion比例, what would the size尺寸 of the sphere领域
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这个椎体的尺寸,长度
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and the length长度, and what would the taper锥体 be to the Earth地球?
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和锥尖和地球有着怎样的比例关系呢?
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And so I went about and made制作 that sculpture雕塑,
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所以我着手解决它,并做了这个用
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turning车削 it out of solid固体 bronze青铜.
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铜铸的模型。
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And I did one that was about 35 feet long.
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我做了一个大概是35尺长的。
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The sun太阳 end结束 was about four inches英寸 in diameter直径,
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于是太阳端的直径大概是四寸,
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and then it tapered over about 35 feet
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高是35尺,
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to about a millimeter毫米 at the Earth地球 end结束.
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地球端的直径是大概是一毫米。
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And so for me, it was really exciting扣人心弦
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所以,对于我来说,就算只是看看它
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just to see what it looks容貌 like
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到底是怎样的都会十分令人兴奋。
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if you could step outside and into a larger context上下文,
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如果你可以踏出外面,走进一个更大的关系网中,
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as though虽然 you were an astronaut宇航员,
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就好像你成为了一名宇航员一样,
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and see these two things as an object目的,
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并把两个物体看做一个物体,
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because they are so intimately密切 bound,
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因为他们是如此密切的相关。
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and one is meaningless无意义的 without the other.
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任何一个物体如果缺少另一方的存在都会变得毫无意义。
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JHJH: Is there a relief浮雕
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JH:在与这些力量打交道的时候,
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in playing播放 with these forces军队?
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您是否曾有过一个信念呢?
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And I'm wondering想知道 how much of a sense of discovery发现 there is
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同时,我正思考说与这些力量打交道时,
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in playing播放 with these forces军队.
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发现新事物的直觉在其中占多少比重呢?
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TSTS: Well, like the magnetically levitated悬浮 objects对象 --
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TS:其实,好像磁悬浮物体一样,
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like that silver one there,
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比如说:那里那银做的作品。
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that was the result结果
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这是我经过上百次对
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of hundreds数以百计 of experiments实验 with magnets磁铁,
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磁力进行实验的结果,
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trying to find a way to make something float浮动
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我尝试找到一种可以让物体悬浮,
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with the least最小 possible可能 connection连接 to the ground地面.
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并跟地面的接触最小化的方法。
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So I got it down to just one tether系链
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所以我最后只用一根绳子
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to be able能够 to support支持 that.
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拴住它作为支撑。
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JHJH: Now is this electromagnetic电磁 here, or are these static静态的?
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JH:现在是用电磁力吧,那这作品是永久性的吗?
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TSTS: Those are permanent常驻 magnets磁铁, yeah.
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TS:是的,那些是永久磁铁。
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JHJH: Because if the power功率 went out, there would just be a big noise噪声.
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JH:因为如果打开开关, 会有很大噪音。
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TSTS: Yeah.
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TS:嗯,的确。
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It's really unsatisfactory不满意 having plug-in插入 art艺术.
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有意见要插电的艺术品的确不方便。
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JHJH: I agree同意.
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JH:我同意。
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TSTS: The magnetic磁性 works作品
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TS:磁铁的工作
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are a combination组合 of gravity重力 and magnetism磁性,
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需要结合重力和磁性,
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so it's a kind of mixture混合物 of these ambient周围 forces军队
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所以它混合了很多这些
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that influence影响 everything.
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对周围物体有影响的力量。
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The sun太阳 has a tremendous巨大 field领域
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太阳有很多能量是
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that extends扩展 way beyond the planets行星
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发送到行星以外的地方。
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and the Earth's地球 magnetic磁性 field领域 protects保护 us from the sun太阳.
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而地球的磁场保护我们免受太阳伤害。
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So there's this huge巨大
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所以磁性在宇宙
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invisible无形 shape形状 structures结构
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中有了这巨大的,
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that magnetism磁性 takes in the universe宇宙.
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不可见的性质。
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But with the pendulum,
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但是,通过钟摆,
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it allows允许 me to manifest表现
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我可以明白这些
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these invisible无形 forces军队
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让磁铁悬浮的,
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that are holding保持 the magnets磁铁 up.
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隐形的力量。
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My sculptures雕塑
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are normally一般 very simplified.
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都十分简约。
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I try to refine提炼 them down
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我尝试把它们提炼出
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to very simple简单 forms形式.
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一种简单的模式。
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But the paintings绘画 become成为 very complex复杂,
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但说到绘画的时候就十分复杂了,
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because I think the fields领域
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因为那些我认为对
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that are supporting支持 them,
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作品有启发性的场
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they're billowing滚滚, and they're interpenetrating互穿,
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各自都在躁动着,
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and they're interference干扰 patterns模式.
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它们正互相渗透,它们是互相关联的。
