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2009年12月16日

超大的铁箱也是艺术

最近到了伦敦一游。

闷在新加坡太久会变成井底蛙的,所以决定到国外去看世界。

伦敦有很多世界级的博物馆,展出或收藏物品的量和广度大得让人目不暇给。不管是现代艺术品,古典画作,古董,科学发明,自然科学,历史文物都可以在伦敦的博物馆里找得到。最重要的是,大部分的展览都是免费的,不花钱就可参观。


 

去伦敦之前,朋友就说在伦敦的博物馆里呆上十天也不一定看的完。当下觉得她也太夸张了。可是当我真正到了那里参观的时候,朋友的话应验了。花了一整个早上,结果只参观完维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆(Victoria and Albert Museum)的一楼而已。实在有太多的展出品值得去观赏,去研究了。

出名的博物馆包括国家画作展览馆(National Gallery),泰特古典艺术博物馆(Tate Britain),泰特现代艺术博物馆(Tate Modern),自然史博物馆(Natural History Museum)。其中让我印象与体验最深的,是 Tate Modern 里的其中一件互动艺术品。

这件艺术品从外观看起来真的很不像艺术品。基本上,他就是一个很大很大的货柜箱(以下照片)。当你站在箱子的入口处,可以看见是黑暗的,没有灯,只有少许的光线从外面投射进货柜箱里,内侧的四面墙也是黑的。眼前的画面,就是一个使人觉得有压迫感的大黑洞,等着你进去探险。


和朋友进去的时候,因为不知道里面有些什么,也看不见任何的东西,我们有些许由于,脚步非常缓慢。我甚至觉得有少许的害怕。可是走着走着,我们竟然到了空间的尽头。里面什么都没有。

原来,这个货柜箱就真的是一个空有暗的货柜箱。

我当时第一个反应:这展览品也太笨了吧!为了看设计这艺术品的艺术家怎么把这么笨的东西解释成艺术,我就去看说明的看板(以下照片)。我所看到的说明,出人意表得给了我灵感,启发和难忘的体验。


"How shall I move forward?" you might ask yourself, as you stand at the threshold, confronted by the darkness ahead. The unknown can be terrifying, especially if it is also without light. How you approach it is unique, as your first encounter with anything can only ever be as an individual. Staring ahead into the black void may make you wonder whether to move ahead at all.

'Its fine', you reassure yourself, "what can actually be inside?" How It Is is complete only when you, the viewer, enter. The container focuses you inwards, both physically and psychologically, deeper into the darkness. In choosing how to move ahead- to march in fearlessly, or to kirt along the walls - you create your won journey. But as you bump into others, or mistakenly grab a stranger's shoulder, your trepidation eases and collectively you navigate the void..

说明看板上所说的感觉,行动,思绪我在货柜箱里面都体验到了。顿时间,我对展览品的嘲笑变成了敬佩。这么简单的一件物品/空间,却带出了人内心的复杂情绪和外在行动的可能性。

再说,这些体会不会只停留在货柜箱里面的空间,可以延伸至日常生活。当我们碰到难题的时候,和在走入黑箱那一刻的反应是一样的。当我们面对看不到前景的未来,或算不到后果的抉择,在货柜空间里的反应也会出现。

想到这里,不得不为刚开始的那种无知的判断感到惭愧,也非常庆幸我去看了说明看板。如果没有参考,我可能永远都会是天真的愚人。

后来,我也发现,这个体验只会有一次。之后如果你在尝试进去的时候,你没有办法再找回同样的体验了。你已经熟悉那个空间了。也许人生也是如此吧。生活中的每一个经历,只会有一次。下一次,不管情况多么雷同,也已经不一样了。

最深层的意义,往往来自最简单的东西。

最简单的东西,也往往能拉近艺术与生活的关系。








Kian Tong  

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第十一堂biomechanics课(最后一堂)

上个星期我们上了最后一堂biomechanics课!我们把这十一个星期所学到的种种知识和训练总结起来。开始做dactyl之前,李邪提醒我们全身上下的线条:

Last Saturday was our last lesson for Biomechanics class!
Although we still have much more to learn (in deepening our knowledge and skills in Biomechanics), this lesson has helped us sum up all that we have learnt in these 11 weeks.

