16日上午,在来自伦敦大学玛丽女王学院的Nick Bryan-Kinns教授、Jennifer Sheridan教授以及来自湖南大学的王巍博士、沈艺女士带领下,Lucia Marengo、Alessia Milo、Yongmeng Wu等博士生及研究生组成的“新通道•侗心乐坊”工作组,进行了新一轮的头脑风暴。每个人将自己的想法从文化、形式、交互、声音四个方面进行分析,并分组搜集当地特色材料,例如竹子、粽叶等。此后大家使用便签纸将自己的想法展示出来,交换自己的想法,与每个人进行灵感的碰撞,寻找共同的设计点,并改进我们的设计。
下午,我们来到了著名的皇都侗寨村,进行我们的资料收集,灵感进一步发掘。首先,我们来到了位于当地的湖南大学新通道侗文化推广研究基地,参观了新通道已开发的大量优秀设计作品,例如侗锦围巾,剪纸等。
接下来,在侗寨的广场侗族歌手身着独具民族特色的盛装,手持侗家原生态乐器,为大家带来了美丽的歌声,大家欣赏了《欢迎你到侗乡来》等一系列充满民族风情的曲目,并对歌声进行了录音。在表演最后,被歌手们的热情感染,大家一起与歌手们跳起了侗家多耶舞。
在歌手们的家中,我们近距离接触到了各式各样的侗族乐器,歌手大哥向我们详细介绍了它们的名字、材料、使用方式,我们也亲自尝试了如何去演奏它们。
接下来的时间,我们分别对当地民居及市场进行了探索,发现很多有意思的生活用品及旅游产品。一位当地乐器演奏者为我们分别表演了各种侗族乐器例如小仲芦笙、土琵琶、二胡、牛腿琴、侗笛、葫芦丝、白瓜等。来自玛丽女王学院的Alessia Milo博士对每一种乐器的音乐进行了收音。
晚上,我们分享了下午与当地居民交流的经历与发现,并投票选择了我们将要在工作营期间继续进行与完善的设计。
On the 16th of July the day schedule started with some brainstorming in the workshop. The students researched with the workshop coordinators on the design of the Dong Music Box reflecting on cultural meanings, forms for the designs, interaction modality and the sounds we wanted to preserve and share from the local culture. Local materials as bamboo sticks, weaves of reeds leaves, baskets, drum towers architecture and its uses, local instruments, provided inspiration. We presented and shared our ideas using colored post-its on a board on the wall.
After lunch the group went to Huangdu village to study the traditional culture and music, enjoying and recording several performances from local musicians playing together or showing instruments. The sounds recorded can be used later in our Dong Music Boxes and showcased in the Hunan University shop together with past work from New Channel Summer Camp.
In the evening, the cultural experience and the conversations with the village inhabitants and visitors were shared to decide which designs could be prototyped during the time of the summer camp.