策展人：Storm Janse van Rensburg

Curator: Storm Janse van Rensburg 

地点：美国乔治亚州萨凡纳SCAD艺术博物馆

Address: SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA USA

时间: 2019年8月13日 – 2020年1月12日

Duration: Aug.13th, 2019 - Jan. 12th, 2020

布展团队：白建红，王重锦

Exhibition Team: BAI Jianhong, WANG Chongjin

作品介绍 INTRODUCTION

提取西村大院中最具特色的环绕步道及公共部分，加以夸张变形，形成展场中央的铁制装置。装置各处安置人偶，营造出大院的比例和活跃气氛。中央放置以大院为原型的游戏互动装置，观众可通过钢珠的滚动，体验大院的运动性、休闲性，参与性。周边展墙布置屏幕，展现大院的图片，图纸，局部构件，视频等。层层相套的围合呼应了西村大院的空间特征。The most distinctive feature extracted from West Village --- the circular ramp and public space, applying with exaggerated distortions, forms the steel installation placed in the exhibition stage. Little human figures are installed around the installation, not only demonstrating the scale of the Village, but also creating a vibrant atmosphere. Within the steel installation, there placed an interactive installation based on the design of West Village. By rolling steel balls, visitors are able to personally experience the relaxation and circulation. Screens on side walls show photographs, architectural drawings, construction details, videos, etc. Multiple layers of the exhibition response to the spatial relationship of West Village.

“人山人海-日常生活的欢庆”是刘家琨2016年在第15届威尼斯建筑双年展中央馆的作品。此次来到美国，刘家琨作为首位以艺术家身份参与的建筑师，与意大利艺术家Lara Favaretto以及英国装置艺术家Mark Wallinger一同在SCAD Museum of Art夏季展览中进行展览。“People Mountain People Sea - A Celebration of Everyday Life” was Liu Jiakun's exhibition in the Central Pavilion of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016. This time in US, as the first architect to participate as an artist, Liu Jiakun exhibits with Italian artist Lara Favaretto and British installation artist Mark Wallinger, for the Summer Exhibition of  SCAD Museum of Art. 

“人山人海”这次不仅是首次来到美国，也是第一次在一个纯艺术博物馆里面的展出。此装置是西村大院的抽象再现。如何让现场的观众能体验到西村大院这个建筑对当地社区，对在地城市的意义，除了对现场空间的组织，也是对小人场景的又一次重新创作。"People Mountain People Sea" is not only the first time come to the United States, but also the first time to be exhibited in a pure art museum. This installation is the abstract represenation of West Village. How to lead the audience on site to experience the significance of this architecture to the local community and the city? Besides the organization of the exhibition space, it is also another re-creation of the scene of the little figures. 

现场安装 | Installation on site 

场景再创作 | The scene recreation

刘家琨这次也同萨凡纳艺术与设计学院的建筑系学生，以及“可持续发展”课程中的学生分享了西村大院的设计理念及过程，以及自己作为建筑师的故事。还为他们解释了名字“人山人海”这一中式英语的来源与趣事：

“ ‘人山人海’在中文里是形容人聚集得非常多。它的翻译people mountain people sea其实最初是网上流行的中式英语，但现在已经正式被美国在线俚语词典Urban Dictionary给正式收录。其实我想表达的是，'误读'可以是一扇窗，有些事情最初可能不一定是正确理解的，但是说不定也能得到好的结果。”

As a senior architect who has accumelated years of experience, Liu Jiakun also shared the story of West Village and his personal experience with students from SCAD Architectural Department and the course of "Sustainable Development". He also explained the reason of having this Chinglish name :

"'People Mountain People Sea' in Chinese is to describe a huge crowd of people. The Chinglish translation was initially popular online, but it's now officially included in the Urban Dictionary, an American online slang Dictionary. In fact, what I want to express is that 'misreading' could be likened to a window. Some things may not be correctly understood at first, but it may also lead to good results." 

