整個(gè)地球

Whole Earth

“我意識(shí)到，整個(gè)地球乍一看是非常引人注目的，而且這也會(huì)提醒我們注意到：人類的各種行為通常以地球是平的為前提，而實(shí)際上它是球形的，是有限的，如果我們不能學(xué)會(huì)把它當(dāng)作一個(gè)有限的東西來(lái)對(duì)待，我們將永遠(yuǎn)實(shí)現(xiàn)不了真正的文明?！?/p>

"I realized that the sight of the entire planet, seen at once, would be quite dramatic and would make a point … that people act as if the earth is flat, when in reality it is spherical and extremely finite, and until we learn to treat is as a finite thing, we will never get civilization right."

1 在一個(gè)密封玻璃球中的平衡生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。這個(gè)生態(tài)圈由水中的幾只蝦、海扇、海藻、裝飾貝殼和礫石組成，是美國(guó)航空航天局為進(jìn)行人類太空探索而開(kāi)展的研究產(chǎn)物。據(jù)它的制造者說(shuō)，這個(gè)生活環(huán)境可以維持20年而無(wú)需維護(hù)。

Balanced ecosystem in a sealed glass sphere. Composed of a few shrimp, a sea fan, algae, decorative shells and gravel in water, the Ecosphere is a spin-off from NASA's research on selfcontained communities for human space exploration. According to its makers it can maintain a living environment for up to 20 years without the need for maintenance.

生態(tài)圈?，生態(tài)圈協(xié)會(huì)，美國(guó)，1982年/EcoSphere? by EcoSphere Associates, USA, 1982

評(píng)論

周宇舫：這里NASA的研究是一個(gè)完美自足的生態(tài)“球”，據(jù)說(shuō)可以20年不需要維護(hù)。當(dāng)我們把這個(gè)生態(tài)“球”，作為一個(gè)物體展示時(shí)，可以被看作是一個(gè)聲明，一個(gè)建構(gòu)在特定思想上的實(shí)體聲明。不能想象沒(méi)有人類思想的世界會(huì)是什么樣的，即使它是生態(tài)自在的，意義何在？所以這個(gè)“生態(tài)球”提出的是一個(gè)問(wèn)題，而不是“可以”自給自足的20年的假設(shè)。

張利：雖然不免要為玻璃球中可憐的蝦擔(dān)心，但我們?nèi)匀徽J(rèn)為，用一個(gè)極簡(jiǎn)化的封閉系統(tǒng)來(lái)傳遞地球的資源有限性是個(gè)好主意。對(duì)平衡、自維持和失衡、枯竭的表述是清晰和有力的。

2 《地球升起》是第一次載人繞月軌道飛行的阿波羅8號(hào)于任務(wù)期間拍攝的照片。雖然這不是美國(guó)航空航天局公布的第一張照片，但與月球貧瘠的景觀對(duì)比，地球的這張圖片在提高環(huán)境意識(shí)方面起到了關(guān)鍵作用。拍照不是宇航員任務(wù)的一部分，而是一次不服從命令的行為。

Earthrise is a photograph taken during the Apollo 8 mission, the first manned flight to orbit the Moon. Though not the first one to be released by NASA, this image of Earth, contrasting with the barren landscape of the Moon, played a key role in raising environmental awareness. Taking the picture was not part of the astronauts' assignments, making it an act of insubordination.

項(xiàng)目/Project： 阿波羅8號(hào)任務(wù)，美國(guó)航空航天局，1968年/Apollo 8 Mission by NASA, 1968（攝影/Photo： William Anders）

Comments

ZHOU Yufang:NASA research has produced a selfsustaining, self-contained, "biological" sphere that can exist for 20 year without maintenance. When such an ecological sphere is displayed as an object it is offering a meditation not a solution. What would the world be like without us? Without our habit of thought? The sphere is raising a question rather than a proposal for a self-contained new world and, perversely enough, it is one we can only engage with our minds.

ZHANG Li:Even with inevitable concerns for the poor shrimps inside the sphere, we still find the idea of depicting the limits of the planet earth through such a minimal system plausible. Concepts such as balance, self-sustaining, imbalance, depletion are clearly presented.

3 “整個(gè)地球”展臺(tái)/The table of "Whole Earth"