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第16章 石节子美术馆(2)

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。