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Helen Marriage: Public art that turns cities into playgrounds of the imagination
海倫·麥里奇: 公共藝術將城市變成想像力的遊樂場
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視覺藝術家海倫·麥里奇籌劃驚人的大規模公共藝術演出，藉此將可能性的界限再度向外延伸。在這場展示她的作品的視覺之旅中，她述說了她如何將三個城市變成想像力的遊樂場──想像一下巨象走在倫敦街頭的景象──同時也讓我們看到當大家停下腳步去讚嘆、一同體驗當下片刻會是怎樣的光景。
Helen Marriage - Maverick producer
Helen Marriage cofounded a company that specializes in creating disruptive, whole-city arts events that surprise and delight everyone who comes across them. Full bio
Helen Marriage cofounded a company that specializes in creating disruptive, whole-city arts events that surprise and delight everyone who comes across them. Full bio
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00:13
We live in a world
increasingly tyrannized by the screen,
increasingly tyrannized by the screen,
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我們生活在一個日漸
被螢幕所主宰的世界，
被螢幕所主宰的世界，
00:17
by our phones, by our tablets,
by our televisions and our computers.
by our televisions and our computers.
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手機、平板電腦、電視
及電腦充斥於日常生活。
及電腦充斥於日常生活。
00:21
We can have any experience that we want,
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我們可以有任何我們想要的體驗，
00:23
but feel nothing.
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卻什麼也感受不到。
00:25
We can have as many friends as we want,
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我們要多少朋友就有多少朋友，
00:27
but have nobody to shake hands with.
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卻沒有一個人可以握手。
00:31
I want to take you
to a different kind of world,
to a different kind of world,
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我想要帶大家到一個不同的世界，
00:33
the world of the imagination,
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想像力的世界，
00:35
where, using this most powerful
tool that we have,
tool that we have,
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在那裡，我們可以用
我們最強大的工具，
我們最強大的工具，
00:39
we can transform both
our physical surroundings,
our physical surroundings,
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徹底改變我們的周遭環境，
00:43
but in doing so, we can change
forever how we feel
forever how we feel
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與此同時，也將永遠改變我們的感受，
00:47
and how we feel about the people
that we share the planet with.
that we share the planet with.
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以及我們對其他共同存在
這個地球上的人的感覺。
這個地球上的人的感覺。
00:51
My company, Artichoke,
which I cofounded in 2006,
which I cofounded in 2006,
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2006 年我與朋友一起
成立了 Artichoke，
成立了 Artichoke，
00:56
was set up to create moments.
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公司宗旨是要「創造時刻」。
00:58
We all have moments in our lives,
and when we're on our deathbeds,
and when we're on our deathbeds,
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我們一生中充滿各種時刻，
在我們臨終時，
在我們臨終時，
我們記起的不會是每天上班
通勤搭的 38 路公車，
通勤搭的 38 路公車，
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we're not going to remember
the daily commute to work
the daily commute to work
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on the number 38 bus
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01:05
or our struggle to find a parking space
every day when we go to the shop.
every day when we go to the shop.
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或是平常去購物時
停車位有多難找。
停車位有多難找。
01:09
We're going to remember those moments
when our kid took their first step
when our kid took their first step
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我們會想到的時刻應該是
我們的孩子踏出第一步，
我們的孩子踏出第一步，
01:13
or when we got picked
for the football team
for the football team
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或是我們被選入足球隊，
01:15
or when we fell in love.
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甚至是我們墜入愛河的那一刻。
01:17
So Artichoke exists to create
moving, ephemeral moments
moving, ephemeral moments
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Artichoke 的使命
是要創造出精彩動人的時刻，
是要創造出精彩動人的時刻，
01:21
that transform the physical world
using the imagination of the artist
using the imagination of the artist
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用藝術家的想像力改變現實的世界，
01:25
to show us what is possible.
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展現各種可能性。
01:29
We create beauty amongst ruins.
