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| 蓝色图书/Blue Books（2008.11-2009.6） | Date ：2024-04-06 | From ：iamlimu.org |
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2008 年 10 月，独立策展人比利安娜·思瑞克找到我，问我愿不愿意在上海市未成年犯管教所创作一个作品，作为她正在为上海证大现代艺术馆策划的一年项目“介入 366”的一个部分。我说愿意，在监狱里创作，这是一次难得的机会。
她邀请了上海市未成年管教所的胡主任和陆科长在一个咖啡馆和我见面。一周后，我就受邀到未成年犯管教所参观，我在那里待了整整一天。那天的参观给我留下深刻印象的是犯人的宿舍大窗户没有窗帘，厕所的隔档都是透明玻璃；图书室里的书很少，内容单一，且借阅手续非常繁杂。
于是，我产生了一个想法：为这些少年犯做一个图书室，这是一个阅读的空间，也是一个可以自由交流的空间。
In October 2008, independent curator Biljana Ciric approached me and asked if I would
like to create a works in Shanghai Juvenile Correctional Facility as part of her one-year
project “Intrude :Art and Life 366" for the Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art.
I said yes, to create works in prison, this is a rare opportunity.
She invited Director Hu and Section Chief Lu of the Shanghai Juvenile Correctional
Facility to meet me at a café. A week later, I was invited to visit the juvenile correctional
facility, where I spent the whole day. What impressed me that day was that the large
windows of the prisoners' bedrooms had no curtains, the toilet partitions were all
transparent glass, and the library had few books, one content, and very complicated
borrowing procedures.
So, I came up with an idea: to make a library for these juvenile delinquents, a space for
reading, but also a space where they can communicate freely.
“蓝色图书”项目的参与者是上海未成年犯管教所的服刑人员，这个群体需要外界对他们的信任和爱，他们之间缺少相互沟通，他们更需要和外界的沟通，他们渴望了解外面的世界。
书籍作为知识的物质载体，其本身的丰富性带给阅读者各种知识的同时，还能在精神上引导阅读者。一个小型的图书馆设置在未成年犯管教所，不需要任何登记手续的借阅方式，是建立在我理想中彼此信任的基础上的。书籍承载着我对借阅者的信任被带走，书在哪里，信任就被带到哪里。同时，30本空白的笔记本在参与者之间书写、涂画并相互传递。
书籍是一种媒介，因为阅读而建立起来的交流和友谊成为我们生命中珍贵的礼物。我将这些书称为蓝色图书，是希望通过这个项目的实施，使我和每个参与者都能在心里拥有一块蓝色，属于我们自己的蓝色。
The participants to the project Blued Books are youngsters of Shanghai Juvenile
Correctional Facility, they all need trust and love of the outside world. They need to
communicate with the outside worlds and they crave to understand the outside world.
Books are a vehicle to wisdom and learning, the intrinsic variety of them give to the
readers any kind of knowledge and at the same time keeps them alive and reactive.
Making a small library in the Juvenile Correctional Facility where books  are available
without any registration is for me the basic principle of trust. Books taken away by a
reader symbolize the trust i put in the people, where is the book, there is the trust! At
the same time 30 small white notebooks can be taken away at the same time to
comment, write, draw...
The book is a medium, in fact reading and buidling through it a friendship relationship
is the most precious gift in our life. I hope that through this project I will be able to
build with the participants a piece of blue deep in my heart, and that this becomes our
own blue.
