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 corpses 1 for his latest art project. He apparently 2 plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising 3 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 remains 4 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 controversy 5 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 decided 6 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 collapsed 8 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 ethical 7 and responsible by using bodies from his home country. “I’m not a sociopath, I want to do this art project in collaboration 9 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 perfectly 10 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”。