On the eve of the arrival of the first Chinese Police Festival, the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, together with the Southern Metropolis Daily and the Southern Rule of Law Daily, launched the "Salute to the Guardian of Peace" 2021 Police Image Creative Works Collection Activity, which was widely collected from the society for original works such as posters, cartoons, and animated videos, which were warmly welcomed by the majority of netizens and the police force inside and outside the province.
Photo by all-media reporter Wei Changhong
The event specially invited Cao Xue, head of the mascot design team of the Beijing Winter Olympics and dean of the School of Visual Arts and Design of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, as the leader of the expert review team. Under his leadership, the expert judging team participated in the preliminary evaluation of works, screened out 147 outstanding works for the public to vote, and finally judged the works of the first, second, third prizes and excellent awards in each category with reference to the number of public votes.
On the morning of January 5, a group of reporters from this newspaper came to the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts to interview President Cao Xue and listen to what this design master saw and felt.
Balance subjective and objective expressions and evaluate good works that are full and vivid
The 2021 Police Image Creative Works widely solicited 1749 original works such as posters, cartoons, and animated videos. What are the good pieces of work? Which works will be exhibited at the Guangdong Public Security Museum? In order to check the selection of works from the perspective of art design majors, the organizers specially invited Cao Xue, dean of the School of Visual Arts and Design of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, to serve as the leader of the expert review team. "I am very honored to be invited to be the leader of the expert judging team for this event, and the selection of good works is also a way to serve the community." Cao Xue said, "Serving the society has always been the philosophy of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
Looking back at the process of creative works collection activities, the competition collected more than a thousand original works in less than a month, which actually exceeded Cao Xue's expectations, "In addition to the works created by the public security police, I am very happy to see people from all walks of life, college students and many children participate." ”
He believes that the works are divided into subjective works from the perspective of the public security police and objective works from the perspective of the public, and the subjective and objective works show the image of the police from different angles and dimensions, and celebrate the first Chinese Police Festival together, which is a very happy thing.
The public security police themselves generally know themselves better than the people and understand their professional missions better. "From the works of the police, you can feel the sense of honor, pride, and mission of the profession." Cao Xue said.
Many of the works are expressed from the perspective of the public, among which the poster category second prize work "When I grow up, I want to be you" is inspired by the story of the nursery rhyme "A Penny", telling the children who yearn to become a righteous and brave person like the police when they grow up, so that this sacred profession continues from generation to generation. "From an objective point of view, children feel the respectable and amiable image of the police uncle from an early age, and express it through their eyes and angles." Cao Xue said.
Cao Xue told reporters that he usually likes to use this method of lifting weights when he usually does design. The first Chinese Police Festival is a major festival, and the design used to see the small is more creative in the art, and expresses the grand theme in a relatively relaxed way.
In the process of selecting works, Cao Xue and the judging experts will consider several directions for winning the award, do a good job of balancing the relationship between subjective and objective expression, do a good job of all-round, plump, more vivid flesh and blood expression, and reflect the cuteness and greatness of the people's public security.
Communicate with each other and enhance understanding, so that the police and the people can trust each other more
For guangdong public security work, Cao Xue's early memories come from the movie "Yangcheng Dark Sentinel", and he also learned that the 110 alarm platform originated in Guangzhou. "I was very impressed by this film, and I didn't expect to move to Guangzhou many years later." Having been the creative director of advertising for 7 years, he chose to teach at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, leading the team to design well-known works such as the ice pier of the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot and the new city image logo of Guangzhou.
Before serving as a judge, in order to better understand the development process of Guangdong public security and the daily work of public security police, Cao Xue once visited the Guangdong Police History Museum. "I remember a real news photo of a child a few years old who probably didn't know what sacrifice was and what death was, and at the memorial service for the martyrs, her big eyes were staring at her father's body." Cao Xue recalled, "At that time, I was in tears, maybe it was the softest part that touched me, it didn't need to be created, and it was very touching to show it bluntly." "Art originates from life, higher than life, and the public security cause itself because of its particularity, we do not need to over-beautify it, truthful expression often has enough aesthetic significance in it."
