THE WHO | “谁”系列 XII

Original Heather Cai HeathersChamber阿太的密室 2022-12-01

收录于合集 #THE WHO “谁”系列 22个

THE WHO is a basic series of maximum three intercultural creators being featured monthly in HeathersChamber.
阿太的密室从2020年起每月开展”谁“系列亮出顶多三位跨文化的创作者。
WHO can be artist, painter, writer, poet, editor, publisher, philosopher, photographer, designer, architect, scientist, filmmaker, musician, art collector, art dealer, antique dealer, founder of an art platform, a distinctive "qi pa", a grassroot off mainstreams, a daring storyteller, a soul catcher, or a street performer with a voice rumbling like the sea of storms.
"谁”可以是艺术家、画家、作家、诗人、编辑、出版商、哲学家、摄影师、设计师、建筑师、科学家、电影人、音乐家、收藏家、艺术品交易商、古董商、艺术平台创始人、有独特艺术见解的“奇葩”人物、非主流创意“草根”、勇敢无畏的说书人、心灵捕手、或激昂澎湃的街头艺人。
So honored to announce THE WHO of December goes to the performance artist, avid reader, writer, editor and transport planner Mike Clark.
十二月的"谁“，很荣幸邀请到行为艺术家、写手、编辑和交通规划设计师麦克·克拉克.

---"THE WHO" Series XII Poster, 2020.12 | "谁“系列XII海报

Foreword 前言

Of all THE WHO artists, Mike Clark is probably the most controversial. There is no major proof for his "arts". But it is very interesting to see an ordinary man creating an extraordinary life. Mike is a man who has read 5000+ books, listened 3000+ CDs, travelled 50+ countries, lived 10+ cities and married one time. What never ceases to amaze me is that, the words and the lyrics he has viewed or recited, are carved in his memory. He seems to remember everything. Whenever and whatever I asked, he would give the answer 'scientifically' or 'systematically', like a living computer or a living dictionary. And the things he told were based upon his knowledge, his experiences, his perspectives, his realistic or factual life stories, with his personal background. That gave me some insight into a window reflecting the unique difference between eastern and western culture. He appeared to be the epitome of a universal inclusiveness beyond time and place. His mind draws a map that never gets himself lost. His past paints a picture that mirrors the modern world condensed in a museum. Last month I asked him to write one paragraph for each essential part of his artistic life, and he sent me 40000+ words with a joke: "It can't be that short. I have a long life."

Mike was born on December 6th, 1946. This article was meant to be a specially belated birthday gift for the eight years of his being my best friend, my private editor for my two English novels (Less Than Mystery, From Gully To Wall), and my great "helper" with his genius humor, and more importantly, his kindness. I always wonder whether he has a dream to be an artist between life and performance. What if he himself or his life itself is a living piece of art? Who knows?

"谁”系列推出的所有艺术家中，麦克·克拉克可能是最有争议的。他没有什么突出的“艺术”作为。但看到一个普通人创造不平凡的生活是非常有意思的。麦克看了5000+本书，听了3000+张CD，游了50+个国家，住了10+个城市，结了一次婚。令我惊讶不止的是，他所浏览过或背诵过的文字和歌词都印刻在他的记忆里，好像什么都记得。无论我问什么，他都会给出“科学”或“系统”的答案，就像一台活生生的电脑或一本活生生的字典。他基于自己的知识、经历、观点、身边真实案例或现实生活故事，以及他的个人背景，讲述的内容映射了一扇窗口，让我对东西方文化独特的差异有了一些了解和领悟，这似乎是超越时空的世界包容性的缩影。他在脑海绘制了一张永不迷失的地图。他的过去描绘了一幅现代生活浓缩在博物馆内的版画。上个月，我请他为他的艺术人生中每个重要部分写一段话，结果他给我发了40000+个字，还开玩笑说：“我活了这么‘长’，没法做到那么‘短’”。

麦克生于1946年12月6日。这篇文章是我想送给他迟到的生日礼物，特别感谢他八年来当我最好的朋友、我两部英文小说的私人编辑（【近乎神秘】、【从冲沟到长城】）、我雪中送炭的搞笑“帮手”，更重要的是他的善良仁义。我不知道他是否有梦想成为一名介于生活和表演之间的艺术家。如果他自己本人或他的生活本身是一件活生生的艺术品呢？谁知道呢？

- Mike Clark 麦克 · 克拉克 -

In all of my writings, I am far more conscious of what is omitted, rather than the things included.