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我們在斷垣殘壁中創造出絢爛美景。
01:32
We reexamine our history.
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我們重新檢視我們的歷史。
01:34
We create moments to which
everyone is invited,
everyone is invited,
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我們邀請每一個人，
01:37
either to witness or to take part.
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來見證或參與我們所創造的時刻。
01:41
It all started for me
way back in the 1990s,
way back in the 1990s,
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這一切都開始於九十年代，
01:43
when I was appointed as festival director
in the tiny British city of Salisbury.
in the tiny British city of Salisbury.
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我被派去英國一個很小的城市
索爾茲伯里做節慶總監。
索爾茲伯里做節慶總監。
01:48
You'll probably have heard of it.
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你們可能聽過這個城市。
01:50
Here's the Salisbury Cathedral,
and here's the nearby Stonehenge Monument,
and here's the nearby Stonehenge Monument,
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這是索爾茲伯里主教堂，
這是附近的巨石陣，
這是附近的巨石陣，
01:54
which is world-famous.
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世界知名的景點。
01:56
Salisbury is a city that's been dominated
for hundreds of years by the Church,
for hundreds of years by the Church,
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數百年來，索爾茲伯里
這座城市由教會、
這座城市由教會、
02:00
the Conservative Party
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保守黨，以及軍隊所主導。
02:01
and the army.
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02:03
It's a place where people
really love to observe the rules.
really love to observe the rules.
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這裡的人真心熱愛遵守規則。
02:07
So picture me on my first
year in the city,
year in the city,
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所以，想像一下
我去到那裡的第一年，
我去到那裡的第一年，
02:10
cycling the wrong way
down a one-way street, late.
down a one-way street, late.
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在單行道上逆向
騎腳踏車，已經遲到了。
騎腳踏車，已經遲到了。
02:13
I'm always late.
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我總是遲到。
02:14
It's a wonder I've even turned up today.
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今天我會出現在這裡真的是奇蹟。
02:17
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:18
A little old lady on the sidewalk
helpfully shouted at me,
helpfully shouted at me,
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人行道上的一個小老太婆
熱心地對我喊：
熱心地對我喊：
02:21
"My dear, you're going the wrong way!"
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「親愛的，你在逆向！」
02:23
Charmingly -- I thought --
I said, "Yeah, I know."
I said, "Yeah, I know."
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我覺得她很好心，我說：
「是的，我知道。」
「是的，我知道。」
02:26
"I hope you die!" she screamed.
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她大叫：「希望你被撞死！」
02:28
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
02:29
And I realized that this was a place
where I was in trouble.
where I was in trouble.
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我知道住在這裡我的麻煩大了。
02:33
And yet, a year later,
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然而，一年後，
02:36
persuasion, negotiation --
everything I could deploy --
everything I could deploy --
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經過勸說、協商——
使盡一切招術——
使盡一切招術——
02:39
saw me producing the work.
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我的作品終於完成了。
02:41
Not a classical concert in a church
or a poetry reading,
or a poetry reading,
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它既不是教堂的古典音樂會，
也不是詩歌朗讀，
也不是詩歌朗讀，
02:45
but the work of a French
street theater company
street theater company
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而是一個法國街頭劇團的作品，
02:47
who were telling the story of Faust,
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內容講述浮士德的故事，
02:49
"Mephistomania," on stilts,
complete with handheld pyrotechnics.
complete with handheld pyrotechnics.
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「邪靈狂歡」這齣戲以踩高蹺，
搭配手提式煙火演出。
搭配手提式煙火演出。
02:54
The day after, the same little old lady
stopped me in the street and said,
stopped me in the street and said,
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隔天，同樣那個小老太婆
在街上攔住我說：
在街上攔住我說：
02:57
"Were you responsible for last night?"
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「昨晚那個劇是你負責的？」
03:01
I backed away.
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我向後退了一點，
03:02
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
03:04
"Yes."
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回答：「是的。」
03:06
"When I heard about it," she said,
"I knew it wasn't for me.
