冰岛艺术家：我想用用你的尸体

 　　Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson recently made news headlines for a very bizarre request – he’s asking dying people to donate their corpses¹ for his latest art project. He apparently² plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising³ to return them to their families once he’s done.

　　冰岛艺术家Snorri Asmundsson最近因其奇怪的请求而上了头条，他希望濒死之人能将他们的尸体捐赠给他最近的艺术项目。他打算在一个舞蹈视频中使用尸体，并保证一旦他使用完毕，就会立刻将尸体归还给他们的家人。

　　Snorri first came up with the idea in 2008 – he received media attention back then for putting up a Facebook ad asking for people on their deathbeds to get in touch with him. “Looking for dead bodies in the name of art,” his ad read. “I need a few corpses for a video installation. If you are dying I would like to borrow your remains⁴ after you die. The bodies will be returned to the undertaker in the same condition.”

　　Snorri最开始在2008年有了这一想法，那时他在脸书上请求濒死之人与他联系，这一举动引起了人们的注意。他的广告语上写着：“以艺术之名寻求死尸，我需要尸体来拍摄一段视频。如果你要死了，我希望能在你死后将你的尸体借走。我保证这些尸体会完好如初地被归还回去。”

　　冰岛艺术家：我想用用你的尸体

　　Understandably, the ad caused quite the controversy⁵ in the Nordic island. “It was in all the media in Iceland and I had strange articles written about me,” Snorri said. “Some people contactedvicars asking their opinion. People had decided⁶ that I was going to do something really unethical with those corpses. It’s nothing like that.”

　　可以理解的是，这一广告在这个北欧小岛上引起了争议。Snorri说：“当时这一广告出现在了冰岛各大媒体上，一些人也对我有了奇怪的看法。有些人联络了教堂牧师并询问他们的看法。人们觉得我会用这些死尸做一些不道德的事情。但情况并非如此。”

　　He had received about 20 responses back then, but unfortunately the economy collapsed⁸ around that time. So his funding got cut and he wasn’t able to work on the video. Funnily enough, he also lost his ‘lead corpse’ – the dying person wrote to Snorri that the idea of starring in a video had given him a new lease of life, and he had made a full recovery!

　　那时他收到了20个回复，但不幸的是那时出现了经融危机。他的赞助金被削减，他也没办法制作视频。好笑的是，那时他还弄丢了他的“领头尸体”——一位将死之人给Snorri写信说他的想法让他得到了新生，他已经完全康复了！

　　But now, Snorri’s finally got the money to get the project going again. Some people did point out that he could have done it sooner by purchasing a few corpses from Mexico or China, but he said that he wanted to be ethical⁷ and responsible by using bodies from his home country. “I’m not a sociopath, I want to do this art project in collaboration⁹ with the deceased person with respect to them and their family,” he insisted.

　　现在，Snorri终于拿到能让这一项目继续进行的资金了。有些人指出他可以在墨西哥或中国买几具尸体回来，但他说他希望通过使用他祖国的尸体，他能保持道德高尚。他坚称：“我没有反社会人格。我希望能带着对死者本人及其家人的尊重，来与他们合作。”

　　In case you’re wondering, Snorri’s unusual project is perfectly¹⁰ legal in Iceland. He’s even hired a lawyer to draw up a contract between himself and the dying person. “Legally, I have every right to do this. I’ve never heard that it’s illegal and I’ve never heard of anyone doing this before.”

　　Snorri的项目在冰岛完全合法。他甚至还雇佣了一名律师来为他和将死之人撰写合同。他说：“从法律上来说，我这样做完全合法。我从未听闻此事非法，以前也从未有人做过这种事。”

　　He chooses to remain tight-lipped about the exact project though. “I’m going to dance with the dead,” is all he’s willing to reveal.

　　他现在对他的项目守口如瓶，唯一透露的只有他将”与死尸共舞”。

1 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

9 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

10 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。