2008.11.19 星期三 晴朗 寒冷
这是不是一个作品不重要，我更愿意说这是一个事情，我想做好的一件事情。
这么说是因为我不知道这件事能否算一件艺术作品，因为它不像我经验里的艺术作品，也不是我惯常创作艺术的方式。以前，我都是有一个非常清晰的想法和实施方案，只要去完成它就可以了。而这一次，我面对的完全的未知和茫然。
事情总是不会一帆风顺的。昨天到现场一看，H只买了一个书架，两盆很难看的植物。经过我的一再坚持，介入项目组还是同意今天再补两个书架和植物。什么事情都好说，在作品上是不能妥协的，这是我坚持的原则。今天早上L还是抱歉地说昨天购买的植物忘记带上了。
很多本书被少管所的领导挑出来放在办公室里，说里面有人体或者裸体的图像都不能出现在书架上。我们商量的结果是把书里所有不能通过的页面都裁切下来，然后再把书放进去。活动将要开始的时候，罗丹的那本画册因为封面是两个人体雕塑而被L科长“借”走。
空白的速写本不能在他们之间流传，L科长说担心他们在上面写不健康的东西，或者男生向女生写示爱之类的话，因为这里是不允许他们之间相互交流的。我坚持说这是我作品里很重要的部分，并且说我会定期阅读以监督他们。结果是先试验一次吧！
我把书摆在书架上，书还不多，很多书只能面朝外摆上。我家里的那个小闹钟也被摆上去了，滴答滴答的走。我想，这个闹钟最好能一直在这里，直到我的活动结束。
30个少年站在我面前的时候有些拘谨，当然我也有些拘谨。友谊的产生是需要时间的，我想。尽管我一再强调大家放松点。我说你们直接叫我的名字好了，很明显他们不习惯直呼一个比他们年长的人的名字，坚持叫“李老师”。一个男孩向我提出了问题，有人说人活着是为了吃饭，吃饭是为了活着，是这样么？我问他，你觉得呢？
他们的离开是由看管的人员来领走的，只有一个孩子对我说了声再见。
书架边的标牌上写有我的家庭地址和电话，科长坚持说一定要换成证大艺术馆的地址，因为他们要为我的人身安全考虑。
事情是已经开头了，但我能感觉到接下来事情的艰难。面对我的，是无法预测的未知。
Nov.19th.2008 Wednesday sunny but cold
Whether it is something that can be called art works is not important, I’d rather say this
is something that I’d like to do well.
Things will not always go smoothly. Yesterday, I went to the space to see how
everything is going, H (a stuff member) had only bought a bookshelf and two
flowerpots of ugly plants. The team that supports the project finally agreed to buy
another two bookshelves and some more plants after my persistent requirement. I can
tolerant everything else but for the things that will affect the spirit of my work, that is
the principle that I’ll hold on to. This morning L (a stuff member) regretfully told me
that he had forgot to bring in the plants that he bought the previous day.
A large number of books were extracted by the dean of the Juvenile Correctional
Facility and they were put in his office, because those that contain naked human body
are not allowed to appear on the bookshelf. After discussion we decided to remove the
pages from the books that are not allowed to appear, and then insert the rest of the
book into the collection. When the activity was about to begin Rodin’s picture album
was “borrowed” away by the Chief of Section, for the cover of the book prints a
sculpture of two young women’s body.
The blank sketch-pad was not allowed to spread among the prisoners, the chief of
section explained that the prisoners will write something “unhealthy” on the sketch-
pad, and some boys will express their love to the girls through the sketch-pad, here
they are not allowed to communicate. I insisted that this is the key part of my works,
and I promised to monitor them. The final result is that they allowed me to give a try.
I arranged the books on the bookshelf. Not having enough many books to cover the
bookshelf and many books had to be put with their covers outwardly. My little alarm
clock was also be put there, tick tacking. I think it better be there until my activity is
over.
30 young prisoners standing in front of me, they were a little bit reserved and me too.
Friendship can only be cultivated after a certain amount of time, I think. Though I tried
my best to ease them and I told them to call me my name directly they still felt uneasy,
to them calling someone older than themselves by name is not so natural, and they
insisted on calling me teacher Lee. One of the boys asked me a question, he want to
know if it is true that a man’s purpose of being alive is to eat, and to eat is to being
alive? I asked :”what is your opinion?”…….
They were taken away by a guard. Only one child waved goodbye to me.
On the bookshelf I left my address and telephone number, the chief of section insisted
that I should only leave the address of the Zendai Art Museum for the sake of my
safety.
Things have started, but I can feel the difficulty that will come up in the future. It’s an
unpredictable future that awaits me.
