
English: 
It's an amazing thing.
Panagiotis Vassilakis, the artist known as
Takis, was born in 1925 in Athens.
His childhood took place during the occupation
by the Germans and the Italians in World War II.
And immediately after was followed by a Greek
civil war.
He was very involved in different political
groups at the time.
And became a sculptor later in his life, in
his late 20s.

Chinese: 
这是一件了不起的事情。
Panagiotis Vassilakis，这位艺术家被称为
Takis，1925年出生于雅典。
他的童年发生在占领期间
第二次世界大战中的德国人和意大利人。
之后紧接着是希腊人
内战。
他参与了不同的政治活动
当时的团体。
并成为他生命中后期的雕塑家
他20多岁。

English: 
As a young man Takis took great interest in
ancient sculpture in particular.
And his early work show an indebtedness to
that, but also to modern sculpture.
He was particularly interested in the work
of Giacometti and Picasso.
He was self-taught and an autodidact in all
types of material
whether it was philosophy or history or politics.
He moved to Paris in 1954 and it's in Paris
that you see this transformation of his sculpture.
There are two key moments in Takis's work.
One happens around 1957 after a trip from
London.
And while waiting for the train he becomes
inspired by the flashing lights and the antenna
and aerials that he sees around the station
platform.
He started to make sculpture which he called
'Signals' and which became one of his most iconic
type of work.

Chinese: 
作为一个年轻人，Takis非常感兴趣
特别是古代雕塑。
而他早期的作品表明了对...的负债
那，还要现代雕塑。
他对这项工作特别感兴趣
贾科梅蒂和毕加索。
他总是自学成才，并且自学成才
材料类型
无论是哲学还是历史或政治。
他于1954年搬到巴黎，在巴黎
你看到他的雕塑的这种转变。
Takis的工作有两个关键时刻。
一次出现在1957年左右
伦敦。
在等火车的时候，他变成了
灵感来自闪烁的灯光和天线
他在车站周围看到的天线
平台。
他开始制作他称之为的雕塑
'信号'，并成为他最具代表性的一个
工作类型。

Chinese: 
另一个关键时刻发生在1959年
艺术家发现磁性作为一种方式
雕刻。
他寻找一种打破常规的方法
什么雕塑可以。
他尝试过，而不是一个坚实，沉重的形式
试图创造一种漂浮的雕塑
在太空。
当艺术家反抗引力并且无视
通常让我们在地上的力量。
为准备Takis的展览
工作我有机会前往雅典
2017年，我的联合策展人Guy Brett。
Guy和Takis有着长期的合作关系。
他们在20世纪60年代初在伦敦相遇
盖伊是一位艺术评论家。
他们变得非常投入艺术家的运作
称为信号库的空间。
Takis在雅典生活和工作
天。

English: 
The other key moment happens in 1959 when
the artist discovers magnetism as a way for
sculpting.
He looked for a way to break the conventions
of what sculpture could be.
Instead of a solid, heavy form, he tried to
tried to create a kind of sculpture that floats
in space.
When the artist has defied gravity and defied
the forces that normally keep us on the ground.
In preparation for an exhibition of Takis's
work I had the opportunity to travel to Athens
in 2017 with my co-curator, Guy Brett.
Guy and Takis have a long-standing relationship.
They met in the early 1960s in London when
Guy was an art critic.
And they became very involved in an artist-run
space known as Signals Gallery.
Takis is living and working in Athens to this
day.

English: 
He's been there since the mid-1980s and in
1993 he created a research centre for the
arts and the sciences called the KETE Foundation,
and is now known as the Takis Foundation.
It's a research centre. It's a library and
an archive.
And it's also the studio of where the artist
makes his work.
So elemental.
Takis often comments that the focus of his
work is around energy.
Sound is one of those key elements of energy.
It's an invisible force that Takis makes present
using a number of different devices.
It's something contemplative and Takis is
often thought about in relationship to the
cosmos and to energy fields and the sounds
of the universe.

Chinese: 
自20世纪80年代中期以来，他一直在那里
1993年他创建了一个研究中心
艺术和科学称为KETE基金会，
现在被称为Takis基金会。
这是一个研究中心。这是一个图书馆和
档案。
它也是艺术家所在的工作室
做他的工作。
所以元素。
塔基斯经常评论他的重点
工作是围绕能源。
声音是能量的关键要素之一。
这是Takis带来的无形力量
使用许多不同的设备。
这是沉思和Takis的东西
经常想到与...的关系
宇宙，能量场和声音
宇宙

English: 
Takis's studio, he began developing it in
the 1960s or the early 1970s and it wasn't
completed until much later.
It's on a hill-side with a view of Athens
and the Parthenon in the distance.
It's a very strange and bewitching place with
lots of movement.
Giant sculptures that are swirling in the
wind.
It's magical.
And it was wonderful to see Guy Brett and
Takis together.
To see the friendship that they have been
carrying on for so many years.
You ask me how I did this work.
Well I'll show you how I did it.
This is giving energy.
As I used to everyday, I do.
And then by accident.

Chinese: 
Takis的工作室，他开始开发它
20世纪60年代或70年代初，事实并非如此
完成到很久以后。
它位于山坡上，享有雅典的景色
和远处的帕台农神庙。
这是一个非常奇怪和迷人的地方
很多运动。
巨大的雕塑在旋转
风。
这很神奇。
很高兴看到盖伊布雷特和
塔吉斯在一起。
看到他们曾经的友谊
继续这么多年。
你问我这是怎么做的。
好吧，我会告诉你我是怎么做到的。
这给了能量。
像往常一样，我做到了。
然后是偶然的。

English: 
It's the same thing.
Is energy a thing?
Energy stays with you, inside you, in energy.
I feel more young than you.
I know how to use the energy, first of all.
I have the experience which you don't have
because you are young.
So you don't know how to use your energy.
Therefore you are not young.
I am young, not you.
And I want to spend my energy working.
Takis has a career that expands more than
seventy years.
Takis works are mesmerising.
The way they use sound and light.
They're constantly moving and changing.

Chinese: 
这是同一件事。
能量是一种东西吗？
能量在你内心，能量中留在你身边。
我觉得比你年轻。
我知道如何使用能量，首先。
我有你没有的经验
因为你还年轻
所以你不知道如何使用你的能量。
所以你不年轻。
我年轻，不是你。
而且我想用我的精力工作。
Takis的职业生涯扩张超过
七十年。
Takis的作品令人着迷。
他们使用声音和光的方式。
他们不断移动和变化。

English: 
There's something sensual about these works
that brings the audience in to look closely
and take delight in these sculptural and sonic
worlds.
It breaks the conventions of what sculpture
can be.

Chinese: 
这些作品有些感性
这让观众密切关注
并欣赏这些雕塑和声音
世界。
它打破了雕塑的惯例
可。