As we started the day with dactyl, Lixie reminded us of the different lines in our body. In this way, we can adjust and align our own body such that it is three-dimensional:

a) 头到天花板 from head to the ceiling (pulling upwards)
b) 背到后方 from the back (pulling backwards)
c) 胸口出去 from the chest (pulling forward)
d) 肩膀两条横的线 from the shoulders (horizontally outwards)
e) 膝盖(稍弯,不要锁起来)from the knees (knees slightly bent instead of being locked)
f) 脚板到地上 from the soles of your feet to the ground (downwards)
g) 骨盆 from pelvic

这是在空间走动,寻找新的tochika时的小提醒:
1. 行动虽然是有自觉性的,但不要刻意(让otkaz自然-不需要刻意去bounce过后,才找新的tochika)
2. 要有Dynamism,台上的动作才能“看”. 想像走路是胸前有一盏spotlight,照亮前面走的路。之后,想像背后也有一盏spotlight。走的时侯,应该有一种在切入空间的感觉。

We then walked in the space, finding a new tochika as we stop. Some notes here!
1. movement is conscious but not deliberate (e.g. keep otkaz natural-need not bounce on purpose before moving off to the new tochika)
2. Dynamism is VERY important in order to make our movements watchable on stage. A way to exercise this dynamism is to imagine that there is a spotlight in place of the line pulling forward from the chest. This spotlight shines in the direction of the new tochika as you walk. Next, the back also has a spotlight. And we own the space because we have this 2 spotlights.


如果是荒谬剧或是抽象剧,我们该怎么走呢?以下有一些关于biomechanics的误解和正解:
- biomechanics 不在于对抗自然主义
- 动作不要每次都那么大
- 刚开始,因为工业社会的关系,人的身体变得像机器,所以biomechanics专注于发现身体的“功能”。但这不是对biomechanics唯一的理解。
- 只要保留biomechanics的原则,它可以在任何不同的剧使用(注:千万不要把它当成一种style)
- etude夸张的动作,重点在于训练演员的身体

Continuing to walk in the space, we were told to sense the difference in our movements as we apply it to different forms (e.g. naturalistic play, absurd piece, abstract play). some notes here:
- biomechanics is not against naturalism
- movements need not always be large
- the initial understanding of biomechanics involves exploring the usability of human body (due to influence of industrialization, resulting in human behaving like "machines") but it is not the ONLY understanding
- as long as the principle of biomechanics holds, it can be applied to all kinds of play (note:do not make it like a style)
- etude movements are exaggerated in order to train actors

之后,我们学了slap etude最后的部分:散步。第一个打人的同伴将把对方的手带到自己身边(不要用力拉),同时对方也自动地站进来到同伴的身边. 双方要有共同的节奏,一起走,一起停下来。当大家呈现etude时,我们都“考试”不及格!以下有些原因/小提醒。

Proceeding to etude, we finally learnt the last part of the slap etude: the walk
The first person to slap will bring the partner's arm to herself/himself (NOT pull!). The pair will go for a walk together before coming to a stop with mutual consensus. There is a mutual rhythm between partners. The otkaz is important here in giving your partner where you are going.
We then took our "exam" and each pair presented their etude. Unfortunately, we all FAILED !
let's first look at some notes taken as we presented the slap!

- every movement should be calculated
- body control (grouping of stomach muscles)
- Lack of Dynamism (one of the MOST IMPT factor. Dynamism helps to trigger imagination for the audience. It gives meaning to the movements. We cannot be to "mild" when doing etude because this lack of energy does not create the dramatic tension. akhl also mentioned that the power/OMPH is what we need and lacked then)
- during the preparation command, the impulse/tension has to be held. stillness is important to prepare for the dynamic slap
- lines of the body went missing (being precise is very important!)
- note the storyline and rhythm of the entire slap etude. (not a movement piece!)
- different etudes have different levels of difficulty but on the whole, it is all about controlling the body.