2008.12.26 星期五 天气回暖 晴朗
走进上海未成年犯管教所的手续还是那么繁杂———预约、接待、登记摄影设备、填表、领取胸牌、存手机……L科长的接待很热情，我都觉得不好意思，太麻烦她了。
我把这次买来的书都一一放置在书架上，新带来的小植物也摆在书架的最底层。
L科长和我一起把学员们的速写本都收了上来。本子上写的、画的都很少，显然他们并没有相互交换。
刚过圣诞节，我觉得我应该有礼物给他们。于是，每人一块巧克力。
击鼓传花的游戏开始了，只不过没有花，我用一本《海子的诗》来代替。传到谁，如果实在没有节目，就朗诵一首海子的诗。节目不丰富，多数是唱歌，很羞涩的唱歌。有个孩子表演一个黑熊的动作，表演的很像。
然后是大家坐在一起交流，我的原则是不要讲太多，我只是个组织者的角色。问题多是围绕活着的意义，理想是什么，艺术是什么等等展开。我惊异于大多数人都觉得活着就应该享受生活，赚很多的钱来做自己喜欢的事情。至于喜欢什么，多数是没有想法的。至于关于努力是否能改变命运的问题，我没有回答结果，只是就我的成长经历来谈我是如何努力如何工作的。
感谢曾昱和王水的协助拍摄工作。
Dec 26th .2008 Friday sunny
The weather is getting worm.
The procedure of visiting the Shanghai Juvenile Correctional Facility is very complex --
--- making reservation, reception, registering the photographic equipment, filling the
forms, claiming the name tag, and to store the cell phone…… L, the chief of section,
gave me a worm welcome. Bothered her too much made me felt uneasy.
I arranged all the books bought recently on the bookshelf, together with the small
plants. The plants were put on the bottom. The chief of the section and me collected
the sketchpads. Very little was written and drew on it, obviously they didn’t exchange
the sketchpads.
Christmas has just over; I think I should give them some presents. Thus, I gave them a
piece of chocolate each.
Beat a drum to spread a flower has begun without a flower, I used the book Poems of
Hai Zi instead, those who was selected if can’t come with a talent show can read a
poem of Hai Zi instead. The young prisoners don’t have much talent to show, mostly
are “singing songs”, they singed very shy. One of the children imitated the moves of
black bear, very alike.
Then is the communication by sitting together my principle is not talking too much, I
merely played the role of an organizer. The most talked topic is the meaning of being
alive, dreams, and what art is. I was surprised to find out most of them think that the
destiny of being alive is to enjoy life and making a lot of money to do what you like. As
to what is their likes, most of them had no idea. And as to if hard work will change
one’s destiny I gave no direct answer, I simply talked about how I worked hard and
what my daily work like.
Thanks to Zeng Yu and Wang Shui to assist the filming.
2009.2.25 星期三 阵雨
B老师负责接待我，她在这里呆了十一年了，和所有的人都很熟，所以一切手续从简。
学员们陆续被班长领进来，他们看到我不再有陌生的表情，甚至热情的打招呼，显然，我是他们熟悉的朋友了！我简单说了今天活动的内容：画一张画，什么都可以，但要是自己所思所想的。
我一再强调这不是考试，只要很自由的画，像不像都无所谓，把自己的感觉表达出来就可以了。
太阳，天空，海，绿地，房子……彩虹，山……
一个男孩子说没有心思看书，因为他下个月就要刑满出狱了，三年了，从被抓算起近四年了……他说可能这是我们最后一次见面！这一次，还有好几个人将在下个月出狱。
一个女孩说她不会画画，我鼓励她画，最后说她画的很好。她告诉我她的刑期最长，十年。
一个男孩子画了一个街景，他说这是他小时候最熟悉的地方，只是房子边上广告牌的内容忘记了。我问这是哪里，他说安徽芜湖的一个地方，他家的附近。
一个男孩画了一道绚丽的彩虹。我问他什么时候见到了彩虹，他说就一次，小时候。
……
活动结束，离开的时候，大多数人都和我说，再见！
Feb.25th .2009 Wednesday showers
The police Mrs. B was responsible for accommodating me; She has been here for more
than 11years and was familiar with everyone here so he simplified all the procedures.
The trainees was led in by the monitor one after another, their facial expressions
showed no unfamiliarity, they even greeted me intimately, obviously I have been a
friend! I explained the contents of the activities today in general: to draw a picture,
everything will be ok, but it must be something comes from your heart.
