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Lucy McRae - Body architect
Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, Lucy McRae is fascinated by the human body, and how it can be shaped by technology.

Why you should listen
Lucy McRae is an artist who straddles the worlds of fashion, technology and the body. Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, her work – which is inherently fascinated with the human body – involves inventing and building structures on the skin that reshape the human silhouette. Her provocative and often grotesquely beautiful imagery suggests a new breed: a future human archetype existing in an alternate world. The media call her an inventor; friends call her a trailblazer. Either way, Lucy relies on instinct to evolve an extraordinary visual path that is powerful, primal and unique.
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Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body?

Lucy McRae: 科技如何改造人體?

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在TED Fellow大會上,Lucy McRae是一位人體建築師--她想像出了許多將生物科學和科技結合到人體的方法。在這個極具視覺衝擊的演講中,她展示了許多作品,從服裝到對流行歌星Robyn的音樂影片中體內改造,再到一顆能讓你吃下後就散發甜蜜香氣的藥片。
- Body architect
Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, Lucy McRae is fascinated by the human body, and how it can be shaped by technology. Full bio

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I call myself a body身體 architect建築師.
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我自稱自己是一位人體建築師
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I trained熟練 in classical古典 ballet芭蕾舞
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我學過古典芭蕾
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and have a background背景 in architecture建築 and fashion時尚.
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也有建築和時尚的相關背景
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As a body身體 architect建築師, I fascinate吸引 with the human人的 body身體
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身為一位人體建築師,我對人體深度著迷
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and explore探索 how I can transform轉變 it.
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以及該如何改造人體
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I worked工作 at Philips飛利浦 Electronics電子產品
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我現在任職於飛利浦電子公司
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in the far-future遠的未來 design設計 research研究 lab實驗室,
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旗下一個前衛設計的研究實驗室
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looking 20 years年份 into the future未來.
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我們著眼於二十年後的未來
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I explored探討 the human人的 skin皮膚, and how technology技術 can transform轉變 the body身體.
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我探索過人類皮膚,以及如何運用科技改造人體
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I worked工作 on concepts概念 like an electronic電子 tattoo,
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我也研究過透過觸摸就能完成
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which哪一個 is augmented增強 by touch觸摸,
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電子紋身
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or dresses禮服 that blushed臉紅 and shivered發抖 with light.
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還有可以用光照射或照映出圖樣的裙子
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I started開始 my own擁有 experiments實驗.
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我還做了實驗
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These were the low-tech技術含量低 approaches方法 to the high-tech高科技 conversations對話 I was having.
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這是我沒有用太多技術所做出來的科技設計
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These are Q-tipsQ-提示 stuck卡住 to my roommate室友 with wig假髮 glue.
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其實就是用棉棒加上假髮膠貼在我室友的身上
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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I started開始 a collaboration合作 with a friend朋友 of mine, Bart巴特 Hess赫斯 --
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我還和我的朋友Bart Hess合作過
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he doesn't normally一般 look like this --
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他平常不是這樣的--
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and we used ourselves我們自己 as models楷模.
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我們把自己當作模特兒
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We transformed改造 our apartments公寓 into our laboratories實驗室,
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我們將公寓改造成實驗室
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and worked工作 in a very spontaneous自發 and immediate即時 way.
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這樣就能隨時隨地實驗我們的新想法
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We were creating創建
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我們現在正在創作
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visual視覺 imagery意象 provoking發人深省 human人的 evolution演化.
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用視覺圖像來表現人類的演化
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Whilst同時 I was at Philips飛利浦, we discussed討論 this idea理念 of a maybe technology技術,
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同時,在飛利浦,我們正在討論一個想法,可能是科技
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something that wasn't either switched交換的 on or off, but in between之間.
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我是說一種非具體型態的概念
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A maybe that could take the form形成 of a gas加油站 or a liquid液體.
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可能是氣體或液體作為形式的概念
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And I became成為 obsessed痴迷 with this idea理念 of blurring模糊 the perimeter周長 of the body身體,
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然後我對於將身體邊緣模糊化感到非常有興趣
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so you couldn't不能 see where the skin皮膚 ended結束 and the near environment環境 started開始.
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在此種情況下,你就不能知道皮膚和外界環境的具體界線在哪
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I set up my studio工作室 in the red-light紅燈 district
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我還在紅燈區成立了自己的工作室
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and obsessively痴迷 wrapped包裹 myself in plumbing水暖 tubing管道,
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然後著魔似的用管子纏滿了自己的身體
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and found發現 a way to redefine重新定義 the skin皮膚
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我發現這樣可以重新界定皮膚
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and create創建 this dynamic動態 textile紡織品.
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而且這也是一種動態的紡織品
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I was introduced介紹 to Robyn羅賓, the Swedish瑞典 pop流行的 star,
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我想給各位介紹Robyn,她是位瑞典流行歌手
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and she was also exploring探索
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她也在探索著
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how technology技術 coexists並存 with raw生的 human人的 emotion情感.
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如何用科技和我們原始情感巧妙結合的方法
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And she talked about how technology技術 with these new feathers羽毛,
