• BBC 对中国创意人的系列报道

    2010 7月 13日 星期二 | 作者: IdleBeats | 0条留言 >

    Nini Sum 和 IdleBeats 最近接受了BBC关于中国创意人系列广播节目的采访。同时参与节目录制的还有B6, Bigger Bang乐队, 新茶锋潮, 艾未未以及其他数位中国创意人。在7月13, 14, 15号3天, 你可以通过点击BBC 网站上的'Listen Live'按钮听到在线直播的专题广播。

    RADIO OUTPUT 时间表:
    0000 - 0100 BST (0700 – 0800 北京时间)
    0300 – 0500 BST (1000 – 1200 北京时间)
    0600 – 0830 BST (1300 – 1530 北京时间)

    直播结束后也可以在'World Today'的页面再次收听节目。

    Nini也为这次专题创作了一幅插画, 叫做‘一幅杰作’。点击下面的图片可以链接到网站。IdleBeats也会把这幅作品手印成限量100份的Art Prints。现在可以通过我们网站预订(可享折扣)。


    这是3天的广播安排表:

    第一天 - 7月13日 周二
    Branding and youth culture - Lisa Li interview by Lawrence Pollard
    32 year-old head of the consultancy China Youthology. Interview looks at Chinese youth and how Western brands need to market to them, what influences Chinese youth and the effects of internet censorship on this group.

    - Interview from BBC Beijing bureau
    www.chinayouthology.com

    Being an artist in China then and now – Illustrated discussion between Maleonn and his parents Tong Zhengwei and Ma Ke
    Maleonn is a successful photographer aged 38, here he discusses his work with his parents Tong Zhengwei (former theatre actress) and Ma Ke (former Beijing Opera director). They also talk about the Cultural Revolution and its effects on Maleonn’s generation of Chinese born in the 1970s.

    - Recorded Maleonn's exhibition in Shanghai
    www.maleonn.com

    Being a music fan and musician in China and changes over the past 15 years – discussion between B6 and Abe (Bigger Bang and the band) hosted by Lawrence Pollard
    Disco between a 28 year-old electronic musician B6 and indie rock guitar player Abe (29 years old), talking about how they got hold of Western music when teenagers, their influences and the effect the internet has had on the them as both fans and makers of music. The discussion includes their music.

    - Discussion with B6 in the BBC Shanghai bureau and Abe in the BBC Beijing bureau
    www.myspace.com/b6music
    www.myspace.com/biggerbangtheband


    第二天 - 7月14日 周三
    Social networking, creative influences and youth culture - Sean Leow interview by Lawrence Pollard
    29 year-old Chinese American is from Silicon Valley and is founder of social networking site Neocha.com, and the consultancy and creative agency NeochaEDGE. He tells Lawrence about internet use by the young in China, whether China has the infrastructure to become a soft power, the influences on young creatives and linkages between global brands and local emerging artists.

    - Interview from BBC Shanghai bureau
    www.edge.neocha.com
    www.neocha.com

    Surviving as an artist, setting up a studio/arts business and influences – illustrated feature with Nini Sum
    Up and coming 23 year-old artist and printmaker who the Idle Beats screen printing studio. She tells us about what it's like surviving as an artist in China, why she set up her screen printing studio, her influences and what younger and older Chinese artists think about each others work. She also describes a piece created especially for the BBC.

    - Recorded at her studio in Shanghai
    http://www.ninisum.com/
    http://idlebeats.com/

    The future of China and the US – discussion between Zixi Jin and Arton Gjonbalaj
    Zixi Jin is Chinese and has just completed her first year at university in New York. Arton Gjonbalaj is a young New Yorker who will be going to China for the first time this summer. They discuss expectations from each other’s countries, how they feel about the growing influences of China on the world stage and America’s continued cultural influence around the world.

    - Recorded in a restaurant in New York


    第三天 - 7月15日 周四

    Overview on China's contemporary and future cultural potential - Ai Weiwei interviewed by Lawrence Pollard China's most famous contemporary artist and cultural critic tells us whether he thinks China will be a soft power in the near future, the potential of creative activity under China’s political system and what he thinks of the work being created by China's youth.

    - Interview from his studio in Beijing

    Design overview from Hong Kong to Shenzhen - illustrated feature by Javin Mo
    Award winning graphic designer Javin Mo is 33 and runs the Milkxhake design studio in Hong Kong. He takes us around 'Frontier City' and 'Design City' Shenzhen and details the close link between Shenzhen’s status as the First Economic Zone and it’s design scene. Also talks about how growth in China is affecting designers in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

    - Recorded by Javin as he travels from his studio in Hong Kong to design centres in Shenzhen
    www.milkxhake.org





  • Volcom x 中国先锋创意人丝网印刷工作坊 + 后院烧烤

    2010 7月 12日 星期一 | 作者: IdleBeats | 0条留言 >


    这个夏天美国服装品牌Volcom将会在上海和北京支持举办为期两个月的丝网印刷工作坊计划,叫做 Volcom x 中国先锋创意人丝网印刷工作坊。本次活动由新茶锋潮(NeochaEDGE), IdleBeatsSOURCE共同呈现,带来中西方顶尖创意人共同呈现两场丝网印刷的盛宴并届时发布Volcom在中国第一次的T恤合作计划。现场活动将于2010年7月17日在上海source和8月7日在北京source举行。

