7月29日，烈日热情似火，在湖湘文化最高殿堂的岳麓书院，2016年新通道·侗心乐坊与岳麓书院文创作品创作分享会的热烈进行，共同见证传统文化与音乐交互的跨界碰撞。
On the 29th of July, the final presentation of 2016 New Channel Dong Music Workshop took place at Yuelu Academy. A sharing session between the music workshop team and Yuelu cultural product creative group also happened at the same time.
此次分享会由湖南大学设计艺术学院、伦敦大学玛丽女王学院、岳麓书院等单位联合主办。本次活动有来自伦敦大学玛丽女王学院的Nick Bryan-Kinns教授、Jennifer Sheridan教授及Lucia Marengo、Alessia Milo、Yongmeng Wu等三位博士研究生；来自湖南大学王巍博士、沈艺女士及左亚婷、宁彤彤、许祥等三位硕士研究生；以及周健、彭可人、周岗峰等正在进行岳麓书院主题创作的青年艺术家，还有幸邀请晨报周刊主编石寒、钉钉星媒体创始人袁俪洺等嘉宾。
It is co-sponsored by School of Design, Hunan University and Queen Mary University of London, planned by independent curator Jian Zhou, hosted by Dr Wei Wang.
The attendants include Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns, Dr. Jennifer Sheridan (b00t Consultants), PhD students Lucia Marengo, Alessia Milo, Yongmeng Wu from Queen Mary University of London, Shen Yi, Tongtong Ning, Yating Zuo, and Xiang Xu from Hunan University, as well as the creative team leading by Jian Zhou, including young artists Liyu Gao, Keren Peng and Gangfeng Zhou. It is also very privileged to be able to invite Han Shi, the editor-in-chief of local biggest media Morning Weekly, as well as Liluo Yuan, the founder of Dingding Xing Media, as our honored guests.
在过去两周的新通道·侗心乐坊夏令营活动中，中英联合创作团队聚焦音乐主题产品，通过对以湖南通道为主的侗族地区传统文化进行调研，与当地社区合作，结合侗锦、竹编、木雕特色手工技艺，将少数民族传统文化元素与工业设计、交互技术结合，完成了四组具有民族特色与互动体验的探索性文创产品设计。
In the New Channel camp, the HNU-QMUL team focused on musical products, based on surveying on traditional local culture in Dong minority area, combining featured craftsmanship like Dong brocade, bamboo weaving, wood carving, as well as product design and interactive technology, produced four creative cultural products with the feature of Dong minority group as well as impressive interactive experience.
首先，展示的是作品“KeepMake”（回响），由Nick Bryan-Kinns教授、Jennifer Sheridan教授设计。采用原生竹子作为主料，辅以侗锦装饰。通过竹子的开口可以听见坪坦河乡间淙淙的流水声和水车的咿呀转动之声，也可以窥探孔内侗锦图案光影变化。
“Keep Make” is the first work presented. It is designed by Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns and Dr. Jennifer Sheridan, using the material of bamboo and Dong brocade. From the opening mount of the bamboo, you can hear the sound of the water and see the moving pattern of Dong brocade.
第二组作品“Doye Boxes”（多耶盒），由Alessia Milo和沈艺女士设计。Doye（多耶）是一种侗族传统多人舞蹈，也是侗锦中象征团结和谐的纹饰图案。在这款设计中，多耶图案通过侗族刺绣和剪纸呈现，通过盒子翻转与盒子之间拼合、不同接触面的碰撞，可以听到多首侗乐和多耶现场声效，以及光影变化。
“Doye Boxes” is designed by Alessia Milo and Ms. Yi Shen. Doye is a traditional group dancing of Dong people, as well as a pattern indicating harmony in Dong brocade. In this design, Doye pattern is presented as Dong embroidery and paper-cutting. By rolling over the Doye box, or combining different boxes, different sound effect and color would be presented.
第三组作品“Dong Shine”（侗昕），由Lucia Marengo和左亚婷、宁彤彤设计。作为为游客而设计的旅游产品，通过对侗家织布常用的绕线篓，进行竹编结构的再设计，通过手势控制音乐的播放与暂停，使之可以作为灯以及音乐播放器来使用。装饰采用侗锦织带，及从中提取的图案，以简笔画的形式，讲述当地故事。
“Dong Shine” is designed by Lucia Marengo, Tongtong Ning and Yating Zuo. They use the bamboo basket for making the Dong brocade, redesigned the bamboo structure, embedded the gesture control on music playing and pausing, to make it a music box as well as a lamp.
第四组作品“Dong tunes”（侗听），由吴永萌和许祥设计。灵感来源于侗族建筑屋内经常悬挂的香包“吉祥花”，设计保留了原有形态，但与当地老人们一起创新了绒线配色及图案。使用者通过转动音乐盒的旋钮，或转动其不同的面，可以听到老人们讲述关于香包的故事和他们口述的当地记忆、传承的侗歌，还可以自由调节音乐的音高与变化。
The final work “Dong tunes” is designed by Yongmeng Wu and Xiang Xu. The original archetype came from the Lucky Flower, which Dong people hang on their symbolic buildings such as bridge, drum tower and village gate for good luck. They preserve the original shape and co-created the pattern with local craftsmen. By tilting the box, or rotating the nobs on the box, stories and songs can be played and switched, sound effect can be added as well.
之后毕业于伦敦艺术大学温布顿艺术学院的插画艺术家彭可人分享了她的作品。首先映入眼帘的是一幅幅色彩明亮、笔触轻松的老长沙街景写生作品。彭可人说，她是土生土长的长沙人，在国外生活多年以后又回到故乡，又重新发现了这座城市的美好。打牌打麻将的人、喝茶下棋的人、理发店、小市场……走在长沙的老街巷里，她觉得每个人生活中这些最普通的日常就是美的，长沙的市井文化在她笔下显得诗意又活泼。彭可人还介绍了她多年之后第一次迈入岳麓书院的“重新发现”及正在进行的主题创作。
周岗峰曾就职于北京新京报，担任高级摄影师。他说“我相信最打动人的，就是情感”，这是周岗峰分享完他的摄影作品之后让我们印象最深刻的一句话。虽然他和彭可人的作品描绘的都是真实的生活，但周岗峰的摄影作品让人一眼望过去似乎就会陷入沉思中。庙里的孤儿、牺牲的消防战士、贵州的留守儿童、来自星星的孩子……透过这些照片叙述的故事让人动容良久，让人想要知道更多照片背后的故事。周岗峰说，最重要的不是构图、色彩、光线等摄影技术，而是事物之间的关系和人们内心最深处的情感。而最近他将会用镜头对着岳麓书院，诉说这千年学府之中的故事。
今天的发布会只是对2016“新通道·侗心乐坊”阶段性的总结，为湖湘文化传承与发扬所做的努力，永远没有止尽。未来，我们还会一起前行。
The presentation is a mile stone at this stage for reviewing the design and sharing the experience. There will be more efforts put into the New Channel workshop for inheriting and propagating the local culture.
