Chen Hu, a kung fu actor who used to work as an action director for the "Matrix" series of movies, recently returned to his hometown of Chengdu to serve as the promotion ambassador of the Chengdu Environmental Protection Ecological Aesthetic Art Exhibition of "No Waste Planet". On April 16, Chen Hu and Ah Bi, brand owner and curator of the Waste-free Planet Environmental Protection Art Exhibition, were interviewed by Red Star News reporters, revealing the behind-the-scenes story of the exhibition.
Chen Hu (left) and Ah Bi (right)
Red Star News reporter saw in the "Waste-free Planet" Chengdu Environmental Protection Ecological Aesthetic Art Exhibition that there were many artworks made of waste on display: "Tenglong Realm" made of discarded bicycles, scrapped recycled metal parts, and bamboo; "Guardian (Paper Cup Terracotta Warriors)" created with disposable recycled paper cups; and "Dasheng" created by recycled straws and disposable plastic knives and forks... This exhibition revolves around the cultural concept of natural ecology and Chinese style, showing the way of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. ABi introduced, "Our artists made a series of landscape fauvism with discarded straws of various colors and disposable knives and forks, and interpreted Wang Wei's poems - "Weicheng Qu / Send Yuan Er Envoy Anxi" and "Lu Chai", which combined Chinese aesthetics and ecological aesthetics, Eastern aesthetics and Western aesthetics. ”
Talking about why this art exhibition is held in Chengdu, Abi said that Chengdu is a very good livable city, which is very much in line with the theme of the art exhibition. It is reported that the exhibition has been opened in SiboLongchuang (Southwest) Art Center, with about 20 exhibits to meet the audience, and the exhibition period lasts until May 29th.
The Land of the Dragon
"Guardian (Paper Cup Terracotta Warriors)"
Referring to the invitation of Chen Hu as the promotion ambassador of this exhibition, A Bi said, "Not only because he is a Chengdu native, but also because of his achievements in his profession, in addition, we actually have a lot in common, we do art, in fact, we also need creativity, the core of art and film industry is creativity, and Teacher Chen Hu has professional ability in the world." ”
For this exhibition, Chen Hu used "fun", "interesting" and "surprise" to describe, "let me feel particularly creative, because I think we can turn these useless things in our daily lives into this kind of particularly interesting and energetic kind of art, I think this direction is a way of art presentation." ”
Chen Hu
Chen Hu said that he just finished filming "The Matrix 4" last year, and he has been resting in the recent period, and will soon enter the group to shoot new films, and then he will be a director.
Many fans know that during the filming of "The Matrix", Keanu Reeves and Chen Hu became good friends and brothers. At that time, Keanu Reeves had promised to make a kung fu movie tailored for Chen Hu, so in 2013 he directed himself and asked Chen Hu to star in "Tai Chi Man". Referring to the new film "The Matrix 4", Chen Hu said, "Because of Keanu Reeves, I will go there, otherwise I would not go." Keanu Reeves and I have been friends for many years, his plays I have to go ah, in foreign countries I mainly do action direction, and then back home, I am mainly an actor. Speaking of the actors who were more impressed with his cooperation, Chen Hu said bluntly, "The most profound thing so far is Keanu Reeves, and the cooperation is really a bit too much, just feel too familiar." ”
Stills from Tai Chi Man
The Matrix 4 is a sci-fi film written and directed by Lana Wachowski, featuring Keanu Reeves, Kerry-Ann Moss, And Jada Pink smith, and is scheduled to be released in North America on December 22, 2021. For "The Matrix 4", Chen Hu said that although this time it was basically built by the original team, in fact, the director refused many times and was unwilling to shoot the fourth episode, "because the director felt that there was already a satisfactory result after shooting the third episode." Maybe in the past few years, the director has a new feeling, feels that he wants to express it, and then he has contributed to this shooting. ”
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao Photojournalist Li Huan Intern Guo Congli
Edited by Li Jie
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