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Ursus Wehrli - Comedian
Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is on a crusade to tidy up art.

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Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is the author of Tidying Up Art, a visionary manifesto that yearns toward a more rational, more organized and cleaner form of modern art. In deconstructing the work of Paul Klee, Jaspen Johns and other masters into its component parts, organized by color and size, Wehrli posits a more perfect art world.

His book The Art of Clean Up extends this principle into the physical world, with extremely (though oddly) satisfying results. Click through to see what a bowl of alphabet soup would look like in Wehrli's world.

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Ursus Wehrli: Tidying up art

Ursus Wehrli 整理藝術

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Ursus Wehrli 向我們分享他對藝術的展望 - 一種更乾淨﹐更工整的藝術形式 - 先解構所有當代藝術大師的作品﹐再按著顏色﹐形狀﹐大小排列整齊。
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My name名稱 is Ursus熊屬 WehrliWehrli, and I would like to talk to you this morning早上
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我的名字是 Ursus Wehrli﹐今天我想和你們談談我的作品
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about my project項目, Tidying整理 Up Art藝術.
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整理藝術
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First of all -- any questions問題 so far?
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首先 - 有什麼疑問嗎﹖
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First of all, I have to say I'm not from around here.
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首先﹐我必須說我不是來自這裡
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I'm from a completely全然 different不同 cultural文化 area, maybe you noticed注意到?
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而是來自一個文化完全不同的地方﹐你發現了嗎﹖
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I mean, I'm wearing穿著 a tie領帶, first. And then secondly其次, I'm a little bit nervous緊張
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你瞧﹐我打著一條領帶﹐然後﹐我有一點緊張
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because I'm speaking請講 in a foreign國外 language語言,
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因為我說的是外國話
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and I want to apologize道歉 in advance提前, for any mistakes錯誤 I might威力 make.
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我想先為我接下來可能會犯的錯誤道歉
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Because I'm from Switzerland瑞士, and I just don't hope希望 you think this is Swiss瑞士人 German德語
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畢竟我是從瑞士來的﹐希望你們不要覺得我說的是瑞士腔的德文
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I'm speaking請講 now here. This is just what it sounds聲音 like
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這不過是一個瑞士人說美語
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if we Swiss瑞士人 try to speak說話 American美國.
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的樣子
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But don't worry擔心 -- I don't have trouble麻煩 with English英語, as such這樣.
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但不用擔心 - 美語對我來說沒問題
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I mean, it's not my problem問題, it's your language語言 after all.
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畢竟這是你們的語言﹐與我無關
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I am fine. After this presentation介紹 here at TEDTED, I can simply只是 go back to Switzerland瑞士,
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真的﹐反正我結束TED演講以後﹐我回瑞士就好
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and you have to go on talking like this all the time.
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倒是你還得繼續留在這裡講這種語言
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So I've been asked by the organizers組織者 to read from my book.
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大會要求我到這裡來朗讀我的書
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It's called "Tidying整理 Up Art藝術" and it's, as you can see,
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書名是"整理藝術",如你所見
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it's more or less a picture圖片 book.
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這是一本圖畫書
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So the reading would be over very quickly很快.
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所以很快就讀完了
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But since以來 I'm here at TEDTED, I decided決定 to hold保持 my talk here in a more modern現代 way,
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但既然我在TED,我決定用比較先進的方式來發表我的演講
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in the spirit精神 of TEDTED here, and I managed管理 to do some slides幻燈片 here for you.
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以TED精神﹐我做了這些投影片
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I'd like to show顯示 them around so we can just, you know --
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我想在這裡跟你們分享﹐像這樣
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Actually其實, I managed管理 to prepare準備 for you some enlarged放大 pictures圖片 -- even better.
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說真的﹐我也準備了一些放大圖片 - 這樣更好
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So Tidying整理 Up Art藝術, I mean, I have to say, that's a relatively相對 new term術語.