"Because I have seen the Police History Museum, seen real photos, and laid the groundwork in front of me, I have a deeper understanding of the work." Cao Xue told reporters, "When I was judging, I still couldn't stand it when I saw the works of the heroes and martyrs. Although the whole police festival has a celebratory atmosphere, every celebration should not forget the people who went to the soup, those who sacrificed. ”
As judges and bystanders, Cao Xue and the experts of the judging group also deeply felt the greatness of the people's police and the loftiness of their causes from their works, "The process of serving as a judge is also the process of my learning. ”
Some works show the comparison between the daily training of police fathers and the baby at home, which impressed Cao Xue. "A male policeman is a husband at home, and a people's policeman with a mission at his post, let us feel that the police are first and foremost human beings, and there are many moving stories in them." As a participant, I would like to let more citizens understand the difficulties of the people's police through this activity, and enhance the understanding and trust between the police and the people. ”
Cao Xue once contacted a policeman, and the words spoken by the police while pouring tea touched him very much. "He said that he used to be very happy to be able to come home one day for a meal; now it is a very happy thing to be able to lie on the bed at home and squint for a while." Cao Xue told reporters that although it is not easy in all walks of life now, everyone has to struggle, including design is also working overtime day and night, but at that time listened to this simple sentence and felt very moved, in order to protect the lives and property safety of the people, the intensity of their work and pressure are very high, "people must communicate with each other to produce mutual trust." ”
As mature judges and designers, the judges have a consensus that they want to anticipate how future audiences will see it, and to consider the feelings of different groups of audiences. Cao Xue told reporters, "In addition to the public security police, this exhibition must be seen by ordinary people, hoping that the works we choose can impress all kinds of people." In addition to being moved, it is very important to let the public security love their profession more, love the sacred mission more, let the citizens love the public security more, and enhance the feelings between the police and the people. ”
The media changes and the rise of strips vividly represent police life
This call for entries focuses on three art forms: posters, comics and moving videos, what are the characteristics of the different forms? Cao Xue told reporters that the poster is a unique static form of expression, the elements can not be too much, the communication should be fast and accurate, and the animation works are eloquent, with a sense of silence.
"In this event, there are many comic works that are very vivid in the life of the police." Cao Xue introduced to reporters, "Before we were children to see comic strips is page by page, now everyone has a mobile terminal in their hands, our appreciation medium has changed, so the strip of comic works gradually rise, on the mobile phone with the thumb horizontal and vertical movement can be seen, this comic expression shape is very vivid! It is especially popular with young people. ”
As Cao Xue said, among the award-winning comics in this event, some vividly tell the problems encountered by the police in their work and life through the longitudinal strip form, and some works review the pictures of the public security police fighting during the epidemic prevention and control period in the form of horizontal strips, which are lively and humorous and fascinating.
As a professional teacher, Cao Xue explained to reporters, "Any kind of exhibition and creation that is felt through vision and hearing, its purpose is to pass on and reach, as a selection party, we hope that the selected works should first be seen by everyone, followed by understanding, and finally well." ”
For the "Tribute to the Guardian of Peace" police image activity, the theme should first fit, if there are too many bends, such works will not be selected; from another point of view, some works may not be qualified in professional skills, may not be used up in photography, hand-drawn skills are not enough, but it does not affect the expressiveness, as long as it is touching enough, it will also be awarded.
Among the works collected this time, many works have a high professional level and can highlight the theme expression, which makes the judges shine. "For example, there is a set of photographic poster works that can accurately express the daily work status of different police departments today, and the picture and image processing are more professional in terms of photography." Cao Xue said, "There is another video work, although it is short, but it has almost received unanimous praise from the judges in the audience. The work is just like what was just said, lifting heavy weights, using techniques similar to graphic design and motion graphics to express the usual working state and daily life of the public security police, which is very coincidental, so it won the gold medal in the video category. ”
Cao Xue said that he most wanted to see angles and forms that he had never seen. "Creative labor is always one-off labor. Even if the theme of expressing the people's police has a unique angle and means, it has his artistic value. Cao Xue also said that adult creators learn more from children in life, and children's creations do not have too many rules and regulations, which is very important for works of art.
"I hope to use the form of art to add icing on the cake to the first Chinese Police Festival and put a different color on this police festival," Cao Xue is full of confidence in the exhibition!
All-media reporter Li Xiaodong
Edited by Chen Xiaoxia
Reviewed by Xiong Feng