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Film X — Kodak Color Plus 200 柯达胶片，暖得发烫的复古时光

February 13, 2019 2019年2月13日

This story is part of a content partnership and media exchange between Neocha and VSCO. Their membership program, VSCO X, is designed to help you reach your creative potential. Take the next step in your creative journey by starting your free 7-day VSCO X trial today and gain access to the complete VSCO preset library, the newest editing tools, and inspiring educational content.

Kodak Color Plus 200 – KCP2 is the latest addition to VSCO’s line of Film X presets. Widely thought to be Kodak’s Kodacolor VR 200 from the 1980s in new packaging, Kodak Color Plus 200 has an authentic vintage look and is still available as an affordable 35mm film. With its low contrast, low color saturation, and slightly warm inclination, KCP2 is well suited for a wide variety of subjects, but especially excels at casual snapshots and portraiture.

本篇文章来自新茶媒体合作伙伴 VSCO 的内容交换。VSCO X 是一个专门帮助摄影爱好者发挥创造潜力的会员项目。现在就开启你的 7 天免费 VSCO X 试用创意之旅，即可获得的 130+ 预设滤镜，以及新的编辑工具、视频编辑和教程内容。

Kodak Color Plus 200（简称为 KCP2）是 VSCO Film X 胶片模拟滤镜系列中新加入的成员。被广泛认为是柯达 Kodacolor VR 200 在 1980 年代换上包装推出的新版，Kodak Color Plus 200 能让你的照片真正复古起来，至今仍是 35mm 胶片类别里一个经济实惠的选择。这一款型号的胶片具有较低的对比度和色彩饱和度，以及略偏温暖的色温，非常适用于拍摄各种各样对象，尤其是休闲快照和人物照。

Before and after / 滤镜前后效果
Before（前）
After（后）
Before（前）
After（后）

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Editing for a Cinematic Look 用一张照片看一部电影

February 7, 2019 2019年2月7日
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This story is part of a content partnership and media exchange between Neocha and VSCO. Their membership program, VSCO X, is designed to help you reach your creative potential. Take the next step in your creative journey by starting your free 7-day VSCO X trial today and gain access to the complete VSCO preset library, the newest editing tools, and inspiring educational content.

There is something magical about movie stills and the feelings they evoke. Whether it’s the color grading, the wide cinematic crop, or the effect of 24 frames per second whizzing by, all of these factors create something truly unique. In this tutorial, we will look at ways of creating a cinematic look in your photographs and find inspiration from the community.

本篇文章来自新茶媒体合作伙伴 VSCO 的内容交换。VSCO X 是一个专门帮助摄影爱好者发挥创造潜力的会员项目。现在就开启你的 7 天免费 VSCO X 试用创意之旅，即可获得的 130+ 预设滤镜，以及新的编辑工具、视频编辑和教程内容。

单单一个定格的电影画面就能牵动你的情绪和感受，这种力量是很神奇的。无论是因为调色、较宽的比例、或是每秒 24 帧画面飞逝所产生的视觉效果，以上种种因素都能让一幅照片充满独特的电影感。跟着以下小提示，就近在你的周遭找到灵感，并拍摄出电影感十足的作品。

Edit with Grain & Contrast / 編輯颗粒和对比度

First, make the initial edits to the photograph and its color. Focus on making adjustments using the grain tool and the contrast tool. These two tools will help mimic the look of a movie shot on film. Try adding a bit of film grain to an image to give the feeling of movement and imperfection. Next, decrease the contrast to take out some of the vivid, bright color and give the photo a subtle look.

首先，针对照片本身和颜色进行编辑，专注使用调整颗粒和对比度的工具，这两种效果将赋予照片更多电影感。尝试在图像上添加一些模拟胶片的颗粒，以增加一点动态感和瑕疵的感觉。接下来，降低对比度，并把一些明亮鲜艳的颜色从画面中去除，让照片有更细致精巧的呈现。

Original / 修前

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Edited / 修后
Edit with Crop & Borders / 裁剪边框和调整比例

After making the initial edits to the color of an image we will look at how Crop and Borders can create a cinematic scene. Movies have a distinct wide aspect ratio, the most notable being 2.35:1. This distinct look came from the invention of the CinemaScope anamorphic lens, which was created in the 50s and resulted in a new dimension for experiencing a movie. To mimic this look, we will use the Crop tool to change the dimensions of an image. Experiment with different aspect ratio’s and sizes and find one that fits your image best. Finally, add a black border to frame your newly transformed picture.

在针对图像颜色进行初始编辑后，下一步就可以运用裁剪边框工具来调整比例，以创建更接近电影画面的场景。电影有一定的宽高比，最常见的是 2.35：1。这种独特的比例来自 CinemaScope 变形镜头的发明，该镜头于50年代问世，为电影体验带来了全新的维度。为了模仿这种比例，请使用裁剪工具来更改图像的尺寸。尝试不同的宽高比和尺寸，找到最适合你的一个。最后，帮你的照片加上一组黑色的边框吧。

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Experiment with these editing technique on different scenes for varied effects.

