Name: 【TED】eL種子：一個和平的項目，畫過50座建築（A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed）。 (【TED】eL Seed: A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings (A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:29:57.000Z
Duration: 11 min 27 s

So when I decided to create an art piece in Manshiyat Naser,

當我決定在開羅附近的垃圾之都

the neighborhood of the Cairo garbage collectors in Egypt,

曼斯亞特納賽爾 進行一項藝術創作時，

the most amazing human experience that I would ever live.

我有生以來最為 奇特的一項人生體驗。

As an artist, I had this humanist intention

作為藝術家， 我秉持人道主義精神，

of beautifying a poor and neglected neighborhood

去美化這個貧困而孤離的區域，

by bringing art to it and hopefully shining light on this isolated community.

將藝術帶到此處，並希望能在這片 孤離的社區中灑下一點微光。

The first time I heard about this Christian Coptic community

我首次聽到這個埃及的 科普特正教會社區時，

was in 2009 when the Egyptian authorities under the regime of Hosni Mubarak

是在 2009 年 穆巴拉克的執政時期。

decided to slaughter 300,000 pigs using the pretext of H1N1 virus.

當時埃及以 H1N1 流感病毒 為藉口屠殺了三十萬豬隻。

原本住在這裡的人們 以飼養豬隻維生，

Their pigs and other animals are fed with the organic waste

The first time I entered Manshiyat Naser, it felt like a maze.

當我第一次進入曼斯亞特納賽爾時 我覺得這裡像座迷宮。

I was looking for the St. Simon Monastery on the top of the Muqattam Mountain.

當時我在默卡塔姆山頂上 尋找聖西蒙修道院。

So you go right, then straight, then right again, then left

你得先向右走然後直行， 然後向右轉再向左轉，

But to reach there, you must dodge between the trucks overpacked with garbage

但要抵達那裡， 你必須躲過一輛輛載滿垃圾的卡車

the fastest vehicle to move around in the neighborhood.

嘟嘟車是在這個社區內 最快速的車輛。

The smell of the garbage unloaded from those trucks was intense,

從那些卡車上卸下的垃圾 有著非常強烈的惡臭，

and the noise of the traffic was loud and overbearing.

交通的吵雜聲大到令人無法忍受，

Add to it the din created by the crushers in those warehouses along the way.

除此之外還有由倉庫發出來 壓碎機的噪音。

From outside it looks chaotic, but everything is perfectly organized.

從外面來看這裡一片混亂， 但其實所有的一切都是很有組織的。

The Zaraeeb, that's how they call themselves,

Zaraeeb ──他們是這樣稱呼自己的，

have been collecting the garbage of Cairo

and sorting it in their own neighborhood for decades.

並在自己的社區 整理垃圾已經數十年。

They have developed one of the most efficient

and highly profitable systems on a global level.

Still, the place is perceived as dirty, marginalized and segregated

但這個社區卻仍然被視為髒亂、 低效益且與世隔絕的地方，

because of their association with the trash.

全因為他們的社區和垃圾劃上等號。

So my initial idea was to create an anamorphic piece,

我最初的想法 是創造一個變形的模塊，

a piece that you can only see from one vantage point.

一個你只能用好的角度觀看的模塊。

I wanted to challenge myself artistically by painting over several buildings

我想要挑戰自己， 利用在建築上作畫的方式，

and having it only fully visible from one point on the Muqattam Mountain.

人們只能夠在默卡塔姆山上的 某個特定點看到全景。

The Muqattam Mountain is the pride of the community.

默卡塔姆山是整個社區的象徵，

This is where they built the St. Simon Monastery,

這是他們創建西蒙修道院的地方。

a 10,000-seat cave church that they carved into the mountain itself.

一座在山裡雕砌出來， 有著多達一萬個座位的修道院。

So, the first time I stood on top of the mountain

I asked myself, how on earth will I convince all those owners

我到底應該怎麼樣說服所有的人

He told me the only person I needed to convince was Father Samaan,

他告訴我我唯一需要說服的人 就是薩曼神父，

But to convince Father Samaan, I needed to convince Mario,

但在說服薩曼神父之前， 我必須先說服馬利歐，

who is a Polish artist who moved to Cairo 20 years ago

他是一位波蘭藝術家， 20 年前搬來開羅。

and who created all the artwork of the Cave Church.

他創造了這個修道院所有的藝術品。

I am really grateful to Mario. He was the key of the project.

我對馬利歐非常感激， 他是這個企劃最關鍵的人物。

He managed to get me a meeting with Father Samaan,

他想辦法讓我和薩曼神父會面，

而出乎我意料的是， 他很喜歡我的想法。

And he was mainly concerned by what I was going to write.

In every work that I create, I write messages

我的每一個作品都會有 我用阿拉伯書法風格

I make sure those messages are relevant to the place where I am painting

我確保所有的訊息 都和我作畫的地方有關係，

so anybody around the world can relate to it.

讓全世界的人都能夠體會及了解。

I decided to write in Arabic the words of St. Athanasius of Alexandria,

我決定將聖阿塔拿修  用阿拉伯文書寫。

"Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly

「任何想要清楚看到陽光的人，

that the community felt connected to the words.

這個社區的人能對這些話產生連結。

And for me this quote was perfectly reflecting the spirit of the project.

對我來說這段引言 代表了這個企劃的精神，

and his approval brought all the residents on board.

他的認可讓我同時得到 全社區的認同。

Hundreds of liters of paint, a dozen blue manual lifts,

數百升的油漆和幾十台藍色升降機、

a strong and solid team from France, North Africa, Middle East and the US,

一個由法國、北非、中東 和美國組成的堅強陣容。

and after a year of planning and logistics, there we are,

經過一年的計畫和籌備， 我們終於可以開始了。

my team and some members from the local community

我的團隊和一些 來自當地社區的成員，

creating a piece that will spread over 50 buildings,

將創造一個橫跨 50 座 建築物的藝術品。

some filling up the space of the calligraphy

有些人負責填充 那些我已經上了顏色的

Here some blue, there some yellow, there some orange.

有些是藍色、黃色還有些橘色。

and putting them on the top of the buildings

and some others assembling and disassembling those same lifts

還有一些人負責 組裝及拆裝那些升降機，

and moving them around the different buildings.

並移動他們到作業的建築物上。

I numbered all those buildings on my sketch,

我在我的草圖上 以號碼標記了所有的建築物，

and there was no real interaction with the community.

與社區之間也沒有交集與連結。

人們並不了解 這項企畫的意義在哪裡。

But fast enough, those building numbers became family names.

但很快的，那些建築的號碼 變成了家人的名字。

The first building was the house of Uncle Ibrahim.

第一棟建築物 是易卜拉欣叔叔的房子。

Uncle Ibrahim is such an enthusiastic person.

易卜拉欣叔叔是一位非常開朗的人。

and his daughters and sons saved me from his bull

他的兒女把我 從公牛的手裡解救出來──

who wanted to attack me on the fourth floor.

Actually, the bull saw me from the window and came out on the balcony.

其實，那隻公牛是從窗戶看到我 然後才從陽台出來的。

【TED】eL種子：一個和平的項目，畫過50座建築（A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed）。 (【TED】eL Seed: A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings (A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed))

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