在我所有的著作中，我对省略的内容远远比保留的内容更有意识的去审视。

Mike Clark is a British performance artist, writer, editor and a transport planner. He grew up in a house full of books and never stopped being an avid reader. He studied maths at Bristol University, but would do anything he thinks is interesting. He called himself an introverted exhibitionist idiot, but fun with it. And he can't be embarrassed or worried about what anyone else thinks. What's more, he writes from his life and that needs no fictionalisation. His account of the early part of this year, "How China Deceived the World" is serialised on HeathersChamber. He is currently writing a brief autobiography. His job enabled him and his family to have lived in five continents. He now lives in Shenzhen.

麦克·克拉克：英国行为艺术家、写手、编辑和交通规划设计师。他就地取材，作品源自生活本真，譬如《战“疫”封城下的中国文化》。他从小在一间书屋里长大，熏陶在一片书海中，便始终是一位狂热的读者。他在布里斯托尔大学主修数学，但生活中会做一切他认为有趣的事情。他称自己是一个既内向又爱表现的白痴，但从不感到尴尬，也从不在乎别人怎么想。他就做自己。他的工作使他和他的家人能够生活在五大洲，目前在深圳写自传，记录他的精彩人生。

Books 书 | Part 部分

“

‘Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. —Mason Cooley’ That is how it has been this year, so I am still sane.

—— Mike Clark

‘当我们无处可去，阅读给了我们一个去处。

—梅森·库利’ 今年便是如此，而我仍旧清醒。

—— 麦克·克拉克

Mike started reading simple books at three years old and adult books when he reached nine. There was no television until he was twelve. The reading habit has never died. He visited libraries and took out ten books at a time during the school holidays. Early on, he had the patience to read Dickens and the Brontes, and got into Shakespeare comedy sketch shows. The 1960s was his science fiction period, not exclusively, but heavily, with Robert Sheckley and Roger Zelazny being favourites – his 22-year-old son has worked his way through those. After that, a lot of crime fiction, including just about everything from John le Carrey, Ian Rankin, Reginald Hill and Tony Hillerman. And then, there is the unclassifiable Christopher Brookmyre – purveyor of the “Tartan Noire” genre. He is now reading the Sea of Poppies trilogy by Amitav Ghosh, but he wishes the print would be made bigger. Maybe he will be forced away from paper to electronic devices, but he’ll keep reading.

麦克三岁就开始看儿童书，九岁看成人书，十二岁前没有电视，阅读习惯始终如一。每当学校放假，他就逛图书馆，一次性借十本书。早期，他有耐心拜读狄更斯和勃朗特，并在校参与莎士比亚戏剧表演，从杀人犯到大角色。20世纪60年代是他阅读科幻小说黄金时段。不仅如此，而且很大程度上，罗伯特·谢克利和罗杰·泽拉兹尼都是当时最受欢迎的人物——他22岁的儿子就是看了他们的书躲过了一次浩劫。后来，他阅读无数犯罪小说，包括约翰·勒·卡里、伊恩·兰金、雷金纳德·希尔和托尼·希勒曼的一切作品。同时，还有无法分类的克里斯托弗·布鲁克梅尔-“坦诺尔”流派的书籍。他当前正在看阿弥陀佛·戈什的《罂粟海》三部曲，多希望人们把字体印大些。也许他会被迫从纸质书转到电子书，但他会一直看下去。

Music 音乐 | Part 部分

“

‘One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. ― Bob Marley’ Once you get hit by “No Woman, No Cry” or “I shot the Sheriff” you can never be the same again.

