Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth | Zaria Forman

翻译人员: Lee Ham 校对人员: Oisín Zhao

I consider it my life's mission

我认为通过我的作品

to convey the urgency of climate change through my work.

传达气候的急剧变化是我一生的使命

I've traveled north to the Arctic to the capture the unfolding story

我曾北行至北极以了解

of polar melt,

极地融化的发展

and south to the Equator to document the subsequent rising seas.

也曾南行至赤道记录持续上升的海平面

Most recently, I visited the icy coast of Greenland

最近，我参观了格陵兰冰冷的海岸

and the low-lying islands of the Maldives,

和马尔代夫的低洼岛屿

connecting two seemingly disparate but equally endangered

这些海岸岛屿连接着地球上 似乎不同却同样濒危

parts of our planet.

的两个部分

My drawings explore moments of transition, turbulence

我的作品中包含了景色的过渡、 不稳定气流

and tranquility in the landscape,

和风景的宁静

allowing viewers to emotionally connect

使观者可以与未曾拜访的地点

with a place you might never have the chance to visit.

产生情感上的连结

I choose to convey the beauty as opposed to the devastation.

我选择传达这些美来对抗毁坏

If you can experience the sublimity of these landscapes,

如果你能体会到这些景观的崇高，

perhaps you'll be inspired to protect and preserve them.

那么你就可能有心去保护和维护他们

Behavioral psychology tells us that we take action

行为心理学告诉我们，人们做出行动

and make decisions based on our emotions above all else.

或者作出决定最受情感的影响

And studies have shown that art impacts our emotions

研究表明艺术对我们感情的影响

more effectively than a scary news report.

比一则可怕的新闻报道更有效

Experts predict ice-free Arctic summers

专家预测北极无冰的夏天

as early as 2020.

将出现在2020年

And sea levels are likely to rise between two and ten feet

而且截止到本世纪末

海平面可能升高2~10英尺

by century's end.

I have dedicated my career to illuminating these projections

我献出我的职业生涯以突出这些预测

with an accessible medium,

我利用一种易接触的媒介

one that moves us in a way that statistics may not.

以一种统计数据所无法实现的方式触动人们

My process begins with traveling to the places

我的过程开始于去那些

at the forefront of climate change.

气候变化的前沿地区

On-site, I take thousands of photographs.

在现场，我拍了上千张的照片

Back in the studio,

回到工作室之后

I work from both my memory of the experience and the photographs

凭借我对那些感受的记忆和这些照片

to create very large-scale compositions,

我创造出非常大的布景

sometimes over 10 feet wide.

有时超过10英尺宽

I draw with soft pastel, which is dry like charcoal, but colors.

我使用软粉彩棒绘画，它如同炭笔， 是干性画材，但是色彩丰富

I consider my work drawings but others call them painting.

我认为我的作品是简单的线条勾勒， 而其他人则认为是多彩的拼接

被称做“手指画家”令我颤抖

I cringe, though, when I'm referred to as a "finger painter."

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But I don't use any tools

但是我不使用任何工具

and I have always used my fingers and palms

而且我一直使用我的手指和手掌

to manipulate the pigment on the paper.

来巧妙地处理纸上的色彩

Drawing is a form of meditation for me.

绘画对我而言是一种沉思

It quiets my mind.

它使我的大脑冷静

I don't perceive what I'm drawing

我认为我画的

as ice or water.

不仅仅是冰或是水

Instead, the image is stripped down

这图像是剥离下来的

to its most basic form of color and shape.

颜色和形状的最基本形式

Once the piece is complete,

一旦这幅图完成，

I can finally experience the composition as a whole,

我便能能完整体验全景

as an iceberg floating through glassy water,

它像一座浮在光滑水面上的冰山

or a wave cresting with foam.

又像一片卷着泡沫的波浪

On average, a piece this size takes me about,

平均下来，一幅这么大的画作

as you can see, 10 seconds.

如你所能看到的， 大约需要10秒钟

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Really, more like 200 hours, 250 hours for something that size.

事实上，那样尺寸的作品 大致需要200或250小时

But I've been drawing ever since I could hold a crayon, really.

而且，自从我能够抓住蜡笔开始， 我就已经在绘画了

My mom was an artist, and growing up,

我妈妈是一位艺术家， 在我成长的过程中

we always had art supplies all over the house.

家里总会有一些画材

My mother's love of photography

妈妈对于摄影的热爱

propelled her to the most remote regions of the earth,

推动她前往地球上最偏远的地区

and my family and I were fortunate enough

我的家人和我都很荣幸可以

to join and support her on these adventures.

