装置艺术 Installation Art

[和平岛]

装置艺术
——迎冬天来访芝加哥的友人
非马/伊利诺斯

这样庞大的装置工程
当然不是
区区如我的艺术家
所能为力

铺在广大草地上的雪
必须又厚又轻又柔又白
引诱一双天真的脚
去踩去没膝去惊呼去笑成一团
作为灯光的太阳必须照亮
面对面的坦荡心眼
无需墨镜遮羞
气温要调节到
风吹在脸上你只感到温存有如我的呼吸
而檐角几根零落的冰垂
晶莹玲珑好让你梦幻的眼睛
灿然惊喜

在席尔斯塔上望远
或凝近
都一样清明
（极目处那一抹淡紫可能是污染
更可能是这钢铁城市难得流露的
朦胧之情）

密西根湖面的浮冰正好承受
几只日光浴的海鸥
（全世界的热带鱼都挤在水族馆里
为你编织一个
万紫千红的童话）

这样的装置艺术
自然必须
在一夜之间拆除
当你离去


Installation Art
-- for a visitor who has never seen snow before
William Marr/Illinois

such a gigantic undertaking
needless to say is far beyond
the capability of an artist
like me

the snow on the grass
must be thick and soft and pure
tempting your innocent feet
to tread to sink to burst out laughing
the sun should make the icicles sparkle
in your dreaming eyes
and the breeze caressing your face
has to ripple your memory pond

on the top of Sears Tower
everything far and near
must be clear
the distant purple haze should not be
a blush of pollution but the flushed air
of this bustling city of steel

the floating ice on Lake Michigan needs to support
a flock of sun-bathing gulls
the tropical fish in the aquarium
should weave a colorful fairy tale
just for you

and of course
this masterful installation art
must be dismantled
right after you leave
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