—— Mike Clark

‘当音乐直击你心灵，你便忘却忧伤。—鲍勃·马利’

一旦你被“没有女人，没有哭泣”或“我开枪打死了警长”触动了心，你便不再是从前的你了。

—— 麦克·克拉克

▲Mike's best friend Mark Harrion on the right side, the lead guitarist in the Bastards, playing "Welcome to the Royal", Hong Kong top ten 1996 | 右手边麦克的好朋友马克·哈里昂，是巴斯塔兹乐队的首席吉他手，演奏“欢迎来到皇家”，1996年香港前十名专辑

Mike has never been able to play any instrument, but he has loved music all his life. Starting with 1940/50s pop songs, but finding classical music to be more satisfying. At school he listened more to jazz and blues, which had not been available in his house. Everything changed in 1963 when the Beatles and the Rolling Stones changed music for ever. For the next ten years in England rock music evolved, and he was always following it, listening and watching whenever he could. His favourite group was the Who (Pete Townshend’s Who, not Heather’s). Moving on to Pub Rock, Punk and then New Wave, and beyond. He still listens to all those types of music and has playlists for each decade (the 1960s playlist is over nine hours long). Lately he has played Count Basie with 1930s big band music, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald for vocal jazz, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters for Chicago Electric Blues, the Beatles, parts of his 60s and 70s playlists and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden string quartet. He has about one thousand CDs, now ripped to his phone and played through via Bluetooth to a top range speaker given by his kids. All hard music.

麦克不会演奏任何乐器，但他一生钟爱音乐。最初从1940/50年代流行歌曲开始听，但发现古典音乐更称心。在学校，他偏向听他家里没有的爵士乐和布鲁斯乐。1963年，甲壳虫乐队和滚石乐队改变了音乐，世界也变了。接下来的十年，英国摇滚乐不断发展，他总是随时听随地看。他最喜欢的乐队是谁（皮特·唐森的谁，不是阿太的）。然后是酒吧摇滚，朋克，新浪潮等。如今他仍在听这些音乐，并且把每十年的音乐制作播放列表（20世纪60年代的音乐超过9个小时）。最近，他在听20世纪30年代“考特·贝茜”的大乐队音乐、“比莉·荷莉戴”和“艾拉·菲茨杰拉德”的声乐爵士乐、“Howlin‘ Wolf”和“Muddy Waters”的芝加哥电音蓝调、甲壳虫、60/70年代的部分音乐、以及‘舒伯特的死亡’和少女弦乐四重奏。他有大约一千张CD，都可以通过手机蓝牙播放到他孩子送给他的顶级扬声器。全是硬音乐。

Art of Transport Planning 交通规划设计

▲Mike's televised and recorded Presentation to Legco {Hong Kong Parliament} on the models and methods used to estimate the impact of tolls on traffic flows, Hong Kong 2007 | 麦克接受电视转播和音频录制，向立法会{香港议会}介绍了用于评估通行费对交通流量影响的模型和方法。

Some of Mike Clark‘s Achievements

麦克·克拉克的部分成就

1969-1971

England 英国

Slough Transport Study

斯劳城市交通规划

1973-1976

Hong Kong 香港

Hong Kong Comprehensive

Transport Study CTS-1

HK Metro Planning

香港综合交通研究CTS-1

香港地铁规划

1976-1978

Algiers 阿尔及尔

Algerian National

Transport Study

阿尔及利亚国家交通规划

1978-1980

Bolivia 玻利维亚

Bolivia National

Transport Study

玻利维亚国家交通规划

1981-1983

Singapore 新加坡

Singapore Comprehensive Transport Study

Singapore Metro Planning

新加坡综合干线研究

新加坡地铁规划

1988-1990

Hong Kong 香港

Hong Kong Port & Airport

Development Strategy PADS

Relocation of HK airport

& container port expansion

香港港口及机场发展策略PADS

香港机场迁址建设

香港集装箱港口扩建

1991-1996

Hong Kong 香港

HK Airport Core Projects:

Terminal Design

Airside Traffic Circulation

Rail and Road Access

Tsing Ma suspension bridge

香港机场核心项目：

机场设计、机场交通流通、铁路及道路通道，包括青马吊桥

1997-1999

Hong Kong 香港

Hong Kong Comprehensive

Transport Study CTS-3

香港综合运输研究 CTS-3

2003-2005

Guangdong 广东

Shenzhen Comprehensive Transport Study

Shenzhen Metro Planning

深圳综合交通研究

深圳地铁规划

2005-2008

Zhejiang 浙江

Hangzhou Metro Planning

杭州地铁规划

2007-2008

Shanghai 上海

Shanghai Transport Policy White Paper

上海城市交通运输政策白皮书

2009-2010

Tianjin 天津

Tianjin Freight

Transport Study

天津货运规划研究

2010-2011

Dubai 迪拜

Dubai to Abu Dhabi

Rail Planning

迪拜至阿布扎比铁路规划

2015-2017

Hong Kong 香港

Hong Kong Cross Harbour

Tolling Study

香港跨海收费港口规划

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COUNTRIES WHERE MIKE HAS VISITED

EUROPE (17): UK (not England, Scotland and Wales separately), Eire, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Greece

ASIA (19): Hong Kong (before handover and after), Macau (ditto), Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, United Arab Emirates (UAE - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, etc), Saudi Arabia, Turkey, China, South Korea

AFRICA (5): Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya

SOUTH AMERICA (5): Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil

NORTH AMERICA (1): USA

AUSTRALIA (1): Australia

LANDED IN AND EXITED PLANE BUT NOT AIRPORT

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Columbia, Panama, Mexico

CITIES WHERE MIKE HAS LIVED IN (11):

Slough, Bristol, London, Hong Kong (4 times), Algiers, Columbia, (South Carolina), La Paz (Bolivia), Singapore, New Haven (Connecticut), Worcester, Shenzhen

麦克·克拉克游览过的国家

欧洲（17）

英国（不是英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士单独）、爱尔兰、法国、西班牙、葡萄牙、比利时、荷兰、德国、奥地利、列支敦士登、南斯拉夫、瑞士、意大利、丹麦、瑞典、挪威、希腊

亚洲（19）

香港（回归前和回归后）、澳门(同上)、台湾、菲律宾、新加坡、马来西亚、泰国、越南、柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、缅甸、斯里兰卡、巴基斯坦、印度、阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋-迪拜、阿布扎比等）、沙特阿拉伯、土耳其、中国、韩国

非洲（5）

阿尔及利亚、突尼斯、摩洛哥、埃及、肯尼亚

南美洲（5）

玻利维亚、秘鲁、智利、委内瑞拉、巴西

北美洲（1）

美国

澳洲（1）

澳大利亚

下飞机后抵达，但不是在机场

伊朗、伊拉克、以色列、哥伦比亚、巴拿马、墨西哥

麦克·克拉克住过的城市（11）：

斯劳、布里斯托尔、伦敦、香港（4次)、阿尔及尔、哥伦比亚(南卡罗来纳州)、拉巴斯（玻利维亚）、新加坡、纽黑文（康涅狄格州）、伍斯特、深圳

▲Mike conversing with the chief conductor about being shown in China Railway Magazine, Taiyuan-Datong, Shanxi Province 2016.8 | 麦克与山西太原-大同列车长围绕麦克受邀《中国铁路》杂志访谈进行对话

▲Mike celebrating the end of a project with his team, Hong Kong 1996 | 麦克和他团队在香港一起庆祝项目大功告成

