Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

翻译人员: 孙 羽辰 校对人员: Felix Chen

My name is Kate Hartman.

我是凯特.哈特曼

And I like to make devices

我喜欢制作装置

that play with the ways

我们使用它们时

that we relate and communicate.

产生了关联和交流

So I'm specifically interested in how we, as humans,

所以我极大的兴趣在于，我们人类

relate to ourselves, each other

如何在彼此间建立的联系

and the world around us.

以及如何与环绕着我们的世界产生关联

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So just to give you a bit of context,

那么还是先向大家介绍一下我自己

as June said, I'm an artist, a technologist and an educator.

正如朱恩所介绍的，我是艺术家、科学家以及教育家

I teach courses in physical computing

我教授物理计算

and wearable electronics.

以及穿戴式电子产品课程

And much of what I do is either wearable

我所做的大部分装置或是穿戴式的

or somehow related to the human form.

或是在某种程度上与人体相关的

And so anytime I talk about what I do,

所以每当我介绍自己所从事的领域

I like to just quickly address

都要简短的解释一下

the reason why bodies matter.

为什么身体是重要的

And it's pretty simple.

其实这非常简单

Everybody's got one -- all of you.

每个人，你们所有人，都有身体

I can guarantee, everyone in this room,

我敢保证，每一位在场的人

all of you over there, the people in the cushy seats,

无论是那边坐在舒适椅子上的

the people up top with the laptops --

还是上面在使用笔记本电脑的

we all have bodies.

我们都拥有身体

Don't be ashamed.

别害羞

It's something that we have in common

这是我们的一个共同点

and they act as our primary interfaces for the world.

身体是我们与世界接触的主要界面

And so when working as an interaction designer,

所以无论是作为一个交互设计师

or as an artist who deals with participation --

还是一个交互艺术家

creating things that live on, in or around the human form --

创造能够用在体外、体内或是周身的装置

it's really a powerful space to work within.

真的是一个很有吸引力的工作领域

So within my own work,

所以我的创作中

I use a broad range of materials and tools.

使用了广泛的材料和工具

So I communicate through everything from radio transceivers

这样我就可以通过各种事物进行交流，从无线电收发机

to funnels and plastic tubing.

到漏斗和塑料管

And to tell you a bit about the things that I make,

下面向大家介绍一些我所做的装置

the easiest place to start the story

从最简单的

is with a hat.

一顶帽子说起

And so it all started several years ago,

这要回溯到几年以前

late one night when I was sitting on the subway, riding home,

某个深夜我坐着地铁回家的时候

and I was thinking.

当时我一直在思考

And I tend to be a person who thinks too much and talks too little.

我是那种想的较多说的较少的人

And so I was thinking about how it might be great

所以我就在想怎么把这种特质利用好

if I could just take all these noises --

如果我能够收集所有的这些声音——

like all these sounds of my thoughts in my head --

例如这些我脑海里思考的声音

if I could just physically extricate them

如果我能从物理上的剥离它们

and pull them out in such a form

将它们转化成一种具体的形式

that I could share them with somebody else.

那么我就能与他人分享它们了

And so I went home, and I made a prototype of this hat.

所以当我回到家，就做出了这顶帽子的原型

And I called it the Muttering Hat,

我将她命名为嘀咕帽

because it emitted these muttering noises

因为它能将这些附着在你身上的嘀咕声

that were kind of tethered to you,

传输出来

but you could detach them

你也可以把它们取下

and share them with somebody else.

并与他人分享

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So I make other hats as well.

接下来我继续做了其他的帽子

This one is called the Talk to Yourself Hat.

这一顶我叫它自言自语帽

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's fairly self-explanatory.

很一目了然的

It physically carves out conversation space for one.

它为你制造了一个私密的谈话空间

And when you speak out loud,

当你大声说话时

the sound of your voice is actually channeled back into your own ears.

你的声音实际上会被传送到你自己的耳朵里

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And so when I make these things,

所以当我在制作这些东西的时候

it's really not so much about the object itself,

重点实际并不在装置本身

but rather the negative space around the object.

而是在装置周围的空间上

So what happens when a person puts this thing on?