在不同的场景中，尝试这些编辑工具以获得不同效果。

A shallow depth of field, an adventurous moment, or a beautiful scene all contain the magic of a cinematic moment. Find inspiration from these images from the community and next time you are out photographing try and look for those fleeting moments.

浅景深、冒险的时刻、或是一个美丽的场景都蕴含电影的魅力。从周边这些景色中寻找灵感，尝试在下次拍摄时捕捉这些稍纵即逝的瞬间。

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Breaking the Rule of Thirds 完美构图：摄影中的三分法

January 30, 2019 2019年1月30日
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This story is part of a content partnership and media exchange between Neocha and VSCO. Their membership program, VSCO X, is designed to help you reach your creative potential. Take the next step in your creative journey by starting your free 7-day VSCO X trial today and gain access to the complete VSCO preset library, the newest editing tools, and inspiring educational content.

The rule of thirds equally divides a frame with two horizontal and two vertical lines. The resulting overlay is used for composing and arranging subjects within the image. This technique is helpful for creating images that guide viewers through various parts of the image, but it is by no means a rule of law.

本篇文章来自新茶媒体合作伙伴 VSCO 的内容交换。VSCO X 是一个专门帮助摄影爱好者发挥创造潜力的会员项目。现在就开启你的 7 天免费 VSCO X 试用创意之旅，即可获得的 130+ 预设滤镜，以及新的编辑工具、视频编辑和教程内容。

摄影中的三分法，是用两条水平线和两条垂直线平均地分割画面，方便拍摄者去构图或安排拍摄对象的位置。这个技巧有助于做出更精致的构图，引导观众的视线经过图像每一个部分。但这绝对不是你必须遵守的法则。

Break the Rules / 打破规则

Breaking the rules and finding the exceptions can be a great process for discovering new looks that stand out from the crowd. Here are a few ways you can reframe your image without using the rule of thirds.

打破规则、找到例外，是一个尝新和让作品脱颖而出的好方法。不需要使用三分法，你可以通过以下几种方法尝试新的构图：

1 — Align Center /  对齐中心

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Rather than using guides that split the frame into thirds, try using one line along each axis to create a single intersection point at the very center of the frame. This creates a much more symmetrical layout, especially when used with square images.

不再将画面分割为三等分，而是找到画面的中心点，以创建更加对称的布局。尤其当你创作的图像是方形的时候。
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2 — Work the Edges / 运用边角

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By turning your attention to the edges of the frame, you can create unique compositions that diverge from more traditional approaches. This also tends to create areas of negative space within the image, which itself can turn into a creative tool. Try this if you want to experiment with a more minimal look.

将注意力转移到画面的边缘地区，你可以创造有别于传统的独特构图。比如说，在容易被人忽略的负空间（在既定范围里，主体和其连动元素之外的空间）里创作，可以发挥出精彩的创意。如果你想要让画面看起来再极简一点，就可以尝试此种方法。
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3 — Fill the Frame / 填满画面

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Stretching subjects across the entire frame is another way of breaking free of the rule of thirds. If you have a subject that repeats a pattern, or if you’re wanting to abstract a subject by getting in close, try allowing it to fill the image from edge to edge. This creates a singular visual plane that forces the viewer to seek out points of reference.

将主体填满整个画面，是摆脱三分法的另一种方式。如果你拍摄的主体是重复的图案，或是你想通过近距离拍摄使主体抽象化，尝试将它从边缘延伸到另一边缘，完全填满画面。这会创造出一种奇特的视觉感受，迫使观众去寻找一个基准点，而更沉浸在画面其中。
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Scenes from a Breakup 劫后余生的恋人们

January 28, 2019 2019年1月28日

Like sketches from a love story, Korean illustrator Kang Jiyeon‘s drawings are intimate, suggestive, and poetic. She draws everyday scenes in large blocks of varying colors, with men and women who are sometimes shown in profile and sometimes have their backs to us. Even if we can’t see their expressions, the loneliness hangs visibly in the air, with a hint of sorrow. “All men and women in the world fall in love and split up,” Kang says. “The Romancer focuses mainly on expressing these two states of human relationships: loving and separation.”

她的画像一部轻描淡写的言情小说，亲密，隐晦，充满诗意。韩国插画家 Kang Jiyeon 用深浅不一的大面积色块将画布分割成一片片日常风景。画中的男女时而微露侧脸，时而完全转过身去，即使看不见表情，空气中依然阅读得出他们的落寞，以及那一丝浅尝即止的伤心。“世界上的男人和女人相恋又分离。《The Romancer》这一个系列想要表达的就是这两种人与人之间的动态关系。”

A scroll through Kang’s works on Instagram shows that she used to use simple black and white lines to depict love, like a doting couple interacting with each other. (In the work with the table lamp on the dresser, the picture on the wall is one of her past pieces.)

But in this series, her theme is separation, and the former happiness has faded into a memory on the wall. Here she uses dense colors to show the loneliness of those who have gone through a breakup. Whether it’s a still life or a figure in profile, her works are full of loneliness and estrangement. “Sometimes I regret changing my style, because it took me so much time and effort,” she says. “But his may also be one of the main reasons this series is one of my favorites.”

