行为艺术和表演

《慢慢来》

2005行为艺术和表演装置绘画作品

行为艺术表演国际关系文化关系殖民史历史反思迷彩和隐身

藏有狮子图像的迷彩风格绘画一幅,中国传统南狮一只,特制的迷彩狮子一只,舞狮者10人由中华街中华学校舞狮队担任。

一只中国传统的南狮和另一只特制的迷彩狮子一起,从横滨三年展的展厅出发,经过公园和市区道路到达唐人街关帝庙。次日,由唐人街回到展厅。

迷彩的技术条件是物体和它所处的环境之间的视觉相似性,表象上的相似使物体得以隐身在环境中,成为潜伏者。如何融入所处的地方,如何与异地的文化相处,又如何能够在其中保持自己的文化认同,始终是世界各地的唐人街所面临的问题。

传统上,唐人街提供了对于中国文化的符号化的观赏舞台,唐人街的经济活动也是围绕着这样一种符号来展开的,舞狮子便是这样一种符号的运作现场,在节日的狂欢中反复地加强认同,同时也将自我进行观赏客体化。而迷彩作为一种军事符号的介入,破坏了这种和谐。迷彩狮子在横滨唐人街的舞蹈,引发西方关于“中国威胁论”的话语,及中日关系的复杂境况的话语。

而迷彩作为一种军事符号的介入,破坏了这种和谐。迷彩狮子在横滨唐人街的舞蹈,引发西方关于“中国威胁论”的话语,及中日关系的复杂境况的话语。

Take It Slow, 2005,

Drawing, installation, performance

A camouflage-style painting with hidden images of lion, a traditional Chinese Southern Lion, a tailor-made camouflage lion, ten lion dancers from the Chinatown Chinese school lion dance team.

A traditional Chinese Southern Lion and a tailor-made camouflage lion depart together from the Yokohama Triennale exhibition venue, arriving at the Kwan Tai Temple in Chinatown after passing through parks and urban roads. The next day, the dragons return from Chinatown to the exhibition venue.

The key technical condition of camouflage is rooted in the visial similarity between the camouflaged objects and the surrounding environment, the formal affinity makes the concealment possible. How to fully immerse in the bigger environment and how to mix in with foreign cultures without losing one’s own cultural identity are the common predicaments faced by Chinatowns around the world.

Traditionally, Chinatown provides a stage of showcasing symbolized Chinese culture, the economic activities are also carried out in proximity of such symbols. The lion dance is a point in case of such symbolic scene in action, whose meaning is strengthened repeatedly during festive carnivals and at the same time undergoing self objectification via viewing. The camouflage patterns intervenes as a military symbol, destroying this harmony. The dance of the camouflage lion in Yokohama Chinatown triggers discourses on "China threat theory" proposed by the Western world and the complicated situation of Sino-Japanese relations.

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