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【キンコン西野、HYDE愛を語る】

今日は大切なお知らせが二つございます。

まず一つ目ですが、映画『えんとつ町のプペル』のオンラインムビチケの発売が開始しました。

コチラ→https://mvtk.jp/Film/070395

前売価格なので、若干お買い得になっていて、一般が１５００円。子供が８００円です。
でもって、オンラインムビチケ（前売券）の購入特典として、「特製スマホ壁紙」がプレゼントされます。

こちらは、初公開となる映画『えんとつ町のプペル』のメインビジュアルです。



個人的にメチャクチャお気に入りの一枚で、今日は、この絵のことを少しだけ説明させていただきます。

主人公のプペルとルビッチが煙突の上に座って、上を向いているのですが、「上を向く」というのが今作のテーマでもあるんですね。

劇中、高いところが苦手な煙突掃除屋の少年のルビッチ君が、ハシゴを登る時に下を見ちゃうシーンがあります。
下を見ると、体重が後ろにかかるもんですから、立てかけてあるハシゴが揺れるんですね。

それに対して、下で見守っていたルビッチ君のお父さんの「ブルーノ」さんが、「下を見るから揺れるんだ。上を見ろ」とアドバイスするわけですが、これはハシゴに引っ掛けた世の理で、僕らは上を向いている時は体力的に少々大変でも頑張れる。

それこそコロナなんて「来月終わります」と言ってもらえたら、その希望をオカズに１ヶ月ぐらいの貧乏は我慢できる。

だけど、コロナの場合は「いつ終わるか分からない」という、「希望が取り除かれた状態」だから、精神的にかなりグラついてしまう。ともすれば鬱っぽくなる。

そう考えると、「希望」というのは、僕らが生きていく上で必要なもので、「上を見る理由」を提供することは僕ら表現者の仕事の一つでもあるなぁと思いました。

　
映画『えんとつ町のプペル』は来年公開に延期する話も上がったのですが、「いやいや、今年公開しよう！」とワガママを言いました。
大変なのは百も承知で、だけど、だからこそ、皆と同じように大変な中で頑張って、頑張って頑張って結果を出す。

その姿を見せることができたら、「ああ、こんな中でも死ぬ気で努力すれば活路が見いだせるんだな」と思ってもらえて、誰かの規模になることができるなぁと思って、今年公開に踏み切りました。

　
メインビジュアルは、そういう気持ちを全部込めて、「煙に覆われて、なかなか星が見つからない町の中で、それでも上を見続ける主人公達の横顔」にして見ました。
この絵が頑張る人のお守りになると嬉しいです。
オンラインムビチケをご購入いただけると、特典で付いてきますので、是非！



https://mvtk.jp/Film/070395

んでもって、大切なお知らせの二つ目です。

昨夜、YouTubeの生配信で喋ったのですが、HYDEさん愛が爆発してしまって１時間近く喋っちゃったので、あたらめて短くまとめます。

映画『えんとつ町のプペル』のオープニング主題歌「ハロウィンパーティ プペルver.」の配信が開始されました。

コチラ→https://hyde.lnk.to/hppoupelleTP

HYDEさんが子供達と歌っているのですが、これ、本当にビックリするぐらいカッコイイので、一度聴いてください。
僕は昨夜から、かれこれ２０回ぐらい聴いています。



こちらの楽曲は、もともと２０１２年頃に発表されていたんです。

それが、もう、とっても素敵で……まもなく、日本にもハロウィンが一つの文化として根付いて、その後、様々なハロウィンソングが世に出てきたのですが、僕個人的には、この楽曲を超える「ハロウィンソング」には出会わなかったんですね。

やっぱりブッちぎりだったんです。



映画『えんとつ町のプペル』のオープニングシーンの脚本を書くときも、後ろにずっとこの曲を流していて、この曲に引っ張られるようにオープニングを書いたんですね。

で、いよいよ「オープニング曲の制作をしよう」という段階に差し掛かった時に、「いや、ちょっと待てよ」と。

２０１２年から、HYDEさんの「ハロウィンパーティ」を超える曲が出てこなくて、んでもって、そもそも「ハロウィンパーティー」を流しながら、この曲に合うように本を書いてしまっている。
この条件で、「ハロウィンパーティーを超える曲なんて作れるんだっけ？」と思ったんですね。

というわけで、「一旦、ダメ元で、HYDEさんに、この曲を使わせていただけるか、お願いしてみよう」と。で、「ダメだったら、頑張って作ろう」ということで、話がまとまったんです。