在 Instagram 里翻阅 Kang Jiyeon 过去的作品，以前她习惯使用简单的黑白线条去刻画爱情，比如说热恋中的情侣互动等等（像下方有一盏台灯的那幅画中，墙上的画作即是她复制自己过去的一幅作品）。

但在这一系列中，她选择以“分手”为题，此时过去的美好褪色成了墙上的回忆。她改用丰富浓郁的色彩，描绘出分手后劫后余生的恋人们会经历到的那种寂寞心境。无论是人物侧写或是静物写生，都向我们吐露出满满的孤独和疏离感。“有时候我还蛮后悔去改变自己的画风。”她笑说，“但也因为创作过程投入很多心力和时间，今天这个系列已经成为我最喜欢的作品之一了。”

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Contributor: Yang Yixuan
English Translation: Allen Young

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供稿人: Yang Yixuan
中译英: Allen Young

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Walk in the Sun with Agave 感受阳光洒落的一刻

January 23, 2019 2019年1月23日

This story is part of a content partnership and media exchange between Neocha and VSCO. Their membership program, VSCO X, is designed to help you reach your creative potential. Take the next step in your creative journey by starting your free 7-day VSCO X trial today and gain access to the complete VSCO preset library, the newest editing tools, and inspiring educational content.

Agave (AGA1, AGA2, AGA3) is the second preset pack in VSCO’s Walk in the Sun collection. Delivering jewel tones and punchy pastels, Agave makes the most of natural light, and with some easy edits you can make the look your own.

本篇文章来自新茶媒体合作伙伴 VSCO 的内容交换。VSCO X 是一个专门帮助摄影爱好者发挥创造潜力的会员项目。现在就开启你的 7 天免费 VSCO X 试用创意之旅，即可获得的 130+ 预设滤镜，以及新的编辑工具、视频编辑和教程内容。

Agave（AGA1，AGA2，AGA3）是 VSCO Walk in the Sun 滤镜系列中的第二个预设包，能为你的照片增添一股多彩的宝石色泽和有力的柔和色调。它是衬托自然光线最好的助手，通过一些简单的编辑，你可以创造出属于自己的风格。

Shift Tones / 调整色调

Utilizing the HSL tool can allow you to control the tonal shifts from your preset choice. In colorful photos, HSL gives creative freedom while editing for color.

尽情使用 HSL 工具进一步调整色调，它能提供你在色彩上无限的创作自由。

Color Pop / 增艳色彩

Once you’ve found your setting, try not to worry too much about the final edit. Instead, focus on exploring your subject matter. Experiment and embrace color, Agave works well at adding a pop to your image.

选择好你想用的滤镜，不要过于担心最后的呈现。将注意力放在探索主体上，多加实验，拥抱色彩的多重可能性。Agave 滤镜可以很好地为你的图像增艳，使你的照片更加突出。

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Artfully Salacious 七情六欲都入画

January 14, 2019 2019年1月14日
Lady Chatterley's Lover

When I asked Taiwanese illustrator Phoebe Chen why so much of her art is about sex, she paused and thought for a moment, then shrugged. “Sometimes you just can’t explain why you’re drawn to something.”

The women in Chen’s drawings have all kinds of appearances and personalities: some are flirtatious, others are headstrong. Some are restless, while others give themselves over to pleasure. Yet they all accept themselves—and they especially embrace the feelings and desires that are often left unspoken.

当我问到台湾插画家 Phoebe Chen，为何选择将“性”作为自己的创作主题时，她思索了一会儿，回答“有时候你就是没办法说明自己为什么会受某些事物吸引。”

她笔下的女孩有千百种样貌和个性，挑逗、任性、不安、或是尽情享受欢愉，无论如何，她们都接受最真实的自己，尤其是关于内心那些通常不被说出口的小情绪和七情六欲。

Predator & Prey Philosophy
Dirty Talk

“As a woman, and as an artist whose work is about desire, sometimes I get people looking at my art and thinking I’m ‘easy’ or ‘loose,'” says Chen. “It’s frustrating. A lot of people in our society still think that any woman who’s in control of her sexuality is a slut.”

On paper she lets her desire run free and unbridled. These sexually suggestive—not to say explicit—illustrations are an outlet for Chen’s imagination, a way for her to strike back at society. After all, it’s a society that enforces silence around sex and desire.

“The women in my drawings are rebellious-looking, like they don’t care what others think, but that’s actually the opposite of what I’m like,” she says. “I think that in today’s society, there’s hardly anyone who hasn’t wanted to escape from their own life at some point. Luckily I can draw, and through my art I can fully express the things I love and the way I want to be. Maybe I just like naked bodies and the aesthetics of desire. What’s wrong with that?”

