ted演讲【让每个人的声音都能被听见】20160311.pdf

A year ago, we were invited by the Swiss Embassy in Berlin to present our art projects. We are used to invitations, but this invitation really thrilled us. The Swiss Embassy in Berlin is special. It is the only old building in the government district that was not destroyed during the Second World War, and it sits right next to the Federal Chancellery. No one is closer to Chancellor Merkel than the Swiss diplomats. 一年前，我们受 瑞士驻柏林大使馆邀请 来展示我们的艺术作品。我们习惯了受邀， 但这 次邀请却真正让我们激动不已。 瑞士驻柏林大使馆很特别。 它是二战中未受摧毁的 政府 区域中的唯一 一座老建筑， 而且它就坐落在 联邦总理府的右侧。 瑞士外交官们是 离德 国总理默克尔最近的人了。 The government district in Berlin also contains the Reichstag -- Germanys parliament -- and the Brandenburg Gate, and right next to the gate there are other embassies, in particular the US and the British Embassy. 柏林的政府区也 包括德国国会大厦-- 德国的议会 和勃兰登堡门， 其右侧是其他的大使 馆， 主要是美国和英国大使馆。 Although Germany is an advanced democracy, citizens are limited in their constitutional rights in its government district. The right of assembly and the right to demonstrate are restricted there. And this is interesting from an artistic point of view. The opportunities to exercise participation and to express oneself are always bound to a certain order and always subject to a specific regulation. With an awareness of the dependencies of these regulations, we can gain a new perspective. The given terms and conditions shape our perception, our actions and our lives. 尽管德国是先进的民主制， 但市民在政府区 享有的宪法权利是有限的。 集会权和游行权 在这里是受限的。 而这点从艺术的角度来看是有趣的。 参与活动与表达自己的机会 经常 与一定的秩序密切关联 而且经常受到某个规定的影响。意识到对于这些规定的依赖性，我 们能获得一个新的视角。 给定的条款和条件塑造了 我们的看法，我们的行为 以及我们的 生活。 And this is crucial in another context. Over the last couple of years, we learned that from the roofs of the US and the British Embassy, the secret services have been listening to the entire district, including the mobile phone of Angela Merkel. The antennas of the British GCHQ are hidden in a white cylindrical radome, while the listening post of the American NSA is covered