I emphasized repeatedly that it is not a test, just draw the things come from your mind
freely, being alike or not is meaningless; the aim is to express your true feelings.
The sun, the sky, the sea, the lawn, the house………….the rainbow, and the hill………….
A boy said he had no patience to read books, for he will be released after serving the
full term of a sentence, he’d been here for three years, four years from being
arrested……..probably this is the last meet! Several more children will be released the
next month.
A girl told me she don’t have the talent of painting, I encouraged her to draw
something, after I spoke highly of her paintings. The girl will have to stay in here for ten
years; the longest in jail among them.
A boy drew the view of a street, he told me this is the most familiar place he can
recollect, and he can remember all the details except the contents of the advertising
board beside the street. I asked where it was, he told me it is a place in Wuhu city of
Anhui province, nearby his home.
A boy drew a colorful rainbow. I asked when he saw the rainbow; he told me it was
when he was a young child and only once……..
The activity came to the end, when the time for departure came, most of them waved
“goodbye” to me.
2009.3.25 星期三 晴
最近春暖花开，艳阳高照，这是最好的踏青时节。少管所的这些孩子，只能呆在高墙之内，看到的是修剪的整整齐齐的低矮灌木丛。
如果能在监狱里的大操场上带着这些孩子放一场风筝，该多好啊! 操场很大，整天都是空无一人，很适合放风筝。我向少管所的L科长提出了我的想法，她说要向领导请示。
活动的前一天得到消息：不可以。原因是怕风筝线碰到围墙上的电网，危险。
于是我只好更改计划，临时到豫园附近买了一百只气球。
我提出今天下午的第一个游戏是把气球吹起来，然后捏炸。我用摄像机记录每个人捏炸气球时的表情。
接下来大家被分成4个小组，每个小组商讨出一个游戏，要求是必须用气球使大家都参与进来。
大家玩的很热闹，很开心。
其间，一个男孩和值班的警察发生了冲突，被我劝开。这个男孩对我说他很容易冲动，上次他就打过一个警察。他进少管所之前经常打架，厉害的一次是他用随手捡来的棍子把一个人的脑袋打的开了花，棍子上有钉子，他事先并不知道。我问：你是因为打架进来的吗？他说不是，是因为抢劫。活动结束的时候，他又开始打吊在房间里的沙袋，动作和表情都很凶狠，我能感觉到压抑在他身体里的力量，转化为暴力释放出来。
有两个孩子告诉我说他们马上就要获释出狱了，和我道别。我能感觉到他们即将出狱的激动心情，给了他们我的联系方式，说希望你们能联系我。
Mar 25th. 2009 sunny
Spring is here, the weather is getting wormer and the flowers are blooming. We have
sunshine everyday; it’s the best time to have a walk around the countryside. However
the children of the Juvenile Correctional Facility would have to stay inside the four
surrounding walls,the only sense of spring they can get is from the neatly trimmed
dwarf like bushes,because they are turning green.
How wonderful it will be if the children can fly kites together with me on the
playground. The playground is large in scale but empty all day long, it’s a good place to
fly kites. I told the the chief of section that I want to take the children to fly kites, she
told me she would have to report it to her supervisor to see if it will be permitted.
Unfortunately our requirement was refused, we got to know it the day before the
activity was due. The reason is for fear of the kites may fly onto the electrified wire
fence and cause accident, it’s rather dangerous. Thus we had to change our plan and
bought one hundred balloons from commodity market nearby Yuyuan garden.
The first game we will play is to explode the balloons by squeeing them, I will record
their facial expressions with my camera when the balloon is exploding. Then they were
divided into four groups, each group was required to come up with a game using the
balloons to get everyone join in.
The atmosphere was very bustling and the young prisoners were very happy.
During the activity, a boy had conflict with the policeman, I separated them. The boy
told me he is very easy to lose his head, before he had even attacked a policeman.
Before being arrested he always got involved in fights, once he badly wounded a guy
on the head with a stick, in which there was a nail but he didn’t aware of it. I asked
him:”are you arrested for getting involved in fighting?” He told me he was here
because of robbing. When the activity came to an end he started beating the sandbag
hanging in the room, his moves and facial expressions are very fierce, I could feel the
physical strength impacted inside his body was converted into violence and released
by hitting the sandbag.