“身为一个女性，又是以情欲为主题的创作者，偶尔会有人只看过我的作品，就会把我和‘随便’、‘一定很骚’等印象连结在一起。这让我很挫折，社会上似乎还是有不少人把拥有自主情欲的女性和淫乱划上等号。”

她任由欲望在纸上世界悠游，放肆嬉戏，这些带点性暗示的插画，只是 Phoebe 想像力的一个出口，同时也是一种回击社会的方法，毕竟这个社会对于性和欲的讨论，总是维系着一种“保持缄默”的微妙约定。“虽然我画里的女性看来叛逆，总是一副不在乎别人看法、事不关己的样子，但这样的角色个性与我个人正好完全相反。我认为在现今的社会里，没有人不曾想过逃离自己。我很幸运地拥有绘画的能力，能通过创作充分表达我喜爱的事物和我想成为的模样。也许我就是喜欢裸体，和这些关于情欲的美学，这又有什么不好吗？”

Her Guilty Little Hobby
"WHAT?"
Salty Fantasy
Frosting
Territory
Candle
Pussy Cats
Honey Bee After Work
Noodles
Buffalo Wings
Salsa
Ice Cream

Website: www.phoebechenartist.com
Instagram: @phoebe_chen_artist 

 

Contributor: Yang Yixuan
English Translation: Allen Young

网站: www.phoebechenartist.com
Instagram: @phoebe_chen_artist 

 

供稿人: Yang Yixuan
中译英: Allen Young

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Cinematic Colors 给你的电影加点潘通色

January 7, 2019 2019年1月7日
Léon: The Professional (1994) /《这个杀手不太冷》

If you had to describe each of your favorite movies with a color, what colors would you choose?

It’s a question that’s often on Chu Sin-hang’s mind. As a serious movie buff, this Hong Kong-based illustrator enjoys reimagining her favorite movies as Pantone colors. Then, using these colors as canvases, she recreates iconic scenes with strokes of black and white. The project began in 2017, when she put Léon: The Professional (1994) on a backdrop of Apple Green, and it’s kept growing ever since. As of today, Chu’s FILMTONE series features over 100 charming illustrations of movies across all genres.“The FILMTONE series is basically just my way of sharing the movies that I love with others,” she says.

We caught up with Chu one afternoon and asked her to recommend some of her favorite films for different moods and occasions in the hopes of uncovering some hidden gems that might have slipped under our radar.

如果要为你喜欢的电影挑选一种颜色，那会是什么颜色呢？作为一位资深的电影迷，香港插画家朱倩珩（Chu Sin-hang）细细地品味每一部自己喜欢的电影，从中“感受”出一种出自 PANTONE（潘通）色卡的颜色。再加上黑与白，每一幅作品都只运用三种颜色，描绘出那些电影里的经典画面。从 2017 年画下的第一部电影《这个杀手不太冷》开始，至今她已经创作了一百多部电影插画，成为了这个可爱的作品系列《FILMTONE》。

“《FILMTONE》只是一个我单纯向大家分享喜欢电影的方式。” 她这样说道。于是我们带着想探究更多的好奇心找到了她，花了一个下午，用以下这十个关于电影的问题，和她聊了聊心中珍藏的电影清单，希望能拯救你最近的电影荒。

What’s your favorite movie of all time?

It’s too difficult to pick a particular movie, but Wes Anderson’s films are undoubtedly my favorites.

你最喜欢的电影

只选一部最喜欢的电影太难了，但韦斯·安德森的系列绝对是我最喜欢的电影，毫无疑问！

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) / 《了不起的狐狸爸爸》

  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012) / 《月升王国》

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) / 《布达佩斯大饭店》

  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007) /《穿越大吉岭》

  • Isle of Dogs (2018)《犬之岛》

What movie do you never hesitate to watch again, no matter how many times you’ve seen it?

I’ve watched and re-watched countless Hayao Miyazaki’s animated films since I was a little kid. I can always pick up something new on each viewing.

你已经看了好多次、但绝对会毫不犹豫再看一次的电影

从小时候到现在，我看了无数次宫崎骏的动画电影。每一次我都可以从中获得一点新的东西。

  • Spirited Away (2001) / 《千与千寻》

  • Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) / 《哈尔的移动城堡》

  • Princess Mononoke (1997) / 《幽灵公主》

What have you seen recently that you’d recommend to all your friends?

Searching (2018). The creative use of texting, webcams, and FaceTime videos was really cool and made it a worthwhile watch.

一部你最近刚看完，想分享给身边所有朋友的电影

《网络谜踪》运用了非常有创意的叙事手法，电影全由手机短信、网络摄像机、视讯画面等 “荧幕” 所见画面组成，我觉得实在太酷了，很值得一看。

Searching (2018) / 《网络谜踪》

What Hong Kong film would you recommend to someone who’s never seen any?

I’d recommend Chungking Express (1994) by Wong Kar-wai. It’s about the melancholy and loneliness of living in a large metropolis. The film was shot in locations with frenetic urban energy, like Lan Kwai Fong and Tsim Sha Tsui, so the audience can get a taste of Hong Kong’s hustle and bustle, as well as its beauty.

为从来没有看过香港电影的朋友，推荐一部香港电影

我会推荐王家卫的《重庆森林》。它描述了人身处在大城市中，感到忧伤和寂寞的故事。电影在香港相当热闹的兰桂坊和尖沙咀拍摄，你可以从中撷取到香港这座城市的匆忙和美丽。

Chungking Express (1994) / 《重庆森林》

What’s the perfect movie for a first date?

I think Once (2007) is one of the best movies for a first date. First dates are about finding out if you can connect with someone and how you connect with them. Once is a movie that talks about these subtle connections.