第二部分李邪让我们了解biomechanics在以下不同地方的运用:
The 2nd part of the lesson we learnt the application of biomechanics:
1。肢体的biomechanics(body-As in a music score, there is rhythm and a physical score the things we do in biomechanics)
2。空间的biomechanics (space-this space/playground can include the set, object, blocking) and geometry
3。演员之间的biomechanics(between actors-we give each other signals in deciding when to walk together and when to stop together.)
*All (1), (2) and (3) has scores that are being composed.
4。剧本的biomechanics (in the script-the script's Tochika refers to the objective or perspective taken by the playwright/director/actors/character. the playwright and the director can discuss can perhaps deconstruct the play in exploring its objective. the actors have to accommodate to the character's tochika in the play. The tochika also gives show a style.
otkaz is to prepare for the posil of the script, followed by a stoica. tomoz refers to a change/twist in the play, a change in rhythm or even a break.)
5。人物的biomechanics (in the character-character's otkaz refers to his/her background info and it often explains how the character prepares for something. (e.g. The queen in snow white and the seven dwarfs wants to be the fairest person on earth, hence she buys a mirror that tell her lies) Again posil refers to the action being carried by the character. its stoica can be an ending, consequence or realization. tomoz is what changes her objectives such as obstacles encountered.)
6。行动线的biomechanics (action-similar to (5), there is always this cycle of tochika, otkaz, posil, stoica and tormoz in every action.)
7。台词的biomechanics (specific line)


最后,我们以《废人》中的两个monologues为基础,把剧本分成小段落。在了解空间的同时,每个段落得配上一个画面来代表情景。下一堂课我们希望能再次呈现,请拭目以待!
We explored 2 monologues of the script Trash
1. we had to break down script into mini episodes (physical scores)
2. understand the playground (space)
3. map it and attach an image to each mini episode
we will be presenting again during the coming saturday lesson before starting on Voice Lesson with Lixie!

Do stay tuned for more !

jiayi  

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2009年12月13日

美术,从不会完成

大概年中的时候,达文西展览来到了新加坡。曾经因为《达文西密码》一书对达文西这位名画家产生了好奇,所以和友人参观了这场展览。


许多人都以为达文西只是个画了许多名画的杰出画家。很惭愧的,我也是。可是看完展览之后,我才知道达文西除了是画家,还是雕塑家,数学家,科学家和工程师。他不只画画,还发明了新的油画技术,各种各样实用的原始机械和战争武器。


朋友看完展览之后,称赞达文西:“Da Vinci真的很厉害。他原来会做这么多东西。”是的,大家参观了这个展览都会对他的很多成品叹为观止,尤其因为他生于一个科技完全不发达的年代。可是,鲜为人知,达文西真正令人敬佩的是他的精神。就像很多历史伟人,如俄罗斯现代戏剧大师斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基(Stanislavsky)和德国物理学家爱因斯坦(Einstein)一样,他一生都在观察,研究,探索与实验。如此难得的精神,每次在他画画和发明的过程中都会体现。



在画闻名世界的壁画《最后的晚餐》(The Last Supper)时,达文西为了可以一边画,一边修改这幅壁画,而发明了全新的壁画技术。不只如此,为了能让壁画里的人物能看起来栩栩如生,他花了两年的时间观察生活中人们的身体语言。在画壁画的过程中,他可以一天内不停地画,也可以花好几天不动笔只看着他的画,一直盘算,计划如何继续画。达文西的创作精神真的让我十分敬佩。

到了展览厅的最后,有一个看板汇集了达文西一生所说过的一些名言。其中有一句非常精简和准确,让大家透视了他聪明的脑袋。

"Art is never completed, only abandoned." (美术从不会完成,只会被遗弃)

这句话概述了达文西一生的创作理念与精神,相信也能带给很多人启发和灵感。

我想,表演艺术也是一样吧。不会完成,只会被遗弃。

Kian Tong  

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2009年12月5日

第十堂biomechanics课

上个新期又是一堂有趣的课。艺树人像以往一样,先找个tochikadactyl开始,然后预算从一个tochika到另一个tochika需要走几步。这让我们锻炼自己的预算能力,好让我们更能够在台上保存精力。能够在台上充满活力真的需要靠功夫才行,尤其是那些演出时间长的戏。在一个小组一起走动是件更困难的是。由于自己会不知觉地倾向他人的步伐,我最终的踏步往往出乎预算。


