Shake up your story | Raghava KK

翻译人员: Stephanie Zhou 校对人员: Zhangyi Liu

Hi everyone.

嗨 大家好

I'm an artist and a dad -- second time around.

我是名艺术家和两个孩子的父亲

Thank you.

谢谢

And I want to share with you my latest art project.

我想把我最近的艺术作品分享给大家

It's a children's book for the iPad.

是iPad上的一本儿童书刊

It's a little quirky and silly.

是本新奇古怪的书

It's called "Pop-It,"

叫做"戳一下"

And it's about the things little kids do with their parents.

这是关于孩子和他们父母的故事

(Music)

(音乐)

So this is about potty training --

这是在教孩子上厕所--

as most of you, I hope, know.

你们大概都知道

You can tickle the rug.

你能挠地毯痒痒

You can make the baby poop.

你能叫孩子便便

You can do all those fun things.

你能做任何好玩的事情

You can burst bubbles.

你能戳泡泡啊

You can draw, as everyone should.

你还能画画 相信大家都会

But you know, I have a problem with children's books:

但是 我对儿童读物有一点不满意

I think they're full of propaganda.

我觉得它们在宣扬偏见

At least an Indian trying to get one of these American books in Park Slope, forget it.

印度人别指望能在在Park Slope买到本美式的书籍

It's not the way I was brought up.

至少我不是这样长大的

So I said, "I'm going to counter this with my own propaganda."

所以我决定 "我要用我的书来抗争主流"

If you notice carefully,

如果你有仔细观察的话

it's a homosexual couple bringing up a child.

会发现是一对男同性恋在抚养小孩

You don't like it?

不喜欢这样?

Shake it, and you have a lesbian couple.

摇一下 他们就变女同性恋了

(Laughter)

(笑声)

Shake it, and you have a heterosexual couple.

再摇一下 就变成了异性的夫妻

You know, I don't even believe in the concept of an ideal family.

我其实不相信世上有完美家庭

I have to tell you about my childhood.

我来说说我的童年吧

I went to this very proper Christian school

我上的是一个很正统的基督学校

taught by nuns, fathers, brothers, sisters.

由修女 神父 兄弟 姐妹教授课

Basically, I was brought up to be a good Samaritan,

他们要把握培养成合格的撒马利亚人

and I am.

而且我也做到了

And I'd go at the end of the day to a traditional Hindu house,

每晚我都会去到传统印度教的屋子

which was probably the only Hindu house

那可能是在伊斯兰教区附近

in a predominantly Islamic neighborhood.

仅有的一间印度教的房子

Basically, I celebrated every religious function.

我庆祝每个宗教节日

In fact, when there was a wedding in our neighborhood,

如果我们有邻居结婚的话

all of us would paint our houses for the wedding.

我们都会把房屋粉刷一新

I remember we cried profusely

我记得我们号啕大哭过

when the little goats we played with in the summer

那是为夏天和我们一起玩的小羊羔

became biriani.

被做成比尔尼亚菜饭而哀悼

(Laughter)

(笑声)

We all had to fast during Ramadan.

在斋月的时候 我们都要斋戒

It was a very beautiful time.

那真是段美妙的回忆

But I must say,

但我得说

I'll never forget, when I was 13 years old, this happened.

我不会忘怀13岁那年发生的事情

Babri Masjid --

Babri Masjid--

one of the most beautiful mosques in India,

印度最有名的清真寺

built by King Babur, I think, in the 16th century --

由Babur国王于16世纪建造寺庙

was demolished by Hindu activists.

居然被印度教狂热份子拆毁

This caused major riots in my city.

这在我的城市引起轩然大波

And for the first time,

这也是我第一次

I was affected

感受到集体暴乱

by this communal unrest.

的影响

My little five-year-old kid neighbor

我邻居家五岁小孩

comes running in,

跑进我家

and he says, "Rags, Rags.

叫道 "Rags Rags

You know the Hindus are killing us Muslims. Be careful."

你知道吗 印度教的在残杀我们穆斯林教的人了 当心点"

I'm like, "Dude, I'm Hindu."

我回应说 "小家伙 我就是印度教的"

(Laughter)

(笑声)

He's like, "Huh!"

他惊呼 "啊!"

You know, my work is inspired

要知道 我的工作灵感就源于

by events such as this.

这种类似的事情

Even in my gallery shows,

甚至在我的画展中

I try and revisit historic events

我也试着回顾那些历史事件

like Babri Masjid,

如Babri Masjid一样

distill only its emotional residue

提取情感碎片

and image my own life.

以及生活中的片段

Imagine history being taught differently.

试想若历史能用一种新方式教

Remember that children's book

还记的那本儿童读物

where you shake and the sexuality of the parents change?

你摇一下就能换父母性别

I have another idea.

我有个主意

It's a children's book about Indian independence --

做一本关于印度独立的书

very patriotic.

很爱国吧

But when you shake it, you get Pakistan's perspective.

摇一下 就变巴基斯坦的视角

Shake it again, and you get the British perspective.

再摇一下 就变成英国人的视角

(Applause)

(掌声)

You have to separate fact from bias, right.

你得把事实和偏见分开

Even my books on children

我的书上画着

have cute, fuzzy animals.

可爱的毛绒动物

But they're playing geopolitics.

但是它们代表着地区政治的意义

They're playing out Israel-Palestine,

代表着以色列和巴基斯坦

India-Pakistan.

印度和巴基斯坦

You know, I'm making a very important argument.

我要作出一个很重要的论证

And my argument [is]

我的论证就是

that the only way for us to teach creativity

我们教授创造性的唯一方式

is by teaching children perspectives

是在幼年时期就教孩子

at the earliest stage.

从多角度的看待问题

After all, children's books are manuals on parenting,

毕竟孩子从儿童书籍吸取知识

so you better give them children's books that teach them perspectives.

所以要选能教会他们多角度看问题的书

And conversely,

反之

only when you teach perspectives

只有当你教孩子用不同的角度看问题

will a child be able to imagine

孩子才能发挥想象

and put themselves in the shoes

并设身处地的考虑

of someone who is different from them.

那些有别与他们的人

I'm making an argument that art and creativity

我觉得 艺术和创造力

are very essential tools in empathy.

是共鸣的支柱

You know, I can't promise my child

我不能保证自己的孩子

a life without bias --

一辈子没有偏见--

we're all biased --

我们都是有偏见的--

but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

但我保证会从多个角度去教导孩子

Thank you very much.

谢谢大家

(Applause)

(掌声)