推荐一部適合第一次約會的電影

《曾经》是我认为最适合第一次约会看的电影！对我来说第一次约会是在寻找自己与对方是否有内心连结的过程，这部电影就是在描述这种微妙情感的故事。

Once (2007) / 《曾经》

What’s a good movie to watch on sleepless nights?

I’d pick Lost in Translation (2003). Watching Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) deal with ennui and culture shock in Tokyo always pulls me into a state of jet-lag-like dreaminess. This mood makes me feel out of place and exhausted—and hence, cures my insomnia.

推荐一部適合失眠漫漫長夜的電影

当我看着《迷失东京》两位主角，在异地体会到种种文化冲击和生存倦怠感时，我总是深陷在一种像是在经历时差的梦幻氛围里。这种梦境般的心情让我感到从现实中抽离，渐渐地开始疲倦，我的失眠也就减轻了。

Lost in Translation (2003) / 《迷失东京》

What movie would you recommend for someone with a broken heart?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) by Michel Gondry is about a couple who decide to undergo a medical procedure to erase each other from their memories after their relationship turns sour. Although the ending is sad, the movie reminds us there’s plenty of joy along the way. I think this movie might, to a certain extent, soothe a broken heart.

推荐一部适合失恋的人观赏的电影

《美丽心灵的永恒阳光》是一部关于一对恋人在感情变质后决定抹去记忆的电影。虽然结局是痛苦的，但故事却不断地提醒我们快乐和喜悦的存在。我认为这对于一个心碎的人，或许能起到一些治愈心灵的作用。

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) / 《美丽心灵的永恒阳光》

What movie would you recommend to cheer up someone who’s down in the dumps?

Amélie (2001) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet always helps me when I’m feeling my lowest. There’s something beautiful about the character Amélie. If you’re depressed, the comedic scenes will help perk you up.

如果有一部电影，能够把一个悲伤的人变成最快乐的人，你觉得会是哪一部?

《天使爱美丽》总是帮助我度过难过的时候。主角艾蜜莉好像有一种魔力，能把你从悲伤拯救出来。

Amélie (2001) / 《天使爱美丽 》

Has a movie ever left you so stunned that you couldn’t get up from your seat even after the credits?

Yes, The Truman Show (1998). The film explores the idea of surveillance and takes it to an extreme. The plot seems ridiculous at first, yet there’s quite a lot to reflect on. It messed with my head and made me question myself. What if every moment of my life was being monitored for public entertainment? What if my existence was a lie? What if the society I lived in was a conspiracy?

如果有一部电影能在放映完毕，把你留在位子上最久的时间好好品味电影的余韵，你觉得会是哪一部?

《楚門的世界》讲述了监视的概念，并把它推到极致。这个情节乍看之下似乎很荒谬，但是当我深入思考时，发现有很多东西值得反思。它让我感到混乱，并开始怀疑如果我生命中的每个时刻，都被监看并视为娱乐？如果我的存在只是一个谎言？如果我生活的现代社会是一个阴谋，该怎么办呢!?

The Truman Show (1998) / 《楚门的世界》

If you were stranded on a desert island and could pick just one movie to keep you company, what would it be?

You’ve reminded me of a film I enjoyed a lot but haven’t drawn yet! I’d probably bring Cast Away (2000) by Robert Zemeckis. If I were stuck on a desert island, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) and Wilson the volleyball would definitely be my best companions. This movie would be a lifesaver. It would also help me deal with loneliness and mental anguish.

如果你到了一座无人的荒岛，只能有一部电影陪伴你最寂寞的时候，你会选哪一部?

这个问题让我想起一部我很喜欢的电影，但还没有画成作品。如果我被困在荒岛上，《荒岛余生》的主角和那颗排球绝对会是我很好的陪伴。这部电影也许可以作为生存指南，也可以帮助我度过孤独的痛苦时光。

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What Does Your Body Sound Like? 当身体唱起歌来

December 21, 2018 2018年12月21日

 

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It’s a show the audience itself can’t help being a part of: in a dark, silent room, performers in tights lie down on a sort of bed and flail their limbs in an improvised way. Gradually a series of fluctuating, billowing images appear on a screen behind them as a dream-like music begins to sound. Everyone is drawn into a surreal ceremony until the performers leave the stage, and viewers turn around and look at the corporeal landscape evolving before their eyes.

This is Soundscape of Body. Transforming bodies’ shapes into image and sound, it seeks to let us see the body’s music, to hear the body’s terrain.

这是一场所有观众都没办法置身事外的表演：在一片寂静的黑暗中，表演者身穿打底服，或是平躺，或是即兴地舞动身体和四肢。此时，荧幕上逐渐出现一道道变幻多端的曲线波澜，耳里传来一阵阵如梦似幻的乐音，所有人仿佛被带入一场超现实的观礼仪式。直到表演者离开舞台，转身回望眼前这一片衍生自自己身体的风景。

这是《大音希声》，通过转换身体的形状，它想让你看见身体的声音、听见身体的风景。

The Chinese name of the performance, Da Yin Xi Sheng, comes from chapter 41 of the Dao De Jing. It literally means “great sound, soft voice” but might be interpreted to mean the louder a sound is, the harder it is to hear.

