冰島藝術家：我想用用你的屍體
Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson recently made news headlines for a very bizarre request – he’s asking dying people to donate their corpses for his latest art project. He apparently plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising to return them to their families once he’s done.
冰島藝術家Snorri Asmundsson最近因其奇怪的請求而上了頭條，他希望瀕死之人能將他們的屍體捐贈給他最近的藝術項目。他打算在一個舞蹈視頻中使用屍體，並保證一旦他使用完畢，就會立刻將屍體歸還給他們的家人。
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 after you die. The bodies will be returned to the undertaker in the same condition.”
Snorri最開始在2008年有了這一想法，那時他在臉書上請求瀕死之人與他聯繫，這一舉動引起了人們的注意。他的廣告語上寫着：“以藝術之名尋求死屍，我需要屍體來拍攝一段視頻。如果你要死了，我希望能在你死後將你的屍體借走。我保證這些屍體會完好如初地被歸還回去。”
Understandably, the ad caused quite the controversy 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 that I was going to do something really unethical with those corpses. It’s nothing like that.”
可以理解的是，這一廣告在這個北歐小島上引起了爭議。Snorri說：“當時這一廣告出現在了冰島各大媒體上，一些人也對我有了奇怪的看法。有些人聯絡了教堂牧師並詢問他們的看法。人們覺得我會用這些死屍做一些不道德的事情。但情況並非如此。”
He had received about 20 responses back then, but unfortunately the economy collapsed 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!
那時他收到了20個回覆，但不幸的是那時出現了經融危機。他的贊助金被削減，他也沒辦法制作視頻。好笑的是，那時他還弄丟了他的“領頭屍體”——一位將死之人給Snorri寫信說他的想法讓他得到了新生，他已經完全康復了！
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 and responsible by using bodies from his home country. “I’m not a sociopath, I want to do this art project in collaboration with the deceased person with respect to them and their family,” he insisted.
現在，Snorri終於拿到能讓這一項目繼續進行的資金了。有些人指出他可以在墨西哥或中國買幾具屍體回來，但他說他希望通過使用他祖國的屍體，他能保持道德高尚。他堅稱：“我沒有反社會人格。我希望能帶着對死者本人及其家人的尊重，來與他們合作。”
In case you’re wondering, Snorri’s unusual project is perfectly 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的項目在冰島完全合法。他甚至還僱傭了一名律師來爲他和將死之人撰寫合同。他說：“從法律上來說，我這樣做完全合法。我從未聽聞此事非法，以前也從未有人做過這種事。”
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.
他現在對他的項目守口如瓶，唯一透露的只有他將”與死屍共舞”。
