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At the end of April, Pang Kuan, lead singer and keyboardist of the band "New Pants", opened a live + live performance art exhibition.
The name of the art exhibition is "Pang Kuan's World".
The specific content is: build a 2.5X2.5 meter wooden platform in the "Star Space" gallery, and then eat, drink and sleep on this palm-sized platform to spend 14 days.
Pang Kuan was accompanied only by the most basic daily necessities: water, meals, wine, snacks, clothes, sofas, and mattresses.
And, of course, a toilet.
Pang Kuan ate in full view of everyone, sleeping, reading, brushing his mobile phone and excreting.
Audiences entering the gallery can visit around the stage while Pang Kuan's every move is broadcast live through the camera.
This is a new trick, but even the hardcore fans of new pants heard the news and rushed to watch, but also "complained" that the live viewing was more dull, and Pang Kuan either let go of the air in a daze, or flipped through the magazine to brush the mobile phone, making people feel more bored.
But isn't it true, although Pang Kuan is a well-known niche artist, after all, he is also a big old man with a mortal body, who does not sing or dance, is it difficult for him to be better looking than the jaguar?
Unfortunately, the "Pang Kuan's World" was carried out until the next day, because of the needs of the epidemic, the art exhibition was temporarily closed to the public.
Therefore, the audience wants to observe the live display of Teacher Pang Kuan Pang without bright spots and no hi points at zero distance, and perhaps for this reason, Pang Kuan's live broadcast attention continues to rise.
The live broadcast was carried out simultaneously on three platforms, and the total number of broadcasts by the end exceeded 10 million.
Of course, it is not completely without "points of view", in 14 days, Pang Kuan still contributed several "famous scenes" to the audience.
One of the "famous scenes": In the daily routine nucleic acid test, because he could not leave the stage, Pang Kuan could only lie flat on the edge of the stage, tilt his head back, make a roar in the sky, and let the staff stab the cotton swab into the throat...
The second part of the "famous scene"
At eight o'clock in the evening, Pang Kuan, who had eaten dinner, changed from the state of decadence during the day and changed into a dark green shirt with a beautiful outfit of big red autumn pants. (He brought a lot of all kinds of beautiful clothes)
At half past ten, Pang Kuan sprayed a little perfume behind his ears and wrists, and in the pleasant fragrance, he seemed to be in a relaxed mood, poured a glass of red wine with a goblet, and cocked Erlang's legs to enjoy.
Under the red wine, Pang Kuan seemed to be in a better mood, he turned up the volume, got up to the music and began to dance charmingly.
It wasn't until near midnight that Pang Kuan stopped dancing, changed out of his sweaty clothes and lay down in the bed and began to brush the drama.
"Famous Scenes" No. 3:
Since the "whole live broadcast" has been carried out for 14 consecutive days, if it is said that eating, drinking, and sleeping, which must be a lot of physiological activities of the human body, can still be carried out in full view of the public, then how to deal with the "big and small" two?
For Pang Kuan himself and the staff, this is a more difficult problem.
For the general audience, this is a very interesting "highlight moment" in the live broadcast process.
"I want to know how to go to the toilet"
"Did he go to the bathroom today?" What time does the toilet go to? ”
In the process of live broadcasting like a still screen, this is a very "expectant" moment, everyone has introduced and warmly anticipated, and tens of thousands of netizens across the network are waiting online to see him "pull".
The exciting moment finally arrived, teacher Pang could not fight against the normal physiological functions of human beings, and began to "pull".
But this picture is of course "inappropriate" for both children and adults, Pang Kuan put on a blue blanket and sat with his back to the camera, and after a few minutes, he got up and "finished".
Later, a staff member wearing a gas mask and disposable gloves came in to help him dump the "fertilizer" in the plastic bag.
Many netizens have finally satisfied their desire to snoop.
Even Teacher Pang Kuan pang himself did not expect that he would rush to the hot search when he went to the toilet.
Awkward hot search.
In addition to "going to the toilet", Pang Kuan's appearance has also aroused heated discussion among netizens. Pang Kuan looks quite interesting, sometimes like the former military art school Cao Shen Teng, and sometimes like the national husband Wang Sicong.
Later, some netizens directly ridiculed Pang Kuan as "Brother Cong".
Especially this one, it really has a bit of a feeling of "Ann can distinguish that I am congkuan".
Like, indeed!
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Pang Kuan's idea is inspired by the "isolation" situation of the epidemic, in addition to not being watched by so many strangers online and offline, this state of isolation from leaving home reflects the real life state of many Chinese people in the past three years.
It is said that many netizens have seen themselves from this live broadcast and felt a kind of "healing".
They enthusiastically participated, and also relayed to make detailed observations recorded online documentation.
Time can even be broken down to minutes.
The music pang kuan has heard for 14 days is listed in the song list.
He brushed the drama in the middle of the night and was also recognized by people who heard the voice and recognized it as "The Biography of Zhen Huan".
Even a small white bug that does not know whether it is a butterfly or what has flown through the camera is recorded.
So almost to achieve "eye-catching" observation, these more real netizens are really commendable.
Finally, after the live broadcast, they also raised 1 yuan each to print out the observation record and send it to Pang Kuan, which deeply moved Pang Kuan.
But of course, there are also some people who don't think so, some netizens think that this is pure hype, and some people speak more rudely", "just like watching a monkey".
