Creative industry gives birth to "real sculpture"
Uncle Shanghai plays "thinker" in the open air.
A few days ago, at the intersection of Xinzha Road, a man sat on a wooden stake, with his hands clenched and his chin cupped tightly, and his eyes stared down, looking quite like the famous sculpture "The Thinker" by the French artist Rodin. Passers-by put their hands on the sculpture shoulders and were about to take a group photo. The "thinker" looked up and talked about Shanghai dialect.
This real-life "thinker" is called Cao Zhongwen, who just retired. He and dozens of citizens formed the first "real-life sculpture" team in this city. "With the development of creative industries,’ silence’ will be a new scene of the city."
Sun Guoxiong, director of the Creative Center of Jing ‘an District Cultural Bureau, said.
[Case study]
Retired workers have new jobs.
One afternoon, in the central workshop, the reporter interviewed the "thinker". Cao Zhongwen, a "thinker", is a tall man. After taking off his makeup, he is amiable and totally different from the silent sculpture.
"Call me Lao Cao." Cao Zhongwen said that he is 55 years old and has just retired from Shanghai Medical Instrument Factory. He is an art lover, plays the erhu and is the lead singer of the street chorus.
Last October, the center came to the choir to recruit people, and Lao Cao was caught in the eye. "Although he is old, but with deep eyes and tall figure, Rodin’s’ thinker’ belongs to him." Sun Guoxiong said.
Before becoming a "thinker" for the first time, the excited old Cao read the script over and over again. Who knows that on the day of the performance, because of nervousness, his back ached in less than 45 minutes. When I came home from work, I was stopped by my wife. The phrase "Where did you get the clay figurine" made the thinker laugh and cry.
But Lao Cao’s first shot was fired. After many performances, Lao Cao’s movements and demeanor are in place, and his makeup is also done by himself. After receiving the task, he picked up his clothes one day in advance, put on his makeup and went straight to the performance venue. Now, Lao Cao has an "appearance fee", but this retired worker pays more attention to his reputation in the street.
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Lao Cao "is not fighting alone." At present, his "real sculpture" team has more than 50 members, most of whom are college students and retired citizens, and the oldest is 61 years old.
Liu Yiran, a junior majoring in oil painting at Shanghai University, is one of them. She said it was creative to dress up as a street sculpture. "Liu Yiran has appeal and will attract a group of extras." Sun Guoxiong said.
This is the first "real sculpture" team in Shanghai. Last year, these players were found through online recruitment and on-site screening.
In the just-concluded Shanghai Creative Culture Week, they appeared in the "real sculpture" of "1933 Old Square".
"This is a new business in Shanghai." Sun Guoxiong said that it is mainly used for holiday celebrations, business opening or cultural propaganda, etc., with the aim of setting off the atmosphere. "In many countries, such as Spain and Britain,’ real sculpture’ is a city scene."
[Reporter experience]
Turned into a bronze "Nora"
How to transform into a "real sculpture"? The reporter wants to try.
When the reporter came to the creative center, Tu Ningning, the artistic director of the center who graduated from China Academy of Fine Arts, looked the reporter up and down and said, "Remember! You are Nora. " She picked out a bronze dress and a European round hat for the reporter, and the prototype of "Nora" has appeared. It’s not enough to have these. Make-up is essential to confuse the real with the fake.
Apply "lard" before makeup
Tu Ningning has a black wooden box full of "treasures". She took out a special foundation of gold, silver, copper and other colors, and told reporters that the choice of color should be based on the clothing, and "Nora" should match bronze.
The reporter took the foundation and was about to wipe it on his face. Tu Ningning was busy stopping it. "It hurts the skin." It turns out that the foundation contains heavy lead, so it can’t directly contact the skin, so you have to apply professional protective oil first. Protective oil on your body is like a thick layer of lard. The subsequent makeup is like painting, layer after layer. Throughout the process, the reporter closed his eyes.
"The naked eye can only distinguish a certain degree of color difference. The color of the makeup is as close as possible to the clothes, and the color difference is reduced, so it is difficult for people to perceive. " Tu Ningning said.
Fifteen minutes later, I stood in front of the mirror, and there was a "bronze woman" wearing a long European dress in the mirror. "The hard part is not makeup, but performance." Tu Ningning sold a prisoner.
My face turned red before I went to the street
The first step to experience Nora is really difficult. The reporter shrank back before he stepped out of the door with his left foot, because the girl stood silent in the middle of the street in strange clothes and would be pointed at by everyone, and of course she would blush. Later, with the encouragement of the team members, the first step was finally taken.
"The little girl making a movie? Or a sculpture? " Just after going out, "Nora" amused the citizens who parked their bicycles. Helpless, I had to rush forward with my head down, and passers-by looked back.
At the intersection of Xinzha Road, the reporter adjusted his posture, holding the bag in his right hand and overlapping his left hand in front of him. Tu Ningning gave an order: "Start. 30 minutes can’t be seen through. "
In the first 10 minutes, passers-by took a photo with "Nora" with their mobile phones, and a group of students argued fiercely about whether "Nora" was true or not. A girl put her hand on the reporter’s shoulder and felt something was wrong. She leaned in front of me, looked intently and exclaimed, "Are you a real person? !
These 10 minutes are more exciting than painful.
I feel that countless ants are crawling.
"Pain" begins in the next 10 minutes. Because of keeping Nora smile for a long time, the reporter’s mouth muscles twitched a little. I want to adjust, but I am afraid of being seen through.
The reporter swept around with the corner of his eye, and there were not many passers-by The corners of the mouth slowly relaxed. Although the movement was very small, the sharp-eyed passers-by saw the flaw: "It seems to be a real person, and the corners of the mouth just moved." Hearing this, the smile quickly recovered.
From the 15th minute, the bag in the right hand became heavier and heavier, and the hand was pulled down straight. Previously, the reporter thought it was negligible. In order to reduce the burden, the reporter raised his left hand slightly on his right hand. The right hand "lightens the burden", but the left hand is stiff, like countless ants crawling, but even if it is very painful, keep smiling.
Fortunately, under the cover of a long skirt, it will be better to adjust the center of gravity occasionally in the lower body. "There are still 10 minutes, come on!" Tu Ningning’s encouragement almost made the reporter faint, but he could only bite his teeth.
Endure to the end, changing the center of gravity doesn’t work, my legs are numb and I want to go to the toilet. "Just give up and sit on the ground." The reporter thought.
"Time is up." Tu Ningning said. "Nora" sighed deeply, leaning against the wall like a deflated ball. Later, the reporter hunched over and returned to the studio. Tu Ningning said that now, it is common for "real sculpture" to stand for one and a half hours.
Editor: Fan Jing
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