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The Trashy Triumph of HA Schult 化腐朽为神奇：舒特的「垃圾」艺术

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If you tell most artists that their work is a load of rubbish, they will likely take offense. But if you say that to HA Schult, he may thank you for the compliment. ___1___ His artistic motto is, “We produce trash, are born from trash, and will turn back into trash.”

对大多数艺术家而言，如果你说他们的作品是一堆垃圾，他们很可能会生气。不过如果你对HA舒特这么说，他却可能会感谢你的称赞。这位72岁的德国行动艺术家藉由创造许许多多完全由垃圾构成的艺术杰作，而有所成就。他的艺术座右铭是：我们制造垃圾、生自垃圾，将来又会回归为垃圾。

In 1996, Schult hatched the idea to build an army of 1,000 life-size trash people. It would take over six months to complete the task, and Schult required the help of 30 assistants. ___2___ When the figures were completed, Schult marched his Trash People  to many far-off places including the Great Wall of China, Moscow’s Red Square, the Great Pyramid, and even Antarctica. ___3___

1996年，舒特兴起念头要建立一支真人大小的千名垃圾人大军。这项计划耗时六个月多月，并需要30名助手的协助才得以完成。每座人像都是由废弃计算机、压扁的金属罐，与其他人们丢弃的废弃物制成。人像完成后，舒特率领他的「垃圾人部队」行军至许多遥远地点，包括中国的长城、莫斯科红场、吉萨大金字塔，甚至远至南极洲。藉由巡回全世界展示这些作品，舒特希望人们能够反思人类社会制造了多少垃圾──多到我们快要腾不出空间来容纳了。

For his latest project, Schult has constructed two hotels, one in Rome and the other in Madrid, which are made from debris that washed up on beaches. ___4___ His Beach Garbage Hotel in Madrid has only five rooms, which are decorated with ripped Persian carpet pieces, old socks, and rusted musical instruments. ___5___

舒特最新的作品是在罗马与马德里各建造一座以在海滩上堆积的垃圾所盖成的旅馆。当然，这些旅馆不会是什么富丽堂皇的住所。他在马德里建造的「海滨垃圾旅馆」只有五间房间，内部用破烂的波斯地毯、旧袜子，以及生锈的乐器装潢。舒特希望这两座旅馆能够让大众了解到将大海当作垃圾场的危险性，并让大众看看，如果我们持续这种行为，未来的景象会是多么地骇人。

－by Jamie Blackler

(A)   By exhibiting them worldwide, he hoped people would reflect on how much rubbish our society produces – and how we’re running out of places to store it all.

(B)   As a result, these are not luxury accommodations.

(C)   Each figure was molded together using the remnants of old computers, crushed cans, and other items people discarded.

(D)  Schult hopes the hotels will educate the public about the danger of using our oceans as garbage dumps, and give people a shocking image of what our world may look like if we continue to do so.

(E)   The 72-year-old German action artist has made his career by creating masterpieces composed entirely of junk.

Vocabulary

单词发音

rubbish [ˋrʌbɪʃ]  n. 垃圾；废物

compliment [ˋkɑmpləmənt] n. 赞美的话；恭维

motto [ˋmɑto] n. 座右铭

hatch [hætʃ] vt. 策划

life-size [ˋlaɪfˋsaɪz] adj. 与实物大小一样的

far-off [ˋfɑrˋɔf] adj.（时间、地点等）遥远的

debris [dəˋbri] n.残骸；破瓦残砾

rip [rɪp] v. 被撕破

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单词发音

accommodation [ə͵kɑməˋdeʃən] n. 住处

mold [mold] v. 用模子做，铸造

remnant [ˋrɛmnənt] n. 残余，剩余

dump [dʌmp] v. 倒垃圾

junk [dʒʌŋk] n. 垃圾

Idiom

单词发音

take offense （因……）發怒；生氣  to be insulted by someone or something

wash up (浪頭)把...衝上岸  to bring someone or something up onto the shore or beach

trash people by ha Schult

Corona Save the Beach Hotel 

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