やっぱり、「イイものはイイ」ので。

変にエゴをこじらせて、何でもかんでも「自分でやる」とするのではなくて、素晴らしいものにあやかれるのなら、あやかった方がイイ。
それが製作総指揮の仕事だなぁと思ったんです。

で、ダメ元で、HYDEさんにお願いしたところ、これが本当に本当にありがたいことに、なんとHYDEさんが、そもそも『えんとつ町のプペル』のファンでいてくださって、快く「オッケー」をくださったんです。

こんなにありがたいことはありません。

そして、もっとありがたいのはここからです。
ここから僕のHYDE愛が爆発するのですが……映画館で流すとなると規格も変わりますし、さらには前後の音楽とのバランスもあって、今回、「ハロウィンパーティー」を映画用にアレンジする必要があったんですね。


そこからのHYDEさんが本当に最高すぎたのですが、HYDEさんったら、楽曲を提供して終わりじゃないんです。

「えんとつ町」には、こういう音は鳴らない」とか「煙の中から聴こえてくる音は、こっちだ」といった感じで、映画用のアレンジを本当にトコトン付き合ってくださったんです。

テレビのインタビューだと「オッケー、オッケー」といった軽い感じで受けて、サクッとやりました感が出ていますが、どっこい、皆さんが思われている「トコトン付き合う」の５倍ぐらいトコトン付き合ってくださった。

歌詞も若干変わってるんです。

もともと歌詞の中に、「月明かり」というワードがあったのですが、「えんとつ町」は煙に覆われて空を知らない町なので、月も知らないので、「月明かり」が「薄明かり」になっていたり、その他にも、えんとつ町にあるハズがないものは歌詞から省いて、えんとつ町仕様に変えてくださったんです。

んで、また、子供の声との相性が抜群！
ロックミュージシャンと子供が、メチャクチャイイ感じに融合している。

　
一言でいうと、「HYDEさんが好きだ」ということです。



学生時代、僕はアルバイトで、ラルク・アン・シエルさんのコンサートスタッフをさせていただいたんです。

スタッフはステージに背を向けて、お客さんの方を見なきゃいけないのですが、両耳は全部ステージの方を向いていて、実は、その時のライブに、まだ出会う前の梶原君も来ていて、僕はスタッフとして、梶原君はお客さんとして、ラルクさんのライブに参加させていただいたんです。

ときどき梶原君と、その話になるのですが、あの日、あのライブを観て、ステージ上のラルクさんを観て感じたことは、僕も梶原君も全く同じで、僕らが目指したのは「お笑い」だったのですが、もうちょっと大きな枠として捉えた時に、「いつか、あっち側に行ってみたいな」と思ったんです。

なんか、本当にキラキラしていた。

コンサートの撤収でパイプ椅子とかを片付けながら、「あっち側に行きたい」と、ずっと思っていました。



なので、今回、こういった形でご一緒させていただくことになったのは、あの日の自分の希望でしかなくて、もしタイムマシン的なものがあれば、あの日に戻って「お前、メチャクチャ頑張ったら、いけるぞ」と彼に言ってやりたいです。



まぁ、とにかく、HYDEさんが映画『えんとつ町のプペル』用に作り直してくださった「ハロウィンパーティー」が本当に、本当に最高なので、是非、聴いてみてください。

　
あと、とはいえ「いただきっぱなし」は気持ちが悪いので、今回、お力を貸してくださったHYDEさんに対して、また、HYDEさんをずっと支えてくださったファンの皆様、スタッフの皆様に対して、僕なりの恩返しはさせていただきます。

そちらは１１月上旬に発表します。

そのアクションでもって、「あの日の僕の胸を熱くさせてくれたHYDEさんって、こんなにカッコイイだぜ」ということを、あらためて、世の中にお伝えします。

お楽しみに。



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[Xin Nishino, Hyde talks about love]

We have two important news today.

It's the first one, but the movie ′′ a no-′′ online bangabandhu is now on sale.

Here → https://mvtk.jp/Film/070395

It's an early bird price, so it's a bit of a bargain, and the general is 1500 yen. The child is 800 yen.
′′ Special Smartphone Wallpaper ′′ will be present as a special gift for the purchase of online bangabandhu (early bird tickets).

This is the main visual of the first movie ′′ a in town ′′ (in Japanese)



One of my personal favorites, and today, I'm going to explain a little bit about this painting.

The protagonist," and Ruby are sitting on the chimney, and they are on their way up, but it is also the theme of the creation of the creation.

