废体存用──Ward Shelley跨界创作的知识论背景

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跨界——如今成了艺术界的时尚，仿佛没有跨界的作品和创作就难当艺术家的称号。于是一批画画的开始盖房子，盖房子的开始演戏，演戏的开始写诗，写诗的去玩音乐．音乐人搞体育，而世界冠军又投身新媒体。总之，不甘心一辈子在一种专业里闷死自己。但是“跨界”跨了什么？“跨界”到底带给我们什么”新东西”？跨界究竟怎样跨才能带来“新视野“？以及为什么要做这样而不是那样的“跨界”？这件事好像没能得到很清晰的反省，至少在我们中国的艺术界和知识界。

One of the more extreme effects of modern life is a sence of extreme individualism, which can be experienced as separation from history, from society, from each other, and ultimately, from ourselves. Another effect of this sence of separation is the widely discussed idea of transgressing disciplinary, genre, and media boundaries to create ＂new＂ art and research. Nevertheless, despite all this artistic and intellectual cross-pollination, it has become clear that simply hyphenating one＇s practice （artist- ethnographer, for example） does not necessarily lead to the creation of relevant work. And that, after all, is the goal of transgressing established boundaries -- artists and intellectuals aim to create perspectives that help us better understand the worlds in which we live.