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我想要怒放的生命
就象飞翔在辽阔天空
就象穿行在无边的旷野
拥有挣脱一切的力量
我想要怒放的生命
就象矗立在彩虹之颠
就象穿行璀璨的星河
拥有超越平凡的力量
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◎本版撰文/本报记者 曲慧
……他们甚至抛弃了对于社会的间接表现,直接回到记忆的源头,试图挖掘和解构一代人受童话时光影响的精神表象。这种做法不是在一种关于未来的参照系下,他们似乎没有参照系,只是在从童话走向成人的临界点上……
——朱其(艺术批评家)
策展人说,这三个年轻的艺术家有些共性,比如都出生在70年代末80年代初,比如都是中央美院成绩优异的毕业生,“他们都是好学生”。然而他们自己似乎对“好学生”这个定性不十分认同。
姜川今年毕业,马上就要成为职业画家中的一员,目前在大连的家里避暑,很快就要回北京开始自由创作的生活了。他听说别人叫自己“好学生”觉得有点儿奇怪,“大学生了,被叫作好学生总是怪怪的,再说,我也就是上学这几年成绩还可以,好学生?……呵呵,还是有点儿别扭。”对于记者提起的八十年代的孩子是否对“好学生”这个词有点儿排斥,姜川没有否认。
说整个展览是对童话的解构,姜川是赞成的。他的作品《红颜》系列,就是童年很多符号的重组。姜川家在大连京剧院的对面,对京剧的接触比别的孩子要多,爸爸是个摄影师,这也是影响他职业发展的因素,因此,《红颜》是一系列年轻的京剧红伶们在镜子中反映出的红颜镜像,他正在将童年记忆里的脸谱、影像用他八十年代人的记忆重新解构重新表达。
相比之下,金钕的雕塑同样具有一种唯美的视觉风格,她更倾向于一种青春魔幻的感伤主义风格。“长大——惘”是一个半人半马的雕塑,上半身是一个忧伤的美少女,在造型上有点类似日本电子游戏中的美少女形象,只是她的眼角流着泪,比始终快乐而斗志昂扬的电子游戏少女显得要脆弱和容易受伤得多。
而王颉的作品通常都笼罩在一片灰暗的压抑色调中,从而更多了一种灰色青春的味道。这尤其表现在他的广场上站成队列的少先队员的作品中,很多少先队员站在一片阴影下,或者排列整齐地在阴影下集体歌唱。当然,王颉也有一些少年豪气的表现题材,比如少年站在山上,彼此械斗等。王颉还有一些画面显得诡异而神秘,比如一只怪兽闯入工厂,游乐场里的机器动物等。
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我想要怒放的生命
就象飞翔在辽阔天空
就象穿行在无边的旷野
拥有挣脱一切的力量
我想要怒放的生命
就象矗立在彩虹之颠
就象穿行璀璨的星河
拥有超越平凡的力量
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关于接吻关于接吻
今天晚上风比较大,有些沙尘,从公司出来,急急忙忙往车站走。过了三环向南拐,一抬头,正看见一对男女在公交站牌旁边搂抱着,他们在接吻。我只扫了一眼,急忙将目光移开,自己也觉得尴尬,似乎是故意窥探别人隐私。不过心里还是不住叹息,接吻这种事情也要讲究境界,尤其在大庭广众下,没两把刷子还是不要出来卖弄了。
想想看,若是在电影里,或是春雨潺潺,或者秋风萧瑟,男主人公一袭风衣,女主人公长发垂肩,在纷纷落叶中拥吻,长围巾被风吹起,镜头由近及远,音乐由弱转强,主题歌低沉伤感,该是多么感人的情形。
然而刚才这男人仿佛饥渴到极点,不仅把脸紧贴着对方,而且双手像铁钳一般紧紧夹住对方身体,似乎为了更好的表达自己的感情。可是他完全忽视了女方在他的铁钳夹击之下,身体一定难受之极,口鼻都被紧紧盖住,估计喘气都成问题,哪有幸福可言,身体后仰也避不开迎面而来的嘴脸,又不好拒绝他的热情,只好应付着,脸上毫无陶醉的表情,虽然闭着眼,可眉头紧锁,又是在人来人往风里带沙的大街上,其尴尬可想而知。
