entranceofthevillagetheywillbesurroundedbyvillagers,becausetheywanttoknowwhattheoutsideworldislike。
ArtMap:Sohowdoyoupersuadethevillagerstoinvolveintoarttogetherwithyou?
JinLe:Thevillagersarehonest,warmandwitharitsticquality。Artisonlyanewstart。BackinOctober2008,IdidntpersuadethemwhenIgottothevillage,buteverybodywasjustasvoluntarilyastheydidtogotoBeijingwithmeandtothe798。AfteranencounterwiththebustlingBeijingartfield,everyonebecameartist,andtheywishedthevillagerscouldbecomeoneoftheartiststoo。
ArtMap:Whatchangesdoyouthinkhasbeenbroughttothevillagerslivesbytheart?
JinLe:Thisquestionshouldactuallybeansweredbythevillagers。WhatIcanseeisjustsuperficial:thehouseholdsnowarecleaner,theyardsarenitter,andpeoplestopcuttingtreesatfreewillandtheysmilemorethanbeforebecausetheynowseesomehope。
ArtMap:Doyouthinkartcanreallychangethevillage?
JinLe:Idontknowyet。Ipreferdoingwhilethingkingandwalkingwhilewatching,andmarchingwhilelearning。
卡塞尔街道遇到了热情的德国朋友WemethospitableGermanfriendsonmainavenueofKassel。
孙保林、靳女女、李宝元、靳茂林、靳勒在卡塞尔威廉姆山前合影SunBaolin,JinNunu,Li巳oyuan,JinMaolin,Jinle,infrontofWilliammountaion。
ArtMap:HowdoyoucomeupwithfoundingtheShiJieziartmuseum?Andhowdoyoufixtheexpenseissue?
JinLe:Maybethishassomethingtodowithmytravels:fromthebusyandwealthyBeijing,tothefarawayandundevelopedShiJiezi。Thecontrastsetmeintodoubt:whatisartandwhatcouldbecalledart,whatartcanreally,andwhetherartcouldberelatedwithavillage,whyvillagecannotbeanartmuseum。Astotheexpenseofthemuseum,itsmostlyselffinanced:thematerialsneededintheartwork,thecostofartcampaign,andthecostoftravelsarebasicallyfundedbytheauthoroneself。ThisisthepresentsituationofthemuseumandweareraisingfundstoprepareforestablishingaShiJieziartfund,withthehopetomaketheoutstandingartistsbutwhoarefinanciallydifficultseetheirownworksinourmuseumwithintheshortesttime。Andwealsohopeallsocialfriendscouldcomehelpthenewlyfoundedartmuseum。
ArtMap:Whenyouarecreatingworkshaveyouconsideredaboutthesalesandmarketingoftheworks?
JinLe:No。
ArtMap:andnew。
Artzonesinartzonesare。
Chinaareveryhotnow,likemushroomsafterthe。
like798andGrassFieldinBeijing,rain,sohowdoyouseethisphe。
nomenom?
JinLe:ForBeijingthisseemstobeagoodsign。Andwewishthispopularitycouldreachourvillageassoonaspossible,andotherartzonesspringupintomorevillages。Thatiswhatourvillagerswouldliketosee。
ArtMap:Theaffectsbytheeconomiccrisisstagnatetheartindustry。Didyouthinkabouttheinfluencesorcmonsequencesofit?
JinLe:Ihavealwaysbeenaffectedbytheeconomiccrisis。Thebleaksituationoftheartindustryprovidesushopeindeed。Wearefocusedonandwecanpulldomesticdemand。
ArtMap:Somesaythatyouaremakingashow。Howdoyoulookatthosecomments?Whatisyourstatusofmindtowardthis?
JinLe:Well,fromthesettingofthephrase“makeashow,ifwetakeitliterally,itmeanstobeexcellent。Aseveryonehastheambitionofbeingexcellentinwhichevercareer,Iamnoexceptional。IwishIwouldnotbeaonetimeshow,andIhopeIcanbeexcellentinalongtermandprogressforever。Asformymindstatus,Iamnotverycertain,sinceittendstogoupanddownfromtimetotime。ArtMap:Whatplandoyouhavetothefutureofthisvillage?
第十二届卡塞尔文献展主展馆里,村民们座在艺术家艾未未的作品上休息Inthemainhallofthe12thDocumentaKassel,thevillagerssitontheworksofAiWei--wei在德国敏斯特火车站等待列车。
VillagerswerewaitingfortrainatMunsterrailwaystation。
JinLe:Imnotgoodatplanning。Ionlywaitandsee。YesIdohaveideas,thatwhenthecrisisisgone,orwhenthereisntanyonewillingtohelp。Iwilltrytosettlethedrinkingmethodinthemuseum。Wewouldquitdrinkingfromwaterfromthevaultandletthemdrinkthesweetunpolutedundergroundwater;Iwilltrytoreconstructthetoilletsandletoutthefliesandmosquitoes;Iwilltrytoleteveryfamilyhaveashowertowashthemselveslikethecitypeoledo;andthenthereisbettertobealiburary,someclassroomsforaschoolsothatvillagerscouldreadandknowsomeknowledgeandlearntobemoresophisticated;trainthevillagerstopaint,tomakesculpture,tomakevideos,ortodosomeinstallationsorso。Ihopesomevillagerscanbeartists。Wecanholdsomeartsymposiumsterminally,invitingscholars,critics,artiststodeliveraspeechormakeanacademicreportorso。WecanmakeaShiJieziBiennialorTriannialtoletthevillagershavetheopportunitytogooutforobservation,visitingandlearn,andletmorepeople。
Cometoourvillagetoexchange。Ihopemorepeoplecanmakesomecontributiontoourvillageandpayattetiontothevillageandthevillagers。(Translation:LiWan)
2008年10月,村民在石节子美术馆名誉馆长艾未未家合影。左起靳玲珍、靳女女、(艾未未、孙尕成、靳勒;
ShiJieZiViuagerstookapictrurewithAiWeiwei。(Fromleft:JinLinzhen,JinNvnv,AiWeiwei,SunGacheng,JinLei。