In the play, there is a scene where the chimney cleaner boy, who is not good at high, is looking down when climbing the ladder.
When you look down, the weight is behind, so the propped ladders are swaying.

On the other hand, Levitch's father, Bruno, who was watching downstairs," is swaying because he looks down. Look up I advise you, but this is the understanding of the world that hook up to the ladders, and when we are on the way, we can do our best to be a bit hard.

If you say corona is ′′ it will end next month you can resist the poor for about 1 months in the wank.

But in the case of Corona, ′′ I don't know when it's going to end," it's a state of hope removed," so it's mentally quite a bit of a I feel depressed.

If you think so, ′′ hope ′′ is what we need to live, so I thought that providing ′′ the reason to see above ′′ is also one of the work of our expressions. I'm sorry.

　
The movie ′′ a town ′′ has risen to the public next year, but," no, no, let's publish this year!" I was selfish.
I know it's hard, but that's why I'm going to do my best in the middle of the day, and I'm going to do my best, and I'm going to do my

If you can show the appearance," oh, if you try to die in this way, you'll find a find," and you'll be able to become someone's scale, and you'll be able to publish this year. I went to the crossing.

　
The main visual is all about that feeling," I saw it in a town where I can't find a star, and I still keep looking up,"
I would be happy if this painting would be the amulet of the person who works hard.
If you can buy online bangabandhu, you'll be able to follow it with special benefits, so come on!



https://mvtk.jp/Film/070395

And it's the second one of the important announcement.

Last night, I talked about a live broadcast on Youtube, but Hyde's love exploded, and I talked about it for almost 1 hours, so I'm going to have a short summary of it.

The opening theme song ′′ Halloween party persie ver." for the movie ′′ a ′′ has started.

Here → https://hyde.lnk.to/hppoupelleTP

Hyde is singing with the kids, but this is really cool to be surprised, so please listen to it once.
I've been listening to it about 20 times since last night.



This song was originally announced around 2012

It's already very nice...... soon, Halloween will be rooted as one culture in Japan, and after that, various Halloween songs came out in the world, but I personally, over this song ′′ You didn't meet the Halloween song.

I knew it was a prude.



Even when I wrote the script of the opening scene of the movie ′′ a in town ′′ I've been playing this song for a long time, and I wrote the opening to be pulled by this song.

So, when I finally got to the stage of ′′ Let's make an opening song," no, wait a minute,"

Since 2012, I didn't have a song over Hyde's ′′ Halloween party ′′ and I wrote a book to fit this song while playing ′′ Halloween party ′′ in the first place.
In this condition," I thought I could make a song over Halloween party?"

So," I'm going to ask Hyde to use this song once," So," if you don't do it, let's make it hard," the story was organised.



As expected," good things are good,"

It's better to be able to take a look at the ego, not to ′′ do it yourself ′′ but if you're going to be aya by something wonderful.
I thought it was the work of the production general command.

So, I asked Hyde for a bad time, and this is really a blessing, and Hyde was a fan of ′′ a town ′′ in the first place, and I was delighted to give you ′′ okay ′′

There's never been such a blessing.

And more thankful is from here.
My Hyde love is exploding from here, but...... when it comes to the movie theater, the standard changes, and even more, there is also a balance with the music before and after, and this time, I'm going to have a ′′ Halloween party ′′ for the movie You needed to arrange it.


Hyde from there was really the best, but Hyde-San, it's not the end of offering songs.

′′ a town ′′ doesn't sound like this or ′′ the sound of listening from the smoke is this way it's really a ton of place for the movie.

In a TV interview, I received a light feeling like ′′ okay, okay I feel like I'm going to have a quick time, but I'm going to have a good time, but I'm going to have a good time with the ′′ place dating ′′ that everyone is thinking about. Thank you for dating me.

The lyrics are slightly different.

There was originally a word ′′ Moonlight ′′ in the lyrics, but ′′ a town ′′ is a town that is covered in smoke and does not know the sky, so I don't even know the moon, so the ′′ Moonlight ′′ is ′′ thin ′′ It's been a light, and other things that are not in a town, I left it from the lyrics and changed it to a town specification.

And also great compatibility with children's voice!
Rock musician and kids are fused with a mess.

　
In One Word, it means ′′ I like Hyde,"



In my school days, I was a part-time job, and I was able to do a concert staff of ral ann.

