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Art with a Bang 蔡国强－爆发无限创意的艺术大师

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An arc of billowy black smoke projected on a backdrop appears on the stage in harmony with the dancers. As a black hole engulfs the center of the stage, the green, eerie light entices the dancers and sucks them in. This dynamic performance of Wind Shadow is a collaboration between the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and the contemporary visual artist Cai Guo-Qiang.

一弧波浪状黑烟投射在舞台布幕上，舞者的律动与背景影像完美调和。黑洞吞没了舞台中央，发出妖异的绿光蛊惑舞者将其吞噬其中。《风．影》这出极具动感的舞作演出，是台湾云门舞集与当代视觉艺术大师蔡国强的共同创作。

Cai was born in 1957 in the port city of Quanzhou, China. Before Cai became an artist, he appeared in martial arts films, and worked as a stage designer. After experimenting with different media in his artwork, he developed an interest in using lit gunpowder. Because of the artistic and political constraints in China, Cai left for Japan. It was there that he nurtured his ideas and eventually developed his large-scale “explosion events.”

蔡国强于1957年出生在中国的港口城市泉州。他成为艺术家前，曾参与功夫片演出，之后则担任舞台设计师。在尝试过各种不同的媒材后，蔡国强对使用点燃的火药于其作品中产生了兴趣。由于当时中国在艺术及政治上的限制，蔡国强远赴他乡，在日本孕育其理念想法，最后发展出大型的爆破艺术作品。

Mr. Cai’s extraordinary approach to art has led to some extravagant displays of explosion art like nothing that has ever seen before. For one of his works, the Light Cycle project for Central Park in New York, Cai used an assortment of fireworks to form a giant, explosive circle. This piece celebrated the park’s 150^th anniversary and illuminated the night sky of New York.

蔡国强独特的艺术表达方式带来了前所未见的爆破艺术呈现。在他一项于纽约中央公园进行的Light Circle计划中，他使用了各种烟火在天空中炸出一枚巨型光圈。这场秀既欢庆了中央公园150周年纪念，也点亮了纽约市的夜空。

Cai has worked with people in a variety of professions, ranging from feng shui masters to choreographers. He was also repeatedly included in the UK Journal Art Review’s Power 100. This innovative artist once said about art: “I do think that art can transcend time and space, and achieve something that science cannot.”

从风水师父到编舞家，蔡国强一直以来与各界专业人士合作。英国艺术杂志Art Review连续好几年把蔡国强评选为艺术界百大影响力人物之一。这位创意十足的艺术家曾这么说过：「我真的认为艺术可以超越时间与空间，且达到科学所无法做到的事」。

−by Holly Harrington

Vocabulary

单词发音

in harmony with 与...协调一致 accordant with

dynamic [daɪˋnæmɪk] adj. 有活力的；有生气的

collaboration [kə͵læbəˋreʃən] n. 合作

experiment [ɪkˋspɛrəmənt] v. 进行实验，试验[（+on/with）]

develop an interest in  培养…兴趣

explosion [ɪkˋsploʒən] n. 爆炸

extravagant [ɪkˋstrævəgənt] adj. 奢侈的；浪费的

illuminate [ɪˋlumə͵net] v. 照亮

a variety [vəˋraɪətɪ] of  各种各样的

transcend [trænˋsɛnd] v. 超越

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arc [ɑrk] n. 弧，弧形

billowy [ˋbɪloɪ] adj. 巨浪似的, 汹涌的

backdrop [ˋbæk͵drɑp] n. 背景(幕)

media [`midɪə] n. 媒介物

lit [lɪt] adj. 点燃的

nurture [ˋnɝtʃɚ] v. 培养

large-scale [ˋlɑrdʒˋskel] adj. 大规模的

extraordinary [ɪkˋstrɔrdn͵ɛrɪ] adj. 特别的；非凡的

choreographer [͵korɪˋɑgrəfɚ] n. 编舞者

engulf [ɪnˋgʌlf] v. 吞没；卷入

eerie [ˋɪrɪ] adj. 怪异而令人恐惧的

entice [ɪnˋtaɪs] v. 诱惑; 诱使

suck.. in  将..吸入

project [ˈprɑdʒɛkt] n. 计划，企划

assortment [əˋsɔrtmənt] n. 各色各样的搭配

constraint [kənˋstrent] n. 约束；限制

Cai Guo-Qian

Transient Rainbow Fireworks