“Your body is like a mystery. You can see it, but you never hear it. Through this work, I want you to hear the sound of your own body,” says Keith Lam, whose creative team, Dimension Plus, is behind Soundscape of Body. Lam is a Hong Kong-based new media artist who Neocha has written about before. This time he collaborated with his group’s coder, Seth Hon, to create this piece, which won a special honor at the 2018 Golden Pin Awards for the Best Designs of the Year.

《大音希声》取名自《道德经》第四十一章，意思是愈是宏亮的声音，愈是听不见。

“身体像是一道谜。你看得见，却从没有听过它。通过这件作品，我想让你听见它的声音。”Keith Lam 说。Keith 和他的团队 Dimension Plus 是《大音希声》的幕后创作者。在我们过去的报导中，曾介绍过这位来自香港的新媒体艺术家。这一次，他协同团队中的编码师 Seth Hon（韩家俊）完成的此件创新作品，获得了 2018金点设计奖“年度最佳设计奖”的殊荣。

“It’s a completely new and innovative way to create original music from our body,” said the judges. “It uses science to communicate how our body can contribute to society even after our passing.” Among the over 5000 works in this year’s competition, 37 took home awards. Others include Mist Encounter, a water-themed art installation made out of recyclable materials, and The Affairs, a new print newspaper.

This year’s awards were full of works that showed humanitarian concerns and an awareness of environmental sustainability. Each year the selection shows that design means more than just creating beautiful things. We live in an age where the objects around us become obsolete too quickly. Good design should do more than show creative thought—equally important is whether it can curb the waste of resources and remain “future-proof” as time passes.

“这是一个完全创新的手法让我们的身体创造出音乐。它运用了科学，来传达我们的身体即使在死后也能为社会做出贡献。”评审说。在今年参奖的五千多件作品之中，最终有 37 件获得年度最佳设计奖。同样得奖的还有运用可回收建材打造的《供雾所》（Mist Encounter）、以及献给新世代的报刊《周刊编集》（The Affairs）。

在今年的金点设计奖中，处处可见满载人文关怀和环保永续意识的作品。它通过每一年度的遴选，再再向我们传达一个讯息：设计的意义不再止于创作美的东西。我们处在一个身边的事物汰换速度过高的时代，一件好的设计，除了拥有创新的思维，是否有助于停止资源的浪费，以及具备“不被未来淘汰”的跨时代性，是同样重要的事情。

Can people’s bodies become obsolete?

That’s a question that Lam, as he was conceiving this piece, wanted audiences to think about. He took up the project on commission for the Body Donation Programme at the Hong Kong University Medical School, which every year works with artists to create art. It aims to increase the public’s awareness of body donation and get them to think about the nature of bodies and the meaning of life—and the possibility that even after death, a body’s value can be extended.

When taking on this project, Lam did a lot of homework. One sentence he heard from Chan Lap Ki, an anatomy professor at the medical school, stuck with him: “the organs of the human body are as beautiful as any landscape.” He kept thinking about what it meant. A landscape isn’t necessarily just something you see, it can also be something you hear. What if you could make everyone’s body become a tune?

而人的身体，是否也能不被时间淘汰？

这是当 Keith 受到香港大学医学院的遗体捐赠计划“大体老师”的委托，在构想作品的同时，希望带给观众思考的问题。每一年，大体老师计划都会委托艺术家去创作，希望能借此提升大众对于捐赠遗体的认知，以及激发观众思考何谓生命的本质与身体的意义——即使在死后，身体的价值是否有延续下去的可能。

在接到这个项目之后，Keith 做了许多功课。当他从医学院的解剖学教授陈立基先生的访谈中，听到了这一句话“人体器官就好像风景一样漂亮。”时，便心心念念着这话里的含义。风景不一定是通过观看，也可以通过聆听来欣赏。如果让每个人的身体，都成为一章乐曲呢？

Soundscape of Body uses a parallel motion scanner that detects the distance from the performer’s body and uses a special coding technology to turn these data into images and music. The closer one gets to the sensor, the lower the sound gets. “All the performers are improvising, and we can’t tell them ahead of time what to do,” Lam explains. “So each performance is unique.”

After the performance ends, the audience can also get up on stage and scan their own bodies, and the results are anonymously uploaded to a website. “The interactive part got more popular than I expected. Audiences would wait to get on stage and have their own body scanned, for that may be the first time they listen to music from their own body.”

“The up-and-down motion of our body is naturally beautiful—it has rhythm and pitch,” says Lam. “Listening to our body as a musical score, we can rediscover it from a totally different perspective, and even rethink life and death.”

《大音希声》在操作设计上，运用了一支平行移动的扫描器，侦测与表演者身体之间的距离，再通过特殊的编码技术，将这些数据转换成影像和音乐。越接近感应器，转化出来的声音就越低音。“所有表演者都是即兴演出，我们不会事先告诉他们应该怎么做。所以每一场表演都是独一无二。”

在表演结束后的体验环节中，观众也可以上台扫描自己的身体，转化出来的结果会以匿名的形式上载到网站。“这部分的互动超乎我们想像的热络，常常是很多人挤在前面等着上台让自己的身体被扫描，这可能是他们第一次‘听见’自己的身体。”

“身体的高低起伏本身就是一种自然的美，是节奏和音调。”Keith说，“当我们的身体作为乐谱，在听的同时，就能从一个完全不同的视角去重新发现我们的身体，进而，想到生与死。”

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F is for Feminist 一本没有墨水，也没有纸张的书

November 30, 2018 2018年11月30日

Girls Gone Wild is a zine about radical feminism that has neither ink nor paper. Instead, Indonesian artist Claudia Akhsa has sewn together this text with a needle and thread.