The staff has to turn back on the stage and see the customer, but both ears are all looking for the stage, and actually, the live of the time, and the sugawara-kun before he still met. And I was a staff, and sugawara-kun was a customer, and I was able to participate in the live of Mr. Ral.

Sometimes it's going to be a story with sugawara-kun, but that day, I saw that live, and I saw Mr. Ral on stage, and I was also the same as sugawara-kun, and we aim for it ′′ It was a comedy, but when I captured it as a little bigger frame, I thought, ′′ someday, I'd like to go to the other side,"

It was really sparkling.

I've always thought that I want to go to the other side while cleaning up the pipe chair at the evacuation of the concert.



So, this time, I'm going to be with you in this form, and I'm going to have a good time with my hope that day, and if there's a time machine, I'll go back to that day ′′ you're so messed up I want to tell him that if you do your best, you'll be able to do it



Well, anyway, the ′′ Halloween party ′′ that Hyde recreated for the movie ′′ a no-in-town ′′ is really the best, so please listen to it.

　
Later, ′′ I'm left ′′ is disgusting, so I'm going to have a good time with Hyde, and I'm going to have a good time with Hyde, and I'm going to have a good time with all the fans who have been able to support Hyde for a long time, and I'm going to I will give back.

We will announce it in early November.

With the action, I will tell the world that Hyde, who made my chest hot that day, is so cool,"

Look forward to it.



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我哥之前因為陪朋友去考街頭藝人證照看到一些評審對街頭藝人的態度發聲 而上了新聞。我覺得他很勇敢的去做了一件對的事。

希望政府不會時間過了就不關心這些事情。希望我們都可以更客觀的去看藝術，尊重不一樣藝術和藝術家。我覺得以下我哥說的非常好，想跟大家分享。

想知道之前的事可看新聞連結：
http://www.storm.mg/article/270611

親愛的大家：


我想感謝所有支持我、以及給予我鼓勵意見的每個人；同時也要感謝熱情關注此事、協助揭露街頭表演者們應試處境問題的許多媒體與記者們。我很抱歉這些日子我保持著沉默—僅有一個原因：我並不希望這件事情，在台北市文化局正式給予溝通管道之前就發展到無法控制的程度；我很抱歉遲至今日我才發表這篇文章，但我確實需要一些時間來沉澱彙整我心中的感受和想法，而我也需要時間及一些協助使這篇文章能夠以中文來呈現。

在我採取更進一步的行動之前，我其實未曾預料到這件事情在媒體與社交媒體上的感染力如此龐大；我受寵若驚的感動能夠聽見發自你們每個人內心的聲音，而我也著實感到抱歉，面對著如潮水般湧來的各種訊息，似乎超過我所能負荷。請原諒我未能夠逐ㄧ去回應每個人的訊息，但我真的想讓你們知道，你們每ㄧ個人都讓我感到不可思議、帶給我深深的感動及感謝。

我不認為自己是一個勇敢的人，我也自知自己並非街頭藝人的代表或者發言人。但我是一個藝術創作者，一個表演藝術家，一個教育者，而最重要的，我身為一個 "人"。我的家人、朋友及師長們，總是教導我應該為正確的事情挺身而出。

我明白事情有時候總是不像我們所期待的永遠是非分明。但發生在5月21日星期天的街頭藝人評審事件，是對藝術群體的一種「極不尊重」。不論反面評論者所提出的藉口、理由或是文化差異等緣由，這些應試的表演者們，很顯然是被視為次等公民，或者（經驗與技能不夠成熟？）的學生等級。而與此同時，同樣非常清晰的是，街頭藝人評審制度或許是立意良善，但其審查過程的執行層面，卻是嚴重缺失連連。

藝術並非一種特權的這件事情如今已完全被遺忘。台北市文化局本應提倡所有具有文化及藝術可能性的事情，但它並未做到這ㄧ點。很顯然的，一個「對表演者的基本尊重」並不存在 — 許多表演者都如此感覺，有些人則深感受傷。

就算是得到全世界所有理應被如此對待的原因及理由，他們仍然感受到自己的不被尊重；因為這就是事實。

再一次的我想強調我並不是認定台北市文化局與該評審是一個「壞人」，我想強調的只是這個評審街頭藝人表演的執行環節，究竟有多麼的不妥當與糟糕。

我試著回應一個反面評論者所提到的觀點：若街頭藝人證照是ㄧ場「考試」、考試就會有考試的規則。評審無需與應試者惺惺相惜，掉頭就走是因為模擬街頭現場環境以及時間到了。再一次的，在我描述現場狀況的前ㄧ篇文章中，大家或許還記憶猶新：許多表演者根本沒有完整的短至一分半鐘的時間可以好好表演，遑論是超過2-5分鐘的時間限制了。

