Uldus Bakhtiozina: Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside down

翻译人员: Zhiting Chen 校对人员: Justine Bai

Good afternoon.

下午好

My name is Uldus.

我叫尤德思

I am a photo-based artist from Russia.

是一名来自俄罗斯的摄影艺术家

I started my way around six years ago

我的职业生涯开始于大约六年前

with ironic self-portraits

做讽刺意味的自我肖像

to lay open so many stereotypes

以揭露很多有关

about nationalities, genders,

国籍 性别以及

and social issues —

社会问题的刻板印象--

["I am Russian. I sell drugs, guns, porno with kids!"] ["Vodka = water. I love vodka!"] (Laughter) —

[我是俄罗斯人 我卖毒品 枪支儿童情色片] [伏特加=水我爱伏特加！]

using photography as my tool to send a message. ["Marry me, I need a visa."]

我用照片作为传达信息的工具 [我们结婚吧 我要签证]

Today, I am still performing in front of the camera

直到今天 我仍在镜头面前表演

and trying to be brave like Wonder Woman.

试图像女超人那般勇敢

I focus on balancing meaningful message,

我关注寻求有意义的信息

aesthetic, beauty, composition, some irony, and artifacts.

唯美 靓丽 信息组成 讽刺和艺术品间的平衡

Today, I'm going to tell you about my project,

今天 我想讲述我的一个项目

which is named Desperate Romantics.

名叫绝望的浪漫

They're my artifacts, or paintings

这是我的手工艺品 或称绘画作品

from pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood England

属于拉斐尔前派 英国艺术家兄弟会

mid-19th century.

出现在十九世纪中期

I took the painting

我为这些画作

and gifted new, contemporary meaning

赋予其全新而前卫的意指

talking about issues which are surrounding me

谈论在俄罗斯围发生在我身边

in Russia,

一些故事

capturing people who are non-models

寻找非职业模特

but have an interesting story.

却有有趣故事的人

This boy is a professional dancer,

这个小男孩大概12岁

only 12 years old,

是个职业舞者

but at secondary school, he hides his dancing classes

但在初中 他隐藏了学舞的经历

and is wearing the mask of brutality,

将自己伪装成无情的人

trying to be united with the rest of his classmates

想要融入班级中

like a storm trooper has no personality.

如同没有个性的突击队员

But this boy has goals and dreams

但这个男孩有目标和梦想

but hides it to be socially accepted,

他将其隐藏以求融入社群

because being different isn't easy,

因为与众不同实在太难了

especially in Russia.

尤其在俄罗斯

Next portrait interpretation is metaphoric.

下一张肖像是个隐喻

And this is Nikita,

这是尼基塔

a security guard from one of the bars

圣彼得堡一间酒吧的

in St. Petersburg.

保安人员

He likes to say, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry,"

他似乎在说：你不会希望我生气的

quoting Hulk from the movie,

这是电影《绿巨人》中的台词

but I've never seen him angry.

但我从未见过他生气

He hides his sensitivities and romantic side,

他隐藏了自己敏感且浪漫的性格

because in Russia, among guys,

因为在俄罗斯 男人们认为

that's not cool to be romantic,

浪漫太不酷了

but it's cool to be surrounded with women

但是被女人包围

and look like an aggressive hulk.

看起来像个好斗的绿巨人是很酷的

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Sometimes, in my project,

有时 我的创作

I would take the painting

会赋予画作

and give it new meaning

新的意义

and new temptation about it.

和新的诱惑

Sometimes, I would compare facial features

有时 我会对比面部容貌

and playing with words:

玩文字游戏：

irony, Iron Man, ironing man.

讽刺 钢铁侠 烫衣先生

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Through the artifacts,

通过作品

I bring social issues

我将在俄罗斯经历的

which surround me in Russia into the conversation.

社会问题带入谈话中

Interesting fact about marriage in Russia,

在俄罗斯有关婚姻问题的有趣现象是

that most of the 18, 19-year-old girls

绝大多数18 19岁的人

are already ready, and dream to get married.

已经准备好 并期待投入婚姻之中

We're taught from childhood,

从儿时起 我们就被教育到

successful marriage means successful life,

成功的婚姻 意味着成功的人生

so most of the girls kind of fight

因此绝大多数女孩想要寻找

to get a good husband.

一个好丈夫

And what about me?

而我呢？

I'm 27 years old.

我已经27岁了

For Russian society, I'm an old maid

在俄罗斯 我被认为是个老女人

and hopeless to ever get married.

嫁不出去了

That's why you see me in a Mexican fighter mask,

图中的我带着墨西哥战士头盔

in the wedding dress, all desperate in my garden.

穿着婚纱 绝望地站在我的花园里

But remember, irony is the key,

但是 讽刺是关键

and this is actually to motivate girls

这幅图实际上是在激励女孩们

to fight for goals, for dreams,

为了目标 梦想去战斗

and change stereotypes.

改变刻板印象

Be brave. Be ironic — it helps.

勇敢 戏谑--这很有用

Be funny and create some magic.

做个有趣的人 创造魔法

(Applause)

（鼓掌）