David Binder: The arts festival revolution

Translator: Thu-Huong Ha Reviewer: Morton Bast

翻译人员: JIN Huiying 校对人员: Karen SONG

Sydney. I had been waiting my whole life to get to Sydney.

悉尼，我等来到悉尼的这一天等了太久了

I got to the airport, to the hotel, checked in,

我到达机场后，来到酒店，登记入住

and, sitting there in the lobby, was a brochure

然后坐在大厅里看到一本悉尼艺术节的小册子

for the Sydney Festival. I thumbed through it,

我一页页地翻看

and I came across a show called "Minto: Live."

直到我的目光停在了一个名叫“Minto现场秀”的演出上

The description read: "The suburban streets of Minto

这场秀被描述为"Minto郊区的街道

become the stage for performances

是一个为各国艺术家

created by international artists

以及Minto居民

in collaboration with the people of Minto."

合作表演的舞台"

What was this place called Minto?

这个Minto到底是一个怎样的地方呢？

Sydney, as I would learn, is a city of suburbs,

悉尼，据我所知，是一个由郊区组成的城市

and Minto lies southwest, about an hour away.

Minto坐落于城市西南方向一小时车程的地方

I have to say, it wasn't exactly what I had in mind

我不得不说，当我第一次踏足Minto时

for my first day down under.

它与我想象中的不大一样

I mean, I'd thought about the Harbour Bridge or Bondi Beach,

我想到的是类似港湾大桥或是邦迪海滩那种地方

but Minto? But still, I'm a producer,

然而Minto？尽管如此，作为一名制片人

and the lure of a site-specific theater project

独具地方特色的剧场表演

was more than I could resist. (Laughter)

于我而言是无法抗拒的诱惑（笑声）

So, off I went into Friday afternoon traffic,

于是，周五下午我穿越重重车流

and I'll never forget what I saw when I got there.

到达Minto的时候我永远不会忘记我看到的景象

For the performance, the audience walked

在演出时，观众们围绕着这片社区

around the neighborhood from house to house,

沿着一户户人家步行

and the residents, who were the performers,

本地居民，同时也是表演者

they came out of their houses, and they performed

从他们的家中走出来

these autobiographical dances on their lawns,

在自家的草坪上，车道上

on their driveways. (Laughter)

跳起了自传性的舞蹈（笑声）

The show is a collaboration with a U.K.-based

Minto现场秀是联合了一家

performance company called Lone Twin.

名叫Lone Twin的英国剧团共同打造的。

Lone Twin had come to Minto and worked

Lone Twin 来到 Minto 与本地的居民合作

with the residents, and they had created these dances.

他们一起编排了富有创意的舞蹈

This Australian-Indian girl, she came out and started

这名澳印混血女孩走到了她的草坪上

to dance on her front lawn,

开始在上面舞蹈

and her father peered out the window to see

同时她的父亲透过窗户

what all the noise and commotion was about,

瞟看外面的声音和骚动是为何事

and he soon joined her.

然后他走出来和女儿一起跳舞

And he was followed by her little sister.

接下来女孩的小妹妹也加入他们

And soon they were all dancing this joyous,

不一会儿他们一家人聚在他们的草坪上

exuberant dance right there on their lawn. (Laughter)

跳的不亦乐乎

And as I walked through the neighborhood,

当我在这片社区上闲逛时

I was amazed and I was moved by the incredible

我被这个社区居民的积极参与

sense of ownership this community clearly felt

以及他们对这个节日的热忱

about this event.

震惊了并深深感动了

"Minto: Live" brought Sydneysiders into dialogue

"Minto现场秀"为悉尼人与国际艺术家

with international artists, and really celebrated

提供了一次合作交流

the diversity of Sydney on its own terms.

并彰显了悉尼的文化多样性

The Sydney Festival which produced "Minto: Live" I think

悉尼艺术节承办的"Minto现场秀"

represents a new kind of 21st-century arts festival.

代表了一类新的21世纪艺术节形式

These festivals are radically open.

这一类艺术节开放性很强

They can transform cities and communities.

它们可以改造并提升城市与社区

To understand this, I think it kind of makes sense

为了更好的理解这一点

to look where we've come from.

我想我们应该回到艺术节的起源

Modern arts festivals were born

现代艺术节诞生于

in the rubble of World War II.