Even his friend, when the hedgehog lead singer Zhao Jian's mother learned that this live broadcast was not profitable, her first reaction was "Isn't this self-inflicted guilt?" I can't figure it out! ”
The vast majority of netizens are looking at this young artist they do not understand with a kind of curiosity or even joke mentality.
In fact, the practice of this performance art is "planned for a long time" for Pang Kuan. Years ago, he was inspired by a science fiction movie to isolate himself, to eat only one potato and drink water a day to see what he would look like in 30 days.
Later, I wanted to find a cave retreat in Tibet to practice live at the same time. The cave was already found, and finally it was abandoned because there was no internet.
The spark of creation this time was ignited by the epidemic. In the circle of friends in the epidemic, Pang Kuan summed up that there are three types of people: the first type of people complain and complain, and the negative energy is full. The second type of person is a delicate egoist, as long as it has nothing to do with himself, even if the flesh and blood outside are still eating, drinking and having fun. The last category of people, silently, bear all the burdens of life.
He wants to show the real life state and thoughts and behaviors of the last group of people.
This is not Pang Kuan's first "whim", last year's Valentine's Day, Beijing that day snowed heavily, in a small district of the street garden, Pang Kuan naked, wearing a mask, wearing glitter leather pants canvas shoes, shaking legs singing the new pants band's work "Love".
To their surprise, the keyboard was on the dirty dumpster.
For this "deviant" rock youth who has not taken the conventional path since childhood, all seemingly abrupt behaviors are actually so natural.
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Performance art refers to an interdisciplinary art composed of individual or group actions at a specific time and place, and is one of the modern art forms that emerged in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s.
Performance art is not exactly the same as performance arts such as singing, dancing, and acrobatics, but conveys its own artistic ideas and thoughts through a series of acts of the artist, which can be random or carefully planned.
In fact, not to mention this avant-garde artist, even the conformist cross-talk master Guo Degang has been a crab eater as early as 2003.
In a variety show, he challenged himself and spent 48 hours in a glass display cabinet built in a bustling shopping mall.
In the sweltering and soundproof glass cabinet, facing the audience outside the window who only saw his appearance and did not hear his voice, Master Guo ate instant noodles, knitted sweaters, displayed his talents, and took photos with the audience.
But after a difficult night, the next day Guo Degang was on the verge of an emotional breakdown, began to kick things uncontrollably, and even decided to abort the challenge early.
Later, it was the audience's message that made him choke up tears, and then he perked up and continued to persevere, and finally completed the challenge in victory.
However, this so-called performance art was not an initiative for Guo Degang, but a survival strategy that was not very famous at the time, so it left a deep psychological shadow on him, and it was also sad to talk about it many years later.
Even his son Guo Qilin was asked about his father's past in an interview, saying that he did not want to see it, did not want to see it, and felt uncomfortable.
So, for different people, different artists, the reaction to a "live broadcast" without any privacy is also very different.
Obviously, Guo Degang, who was born in the 70s, is difficult to adapt to in front of everyone, while Pang Kuan, a middle-aged rock and roll man of his time, is calm.
However, the 14-day live broadcast was challenging even for Pang Kuan, with two boxes of self-heating rice a day only 70% full, and the rest of the time he often felt hungry, and the audience saw that his singing and dancing were actually trying to divert attention.
After the live broadcast, he lost 125 pounds, and his belt was a full block less.
Not eating vegetables and fruits for 14 days caused him to peel his hands.
The skin also turns black under the constant light.
Most importantly, the spirit was once depressed and felt unbearable.
However, he still believes that he has completed a particularly beautiful and meaningful "work".
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The most interesting thing is that there was also an unexpected episode during the live broadcast.
One day, a stranger wearing a white costume and a mask suddenly appeared in the exhibition hall.
In this pavilion, which only the staff can enter, I don't know how this person came in.
The man took his own BGM around the field for a week, and finally stopped in front of Pang Kuan, who was sitting upright.
But in the face of this uninvited guest, Pang Kuan was not surprised, but slowly raised himself and stood up, while extending a hand to the white-clad man, as if he was remotely controlling him.
The white-clad man also cooperated to show that his neck was grasped by an invisible "hand", struggled a few times, and then fell.
The staff in the exhibition hall looked at each other, and the second monk was confused, at first they thought it was a nucleic acid tester, and then they thought that it was a friend of his who came at the invitation of Pang Kuan, which was a link that Pang Kuan had deliberately arranged privately, but later after inquiry, no one knew the white-clad man, let alone deliberately arranged it.
In fact, even Pang Kuan thought he was a guest of the gallery at first, but later he finally understood that the person who came was a character in cos in "Star Wars", "Storm Soldier", so he played with his heart and stood up to cooperate with him, making the action of "locking the throat of the air force" in the movie.
After the "performance", Pang Kuan was happy, and the people who came were satisfied. And before leaving the museum, he also deliberately looked back at the staff who were dumbfounded, as if to appreciate the effect of his actions.
From behind the invisible mask, there seemed to be a hint of ridicule.
I don't know if it is a netizen who has been watching Pang Kuan's live broadcast, who can't stop watching it, but also personally designed a plot of accidental intrusion and participated in a surprising behavior show.
The performance art itself is surprising enough, and I didn't expect anything even more surprising to happen, like a "dream in a dream" as magical and absurd.
After the video was uploaded to the Internet, more than 10,000 people forwarded it, and some netizens commented that it was performance art in performance art.
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