而這樣的回應是否也指出了另一個值得我們去思考的問題： 為什麼我們會將它視為一種「考試」，而不是ㄧ個表演者的「試鏡」呢？

首先，這些表演者們並不是學生。事實上，許多人更可能是一個專業的音樂家、舞者、或者正從事著表演藝術的人。當然，我不否認也可能會有些正在學習中的族群。但，最重要的是，當他們「在屬於他們應得的演出時間與機會裡 (而且還是付費才有的），他們就是ㄧ個真正的表演者。」

他們不應該被看待成一個不成熟的學生或者次等的公民。而就算一個人擁有著學生的身分，這個身分也不應該影響或侷限他或她，作為一個藝術創作者的身分及所有可能性。「藝術家」並非是透過一個人的職業身分或者社會地位來定義的。

所謂「考試」的這個字眼指涉著ㄧ個學術教育機構，而我們都知道台北市文化局所應該扮演的角色與作用，並非一個學術性的教育機構，也並非是用來教育藝術創作者們該知道些什麼？該怎麼表現？藝術教育及審美的養成也從來不是在追求填鴨式教育裡的ㄧ個標準答案。將街頭藝人的徵選視為「考試」的視角，或許本身就有待商榷。

評審的場所是在一個公共場合，許多居民與遊客都會圍觀欣賞著表演，其中有些人或許不了解藝術；因而這些人也許會將在場的評審們，視做為某種藝術的衡量標準；試問，當這些人看到評審對待表演藝術家的行為與態度，當他們看到評審總是任意打斷演出，並且掉頭就走不帶ㄧ句回應時，人們日後還能懂得尊重街頭表演藝術家嗎？

沒錯，我們都知道這是一場「考試」，我們也很清楚這些手上拿著計分表的人們就是評審；因此，事實上評審們根本無需「模擬」街頭現場那些會隨時走掉的陌生人們。

這些評審以及相關單位的人員，理應提倡藝術，並且作為ㄧ種示範與典範，讓普羅大眾都能夠看到該如何去欣賞ㄧ場演出。一個表演者並不會因為他選擇在街頭表演，就因此比不上一個在大舞台演出的藝術家。我自己就曾在世界各地超過百個不同的絢麗舞台演出過，但我仍然汗顏自己可能也不比這些街頭藝術家們來的優秀。

我曾擔任過ㄧ些國際比賽的評審，我也曾舉辦過專業的試鏡；我從來沒有聽過關於尊敬一個人的這件簡單事情，會需要在時間充裕的前提下才能夠發生。

如果一點表情會洩漏出評審成績的好惡，其實也真的可以不用笑或是無需在表演結束時說一聲謝謝。而評審也真的「不需要」與考證照的街頭藝人感覺惺惺相惜，因為這些都不是我想討論的重點。

我在意的是，表演者所需要的，只不過就是一個對人與對一個演出者的「基本尊重」而已。這樣的尊重存在與否，如人飲水冷暖自知，在人與人的接觸中就能直接感受的到，著實無需仰賴規則或語言的贅述。

我作為一個藝術創作者和教育者，穿梭各地工作超過15年的職業生涯經驗，或許會因此被視為一個外國人，但我的身分就是一個台灣公民。身為一個39歲的成年人，我可以分辨何謂尊重，而表達尊重甚至不需要浪費到任何一秒鐘。如果一個人會需要至少五分鐘以上的充足時間才有可能表達出對另外一個個體的尊重的話，那他可能需要重新再思考一下，尊重對他而言意謂著什麼？


再度回應一位也曾擔任過街頭藝人評審的老師所提出來「中途要求更換曲目或要求表演者改唱另ㄧ種語言的歌」的理由，是因為評審們不會希望一個街頭藝人一整年下來只會唱同一種語言、甚至是只唱同ㄧ首歌。

我所思考的是當一個街頭藝人遵守規定，付費且努力準備去應試時，他ㄧ定會準備了符合完整時間長度的、同時也是自己最擅長、最喜歡或者是最期待能被看見的那些內容；表演一首歌曲或者ㄧ種風格並不代表他就只會唱那ㄧ首歌；而且就算是當做他只會唱ㄧ種語言、ㄧ首歌，如果他能把這首歌反覆演繹的淋漓盡致時, 又有什麼不好呢？