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整理藝術﹐是一個非常新的名詞
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You won't慣於 be familiar with it.
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你可能沒有聽過
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I mean, it's a hobby愛好 of mine that I've been indulging沉迷 in for the last few少數 years年份,
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這是我這幾年來的一點小興趣
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and it all started開始 out with this picture圖片 of the American美國 artist藝術家, Donald唐納德 BaechlerBAECHLER
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一切都從美國藝術家 Donald Baechler 的作品開始
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I had hanging at home. I had to look at it every一切 day
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我家裡有一幅﹐我每天看著它
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and after a while I just couldn't不能 stand the mess食堂 anymore
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過了一陣子我實在受不了這種凌亂
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this guy was looking at all day long.
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這個傢伙天天這樣盯著
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Yeah, I kind of felt sorry for him.
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我真為他感到抱歉
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And it seemed似乎 to me even he felt really bad
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我覺得甚至他自己也不是很舒服
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facing面對 these unorganized無組織的 red squares廣場 day after day.
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每天都看著這些亂七八糟的紅方塊
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So I decided決定 to give him a little support支持,
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於是我決定幫他一把
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and brought some order訂購 into neatly整潔 stacking堆疊 the blocks on top最佳 of each other.
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把這些方塊整齊地堆起來
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Yeah. And I think he looks容貌 now less miserable.
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我覺得他現在看起來沒這麼悲慘了
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And it was great. With this experience經驗, I started開始 to look more closely密切
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有了這次的愉快經驗以後﹐我開始更仔細地觀察現代藝術
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at modern現代 art藝術. Then I realized實現 how, you know, the world世界 of modern現代 art藝術
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我發覺﹐現代藝術的世界
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is particularly尤其 topsy-turvy亂七八糟的.
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真是有混亂
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And I can show顯示 here a very good example.
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讓我給你一個好例子
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It's actually其實 a simple簡單 one, but it's a good one to start開始 with.
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從一個非常簡單的例子開始
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It's a picture圖片 by Paul保羅 Klee克利.
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這是保羅·克利的作品
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And we can see here very clearly明確地, it's a confusion混亂 of color顏色.
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我們可以很清楚的看到﹐顏色一篇混亂
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Yeah. The artist藝術家 doesn't really seem似乎 to know where to put the different不同 colors顏色.
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他好像不知道怎麼把不同顏色放在一起
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The various各個 pictures圖片 here of the various各個 elements分子 of the picture圖片 --
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這裡有這張作品的不同元素
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the whole整個 thing is unstructured非結構化.
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把它解構以後
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We don't know, maybe Mr先生. Klee克利 was probably大概 in a hurry匆忙, I mean --
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可能當時克利先生趕時間
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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-- maybe he had to catch抓住 a plane平面, or something.
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可能他正在趕一班飛機
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We can see here he started開始 out with orange橙子,
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我們可以看到他從桔色開始
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and then he already已經 ran out of orange橙子,
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然後慢慢用完桔色顏料
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and here we can see he decided決定 to take a break打破 for a square廣場.
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這裡我們可以看到他稍微休息了一格
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And I would like to show顯示 you here my tidied整理 up version of this picture圖片.
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現在看看經過我整理以後
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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We can see now what was barely僅僅 recognizable識別 in the original原版的:
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我們可以看到在原本圖畫中看不到的
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17 red and orange橙子 squares廣場 are juxtaposed並列 with just two green綠色 squares廣場.
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十七個紅色和橘色方塊,還有兩個綠色方塊搗亂
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Yeah, that's great.
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很好
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So I mean, that's just tidying整理 up for beginners初學者.
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不過那只是初級的整理罷了
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I would like to show顯示 you here a picture圖片 which哪一個 is a bit more advanced高級.
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現在我們來看看比較複雜的圖片
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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What can you say? What a mess食堂.
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怎麼說呢﹖亂成一團
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I mean, you see, everything seems似乎 to have been scattered疏散 aimlessly等閒 around the space空間.
