Posts Tagged China

Date: November 26th, 2010
Cate: Art, News, Painting

游思个展:边迹的漫延 / You Si solo exhibition: UNBOUNDED DIFFUSION

我非常喜欢的艺术家游思的个展《边迹的漫延》将在上海 ART LABOR 画廊举办,在上海的你可以去看看。开幕酒会时间是11月27日星期六晚上六至十点,地点在上海永嘉路570号永嘉庭4号楼(近岳阳路)。

One of my favorite artist You Si will hold his solo exhibition UNBOUNDED DIFFUSION at ART LABOR in Shanghai. If you are in Shanghai, don’t miss it. The opening ceremony will start at 6 p.m. Nov.27, next saturday. The gallery’s address is 570 Yongjia lu, Bldg 4 (corner Yueyang lu).

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Date: November 25th, 2010
Cate: Photography
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Matthieu Belin

摄影师 Matthieu Belin 现居上海,有着长达10年的艺术指导经历,摄影作品涉及时尚、纪实、肖像、建筑和艺术等领域。这些作品选自他早期创作的“中国肖像”系列,下面是他对摄影和这个系列的一些话。

Matthieu Belin is a professional photographer based in Shanghai, with 10 years background of art direction, specialized in fashion, documentary, portrait, architecture and art. These works are from his early works Chinese Portrait series. Here are his words on photography and this series.

摄影是表达我内心对于了解周围的人与世界的欲望。在以艺术的名义捕捉图像的过程中,每一个元素都是关键的。光,时间,与意图都是独立存在的。通过视觉的不确定性去探索意识。我无休止地被形式的奥秘吸引着,还有等待着被揭开的秘密。

这些照片分别拍摄于不同的时间,我在中国五年,在这里,我没有感觉压抑,却感受到温暖的,人的存在感。人们与邻居分享街道,大街上的理发师,棋局,还有人们敲开冰冻的湖面钓鱼。所有瞬间诗意的场景。

Working with images echoes my desire to understand the world around me and its people. Each element is essential in the process of capturing photos as an art form, playing with the interdependence of light, time and contemplation. Exploring consciousness through the eye of possibility, I am unendingly fascinated by the mysteries of form and the surprising secrets they can unveil.

These photos were taken in different time during my five years in china. Here, I felt no oppression but a warm, human presence. One was still able to share the street with neighbours, the outdoor barber, a game of chess, skaters and people fishing on the frozen lake. All scenes of instant poetry.

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Date: November 24th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, COLUMN, Photography, Zhang Xiao
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关于海岸线的一些文字

答应言由在假杂志开设这个专栏已经很久了,但由于各种原因加上严重拖延症一直到今天才发第一篇,实在对不住。先放一篇旧文,一个开始。以后再慢慢写。

I have accepted Yuan Di’s proposal of writting in Jia Za Zhi for a long time, but I’m really sorry that I didn’t start the project for my laziness. This is an old article about my Coastline series. It is a start. Please wait for my future post.

我一直都是害怕写文字的,自然也就不喜欢写日记了。出发的时候专门带了一个很漂亮的黑色日记本,强迫自己每天写一点,哪怕只是记录一下时间地点。下面的这些文字也算是对我这一年走过的路做个记录。

日记本上的第一页是坐在重庆开往南宁的火车硬座上写的,那一天是2009年7月4日。硬着头皮写的东西自然不好看:“硬座真硬啊”,“一位旅客在用山寨手机大声的播放着南无阿弥陀佛”,“浓度很高的屁,不知道是对面哪个小姑娘放的”,诸如此类。当然,也提到了恐惧。这种恐惧是我无法摆脱的,尤其是每次旅途最开始的那几天,来得异常猛烈。

在海岸线上第一次按下快门是在北海市区的某处海边,台风季节的大暴雨来得突然,硕大的雨点猛砸下来,声音大到我听不见快门的开合。海里游泳的人还没来得及上岸,我也在瞬间湿透了。雨雾之下,一切都是灰色的,海平面已经不是那么清晰。从小到大我对大海就有一种渴望,觉得大海很神秘,无法接近。而且我确信这种无法接近的感觉与我始终不会游泳是没有任何关系的。