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然後她跟我說如何用科技創造這些新型態的 "羽毛"
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this new face面對 paint塗料, this punk朋克, the way that we identify鑑定 with the world世界,
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這樣的妝容,龐克風,還有我們定義這個世界的方式
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and we made製作 this music音樂 video視頻.
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後來我們完成了這部音樂影片
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I'm fascinated入迷 with the idea理念
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我非常喜歡這個想法
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of what happens發生 when you merge合併 biology生物學 with technology技術,
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就是將科技和生物學結合在一起會產生什麼
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and I remember記得 reading about this idea理念 of being存在 able能夠 to reprogram重新編程
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我記得以前看過一個想法,是有關我們在未來
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biology生物學, in the future未來, away from disease疾病 and aging老化.
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可以透過改變生物基因來抵抗疾病和老化
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And I thought about this concept概念 of,
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我還想到了另一個點子
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imagine想像 if we could reprogram重新編程
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想像一下,如果我們可以
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our own擁有 body身體 odor氣味, modify修改 and biologically生物 enhance提高 it,
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重新改變體味,改變而且增強其生物性能
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and how would that change更改 the way that we communicate通信 with each other?
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這會如何影響我們相互交流的方式呢?
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Or the way that we attract吸引 sexual有性 partners夥伴?
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又會如何影響我們尋找另一半的方法呢?
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And would we revert還原 back to being存在 more like animals動物,
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我們會不會又退回到最初像是動物那樣
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more primal原始 modes模式 of communication通訊?
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用最原始的方式來交流?
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I worked工作 with a synthetic合成的 biologist生物學家,
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我曾和一位合成生物學家共事過
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and I created創建 a swallowable吞嚥 perfume香水,
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我們創造出了一種可食用的香水
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which哪一個 is a cosmetic化妝品 pill that you eat
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其實就是種可食用的化妝藥片
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and the fragrance香味 comes out through通過 the skin's皮膚的 surface表面 when you perspire流汗.
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服用後,在流汗的時候,香味就會從皮膚表面散發出來
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It completely全然 blows打擊 apart距離 the way that perfume香水 is,
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這徹底顛覆了過去大家對香水的印象
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and provides提供 a whole整個 new format格式.
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並且提供一種全新的方式
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It's perfume香水 coming未來 from the inside out.
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這種香水從內而外的散發出來
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It redefines重新定義 the role角色 of skin皮膚, and our bodies身體 become成為 an atomizer噴霧器.
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也重新定義了我們皮膚的功能,人體變成一只香水瓶
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I've learned學到了 that there's no boundaries邊界,
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我現在知道了我的工作是無限的
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and if I look at the evolution演化 of my work
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我如果回顧我的工作經歷
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i can see threads線程 and connections連接 that make sense.
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我可以看出來這當中的每個關聯性
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But when I look towards the future未來,
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不過當我展望未來時
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the next下一個 project項目 is completely全然 unknown未知 and wide open打開.
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我的下一個作品又是完全未知而開放的
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I feel like I have all these ideas思路 existing現有 embedded嵌入式 inside of me,
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我覺得我充滿了不同的想法
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and it's these conversations對話 and these experiences經驗
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就是這些對話與經歷
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that connect these ideas思路, and they kind of instinctively本能 come out.
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讓我本能地將我的想法給組合起來
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As a body身體 architect建築師,
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身為一位人體建築師
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I've created創建 this limitless無限 and boundless漫漫 platform平台
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我為自己創造了一個無拘無束,無所限制的平台
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for me to discover發現 whatever隨你 I want.
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讓我可以去尋找我想要的
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And I feel like I've just got started開始.
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我現在感覺一切才剛開始
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So here's這裡的 to another另一個 day at the office辦公室.
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新的一天裡也要開始工作
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(Laughter笑聲) (Applause掌聲)
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(笑聲)(掌聲)
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Thank you!
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謝謝各位
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Thank you!
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謝謝
Translated by Joyce Chou
Reviewed by Sunny Kan Ngai Hang 簡毅恒

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lucy McRae - Body architect
Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, Lucy McRae is fascinated by the human body, and how it can be shaped by technology.

Why you should listen
Lucy McRae is an artist who straddles the worlds of fashion, technology and the body. Trained as a classical ballerina and architect, her work – which is inherently fascinated with the human body – involves inventing and building structures on the skin that reshape the human silhouette. Her provocative and often grotesquely beautiful imagery suggests a new breed: a future human archetype existing in an alternate world. The media call her an inventor; friends call her a trailblazer. Either way, Lucy relies on instinct to evolve an extraordinary visual path that is powerful, primal and unique.
More profile about the speaker
Lucy McRae | Speaker | TED.com