▲Mike taking a break from his first Hong Kong project 1973 | 麦克在他首个香港项目达成后开启度假模式

▲Mike graduating from Bristol University 1968 | 麦克毕业于布里斯托尔大学

Swipe Up & Down | Transport | 上下滑动

Mike knows the mathematics of transport planning. He gets asked things like “What will happen if this highway is built?” Then the art comes in to modify the maths, as maths and music go together. He estimates the usage, where the access traffic will come from, the economic, financial and environmental impacts, and report on the consequences. It doesn’t have to be transport infrastructure, it can be changes in land-use, maybe building a new town, or changes in fares, taxes or regulations, anything that affects the way people and freight move. With transport planning, his life tends to move around. Starting from London in 1969, he was considered good enough to be taken to Hong Kong in 1973. It was such an adventurous place with a wild flavour to everything, very different from today. Once you’ve been successful in one foreign position you get offered others. The next destination was Algiers for a national study, which again went well. There he met his wife, the landlady’s daughter, not that easy in a Muslim country. They eloped to England on Monday and married on Friday in 1977. After that was La Paz, Bolivia, an excitingly beautiful place to live in at 3,800m altitude. In 1981, they moved back to Hong Kong and stayed there apart from a couple of years in Singapore, then a futile attempt to settle down with children in the USA in 1985. He retired to Worcester, England in 1999, which was boring for a traveller like him. In 2003, he started working in Shenzhen, nothing like today's city, with trips elsewhere. He won’t leave until he has to.

麦克懂交通规划设计，他常被问及“如果修建这条公路会带来什么？”数学和音乐相通，他凭借丰富经验用艺术思维衡量交通流量的使用情况，以及经济、金融和环境影响，并对所可能发生的结果作分析报告。不一定是运输基础设施，可以是土地使用的变化，也许是建造一个新的城镇，或者改变票价、税收和法规，任何影响人们和货运方式的杂务。有了这份工作，他生活周游四海。1969年从伦敦启程，1973年他足够优秀被派遣到香港。当年的香港与今天截然不同，充满冒险和狂野。一旦你在一个外国职位上取得成功，你就会得到更多被录用的机会。接下来是阿尔及尔，又一大国际项目圆满落实。在那个穆斯林国家，他邂逅了房东的女儿，即他的妻子，不容易。1977年他们周一私奔到英国，周五结婚。此后是玻利维亚的拉巴斯，一个海拔3800米令人神往的地方。1981年，他们搬回香港，在新加坡逗留了几年，然后1985年试图带孩子在美国定居。1999年他退休到英国伍斯特，这对他来说太无趣。2003年起，除了各地旅行外，他会一直在深圳继续工作。

Live Performance 即兴行为表演

▲First Meimei appearance, Shenzhen 2009 | 首次扮演美眉

▲Towel Day: celebrating Douglas Adams of "Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy" fame, Shenzhen 2019.5.25 | 毛巾日

Swipe Up & Down | Performance | 上下滑动

Mike did some stand-up comedy in bars during his stay in Hong Kong and was quite popular. All through that time, if he thought something was funny, he would do it. If only he had photos of the bar in La Paz. But this was long before easy picture taking. In 2008, a site Shenzhen Stuff gave him plenty of scope. He met very many appreciative audiences for his acts. The peak was definitely Meimei. An aunt of his children who ran “Gentlemen’s Clubs” in Shanghai, was always looking for sexy girls. This gave him many opportunities to talk dirty onsite. The first Meimei appearance was in 2009 and timed to coincide with a visit of his two daughters – he thinks it’s the duty of a father to embarrass his daughters, but it only worked with one of them. Meimei reappeared in October of that year at a lingerie party in 25th Floor True Color Reggae Bar, then twice more in 2010 at Kingway and La Casa. That's the end of "the old bat".

麦克在香港一些酒吧做了不少即兴喜剧表演，颇受欢迎。期间，只要他觉得什么好玩，他都会去做。如果他有拉巴斯酒吧的照片就好了。但当时拍照技术条件还不允许。2008年，深圳的一个网站给了他足够的空间。他遇到了许多欣赏他表演的观众。最火爆的莫过于“美眉”。他孩子的姑姑在上海经营一家“绅士俱乐部”，总是寻找性感女孩。这给了“美眉”很多机会在表演现场“撩妹子”。2009年，“美眉”首次亮相，时间正好是他的两个女儿到访——他认为父亲有责任让他的女儿难堪，但只对其中一个女儿有效。同年十月，“美眉”再次出现在25楼‘真彩雷盖酒吧’的‘内衣派对’上。2010年，在Kingway和La Casa又登场两次。这样， "癫婆子”告一段落。