参与并支持她的这些冒险

We rode camels in Northern Africa

我们在北非骑骆驼

and mushed on dog sleds near the North Pole.

在北极带狗撬在雪上前进

In August of 2012, I led my first expedition,

在2012年8月， 我开始了我的第一次远征

taking a group of artists and scholars up the northwest coast of Greenland.

我带着一群艺术家和学者 去了格陵兰岛的西北海岸

My mother was originally supposed to lead this trip.

最开始，应当是我妈带领这个团体

She and I were in the early stages of planning,

我们在早期的计划中

as we had intended to go together,

是打算一起去的

when she fell victim to a brain tumor.

可是她却患了脑肿瘤

The cancer quickly took over her body and mind,

疾病迅速地侵蚀她的身体和心灵

and she passed away six months later.

她在六个月之后去世了

During the months of her illness, though,

但是在她生病期间

her dedication to the expedition never wavered, and I made a promise

她对这次远征的信念一直没有动摇

to carry out her final journey.

我承诺她完成她的最后一次旅行

My mother's passion for the Arctic

我妈妈对北极的热情

echoed through my experience in Greenland,

一直回响在我格陵兰岛的经历中

and I felt the power

我感受到了景观的

and the fragility of the landscape.

力量和脆弱

The sheer size of the icebergs

冰山的实际尺寸

is humbling.

是令人震撼的

The ice fields are alive with movement and sound

那冰原是有生命的，

in a way that I never expected.

它以我从未想到的方式移动并发出声音

I expanded the scale of my compositions

我扩大构图的规模

to give you that same sense of awe that I experienced.

提供给大家我所体会到的威严

Yet, while the grandeur of the ice is evident,

然而，虽然冰的壮丽显而易见

so, too, is its vulnerability.

它的脆弱也同样显著

From our boat,

从我们的船上

I could see the ice sweating under the unseasonably warm sun.

我能看到冰在反常的阳光下慢慢消融

We had a chance to visit many of the Inuit communities in Greenland

我们参观格陵兰岛的很多因纽特社区

that now face huge challenges.

这些社区现在正面临着巨大的挑战

The locals spoke to me of vast areas of sea ice

当地人告诉我大片的海冰

that are no longer freezing over as they once did.

不再像以前那样结冰

And without ice, their hunting and harvesting grounds

而没有了冰，他们的狩猎

are severely diminished,

和收获集中地大量减少

threatening their way of life and survival.

这些都威胁着他们生活的方式， 甚至生存

The melting glaciers in Greenland

格陵兰岛冰川的融化是

are one of the largest contributing factors to rising sea levels,

导致海平面上升最具影响力的因素之一

which have already begun to drown

上升的海平面已经开始淹没

some of our world's lowest-lying islands.

世界上海拔最低的一些岛屿

One year after my trip to Greenland, I visited the Maldives,

格陵兰岛之行的一年之后， 我前往了马尔代夫

the lowest and flattest country in the entire world.

马尔代夫是世界上海拔最低最平坦的国家

While I was there, I collected images and inspiration

在那里的时候，我收集了一些图片和灵感

for a new body of work:

以形成一个新作品的构思

drawings of waves lapping on the coast of a nation

我打算绘出海浪拍打在这个国家海岸上的景象

that could be entirely underwater within this century.

这个国家可能在这个世纪被完全淹没在水中

Devastating events happen every day

破坏性的事件每天都在发生

on scales both global and personal.

不论是对地球还是对个人

When I was in Greenland,

当我在格陵兰岛的时候

I scattered my mother's ashes amidst the melting ice.

我把妈妈的骨灰撒落在融化的冰中

Now she remains a part of the landscape she loved so much,

现在她成为她最爱的景观中的一部分

even as it, too, passes and takes on new form.

尽管这景象在流逝，并呈现出新的形式

Among the many gifts my mother gave me

在我妈妈赠与我的很多礼物中

was the ability to focus on the positive,

有一份礼物是关注积极

rather than the negative.

而不是消极的能力

My drawings celebrate the beauty of what we all stand to lose.

我的作品称颂那些我们眼睁睁失去的美丽

I hope they can serve as records of sublime landscapes in flux,

我希望他们可以记录那些不断流动的壮美景观

documenting the transition and inspiring our global community

记录这些过渡的变化，并且鼓舞世界

to take action for the future.

为了未来做出行动

Thank you.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）