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所有東西都被隨意的扔到這個空間裡
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If my room房間 back home had looked看著 like this,
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如果我的房間長這樣的話
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my mother母親 would have grounded接地 me for three days.
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我媽可是會懲罰我禁足三天的
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So I'd like to -- I wanted to reintroduce重新引入 some structure結構體 into that picture圖片.
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於是 - 讓我來重新規範一下這張圖畫
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And that's really advanced高級 tidying整理 up.
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這真的是很複雜的
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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Yeah, you're right. Sometimes有時 people clap at this point,
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沒錯﹐有些人在這裡會拍手
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but that's actually其實 more in Switzerland瑞士.
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但這是比較瑞士的方式
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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We Swiss瑞士人 are famous著名 for chocolate巧克力 and cheese起司. Our trains火車 run on time.
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我們瑞士出名的有巧克力和起司﹐火車準時
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We are only happy快樂 when things are in order訂購.
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一切井井有條的時候我們才會快樂
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But to go on, here is a very good example to see.
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讓我們再舉一些其他例子
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This is a picture圖片 by Joan Miro米羅.
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這是米羅的作品
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And yeah, we can see the artist藝術家 has drawn a few少數 lines and shapes形狀
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我們可以看到他畫了一些線條和形狀
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and dropped下降 them any old way onto a yellow黃色 background背景.
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隨便地把它們畫在黃色背景上
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And yeah, it's the sort分類 of thing you produce生產 when you're doodling塗鴉 on the phone電話.
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就像我們一邊講電話一邊在紙上亂畫的那些東西
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And this is my --
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這是我的
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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-- you can see now the whole整個 thing takes up far less space空間.
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你可以看到我們節省了很多空間
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It's more economical經濟 and also more efficient高效.
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經濟實惠又有效率
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With this method方法 Mr先生. Miro米羅 could have saved保存 canvas帆布 for another另一個 picture圖片.
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米羅先生如果用這種辦法的話﹐可以省下一半畫面再畫一幅
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But I can see in your faces面孔 that you're still a little bit skeptical懷疑的.
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我知道你們仍然有點存疑
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So that you can just appreciate欣賞 how serious嚴重 I am about all this,
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為了證明我的認真
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I brought along沿 the patents專利, the specifications規格 for some of these works作品,
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我帶來了我申請的專利﹐這些作品的規格
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because I've had my working加工 methods方法 patented專利
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我特別在瑞士的專利協會
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at the EidgenEidgenössischessische AmtAMT für GeistigesGeistiges EigentumEigentum in Bern伯爾尼, Switzerland瑞士.
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為我整理藝術的手法申請了專利
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I'll just quote引用 from the specification規範.
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讓我唸一段說明給你們聽
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"Laut勞特 den巢穴 KunstprKunstprüferFER Dr博士. Albrecht阿爾布雷希特 --"
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"Laut den Kunstprüfer Dr. Albrecht --"
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It's not finished yet然而.
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還沒結束
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"Laut勞特 den巢穴 KunstprKunstprüferFER Dr博士. Albrecht阿爾布雷希特tzTZ von OhlenhusenOhlenhusen
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"Laut den Kunstprüfer Dr. Albrecht Götz von Ohlenhusen
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wirdwird die VerfahrensweiseVerfahrensweise rechtlichrechtlich geschgeschütztTZT welchewelche die Kunst孔斯特
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wird die Verfahrensweise rechtlich geschützt welche die Kunst
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durch第三人以 spezifischspezifisch aufgeraufgeräumteumte RegelmRegelmässigkeitenssigkeiten
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durch spezifisch aufgeräumte Regelmässigkeiten
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desDES allgemeinenallgemeinen FormenschatzesFormenschatzes
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des allgemeinen Formenschatzes
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neue抵達Neue WirkungenWirkungen zu erzielenerzielenglichglich wirdwird."