我是个固执的人,认定的事情都会义无反顾的走下去,哪怕是撞到南墙,也不回头。所以恐惧虽在,但已暂时抛到脑后。只是在某个安静的停顿的时候又会冒出来。从中越交界的北仑河口开始,一路走过东兴,防城港,钦州,北海,一个月的时间走完了北部湾沿海地区。接着从北海坐大巴直达广州,然后深圳,珠海,中山,东莞,江门,台山,阳江。一路有惊无险,就是一个字:热。

在路上时常会被人问到,你来这里干什么?我们这里有什么好拍的?我也经常问自己同样的问题,我为什么要来这里?我总是回答:“来看看,看看……”很喜欢万晓利的那首《达摩流浪者》:沿着这条路一直超前走/在不远的地方就有一个路口/你可以向左转也可以朝前走/但是你不能停留。

2009年年底,主要目的地是雷州半岛,从茂名的电白开始。在电白的第一个夜晚彻夜无眠,伴随着莫名的恐惧,躺在汽车站边上二十块钱的小旅馆,肮脏的地板,潮湿的被褥,吵闹的街道,还有隔壁女人的叫声。。。

海边是美丽的,也是忧伤的。一个月的时间我走过茂名,吴川,湛江,徐闻,海口,雷州。而我看到的海更多的却是忧伤的,正如“美景之美,在于忧伤”。就像是乡愁。一路上我也在寻找我自己内心的那个故乡。

去年春节的时候,我回到了我现实的故乡:山东,烟台。除了父母和亲戚,我找不到任何关于故乡的信息,只剩下陌生。我家在海阳市徐家店镇台上村,距离海边也就四五十公里。但在我的记忆里只是在小时候去过一次县城的海边。我并不是刻意去疏远我和家乡的感情,只是有一种藏在暗处的力量将我们拉的越来越远。我们总是缺乏归属感,不知何去何从。

在家陪父母过完春节后就独自一人到了县城。朋友开车带我漫无目的的参观着这个变化巨大的小县城,路上看到一个红色的建筑,我问那是什么地方,朋友说是一个公园,修建了一个山寨版“天安门”,修的太难看了,没什么意思。。。而我却在暗自兴奋。

2010年6月,前往上海和浙江。并不确定是否要去世博会,正在犹豫之际,一个大学同学送给我几张门票。只可惜我没有耐心排队,一个馆都没看成。美国馆门口,很多人在“美国”两个大字下面合影,那感觉就像是在自由女神下面合影一样,似乎要传递出这样一种信息:我去过美国!地方太小,人流量太大,互相遮挡难免还会有争吵。

从上海南站坐火车直达苍南,然后是平阳,瑞安,温州,温岭,玉环,台州。适逢世界杯,在旅馆看完第二场比赛天几乎就要亮了,出门走走拍拍到上午大太阳出来就回来睡觉,下午五点左右又出门。。。每天如此,看球拍照乐无边。行至台州遭遇梅雨季节,连续十天大雨,扫兴而归。

温州是一个我喜欢的城市,与我之前对她的猜测全然不同。这里很适合居住,我喜欢城市里纵横的河道,那条宽大的瓯江以及江心的小屿。在一个有雾的早晨坐在开往瓯北的轮渡上,我会想起重庆的朝天门,像是在思念,颇为亲切。我曾在重庆工作生活过五年,或许是时间的关系,会让人对一个城市产生依赖,同时也会产生一种类似于故乡的情节。

我并没有像凯鲁亚克和罗伯特弗兰克那样整年长时间的在路上。有很多现实的问题一直在困扰着我。我永远是一个矛盾的结合体,就像脑子里住了一群小怪兽,打过来打过去,让我一刻也无法停歇。每当迷茫来临的时候,索性简单些,就顺其自然。我只是想拿起相机去记录当下中国这些真实的人和真实的景观,去面朝大海。

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Date: November 18th, 2010
Cate: Drawing, Publications