开幕式当天的人潮也算是响应了“人山人海”。萨凡纳艺术与设计学校的建筑系教授斯高特作为当天开展主持，也现场对刘家琨提出了一些犀利问题。

The crowd of the reception on the day was like a response to "people mountain people sea". Scott Singeis, who is the Professor of SCAD Architectural Department, hosted the opening ceremony. 

问答

Q&A

01

…你为居民、店主和建筑工人提供了某种形式的自我创作机会，让建筑得以实现。…碎瓷粘贴…钢筋栏杆的随机插入，和柱子上的竹胶模板…在您的设计理念中，这些特性的起源和原因是什么?

...The West Village, given the amount of opportunity you provided the residents, shop owners, and construction workers some form of self-authorship in the actualization of the architecture... the application of broken ceramic into wet concrete naturally varies, the insertion of rebar as baluster is intentionally random, and the weaving of bamboo as a concrete imprint is akin to a fiber artist. What is the origin and reason for these characteristics in your design philosophy?

抗拒驯化，颠覆成规是我的动力，民间智慧是我的创作源泉。这些手法都是草根做法的提炼。My motivation is to resist domestication and overturn conventions; my cre ative source is folk wisdom. These techniques are refined from grassroots practices.

02

你之前提过将中国目前的建筑发展称为“少年”时期，即在成熟和自我意识之前的一个发展和自我发现的时期…您如何看待您对中国建筑学科的影响?与您通过自己的项目所取得的成就相比，您是否对当前的趋势感到矛盾?换句话说——我知道你也是一个文学和艺术的人所以你会认出这些引用——你是堂吉诃德通过骑士精神对抗不公正的风车，还是班克西颠覆性地在黑暗中工作?

Mr. Jiakun has referred to the current architectural development in China as that of a ‘teenager’ – a period of development and self-discovery before maturation and self-awareness...How do you see your influence on the discipline of architecture within China, and do you feel conflicted by the current trends as compared to what you’re able to achieve through your own projects? In other words – and I know that you are also a man of literature and art so you will recognize these references –are you Don Quixote tilting at windmills fighting injustice through chivalry, or are you Banksy subversively working in the shadows?

如果说是前者，我会觉得自己似乎有点悲哀，也似乎在扮演英雄。那么也许是后者吧，但其实也并不那么明确，毕竟我就在这里，你也知道我是谁。我通常是凭直觉做事的，对要做什么常常并不明确，而对不做什么常常很明确。

If it was the former, I would feel a little sad and heroic. Maybe the latter, but it's not so clear, because I'm here and you know who I am. I usually do things by instinct, not always clear about what to do. However, I always clear about what not to do.

03

…… 你的建筑生涯中一些最有价值的方面也是那些最受权威审查的元素，这似乎是很常见的……政治与您的建筑有什么关系?你在设计过程中考虑到了什么政治影响?

...It appears common that some of the most rewarding aspects of your architectural career are also those elements most under scrutiny by authorities... What is the relationship between politics and your architecture and what is your consideration of political impact in the design process?

我并不想从政治出发去做建筑，我更关注的仍是建筑学本身——虽然它已经很难定义。我做设计的时候并没有多想政治，但政治有时会找到我——建筑确实常常是政治的。

I don't want to practice architecture from a political point of view. I'm more focused on architecture itself -- even though it's hard to define. I don't think much about politics when I do design, but politics sometimes find me -- architecture indeed is often political.

04

现在来问一些不能解释的快速问答吧。Let's do some quick-answer questions. No explanations.

• 你认为完美的幸福是什么? | What is your idea of perfect happiness?

投入的做自己喜欢的事。

Devote to what I like. 

• 你最大的恐惧是什么? | What is your greatest fear?

失去热情。

Lose passion. 