后二战时期的废土之上

Civic leaders created these annual events

民间人士率先创立了

to celebrate culture as the highest

一年一度的活动

expression of the human spirit.

庆祝代表人类崇高精神的文化

In 1947, the Edinburgh Festival was born

1947年爱丁堡艺术节诞生了

and Avignon was born and hundreds of others

紧接其后的是阿维尼昂艺术节

would follow in their wake.

以及千千万万个新生的艺术节

The work they did was very, very high art,

这些艺术节致力于呈现高水平的艺术

and stars came along like Laurie Anderson

同时明星艺术家例如Laurie Anderson

and Merce Cunningham and Robert Lepage

Merce Cunningham 和 Robert Lepage

who made work for this circuit,

年复一年地为艺术节奉上表演

and you had these seminal shows like "The Mahabharata"

于是我们有了影响深远的演出"The Mahabharata"

and the monumental "Einstein on the Beach."

和里程碑式的"Einstein on the Beach"

But as the decades passed,

然而几十年过去了

these festivals, they really became the establishment,

这类艺术节变成了一种文化根基

and as the culture and capital accelerated,

尤其在这个文化与经济加速发展

the Internet brought us all together,

互联网使人们变得更加紧密的时代

high and low kind of disappeared,

这类艺术节形式在各地不再常见

a new kind of festival emerged.

全新的艺术节形式产生了

The old festivals, they continued to thrive, but

传统的艺术节仍在发挥影响力

from Brighton to Rio to Perth, something new was emerging,

但是从布灵顿到里约到珀斯

and these festivals were really different.

艺术节不断在变化与创新

They're open, these festivals, because, like in Minto,

它们是开放式的艺术节

they understand that the dialogue

就像Minto一样体现了

between the local and the global is essential.

地方文化与世界文化交流的重要性

They're open because they ask the audience to be a player,

它们之所以开放是因为它们邀请观众

a protagonist, a partner, rather than a passive spectator,

当演员，主角，合作伙伴，而不是做一个被动的围观者

and they're open because they know that imagination

它们之所以开放是因为它们认识到

cannot be contained in buildings,

想象不能被约束于高宇之内

and so much of the work they do

因此它们的表演

is site-specific or outdoor work.

大多安排在特殊的场地或户外

So, the new festival, it asks the audience to play

观众在这些新艺术节的邀请下

an essential role in shaping the performance.

在演出过程中扮演了非常重要的角色

Companies like De La Guarda, which I produce, and Punchdrunk

演出公司例如 De La Guarda, 我是它的制作人，以及

create these completely immersive experiences

Punchdrunk公司创造了这些令人大开眼界的表演形式

that put the audience at the center of the action,

他们把观众带入到舞台中间加入表演

but the German performance company Rimini Protokoll

但是德国的 Rimini Protokoll 剧团

takes this all to a whole new level.

则将这种表演形式发挥到了极致

In a series of shows that includes "100 Percent Vancouver,"

在一个系列秀中，包括“百分百温哥华”

"100 Percent Berlin," Rimini Protokoll makes shows

”百分百柏林“

that actually reflect society.

Rimini Protokoll 制作的演出真实地反映了社会

Rimini Protokoll chooses 100 people that represent that city

Rimini Protokoll 挑选了100个普通人

at that moment in terms of race and gender and class,

代表同一时间里不同种族、性别、阶级的人

through a careful process that begins three months before,

他们从三个月前开始精心筹备演出

and then those 100 people share stories about

他们挑中的100个人分享了

themselves and their lives, and the whole thing

他们自己的故事和人生经历

becomes a snapshot of that city at that moment.

这整个演出成为了一个城市的瞬间写照

LIFT has always been a pioneer in the use of venues.

LIFT是善于利用场地策划演出的先锋

They understand that theater and performance

他们认为戏剧与表演

can happen anywhere.

可以在任何地方出现

You can do a show in a schoolroom,

你可以在教室里演出

in an airport, — (Laughter) —

可以在机场里

in a department store window.

也可以在商店的橱窗里

Artists are explorers. Who better to show us the city anew?

艺术家是探索者，谁能比艺术家更能赋予城市新生？

Artists can take us to a far-flung part of the city

艺术家能带我们到一个城市遥远的一角

that we haven't explored, or they can take us into

那里我们从未探索过

that building that we pass every day but we never went into.

