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

譯者: Coco Shen 審譯者: Jin Wu

I consider it my life's mission

我把用我的作品来

to convey the urgency of climate change through my work.

展示氣候變化的緊迫性 視作我人生的使命

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

我到過北極去了解關於 極地冰川融化的

of polar melt,

未知故事

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

我也去到赤道地區去記錄 海平面上升帶來的一系列影響

Most recently, I visited the icy coast of Greenland

最近 我去了格林蘭島寒冷的海岸

and the low-lying islands of the Maldives,

以及馬爾代夫低窪的島嶼

connecting two seemingly disparate but equally endangered

我將地球上這兩個看起來 互不相干卻面臨同樣危機的地區

parts of our planet.

聯繫起來

My drawings explore moments of transition, turbulence

我的畫作展示的是地景

and tranquility in the landscape,

轉化的瞬間、天氣狂暴的瞬間 以及寧靜美麗的瞬間

allowing viewers to emotionally connect

這些瞬間能讓觀看者與畫作中

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

他們可能永遠沒機會去到的地方 產生情感上的共鳴

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

我選擇在畫作中展示的是 自然風景的美麗而不是被破壞的一面

If you can experience the sublimity of these landscapes,

如果你能體會到這些 自然風光的莊嚴崇高

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

或許你就會意識到應該保護自然

Behavioral psychology tells us that we take action

行為心理學告訴 我們影響我們行動和下決心

and make decisions based on our emotions above all else.

最大的影響因素是情緒

And studies have shown that art impacts our emotions

有研究已經證明藝術比駭人的新聞

more effectively than a scary news report.

更能影響我們的情緒

Experts predict ice-free Arctic summers

專家預測在不久的2020年

as early as 2020.

北極的夏季將不再有冰川

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

並且在本世紀末之前

by century's end.

海平面將升高2到10英呎

I have dedicated my career to illuminating these projections

我將我的事業致力於 用容易理解的媒介來

with an accessible medium,

解釋這些預測

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

這種媒介比能以數據做不到的方式 來驅使我們保護環境

My process begins with traveling to the places

我以開始到

at the forefront of climate change.

氣候變化影響最大的 各個地方旅行為開端

On-site, I take thousands of photographs.

我在這些地方拍下了 成千上萬張照片

Back in the studio,

然後我回到工作室

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

通過我自己的回憶經歷和照片來

to create very large-scale compositions,

創作大篇幅的作品

sometimes over 10 feet wide.

有時這些作品的寬度 能超過10英呎

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

我用粉筆作畫 它看起來像有顏色的木炭

I consider my work drawings but others call them painting.

我認為我的作品是畫作 但是其他人將它們稱之為畫畫

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

但是當我被介紹為“手指畫家” 的時候我還是會難堪

(Laughter)

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But I don't use any tools

但是我畫畫不用任何工具

and I have always used my fingers and palms

我用我的手指和手掌來

to manipulate the pigment on the paper.

操縱紙上的顏料

Drawing is a form of meditation for me.

畫畫對我來說是一種冥想

It quiets my mind.

能讓我的思緒安靜下來

I don't perceive what I'm drawing

我不去刻意思考我正在畫什麼

as ice or water.

不去刻意想畫的是冰還是水

Instead, the image is stripped down

而是讓畫面自然而然

to its most basic form of color and shape.

以它最基本的顏色和形狀呈現

Once the piece is complete,

當一幅畫完成之後

I can finally experience the composition as a whole,

我才會感受到它的完整性

as an iceberg floating through glassy water,

它展現的是漂浮在 晶瑩剔透的水面上的冰山

or a wave cresting with foam.

或者是浪尖全是泡沫的海浪

On average, a piece this size takes me about,

像這樣規模的畫作平均會耗時

as you can see, 10 seconds.

如影片所見 - 10秒鐘

(Laughter)

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(Applause)

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

其實它會耗時超過200小時 甚至大規模的某些作品會花費250小時

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

我從能夠握住蠟筆 就開始畫畫一直到現在

My mom was an artist, and growing up,

我母親是個藝術家 在我的成長過程中

we always had art supplies all over the house.