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JHJH: And they're non-deterministic非确定性.
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JH:而且它们是不确定的。
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I mean, you don't know necessarily一定 where you're headed当家 when you begin开始,
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我是指你开始的时候不知道你将会走到那个地方,
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even though虽然 the forces军队 can be calculated计算.
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尽管那些力量都可以被测量。
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So the evolution演化 of this --
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所以,这个的革新是—
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I gather收集 this isn't your first pendulum.
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我想这不是你首个钟摆作品。
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TSTS: No. (JHJH: No.)
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TS:不是(JH:嗯,不是。)
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TSTS: The first one I did was in the late晚了 70's,
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TS:我做的第一个是在70年代后期,
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and I just had a simple简单 cone锥体
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我只有一个简单的圆锥,
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with a spigot塞子 at the bottom底部 of it.
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圆锥底部有一个栓。
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I threw it into an orbit轨道,
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我把它抛出去,让它沿着一个轨迹运动,
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and it only had one color颜色,
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而这只有一种颜色,
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and when it got to the center中央, the paint涂料 kept不停 running赛跑 out,
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当它逐渐离中心越来越近的时候,颜料快用完了,
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so I had to run in there,
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所以我只能停在那里了,
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didn't have any control控制 over the spigot塞子 remotely远程.
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那时候我对那个栓没有任何遥控。
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So that told me right away: I need a remote远程 control控制 device设备.
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所以那告诉我,我需要遥控那个装置。
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But then I started开始 dreaming做梦 of having six colors颜色.
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但是,然后我想我的画能有6种颜色。
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I sort分类 of think about it as the DNA脱氧核糖核酸 --
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我把它大概想象成了DNA—
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these colors颜色, the red, blue蓝色, yellow黄色,
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这些颜色,红,蓝,黄,
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the primary colors颜色 and white白色 and black黑色.
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三原色和白,黑。
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And if you put them together一起 in different不同 combinations组合 --
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如果你把它们用不同的方法组合起来—
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just like printing印花 in a sense,
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好像打印一样,
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like how a magazine杂志 color颜色 is printed印刷的 --
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比如说,杂志颜色就是这样混合出来的—
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and put them under certain某些 forces军队,
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组合的同时,用它们一定的力量控制它们
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which哪一个 is orbiting轨道 them
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沿一定轨迹运动,
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or passing通过 them back and forth向前
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或者让它们前后运动
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or drawing画画 with them,
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或者用它们作画,
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these amazing惊人 things started开始 appearing出现.
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这时候,这些美妙的东西开始出现了。
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JHJH: It looks容貌 like we're loaded for bear here.
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JH:这看上去我们是为了防备熊才搞成这样。
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TSTS: Yeah, well let's put a couple一对 of canvases画布.
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TS:好的,让我们准备一些画布
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I'll ask a couple一对 of my sons儿子
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我会问一下我的徒弟们
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to set up the canvases画布 here.
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去准备几块画布放在这里。
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I want to just say --
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让我介绍一下—
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so this is Jack插口, Nick缺口 and Louie路易.
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这是Jack, Nick, Louie。
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JHJH: Thanks谢谢 guys.
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JH:谢谢,伙计们。
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TSTS: So here are the --
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TS:所以这里有—
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JHJH: All right, I'll get out of the way here.
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JH:好,先让我走开。
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TSTS: I'm just going to throw this into an orbit轨道
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TS:我准备让这个沿着轨迹运动
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and see if I can paint涂料 everybody's每个人的 shoes in the front面前.
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并看看我能不能画出在场前排各位的鞋子。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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JHJH: Whoa. That is ...
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JH:哇,这是...
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ooh, nice不错.
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噢,十分漂亮。
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TSTS: So something like this.
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TS:我做的就是这些。
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I'm doing this as a demo演示,
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and it's more playful调皮,
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but inevitably必将,
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但可见,
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all of this can be used.
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所有这些都是可以作为素材的。
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I can redeem赎回 this painting绘画,
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just continuing继续 on,
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doing layers upon layers.
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改善这幅画。
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And I keep it around for a couple一对 of weeks,
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这个过程会持续几个星期。
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and I'm contemplating考虑 it,
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我会凝视它,
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and I'll do another另一个 session会议 with it
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而且我会再次重复上面的步骤
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and bring带来 it up to another另一个 level水平,
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以把它带到另一个层次,
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where all of this
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becomes the background背景, the depth深度 of it.
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JHJH: That's fantastic奇妙.
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JH:这太棒了。
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So the valves阀门 at the bottom底部 of those tubes there
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所以底部那些管道的阀门
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are like radio-controlled无线电遥控 airplane飞机 valves阀门.
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TSTS: Yes, they're servos舵机 with cams凸轮
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TS:是啊,他们通过凸轮轴
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that pinch these rubber橡胶 tubes.
