“ARTRA自定艺是我们过去三年一直在思考的方向，艺术节在做好经典舞台表演艺术的同时，面对新的审美要求，新的技术条件，新的场域开发，也深思艺术节品牌多元化、引领性和年轻态的路径是什么，于是ARTRA自定艺应运而生。”
“ARTRA is the direction we have been thinking about for the past three years. While producing incredible classical performing arts is expected, the festival is now encountering new aesthetic requirements, new technological innovations, and the emergence of exciting new venues. It is also carefully considering the appropriate path to achieve diversification, leadership and overall rejuvenation of the festival’s brand, and thus ARTRA was born! ”
— 中国上海国际艺术节中心副总裁杨佳露
— Yang Jialu, Vice President of China Shanghai International Arts Festival Center
2023年10月15日至11月15日第二十二届中国上海国际艺术节重装回归！届时将有超过400项演出展览活动，预计参与人数可达600万，内容体量、场次规模相比上届增长超过20%，国际化程度和首演占比均创历史新高。与此同时，经过两年多的深度孕育，由中国上海国际艺术节推出的“ARTRA自定艺”全新艺术品牌于9月19日正式揭幕。
From October 15th to November 15th, 2023, the 22nd China Shanghai International Arts Festival will return again! During this year’s program there will be more than 400 performance and the number of participants is expected to reach 6 million. The content volume and scale of the event will increase by The total number of events will increase by an impressive 20% compared to the previous year. The degree of internationalization and the proportion of premieres will also reach a record high. At the same time, after more than two years of careful planning, the new art brand ARTRA was launched by China Shanghai International Arts Festival was officially unveiled on September 19th.
睽违三年，
“ARTRA“自定艺”元年启幕。
After three years of creative development...
"ARTRA" was born!
活动现场，中国上海国际艺术节中心总裁李明和艺术家代表沈伟、倪志琪等共同点亮了位于艺术节中心所在地上海市成都南路101号的全新公共艺术作品气膜雕塑《艺鸟归巢》，由此正式按下ARTRA自定艺的元年启动键。汇聚全球知名艺术家共同打造的三大艺术项目和多个公共项目首次集中发布。ARTRA自定艺元年将推出三大艺术项目，分别是沈伟作品《融》2023版、罗伯特·威尔逊×露辛达·查尔兹作品《相对平静》和中外艺术家驻地协同创作项目《当未来遇见过去》。
At the event, Li Ming, president of China Shanghai International Arts Festival Center, artist representatives Shen Wei and Ni Zhiqi, jointly lit up the new public art work film sculpture "The Bird Returns To The Nest" located at No.101 Chengdu South Road, Shanghai, where the festival center is located, thus representing the start of the first year of ARTRA. Three major art projects and a number of public projects jointly created by world-renowned artists were released for the first time. ARTRA will launch three major art projects,they are "Integrate" 2023 edition by Shen Wei, "Relatively Calm" by Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs and Chinese and foreign artists resident collaborative creation project "When the Future Meets the Past" .
本次ARTRA自定艺的公共项目之一“城市探索”邀请到知名艺术家倪志琪携手青年艺术家倪好，以艺术节中心的外部建筑为创作空间，进行定制型的场域创作，以公共空间的活化与新生传达ARTRA自定艺的创新理念和探索精神。在发布会现场，倪志琪介绍了他从欣然应邀到作品落成的创作过程。“我们的城市在不断更新中，许多新的艺术在不断涌现，ARTRA自定艺为新兴艺术提供了一个展示平台。”艺术家倪志琪在接受采访时与我们分享了公共项目的创作由来，以及对未来青年艺术家创作的展望。该项目由两部分组成，焕然一新的艺术节中心建筑外立面以其最具代表性的“真空”系列为元素，结合当下最为时髦的“多巴胺色”，象征来自全球丰富多彩的文化艺术通过中国上海国际艺术节在此交织相融；而位于空中花园的气膜雕塑《艺鸟归巢》，则将寓意艺术节重磅回归的同时，亦将不断探寻并连接世界各个角落的艺术生命。现场嘉宾纷纷表示，上海的街头从此又多了一个必去的艺术打卡地。
"Urban Exploration", one of the public projects of ARTRA, invited well-known artist Ni Zhiqi and Ni Hao, a young artist, to take the external buildings of the art festival center as the creative space to conduct customized field creation, and convey the innovative concept and exploration spirit of ARTRA with the activation of the public space. At the conference site, Ni Zhiqi introduced his creation process from being invited to the completion of the work."Our city is constantly being updated, and and many new and creative art forms are constantly emerging. ARTRA provides a platform for emerging art. "In an interview, artist Ni Zhiqi shared with us the origin of the creation of public projects and the prospect of the future creation of young artists. The project consists of two parts, the facade of the art festival center, with the most representative "vacuum" series and the most fashionable "dopamine color", symbolizing the blending of colorful culture and art from the world through CSIAF; the air model sculpture "The Bird returns To The Nest" in the sky garden imply the return of the arts festival, and connect inspiration and artistic life to all corners of the globe. Guests on the scene said that the streets of Shanghai have since added a must-go place to punch .