"I knew it wasn't for me.
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「之前聽人說的時候，」她說：
「我以為我不會喜歡。
「我以為我不會喜歡。
03:10
But Helen, my dear, it was."
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結果，海倫，親愛的，我好喜歡。」
03:13
So what had happened?
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所以，發生什麼事了？
03:14
Curiosity had triumphed over suspicion,
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好奇心戰勝了疑心，
03:17
and delight had banished anxiety.
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欣喜趕走了焦慮。
03:20
So I wondered how one could transfer
these ideas to a larger stage
these ideas to a larger stage
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於是，
我開始思索如何把這些點子
搬到更大的舞台上，
搬到更大的舞台上，
03:27
and started on a journey
to do the same kind of thing to London.
to do the same kind of thing to London.
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因而展開將計畫搬到倫敦的旅程。
03:31
Imagine: it's a world city.
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想像一下：一個世界級的城市。
03:33
Like all our cities, it's dedicated
to toil, trade and traffic.
to toil, trade and traffic.
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跟所有的城市一樣，充滿了
辛勞工作的人、生意買賣及交通。
辛勞工作的人、生意買賣及交通。
03:37
It's a machine to get you
to work on time and back,
to work on time and back,
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它有點像機械裝置
讓你準時上班、回家，
讓你準時上班、回家，
03:40
and we're all complicit in wanting
the routines to be fixed
the routines to be fixed
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因此我們都想要走固定路線，
03:44
and for everybody to be able to know
what's going to happen next.
what's going to happen next.
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也希望能提前知道會不會
有什麼事會影響我們的日常。
有什麼事會影響我們的日常。
03:48
And yet, what if this amazing city
could be turned into a stage,
could be turned into a stage,
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然而，是否可以將這個
了不起的城市變成一個舞台，
了不起的城市變成一個舞台，
03:53
a platform for something so unimaginable
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變成一個展現不可思議事物的平台，
03:56
that would somehow
transform people's lives?
transform people's lives?
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以某種方式改變眾人的生活？
03:59
We do these things often in Britain.
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在英國，這其實是時而可見。
04:01
I'm sure you do them wherever you're from.
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我相信你們的國家也是。
像是皇家騎兵衛隊閱兵，
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Here's Horse Guards Parade.
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04:05
And here's something that we do often.
It's always about winning things.
It's always about winning things.
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還是一些常見的比賽競賽等等。
04:08
It's about the marathon or winning a war
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例如馬拉松或是打贏什麼戰爭，
04:10
or a triumphant cricket team coming home.
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還是獲勝的板球隊凱旋歸國。
04:12
We close the streets. Everybody claps.
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我們會封街，大家夾道鼓掌。
04:15
But for theater? Not possible.
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但為了劇場這麼做？不可能。
04:18
Except a story told by a French company:
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唯一的例外是一個法國劇團
來此地的演出，
來此地的演出，
04:22
a saga about a little girl
and a giant elephant
and a giant elephant
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內容是一個小女孩與一隻巨象的傳說，
04:25
that came to visit
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他們一起進城來造訪四天。
04:28
for four days.
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04:29
And all I had to do was persuade
the public authorities
the public authorities
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我只需要能說服各個公家單位，
04:32
that shutting the city for four days
was something completely normal.
was something completely normal.
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讓他們覺得封城停擺四天
是完全正常的事。
是完全正常的事。
04:36
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
04:37
No traffic, just people
enjoying themselves,
enjoying themselves,
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路上沒有交通，只有開心的民眾，
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coming out to marvel and witness
this extraordinary artistic endeavor
this extraordinary artistic endeavor
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出來讚嘆和目睹法國皇家豪華劇團
04:45
by the French theater
company Royal de Luxe.
company Royal de Luxe.
