ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Uldus Bakhtiozina - Artist, visionary
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness.

Why you should listen

Uldus Bakhtiozina is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Russia. Born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, into a Muslim-Christian family, Bakhtiozina studied and worked in London in graphic design and photography before settling on her unique style which mixes folklore, history, fashion and challenging stereotypes. Calling her style "Tatar Baroque," in part because she is half Tatar, Bakhtiozina has a passion for irregularity, and she says that her work documents dreams. Bakhtiozina creates everything inside her analogue photography and films, from outfits to stages, to fulfill the story behind each of her creations. None of her works have been digitally manipulated.

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Uldus Bakhtiozina: Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside down

尤德思‧巴克提兹娜: 颠覆刻板印象的戏谑照片

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尤德思‧巴克提兹娜是俄罗斯本土艺术家,她用照片幽默地讽刺社会规范。这场演说展示了俄罗斯的青少年文化,简短有趣地提示大家,不必太严肃,多些戏谑的趣味。
- Artist, visionary
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness. Full bio

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Good afternoon下午.
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下午好
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My name名称 is UldusUldus.
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我叫尤德思
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I am a photo-based基于照片 artist艺术家 from Russia俄国.
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是一名来自俄罗斯的摄影艺术家
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I started开始 my way around six years年份 ago
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我的职业生涯开始于大约六年前
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with ironic具有讽刺意味 self-portraits自画像
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做讽刺意味的自我肖像
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to lay铺设 open打开 so many许多 stereotypes定型
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以揭露很多有关
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about nationalities国籍, genders性别,
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国籍 性别以及
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and social社会 issues问题
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社会问题的刻板印象--
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["I am Russian俄语. I sell drugs毒品, guns枪炮, porno色情 with kids孩子!"]
["Vodka伏特加 = water. I love vodka伏特加!"] (Laughter笑声) —
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[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!]
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using运用 photography摄影 as my tool工具 to send发送 a message信息.
["Marry结婚 me, I need a visa签证."]
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我用照片作为传达信息的工具
[我们结婚吧 我要签证]
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Today今天, I am still performing执行 in front面前 of the camera相机
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直到今天 我仍在镜头面前表演
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and trying to be brave勇敢 like Wonder奇迹 Woman女人.
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试图像女超人那般勇敢
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I focus焦点 on balancing平衡 meaningful富有意义的 message信息,
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我关注寻求有意义的信息
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aesthetic审美, beauty美女, composition组成,
some irony讽刺, and artifacts文物.
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唯美 靓丽 信息组成
讽刺和艺术品间的平衡
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Today今天, I'm going to tell you about my project项目,
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今天 我想讲述我的一个项目
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which哪一个 is named命名 Desperate殊死 Romantics浪漫主义.
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名叫绝望的浪漫
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They're my artifacts文物, or paintings绘画
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这是我的手工艺品 或称绘画作品
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from pre-Raphaelites拉斐尔前派 Brotherhood手足情谊 England英国
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属于拉斐尔前派
英国艺术家兄弟会
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mid-中-19th century世纪.
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出现在十九世纪中期
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I took the painting绘画
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我为这些画作
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and gifted天才 new, contemporary现代的 meaning含义
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赋予其全新而前卫的意指
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talking about issues问题 which哪一个 are surrounding周围 me
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谈论在俄罗斯围发生在我身边
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in Russia俄国,
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一些故事
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capturing捕获 people who are non-models非型号
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寻找非职业模特
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but have an interesting有趣 story故事.
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却有有趣故事的人
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This boy男孩 is a professional专业的 dancer舞蹈家,
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这个小男孩大概12岁
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only 12 years年份 old,
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是个职业舞者
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but at secondary次要 school学校, he hides his dancing跳舞 classes
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但在初中 他隐藏了学舞的经历
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and is wearing穿着 the mask面具 of brutality残酷,
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将自己伪装成无情的人
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trying to be united联合的 with the rest休息 of his classmates同学
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想要融入班级中
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like a storm风暴 trooper士兵 has no personality个性.
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如同没有个性的突击队员
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But this boy男孩 has goals目标 and dreams
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但这个男孩有目标和梦想
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but hides it to be socially社交上 accepted公认,
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他将其隐藏以求融入社群
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because being存在 different不同 isn't easy简单,
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因为与众不同实在太难了
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especially特别 in Russia俄国.
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尤其在俄罗斯
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Next下一个 portrait肖像 interpretation解释 is metaphoric隐喻.
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下一张肖像是个隐喻
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And this is Nikita尼基塔,
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这是尼基塔
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a security安全 guard守卫 from one of the bars酒吧