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neue Wirkungen zu erzielen möglich wird."
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JaJA, well I could have translated翻譯 that, but you would have been none沒有 the wiser聰明.
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是﹐當然我也可以翻譯﹐但你們也不會更了解的
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I'm not sure myself what it means手段 but it sounds聲音 good anyway無論如何.
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連我自己都不太懂﹐至少聽起來不錯
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I just realized實現 it's important重要 how one introduces介紹 new ideas思路 to people,
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我剛意識到介紹一個新點子的手法是很重要的
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that's why these patents專利 are sometimes有時 necessary必要.
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所以有時專利是必要的
06:32
I would like to do a short test測試 with you.
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我想做一個小小的試驗
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Everyone大家 is sitting坐在 in quite相當 an orderly整齊的 fashion時尚 here this morning早上.
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在座的每個人都坐的很整齊
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So I would like to ask you all to raise提高 your right hand. Yeah.
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現在大家舉起你們的右手
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The right hand is the one we write with, apart距離 from the left-handers左撇子.
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我們用來寫字的那個手﹐除了左撇子以外
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And now, I'll count計數 to three. I mean, it still looks容貌 very orderly整齊的 to me.
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然後﹐我數到三﹐現在看起來還很整齊
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Now, I'll count計數 to three, and on the count計數 of three
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當我數到三的時候
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I'd like you all to shake hands with the person behind背後 you. OK?
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你們就跟後面的那個人握手
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One, two, three.
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一﹐二﹐三
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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You can see now, that's a good example: even behaving行為 in an orderly整齊的, systematic系統的 way
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誠如所見﹐這就是個很好的例子﹕就算大家都秩序井然
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can sometimes有時 lead to complete完成 chaos混沌.
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還是有可能造成完全的混亂
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So we can also see that very clearly明確地 in this next下一個 painting繪畫.
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我們可以從以下的例子裡看到
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This is a painting繪畫 by the artist藝術家, Niki尼基 de Saint Phalle法爾.
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畫的作者是 Niki de Saint Phalle
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And I mean, in the original原版的 it's completely全然 unclear不明 to see
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在這裡你看不清楚
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what this tangle糾紛 of colors顏色 and shapes形狀 is supposed應該 to depict描繪.
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這些顏色和形狀畫的是什麼
07:32
But in the tidied整理 up version, it's plain to see that it's a sunburnt曬傷 woman女人 playing播放 volleyball排球.
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經過整理以後﹐很明顯﹐這是一個曬傷的女人在打排球
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Yeah, it's a -- this one here, that's much better.
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沒錯﹐這個更清楚
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That's a picture圖片 by Keith基思 Haring哈林.
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這是 Keith Haring 的作品
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I think it doesn't matter.
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我想沒差
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So, I mean, this picture圖片 has not even got a proper正確 title標題.
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這幅畫的名字很好
08:01
It's called "Untitled無標題" and I think that's appropriate適當.
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它就叫"無題"﹐取得真好
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So, in the tidied-up收拾 version we have a sort分類 of Keith基思 Haring哈林 spare備用 parts部分 shop.
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於是經過整理以後﹐我們就可以看到這間 Keith Harding 五金行
08:12
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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This is Keith基思 Haring哈林 looked看著 at statistically統計學.
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用統計學的角度來看
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One can see here quite相當 clearly明確地,
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我們可以很清楚的看到
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you can see we have 25 pale蒼白 green綠色 elements分子,
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這裡有25個淺綠色的元素
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of which哪一個 one is in the form形成 of a circle.
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有一個是圓形
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Or here, for example, we have 27 pink squares廣場 with only one pink curve曲線.
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這裡有27個粉紅色的方形﹐只有一個粉紅彎形
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I mean, that's interesting有趣. One could extend延伸 this sort分類 of statistical統計 analysis分析
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非常有趣﹐有人可以在所有 Harding 先生的作品上
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to cover all Mr先生. Haring's哈林的 various各個 works作品,
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做一些統計分析
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in order訂購 to establish建立 in which哪一個 period the artist藝術家 favored青睞 pale蒼白 green綠色 circles or pink squares廣場.