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固定这些橡胶管来工作。
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And they can pinch them very tight and stop it,
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他们可以上紧轮轴来停止它,
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or you can have them wide open打开.
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也可以调得很松。
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And all of the colors颜色
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所有颜色都
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come out one central中央 port港口
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at the bottom底部.
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中央点那里出来。
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You can always be changing改变 colors颜色, put aluminum paint涂料,
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你可以随时改变颜色,比如把铝放进去,
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or I could put anything into this.
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其实我任何东西都可以放进去。
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It could be tomato番茄 sauce,
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可能是番茄酱,
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or anything could be dispensed分配 --
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或者什么可以分散的—
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sand, powders粉末 or anything like that.
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沙子,粉末,或者类似的。
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JHJH: So many许多 forces军队 there.
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JH:原来有如此多的力量混在这里。
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You've got gravity重力, you've got the centrifugal离心 force,
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重力,离心力,
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you've got the fluid流体 dynamics动力学.
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液体表面张力。
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Each of these beautiful美丽 paintings绘画,
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这里每一张美丽的图画,
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are they images图片 in and of themselves他们自己,
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都有它们自己的特质,又超越了它们的特质,
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or are they records记录
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和它们曾做过的
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of a physical物理 event事件
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在纸张上做
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called the pendulum approaching接近 the canvas帆布?
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钟摆运动的物理现象?
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TSTS: Well, this painting绘画 here,
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TS:那么,就着这张作品,
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I wanted to do something very simple简单,
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a simple简单, iconic标志性的 image图片
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of two ripples涟漪 interfering干扰.
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两条波浪交汇的图案。
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So the one on the right was doneDONE first,
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And then when I did the second第二 one,
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it really disturbed不安 the piece --
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these big blue蓝色 lines线
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crashing轰然 through通过 the center中央 of it --
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and so it created创建 a kind of tension张力 and an overlap交叠.
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所以我制造了一种张力和一种重叠。
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and there are lines线 behind背后 the one on the left,
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这里有线条在左边画的那些的下面。
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and so it takes it into different不同 planes飞机.
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所以我把它分进不同平面。
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What it's also about,
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just the little events事件,
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这只是一些小作品,
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the events事件 of the interpenetration相互渗透 of --
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JHJH: Two stars明星, or --
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TSTS: Two things that happened发生 --
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there's an interference干扰 pattern模式, and then a third第三 thing happens发生.
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There are shapes形状 that come about
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just by the marriage婚姻
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of two events事件 that are happening事件,
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联姻的时候。
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and I'm very interested有兴趣 in that.
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Like the occurrence发生 of moire莫尔 patterns模式.
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Like this green绿色 one,
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this is a painting绘画 I did about 10 years年份 ago,
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but it has some --
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there are these moires龟纹 and interference干扰 patterns模式
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that are radio无线电 kind of imagery意象.
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I've never seen看到 a representation表示
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of a kind of radio无线电 interference干扰 patterns模式,
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which哪一个 are so ubiquitous普及
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and such这样 an important重要 part部分 of our lives生活.
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JHJH: Is that a literal文字 part部分 of the image图片,
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or is my eye making制造 that interference干扰 pattern模式 --
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is my eye completing完成 that interference干扰 pattern模式?
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TSTS: It is the paint涂料 actually其实,
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It's really manifested表现 there.
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it just dutifully忠实地 makes品牌
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these evenly spaced间隔 lines线,
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which哪一个 get closer接近 and closer接近 together一起,
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which哪一个 describes介绍 how gravity重力 works作品.
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There's something very appealing吸引人的
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about the exactitude精密 of science科学
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that I really enjoy请享用.
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And I love the shapes形状 that I see
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especially特别 astronomical天文 forms形式
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and the idea理念 of the vastness广大 of it,
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the scale规模,
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My focus焦点 in recent最近 years年份
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has kind of shifted more toward biology生物学.
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Some of these paintings绘画, when you look at them very close,
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odd things appear出现
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that really look like horses马匹 or birds鸟类
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or crocodiles鳄鱼, elephants大象.
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There are lots of things that appear出现.
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When you look into it, it's sort分类 of like looking at cloud patterns模式,
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but sometimes有时 they're very modeled仿照 and highly高度 rendered呈现.
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And then there are all these forms形式
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that we don't know what they are,
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but they're equally一样 well-resolved良好分辨
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and complex复杂.