那么当一个人带上这个的时候会发生什么

What kind of an experience do they have?

他们有怎样的体验

And how are they transformed by wearing it?

而他们通过带上它又会有怎样的改变

So many of these devices

所以很多的装置

really kind of focus on the ways in which we relate to ourselves.

其实是侧重于我们与彼此产生关联的方式的

So this particular device is called the Gut Listener.

这个特别的装置叫做肠道监听器

And it is a tool

它是一种工具

that actually enables one

可以让人们

to listen to their own innards.

听到他们自己内部的声音

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And so some of these things

而另一些装置

are actually more geared toward expression and communication.

则更多的针对了表达与沟通

And so the Inflatable Heart

正如这个充气式的心

is an external organ

它是一个外部器官

that can be used by the wearer to express themselves.

佩戴者可以用它来表达自己

So they can actually inflate it and deflate it

他们可以对它进行充气和放气

according to their emotions.

根据他们的情绪

So they can express everything from admiration and lust

这样他们就可以表达一切，从爱慕和渴望

to anxiety and angst.

到焦虑和不安

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And some of these are actually meant

还有一些装置实际上是

to mediate experiences.

用来协调的

So the Discommunicator is a tool for arguments.

这个消音器是一个专为争吵准备的装置

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And so actually it allows for an intense emotional exchange,

它接收这样激烈的情感交流

but is serves to absorb

但它会吸收掉

the specificity of the words that are delivered.

被传送的话中的“诡异”的词

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And in the end,

最后

some of these things just act as invitations.

还有一些装置仅仅是起邀请的作用

So the Ear Bender literally puts something out there

这个弯曲的耳朵装置按照它的名字在那儿装了一个东西

so someone can grab your ear

所以其他人可以抓住你的耳朵

and say what they have to say.

来说他们想说的话

So even though I'm really interested in the relationship

尽管我对关系真的很感兴趣

between people,

人与人之间的关系

I also consider the ways

我也思考着

in which we relate to the world around us.

我们与环绕着我们的世界相关联的方式

And so when I was first living in New York City a few years back,

几年前当我第一次生活在纽约的时候

I was thinking a lot about

我思考了很多关于

the familiar architectural forms that surrounded me

我周围的熟悉的建筑形式

and how I would like to better relate to them.

以及我该如何更好的与它们相关联

And I thought, "Well, hey!

我想：诶，对了

Maybe if I want to better relate to walls,

或许我是想和墙产生更好的关联

maybe I need to be more wall-like myself."

或许我自己应该更像墙一些

So I made a wearable wall

所以我做了一个穿戴式的墙

that I could wear as a backpack.

我可以像背背包一样背着它

And so I would put it on

之后我穿上它

and sort of physically transform myself

似乎改变了我自己

so that I could either contribute to or critique

这样我既可以为我周围的空间做些贡献

the spaces that surrounded me.

也可以造成阻塞

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And so jumping off of that,

那么现在让我们换个话题

thinking beyond the built environment into the natural world,

从被建造的环境上升到自然世界

I have this ongoing project called Botanicalls --

我有个还在进行的项目叫做植物电话

which actually enables houseplants

可以使室内植物

to tap into human communication protocols.

接入人类的通信协议

So when a plant is thirsty,

那么当一株植物渴了的时候

it can actually make a phone call

它就可以打个电话

or post a message to a service like Twitter.

或是给像推特这样的服务网站发个状态

And so this really shifts the human/plant dynamic,

这会让人与植物的互动有所转变

because a single house plant

因为一株小小的室内植物

can actually express its needs

可以表达它的需求

to thousands of people at the same time.

给数以千计的人，在同一时间

And so kind of thinking about scale,

而提到规模

my most recent obsession

我最近最为痴迷的

is actually with glaciers -- of course.

当然要算是冰川了

And so glaciers are these magnificent beings,

冰川如此的壮丽

and there's lots of reasons to be obsessed with them,

有太多的理由让我迷上它们

but what I'm particularly interested in

但我最为感兴趣的

is in human-glacier relations.

是人与冰川的关系

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Because there seems to be an issue.