艺树人接着学了raccouris,一种充满动态的姿态。借着otkazposylstoica的原则,艺树人各个都得与正方体竖立一个raccouris,每次只能有身体的一个部位接触到正方体。有个清楚的stoica非常重要因为它给人更多时间去预备下一个动作。


艺树人从一个接着一个到整组人一起做raccouris,训练自己的反应和应变能力。艺树人也尝试不同的层次和身体的形状,使整体看起来更有动感。


之后,艺树人分成两组、一组摆个姿势,而另一组得在观察了几秒种后,摆出一样地姿势。这向活动讲究艺树人的精确度的一贯性,尤其是当我们需要重复一样地姿势。


艺树人接着玩了“pass the message”的游戏,但我们传下的不是语言讯息的,而是一个自创的etude。少了一定的精确度,每人传下的etude一个比一个短,也漏了许多细节。艺树人各个的动作除了滑稽之外,有时也显得有点无意义,但大家都大笑了一场。


最后,艺树人练习了“The Slap”,但这次为了让我们把动作做得更尊却,李邪要每人手握着一杯装满水的杯子。艺树人各个都为了平衡手里的那杯水而非常苦恼,动作也自然地慢了下来。起初,大家的动作都有点笨拙,但慢慢地,艺树人各个开始注意自己的每个动作,也比较注重etude里的小细节。课程结素之前,艺树人一样做了几个dactyl。幸好这次李邪只要求我们想像自己手里握着一杯水,而不是来真的!


由于李邪这个星期病了,所以课程也跟着被取消。希望李邪能够尽早康复,陪伴艺树人度过个充实的星期六!


(照片马上就来!)



Last week’s Biomechanics lesson was fun! As always. ARTivate started the day doing our usual dactyl at different tochika. Then we moved on to estimating the number of steps we would take in moving from one tochika to another. This is supposed to hone our estimation/calculation skills so we can better learn how to conserve our energy on stage. Keeping one’s energy level constant throughout the entire duration definitely takes skill and experience. Moving in groups was definitely more challenging. For one, I had the tendency to be influenced by the speed and exact route that the others took hence my estimation went awry at times.


ARTivate then learnt a new term raccouris, which is a dynamic pose. Imagine taking a picture of someone in constant motion - the pose would be one with anticipation of a next move. Using the basic otkaz, posyl and stoica, each ARTivator had to strike araccouris with a cube, one at a time. Our poses were then varied such that we could only contact the cube with a specific part of our body. Giving a clear stoica is very important as it would buy time for us to plan how to leave the cube and generally, our next move.


ARTivate then did this in groups, striking a raccouris one after another and then concurrently, training our reflexes and improvisation at the same time. ARTivators also played with the different levels, shapes and planes of our body to create a more dynamic image.


Next, ARTivate split into two groups - one group strikes a pose and the other must mirror it after a few seconds of observation. This tested ARTivate’s precision and consistency, especially when the group which posed has to replicate the image again.


After that, ARTivate played “pass the message” but instead of an oral message, we had to pass down an etude. Precision was key in this exercise especially when we replicated the actions to the next person. It probably would have been easier if we could tag each action to some story but as the etude gets passed on, many minor details were left out and sometimes, the actions just seems plain senseless but very comical. It was a hilarious way of learning the need to be precise in everything one does.


As the last activity of the day, ARTivate practised “The Slap” etude but this time, each ARTivator had to hold a plastic cup filled to the brim with water as we did the etude. Every action was executed so slowly as each of us struggled to keep the cup perfectly upright. After a few random splashes of water and many awkward moments, ARTivate learnt that slowing down the actions actually made us more aware of how each move is made and more attention could be paid to the details. Everyone started getting more conscious too. We then concluded the day with a few dactyl, while imagining that we were holding on to those cups of water. Lucky us!


There was no lesson this week as Li Xie has, unfortunately, fallen ill. Here’s wishing her a speedy recovery and to another awesome three hours next week! (:


(Photos coming soon!)


Hwee  

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