茫果_酱

时间：2009年7月2日下午4点
地点：Hyde Park


我无法去掩饰兴奋，无法不去回忆在24小时以前发生的事情，无法不去感叹于我的幸运，让我在伦敦等到这天，等到Blur的回归之夜！我以为当我见到他们四个原原本本的站在同一块舞台演出的时候我会激动的想哭。但实事是，当我和5万多名的fans挤做一团的时候，我忘记了我原本想要激动的流泪这件事情，也没有抱怨这迟到四小时的演出，因为这是Blur！当第一首开场歌曲she‘s so high的时候，Blur就已经让fans们out of control了，我的周围满是啤酒，尖叫，推搡，拥挤，汗水，尘土和音乐混合的味道，让我没有其他的心思想着流泪，我只想一起high，和这么多天来的苦闷一起发泄。Damon在相隔六年之后依然在演出时保留着年轻时代的舞台气质，他会在歌唱的中间突然两眼直勾勾的看着别处，也会在歌唱时冲向兴奋的歌迷，还会在舞台上做着他高高跃起的标志性动作。他的活力与激情四射，没人相信他已经41岁。我坚信他和blur依然是无人能超越的Brit-pop的精神领袖！

我现在在图书馆，对着电脑，看着我今天打印出来的作业，让我又想起北京，虽然脑子里面想着各种各样的事情，但还没忘了今天是我的纪念日，我来伦敦一年的日子。脑子里面所有关于去年今天发生的一切还历历在目，从北京出发经过11个小时的飞行到达伦敦，下了飞机之后和MATIKA的大大的拥抱。一年很快，真的很快。一年，所有的时间都在不经意间溜走，在伦敦发生的各种遭遇把我的一年填的满满的，丝毫没有任何喘息。从ELUPP到English Studio的语言课，到Costa做part-time job, 再到现在studing in Ma Graphic Design，每一件事情都不轻松，relax只是相对，我在做着我以前从来没做过的事情，我的每次crit，我的每次presentation，以及我的major project，还有即将来到的，一切的一切，一切还将继续...

这三周来的最美好的时光就是跟着Jane Drinkwater 学习各种binding方法。这曾经是我在北京最想干的事儿，现在也是。我曾经想像过我的那本［双城记］也应该是这许多种book binding方式中的一种，至少不应该仅仅是japanese style。每周你需要准备好你喜欢的封面纸，剩下的只管缝就好了，缝的好看缝的漂亮就是目标。我想这会是门儿手艺！
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小范儿这张是去年临走前到她家附近的一片野地里拍的，好像也不是野地，还有人耕种过的痕迹。今天玩心大发把它修成了魔幻大片。

photo by Q

不知道是中了什么邪，我花了一个多小时的时间，在网络上下载Yokoo的编织照片。我猜她应该是很有趣的人，而且应该不高，因为她穿着自己设计的那些夸张的配饰，从某种角度看起来上半身和下半身一样长，但她的表情又很有趣，有的表情很邪，有的表情又很无辜的样子。在她自己的flikr上面，她说她的作品是跟摄影师一样的。但在伦敦，我不知道有没有她的牌子可以买到，目前在加拿大跟澳大利亚有店可以买到她的产品。
我不想想太多，怕掉进她编织的这个彩色世界里。

Yokoo的INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW

Tell us a bit about yourself name, location, affiliations, personal stuff.
I don’t mean to scare anyone here, but, to be honest, I spent a larger part of my childhood preparing for this question. I used to dream of being on Nighttime Talk Shows and having a host lean in and say, “tell everybody about yourself.” My father said that it was the type of question that meant you had finally become someone of note.

Ingrid Bergman was someone of note and would always poise when answering this question. I would poise, too. I would try, but I probably wouldn’t make it far. I would end up jack-laughing throughout the entire first segment. Catching the Giggles. I’d try focusing on the bridge of my nose to keep from laughing. My father said all Nighttime talk show hosts have miniature buttons in their desk to cue commercials when guests weren’t working out so well. I imagine my persona being very button friendly. And it would be pushed.

And there I’d sit. I would have blown it. Now the entire world would join me in knowing that I was not the type of person that entertains such questions. I wasn’t Ingrid Bergman, or Simone De Beauvoir. And I was in nobody’s note. I was Yokoo, and I made scarves, some of which were chunky.

Apart from creating things, what do you do?
Oh, I imagine I’m just like everyone else. I check pockets. I roll socks . I give tips. I skip pages. I fall asleep. I turn it off. I give directions. I scroll down. I make sure its even. I leave it out. I lock eyes. I write it down. I say thank you. I walk away. I pretend laugh. I for real cry. I say I voted. I wonder if he really loves me.

What first made you want to become an artist?
Strangely enough, artists don’t become. They either are or are something different. I imagine there are people somewhere in the world that see something extraordinary then shrug their shoulders and continue eating or whatever it is that they’re doing.

Sometimes I wish I was capable of being more like this. But artists are jealous enthusiasts. We are privately vain depressants. If we see something admirable, we feel rather overwhelmed to take some sort of action against it. Be it productive or barren.

Please describe your creative process how, when, materials, etc.
Well, Im not going to lie to you. A healthy dose of plagiarism never hurt anybody. When that falls flat, I find that taking my consciousness off of the process altogether really allows the problem to figure itself out.

Opening refrigerator doors does wonders for the dormant mind. I would bet that there must be a sort of creative composite in coolant. I find that staring blankly into the back of the refrigerator wall usually releases a couple of pinned ideas to rub softly on the forefront of my head.

What handmade possession do you most cherish?
Eating-out is one experience I have to be duped into to doing. Not only do I usually find the food less than appetizing, but it lacks intimacy and space. Making supper from scratch for the Mr. and I will forever be some of the fondest memories of being young, creative, and full of love/hope.

Name your top five books, movies, songs/musical groups, and web sites besides Etsy.
Wait a minute, Etsy. Slow down. I don’t even know if you have a last name. Those are some deeply personal questions your asking there, my friend. How about we just deal with movies?

Another Woman, by Woody Allen is like taking a warm bath in honeyed milk. Complete poetry from start to end. If it was foreseeable, I would name my oldest daughter, Another Woman, but then what would that make me?

And then there is another film, Husbands & Wives by Woody Allen. A masterpiece in technique to the trained eye, but a masterpiece nonetheless.

Casablanca and Cool Hand Luke both possess a long lost depiction of vintage American male brawn and sensitivity that is all but “sold-out” by todays standards. It was it ever there at all?
Crimes And Misdemeanors by Woody Allen: “It seems that I have been able to avoid the real world for all these years, but suddenly it has caught up to me.” Yikes!

What advice would you give to artists who are new to Etsy?
If you don’t take yourself seriously, then neither will I.

What are your favorite features on Etsy? What new features would you like to see?
I'm not sure if I would call it a feature, but Etsy is extremely user friendly and clean. The interface is just perfect and everything is so neat and organized. I would love if Etsy could give the seller the option to re-list something automatically just incase you don't have the time to re-list, Etsy would re-lists your product and you don't have to worry about loosing a sale.

How do you promote your work?
I haven’t done too much promotion. I post to flickr every so often and the small portion of my contacts and friends at one point or another drift onto my Etsy shop. Bloggers are becoming more critical as things start to take off. And I could never forget Bits-And-Bobbins and the all the Wardrobe-Remix girls, as well.

In ten years I'd like to be...
... I will be on an Etsy Video-Blog smashing a stranger’s digital camera into a hundred pieces at the LAX Airport. All while wearing a Louis Vuitton customized, High School Backpack and Carrera sunglasses.

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