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看看畫家在各個時期對淺綠圓形和粉紅方形的偏好
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And the artist藝術家 himself他自己 could also benefit效益 from this sort分類 of listing清單 procedure程序
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藝術家自己也可以從列出的清單中
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by using運用 it to estimate估計 how many許多 pots of paint塗料 he's likely容易 to need in the future未來.
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算出自己以後需要多少顏料
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(Laughter笑聲)
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One can obviously明顯 also make combinations組合.
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你也可以把它們組合在一起
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For example, with the Keith基思 Haring哈林 circles and Kandinsky's康定斯基 dots.
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Haring 的方形和 Kandinsky 的點點
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You can add them to all the squares廣場 of Paul保羅 Klee克利.
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在把它加入克利的方形
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In the end結束, one has a list名單 with which哪一個 one then can arrange安排.
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最後你就有一整個清單可以排列
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Then you categorize分類 it, then you file文件 it, put that file文件 in a filing備案 cabinet內閣,
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你將它們分類﹐建檔﹐最後再全部放進檔案櫃裡
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put it in your office辦公室 and you can make a living活的 doing it.
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放進你的辦公室﹐然後就可以以此為生了
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(Laughter笑聲)
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Yeah, from my own擁有 experience經驗. So I'm --
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就像我一樣
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Actually其實, I mean, here we have some artists藝術家 that are a bit more structured結構化的. It's not too bad.
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其實也有幾個藝術家是比較有條理的
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This is Jasper碧玉 Johns約翰斯. We can see here he was practicing with his ruler統治者.
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這是 Jasper Johns,我們可以看見他正在練習使用他的尺
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(Laughter笑聲)
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But I think it could still benefit效益 from more discipline學科.
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但我仍然覺得他可以再更有條不紊一點
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And I think the whole整個 thing adds增加 up much better if you do it like this.
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把這些都加起來﹐你就可以這樣做
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(Laughter笑聲)
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And here, that's one of my favorites最愛.
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我最喜歡的作品之一
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Tidying整理 up Rene劉若英 Magritte馬格利特 -- this is really fun開玩笑.
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整理 Rene Magritte - 這真的很好玩
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You know, there is a --
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你看
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(Laughter笑聲)
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09:57
I'm always being存在 asked what inspired啟發 me to embark從事 on all this.
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很多人問我是什麼讓我這樣做的
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It goes back to a time when I was very often經常 staying in hotels酒店.
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這必須要追溯到﹐我時常住在旅館的那段時間
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So once一旦 I had the opportunity機會 to stay in a ritzy豪華的, five-star五星 hotel旅館.
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有一次我有機會住在麗池五星旅館
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And you know, there you had this little sign標誌 --
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你知道﹐那裡有這些標語
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I put this little sign標誌 outside the door every一切 morning早上 that read,
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每天早上你可以放在門口
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"Please tidy整潔 room房間." I don't know if you have them over here.
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”請整理房間“我不知道我在這裡有沒有
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So actually其實, my room房間 there hasn't有沒有 been tidied整理 once一旦 daily日常, but three times a day.
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事實上﹐我的房間不只是一天整理一次﹐是一天整理了三次
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So after a while I decided決定 to have a little fun開玩笑,
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過了一陣子我決定開個玩笑
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and before leaving離開 the room房間 each day I'd scatter分散 a few少數 things around the space空間.
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在每天離開房間裡我都會故意四處亂扔些東西
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Like books圖書, clothes衣服, toothbrush牙刷, etc等等. And it was great.
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書﹐衣服﹐牙刷等等﹐很不錯
10:37
By the time I returned everything had always been neatly整潔 returned to its place地點.