所以说接吻即便不能说是一种艺术,那也要讲究方法,尤其是你要把这多数人私下里进行的活动搬到众目睽睽之下,如果只有胆量鲁莽和激情,或是刻意模仿电影照猫画虎制造气氛,而没有风度和气质,那这拙劣的演出实在是对路人的一种摧残。
(未完待续)
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关于接吻 2好早以前看过一个文章,好像是《读者》上的,说接吻的声音就像是一头牛把脚踩在烂泥里。我一直对此怀有疑问,直到多年以后,终于得到了一个实例。那是两年前的一个晚上,我下班坐16路公车,坐在倒数第二排,最后一排,是一对情侣,准确地说是学生情侣,穿着校服,背着书包。
刚坐下,就听着后边声音有点异样,禁不住回头瞄了一眼,看到人家是开始接吻了,声音仿佛是洗澡的时候穿拖鞋踩在水里。两人实在忘我,我也无意偷看,急忙转头回来。可是后边的声音越来越大,我到现在也搞不清楚为什么接吻也会有这么大的噪音,真的像老牛踩在烂泥里,而且一直持续了好几站,大约十五到二十分钟。我惊诧于这二人的唾液和荷尔蒙,竟能连续保持这么久的旺盛分泌,想想自己的年轻时光,真正的自愧不如,感叹后生可畏。
经过这次,我倒留意起大街上的学生情侣,到头来发现那光天化日下接吻的竟然十有八九是学生。也难怪,学生们正值青春期,内分泌旺盛,对异性还有神秘感,却整天上课,只有放学能一起走,兴致来了,当街拥吻也就可以理解了。
学生们接吻的地点多数在公共汽车站,这是我又一个有趣发现。而且多数学生情侣接吻前后的表情都特别严肃,往往是板着脸,两眼直勾勾的注视着对方,然后不知怎么就搂抱到一起,开始长时间的Kiss。我想他们大概在这个年龄还未明白接吻到底是什么,所以会和考试一样严肃紧张的对待,一脸肃穆就不足为奇了。而且他们似乎以为越是这样,越掩盖了他们因为好奇和生理原因而不得不在大街上演出这一幕幕接吻大戏的原因。
两个感觉
一是觉得,何苦都挤在北京上海,
苏州这样的城市,马路上清清亮亮的,没有塞车,多好啊。
我和Rob两个人一起去的苏州,
路上我和Rob说,
This is where the richest people in the world lived.
You know, the Qing dynasty took up 2 thirds of the global GDP at
that time.
So these richest people in China were the richest in the world.
另外一个感觉,我的英语太糟糕了。。。这个后面才会提到。。。
去之前,有人跟我说逛过拙政园就不用逛狮子林了,
所以我们先去逛了狮子林,然后再去逛拙政园,嗯。
一直都没有请导游,所以经常是走进一个隔间,只有我们两个人。
看景就应该这样,避了人看。
偶尔有些地方看不懂,等一下就会有一个导游带着一拨人过来,讲一下。
我听个大概,给Rob翻一下,我们马上又转到下一个隔间。
狮子林显然比我想象的好看,好玩。
尤其是那个假山,比恭王府的回环来得多,来的有趣味。
而且没有那么杂人。
过恭王府的那个假山下的山洞时候,觉得就像火灾疏散一样,后面的人拼命挤着前面的人在黑暗的管道里面蠕动。
Rob转了一圈之后,说,I definitely want postcards of this
place.
比较尴尬的事情都发生在拙政园里,
乾隆在园子里有两个题字:真趣。
我告诉Rob,These two characters means very funny.
说完,我就觉得,我好俗啊。。。
拙政园的见山亭有块牌子介绍名字的来历,还好有英文翻译版的。
说是取自陶渊明的:采菊东篱下,悠然见南山。
我又充大的说,这两居诗很有名。Means I am comfortable
with sitting here and doing nothing.