難道我們不曾注意到百老匯的音樂劇就是同樣的那幾部，而獅子王也已經在舞台上展演了20年了嗎？許多同樣內容重複的音樂劇票房始終歷久不衰，持續帶給觀眾們心靈的滿足。而人氣歌手愛黛兒從頭到尾也只會用英文唱歌，而且幾乎都是類似的曲風，我們可曾在乎過她有沒有能力去唱中文歌呢？

ㄧ部舞蹈作品光在荷蘭本土就能有至少五十場大大小小的演出機會。但在台灣，ㄧ部作品如果能有五個場次的演出，可能已經算是很長壽了。這樣的環境迫使藝術創作者們必須不斷快速的「生產新作」，而將舊有積累的作品與經驗拋在腦後。就所有對於藝術的挹注與投資（不僅僅是金錢）來說，這樣的情況對藝術的生產是ㄧ種過度消耗與浪費，也並未真正教育到民眾如何去看待藝術的價值。

而最終，這樣的評審過程與態度並不僅僅是對街頭表演藝術者的不尊重，同時也是對於藝術的不尊重。

台北市文化局星期ㄧ曾經聯絡過我，親切向我表示將與我進一步聯絡並討論這件事情；他們要求我先將評審的照片拿掉—我答應取下照片，但前提是他們必須確實誠意的允諾一個面對面的溝通。這幾天我也暫時迴避了一些報導媒體的詢問（還請大家見諒）只因我衷心希望能先與台北市文化局及該評審當面談一談。我ㄧ直等待，但我也持續的看到了相關機構或人員回應給媒體的諸多理由與藉口； 自從將照片從網路上取下之後，直到今日都沒有人再跟我連繫過。慢慢的我突然明白星期一的那通電話，或許純粹只是ㄧ個希望我能將照片取下的操作手法，而並非真的試圖去了解整個經過以及解決問題。我對這個本應提倡藝術與文化的機構感到無比失望。

我知道我並非一個公眾人物，而我也不能代表所有想要考取街頭藝人執照的表演者們；自從我的臉書網頁訊息爆炸之後，我就不斷的在思考這件事情，我反覆思考自己是否該繼續爭執此事，這似乎並非與我切身相關的事情，然而，身為一個藝術教育者，我卻又感受到深切的責任。

經過反覆的思考以及與朋友們的討論，我意識到不論我們的展演形式如何不同，我們同樣都是表演藝術群體中的一分子。台北市文化局最後很可能將持續充耳不聞，而這位被我所抱怨的評審也可能繼續做他這些年來ㄧ直在做的事—用他ㄧ貫的態度。除非他們願意傾聽與改變，否則我無法改變任何人。

我真心相信有些事情值得改善，也可以改善。我必須強調我並不是想要攻擊或羞辱任何人。我只希望能有機會去討論如何讓審查的過程變的更適當。我看到台灣有許多優秀的藝術家，但環境對藝術和藝術家的不尊重不但打擊同時也限制了他們的發展；更遺憾的是，這一切可能是在許多疏忽之中造就出來的環境。

許多評審過程如果能夠在尊重藝術的前提之下思考和進行，事情或許會截然不同。
只要有一點點可能去拋開面子的問題，或許也就有機會明嘹我們所期待的結果其實是一樣的。

事實上我之所以說了這麼冗長的話語，並非是要不尊敬所謂的評審或師長，而正是因為我對藝術的尊敬，使我更深切的關注身為一個教育者所代表的意義。今天我看到了街頭表演藝術家是如何被不當的對待，而很顯然的我也不會是唯一的目擊者。某個程度上我的聲音似乎被放大了，但我也知道我的聲音並不是唯一的一個，我是許許多多的聲音中的ㄧ份子。

William

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Dear All,

I would like to thank you for all the encouraging messages and supportive comments. I would also like to thank all the journalists and reporters who are passionate about this issue and are so willing to expose the problem that was faced by these street performers. I am sorry that I have been quiet but with a reason: I don’t want it to get much bigger than it already was until I talked to the Taipei Cultural Affair. I apologize that it took me a while, but I needed some time to gather my thoughts and help to translate my writing into Chinese.

Before I go on any further, I never expected my story would go viral on the media and the social media. I am humbled and touched to hear from many of you. All the messages I’ve received have been overwhelming. I am not able to reply to all of them, but I’d like you to know that I am honored, thankful, and touched by every single one of them.

I do not consider myself as a brave person, nor do I consider myself a representative for the street performers. BUT I am an artist, a performer, educator, and most of all I am a human being.I have always been taught to stand for what’s right by my family, friends and mentors.