Two children told me that soon they will be released, and they wanted to take a
farewell of me. I can feel their excitement of being released soon. I gave them my
contact and told them I want to keep in touch with them.
2009.4.22 星期三 晴
赶了个大早来到少管所，上午我要把这次活动使用的杂志和画册里所有的裸体图片裁减掉。艺术杂志和画册里有裸体是正常的，但这儿面对犯人是不被允许的，因为这会勾起他们邪恶的念头（领导这么说）。为了能让参与者阅读这些书，我只能忍痛割图了！
下午，学员们陆续在班长的带领下进来，只是大多人没有带速写本回来。
我们席地而坐，我把准备好的一些艺术史上由拼贴手法创作的作品图片向他们讲解，展示。然后我说明了这次活动的内容：在艺术杂志上找到喜欢的形象，剪下来，用拼贴的方法，重新完成一幅画。然后就分发剪刀、杂志、胶水、绘图纸、油画棒等。
用拼贴的手法来画画，对于孩子或者艺术院校的学生，都是很轻松的一件事。这里，却显得如此艰难——他们不知道该怎么组合，面对自由，他们束手无策。我知道，我不能告诉他们如何拼贴，只是不断地鼓励他们：勇敢一些，再勇敢一些，尝试一下不同组合的可能性，再大胆一点。
有一个男孩翻遍了所有的杂志，说他找不到有兴趣的图片。
一个男孩拿着他的画问我：李老师，我这张画能得第一吗？
一个女孩看着另一个女孩的画，几乎一摸一样地模仿她。
一个男孩老老实实地把杂志上的一张大画完整的挪到自己的白纸上……。
L科长从头到尾坐在边上，饶有兴致地翻看勒内·玛格里特的画册。翻到裸体的时候，她就会叫我过来，把那一张裁掉。
结束的时候，我把大家的画都摆在地上，大家围着看。我说：没有谁最好，每个人都是不同的，每个人都很优秀，只要你足够勇敢和自信。
April 22nd .2009 Wednesday sunny
I arrived at the Juvenile Correctional Facility very early in the morning. I should remove
all the pictures containing bare bodies from the magazines I prepared for the class.
It’s normal for art magazines and picture albums contain bare bodies, however in here
they were not allowed to let the prisoners to read, because they will arouse the evil
ideas of the young prisoners (the leader said so). In order to let the participants get
access to the books, I had to do what was required!
In the afternoon, the trainees were led in by the monitor, but the majority of them
didn’t bring back the sketchpads with them. We sit on the ground; I introduced some
famous works in the art history created in the form of collage which I have prepared
beforehand. And then I told them the activities today: to find the images they felt
interesting and then cut them, rearrange them, and paste them in order to create a
new picture. Then I handed out the scissors, magazines, glue, paper and oil painting
sticks etc.
To young children and students of art school, creating pictures by way of collage is
quite easy. However to the children of the Juvenile Correctional Facility it seems rather
difficult-----they have no idea of how to organize the images, in face of freedom they
seemed to be at their wit’s end. I knew I can’t tell them what they should do; I just
encouraged them to be brave, try different arrangements.
One of the boys browsed all magazines, but told me that there was no picture that
interested him.
The other boy asked me if his picture will ranked first among all works?
A girl looked at another girl's works and imitated her almost same.
Another boy cut and pasted an entire picture to his paper…….
L, the chief of section sit beside from the beginning to the end, interestedly browsing
René Magritte’s picture album when came across pictures contain bare body he will
ask me to remove that piece.
When the activity came to an end, I spread all the works on the ground, and let them
gather around to watch. I said:” everyone has done a good job, everyone is different,
everyone is excellent, if only you have confidence.”