我被各式藝術原料包圍

My mother's love of photography

我母親對攝影的熱愛

propelled her to the most remote regions of the earth,

驅使她去了世界上最遙遠的地區

and my family and I were fortunate enough

我和我的家人有幸能夠

to join and support her on these adventures.

支持她並參與她的冒險旅程

We rode camels in Northern Africa

我們在北非騎過駱駝

and mushed on dog sleds near the North Pole.

在北極坐過狗撬

In August of 2012, I led my first expedition,

從2012年8月開始 我領導第一次考察

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

帶領一組由藝術家和學者組成的考察隊 去格陵蘭島的西北海岸

My mother was originally supposed to lead this trip.

這次考察本來 該由我母親帶領

She and I were in the early stages of planning,

但是當我們剛開始初期準備

as we had intended to go together,

要一起出發去考察的時候

when she fell victim to a brain tumor.

她查出有腦瘤

The cancer quickly took over her body and mind,

癌症迅速擊垮了她的身體和意志

and she passed away six months later.

6個月后 她去世了

During the months of her illness, though,

儘管在被病痛折磨的那幾個月

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

她依然堅持為考察的事情付出 我也承諾

to carry out her final journey.

會代替她走完這最後旅程

My mother's passion for the Arctic

在格陵蘭島的經歷

echoed through my experience in Greenland,

使我回想起了我母親對北極的熱愛

and I felt the power

讓我感受到了自然的偉大力量

and the fragility of the landscape.

以及自然的脆弱

The sheer size of the icebergs

陡峭的冰山

is humbling.

讓人望而生畏

The ice fields are alive with movement and sound

冰山是能夠移動和發出聲音 像是活著一樣

in a way that I never expected.

完全出乎我的意料

I expanded the scale of my compositions

我加大作品規模

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

想讓你們也能感受到 我所體驗到的對自然的敬畏

Yet, while the grandeur of the ice is evident,

冰山的宏偉壯觀是顯而易見的

so, too, is its vulnerability.

它的脆弱也不容忽視

From our boat,

從我們乘坐的船上

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

我能看到冰在不符合 季節的暖陽下融化

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

我們也去拜訪了許多 格陵蘭島上的因紐特人社區

that now face huge challenges.

他們現在面臨著巨大的挑戰

The locals spoke to me of vast areas of sea ice

當地人向我講述 當初廣闊的海上冰川

that are no longer freezing over as they once did.

已不再像從前那樣結冰了

And without ice, their hunting and harvesting grounds

沒有了冰 他們打獵和種植的土地

are severely diminished,

也隨之消失

threatening their way of life and survival.

這嚴重威脅了他們的生活和生存

The melting glaciers in Greenland

融化的格陵蘭島冰河

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

是海平面上升的最大原因之一

which have already begun to drown

海平面的上升已經開始

some of our world's lowest-lying islands.

淹沒世界上地勢最低的海島

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

格林蘭島之行的一年 之後我去了馬爾代夫

the lowest and flattest country in the entire world.

它是世界上地勢最低最平坦的國家

While I was there, I collected images and inspiration

我在那裡為我的新作品

for a new body of work:

拍攝照片和獲取靈感

drawings of waves lapping on the coast of a nation

我想畫下海浪拍打著 這個海岸之國的畫面

that could be entirely underwater within this century.

畫這個可能在本世紀內 就淹沒於海底的國家

Devastating events happen every day

每天都有令人沮喪的事

on scales both global and personal.

發生在世界與個人身上

When I was in Greenland,

當我在格林蘭島時

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

我將我母親的骨灰 撒在了融化的冰川之中

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

現在她與她所深愛的風景融為一體

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

她對自然的熱愛以新的方式繼續延續

Among the many gifts my mother gave me

在我母親賦予我的許多天賦之中

was the ability to focus on the positive,

重要的是專注於事物的積極面的能力

rather than the negative.

而非關注它們的消極性

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

我的畫作是對即將消逝的美麗的讚美

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

我希望它們能記錄不斷 變化著的崇高的自然

documenting the transition and inspiring our global community

記錄自然的變化並鼓勵全世界的人們

to take action for the future.

為了美好未來而行動起來

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

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