贾樟柯,新中国的时代记录者,行吟诗人,在他那充满浓郁诗意的影片中,是市场“改革”所带来的迷乱与焦虑,他的作品,捕捉了中国奇迹背后被忽视的一切:淹没的村庄,污染的天空,破灭的理想。在2004年的作品《世界》里,华丽美观的地球村,化身为北京城外的一座鲍德里亚式主题公园,一个旅游观光的景点,这个具有隐喻性的巨大“秀场”,正试图将人们的注意力,从集体主义的急剧转型所产生的巨大社会代价中逐渐分散开来。
贾最新的影片《二十四城记》将于六月五日在纽约上映。这部影片讲述了一座曾经辉煌的国营工厂的衰落颓败,预示了中国又一批失业群体的茫然无从(讽刺的是,今年是农历的牛年,牛象征着勤劳)。贾通过一座1
For the 53rd Venice Biennale, the artistic duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset will represent the Nordic and Danish pavilions. The duo have chosen to conceive of the pavilions as separate “homes,” in which they have installed works by twenty-four different artists. Here, Elmgreen & Dragset talk about the project, titled “The Collectors.”
WE WERE APPROACHED to do the pavilions about a year and a half ago. As an art space, we knew that the Nordic pavilion was problematic, but we also knew we would love to live there. We thought, “Well, let’s make it a home.” The Danish pavilion’s architecture features a mix of late classicism and typical Northern European functionalism; with its we