2009.6.24 星期三 晴朗
这是《蓝色图书》的最后一次现场活动。
两个月没有和大家见面了，学员们见到我显得格外亲切，我从他们的眼神里能看得出。夏天到了，他们穿着夏天的囚服，不再是通身的蓝色。有几个人没有来, 他们已经出狱了，还有一个转到提篮桥监狱去了。
我播放了一首鲍勃·迪伦的歌，《随风而逝》。我简单介绍了鲍勃·迪伦的背景资料，并朗读了这首歌的歌词：
要独自走过多少的远路，
才能成为一个真正的男人？
白鸽要飞越多少海洋，
才能在沙滩上安息？
炮弹还要再呼啸几时，
才能真正销声匿迹？
这答案啊，我的朋友，它已随风而逝。
还要抬头张望多少次，
人们才能看到蓝天？
当权者还要再长几只耳朵，
才能听到人民的哭声？
还要有多少人死去，
我们才会真正醒悟过来？
这答案啊，我的朋友，它已随风而逝。
大山还要矗立多久，
才能遇到海浪的冲刷，
人民还要受多少煎熬，
才能得到早已承诺的自由？
那些凌驾众人之上的人要有多少次回头躲避，
徉装看不到他们的罪恶？
这答案啊，我的朋友，它已随风而逝。
然后我和大家交流这首歌。大多数人表示不喜欢，因为听不懂。一个男孩说他很讨厌音乐，他从来不听音乐。有几个人说和这首歌有距离感，因为时代不同了。一个女孩说她很喜欢这首歌，我就把这张CD送给了她，并告诉她CD的封面是我自己画的。
我在网上看到一个关于“爱是什么”的调查，被调查者多是小朋友，回答的很有意思，很丰富，也很感人。
“我奶奶得了关节炎，再也不能弯下来涂脚趾甲。于是我爷爷总是给她涂，甚至当他自己的手得了关节炎也是这样。这就是爱。"
“当有人爱上你，他说你名字的方式是不一样的。你就知道你的名字在他嘴里说出来感觉棒极了。"
"爱就是女孩抹香水男孩涂古龙水，然后他们出去，互相闻着。"
"爱就是当你出去吃饭时，你把自己大部分薯条给某个人，而却并不在意他是不是也给你。"
"爱就是在你累的时候让你笑起来的东西。"
“爱就是当我妈咪给爹地泡咖啡，在给他之前先尝一口，看看味道是不是还可以。”
"爱就是你们一直接吻的时候。然后你们厌烦了接吻，但你们仍然想呆在一起，而且你们聊得更多。妈咪和爹地就是这样的。他们接吻的时候，看上去很下流。"
……
我决定也把这样一个调查放到我的活动中。我准备了很多张不同颜色的纸片，由他们自己来选。每个人都被要求在自己选好的纸片上写下“爱，是什么？”的回答。写好后，我收起来，打乱顺序，重新发到每个人的手里。然后，每个人都要读自己手上的卡片——另一个人对爱的理解。
朗读进行的并不顺利，多数人不善于在很多人面前表现自己。或者读得很快，或者声音很小，或者不愿意读……。显然，他们还不习惯用心来体会一个事物并表达出来。看看这些卡片上的文字吧：
爱是无私的奉献，爱是关怀与关心。
爱可以增加感情、亲情、友情，爱让世界充满和谐。
爱就是深深的喜欢，喜欢就是淡淡的爱。
爱=痛。
爱的世界是彩色的，爱让我们学会珍惜。
爱在人们生活当中是不可缺少的，有爱才有丰富的人生。
爱是妈妈煲的一碗汤。
爱是两人之间的感情，I love you。
爱是自己的心跳。
爱的是钱，爱？？
爱是世界上最珍贵的礼物。
……
在最后的交谈中，我说你们还有什么问题提出来。有两个人嘀咕了一会，其中一个人说：我们希望你再来一次。另一个补充说：不是一次，是以后每个月都来。
我发现这一次流动的速写本没有收上来，我发放了四十本，现在书架上仅有十本。
我说：“这个本子上有你们的涂画和文字，这对我很重要。”大家都坚持说他们上次就交上来了！
我相信他们的话，可是那三室本速写本到底去哪里了呢？
我们一起合了影。按惯例，照片上每个人的脸上都被贴了一块黑条，以使他们的面孔难以辨认，除了我。
June 24th.2009 Wednesday sunny
This is the last activity of Blue Books.