    新茶锋潮携手IdleBeats丝网印刷工作室邀约全国跨领域杰出创意人共同呈现这次工作坊。IdleBeats的创始人Nini Sum说到:“很高兴这次可以和Volcom合作举办中国第一次的跨城市巡回的现场丝印活动, 这让IdleBeats有幸和来自全国的顶尖创意人合作创作丝印艺术品. 我很感谢这次的机会并期待在现场活动时和大家一起享受丝印的乐趣’

    以下是来自不同艺术及设计背景的受邀艺术家:

    · Nini Sum
    · Jellymon
    · 大象
    · 王萌
    · 擦主席

    每位艺术家都创作了一系列以Volcom为灵感来源的作品并将在工作坊现场以手工丝印的方式展现。同时, 来自加利福尼亚州柯斯塔麦萨市的Volcom艺术部将选择每位创作中的一款作为Volcom限量T恤的设计。

    新茶锋潮的合作创始人Sean Leow说:“对以网络为联络基础的年轻人来说, 丝网印刷是个低科技又超酷的方式可以让他们聚在一起、卷起袖子、通过与艺术家交流来获得灵感,还能参与制作属于自己独一无二的艺术品”Volcom工作坊将对大众开放,人们可以和艺术家直接交谈来学习丝网印刷的基础知识,并且选择一款设计自己动手印刷。

    这次Volcom工作坊将以“后院烧烤”为主题,怀念自家院子和传统烧烤的味道吗?这就是专为你准备的夏日活动!Source将会创造一个室内的院子,同时还有现场音乐、烧烤区域、现成的啤酒和脚下的草坪。而所有的丝网印艺术家将在这个都市后院的中心设起工作台并上演一起混乱的现场艺术秀。你准备好一起来玩了吗?

    -上海站-
    时间: 7月17日 下午4点开始
    地点: SOURCE 上海店 -新乐路158号 近东湖路
    入场: 免费
    点这里去豆瓣活动页面

    -北京站-
    时间: 8月7日 下午4点开始
    朝阳区 金汇路8-9号 世界城商业街E128室 (世贸天街北门)
    入场: 免费
    点这里去豆瓣活动页面




  • IdleBeats 7月活动

    2010 6月 26日 星期六 | 作者: IdleBeats | 0条留言 >
    这里是我们7月份的活动日程, 有空的话就来一起玩吧! :)



    游击市集 (赠送 出售 购买 交换 -部分收益将捐给 '减少炭排放 - 植树项目')
    时间: 7月3日 10AM - 4PM
    地点: Central Studios -上海市 黄陂南路751号1号楼 近建国路




    Volcom x 中国先锋创意人丝网印刷工作坊
    -上海站-
    时间: 7月17日
    地点: SOURCE 上海店 -新乐路158号 近东湖路

    -北京站-
    时间: 8月7日
    地点: SOURCE 北京店




    S.T.D×能猫商店 – 迪斯科热舞动旋律!时髦靓丽GO CHIC、国产天皇新裤子Mao live专场 之 创意市集
    时间: 7月23日 晚
    地点: MAO LIVEHOUSE 上海市长宁区淮海西路570号32幢




    Sub-Culture x IdleBeats 7月海报发布+售卖
    时间: 7月24日 12AM - 5AM
    地点: 庇护所 -上海 永福路5号 近复兴西路




  • CNNgo和CityWeekend对IdleBeats的采访

    2010 4月 27日 星期二 | 作者: IdleBeats | 0条留言 >
    我们最近接受了CNNgo和CityWeekend的采访, 点击下面的图片可以阅读整篇文章内容。



    "In the studio with Nini Sum, struggling trailblazer" by Ric Stockfis - CNNgo.com








    "Is Shanghai Creative?" by Nick Taylor -CityWeekend




  • 抗震救旱 - 海绵创益大派

    2010 4月 21日 星期三 | 作者: IdleBeats | 0条留言 >
    最近发生的西南大旱和青海地震给中国的天空蒙上了一层阴影,虽然没有前赴灾区,但我们也可以用自己的方式来为赈灾出一份力。请关注本周五即将在上海举行的 海绵创益大派 !



    IdleBeats的主创Nini Sum最近受邀参加由Qrazy主办,新茶锋潮协办的抗震救旱主题创益大派活动, 这次活动将现场义卖Kim Kiroic、喜喜(能猫商店)、闫威、青头一、汤庭、大海盗、Sop2099和Nini Sum等创意人的得意作品,所有义卖资金将全数捐献给西部灾区。

    我们非常高兴能通过这次活动义卖自己的艺术作品帮助灾区, 也拿出了三幅最喜爱的Prints: 单车 , 海鸥 大卫林奇 以供现场拍卖。这三幅作品都是手工印刷的限量品, 并已裱好框、签名以及标注编号, 如果你有兴趣的话, 这周五就去上海红坊内的东大名创库看看吧, 现场还会有很多其他优秀创意人的作品!







    抗震救旱主题创益大派
    大派时间:4月23日晚8点
    大派地点:上海市淮海西路570号 东大名创库
    主办方:Qrazy
    协办方:新茶锋潮
    善款接收单位:壹基金