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JUE | Music + Art is back, like a boondoggling alligator set to rinse the downtowns of Beijing and Shanghai: we are your best friend in March, the gift that keeps giving.
March 12-22, 2015 sees the return of the multi-headed hydra that will showcase everything from the Bug’s dystopian (and extremely loud) beats to the dark and mellifluous songs of French chanteuse Emilie Simon; from the revitalized JUE | Film that will focus on music-based celluloid from around the world to the new JUE | Talks, that will feature label bosses, record store owners and some of the most influential people in the history of Western music.
After an incredible six years – during which time JUE grew from a handful of events over a few days in 2009 to 135 events over 2½ weeks in 2014 –the 2015 edition will be more focused and curated than ever. The festival period will be a lean but action-packed 11 days with fewer arts events, most of which will focus on what JUE does best – music. JUE | Music + Art will continue to work with some of our brilliant and amazing partners from years gone by, but we will take responsibility for more of the arts events than ever before.
The organizers of JUE | Music + Art (Split Works) on China’s changing creative climate:
“When we launched JUE, seven long years ago, China was a very different place. The creative communities were few and far between, stratified and uncommunicative. We created JUE | Music + Art in order to try and connect these communities and promote music and art that wasn’t getting attention from the Chinese media and potential fans. We felt that if we bundled together exhibitions, installations, recitations and performances, then together we would be stronger. If we opened up our marketing channels to our friends and those we admired, then we would be able to get a little more attention for everyone. For five years, this worked very well and the festival and its attendant arts grew and prospered.
But the market in China has changed, and that is a wonderful thing. In Shanghai and Beijing particularly, there is now a resplendent array of thriving livehouses, galleries, arts communities, cultural centres and even festivals. You can say that our initial mission has been accomplished.
We believe that JUE still has a place in this ecosystem and as we return to 2015, we present to you a shorter, more focused, more curated festival that will remain the most fun urban arts festival in China. We give to you the initial lineup for JUE | Music + Art, with very much more to come.”
MUSIC: First Announcement
– Emilie Simon (FR)
– Yozoh (KR)
– JUE x Subculture presents: The Bug feat. Manga (UK)
– JUE x Genjing Records presents: Primitive Calculators (AUS) + Snapline
– Awesome Tapes from Africa (USA)
– JUE x Lost Cargo: Cian O’Donnell (NZ, Conch Records)
– JUE x Wooozy Offline presents: Logos (UK), Forma (USA)
– JUE x Electric East presents: Swindle (UK) (Shanghai only)
– Sontag Shogun (USA)
– Courtney Wing (CA)
ARTS: First Announcement
– JUE Creative Market (Beijing Only)
– JUE Photography Workshop
– JUE Photography Exhibition “Almost Famous” (Shanghai Only)
– JUE Film Day “New Wave, the Advent of Chinese Rock Music and Globalization”
– JUE Next GEN Photography Competition
– JUE X Wooozy Community Film: “Breadcrumb Trail”
About JUE | Music + Art:
觉 / JUE – to sense (as in: an assault on all 5 senses)
JUE | Music + Art was founded in 2009 to bring the creative communities of Shanghai & Beijing closer together. Every year since then, promoters Split Works have pooled their resources with those of their favorite friends from across the artistic spectrum to present a multi-venue, multi-disciplinary romp across the middle of March. If you want a snapshot of where China is creatively, you could do worse than spending a week at JUE | Music + Art.