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我每次回房間的時候一切都回歸原位
10:41
But then one morning早上, I hang the same相同 little sign標誌 onto that picture圖片 by Vincent文森特 van麵包車 Gogh梵高.
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有一天早上﹐我在梵古的畫上掛了這個標語
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And you have to say this room房間 hadn't有沒有 been tidied整理 up since以來 1888.
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這個房間從1888年以後就沒整理過了
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And when I returned it looked看著 like this.
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當我回來的時候﹐它變成了這樣
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:07
Yeah, at least最小 it is now possible可能 to do some vacuuming吸塵.
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至少現在可以吸地了
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(Laughter笑聲)
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11:12
OK, I mean, I can see there are always people
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我可以了解為什麼有些人
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that like reacting反應 that one or another另一個 picture圖片
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會對某些特殊的圖畫特別有感覺
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hasn't有沒有 been properly正確 tidied整理 up. So we can make a short test測試 with you.
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覺得它需要整理﹐讓我們做一個小測驗
11:23
This is a picture圖片 by Rene劉若英 Magritte馬格利特,
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這是 Rene Magritte 的圖畫
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and I'd like you all to inwardly裡面 -- like in your head, that is --
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現在你們可以在心中把它整理一下
11:29
to tidy整潔 that up. So it's possible可能 that some of you would make it like this.
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我想你們之中的有些人可能會把它整理成這樣
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
11:37
Yeah? I would actually其實 prefer比較喜歡 to do it more this way.
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是嗎﹖但我比較喜歡把它整理成這樣
11:42
Some people would make apple蘋果 pie餡餅 out of it.
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有些人會把它做成蘋果派
11:46
But it's a very good example to see that the whole整個 work
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但這是一個很好的例子﹐說明這是一項
11:48
was more of a handicraft手工業 endeavor努力 that involved參與 the very time-consuming耗時的 job工作
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非常費時的手工業
11:53
of cutting切割 out the various各個 elements分子 and sticking癥結 them back in new arrangements安排.
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你得把不同元素剪下來﹐再把它重新安排
11:59
And it's not doneDONE, as many許多 people imagine想像, with the computer電腦,
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而不是像你們之中很多人想像的﹐用電腦做的
12:02
otherwise除此以外 it would look like this.
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不然它就會變成這樣
12:06
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
12:11
So now I've been able能夠 to tidy整潔 up pictures圖片 that I've wanted to tidy整潔 up for a long time.
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目前為止﹐我已經整理了很多我想要處理的圖畫
12:17
Here is a very good example. Take Jackson傑克遜 Pollock波洛克, for example.
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就像這個 Jackson Pollock 的作品
12:20
It's -- oh, no, it's -- that's a really hard one.
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這很困難﹐真的
12:25
But after a while, I just decided決定 here to go all the way
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過了一陣子﹐我決定一不做二不休
12:30
and put the paint塗料 back into the cans.
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把顏料全放回它們原來的地方
12:33
(Applause掌聲)
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12:43
Or you could go into three-dimensional三維 art藝術.
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你也可以整理3D藝術
12:48
Here we have the fur毛皮 cup杯子 by MeretMeret Oppenheim奧本海姆.
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像 Meret Oppenheim 的毛杯
12:53
Here I just brought it back to its original原版的 state.
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讓它們回到原來的模樣
12:56
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
13:04
But yeah, and it's great, you can even go, you know --
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真的﹐很棒﹐你甚至可以嘗試
13:09
Or we have this pointillist點畫 movement運動 for those of you who are into art藝術.
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如果你喜歡藝術的話﹐這是點彩畫派的作品
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The pointillist點畫 movement運動 is that kind of paintings繪畫
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點彩畫派便是所有畫都是由
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where everything is broken破碎 down into dots and pixels像素.
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點和像素組成的
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And then I -- this sort分類 of thing is ideal理想 for tidying整理 up.