• 在世的人中，你最崇拜谁? |  Which living person do you most admire?难以回答。也许是导演：大卫·林奇，（正在看他的书）。维姆·文德斯（刚刚接待过他）。阿方索·卡隆（刚看过《罗马》）演员：凯特·布兰切特…… 唉，太像追星族了。It is difficult to answer. Maybe the director: David Lynch (I am reading his book); Wim Wenders who just had a visit to Chengdu; Alfonso Cuaron because I just watched the movie  "Rome". Or actor Cate Blanchett... Oh, so starstruck. 

• 你最大的奢侈是什么? | What is your greatest extravagance?自由支配时间。Freely control my time. 

• 如果你能改变自己的一件事，你会改变什么? | If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?精通英语，不要翻译。Master English so I dont need a translator. 

• 你最喜欢的作家是谁? | Who are your favorite writers?

喜欢不少，没有最喜欢。博尔赫斯，尤瑟纳尔，卡尔维诺，纳博科夫，麦卡勒斯，奥康纳……这次让我很惊喜的是，我喜欢的美国南方女作家弗兰纳里·奥康纳的童年故居也在这里。来到这里所感受到的那些，橡树，红砖城堡，铁皮屋顶和很热的天气……就是那个时候读她书里描绘的关于美国南方城市的样子。

Many, but no favorite. Borges, Yourcenar, Calvino, Krakow,

Nabokov, McCullers, O 'Connor... To my surprise, the childhood house of my favorite American Southern female writer, Flannery O 'Connor, is also here. What I see and feel here, the oak trees, the red brick castles, the tin roofs, the hot weather is what I pictured when I read her books about southern cities in the United States.

展览现场 THE EXHIBITION

关于萨凡纳艺术与设计学院 About SCAD

萨凡纳艺术与设计学院成立于1978年。如今，SCAD拥有多个地点——美国亚特兰大、中国香港、法国拉科斯特——和在线远程教育课程，通过营造一个积极向上的大学环境以及专业的教学和学习，为有才华的学生培养从事创造性职业的能力。

作为一个文化对话中心，SCAD艺术博物馆通过充满活力的跨学科教育体验吸引学生。越来越多的国际艺术家为所有专业的学生提供了学习广泛的艺术实践和世界观的机会。

博物馆是一座屡获殊荣的建筑地标，其引人注目的设计融合了美国现存最古老的战前火车站。博物馆坐落在萨凡纳充满活力的历史城区中心，吸引了来自世界各地的游客。它得到了乔治亚历史保护信托基金、新城市主义大会、国际室内设计协会和历史萨凡纳基金会的认可，并获得了美国建筑师协会颁发的建筑荣誉奖，是一项巅峰成就。

The Savannah College of Art and Design was founded in 1978. Today, with multiple locations - Atlanta USA, Hong Kong China, Lacoste France - and online distance education offerings, SCAD prepares talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment.

As a center for cultural dialogue, the SCAD Museum of Art engages students through dynamic interdisciplinary educational experiences. A growing international roster of artists provides opportunities for students from all majors to learn about wide-ranging artistic practices and world views.

An award-winning, architectural icon, the museum incorporates the oldest surviving antebellum railroad depot in the U.S. into its striking design. Nestled in the heart of Savannah's vibrant historic downtown district, the museum attracts visitors from around the globe. It has been recognized by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Congress for the New Urbanism, the International Interior Design Association and the Historic Savannah Foundation, and received the American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture, a pinnacle achievement.

感谢 Special Thanks to

SCAD艺术博物馆的助理策展人Ben Tollefson以及学校项目总监Megan Tatom； SCAD的李茜，建筑系的黄教授和斯考特教授还有可爱的学生们。当然还有SCAD 艺术博物馆所有参与布展的工作人员们。Ben Tollefson, the Assistant Curator at the  SCAD Museum of Art and Megan Tatom, the Director of University Projects from SCAD. Li Qian, Prof. Huang and Prof. Scott from Architectural Department; lovely students. And of course, all staff of SCAD Museum of Art who were part of the exhibition.  

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