我自己又开始汗。脑袋里面浮现桃花源里面的"放轻松,放轻松……"
我赶紧说,这个人政治上很理想主义。跟老板闹了点矛盾,就辞职了。还说,I
do not work for rice.
Rob,哦了一下。
当然,翻译本来就很难做。
拙政园里面有一个小的园林博物馆,
有一个小隔间在讲意境,conception。
Rob看到第一条就开始笑,
Too drunk to know where to go.
我是先看了上面的中文:沉醉不知归路。所以没有第一时间笑出来,哈哈。
但是Rob 反应很快,接着问:
Is it a famous Chinese saying? or phrase, or poem?
我显然知道这是李清照的词,
Yes, it is a famous female poet.
我依稀记得李清照早期似乎是婉约的,但是实在想不起她后期有没有什么豪放的词了,
我一边说,一边在想:In her early days, she wrote like
...
想了半天,想不出说什么,挤出来一个词:...a
girl...
说完,我彻底的崩溃了。。。
就像第一次听到:我是风中的蒲公英,飘呀飘,飘呀飘
就像第一次听到:我不是男人,我是一朵穿着裤子的云
一样崩溃。。。
然后赶紧出了园子,上虎丘转了一圈,匆匆的回了上海。
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我想要怒放的生命
就象飞翔在辽阔天空
就象穿行在无边的旷野
拥有挣脱一切的力量
我想要怒放的生命
就象矗立在彩虹之颠
就象穿行璀璨的星河
拥有超越平凡的力量
完全是冲着名气去的,去附庸风雅了。想看看袁泉,结果完全没看到脸。。。
三四年前某期疯狂英语有一段是但泽尔华盛顿专访的录音。
印象最深的有两条,
一条是他妈妈的理发店里突然来了一个先知,黑人
盯着小华盛顿看了半天,然后说:Get me a pencil and a
piece of paper, I have a prophet to make.
然后写道,This kid is gonna speak in front of millions of
people.
另一条是他妈妈,很穷,很没地位
但是还是会领着小华盛顿和他的兄弟姐妹去看《胡桃夹子》。
我姥姥有六个外孙,另外还有一个大概明年才能生出来。
姥姥最喜欢我,从小就说我将来会有出息。
于是我考上了大学;然后毕业了。
我现在,没根,没目标
所以跟着两个有文化的人去看《暗恋·桃花源》。
《桃花源》看着很热闹,所以说外行看热闹。。。
但是文化人看问题就是不一样,
文化人讲了十几年前这个戏是个什么地位:那真是,开一代风气啊;虽然这些东西也是从Berkley贩来的。
十几年后的今天这个戏是什么地位:差不多能学的都被人学了;剩下来的就是所谓经典的名声了,当然这个东西还可以娱乐一下小资。
——注解,当然有人看着看着看哭了,这个"娱乐"是泛指的。。。
文化人接着又用他掌握的"科学文化知识",
接着分析《暗恋》这个简单的故事为什么能很打动人。
这又涉及到精深的脑科学理论,大家应该不会感兴趣的。。。
文化人最后下了一个结论:看这个戏基本上值不回票价。
听了这么多,我觉得还是挺值的。
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《南方周末》上说:谭盾又排了一个新的歌剧《秦始皇》。
主角请的是,多明戈;导演请的是,张艺谋。
2008年在北京长城实地演出。
这个肯定是看不起了。。。也没这个勇气去附庸风雅了。。。
歌剧没听过,也听不懂。
但是觉得谭盾这个人idea很多,也很好,是个人才。
虽然
《英雄》《十面埋伏》都被人骂得很惨,
《黄金甲》还没有看,据某人抱怨,也很无聊;
但是
谭盾还是找了张艺谋,
说明老张这个人人格魅力还是有的。
当然也不排除美国那边《英雄》的反响不是,太糟糕。。。
其实人格魅力和能够理解市场需求可能没啥必然联系吧,
三国里面的吕布,完全不知道啥是战争的目的,啥是战争的终点,一个典型的战争狂,
跟着这种人完全没有前途,但是吕布手下的士兵个个勇猛无畏
因为吕布这个人高大魁梧,作战奇猛,
一到战场上,不仅醒目,而且耀眼,简直就是战神化身;
所以士兵都被感召了。。。
这个东西应该就是人格魅力。
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我想要怒放的生命
就象飞翔在辽阔天空
就象穿行在无边的旷野
拥有挣脱一切的力量
我想要怒放的生命
就象矗立在彩虹之颠
就象穿行璀璨的星河
拥有超越平凡的力量
转载真是好啊,
这个星期不用自己写周记了,真好阿。
同鄙视IE。
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平民如何拍GOOD照片
看到一篇反器材论的帖子,我不知道他说的对不对,但是我相信不是任何东西都要有钱才是王道,让那些炫耀烧钱的阔少拿着他们的单反去拍他们喜欢的人体艺术吧~
不过说实话本文根本没提到相机好坏对照片的影响,只是在讲拍照的态度和思路,说白了就是自然,俺们老百姓玩的是简单,是快乐,像素高低俺们don't
care~
同时bs一下IE,用IE拷贝整个网页过来直接cpu占用率100%,网页全死掉,用firefox啥事都没有,瞬间拷贝完成,差距啊……怪不得IE
team都在firefox2发布的时候送蛋糕。How to take a better photograph
Getting acquainted with your camera is important, but it’s not
the end-all, be-all of taking a great photo. I am a firm believer
that the cheaper your camera, the better the results. The bells and
whistles of an expensive camera are great if you know how to use
them but they are not essential building blocks for creating a