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So I think, conceivably可以想象, those could be predictive预测.
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Because since以来 it has the ability能力
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to make forms形式
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that look like forms形式 that we're familiar with
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in biology生物学,
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生物图案,
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it's also making制造 other forms形式 that we're not familiar with.
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And maybe it's the kind of forms形式
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we'll discover发现 underneath the surface表面 of Mars火星,
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表面下发现这些图案,
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where there are probably大概 lakes湖泊
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with fish swimming游泳的 under the surface表面.
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JHJH: Oh, let's hope希望 so. Oh, my God, let's.
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JH:噢,但愿如此,天啊,让我,
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Oh, please, yes. Oh, I'm so there.
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哦,天啊,我好像置身其中了。
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You know, it seems似乎
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at this stage阶段 in your life,
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you also very personally亲自
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with a sort分类 of dissonant不搭调 --
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I suppose假设 it's an electromagnetic电磁 force
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that somehow不知何故 governs共治 your Parkinson's帕金森氏
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and this creative创作的 force
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that is both the artist艺术家
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who is in the here and now
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and this sort分类 of arc of your whole整个 life.
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Is that relevant相应 to your work?
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TSTS: As it turns out,
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this device设备 kind of comes in handy便利,
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这装置越来越便携了,
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because I don't have to have
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the fine motor发动机 skills技能 to do,
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that I can operate操作 slides幻灯片,
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我也能控制圆锥的滑动,
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which哪一个 is more of a mental心理 process处理.
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这其实是一项脑力运动,
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I'm looking at it and making制造 decisions决定:
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It needs需求 more red, it needs需求 more blue蓝色,
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it needs需求 a different不同 shape形状.
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它需要一个不同的形状。
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And so I make these creative创作的 decisions决定
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所以我做出了有创意的决定
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and can execute执行 them
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in a much, much simpler简单 way.
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I mean, I've got the symptoms症状.
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I guess猜测 Parkinson's帕金森氏 kind of creeps蠕动 up over the years年份,
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我想帕金森在这几年有加重的趋势,
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but at a certain某些 point you start开始 seeing眼看 the symptoms症状.
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对于你来说,你会看到明显的征兆。
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In my case案件,
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my left hand has a significant重大 tremor
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and my left leg also.
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I'm left-handed左撇子, and so I draw.
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All my creations创作
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which哪一个 I have thousands数千 of,
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and it's my way of just thinking思维.
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I draw with a simple简单 pencil铅笔,
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and at first, the Parkinson's帕金森氏
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was really upsetting,
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because I couldn't不能 get the pencil铅笔 to stand still.
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JHJH: So you're not a gatekeeper看门人 for these forces军队.
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JH:所以,你不是这些力量的守护者。
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You don't think of yourself你自己 as the master of these forces军队.
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你不觉得自己是这些力量的主人。
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You think of yourself你自己 as the servant仆人.
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TSTS: Nature性质 is -- well, it's a godsend天赐.
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It just has so much in it.
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它含有太多太多。
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And I think nature性质
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wants to express表现 itself本身
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in the sense that we are nature性质,
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humans人类 are of the universe宇宙.
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The universe宇宙 is in our mind心神,
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宇宙在我们心中,
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and our minds头脑 are in the universe宇宙.
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我们心中也拥有整个宇宙。
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And we are expressions表达式
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of the universe宇宙, basically基本上.
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表达出来的产物。
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As humans人类,
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ultimately最终 being存在 part部分 of the universe宇宙,
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we're kind of the spokespeople发言人
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or the observer观察者 part部分
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of the constituency选民
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with a device设备 that lets让我们 these forces军队
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that are everywhere到处
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的力量展示它能做的事情,
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act法案 and show显示 what they can do,
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giving them pigment颜料 and paint涂料 just like an artist艺术家,
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it's a good ally盟友.
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It's a terrific了不起 studio工作室 assistant助理.
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JHJH: Well, I love the idea理念
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that somewhere某处 within this idea理念
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of fine motion运动 and control控制
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with the traditional传统 skills技能
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that you have with your hand,
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some sort分类 of more elemental元素 force gets得到 revealed透露,
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and that's the beauty美女 here.
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Tom汤姆, thank you so much. It's been really, really great.
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TSTS: Thank you, John约翰.
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TS:谢谢,John.
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Cherie Yip
Reviewed by Diming Yu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Tom Shannon - Sculptor
Tom Shannon's mixed-material sculpture seems to levitate -- often it actually does -- thanks to powerful magnets and clever arrangements of suspension wire. He designed the TED Prize trophy.