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圣彼得堡一间酒吧的
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in St. Petersburg圣彼得堡.
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保安人员
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He likes喜欢 to say, "You wouldn't不会 like me when I'm angry愤怒,"
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他似乎在说:你不会希望我生气的
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quoting引用 Hulk废船 from the movie电影,
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这是电影《绿巨人》中的台词
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but I've never seen看到 him angry愤怒.
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但我从未见过他生气
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He hides his sensitivities敏感性 and romantic浪漫 side,
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他隐藏了自己敏感且浪漫的性格
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because in Russia俄国, among其中 guys,
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因为在俄罗斯 男人们认为
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that's not cool to be romantic浪漫,
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浪漫太不酷了
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but it's cool to be surrounded包围 with women妇女
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但是被女人包围
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and look like an aggressive侵略性 hulk废船.
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看起来像个好斗的绿巨人是很酷的
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Sometimes有时, in my project项目,
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有时 我的创作
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I would take the painting绘画
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会赋予画作
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and give it new meaning含义
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新的意义
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and new temptation诱惑 about it.
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和新的诱惑
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Sometimes有时, I would compare比较 facial面部 features特征
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有时 我会对比面部容貌
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and playing播放 with words:
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玩文字游戏:
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irony讽刺, Iron Man, ironing熨烫 man.
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讽刺 钢铁侠 烫衣先生
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Through通过 the artifacts文物,
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通过作品
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I bring带来 social社会 issues问题
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我将在俄罗斯经历的
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which哪一个 surround环绕 me in Russia俄国 into the conversation会话.
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社会问题带入谈话中
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Interesting有趣 fact事实 about marriage婚姻 in Russia俄国,
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在俄罗斯有关婚姻问题的有趣现象是
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that most of the 18, 19-year-old-岁 girls女孩
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绝大多数18 19岁的人
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are already已经 ready准备, and dream梦想 to get married已婚.
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已经准备好 并期待投入婚姻之中
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We're taught from childhood童年,
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从儿时起 我们就被教育到
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successful成功 marriage婚姻 means手段 successful成功 life,
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成功的婚姻 意味着成功的人生
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so most of the girls女孩 kind of fight斗争
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因此绝大多数女孩想要寻找
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to get a good husband丈夫.
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一个好丈夫
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And what about me?
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而我呢?
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I'm 27 years年份 old.
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我已经27岁了
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For Russian俄语 society社会, I'm an old maid女佣
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在俄罗斯 我被认为是个老女人
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and hopeless绝望 to ever get married已婚.
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嫁不出去了
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That's why you see me in a Mexican墨西哥人 fighter战斗机 mask面具,
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图中的我带着墨西哥战士头盔
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in the wedding婚礼 dress连衣裙, all desperate殊死 in my garden花园.
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穿着婚纱 绝望地站在我的花园里
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But remember记得, irony讽刺 is the key,
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但是 讽刺是关键
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and this is actually其实 to motivate刺激 girls女孩
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这幅图实际上是在激励女孩们
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to fight斗争 for goals目标, for dreams,
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为了目标 梦想去战斗
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and change更改 stereotypes定型.
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改变刻板印象
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Be brave勇敢. Be ironic具有讽刺意味 — it helps帮助.
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勇敢 戏谑--这很有用
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Be funny滑稽 and create创建 some magic魔法.
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做个有趣的人 创造魔法
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(Applause掌声)
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(鼓掌)
Translated by Zhiting Chen
Reviewed by Justine Bai

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Uldus Bakhtiozina - Artist, visionary
TED Fellow Uldus Bakhtiozina creates photo stories and video installations that challenge stereotypes and create diversity, involving all types of people from fashion models to ordinary people. She presents the world with humor and thoughtfulness.

Why you should listen

Uldus Bakhtiozina is an artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Russia. Born in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, into a Muslim-Christian family, Bakhtiozina studied and worked in London in graphic design and photography before settling on her unique style which mixes folklore, history, fashion and challenging stereotypes. Calling her style "Tatar Baroque," in part because she is half Tatar, Bakhtiozina has a passion for irregularity, and she says that her work documents dreams. Bakhtiozina creates everything inside her analogue photography and films, from outfits to stages, to fulfill the story behind each of her creations. None of her works have been digitally manipulated.

More profile about the speaker
Uldus Bakhtiozina | Speaker | TED.com