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不同凡響的藝術成果。
04:48
It was a seven-year journey,
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這整個歷程花了我七年，
04:50
with me saying to a group of men --
almost always men -- sitting in a room,
almost always men -- sitting in a room,
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去遊說一群坐在房間裡的男人──
幾乎總是男人──
幾乎總是男人──
04:55
"Eh, it's like a fairy story with
a little girl and this giant elephant,
a little girl and this giant elephant,
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「嗯，劇情就像童話故事，
有一個小女孩和一隻巨象，
有一個小女孩和一隻巨象，
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and they come to town for four days
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他們到鎮上停留四天，
05:02
and everybody gets
to come and watch and play."
to come and watch and play."
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大家都可以來看、來玩。」
05:06
And they would go,
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他們總是說：
05:08
"Why would we do this?
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「為什麼要做這個活動？
05:11
Is it for something?
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有什麼特殊目的嗎？
05:13
Is it celebrating a presidential visit?
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是慶祝某國總統來訪？
05:15
Is it the Entente Cordiale
between France and England?
between France and England?
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跟英法友好協定有關嗎？
05:18
Is it for charity?
Are you trying to raise money?"
Are you trying to raise money?"
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是慈善活動嗎？
還是你打算用來募款？」
05:21
And I'd say,
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我就說：
05:23
"None of these things."
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「都不是。」
05:25
And they'd say, "Why would we do this?"
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然後他們說：「那我們為什麼要做？」
05:29
But after four years, this magic trick,
this extraordinary thing happened.
this extraordinary thing happened.
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但，四年後，某件
不可思議的事發生了。
不可思議的事發生了。
05:33
I was sitting in the same meeting
I'd been to for four years,
I'd been to for four years,
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坐在每年都來的同一間會議室中，
05:35
saying, "Please, please, may I?"
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四年來我每次都說：「拜託，拜託，
可以讓我辦嗎？」
可以讓我辦嗎？」
05:37
Instead of which, I didn't say, "Please."
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只是這次我沒有說「拜託」。
05:39
I said, "This thing that we've
been talking about for such a long time,
been talking about for such a long time,
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我改說：「我們長期以來
一直在談的這個活動
一直在談的這個活動
05:43
it's happening on these dates,
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已經決定就在這個時間舉辦了，
05:46
and I really need you to help me."
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而我真的需要各位幫幫我。」
05:48
This magic thing happened.
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神奇的事發生了。
05:50
Everybody in the room somehow decided
that somebody else had said yes.
that somebody else had said yes.
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房間中的每個人，不知怎麼地，
都認定一定有某人說了好。
都認定一定有某人說了好。
05:54
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:56
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
06:01
They decided that they were not
being asked to take responsibility,
being asked to take responsibility,
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他們決定他們無須為此事扛責任，
06:06
or maybe the bus planning manager
was being asked to take responsibility
was being asked to take responsibility
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頂多就是公車處的計畫經理
負責規劃公車繞道，
06:09
for planning the bus diversions,
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06:11
and the council officer
was being asked to close the roads,
was being asked to close the roads,
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而議會官員負責去封路，
06:15
and the transport for London people were
being asked to sort out the Underground.
being asked to sort out the Underground.
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而負責全倫敦運輸的人
去處理好地下鐵。
去處理好地下鐵。
06:19
All these people were only being asked
to do the thing that they could do
to do the thing that they could do
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我們僅僅是請他們盡其所能，
來協助我們。
06:23
that would help us.
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06:24
Nobody was being asked
to take responsibility.
to take responsibility.
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沒有人必須為整件事扛責任。
06:26
And I, in my innocence, thought,
"Well, I'll take responsibility,"
"Well, I'll take responsibility,"
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天真的我就想：「好，我來扛。」
06:31
for what turned out to be
a million people on the street.
a million people on the street.
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沒想到這責任如此重大，
因為街頭人潮達到百萬人。
因為街頭人潮達到百萬人。
06:35
It was our first show.