“JUE sneaks into the city streets and lights the creative torch ablaze. The freshest international artist and locally rooted creative join forces to switch on the creative pulse of the cities. When JUE is happening, the whole city seems alive” – Jetty @ Sina Weibo Music
We look forward to welcoming you…[:zh]
– 不破不立 Pushing Boundaries –
《觉》音乐+艺术节回归上海和北京了！这只蛰伏的鳄鱼又到了伺机而动的时刻，即将带你奔向自由奔放的城市腹地。让我们继续做你3月最好的朋友！
2015年3月12-22日，各类精彩绝伦的活动将一一呈现：从The Bug乐队标志性的末世怪兽节拍，到Emilie Simon空灵迷人的法式香颂；从一整个下午的音乐胶片电影，再到各厂牌主理人、唱片店老板和对西方音乐历史极具影响力的大人物们之间妙不可言的对谈……
从2009年出生到现在，《觉》从持续数日由屈指可数的几场活动组成的小节日，成长为长达两周半拥有135场活动的节日盛会。如此精彩纷呈的6个年头之后，我们对2015年的《觉》进行了更多的思考。我们决定缩短《觉》的跨度，让有限的精力完整覆盖到缩短后的11天，用减少艺术活动的数量，来保证音乐节的整体质量。我们力求更易于参与者理解的活动安排，从而赋予《觉》本身更加清晰的概念和蓝图。我们将和过往几年中一些卓越的合作伙伴继续携手，也会相较于之前更加注重艺术活动方面的自主策划。
7年前，当我们创造《觉》音乐+艺术节的时候，中国还完全不是现在的模样，当时的创意社团寥寥无几，不活跃也缺乏交流。于是，我们思考为何不用《觉》这个平台去连接社团，并运用音乐和艺术去吸引媒体和年轻人的广大关注呢？我们将展览、朗诵、表演等多类型的活动“捆绑”起来，从而达到彼此的共同壮大。继而，通过我们自己拥有的多渠道媒体平台的竭力推广，让更多的人关注到其中。在第5个年头之际，我们终于成就了一个繁荣而精彩的音乐艺术节！中国日新月异，现状非常美好。如今的上海和北京，已经拥有成倍数目的现场音乐酒吧Livehouse、画廊、艺术社团、文化中心和数不清的音乐节。可以骄傲地说，我们多年的努力已经开花结果。
《觉》音乐+艺术节在整个“文化生态体系”中茁壮成长着。说回到2015年的《觉》，我们马上就会把这个中国最有趣的城市音乐艺术节呈给你。以下是《觉》音乐+艺术节2015已确认的阵容，更多精彩阵容和活动细节将稍后即刻奉上！
音乐首批阵容
– Emilie Simon（法国）
– Yozoh（韩国）
– Awesome Tapes from Africa（美国）
– Sontag Shogun（美国）
– Courtney Wing（加拿大）
– 《觉》X 根茎唱片 呈现：Primitive Calculators（澳大利亚）+ Snapline
– 《觉》X Subculture 呈现：The Bug feat. Manga（英国）
– 《觉》X 无解电场 呈现：Logos（英国）+ Forma（美国）
– 《觉》X Electric East 呈现：Swindle（英国）
– 《觉》X Lost Cargo 呈现：Cian O’Donnell（新西兰）
艺术首批阵容
– 《觉》新的一代 线上摄影大赛
– 《觉》创意市集（仅北京）
– 《觉》摄影教室
– 《觉》电影日“融合的天空：摇滚新浪潮与全球化”
– 《觉》摄影展“名声大躁：现场音乐摄影群展”（仅上海）
– 《觉》X无解放映会：美国后摇乐队Slint纪录片《Breadcrumb Trail》
敬请期待更多精彩阵容！
相关链接：
《觉》音乐+艺术节 官方网站：www.juefestival.com
《觉》官方微博：@觉音乐艺术节
关于《觉》音乐+艺术节
觉 / JUE – 去感知 (接受5种感官的洗礼)
2009年诞生的《觉》音乐+艺术节，始终致力于帮助增强创意社团之间的交流。每年三月中旬的上海和北京，主办方Split Works“开功”将自己丰富的音乐资源与朋友们的艺术资源整合起来，呈现出一场多场馆多类型的音乐艺术盛筵。想亲身体验中国最有趣的创意景致？请来《觉》感受一整个星期吧！
“《觉》潜入城市的街头巷尾，发起了关于创意的火炬接力。全球最新锐的音乐人和艺术家，与扎根在本地的创意工作者走到一起，用创造力接通城市的脉搏，让整个城市，在有《觉》的日子里，实实在在地鲜活起来。” ——Jetty | 新浪微博音乐高级策划经理[:]