beautiful visual record of your life. What follows are some simple
steps to consistently taking better photos in the most common
scenarios.
Cheap camera.
Not so cheap lookinng photos taken with a cheap
camera.Shoot from the hip
I can’t tell you how many photos I’ve taken without looking
through the viewfinder. Why would I do that? Well, for one, I hate
being stuck behind the lens. If you go through your life with one
eye shut, you’re missing half the fun. Then put that one eye
behind a lens designed to crop off my view? Forget about it. No. I
can see who’s coming and going, and that’s where the action is.
Plus, when you’re not aiming, your photos don’t end up looking
like everyone else’s photos. They’re instantly entertaining
because they not only capture the story of the moment, but they do
so from a unedited perspective. Ah, that’s the stuff!
These were taken by holding my arm outside and above the
car.
From the aisle. Seated. One handed. Slam dunk.
Above the head.
I shoulda had a V8
My wife is constantly making fun of the way I shoot photos. I
absolutely refuse to hold the camera steady. If you want the
easiest way to make a scene a little more interesting to look at,
tilt your camera. Your brain will ask you to make a perfect
horizontal line with the horizon. Forget about it. Tilt the
horizon. Make those moments more interesting by giving them some
weight and balance problems. Photos on the edge are just plain
fun.
Quick! Get that beer before it tips over!
What’s good for the tilted goose is good for the tilted
gander.
OMG! The church is sliding off the earth!
Kill your flash
Especially in low light situations. It may be a little funky at
times, but more often than not you’ll get a perfect photo that
keeping your camera on auto-flash would have otherwise killed.
It’s kill or be killed.One of the reasons I love to turn off my flash, by the way, is
that you can see much more clearly how yellow and rad most indoor
lighting is. The more photos you take over time, the more you see
how colors around you are affecting the quailty of your image. In
low-light situations, where there is often only one source of
light, you get to see exactly how light works. Take that knowledge
outside and you’ll see marked improvements, I guarantee.One word of caution: make sure you haven’t had too much
caffeine. The shaking in your hands will show up in the image.
Often you will need to find a hard, steady surface to set your
camera on in order to stop “the shakes.”Flash.
No flash.
Flash.
No flash.
Flash.
No flash.
No flash. Preserve those colors!
No flash. Colors and action. Blurred, but no worse for the
wear.