他们也能把我们带进一幢天天路过却从未进入的大楼

An artist, I think, can really show us people

我认为，艺术家能真正向我们展示

that we might overlook in our lives.

生活中不曾注意的人

Back to Back is an Australian company of people

Back to Back是一家澳大利亚剧团

with intellectual disabilities. I saw their amazing show

演员都是智障人士。我在纽约史泰登岛渡轮码头

in New York at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal

观看了他们精彩的演出

at rush hour.

高峰时段

We, the audience, were given headsets and seated

我们这些观众每人拿到一副耳机

on one side of the terminal.

坐在码头的一边

The actors were right there in front of us,

演员就在我们正前方

right there among the commuters,

在乘客中间

and we could hear them,

我们可以听见他们

but we might not have otherwise seen them.

但也许无法看出他们

So Back to Back takes site-specific theater and uses it

Back to Back采用特别外景剧场

to gently remind us about who and what we choose

利用环境来提醒我们如何

to edit out of our daily lives.

从日常生活中选择编辑人生的素材

So, the dialogue with the local and the global,

地方与全球的对话

the audience as participant and player and protagonist,

观众是参与者，是演员，是主人公

the innovative use of site, all of these things

场景的创造性运用，所有的一切

come to play in the amazing work

构成了极为动人的作品

of the fantastic French company Royal de Luxe.

这家奇迹般的法国剧团名为Royal de Luxe

Royal de Luxe's giant puppets come into a city

Royal de Luxe让巨型人偶进驻城市

and they live there for a few days.

住上几天

For "The Sultan's Elephant," Royal de Luxe

为了“苏丹的大象”，Royal de Luxe剧团

came to central London and brought it to a standstill

来到伦敦市中心驻扎

with their story of a giant little girl and her friend,

他们演出一个巨型的小女孩和她的朋友

a time-traveling elephant.

一头穿越时空的大象

For a few days, they transformed a massive city

几天后，他们把一个大都市转变成

into a community where endless possibility reigned.

一个充满了无限可能的社区

The Guardian wrote, "If art is about transformation,

卫报写道：“如果艺术旨在转变，

then there can be no more transformative experience.

那就不会再有什么转变的体验。”

What 'The Sultan's Elephant' represents is no less

“苏丹的大象”代表了

than an artistic occupation of the city

对城市的艺术占领

and a reclamation of the streets for the people."

以及人类对街道主权的收回

We can talk about the economic impacts of these festivals

我们可以来探讨一下这些艺术节对各自城市的经济影响

on their cities, but I'm much [more] interested in many more things,

到我更加感兴趣的是其他的很多事

like how a festival helps a city to express itself,

艺术节如何帮助一个城市去表达自己

how it lets it come into its own.

找到自己的个性

Festivals promote diversity,

艺术节促进多样化的发展

they bring neighbors into dialogue,

让邻居们开始对话

they increase creativity,

提升了创造力

they offer opportunities for civic pride,

激发了市民的自豪

they improve our general psychological well-being.

提升了我们整体上的心理幸福

In short, they make cities better places to live.

总而言之，艺术节能让城市生活更美好

Case in point:

例证：

When "The Sultan's Elephant" came to London

当“苏丹的大象”来到伦敦

just nine months after 7/7, a Londoner wrote,

7/7事件之后的九个月，一个伦敦人写道：

"For the first time since the London bombings,

“伦敦爆炸案后第一次，

my daughter called up with that sparkle back in her voice.

我从女儿的声音里再次听到了雀跃

She had gathered with others

她打电话来说她跟朋友们一起

to watch 'The Sultan's Elephant,' and, you know,

去看了'苏丹的大象'，你们知道

it just made all the difference."

演出改变了一切

Lyn Gardner in The Guardian has written

卫报的林.加得纳写道

that a great festival can show us a map of the world,

一个伟大的艺术节向我们展示出一幅世界地图

a map of the city and a map of ourselves,

一幅城市地图，一幅我们自己的画像

but there is no one fixed festival model.

然而并不存在一个固定的艺术节模式

I think what's so brilliant about the festivals,

我认为新颖艺术节的妙处在于

the new festivals, is that they are really fully capturing

它们真正完全抓住了

the complexity and the excitement

我们现今生活方式的

of the way we all live today.

复杂和刺激

Thank you very much. (Applause)

非常感谢（掌声）