【东京】杜昆个展｜七魄
杜昆2023个展“七魄”预告片
艺术家自述
演奏者與樂器之間是情感共通的，悲傷或興奮時演奏同一樂曲會呈現完全不同的意境。樂器所奏之曲能精准的呈現出演奏者的精神世界，就像繪畫中筆觸和色彩可以映照出繪者的心境。樂器有如樂者身體的延伸，演奏者控制著樂器，一如魂魄操控著軀體。
「魂魄」是中國道家對於靈魂和精神的解釋，三魂（天魂、地魂、人魂）屬陽，構成了人的靈魂，七魄（天衝，靈慧，氣魄，力魄，中樞，精魄，英魄）屬陰，分別控制著人的七種情緒：喜、怒、哀、懼、愛、惡、欲，它們構成了人的精神。陽和陰主宰著天地萬物，魂和魄控制著人的言行舉止。
根據以上的概念，我設計並製作了一件樂器，用松木箱做為外殼，配以立式彈簧組、拉簧組、鋼簽組、鋼片琴、箏、特雷門琴和木箱鼓，這七組發聲器分別對應著人的七魄。它們通過代表三魂的三組效果器的處理後，發出各種詭異的、迷幻的聲音。加上它如法壇一般的獨特外形，演奏時揮動胳膊，將封印其中的「魂魄」釋放出來。所以這件樂器的名字就叫「七魄」。
鸟惊 / A frightened flock of birds/30x170cm / ink,mineral pigment on silk/绢本彩墨/ 2022/ frame 46x208x8cm
「七魄」六月份誕生至今，我和它的磨合有如在馴服一頭野獸。我不斷調整它的構造，它也同時在重塑我對音樂的理念，我逐漸將它的「不完美」變成與眾不同的特點，並激發出它的潛能。「七魄」就像一塊聲音的調色盤，涵蓋了各種不一樣的波形，拓展著我的想象空間：打擊樂的短促音就像船舶和建築，電子音色的無限長音有如延綿起伏的遠山，彈簧的飽滿低音是樹木，箏的尖銳高音成為灌木叢，咆哮的噪音變成洶湧的波浪。
於是，它釋放出來的「魂魄们」成為了這次展覽的源泉。這次展覽中的14件國畫作品，都是由相應的音樂元素轉化而來，而這14段音樂都是用「七魄」演奏而成。觀眾通過視頻中央的金色「播放頭」可以看見畫面就像樂譜一樣，精確地還原了音樂的節奏、旋律、動態、層次、效果器參數...
最後我發現，那頭「野獸」其實就是我自己。
——杜昆
鼓帆踏浪 / Bellied sails ride the waves/30x150cm / ink,mineral pigment on silk/绢本彩墨/ 2022/ frame 45x185x7cm
The emotions between a musician and their instrument are shared – when the same piece of music is performed while sad or excited, the mood that emerges is completely different. The music played through the instrument provides an accurate presentation of the musician’s inner consciousness, similar to how the brush strokes and colours in a painting reflect the artist’s state of mind. An instrument is the extension of the musician’s body, and the musician controls the instrument just like how the soul controls the body.
“Soul / Hun Po” is the Taoist’s interpretation of soul and spirit: the three ethereal souls, or Hun (HEAVENLY SOUL, EARTHLY SOUL, and HUMANLY SOUL belong to the Yang energy and constitutes the soul of man; while belonging to the Yin energy are the seven corporeal souls, or Po (POWER, WISDOM, ENERGY, STRENGTH, CENTEREDNESS, ESSENCE, BRAVERY), each controlling the emotions of joy, anger, worry, fear, love, hatred, desire, and constitutes the spirit of man. While Yang and Yin dominate the universe, the soul and spirit control man’s behaviour.
雷湖音浪 / The sound waves of Thunder Lake/30x170cm / ink,mineral pigment on silk/绢本彩墨/ 2023 / frame 46x208x8cm
Based on the above concepts, I designed and created a musical instrument from the pine wood box of a red wine bottle, using it as the outer body. It is accompanied with a set of vertical springs, a set of extension springs, a set of steel rods, a finger piano, a zither, a theremin, and a cajon. These seven groups of sound-producing instruments each correspond to the seven souls of man. When played and processed through effect modules that represent each of the three ethereal souls, it produces various types of strange and psychedelic sounds. With the instrument’s unique resemblance to a Dharma altar, and has ‘arms’ that wave when played, it seems to release the confined ‘souls’, hence why I named the instrument ‘The 7 Po’.
喊山 Echoes of the Mountains/20x150cm / ink,mineral pigment on silk/绢本彩墨/ 2023/ frame 34x184x5cm
Since I created it in June, the process of moulding in ‘The 7 Po’ has been like taming a wild animal. I constantly adjust its structure, and it has also reshaped my concept of music. Gradually, I turned its 'imperfections' into distinctive features and unleashed its potential. 'The 7 Po' is like a sound palette, containing a variety of different waveforms that expand my imagination: the short wavelengths of percussion instruments take the shape of shipping vessels and buildings, the infinitely long tune of electronic sounds are like the distant undulating mountains, the spring's full bass-like sounds are the trees, the sharp high-pitched Guzheng sounds are the bushes, and the roaring noises make the turbulent waves.
The "spirits" it unleashed became the source of all the works in this exhibition. The 14 pieces of Chinese painting in this exhibition are all transformed from the corresponding musical elements, and the 14 pieces of music are all played with “the 7 Po” . Through the golden "playhead" in the center of the videos, the audience can see the paintings like a musical score, which accurately restores the rhythm, melody, dynamics, layers, and parameters of the effector...
In the end, I realised that the "wild animal" was actually me.
---Du Kun
寒夜南歸 / Heading south on a cold night/30x150cm / ink,mineral pigment on silk/绢本彩墨/ 2022/ frame 40x184x7cm
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关于艺术家：
杜昆，1982年生于四川遂宁，2007年毕业于中央美术学院油画系第四画室，现工作生活于天津。2021年在新加坡三潴画廊举办个展《谱山水》；2019年在美国纽约Mizuma & Kips画廊举办个展《须弥诸景》 ;2016年美国斯宾塞美术馆《时间的转变:当代亚洲的艺术与思考》群展;2016年在日本东京三潴画廊举办个展《众神闹》 ；同年与盛世长城Saatchi & Saatchi合作的广告作品获得One Show广告奖金奖；2017年获得纽约ADC年度设计大奖铜立方奖；2020年入围香港Sovereign Asian Art Prize亚洲杰出艺术奖；作品被美国斯宾塞美术馆收藏。
关于三潴画廊
执行董事三潴末雄1994年在东京成立了三潴画廊。自2012年在新加坡吉尔曼军营开业以来，该画廊致力于东亚艺术家在该地区的推广，以及将东南亚艺术家介绍到国际艺术界。2014年至2019年，艺术家居住空间“Rumah Kijang Mizuma”在印尼日惹开幕，旨在通过支持东亚与东南亚的交流，打造一个新的对话平台。2018年，来自东京和新加坡的三潴画廊与来自纽约的Kips画廊在美国纽约共同创办了Mizuma & Kips画廊。