No flash, indoors, night. Very steady hand. Why would anyone
photograph themselves in their PJ’s watching TV is another matter
altogether.
No flash, bright backlight, camera-phone. Kind of a cool
image.
No flash, plenty of light, but action is captured
better.Don’t be shy
Seriously. If you’re going to take on the mission of being the
documentary film-maker of the bunch, get rid of your inhibitions.
What’s the worst that could happen? The worst thing that ever
happened to me while I was taking a photo to its logical limits was
accidentally stepping in a pond at a restaurant. And what a better
memory than that? So get out there and step in it!
Sometimes its about the audience.
Sometimes it’s about the show.
Sometimes it’s about a hole-in-one.
And sometimes you just can’t resist the urge. “It’s
so important.”Kids
As an adult it’s always a challenge to photograph kids.
Here’s a couple of things to keep in mind. Kids love it when
you’re on their level. Get down on your hands and knees and shoot
upwards toward them. They love it. Same is true of most adults,
although they rarely admit it!Don’t waste your breath making kids behave for the photo. If
they are doing things in a photo that you would let them do anyway,
what’s the harm? If they’re being goofy, let them be goofy.
You’re not a wedding photographer, so don’t worry about losing
your job. You’re not stuffing a portfolio - you’re capturing
the moment. Look at it this way. In twenty years you’ll have an
embarrassing photo for the kid to boot!
Up high is OK.
But eye-level is better.
>Kids of all shapes and sizes.
Some are tame.
Just let them be.
Eye-level is good. Carpet-level is great! Now if only I’d
used a flash!
That’s a little fat me. My mom took this!
Let the kid shoot the picture
You’d be amazed what they come up with. Kids have an untrained
eye. The less intimidated by the fear of “shooting a good
photograph” the better the image. Kids have pure talent. Let them
go wild with it. Their perspective is just as important.I wish I had some examples of this: SEND ME A PHOTO AND
I’LL INCLUDE IT HERE. email: kelly ‘at’ dandelife
‘dot’ comBe The Hef
Fact: when people are gathered for a group photo, they tend to
tilt their heads toward the person in the center. It’s as true in
the society pages of your local gossip mag as much as it is in the
oodles of photos you have in your photo albums. Why do people do
that? All it does is make them look uncomfortable. So if you see
somone tilting his head, make sure you help him straighten up. Or,
as Stephanie says, “Just be The Hef”“The Hef?” you ask. My wife once pointed out to me that Hugh
Hefner never tilts his head in a photo. Why? Because he’s “The
Hef.” People are always gathered around him in group photos. The
Hef knows that it’s the photographer’s place to get all the
heads in the shot.
The Hef in our family is MorMor. She’s 94 years old and
leans in for no photo.
No lean-in. Good.
Lean-in. Not bad, but could be better.
Lean-in.
No lean-in.
Get personal
Most people are uncomfortable with you getting right up in their
face for a photo. But you know what? You get a better portrait that
way. Most of don’t have time for messing with the zoom. Nor do we
have the money for “good” zoom lenses. You’ve got the best
zoom in the world with your feet. Get close. The closest
you’ll ever have to stand for a close-up is normal conversational
distance. So don’t think of it as a photo but as a conversation.
In the end, you’ll have a better picture and they’ll thank you
for it.Tip: keep breath mints cose at hand.
Far away, no detail.
Up close, detail.
The closer the better!
Links
Most of the examples here are of social situations, featuring
people in their environment. Some of you will be photographing
buildings, streets, the countryside and places of interest. For
those situations I don’t have much advice. They’re not my
forte. I did find a couple of good photographic resources for you
to look up though. So follow these links and learn some more.
Kodak’s 10 Tips for Great Pictures- BBC’s
Guide: How to Take Good Photographs
National Geographic Photography Guides and GearLinks via lifehacker’s photo
archives:
How to take great group photos (via Digital
Photography School)- CNET
Photo and Video Courses (sign-up required)
Taking Professional Looking Photos without a Professional
Less Cursing, Better Pictures (David Pogue from the New York
Times)