“即兴”展已于9月20日顺利开幕。本周六（10月26日），我们将举办“即兴”展系列活动的第二场，邀请实验音乐人韦玮（VAVABOND）、地球打折中心（Globe Discount Center）来到美术馆。上半场，韦玮将为我们分享她2019年的译作《即兴——其本质与音乐实践》（作者德里克·贝利），阐释不同形式音乐中出现的即兴、即兴在音乐中的本质地位、作为工作方式的自由即兴。同时，她也将回顾自己以代号VAVABOND开展的音乐实践，包括她的笔记本即兴、环境即兴组合Mind Fiber、迷幻噪音乐队“迷走神经“等等。下半场，来自上海/美国的噪音单人团体Globe Discount Center将为我们带来60分钟的声音表演，自2019年实践至今，他开始用混音器处理电视机、磁带播放器等设备的声音。本次表演也是他北京巡演的一部分。活动当天，我们也会在微信视频号为大家带来“即兴”展览的线上导览，敬请关注。
Improvisation has opened on September 20. On October 26, for the second public event of our exhibition programme, we will invite musician Wei Wei (VAVABOND) and Globe Discount Center (GDC) on site. In the first half, Wei Wei will share with us on the book she translated, Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music (by Derek Bailey), and elaborate the idea of improvisation: its emergence in various music genre, its essential role in music, and freely improvised music as methodology. She will also review on her own music practice under the moniker VAVABOND, including her notebook improvisation, ambient improvisation group Mind Fiber, psychedelic noise band Vagus Nerve. In the second half, Globe Discount Center from Shanghai and USA will bring us a 60-minute set. Since 2019, he has begun to deal with sound of TV sets, tape players, and other consumer gear run through a mixer. This show is part of his Beijing tour. On the event day, we will also bring audiences an online tour of the exhibition Improvisation on our WeChat video channel. Welcome to stay tuned.
德里克·贝利《即兴——其本质与音乐实践》，韦玮、金运丰译，中国美术学院出版社，2019年
Derek Bailey, Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music, trans.: Wei Wei, Jin Yunfeng, China Academy of Art Press, 2019
“有些即兴乐手明显很不情愿用‘即兴’一词，还有一些人表达出对它极度的厌恶。我想，这是因为即兴的言外之意常常暗示着它是无须准备、不假思索、完全临时性的行为，轻浮、无关要旨，缺乏构思和方法。他们反对那种含义，因为他们从切身体验中知道，没有任何其他音乐行为比即兴更需要技巧、专注、准备、训练和努力。”
——引言（第5页）
The word improvisation is actually very little used by improvising musicians. There is a noticeable reluctance to use the word and some improvisors express a positive dislike for it. I think this is due to its widely accepted connotations which imply that improvisation is something without preparation because they know from their own experience that it is untrue. They know that there is no musical activity which requires greater skill and devotion, preparation, training and commitment.
——Introduction (page 5)
“很多即兴乐手认为值得去即兴，是因为即兴存在可能性，那些可能发生但也许很少发生的东西。其中之一是让你“抽离自己”。一时间，也许只有一两秒，会发生一些事情，让你如此迷失，你的反应和回应不像通常那样。你可以做一些你之前没有意识到自己有能力做到的事情。或者你不表现出对你所做的事完全负责。”
——第六部分，反对意见（第169页）
A lot of improvisors find improvisation worthwhile, I think, because of the possibilities. Things that can happen but perhaps rarely do. One of those things is that you are ‘taken out of yourself’. Something happens which so disorientates you that, for a time, which might only last for a second or two, your reactions and responses are not what they normally would be. You can do something you didn’t realise you were capable of. Or you don’t appear to be fully responsible for what you are doing.
——Part Six, Objections (page 115)
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活动日程
Event Schedule
2024.10.26
14:00-15:00
韦玮分享
Sharing: VAVABOND
15:30-16:30
地球打折中心表演
Performance: Globe Discount Center (GDC)
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嘉宾介绍
Musicians
韦玮（VAVABOND）
作为笔记本电脑即兴创作者，噪音表演者，韦玮以非线性时间的方式处理无意义和碎片化的声音，探索了“时间与存在”这一主题，尤其关注在各种环境中的表现。个人活动之外，她还是迷幻噪音组合“迷走神经”（Vagus Nerve）和自由即兴二人组Mind Fiber的成员。
VAVABOND, aka Wei Wei, graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Living in Beijing. Notebook improviser, noise player. By dealing with a large number of meaningless and fragmentary sounds in a non-linear time approach, the themes of "time" and "existence" are explored especially in various environmental contexts. In addition to solo projects, he is also a member of the psychedelic noise band Vagus Nerve and the free improvised duo Mind Fiber.
Globe Discount Center（地球打折中心）
用垃圾电子产品、磁带播放器、麦克风、迷你电视制作的有节奏的噪音和工业脉冲。东西坏了，电缆不通或没插上。表演者很困惑；声音、图像, 一切都是短暂的。
Rhythmic noise and industrial pulse made with junk electronics, tape players, mics, mini TVs. Stuff breaks, cables lead nowhere or don't get plugged in. The performer is confused; sound, image, everything is ephemeral.
文字：那荣锟
排版：段瑞琳、李慧一
海报设计：戴安雅
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