The Weird and Wonderful Art of Niceaunties | TED

翻译人员: Darya Chuprova

Auntie 1: Why are you still single?

大妈 1：你为什么还单身？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Auntie 2: How much do you earn?

大妈 2：你赚了多少钱？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Auntie 3: You look fat.

大妈 3：你看起来很胖。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Niceaunties: I just love aunties.

Niceaunties：我就是喜欢大妈 。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Some of my aunties, I only see during Chinese New Year.

有一些大妈 我只在春节期间见面。

I used to brace myself for inquisition prior to family gatherings.

在家庭聚会之前， 我经常为被审判做好准备。

They call you fat

他们会说我胖了，

but present you with platters of delicious food,

但同时塞给你一盘

made with love and great skill.

用爱烹饪的美食。

This is exasperating and endearing.

真是又可气又可爱。

I'm not alone in this.

我可不是个例。

This behavior and line of questioning

她们的行为和问题 非常普遍，

is so common we even have memes for it.

我们甚至有梗图。

I grew up in a big family, where the women,

我在一个大家庭中长大，

my late grandmother, my mother and some of my 11 aunties,

有我已故的祖母、我的母亲 还有我的11位阿姨，

were expected to take care of children.

这些女人将孩子带大。

They were big influences in my life,

他们们对我有着重大影响，

and I witnessed great personalities,

我受她们鲜明的个性

strength, eccentricity and humor.

力量、古怪和幽默洗礼。

They held back from fully expressing themselves because of societal pressures,

由于社会压力、家庭期望和缺乏支持，

family expectations and lack of support.

她们无法充分表达自己。

My grandma spent most of her life at home.

我奶奶一生的大部分时间都在家里度过。

She did not travel and had little contact with the outside world.

她不旅行，也很少与外界接触。

In the last 20 years of her life,

在她生命的最后20年中，

she had dementia and was bedridden.

她患有痴呆症，卧床不起。

I often imagined her in an alternate reality,

我经常想象她 置身于另一种现实，

where she's out and about, having fun,

她四处奔波，玩得开心，

laughing, chatting, enjoying life.

大笑，聊天，享受生活。

But aunties are not just about family.

大妈不仅仅与家庭有关。

Anyone of any age, of any culture, can be labelled an auntie.

任何年龄、任何文化的人 都可以被贴上大妈的标签。

It is not something you really want to be associated with.

你不会想与“大妈”扯上关系。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

As it could mean you’re old-fashioned,

因为这代表着你已经过时了，

rigid in your thinking or naggy.

思维僵化或唠叨不止。

So it is rather negative to be called one.

“大妈”可不是什么正面的称呼。

Women of my generation live in fear of being labeled an auntie.

我们这一代的女性生活 被称为“大妈”的恐惧中。

But what if you could change this perception,

但是，如果你能改变这种看法，

turning it from dread to something fun and positive?

把“大妈”从消极 变成有趣和积极的称呼呢？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢。

I'm a designer from Singapore,

我是一名来自新加坡的设计师

and in the last year, also an artist.

在过去的一年中， 我成为一名艺术家。

I came across some intriguing and beautiful images on social media

我在社交媒体上看到了一些有趣 而漂亮的图片，

and then found out they were made with AI.

发现它们是由人工智能制作而成。

Curious about what AI could do, I found a program, I signed up,

我很好奇人工智能能做什么， 我找到了一个程序，我注册了，

I keyed in some words,

输入了一些文字，

and within seconds, images appeared.

几秒钟之内，图像就出现了。

I was amazed and mesmerized.

真的是太惊奇了。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Never before have I found a medium that felt like the shortest path

我终于找到了一个媒介，

between my ideas and the visual.

可最快将我的想法视化。

It became addictive.

它让人上瘾。

Rather than just making images, I wanted to do more with this tool,

我不仅想制作图像， 还想用这个工具做更多的事情，

to tell stories about auntie culture.

讲述有关大妈的故事。

My mother engages in many social activities.

我妈妈从事许多社交活动。

She is very active,

由于自己母亲行动不便和早逝，

a result of her mother's immobility and limited life.

我妈妈非常活跃。

She dances and performs

她跳舞和表演

just like the aunties do in Singapore's parks every day.

就像大妈们每天 在新加坡的公园里一样。

This was a huge inspiration for me.

这对我来说是一个巨大的灵感。

So "Niceaunties" was born,

因此，“Niceaunties” 诞生了，

a project about freedom, exuberance,

这是一个关于自由、活力、

self-expression and fun.