《叙事癖》第三期 Xu Shi Pi vol.3

《叙事癖》是烟囱(假杂志访谈)和左马共同创办的独立漫画同人志,从第三期开始邀请不同新作者加入。《叙事癖3》的容量较上次有所增加,左马有两篇新故事,还加入了一位非常棒的作者anusman,共80页,500本限量发行,售价15元。在烟囱的豆瓣相册有更多图片,在他们的淘宝店有售。


Xu Shi Pi is an independent comic magazine made by illustrator Yancong (see Jia Za Zhi’s interview with him) and his close friend Zuo Ma. They invited one new creator in every new issue since No.3. The No.3 issue of Xu Shi Pi added more stuffs, including two new stories from Zuo Ma, and the works from extraordinary illustrator anusman. The issue has 80 pages, limited edtion in 500 copies, at the price of 15 RMB. You can contact Yancong directly via this email: qishuidongdong@gmail.com, If you want to buy the magazine.

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Date: November 15th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, Photography
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张凯 Zhang Kai (KATSUMIX)

张凯(KATSUMIX),1982年10月10日出生,重庆人。2007年开始摄影。虽自诩为自由摄影师,但也只是每天拿着相机在城市里晃荡,拍自己感兴趣的东西而已,完全没有工作性质的拍摄。 我看到他的作品是他在豆瓣上的“PROVOKE”相册,我一度以为就是中平卓馬、高梨豊等人在1968年创办的那本鲜为人知日本杂志的内容。后来才知道这是张凯在进行的一个实验性质的集体活动,那个相册是第一次的聚会上大家放映的作品。然后,我还在他的flickr上看到名叫《記錄》的相册,于是又不由的想知道森山大道对他的影响。这就是我对他的所有猜想,然而他的回信显然要比我的想象丰富很多。

Zhang Kai (KATSUMIX) was born on Oct.10 1982 in Chongqing, China. He has been photographing since 2007. As a freelance photographer named by himself, he just wanders his city with a camera, shooting everything attractive without incomes. The first time I saw his work was one of his albums in Douban(a famous online community in China) named as PROVOKE. I once thought it as the content of PROVOKE magazine created by Nakahira Takuma, Takanashi Yutaka and other fellows in 1968. Actually, it was an experimental collective project initiated by Zhang Kai in Chongqing. The album contained the works from their first meeting. Then, I found one of his albums in flickr named as RECORD, which reminded me of Daido Moriyama. The above are all my impression of him, however, his reply is much more out of my imagination.

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Date: November 11th, 2010
Cate: Art, Drawing
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谈凯莉 Tan Kaili

谈凯莉(TKL),1985年2月生于湖南常德,毕业于中央美术学院版画系第五工作室,现居北京。她喜欢按自己内心的状态来表达周围的事物。

Tan Kaili, born in Feb. 1985 in Changde, Hunan Province, graduated from No.5 Studio of Printmaking at Central Academy of Fine Arts. She now lives in Beijing. She likes to depict the surroundings according to her emotions.

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Date: November 10th, 2010
Cate: Photography, Publications
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孙彦初摄影书《Obsessed》/ Obsessed: A Self-published Book by Sun Yanchu

假杂志的朋友,摄影师孙彦初访谈)近期自费出版了一本摄影集《沉溺于此》,数码输出,限量50本,暂不对外销售。

Our friend, photographer Sun Yanchu published a photo book Obsessed recently by himself.  The book is limited edtion with 50 copies, not available for sale.

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Date: November 5th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, Photography
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宫仁一 Rainyee Gong

上次在介绍华子作品的时候,我曾说他拍北京拍出了这个城市的宽阔、缓慢、随意和土。而今天介绍的摄影师宫仁一拍摄的北京却又是另一番味道。他镜头中的北京是一个矛盾结合体——既古老又现代,既前卫又过时,既整齐又破败——并在不经意间捕捉到了它荒诞和戏剧性的一面。

宫仁一,1975年出生于黑龙江海林,已居北京13年,一直是自由摄影师,以拍摄商业与影视图片为生。“北京扫街”这个系列作品拍摄于2000年–2004年间,器材是奥林巴斯XA、Lomo LC-A等轻便相机。

Rainyee Gong was born in 1975 in Hailin, Heilongjiang Province, China. He moved to Beijing 13 years ago, working as a freelance photographer, shooting for commercial campaign and films. The series he called Beijing Street Scanning was shot between 2000 – 2004, by some portalbe cameras such as Olympus XA, Lomo LC-A.