I understand things are not as black and white as we all wish sometimes. However, what happened on Sunday 21st of May was a disgrace to the art community. Regardless of all the excuses that were given or cultural differences, it was very obvious these performers were treated like lower-class citizens; if not, students. It was also very clear that the intention might be well, but the execution of the busker’s exam was done horribly.

Somehow the idea that ART is NOT a privilege had been forgotten. Taipei Cultural Affair is supposed to be advocating for all things cultural and artistic but it was not conveyed that day. It was very clear the respect was not there. Many felt it and some got their feelings hurt. Even with all the excuses there are in the world, many experienced the disrespect. That was the truth. Again I have to emphasize that I believe Taipei Department of Cultural Affair and its adjudicators are good people, but the execution of the exam was poor.

It brings to the question…. why is it called an exam? Shouldn’t it be an audition?

These performers were not students when they took the exam. Some of them were actually professional musicians, dancers, or performers. Just because one is a student, it doesn’t make him or her less of an artist. Artists are not defined by their social status or occupation.

The term exam suggests an educational institution, but we know Taipei Department of Cultural Affair is not an educational institution. They do not decide what these artists need to know. These performers were not given any materials to study, thus the term exam is very misleading.

The exam took place in a public space. Many tourists and residents were there to enjoy the event. Many do not understand arts. So they may look up to these adjudicators as role models who are experienced in the arts. When they saw how this exam was being done, do you think they would have any respect for these performers afterwards? They saw these adjudicators interrupting the performers and left without saying a “thank you.” We all knew it was an exam, we all knew these people were adjudicators. They did not need to pretend to be street spectators who just walk away. They all carried their score boards in their hands.

Just because a performer performs on the street, it doesn’t make that performer any less of a performer than someone who is performing on big stages. I myself have performed over hundreds of stages around the world and I do not dare to think myself better than these performers.

I have judged a handful of international competitions. I have also held professional auditions. I have never heard an excuse that respect can’t be shown when time is limited. You do not need to smile to simply say “thank you.” Since when, a smile means “I favor you.” What a performer need is respect. Over the 15 year span of my professional career as an educator and artist, and 39 years of being a human being, I know what respect looks like. It doesn’t take more than a second to show it. If it takes longer than 5 minutes to show what respect is, I think you may need to rethink what respect means to you.

Another excuse that was presented was that they don’t want a street artist performs only one kind of songs or genre throughout the year. Don’t they know broadway musicals? Lion King has been performed over 20 years. They’ve been doing the same musical numbers for years to sold out audiences. Adele has been singing the same genre of music and always in English. Does it matter that she doesn’t sing in other genre or sing in Chinese?

One dance production in the Netherlands can be performed up to 50 performances within the Netherlands itself. In Taiwan, a dance work only performed 5 times the most. They are forced to constantly create new works and leave the old works behind. That is a waste of arts funding and it doesn’t educate the public on the value of the arts. These performers is old enough to decide what they want to show these judges with their limited time.

In the end it wasn’t just disrespectful to the performers, but also to the arts.

I was contacted by the Taipei Cultural Affair on Monday, the representative spoke nicely promising that they would discuss further with me. He asked me to take the adjudicator’s picture down, I agreed with the condition of meeting in person to further discuss what could be done better. I have refused to talk to reporters for the last few days. I have been waiting but I then heard the excuses given to the media. Since I’ve taken down the picture of the head adjudicator, they haven’t made any attempt to contact me. I came into a realization that when they made the call, it wasn’t to address the problem but simply to manipulate me to take down his picture. I’m disappointed at this institution that was supposed to promote the arts and culture.

I realized I am not a public figure, nor am I responsible for the well being of all artists who want to get a busker license. After my Facebook post went viral, I’ve been thinking so much about this issue. I kept going back and forth questioning whether I should keep fighting for this. It doesn’t feel like my fight, but at the same time I feel responsible as an art educator.

I truly believe this can be fixed. I need to emphasize, I am not attacking anyone. And I don’t want to shame anyone. I want to start a discussion how to make it better. Taipei has some of the best performers I’ve seen, yet the lack of respect for the arts and artists has suppressed their ability to excel. And ironically, it’s often done unintentionally.

If the exam is done based on respect for the arts itself, things might have come out differently. And just maybe if we all let go the “face” culture, we could possibly see further to realize that we are all wanting the same thing.

