2019年CRI 视觉艺术家徐冰制作的"蜻蜓之眼"在京亮相

Dragonfly Eyes, a video created by visual artist Xu Bing using surveillance footage recorded in China, recently debuted¹ in Beijing.

视觉艺术家徐冰用中国各地的监控视频创作的影片《蜻蜓之眼》近日在北京首映。

He says he became interested in footage of people who were not aware that they are being filmed.

他表示，他对人们不知道自己被监控捕捉到的画面产生了兴趣。

These all-seeing 'eyes' observe a young woman named Qing Ting, which translates to 'Dragonfly', beginning a courtship with Ke Fan when both of them work on a dairy farm.

这些全能的“眼睛”观察了一位名叫蜻蜓的年轻女子，该片名被翻译为“蜻蜓”，这名女子与柯凡在奶牛场工作时开始恋爱。

Veteran film critic Wang Xiaolu thinks highly of Xu Bing's 81-minute video.

经验丰富的电影评论家王小鲁对徐冰这部81分钟长的影片给予了高度评价。

"Surveillance footage has been under heated discussion among film industry insiders. Xu Bing, a pioneer in the assembly these images downloaded from the internet, makes a storyboard for video, which is an unprecedented² endeavor. Unintentionally, he's really accomplished³ something that may stay in discussions on the filmmaking process."

“监控录像一直饱受电影界内部人士的激烈讨论。在从互联网下载并拼接这些图像方面，徐冰是先驱，他创作了故事脚本，这是一项前所未有的努力。无意中，他确实完成了一些电影制作过程可能持续讨论的事情。”

Xu Bing says that because there were no actors involved, the making of the video was a constant back-and-forth between editing and recording⁴ more footage. He and his team were also busy with rewriting the script based on the footage.

徐冰说，由于没有专业演员参与，视频的制作在编辑和录制更多镜头之间不断来回。他和团队也忙于依据镜头改写脚本。

Some other works from the artist are also on display in Beijing. Forums⁵ and dialogues are being held as well.

这位艺术家的其他作品也在北京展出。同时，论坛和对话也在举行。

1 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

4 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

5 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。