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Date: October 29th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, INTERVIEW, Photography
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访谈四一期 / InterView vol.41

靳华豆瓣)的摄影是安静的,这正好符合她喜欢的罗兰·巴特说过的一句话,“摄影必须是安静的:这不是关于判断的问题,而是关于音乐。”对于我们观者而言,她的摄影总是存在一种亦远亦近的疏离感,在无形中带给人恍如隔世的错觉;而对于她自己而言,摄影更多是她内心与世界产生联系的纽带,即便若即若离,却可以时时提醒自己并未和这个世界走得太遥远。她不断地测试自己与世界的关系和距离,包括最近的“明信片计划”,在执行的过程中发现人与人之间的距离并没有那么遥远。访谈中,假杂志请她谈了摄影的起点、加拿大留学的经历以及两个代表性系列作品背后的故事。

Hua (Phoebe) Jin‘s photography is silent, which is in accordance with one of her favorite words by Roland Barthes, “The photograph must be silent : this is not a question of discretion, but of music.” For us viewers, her photography has a sense of alienation, bringing us an illusion of a different world. For herself, photography is more like a ligament between her inner world and the real world, though not always being strong, reminding herself not going too far away from the world. She likes to test her relationship and distance with the world, including her new project “Postcards Exchange”, in which she found that the distance between each one was not as far as we thought. In the InterView, Jia Za Zhi invited her to talk about the beginning of her photography, her experience of studying in Canada, and background stories of her two representive works.

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Date: October 26th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, Photography
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祁颖 Qi Ying

祁颖(豆瓣fotoyard),1985年 4月26日生于陕西西安,毕业于西安工程大学服装设计系,现居北京,任职于广告公司。本文选自他拍摄于2009年的“落”系列。关于这个系列,他说:

“这组照片是我24周岁也是本命年一年中很随性的拍摄。因为2009年我在生活和工作上比较低迷,受到一些挫折,经济拮据,于是我搬到了房租比较便宜的远郊。每天上下班都会走很长很长的一段路,在路上会遇到一些和我心里感觉上很相似的人、景、物。也许它们的心情和我的并不一样,只是我自己的一个心灵写照罢了。它们并没有什么特殊的意义。”

Qi Ying was born in Apr. 26, 1985 in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China, and graduated from Fashion Design Department at Xi’an Polytechnic University. He now works in an ad agency in Beijing. These works are from his Fallen series, which were shot at eastern suburb of Beijing in his low-mood period in 2009. You can visit his website and flickr to see more works.

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Date: October 21st, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, Photography
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张文心 Zhang Wenxin

张文心(),1989年8月出生于安徽省合肥市,毕业于暨南大学景观规划专业,正在谋划出国上学。从2004年开始拍照。拍照已经成为了自己的一部分。在年龄小的时候喜欢拍梦幻,经过修饰的反映小小的内心世界的东西,现在已不拘泥于狭小的世界,而是采取一种更加开放和自由的态度面对所见的人和事物,更加注重对被摄对象的恰到好处的把控和对事物之间关系的猜测和探索。

Two series from emerging photographer Zhang Wenxin. Zhang Wenxin was born in Aug. 1989 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China.

Ⅰ、归零 Return to Zero

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Date: October 18th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, News, Photography
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摄影师张晓在假杂志开设专栏 Photographer Zhang Xiao will write on Jia Za Zhi

侯登科纪实摄影奖及三影堂摄影大奖获得者,首届才华摄影基金中国区冠军张晓将在假杂志开设一个专栏,记录他日常拍摄心得和摄影见解,并为我们推荐他喜欢的摄影师。

Emerging Chinese Photographer Zhang Xiao, who won Houdengke Documentary Photography Award in 2009, Three Shadows Photography Award in 2010, The Photography Talent Award by Photographie.com in July 2010, will write on Jia Za Zhi, documenting his daily gains and opinions on photography, recommending and talking about the photographers he loves.