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那是我們的第一場秀。
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06:41
It was our first show, and it changed
the nature of the appreciation of culture,
the nature of the appreciation of culture,
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那是我們的第一場秀，
它改變了藝文欣賞的本質，
它改變了藝文欣賞的本質，
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not in a gallery, not in a theater,
not in an opera house,
not in an opera house,
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不是在畫廊，也不是戲院裡，
更不是在歌劇院裡，
更不是在歌劇院裡，
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but live and on the streets,
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而是在街頭的現場演出，
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transforming public space
for the broadest possible audience,
for the broadest possible audience,
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將公共空間用來容納最廣泛的觀眾，
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people who would never
buy a ticket to see anything.
buy a ticket to see anything.
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包括那些從不買票看演出的人。
06:57
So there we were.
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所以，就這樣。
06:59
We'd finished, and we've continued
to produce work of this kind.
to produce work of this kind.
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任務結束後，我們繼續
製作這類的作品。
製作這類的作品。
07:04
As you can see, the company's
work is astonishing,
work is astonishing,
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你們可以看到，
這個劇團的作品很驚人，
這個劇團的作品很驚人，
07:07
but what's also astonishing is the fact
that permission was granted.
that permission was granted.
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還有一點很驚人的是，
我們得到許可。
我們得到許可。
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And you don't see any security.
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而且現場也沒有安全人員。
07:17
And this was nine months
after terrible terrorist bombings
after terrible terrorist bombings
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且九個月前才剛發生了
重創倫敦的恐怖炸彈攻擊。
07:20
that had ripped London apart.
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So I began to wonder
whether it was possible
whether it was possible
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所以我又開始思索，是否可能
07:24
to do this kind of stuff
in even more complicated circumstances.
in even more complicated circumstances.
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在更複雜的情況中辦此類活動。
07:29
We turned our attention
to Northern Ireland,
to Northern Ireland,
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我們將注意力轉向北愛爾蘭，
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the North of Ireland,
depending on your point of view.
depending on your point of view.
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或者說愛爾蘭北部，各人觀點不同。
這是英格蘭、蘇格蘭、
威爾斯及愛爾蘭的地圖，
威爾斯及愛爾蘭的地圖，
07:34
This is a map of England,
Scotland, Wales and Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and Ireland,
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the island to the left.
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左邊這座島嶼就是愛爾蘭。
07:40
For generations,
it's been a place of conflict,
it's been a place of conflict,
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世世代代以來，始終是衝突之地，
07:43
the largely Catholic republic in the south
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南邊大體上是信奉天主教的共和國，
07:46
and the largely Protestant
loyalist community --
loyalist community --
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北邊則是主要信奉新教的保皇派──
07:50
hundreds of years of conflict,
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數百年來一直衝突不斷。
07:53
British troops on the streets
for over 30 years.
for over 30 years.
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三十多年來，
街上一直都有英國士兵。
街上一直都有英國士兵。
07:56
And now, although
there is a peace process,
there is a peace process,
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現在，即使有和平進程，
07:59
this is today in this city, called
Londonderry if you're a loyalist,
Londonderry if you're a loyalist,
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現今的這座城市，
保皇派稱它做倫敦德里，
08:03
called Derry if you're a Catholic.
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天主教徒則叫它德里。
無論叫甚麼，對這裡的人來說都是家。
08:07
But everybody calls it home.
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08:09
And I began to wonder
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我開始思索，
08:10
whether there was a way in which
the community tribalism could be addressed
the community tribalism could be addressed
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是否可能透過藝術和想像力
來探討社群部落主義。
08:15
through art and the imagination.
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08:18
This is what the communities do,
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這是當地社群每年夏天
08:20
every summer, each community.
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各自所做的事。
08:21
This is a bonfire filled
with effigies and insignia
with effigies and insignia
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篝火中塞滿來自另一邊
他們所痛恨的人的肖像和徽章。
08:25
from the people that they hate
on the other side.
on the other side.
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08:28
This is the same
from the loyalist community.
from the loyalist community.