《Girls Gone Wild》是一本关于“激进女性主义”的独立杂志书。可是它既没有墨水，也没有纸张，来自印尼雅加达的艺术家 Claudia Akhsa 选择用一针一线，缝制出这些相关的篇章。

Radical feminism is a school of thought based on the view that women’s oppression is the foundation of all forms of exploitation.

Akhsa’s handmade book has sixteen pages. With a gentle but objective tone, she uses text and image to discuss radical feminism’s history, introduce its representative figures (and some of their well-known lines), and explain key terms such as “patriarchy” and “sisterhood.”

The work was Akhsa’s final project at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, from which she recently graduated. Titled Feisty Girls, the project included the inaugural issue of Girls Gone Wild (“What the ‘F'”), along with a series of illustrations. When she first set about choosing a topic, Akhsa drew on her longstanding interest in politics, and her anger at the unfair treatment women encountered. “After doing some research, I realized many people either don’t understand what radical feminism is or have a negative perception of it. That’s when I first decided to create a zine introducing radical feminism.”

激进女性主义（Radical Feminism）是女性主义的其中一个派别，最基本的观点是：女性所受的压迫，是所有剥削形式中最深刻的。

这一本由 Claudia 手工制作的刺绣书，总共有十六页。内容以和缓而客观的语气，图文并茂地讲述了其历史、代表人物及名言，还有和女性主义相关的词语，比如父权制、姐妹之谊等等。

而这其实是 Claudia 在新加坡就读拉萨尔艺术学院的毕业作品。这个名为“Feisty Girls”（意为“勇敢好胜的姑娘”）的项目里，就包含了首期刺绣书《Girls Gone Wild》（主题为“What the ‘F’”）和一系列的插图创作。当初在选择项目主题时，Claudia 提到自己对政治一直都很感兴趣，从小到大，经常对女性面临到的不公平感到愤怒。“经过一连串的资料搜集后，我发现很多人要么是不理解何为‘激进女性主义’，要么就对它持有负面印象。所以我想通过这本书，告诉大家什么才是真正的‘激进女性主义’。”

“Since the zine is about radical feminism, why not go radical and out of the norm?”

By choosing such a unconventional form, Akhsa had to sacrifice a lot of time. It took her eight months altogether, most of her last year at college. She didn’t sleep well during that time, and her grades suffered. “Instead of making it easy to produce, I made it more delicate and difficult,” she says. “I chose embroidery because stitching has always been related to women and stereotypes of women.”

So far there’s only one “issue” of Girls Gone Wild, and there’s only a single copy in existence. Akhsa says issues two and three are still planned, but since she started work after graduation, she just doesn’t have enough time.

“既然主题是关于激进女性主义，何不把形式也做得激进一点？”

Claudia 选择如此非传统的制作方式，时间是必须牺牲的。她总共花费了八个月，占去她大学最后一年的多数时间，每天不能好好睡觉，还为此失去了一些学分。但在看到成果后，她说一切辛苦都值得了。“我不想让它太容易就被生产出来，所以就选了更为精细和困难的方式——刺绣。”她说，“并且自古以来，针线活就和女性相关，可以说它也象征着加诸在女性身上的刻板印象。”

目前《Girls Gone Wild》只有第一期，全世界也只有一本。（Claudia 向我们说，其实第二、三期已经在规划中，但毕业后踏入工作，时间实在不够啊！）

The other portion of the Feisty Girls project consists of a series of illustrations that are also reflections and questions about feminism. Akhsa first focused on girls who consider themselves feminists, giving them a survey about themselves and putting their responses and the emotions they revealed into bold, bright illustrations.

She always takes an original in approach in her art, and this time she drew illustrations of what she considers feminists for a new age onto old storybooks whose main characters are girls. It’s a graphic juxtaposition of past and present depictions of women.

“All feminists have gone through different experiences in their life that have made them who their are. I wanted to tell people how every feminist is different, and how different feminism is now from the past.”

另外在《Feisty Girls》项目里的插图创作，也是一系列关于女性主义的反思和诘问。Claudia 首先针对了那些自认为女性主义者的女孩们，进行一项关于自己的调查，并将她们的回答和从中表露出的多种情绪，呈现在这些大胆、鲜艳的插画里。

关于创作的手法，她一向独创新意。这一次，她把从自己视角出发，描绘出新一世代女性主义者的插图，画在同样以女孩为主角的老旧故事书上，将古今对于女性的不同刻画，有趣且直观地并列出来。

“每个女权主义者的人生经验都不一样，这使她们成为了今日的自己。我想让大家知道，每个女权主义者都不尽相同，而每个时期的女权主义，也都是不一样的。”

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China in Black & White 删去色彩后，一片寂静的中国

November 14, 2018 2018年11月14日

Camera slung across her back, self-taught photographer Qiang Jing has criss-crossed Gansu, Chongqing, Beijing, and Sichuan, eventually ending up in Yunnan, a province of captivating beauty in southern China. In her photos, she drains the color from China’s street scenes, leaving only a desolate black and white. Even the country’s panoramic landscapes look less magnificent through her lens.

