如果你现在去巴黎，你会发现凯旋门变了，它穿上了一件闪闪发光的银蓝色“外套”，还系上了“红腰绳”。这是已故艺术家克里斯托和珍妮-克劳德的设计，他们60年前的疯狂梦想终于变成了现实。
 

 

After three months of construction work at Paris' famed Arc de Triomphe, the 160-foot-tall war monument has been completely concealed¹. The landmark², built during Napoleon's reign³, has been outfitted⁴ in 270,000 square feet of silver-blue polypropylene fabric⁵ bound with red ropes.

施工了三个月后，巴黎名胜古迹凯旋门被完全包裹了起来，用掉了27万平方英尺的银蓝色聚丙烯布料并用红绳固定。凯旋门高160英尺（49米），是建于拿破仑统治时期的地标性建筑。

 

Encasing the Arc de Triomphe in cloth was a longstanding vision of the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- one that finally came into focus this summer. It began with 400 tons of steel beams erected⁶ like a metal jacket around the structure, followed by the wrapping, which was conducted by a team of climbers over the course of a few days. Following the project's completion on Thursday, the arch will remain transformed for just 16 days.

给凯旋门“穿上衣服”是已故艺术家克里斯托和珍妮-克劳德的多年愿景，今夏终于付诸实践。400吨重的钢梁像一件金属夹克一样矗立在建筑周围，并由一个攀爬队在几天内将其包裹起来。本周四（9月16日）该项目完工后，这一新貌只能保持16天。

 

The unveiling of the installation, officially titled "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped," comes 60 years after Christo first became enthralled⁷ with the idea of wrapping the monument, more than a decade after Jeanne-Claude's death and over a year since Christo passed away last May. Originally scheduled for spring 2020, the project was first delayed out of concern for nesting kestrel falcons⁸ in the arch, and then because of the ongoing⁹ pandemic.

60年前，克里斯托就萌生了“被包裹的凯旋门”项目的念头。直到珍妮-克劳德去世十多年，克里斯托去世一年多（去年五月去世）以后，这一执念才终于成真。这一项目原定在2020年春季动工，先是出于担心在凯旋门上筑巢的红隼鹰而被耽搁，而后又因为疫情而拖延。

 

Vladimir Yavachev, Christo's nephew and the project's director of operations who worked with the artist for 30 years, explained that the shimmering¹⁰ color of the fabric and vivid ropes are Christo's "poetic¹¹ interpretation¹²" of the blue, white and red of the French flag.

这一项目的运营总监、克里斯托的侄子弗拉基米尔·亚瓦切夫解释道，闪闪发光的布料和鲜艳的绳子是克里斯托对法国蓝白红国旗的“诗意解读”。亚瓦切夫和叔叔克里斯托共事长达30年。

 

"He liked colors that also change with the weather, or the time of day," Yavachev said in a video interview, adding: "The fabric is very reminiscent of Paris rooftops... which are very silvery gray."

亚瓦切夫在一次视频采访中说道：“他喜欢能随着天气和时间而变化的颜色。这种布料让人想起巴黎的屋顶……那种银灰色。”

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