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保皇派社群也做一樣的事。
08:31
And every summer, they burn them.
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每年夏天，就在鎮中心
08:35
They're right in the center of town.
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燒篝火。
08:37
So we turned to here,
to the Nevada desert, to Burning Man,
to the Nevada desert, to Burning Man,
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這讓我們想到
內華達沙漠的火人祭，
08:41
where people also do bonfires,
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同樣是燒篝火，但價值觀完全不同。
08:43
but with a completely
different set of values.
different set of values.
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08:46
Here you see the work of David Best
and his extraordinary temples,
and his extraordinary temples,
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在這裡可以看到大衛·貝斯特的作品，
以及他在火人祭期間所蓋，
08:51
which are built during
the Burning Man event
the Burning Man event
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隨即就在星期日被燒掉的那些
08:54
and then incinerated on the Sunday.
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非同凡響的神廟。
08:56
So we invited him
and his community to come,
and his community to come,
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於是我們邀請他和他的團隊，
08:59
and we recruited from both sides
of the political and religious divide:
of the political and religious divide:
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也向政治、宗教分歧的
兩方招募人員：
兩方招募人員：
09:04
young people, unemployed people,
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年輕的、無業的、
09:06
people who would never
normally come across each other
normally come across each other
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那些平常拒絕跨界
09:09
or speak to each other.
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與對方交談的人。
09:10
And out of their extraordinary
work rose a temple
work rose a temple
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在他們出色的努力工作後，
一座神廟誕生了，
一座神廟誕生了，
09:14
to rival the two cathedrals
that exist in the town,
that exist in the town,
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規模可比小鎮上
現有的兩間大教堂，
現有的兩間大教堂，
09:17
one Catholic and one Protestant.
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一間天主教教堂，
另一間是新教教堂。
另一間是新教教堂。
09:20
But this was a temple to no religion,
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但這間神廟不屬於任何宗教，
09:23
for everyone,
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它是屬於所有人的，
09:24
for no community, but for everyone.
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不屬於某個社群，
而是屬於每一個人。
而是屬於每一個人。
09:27
And we put it in this place
where everyone told me nobody would come.
where everyone told me nobody would come.
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每個人都告訴我
蓋在這裡沒有人會來。
蓋在這裡沒有人會來。
09:30
It was too dangerous.
It sat between two communities.
It sat between two communities.
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因為就在兩個社群的邊界，太危險。
09:33
I just kept saying,
"But it's got such a great view."
"But it's got such a great view."
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我只是不斷地說：
「但這裡的效果最好。」
「但這裡的效果最好。」
09:35
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
09:38
And again, that same old question:
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同樣的，還是老問題：
09:39
Why wouldn't we do this?
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我們為什麼要做這件事？
09:41
What you see in the picture
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各位看到的照片中，是當天
426 名小學生的前面幾個，
426 名小學生的前面幾個，
09:42
is the beginning of 426
primary school children
primary school children
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09:45
who were walked up the hill
by the head teacher,
by the head teacher,
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跟著校長走上山丘，
09:48
who didn't want them
to lose this opportunity.
to lose this opportunity.
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因為校長不希望他們錯過這個機會。
09:51
And just as happens in the Nevada desert,
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就跟內華達沙漠那邊差不多，
09:53
though in slightly different temperatures,
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只是氣溫有點不同，
09:56
the people of this community,
65,000 of them,
65,000 of them,
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當地社群的人，一共
六萬五千人都到場了，
六萬五千人都到場了，
09:59
turned out to write their grief,
their pain, their hope,
their pain, their hope,
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寫下他們的悲傷、
他們的痛苦、他們的希望、
他們的痛苦、他們的希望、
10:05
their hopes for the future,
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他們對未來的期許、他們的愛。
10:07
their love.
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因為，終究一切都是為了愛。
10:08
Because in the end,
this is only about love.
this is only about love.