Why you should listen

Artist and inventor Tom Shannon's sculpture has been exhibited in galleries and institutions all around the world, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His clever orchestrations of hidden magnets and tiny suspension cables make otherwise inert materials such as steel and wood take on a truly otherworldly quality -- bringing objects like planets, stars and atoms to a scale you can understand (and touch).

Shannon also holds the patents for the first tactile telephone, a color television projector and a synchronous world clock that is in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. He is developing a spherical helium airship whose entire surface is an LED video screen.

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John Hockenberry - Journalist
Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry has reported from all over the world in virtually every medium. He's the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence."

Why you should listen

Three-time Peabody Award winner, four-time Emmy award winner and Dateline NBC correspondent, John Hockenberry has broad experience as a journalist and commentator for more than two decades. He is the co-anchor of the public radio morning show “The Takeaway” on WNYC and PRI. He has reported from all over the world, in virtually every medium, having anchored programs for network, cable and radio. Hockenberry joined NBC as a correspondent for Dateline NBC in January 1996 after a fifteen-year career in broadcast news at both National Public Radio and ABC News. Hockenberry's reporting for Dateline NBC earned him three Emmys, an Edward R Murrow award and a Casey Medal.

His most prominent Dateline NBC reports include an hour-long documentary on the often-fatal tragedy of the medically uninsured, an emotionally gripping portrait of a young schizophrenic trying to live on his own, and extensive reporting in the aftermath of September 11th. In 2009 Hockenberry was appointed to the White House Fellows Commission by President Barack Obama where he participates in the selection of the annual Fellows for this most prestigious of Federal programs. Hockenberry is also the author of A River out of Eden, a novel based in the Pacific Northwest, and Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence, a memoir of life as a foreign correspondent, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1996. He has also written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, I.D., Wired, The Columbia Journalism Review, Details, and The Washington Post.

Hockenberry spent more than a decade with NPR as a general assignment reporter, Middle East correspondent and host of several programs. During the Persian Gulf War (1990-91), Hockenberry was assigned to the Middle East, where he filed reports from Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. He was one of the first Western broadcast journalists to report from Kurdish refugee camps in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Hockenberry also spent two years (1988-90) as a correspondent based in Jerusalem during the most intensive conflict of the Palestinian uprising. Hockenberry received the Columbia Dupont Award for Foreign News Coverage for reporting on the Gulf War.

 

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