集结艺术大咖，
呈现综合、多元、开放的艺术。
Art masters gather to present
a diverse and comprehensive art offering
依托于艺术节的平台，ARTRA自定艺在全球范围内邀约极富活力的艺术创作者，围绕舞台艺术与视觉艺术的交互融合进行项目开发、委约创作和推广，持续推动两大艺术领域间的深度对话与发展。发布会现场邀约艺术家代表、国际知名编舞家、视觉艺术家沈伟现场介绍了《融》2023版的筹备创作情况。他称《融》2023版是其三十余年来对艺术跨界、文化交融、通感美学创作思考的一次集中展现，集中国古典哲学、当代艺术、舞蹈表演于一体，是以未来为导向的关于新艺术形式的创造与探索。
Building on the incredible platform created by CSIAF, ARTRA invites energetic artistic creators around the world to develop, create and promote projects around the interactive integration of stage art and visual art, and continues to promote the in-depth dialogue and development between the two art fields. The press conference invited artist representatives,internationally renowned choreographers and visual artist Shen Wei to introduce the preparation and creation of the 2023 edition of “Integrate". He said that "Integrate" is a concentrated display of its artistic crossover, cultural integration and synesthesia aesthetic creation in the past more than 30 years. It integrates Chinese classical philosophy, contemporary art and dance performance, and is also a future-oriented creation and exploration of new art forms.
【现场图】第三部分：《天地人为合》
【现场图】第三部分《天地人为合》
该作品曾于2021年6月在西岸穹顶艺术中心进行世界首演并获得一致赞誉，被媒体评价为“‘见所未见’的艺术现场”。《融》2023版作为ARTRA自定艺推出的首个自制项目，仍将由三个固定段落融合交织组成：展览《万物皆有灵》中观众将欣赏到64件与卦象一一对位的沈伟作品，媒介涵盖绘画、文字、摄影与物件等；实验影像《一切且相连》通过即兴的肢体探索个体与城市的关系；现场表演《天地人为合》融装置、投影、声音、舞蹈为一体，观众可自由流动穿梭其中，近距离、深度沉浸式地观看作品。同时《融》2023版也进一步优化了展览、影像和表演的体验路线，新增位于西岸穹顶艺术中心二层的全景式观演视角，从俯瞰视角360度一览“外圆内方”的作品全景，将中国古典哲学隐喻下变幻无穷的艺术现场尽收眼底。值得一提的是，由于前期开售情况异常火爆，发布会当天官方正式公布《融》2023版将延长10场，延演至10月20日。目前20个场次已全面开启全网发售。
The work had its world premiere at the West Bank Dome Art Center in June 2021 and won unanimous praise. It was very well received by cultural commentators in the mass media, one of whom described it as“an unprecedented art scene! As the first self-made project of ARTRA, the 2023 edition will still be composed of three distinct elements: In the exhibition "Everything Has Spirit" , the audience will enjoy 64 works of Shen Wei, and the media covers painting, writing, photography and objects; the experimental image "Everything is Connected" explores the relationship between individuals and the city through impromptu limbs; the live performance "Heaven and Earth" integrates the device, projection, sound and dance, and the audience can move freely, and watch the works in a close and immersive way. At the same time, the 2023 edition of“Integrate”also further optimized the experience route of exhibition, video and performance, adding a panoramic viewing perspective on the second floor of the Dome Art Center in the West Bank, which offers a panoramic view of the works on the outside , and from the inside, as well as an all encompassing overview of the endlessly evolving art scene under the metaphor of Chinese classical philosophy. It should be noted that due to the fast sale of tickets available, it was announced at a press conference that Integrate will be extended by 10 performances until 20th October. To date, 20 performances have been opened on sale to the general public.
