点亮生命的每一天
“局外人”系列第三期:星球之舞
2019年10月22日
如何去面对生命中挚爱的离去?澳大利亚玻璃艺术家理查德·怀特利近年来见证了父母身体的逐渐衰败,直至去世,并借由对于父母X光片的观察和解读,创作了《光域——理查德·怀特利个展》中的部分最新作品。
2019年10月13日,也是展览闭幕前一天,上海玻璃博物馆与自然艺术节、世界安宁疗护日、上海市妇女联合会特别合作,在上海玻璃博物馆园区内进行了为期一天的“局外人”系列活动。在这次富有意义的活动中,我们特别邀请了艺术表达治疗师Marguerite Etemad女士以及伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院身体剧场专业硕士卢璐女士,以“告别”为主线,从展览《光域》出发,借由“星球之舞”的特别形式,带领参与者用肢体感受艺术,用舞蹈告别沉重。
活动一开始,在导师们的带领下,参与者们在《光域》展厅楼下的草坪集合,静下心来观察阳光与自然,感受鸟鸣与空气,植物的生长,光线穿过树叶的轨迹,在没有手机、没有话语的氛围下,仔细体验周围的世界。随后,两位导师对《光域——理查德·怀特利个展》进行了特别导览,要求每一位参与者默默欣赏作品,仔细观察其中的光影变化,吸取灵感,并记住此刻的感受,带入到后续的艺术工作坊创作中。导览参观之后,导师和参与者来到爱庐彩虹礼堂,学习生命/艺术历程(Life/Art process)艺术表达疗法和“RSVP循环”可持续创作法。参与者分成5组,根据欣赏《光域》展览和相关作品的感受,即兴创作舞蹈、绘画和诗歌作品,融合成舞台剧形式,以“宇宙”、“生机”、“生活的循环”、“命运·包容·接纳”、“死神来了”等主题进行呈现,精彩纷呈。
简单的休息后,Marguerite Etemad女士开始了“星球之舞”的教授,讲解了“星球之舞”的起源、目的、规则,并在鼓手的配合下,进行星球之舞的演练与彩排。在户外广场上,路过的观众也加入到舞蹈中,人们为了和平安宁而舞,也在这场活动中释放压力,享受快乐。“星球之舞”是有目的的舞蹈,每个人不是为了自身,而是为了他人而舞。带着这样的愿望尽可能长地延续舞蹈,在基本规则上即兴创作。快乐的情绪不断渲染,在活动结束后也久久难以散去:返场的encore、相互合影、加社交软件、相约下一场活动——人与人、人与自身的关系被重新建构。
此次活动是“局外人”系列活动的第三期。2019年,上海玻璃博物馆正式开启针对艺术展览阐释方式的“局外人”系列活动,邀请不同领域的创意工作者,从不同视角再次解读艺术展览。针对展览《光域》,前两期活动先后邀请了南方科技大学的袁长庚老师与同济大学创意设计学院的陈逸云老师,分别从医学人类学以及设计角度对该展览进行解读。上海玻璃博物馆希望通过这样的多元活动,为观众呈现另一种看待世界的方式,激发观众对艺术作品更加深刻的认识。
“Outsider” No.3:
Planetary Dance
October 22,2019
How to face the decease of beloved in life? Australian artist Richard Whiteley gives his answer in an artistic approach. Witnessed the decay of health of his parents and they departed this life, Richard Whiteley had a unique perspective to observe and read their X-ray films, and therein created several latest works accordingly in his solo exhibition, Illuminated Space.
October 13, 2019, the last day before the closure of exhibition, Shanghai Museum of Glass cooperated with Natural Art Festival, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Shanghai Women’s Federation, hosted the “Outsider” series event in the Museum Park. Started from the exhibition Illuminated Space and under the mainline of “farewell”, we invited Ms. Marguerite Etemad, an established art-therapist, and Ms. LU Lu, graduate of Drama, Theatre and Dance MA by Research, Royal Holloway, University of London, to lead the participants to experience art through body and farewell depression through dance, in the form of “Planetary Dance”.
At the beginning, the participants gathered on the meadow under the exhibition hall, sensed the birdsong and fresh air, how sunlight crossed the leaves, experienced the surroundings without phones and words. Later, Marguerite and Lu brought the audience a special guide of Illuminated Space – Solo Exhibition by Richard Whiteley. Each participant was asked to appreciate the sculptures in silence, observe the change of light and shadow therein, and remember their feelings at that moment, which would be utilized in the following workshop. After the visiting, the participants came to Rainbow Chapel, learnt the “Life/Art process” art expression therapy and “RSVP Cycles” Creative Processes. Based on their feelings on the Exhibition, the participants were divided into 5 groups to create dance, painting and poem, and to conflate these extemporaneous pieces into a play, under the themes of “universe”, “organic”, “life cycle”, “fate · forgiveness · acceptance” and “Final Destination”.
After the break, Marguerite Etemad taught the “Planetary Dance”, explained its origin, purpose and rule. Under the echoes of drum, the participants started the practice and rehearsal. On the outdoor Art Plaza, the passersby were impressed and joined in the dance. Everyone was dancing for love and peace, and released pressure on the reverse. “Planetary Dance” is a dance with purpose, everyone dance for others rather than himself. With this pray and hope, the participants kept dance as long as possible and extemporaneously based on the basic rules. The mood of happiness was kept rendered and shared, which was not dissipated long after the end of event: encore, selfies, adding on social media, and make a rendezvous for next event – both the relationship between one and others and one and himself has been reconstructed.
This event is the third of the “Outsider” series. In 2019, Shanghai Museum of Glass initiated the art exhibition interpretation focused series event “Outsider”, inviting creative workers from different fields to re-interpret art exhibition from different perspectives. Aiming on the Illuminated Space, for the past two events we invited Dr. YUAN Changgeng, Assistant Prof. of Southern University of Science and Technology, and CHEN Yiyun, Lecturer of College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, to interpret this exhibition from the angle of medical anthropology and design respectively. Through these diversified events, Shanghai Museum of Glass hopes to present to the audience another way to recognise the world and intrigue a deeper understanding to the art.