通往第二个地球的传送工具 | Passage to TOI-700 d

艺术家丹尼尔·谢（Daniel Shieh）展示了“通往TOI-700 d的通道”，他将其描述为通往第二个地球的传送工具。在纽约的苏格拉底雕塑公园內，一道朝天的阶梯指向一个异世界的落日，隐喻美国现代对于外太空探索的向往相较于十九世纪西部拓荒的热潮。

Artist Daniel Shieh presents ‘Passage to TOI-700 d’, which he describes as a portal to a second Earth. It appears as a stairway leading into an alien sunset, evoking the American romantic perception of space as the new Wild West.

这个雕塑的标题源自于2020年发现的一座接近地球大小的星球。此星球与太阳距离适中，因此科学家推测该星球存有水源的可能性。未来风格的雕塑唤起了科幻小说中常见的情节：人类因地球环境污染而必然在浩瀚宇宙中寻找新的家园。讽刺的将雕塑放置于城市中人人可去的公园，此雕塑也质疑未来外太空旅行能普及的可能性。

The sculpture takes its title from the name of a recently discovered Earth-sized planet with conditions that scientists estimate may be potentially habitable to humans, given the theoretical compatibility of water. The portal's futurist aesthetic points to the science fiction trope of the human search for life on another planet as a necessary outcome of environmental degradation on Earth. Ironically placed in a public park, the sculpture also calls into question the accessibility of space travel.

▽入口

此作品位于苏格拉底雕塑公园秋季最新展览【沉没或者游泳：气候未来】。今年，此展览邀请了艺术家们探讨环境现况以及地球面临的挑战。Daniel Shieh的作品将“阳光”和“蓝天”作为理想宜居环境的标志。

This project is presented in the newest exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens, NYC) titled SINK OR SWIM: CLIMATE FUTURES. This year, Socrates asked artists to consider the present-day ecological conditions and challenges that our globe faces. Shieh's sculpture presents ‘sunlight’ and ‘blue skies’ as indicators of a utopian, habitable environment.

他通过研究零售和医疗空间中使用的人造天窗开始了项目，并运用树脂做出了独创的人造夕阳。通过计算机建模和3D打印原型，他研发出能呈现无限天空的视觉装置。该项目在苏格拉底雕塑公园用激光切割钢、镜子和树脂在现场建造了三个多月。

He began the project by researching artificial skylights used in retail and healthcare spaces and created his own version of an artificial sunset with epoxy resin. Through computer modeling and 3D-printed prototypes, he developed the precise measurements that were required to create an illusion of a boundless afternoon sky. The project was built on site over three months at Socrates Sculpture Park with laser-cut steel, mirrors, and resin.

“在公园的这座装置前，观众将感受到新世界的诱惑。但与此同时，新世界的可及性和道德性也被提出来。太空旅行是只适于少数人口的苛刻活动，在这‘第二个地球’的浪漫想象中有谁被排除在外的？在这个楼梯面前，观众面临抉择：是应当满足自己想去新世界的欲望？还是审视这个想法的根源，并且寻找能将人类的太空未来去殖民化的方法？Shieh总结到。

As viewers encounter this structure at Socrates Sculpture Park, the allure of another world awaits at the end of the tunnel. But the question of access is now brought forward. Space travel is extremely selective and exclusive. In this romantic idea of a second earth, who won't be able to live there? In front of this stairway, you must choose your actions: Do you follow your desire to enter the new world? Or question this desire, and search for a way to decolonize our interplanetary future? ”concludes Shieh.

项目名称：通往TOI-700 d（新世界）的通道

公司名称：Daniel Shieh

网址：https://danielshieh.com/

联系人电子邮件：dshieh12007@gmail.com

项目地点：纽约皇后区苏格拉底雕塑公园

竣工年份：2022年

建筑面积（m2）：10 m2

图片来源：Peter Kubilus，Audrey Melton