【现场图】罗伯特·威尔逊×露辛达·查尔兹作品《相对平静》
今年ARTRA自定艺另一重磅艺术项目是现代艺术大师罗伯特·威尔逊（Robert Wilson）和露辛达·查尔兹（Lucinda Childs）共同创作的作品《相对平静》，该作品曾于1981年首演，时隔40余年后，两位艺术家以原作为根源和起点，以伊戈尔·斯特拉文斯基的芭蕾舞剧《普尔奇内拉》为基础，重新将作品中的音乐、视觉、戏剧和舞蹈进行了改编再创作。
Another blockbuster art project of ARTRA is the joint works "relatively calm" by modern art master Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs, the work premiered in 1981, after more than 40 years later, the two artists take the original as the root and the starting point, with Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Pulcinella as the basis, the music, visual, drama and dance in the works were readapted and reconstructed in a beautiful new interpretation.
中外艺术家驻地协同创作项目《当未来遇见过去》是本次ARTRA自定艺最新委约的艺术项目，将邀请陈维、胡伟、王子月、杰拉尔丁·乔利特（Géraldine Chollet）、OY组合、里奥·沃塔（Rio Wolta）这六位（组）不同创作领域及文化背景的视觉艺术家、音乐家、编舞家，以自由组合、协同创作的方式，于10月6日至11月19日期间，在上海的文化地标、美术馆空间和历史建筑等三个各具特色的城市文化空间，呈现特定场域的展演现场。六位（组）艺术家也通过视频方式与媒体分享了ARTRA自定艺项目的参与感受。他们目前已完成组队并深入贵州驻地采风，通过体验地方非物质文化遗产的方式，从传统中汲取灵感，尝试开启过去与未来的对话，艺术家们将如何在上海通过跨国界、跨文化、跨领域、跨时空的合作碰撞出全新的创作，令人倍感期待。
The Chinese and foreign artists resident collaborative creation project "When the Future Meets the Past" is the latest art project of ARTRA, inviting Chen Wei, Hu Wei, Wang Zhongyue, Geraldine Chollet, OY, Rio Wolta these six (groups) visual artists, musicians, choreographers in different creative fields and cultural backgrounds respresent a specific field in a way of free combination and collaborative creation, from October 6th to November 19th, in Shanghai's cultural landmarks, art museum space and historical buildings.The six (group) artists also shared the ARTRA art project participation feelings through videos. They have completed the team and thorough Guizhou station, through the way of experience local intangible cultural heritage, drawn inspiration from tradition, tried to open the dialogue between the past and the future.It's very exciting to expecting how artists in Shanghai collide out of a brand-new creation through cross-border, cross- culture, cross-field and cross-space cooperation .
让城市回归人文，
让美学回到生活。
Let humanity return to the city,
and let the aesthetics come back to life.
在本届艺术节期间，ARTRA自定艺还将带来“全球对话”“艺术放映计划”等多个公共项目。“全球对话”邀请到英国伯明翰大学教授姜节泓担任主持人，近10位来自不同学科领域的创作者及知名节展负责人将分享和探讨创作思考和全新的运营理念。正如姜教授在现场视频中所说，“只有当不同的艺术形式和媒介间形成真正的互动与对话，艺术才变得有魔力，才能真正进入日常生活，让我们的城市变得更加美好。”此外，公共项目“艺术放映计划”则将以电影为交互媒介，放映不同领域和艺术主题的大师佳作，展现舞台艺术和视觉艺术转换与融合的可能。
During CSIAF, ARTRA will also introduce a number of important public projects, such as Global Dialogue and Art Screening Project. "Global Dialogue" invited Jiang Jiehong, a professor from the University of Birmingham to serve as the host of this event. Around ten creators from different disciplines and famous leaders of the exhibition will share and discuss creative thinking and new business concepts. As Professor Jiang said in the video, "Only when different art forms and media form real interaction and dialogue can art become magical and truly enter into daily life and make our city more beautiful." In addition, the public project "Art Screening Project" will take the film as the interactive medium to show the masterpieces of masters in different fields and art themes, showing the possibility of the transformation and integration of stage art and visual art.
随着ARTRA自定艺品牌元年的开启，多元丰富的艺术创作生态不断通过“新形式、新场域、新未来”的品牌理念进行多方位的呈现，不断深化和拓展中国上海国际艺术节的内涵和外延。处处有戏，时时精彩，站在元年、向未来出发的ARTRA自定艺，将开启公众对于艺术全新可能性的无限想象。
The opening of ARTRA promises much in terms of its creation of an ecology rich in diversified artistic creation. It proudly presents its positive brand concept of ‘New Form, New Field, New Future’ and continuously presents the brand concept of "new form, new field, new future", and continuously deepens and expands the connotation and extension of China Shanghai International Arts Festival. There are plays everywhere, always wonderful, standing in the first year of the future, ARTRA will open the public's infinite imagination of new possibilities of art.
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