她带着相机，走过甘肃、重庆、北京、成都等地方，最终落脚在云南这片恍若仙境的土地。从大学开始自学摄影的强婧，在她的照片里，中国日常街景的颜色都被删去，留下一片略显萧瑟的黑与白。此时，再辽阔的山河，看上去也不那么壮丽了。

Qiang Jing was born in Gansu province and now lives in Kunming, a city she didn’t choose at random: “I like the dazzling sun here, it takes me back to my childhood. Kunming has a brilliant blue sky and soft, billowy clouds. The city moves at an unhurried pace, and locals are the salt of the earth—simple, honest people.”

But the year-round warmth hasn’t brightened her shots. Instead, she captures scenes of ruins and debris that seem caught amid the constant changes of the world, steeped in both life’s bitterness and its joy. Their immense silence draws you in, speaking more eloquently than any words.

强婧生于中国甘肃省，现定居于云南昆明，会选择留在这里并不是偶然， “我喜欢这里灿烂的阳光，让我有种恍然回到小时候的气息。这里有蔚蓝的天空，云卷云舒，还有城市里慵懒的步调和没什么心眼、老实憨厚的当地人。”

可是，这里常年的温暖却未照亮她的景框，取而代之，是烟消云散后的残破景象。之中透露出一丝穿梭于人间冷暖、品尝到悲欢离合的细末余味，叫人深深沉浸在这画面制造的巨大静默里，无声胜有声。

“I take my camera and wander aimlessly through the streets, snapping photos of things that resonate with my current mood.” Her specialty, street photography, relies on individual emotions, because she doesn’t just document outdoor scenes from an objective angle. It’s more personal.

“Photography, for me, is an expression of inner feelings, an emotional outlet, as well as a form of therapy. What I shoot is just my inner state, and that’s why I enjoy taking pictures. On streets full of uncertainty and conflict, I find a peace, a unity with myself.”

“我拿着相机在街上漫无目的地游荡，拍下那些和当下内在的我引起共振的事物。” 她擅长的街头摄影，是要带着浓郁的个人情感去拍的，因为她记录的不仅仅是从客观视角出发的外在景象，更多的，还有自己的内心。

“摄影对于我是一种抒发内心感受的行为，一种情绪的宣泄，也是一种自我疗愈的方式。我拍下的即是我内心的样子，这也正是我享受摄影的原因，在充满不确定性和各种冲突的街头，找到一丝平静、和与自我的统一。”

Ever since she first began taking pictures, Qiang has made a habit of going out shooting on a semi-regular basis. She uses black and white so no colors will interfere with her vision—it’s the format that best expresses her feelings of solitude.

Set against the vastness of the world, people are insignificant specks, and her photos convey this sharp sense of loneliness and isolation. “I hold my breath and press the button to open the shutter: for me, photography is a sort of ritual. It’s like I’m mourning the passing of an instant, of everything that’s vanished around me, a reality that actually existed and will never exist again.”

从开始拍照到现在，强婧一直保持着一段时间就会固定上街拍摄的习惯。之所以选择黑白摄影，是因为没有颜色去扰动视觉，是最能表达她内心的孤独感的形式。

对比这个偌大的世界，人不过是渺小的客体。从她的照片里，的确感受得到这一股强烈的孤寂与脱离感。“吸气屏息，按下快门——对我来说，拍摄像是一种祭祀仪式，仿佛在追悼过去每一刻时间的逝去，那些从我身上消逝的一切，真实存在过、现又不复存在的事实。”

“Behind my photos, there’s a story about the loneliness of growing up, about love and hate, and ultimately about letting go,” she says. She puts all her pent-up feelings into her photography and creates a series of images that brim with emotion.

The darkness in Qiang’s pictures coexists with the light: neither is possible without the other. “Kunming is gradually having an effect on me,” she says. “Just as plants grow toward the sun, maybe I can eventually break free from my former melancholy and give voice to a tougher, stronger version of myself.” Now that she’s mastered darkness and light, her journey as a photographer goes on.

最后，强婧向我们娓娓道来，“在我摄影的背后，是一个关于成长过程中所感受到的孤独，以及爱与恨，最后放手的故事。” 她将长久以来累积的情绪通通投注在摄影里，成就了这一张张承载饱满情感的影像。

但事实上，强婧照片里的黑暗，与光亮永远都是并存的，两者是缺少了彼此即不成立的存在。她说 “昆明这座城市，正慢慢影响着我。仿佛植物会向阳生长一样，渐渐地，也许我能从最初的忧郁中挣脱出来，表达一个更有韧性、更坚强的自己。” 掌握了光和暗，她的摄影之旅将继续下去。

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Contributor: Yang Yixuan

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供稿人: Yang Yixuan

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