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這是最適合整理的了
13:25
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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So I once一旦 applied應用的 myself to the work of the inventor發明者 of that method方法, Georges喬治 Seurat瑟拉,
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這是點彩畫派的創始人 Georges Seurat
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and I collected together一起 all his dots.
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我把他的所有點都收集起來
13:34
And now they're all in here.
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它們全在這裡
13:36
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
13:41
You can count計數 them afterwards之後, if you like.
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你可以晚點把它們清點一下﹐如果你想要的話
13:42
You see, that's the wonderful精彩 thing about the tidy整潔 up art藝術 idea理念:
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你知道﹐這就是整理畫作的好處
13:47
it's new. So there is no existing現有 tradition傳統 in it.
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這是全新的﹐沒有任何傳統
13:50
There is no textbooks教科書, I mean, not yet然而, anyway無論如何.
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沒有教科書﹐至少現在還沒有
13:54
I mean, it's "the future未來 we will create創建."
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這是“我們創造的未來”
13:58
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
14:00
But to round回合 things up I would like to show顯示 you just one more.
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最後我們再看一個例子
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This is the village square廣場 by Pieter彼得 Bruegel勃魯蓋爾.
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這是由 Pieter Bruegel 所畫的廣場
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That's how it looks容貌 like when you send發送 everyone大家 home.
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你把每個人趕回家以後就變成這樣
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(Laughter笑聲)
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14:22
Yeah, maybe you're asking yourselves你自己
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但或許你會自問
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where old Bruegel's勃魯蓋爾的 people went?
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那這些人都去了哪裡﹖
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Of course課程, they're not gone走了. They're all here.
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當然﹐他們還在。他們全在這裡
14:32
(Laughter笑聲)
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I just piled them up.
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我把他們堆了起來
14:35
(Laughter笑聲)
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14:39
So I'm -- yeah, actually其實 I'm kind of finished at that moment時刻.
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嗯好﹐我差不多已經講完了
14:43
And for those who want to see more, I've got my book downstairs樓下 in the bookshop書店.
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如果你想看其他例子﹐你可以到樓下的書店去買
14:49
And I'm happy快樂 to sign標誌 it for you with any name名稱 of any artist藝術家.
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我很榮幸為你簽名﹐你想要我簽哪個畫家的名字都可以
14:54
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
14:56
But before leaving離開 I would like to show顯示 you,
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離開前我想給你們看一個東西
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I'm working加工 right now on another另一個 -- in a related有關 field領域
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最近我在做的新作品 - 和這個有關的
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with my tidying整理 up art藝術 method方法. I'm working加工 in a related有關 field領域.
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也是整理
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And I started開始 to bring帶來 some order訂購 into some flags.
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我開始整理國旗
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Here -- that's just my new proposal提案 here for the Union聯盟 Jack插口.
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你看﹐英國國旗可以變成這樣
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
15:26
And then maybe before I leave離開 you ...
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在我離去以前
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yeah, I think, after you have seen看到 that I have to leave離開 anyway無論如何.
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我是說﹐我想我最好趕快離開
15:35
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
15:38
Yeah, that was a hard one. I couldn't不能 find a way to tidy整潔 that up properly正確,
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這個真的很難﹐我沒辦法整理它
15:44
so I just decided決定 to make it a little bit more simpler簡單.
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我只好把它做得簡單一點
15:48
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
15:50
Thank you very much.
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非常謝謝打擊
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(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by Coco Shen
Reviewed by Geoff Chen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ursus Wehrli - Comedian
Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is on a crusade to tidy up art.

Why you should listen

Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli is the author of Tidying Up Art, a visionary manifesto that yearns toward a more rational, more organized and cleaner form of modern art. In deconstructing the work of Paul Klee, Jaspen Johns and other masters into its component parts, organized by color and size, Wehrli posits a more perfect art world.

His book The Art of Clean Up extends this principle into the physical world, with extremely (though oddly) satisfying results. Click through to see what a bowl of alphabet soup would look like in Wehrli's world.

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