双语：酷炫狂拽的沙雕 魔性又极具艺术(图)

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沙雕艺术　　(来源：沪江英语)


　　These aren't your prototypical bucket-and-pail sand structures. Matt Kaliner's creations deserve an architectural category all their own.


　　这些可不是你们那些水桶造型的传统典型沙滩建筑。马特·卡琳尔的创作值得拥有自己的建筑门类。


　　Here’s a tour of some of Kaliner’s marvelous creations—mostly built over the past decade or so along the beaches of South Boston—in his own words.


　　以下就是卡琳尔的非凡大作，据他自己安利，大部分建于过去十年里，或是南波士顿海滩。




卡琳尔作品


　　“Although I enjoy watching the castles get swept away, I aim to make my castles more resilient to waves by using sticks ...”


　　“虽然我喜欢看着沙滩城堡被冲走，但我还是希望以用树枝把城堡建得更有回弹力来抵抗浪潮为目标……”


　　“Watching the castle rising above the waves is a real treat—and that's always when they look best.”


　　“看着城堡在海浪上‘拔滩而起’真是个实实在在的乐趣——而那也是它们看上去最棒的时刻。”


　　“I recently attended a talk by the incredible fabric-artist Janet Echolman, who relayed this great story about how cherry blossoms, like good ephemeral art, are so effective because they only last a week—they ‘call you into the present.’ I wish I had thought of that!”




　　“最近我参加了杰出纺织艺术家珍妮特的一次谈话，她转述了樱花如何盛开，如同优秀的转瞬即逝的艺术，因其花期仅为一周而格外令人印象深刻——它们令你能够‘感受当下’。真希望我也能想到那些！”


　　“There is a spatial aspect to making castles that's always intrigued me.”


　　“制作沙滩城堡让我仿佛进入了另一个时空，无法自拔。”


　　“When I make a castle in working-class South Boston or Revere, people tend to avoid me, or look quizzically. When I was making this one [above] in Revere, an old man approached my group and asked ‘What are you kids doing, on drugs or something?’”


　　“当我在工人阶层遍布的南波士顿或里维尔造城堡的时候，人们常常避开我，或者一脸嘲弄地看着我。当我在里维尔建造(上图)这个城堡时，一位老人走近我的团队并问：‘孩子们你是干什么的，吸毒了么还是怎么样？’”