艾未未（Ai Weiwei）在纽约运用巨大的装置抗议边界管理措施
Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations

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中国艺术家和人权维护者艾未未利用金属栅栏创造了三座纪念性建筑，用于反对唐纳德•特朗普的边境管制措施。

艾未未在纽约慈善公益艺术基金会工作，在纽约三个地点创建了临时结构，这些结构的形式类似于安全围栏。它们分别是位于中央公园的巨大的金色笼子，和位于华盛顿广场拱门内的一个围墙。

Chinese artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei has used metal fencing to create three monumental structures, in a campaign against Donald Trump's border-control measures.
Working with New York charity Public Art Fund, Ai has created temporary structures in three New York locations, all intended to resemble security fences. They include a giant golden cage in Central Park and an enclosure that slots inside the Washington Square Arch.

该项目来源于Kickstarter运动，该运动来源于1914年由著名的美国诗人罗伯特•弗罗斯特（Robert Frost）出版的诗歌《Mending Wall》中的谚语“Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”。由于美国总统特朗普的移民管制要求，美国政府计划在美国和墨西哥之间建立一个全新的边界线，艾未未希望这个边界墙能够引发社会各界的激烈讨论。

The project was funded thanks to a Kickstarter Campaign. It is named Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, the proverb that came from the poem Mending Wall, published by celebrated American poet Robert Frost in 1914.
Ai hopes it will provoke further discussion about the role that walls play in relationships – in light of the President Trump's plans to tighten immigration controls, by building a new border wall between the USA and Mexico.

艾未未昨天在新闻发布会上告诉记者：“对于美国人来说，边界和领土已成为迫在眉睫的话题。”

他说：“我们的政策限制接纳难民，甚至已经赶走了许多曾经在这里工作、或是在这里出生的人群，这些人实际上对社会也做出了巨大贡献，而我们却一直在把他们赶走。”

“我们也曾试想在美国和墨西哥之间建立温和的边界，这似乎是一个无法想象的政策，但该政策已经开始实施。”

"Fences and territory have become an even more urgent topic for everyone to take notice of, especially in the US," Ai told a group of journalists at a press conference yesterday.
"We have policies to have very low limits to accept refugees and also to push away a lot of people who already work here, were born here, or made a great contribution to society," he added. "We are trying to push them away."
"We also want to build a great beautiful wall between US and Mexico, which is an unthinkable policy, but it is already in this process."

艾未未1981年移民到纽约，并在这个城市的度过了12年，然后回到了中国。

他闻名于其充满政治气息的艺术作品， 并在2011年由于涉嫌经济犯罪，他被中国当局拘留两个月。他曾经用艺术作品来增强人们对叙利亚难民危机的认识。

本次纽约项目，他与艺术建筑公司UAP的创始人丹•托宾（Dan Tobin）合作设计。

装置位于中央公园东南角的Doris C Freedman广场，这个名叫“Gilded Cage”的装置设置有吧台和旋转门，其屋顶上设有一个圆形开口，人们可以看到天空的美景。

该装置被绘成金色，目的是吸引美国总统的注意力，他的住所距离该装置仅有4分钟的步行路程。

“这个项目是为了城市人民，所以当然欢迎特朗普总统来欣赏这个雕塑。”

Ai emigrated to New York in 1981, and spent 12 years of his early artistic career in the city, before returning to his native China.
He is well-known for his politically motivated artwork – and was famously held in detention by Chinese authorities for two months back in 2011, reportedly on suspicion of economic crimes. Past works include an installation to raise awareneess about the Syrian refugee crisis.
For the New York project, he enlisted Dan Tobin, founder of art construction firm UAP.
They installed the large cage on the southeast corner of Central Park, on the Doris C Freedman Plaza. Titled Gilded Cage, the structure is fitted with bars and a turnstile, and includes a circular opening in the roof that frames a view of the sky.
It is painted gold to catch the attention of the US president, who resides in Trump Tower, just a four-minute walk away.
"The project is made for the people of the city, so of course President Trump is welcome to enjoy this sculpture," said Ai. "I made the sculpture gold to please him."

第二个装置由位于另一个公园的华盛顿广场拱门而构成。装置内部有一个镜像通道，并形成两个人体轮廓。

艾未未选择皇后区作为最后一站，因为这里有“一大群移民，也有中国人住在这里”。他用网状结构包裹Corona公园的Unisphere，从而形成一个低洼的围墙。

不锈钢地球仪是运用于1964年纽约世博会的设计作品，这里是公众的活动区域，孩子们也经常在周围的喷泉中玩耍。

“Good Fences Make Good Neighbours”装置于2017年10月12日面向公众开放，展览截止于2018年2月11日。除了这三个大型装置，该项目还包含有小型3D艺术作品、摄影作品，以及在全市5个行政区展示的横幅。

The second structure is entirely framed by the Washington Square Arch, which is located on the edge of another park. A mirrored passageway punctures through the structure and marks the outline of two joined human silhouettes.
Ai chose Queens for his final location because it has "a large community of immigrants and also Chinese living there".  He used mesh netting to wrap the Unisphere in Corona Park, forming a low-lying fence.
The stainless steel globe, which was commissioned for the New York World's Fair in 1964, and is a focus of public activity, and children often play in the water fountains placed around.
Good Fences Make Good Neighbours opened on 12 October 2017 and will run intil 11 February 2018. As well as three large-scale installations, the project also includes smaller 3D interventions, photography and banners on show across the city's five boroughs.


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