自我表达和乐趣的项目。

It is a lighthearted perspective on the joyful side of auntie life.

以轻松的视角展现大妈 生活中快乐的一面。

Also a surreal narrative, loosely based on the women in my family,

但他也是一个超现实的叙事， 大致基于我家庭中的女性：

their social lives, their relationships, their quirks, humor,

她们的社交生活、人际关系、怪癖、

and, of course, food.

幽默，当然还有食物。

In the last 20 years, I worked in architecture,

在过去的20年中， 我从事建筑工作，

a profession of discipline, rules and clients.

一个有纪律、有规则、服务客户的职业。

I always worked in a team.

我一直在团队里工作。

It was about fulfilling the client's brief and budgets.

完成客户小结和整理预算。

With AI, it's just me.

对于 AI 来说，只有我。

It's a breath of fresh air.

真是新鲜啊。

This lack of restraint

这种无束缚的状态把我带

has transported me to an imaginary world,

到了一个虚构的世界，

where my aunties can live freely as themselves,

在那里我的大妈们 可以自由地生活，

where anything fun can and does happen.

任何有趣的事都会发生。

For instance, aunties in public places,

例如，大妈们在公共场所，

taking photos with sculptures in absurd ways.

用荒谬的方式与雕塑合影。

This is a common sight.

这是一种常见的景象。

A typical holiday photo becomes aunties trying to kiss the moon,

一张正常的度假照片 变成了她们想亲吻月亮，

but failing badly.

但惨败了。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Over the course of a year --

在一年的时间里——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

instead of designing buildings,

我没有设计建筑，

I developed “Niceaunties” into a world-building project:

而是将 “Niceaunties” 开发成了一个世界建设项目：

the “Auntieverse.”

“大妈宇宙”。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Just like in any world,

就像在任何世界一样，

there are cities, citizens, their lives and their culture.

有城市、市民、 他们的生活和文化。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Auntieverse is partly inspired by Singapore,

Auntieverse的部分 灵感来自新加坡，

where acronyms are used for everything.

所有事物都使用缩略词。

A sentence would typically sound like:

一句话听起来像：

"I'm going to take the MRT to the NTUC near my mom's HDB to avoid the ERP."

“为了避开ERP， 我要坐地铁去我妈妈的HDB附近的NTUC。”

In the Auntieverse,

在大妈宇宙中，

we have Tofu-Engineered Sushi Luxury Autos,

我们有用豆腐做的寿司汽车， （Tofu-Engineered Sushi Luxury Autos,）

aka TESLA.

又名豆司拉 （特斯拉）。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's a transportation factory --

这是一家运输工厂——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

where aunties assemble food and legs

大妈们在那里组装食物和腿部

to create vehicles running on leg power.

来制造依靠腿部力量行驶的车辆。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's very sustainable.

这是非常可持续的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

In Chinese dialects, "legs" have the same sound as "cars,"

在中国方言中， “腿” 和“汽车” 的发音一样，

so a common joke would be to say, “Let’s get around on our own cars.”

一个常见的笑话是说： “让我们自己开车四处走动。”

Meaning we can move around on our own legs,

这意味着我们可以 靠自己的双腿四处走动，

implying self-reliance.

这意味着自力更生。

So I imagine at TESLA,

所以我想在特斯拉，

we have the usual car assembly, a car wash

我们有常见的组装流水线，洗车房

and, of course, a car junkyard.

当然，还有一个汽车垃圾场。

But legs don't just move cars around in the Auntieverse.

但是，在大妈宇宙， 腿不只是让汽车四处移动。

Buildings use them too,

建筑物也使用它们，

as do animals and vegetables.

动物和蔬菜也是如此。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Another destination in the Auntieverse is MoMA,

大妈宇宙的另一个目的地是 现代艺术博物馆（MoMA）

the Museum of Modern Aunties ...

现代大妈博物馆... （Museum of Modern Aunties）

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Where modern auntie culture is celebrated.

这里是庆祝现代大妈文化的地方。

This is a social space where aunties gather, hang out, eat, chitchat,

这是一个社交空间，大妈们 聚会、闲逛、吃饭、聊天、

have fun, chillax.

玩得开心、放松一下。

So one day, I said to my mother

所以有一天，我对妈妈说

that she should show others how to make, and then sell, her delicious food.

她应该向其他人展示她是怎么烹饪的， 还可以售卖她的美食

She said “No lah, too tired.”