因为这似乎已经成为一桩事件——

The glaciers are actually leaving us.

冰川正在离我们远去

They're both shrinking and retreating --

它们正在不断的收缩和退后

and some of them have disappeared altogether.

其中的一些已经完全消失了

And so I actually live in Canada now,

我现在住在加拿大

so I've been visiting one of my local glaciers.

所以我一直在探访加拿大的一座冰川

And this one's particularly interesting,

这真的特别有趣

because, of all the glaciers in North America,

因为在所以北美洲的冰川中

it receives the highest volume of human traffic in a year.

它是年客流量最高的一座

They actually have these buses that drive up and over the lateral moraine

他们会将这样的公交车开到冰川侧碛

and drop people off on the surface of the glacier.

让人们在冰川表面下车

And this has really gotten me thinking

这不禁让我想起了

about this experience of the initial encounter.

我最初的经历

When I meet a glacier for the very first time,

当我第一次见到冰川时

what do I do?

我该怎么做

There's no kind of social protocol for this.

这可没有什么社会公约可循

I really just don't even know

我甚至都不知道

how to say hello.

如何向冰川问个好

Do I carve a message in the snow?

是需要我在雪里画出个消息吗

Or perhaps I can assemble one

还是我需要组装一个

out of dot and dash ice cubes --

用点和虚线以及冰块组成的

ice cube Morse code.

冰块摩斯码

Or perhaps I need to make myself a speaking tool,

又或是我需要给自己做一个说话的装置

like an icy megaphone

就像一个冰传声筒

that I can use to amplify my voice

可以用来放大我的声音

when I direct it at the ice.

当我对冰川说话的时候

But really the most satisfying experience I've had

但我曾有过最得意的经验其实是

is the act of listening,

关于聆听的

which is what we need in any good relationship.

任何好的关系都需要我们有聆听的技巧

And I was really struck by how much it affected me.

它对我的影响有多大使我很震惊

This very basic shift in my physical orientation

这个在我物理方向上的小转变

helped me shift my perspective

帮我转变了对于

in relation to the glacier.

与冰川之间关系的观点

And so since we use devices

而自从我们使用装置

to figure out how to relate to the world these days,

来弄清如何去与世界连通这段时间以来

I actually made a device called the Glacier Embracing Suit.

我也真的做了一个叫做冰川拥抱套装的装置

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And so this is constructed out of a heat reflected material

它是用一种热反应材料制作的

that serves to mediate the difference in temperature

热反应材料可以用来调节

between the human body and the glacial ice.

人类与冰川之间的温差

And once again, it's this invitation

而再一次的，它的这一邀请

that asks people to lay down on the glacier

要求人们趴在冰川上

and give it a hug.

并给冰川一个拥抱

So, yea, this is actually just the beginning.

就是这样，这只是个开始

These are initial musings for this project.

这些都是对于这个项目的初步思索

And just as with the wall, how I wanted to be more wall-like,

就像刚才的穿戴式墙一样，我希望我能更加像一面墙

with this project, I'd actually like to take more a of glacial pace.

而对于这个项目，我当然是想更多的跟上冰川的步调

And so my intent

所以我的目标是

is to actually just take the next 10 years

拿出未来的十年

and go on a series of collaborative projects

来做一系列的合作项目

where I work with people from different disciplines --

与不同领域的人们一起合作

artists, technologists, scientists --

艺术家、技术专家、科学家

to kind of work on this project

在这个冰川的项目上

of how we can improve human-glacier relations.

探究我们如何增进人与冰川的关系

So beyond that, in closing,

而现在

I'd just like to say that we're in this era

我只想说，我们正处于这个时代

of communications and device proliferation,

这个通讯及装置扩散的时代

and it's really tremendous and exciting and sexy,

令人非常兴奋也充满诱惑力

but I think what's really important

但我认为真正重要的是

is thinking about how we can simultaneously

去思考我们如何能同时

maintain a sense of wonder and a sense of criticality

保持好奇与界限

about the tools that we use and the ways in which we relate to the world.

对这些我们用来和世界相连接的工具和方法

Thanks.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）