卡尔文·柯立芝Calvin Coolidge
他把「少说两句」变成了一种国家元首的作风。He turned “say less” into the working style of a head of state.
HALL OF BOREDOM / 003
安迪·沃霍尔Andy Warhol
1928–1987 · 美国 · 艺术家1928–1987 · USA · artist · Andy Warhol
1963 年，他拍了《睡眠》：5 小时 21 分，镜头只对着一个正在睡觉的人。1964 年又拍了《帝国大厦》：8 小时 5 分，一动不动地拍一栋楼。观众大多中途离场。他说，他喜欢无聊的东西。In 1963 he made Sleep: 5 hours 21 minutes of the camera pointed at a man asleep. In 1964, Empire: 8 hours 5 minutes of a building, motionless. Most of the audience left early. He said he liked boring things.
「我喜欢无聊的东西。」“I like boring things.”
入选理由：他把「看着什么都不发生」做成了艺术。Why they are here: He turned “watching nothing happen” into art.
名人堂其他成员Other members
约翰·凯奇John Cage
他证明了「什么都没有」也可以是一件作品。He proved that “nothing at all” can also be a work.
第欧根尼Diogenes
他主动放弃了所有「值得一提」的东西。He gave up everything that could be called noteworthy — on purpose.
奥勃洛摩夫Oblomov
他是世界文学史上最著名的「躺平者」。He is the most famous “lying flat” figure in world literature.
巴特尔比Bartleby
拒绝也可以是不动声色的。Refusal can be entirely without drama.
西西弗斯Sisyphus
无限重复、毫无进展——这大概是「无聊」的终极形态。Endless repetition with no progress — the final form of boredom.
纪春生Ji Chunsheng
他用一个姿势，代表了一代人下班后的状态。With one pose, he represented what a whole generation looks like after work.
数据录入员 PaulPaul, the data entry clerk
他是被研究「算」出来的无聊，也因此出了名。He became famous for being calculated into boredom.