她说：“不，太累了。”

So I imagined NASA, Nice Auntie Sushi Academy --

于是我想到了NASA，大妈寿司学院 Nice Auntie Sushi Academy——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

A culinary school on the moon,

一所月球上的烹饪学校，

where aunties share their cooking skills.

大妈在那里分享烹饪技巧。

Here, amazing food is made available for all, 24-7.

全天候为所有人提供美味的食物。

Aunties in training learn how to forage fresh ingredients on the moon,

正在接受训练的大妈们 学习如何在月球上觅食，

how to slice fish,

如何切鱼，

and the cat will ensure all lessons go according to plan.

但猫猫将确保 所有课程都按计划进行。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But food isn't just used for eating --

但是食物不只是用来吃的——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

In the Auntieverse.

在大妈宇宙里。

It's used for all kinds of relaxing activities.

它用于各种放松活动。

I would love to soak in this ramen hot tub with my aunties.

我很想和大妈泡在 这个拉面热水浴缸里。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Well, sushi is used extensively in Auntie Spa

寿司在大妈Spa中广泛应用在

for all kinds of beauty treatments and relaxing body wraps,

各种美容护理和放松的身体裹敷中，

a reference to many aunties' beauty tips,

这是许多阿姨的美容秘诀，

like putting cucumbers and other foods on their faces and bodies.

比如在脸上和身体 上涂黄瓜和其他食物。

Personally, I have been rubbed down in coffee grounds,

就我个人而言， 我曾被用咖啡渣擦洗，

and then wrapped in cling film.

然后用保鲜膜包裹。

It's very unsettling.

这非常令人不安。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Along with many beauty treatments, like lasers and acupuncture,

除了激光和针灸等许多美容疗法， 在青春和美丽的承诺下，

I felt like I had to try, under the promise of youth and beauty.

我觉得自己必须尝试一下。

So many women undergo the pain of these beauty treatments

如此多的女性 为了保持理想的身材和美容标准，

to maintain body ideals and notions of beauty standards.

承受许多美容护理的痛苦。

Sometimes, it feels like having construction sites

有时候，我感觉我们的脸上和身体上

on our faces and bodies.

都有建筑工地。

Does it actually work?

它真的有效吗？

I don't know.

我不知道。

On the lighter end of the spectrum,

另一方面，

Aunties' Nail Spa provides many beautiful options for our fingers,

大妈美甲廊为我们的手指提供了 许多漂亮的设计，

including very useful tools for everyday life.

包括非常有用的日常生活工具。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Cute and practical.

可爱又实用。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Meanwhile, on Auntlantis,

同时，在“妈特兰蒂斯”

a parallel world inspired by Plato and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,

一个受柏拉图和太平洋垃圾岛 启发的平行世界

my aunties take a break on the beach,

大妈在清理海底工作了一天后，

after a day's work cleaning out the ocean floor,

在一个充满塑料垃圾的

in a world filled with plastic waste as we know it.

沙滩上休息片刻。

My Auntieverse is an ever-expanding narrative of food, culture,

我的大妈宇宙不断扩展 它有关食物、文化、

family, relationships and the world we live in.

家庭、人际关系和我们生活的世界。

I could not have imagined having created this without the help of AI.

如果没有AI的帮助， 我无法创造出这个世界。

Before AI, I have never edited a video.

在 AI 出现之前， 我从未编辑过视频。

This technology lowered the barrier to learning

AI 降低了学习障碍，

and allowed me to bring my imagination to life in only 12 months.

使我能够在短短的12个月内 将我的想象力变为现实。

But this isn't just about AI.

但这不仅仅与人工智能有关。

The Auntieverse is about honoring the memory of extraordinary women

大妈宇宙旨在纪念

那些互相照顾，造福家庭的非凡女性。

who nurtured one another and their families.

It is about celebrating personalities

这是为了弘扬大妈的个性，

and bringing into the spotlight the mundane and the bizarre,

将平凡和奇异的事物 置于聚光灯下，

like some aunties' big permed hair.

比如一些大妈的烫发。

"The taller the hair, the closer to God," some said.

有人说：“头发越高， 离上帝越近。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

[Auntie's Hair Spray]

[大妈的发胶]

(Music)

（音乐）

[smells nice]

[闻起来很香]

(Music continues)

（音乐继续）

[holds shape]

[保持原状]

[animal testing]

[动物试验]

(Music continues)

（音乐继续）

[long lasting]

[持久]

(Audience laughter)

（观众笑声）

[while stocks last!]

[售完即止！]

(Laughter continues)

（笑声继续）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause continues)

（掌声继续）