I saw mistreatments towards performers that day. It was very obvious I wasn’t the only one witnessing it. It was not that I don’t respect these adjudicators/teachers, but because I respect the arts and the meaning of a teacher that is why I had to speak up. Somehow my voice had been amplified this week. But my voice wasn’t and isn’t singular. I am simply a voice amongst many.

Sincerely,
William Lü

Taipei National University of the Arts 國立台北藝術大學
寶藏巖國際藝術村 Treasure Hill Artist Village
Taipei National University of the Arts
臺北表演藝術中心 Taipei Performing Arts Center
National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei
中正紀念堂 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
National Taiwan University of Arts
Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government

【Sundance Film Forward Taiwan Tour 日舞前進計畫 台灣巡迴影展 影片介紹8之3─《她和她的世界》/ Trailer of The World Before Her】

http://www.cnex.org.tw/cnex_n.php/183.html#5

多數人或許對「印度小姐」選美比賽的參賽者並不陌生，然而，在印度社會中，有另一群在激進教派訓練營中接受軍事化教育的年輕女孩。看似極端對立的兩種女性，在印度社會快速現代化的當下，她們究竟懷抱何種價值觀與寄望呢？《她和她的世界》細膩且真摯地記錄印度年輕女性在當今社會中的現況。

導演妮莎．帕胡賈擅長透過紀錄片表達對社會與政治議題的關懷，《她和她的世界》不僅勇奪2012 紐約翠貝卡影展最佳紀錄長片、2012 加拿大Hot Docs國際紀錄片電影節最佳加拿大紀錄長片等大獎，2012年在CNEX「青春有為」紀錄片主題影展放映時也獲得不少好評。導演妮莎．帕胡賈本次影展將來台與觀眾見面，並深入台東部落、學校巡迴，機會相當難得，有興趣的朋友別錯過與導演交流的機會！

The World Before Her | Director Nisha Pahuja| 90 minutes
Moving between two extremes—the intimate verité drama of the Miss India pageant’s rigorous beauty “bootcamp” and the intense regime of a militant Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls—The World Before Her delivers a provocative portrait of India and its current cultural conflicts during a key transitional era in the country's modern history.

Nisha Pahuja is a seasoned documentary filmmaker who understands the social and political power of stories. Pahuja’s works Bollywood Bound (2001) and Diamond Road (2007) were screened at numerous film festivals and widely telecast around the world. The World Before Her is her third film. It was awarded the coveted position of opening the Documentary portion of the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and has since been selected by over 125 festivals worldwide. It has won a number of awards, including Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca and Best Canadian Documentary feature at Hot Docs.

【放映場次/ Screenings】（*導演出席映後座談/ * Sessions at which the filmmaker will appear.）

新北市/ New Taipei 5/3（六）10:30│府中15紀錄片放映院*/ FuZhong 15 Documentary Theater*
Taichung 5/3（六）16:00│國立公共資訊圖書館3F 視聽室*/ 3F Audiovisual Room of the National Library of Public Information*　　
Taitung 5/4（日）15:00│鐵花村*/ Tiehua Music Village
5/5（一）14:00│臺東縣家庭教育中心*/ Taitung Family Healthy Center
5/5（一）17:30│都蘭糖廠*/ Dulan Sugar Factory Warehouse
5/6（二）09:30│臺東大學英美語文學系*/ English Department of National Taitung University

【入場方式/ Admission】
開演前 20 分鐘開放排隊入場，座位有限，額滿為止！
House opens 20 minutes before the screening, receiving audience on a first-come first-served basis.

完整【日舞前進計畫 台灣巡迴影展】訊息請見：
http://www.cnex.org.tw/index.php
For more information, please see: http://www.cnex.org.tw/index.php

Daniel Forro, musician from Czech Republic, loves Japanese nature and culture.
As he noticed that condition of Japan had not been informed correctly after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake through his mother,
And he introduced actual condition of Japan to press relations in Czech Republic. .

His message was broadcasted and produced a lot of reaction in his country.
We would like to send messages from foreign residents in Japan as much as possible with his message on it once again.

Daniel Forro had been an associate professor of Janacek-Academy of Music and performing arts,His works reaches to more than 2000 pieces of music including compositions for orchestra, musical, theater and TV programs.

After he moved to Kakamigahara city in Gifu prefecture, Japan in 2003,
He is doing activities as a musician for Local Children, Families, Region in Japan giving a concert at kindergartens and local public halls in Gifu prefecture.
He also collaborates with Japanese musicians and composes Japan-themed musics. .