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10:11
They live in a post-conflict society:
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他們住在一個衝突後的社會中：
10:13
lots of post-traumatic stress,
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許多創傷後的壓力，高自殺率。
10:15
high suicide.
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10:16
And yet, for this brief moment --
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但，就在這短暫的片刻──
10:19
and it would be ridiculous to assume
that it was more than that --
that it was more than that --
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那不多不少的片刻──
10:22
somebody like Kevin -- a Catholic
whose father was shot when he was nine,
whose father was shot when he was nine,
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凱文── 天主教徒，他的父親
在家中被射殺時，他才九歲，
在家中被射殺時，他才九歲，
10:26
upstairs in bed --
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當時他在家中樓上睡覺──
10:29
Kevin came to work as a volunteer.
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他是我們的一個志工，
10:31
And he was the first person to embrace
the elderly Protestant lady
the elderly Protestant lady
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在我們開放神廟那一天，
他第一個上前去擁抱
前來參觀的新教徒老太太。
前來參觀的新教徒老太太。
10:34
who came through the door on the day
we opened the temple to the public.
we opened the temple to the public.
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10:40
It rose up. It sat there for five days.
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神廟建起來的五天後，
10:43
And then we chose -- from our little tiny
band of nonsectarian builders,
band of nonsectarian builders,
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我們從當初挑選來的
一小群無宗教派別的人中──
10:49
who had given us their lives
for this period of months
for this period of months
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他們貢獻了過去幾個月的時間，
10:52
to make this extraordinary thing --
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來打造這間超凡的神廟──
10:55
we chose from them the people
who would incinerate it.
who would incinerate it.
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我們從這當中選出點燃篝火的人。
10:59
And here you see the moment when,
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照片中是那當下，
11:02
witnessed by 15,000 people who turned out
on a dark, cold, March evening,
on a dark, cold, March evening,
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現場有一萬五千人，
一個又黑又冷的三月夜晚，
11:09
the moment when they decided
to put their enmity behind them,
to put their enmity behind them,
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在那當下，
他們將敵意拋諸腦後，
11:15
to inhabit this shared space,
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共處在這個空間中，
11:19
where everybody had an opportunity
to say the things that had been unsayable,
to say the things that had been unsayable,
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在這裡，每一個人都有機會
說出過去說不出口的事，
說出過去說不出口的事，
11:24
to say out loud,
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大聲地說出來：
11:25
"You hurt me and my family,
but I forgive you."
but I forgive you."
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「你傷害了我和我的家人，
但我原諒你。」
但我原諒你。」
11:28
And together, they watched
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肩並肩，他們一起看著
11:32
as members of their community let go
of this thing that was so beautiful,
of this thing that was so beautiful,
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彼此社群的代表
點燃這個美麗的作品，
點燃這個美麗的作品，
11:37
but was as hard to let go of
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卻又因為當初打造它的過程中
11:40
as those thoughts and feelings
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所投注的心力與情感，
11:43
that had gone into making it.
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而感到如此難以割捨。
11:47
(Music)
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（音樂）
11:57
Thank you.
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謝謝。
11:58
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Marriage - Maverick producerHelen Marriage cofounded a company that specializes in creating disruptive, whole-city arts events that surprise and delight everyone who comes across them.
Why you should listen
Helen Marriage writes: "I am a producer of large-scale disruptive moments that place an artist's ideas in the heart of a city. I started life unsure of how to find a job and began helping a street theater company perform at the Edinburgh Festival. Only then did I realize that this could be a career. That was forty years ago. Since then, I've gone on to shut down central London and other cities with ephemeral events that transform people’s understanding of what a city is for and who controls it.
"I don't believe that cities are exclusively about shopping and traffic. Over the years I've developed a real sense of how artists can change the world, if only we make space for their vision. I guess that's my job -- to create a context in which the normal routines of daily life are disrupted for a moment to allow the public, especially those who know they’re not interested in anything the arts might have to say, to discover a new world we’d all like to live in."
Helen Marriage | Speaker | TED.com