For two months we hadn’t seen each other, the trainees were missing me, and I could
read it from their eyes. Summer has been here, the young prisoners are wearing
summer prison uniforms instead of the common blue ones. Some of them didn’t come-
----some of them had been released, and some other had been transferred to
Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison.
I played a song of Bob Dylan, Blowing in the Wind, I introduced the background
knowledge of the singer in general and then read the lyrics of the song:
How many roads must a man walk down?
Before they call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
How many times must the cannon balls fly?
Before they're forever banned
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
How many times can a man turn his head?
And pretend that he just doesn't see
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many times must a man look up?
Before he can see the sky
How many ears must one man have?
Before he can hear people cry
How many deaths will it take?
'Till he knows that too many people have died
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
Then I talked about the song with them. Most of them don’t like it for they can’t
understand. A boy told me that he hates music and he had never listened to any music.
Some of them told me they feel there is a gap when listening to it, for time is different.
A girl told me she likes the song so I gave her the CD, and I told her that the picture on
the cover was done by me.
I came across a survey on “what is love”, the surveyed were mostly children, and the
answers are very interesting, diversified, and touching. Here are some of the answers
“my grandma suffers from arthritis, she can’t bend down to varnish her toenail, so my
grandpa will do it for her, even after he had arthritis in his hand, and that is love.” ”
when someone falls in love with you the way he or she calls your name will be different.
You know hearing your name called by the one loves you feels wonderful.” “Love is the
girl put perfume and the boy put foo-foo water then they walk out together, and smell
the scent of each other” “Love is when you eat out, you give all French fries to
somebody, but you don’t mind if he will do like you.” “Love is the things make you
happy when you feel tired.” ”Love is when my mum made a cup of coffee for my daddy
she will taste it first to see if it tastes good” “Love is you always have kiss then you get
tired of it but you still stay together and talk about more. Mummy and daddy are like
this, when the have a kiss they looks very dirty.”
I decided to put such a survey into my activity. I prepared a lot of paper in different
colors and let them choose freely. Everyone was required to white down “what is love
“on the paper chose. After that I collected the papers, I blended them, and
redistributed them to the young prisoners, everyone should read out the paper on
hand.
The process of read out is not very smooth; most of them are shy when reading and
read it hastily or in very low voice some refused to read out …….Obviously they haven’t
got accustomed to feel something by heart and express it. Have a look at the
sentences on the papers:
Love is dedicate selflessly, love is care.
Love can enhance family relationship and friendship, love can fill the world with
harmony.
Love is like deeply, like is a shadow love.
Love is pain.
The world of love is colorful, love teach us to treasure.
Love is necessary is our life, a rich life can’t go without love.
Love is a bowl of soup prepared by mum.
Love is the emotion between two people, I love you.
Love is heartbeat.
Love is money, love??
Love is the most treasured gift in the world.
……
On the talks after that, I told them to put forward questions if they have. Tow of them
whispered to each other for a while, one of them said:”we hope you will come once
again.” Another one complemented: “not once again, we wish you come once every
month.”
I find the sketchpads that I distributed didn’t collected, I handed out 40 but there are
only 10 on the bookshelf.
I said: “the sketchpads contain your drawings and writings which are very important to
me.” All of them insisted that they had been handed in last time!
I trust them, but where has the 30 sketchpad gone?
We took a group photo together. According to regulations everyone’s face was covered
with a black stripe to make it difficult to identify their identities, except me.
支持机构：上海证大现代艺术馆（现为喜马拉雅美术馆） 上海市未成年犯管教所
项目策展人：比利安娜·思瑞克
工作团队：苏毅 胡昀 黄月霖 王水 曾昱 廖文峰 徐宝平
摄影及录像：曾昱 徐宝平 王水 李牧
Support: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art (now Himalayas Art Museum)
Shanghai Juvenile Correctional Facility
Project Curator: Biljana Ciric
Project team: Su Yi, Hu Yun, Huang Yuelin, Wang Shui, Zeng Yu, Liao Wenfeng & Xu
Baoping
Photography and video: Zeng Yu, Xu Baoping, Wang Shui & Li Mu
日记文字翻译：袁醉文 李牧
Diary Translate by Yuan Zuiwen and Li Mu
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