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performance art/ 行为艺术/ (xínɡwéi yìshù)
A: Did you see a recent post on Sina Weibo that focuses on saving food as the subject of a performance art project?
你关注到最近微博上一则以节约粮食为概念的行为艺术作品了吗？
(nǐ ɡuānzhùdào zuìjìn wēibóshànɡ yīzé yǐ jiéyuē liánɡshí wéi ɡàiniànde xínɡwéi yìshù zuòpǐn le ma?)
B: Nope, go ahead and tell me.
没有,你跟我说说吧。
(méiyǒu, nǐ ɡēnwǒ shuōshuō bā.)
A: In order to draw attention to the problem of food waste, an artist in Shanghai created 1,000 grains of pure gold rice using 500 grams of gold, and then scattered across different corners of the city.
一个在上海的艺术家为了引起大家对食物浪费问题的重视,用500克黄金打造了1000粒纯金大米,然后把他们散布在城市的不同角落。
(yīɡè zài shànɡhǎi de yìshùjiā wéile yǐnqǐ dàjiā duì shíwù lànɡfèi wèntíde zhònɡshì, yònɡ wubai kè huánɡjīn dǎzàole yiqian lì chúnjīn dàmǐ, ránhòu bǎ tāmén sànbù zài chénɡshì de bùtónɡ jiǎoluò.)
B: It sounds interesting, but I feel that the meaning he is trying to convey through his works is very obscure.
这听起来很有意思,但是我感觉他想通过作品传达的意思也很晦涩。
(zhè tīnɡqǐlái hěn yǒuyìsī, dànshì wǒ ɡǎnjué tāxiǎnɡ tōnɡɡuò zuòpǐn chuándáde yìsī yěhěn huìsè.)
A: The artist said that he wanted to remind the public about the ideal that gold is as precious as rice, but we have ignored its value because of its commonness.
艺术家说他想通过这种浪费金子的做法去提示大众金子和米粒同样珍贵,但因为米粒的普通,我们忽视了它的价值。
(yìshùjiā shuō tāxiǎnɡ tōnɡɡuò zhèzhǒnɡ lànɡfèi jīnzǐde zuòfǎ qù tíshì dàzhònɡ jīnzǐ hé mǐlì tónɡyànɡ zhēnɡuì, dàn yīnwéi mǐlìde pǔtōnɡ, wǒmén hūshìle tāde jiàzhí.)
performance art/ 行为艺术/ (xínɡwéi yìshù)
A: Did you see a recent post on Sina Weibo that focuses on saving food as the subject of a performance art project?
你关注到最近微博上一则以节约粮食为概念的行为艺术作品了吗？
(nǐ ɡuānzhùdào zuìjìn wēibóshànɡ yīzé yǐ jiéyuē liánɡshí wéi ɡàiniànde xínɡwéi yìshù zuòpǐn le ma?)
B: Nope, go ahead and tell me.
没有,你跟我说说吧。
(méiyǒu, nǐ ɡēnwǒ shuōshuō bā.)
A: In order to draw attention to the problem of food waste, an artist in Shanghai created 1,000 grains of pure gold rice using 500 grams of gold, and then scattered across different corners of the city.
一个在上海的艺术家为了引起大家对食物浪费问题的重视,用500克黄金打造了1000粒纯金大米,然后把他们散布在城市的不同角落。
(yīɡè zài shànɡhǎi de yìshùjiā wéile yǐnqǐ dàjiā duì shíwù lànɡfèi wèntíde zhònɡshì, yònɡ wubai kè huánɡjīn dǎzàole yiqian lì chúnjīn dàmǐ, ránhòu bǎ tāmén sànbù zài chénɡshì de bùtónɡ jiǎoluò.)
B: It sounds interesting, but I feel that the meaning he is trying to convey through his works is very obscure.
这听起来很有意思,但是我感觉他想通过作品传达的意思也很晦涩。
(zhè tīnɡqǐlái hěn yǒuyìsī, dànshì wǒ ɡǎnjué tāxiǎnɡ tōnɡɡuò zuòpǐn chuándáde yìsī yěhěn huìsè.)
A: The artist said that he wanted to remind the public about the ideal that gold is as precious as rice, but we have ignored its value because of its commonness.
艺术家说他想通过这种浪费金子的做法去提示大众金子和米粒同样珍贵,但因为米粒的普通,我们忽视了它的价值。
(yìshùjiā shuō tāxiǎnɡ tōnɡɡuò zhèzhǒnɡ lànɡfèi jīnzǐde zuòfǎ qù tíshì dàzhònɡ jīnzǐ hé mǐlì tónɡyànɡ zhēnɡuì, dàn yīnwéi mǐlìde pǔtōnɡ, wǒmén hūshìle tāde jiàzhí.)
Illustrations: Liu Xidan/GT
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