“西南紀行”攝影展 與德國駐中國西南首任領事弗瑞茲·魏司影像對話

楊艷

走進浸染時代記憶的山城巷，百年前的影像、文字與音頻，經(jīng)過解構(gòu)、重組帶來非凡的感官沖擊。這是一次跨越山海的相見，一場穿越時空的中德影像對話。

2021年12月4日，“西南紀行—穿越百年時空的中德影像對話”攝影展（重慶站）開幕式在渝中區(qū)山城巷舉行。此次展出的百余幅照片不僅重現(xiàn)了百年前德國駐中國西南首任領事弗瑞茲·魏司鏡頭下的中國，更有中德攝影藝術家對當下的記錄與對未來的探尋。本次展覽展出至2022年1月4日。

德國駐成都總領事館副領事鄧森，重慶市渝中區(qū)政協(xié)副主席戴伶、市政府外辦領事處處長范青、重慶永宏智造文化旅游有限公司董事長兼山城巷主理人黃恒等出席攝影展開幕式。

鄧森表示，此次展覽是中德文化的一次聯(lián)合創(chuàng)作。通過圖像解構(gòu)歷史人文和社會生態(tài)的發(fā)展與變遷，充分感受到百年來中德合作成果和中德藝術的融合互動，最終呈現(xiàn)了這場穿越百年時空的影像對話。

20世紀初，德國駐中國西南首任領事弗瑞茲·魏司攜夫人海德維希在川渝滇等地游歷期間，用鏡頭記錄了中國西南地區(qū)的實景與風土人情。“展覽的亮點是，我們有幸獲取到了魏司夫婦的后代Tarama Wyss以祖父母的相片為線索在西南拍攝的紀錄片。據(jù)紀錄片《中國鞋子》記載，魏司當年也曾駐留在現(xiàn)今的山城巷仁愛堂。這部紀錄片也將以影像裝置的方式放置在防空洞內(nèi)與展覽呼應?！辈哒谷送踹h凌介紹。

據(jù)介紹，今年8月，德國知名攝影師托爾思藤·舒曼和中國資深攝影師張曉，與4位從全國各地趕來的攝影愛好者共同在中國西南進行了為期3天的中德攝影家工作坊創(chuàng)作。沿著魏司作品的脈絡，通過實地拍攝，再次用鏡頭記錄大美西南。工作坊的優(yōu)秀習作在本次展覽中與魏司老照片共同呈現(xiàn)，展示中德文化的交流與對話。

在德國駐成都總領事館的推動下，弗瑞茲·魏司夫婦19世紀末至20世紀初在中國西南地區(qū)游歷時留下的大量影像、文獻資料以“西南紀行”巡展進行展出。作為魏司曾經(jīng)的駐留之地，“西南紀行”第二站來到了重慶。

在重慶厚重的歷史中，有一個不可忽視的存在—防空洞。山城巷完整保留了重慶防空洞集群。據(jù)介紹，作為此次展覽的又一亮點，除了地上的兩層展陳空間，展覽首次與地下防空洞結(jié)合。攝影展覽延伸至防空洞，觀眾可以進行一場地下“洞子探險”的觀展體驗。

此外，參展的中德藝術家托爾斯藤·舒曼、張曉、劉曉燁、董亞林、劉星昊，以觀片會的形式與大家分享自己的作品和創(chuàng)作理念，從而促進中德文化交流。

Walking into the Mountain City Lane impregnated with the memory of the times， the images， text and audio a century ago have brought extraordinary sensory impact through deconstruction and reorganization. This is an encounter across great geographic distance and a Sino-German image dialogue over time and space.

On December 4， the opening ceremony of the photography exhibition of "The Southwest Now and Then"-“ A Sino-German Photography Dialogue" （Chongqing stop） was held in Mountain City Alley， Yuzhong District. The 100-plus photos on display not only reproduce China in the lens of Max Friedrich Weiss， the first German consul in Southwest China a century ago， but also Chinese and German photographic artists' contemporary records and future explorations. The exhibition will last until January 4， 2022.

Sebastian Dern， Vice Consul of the German Consulate General in Chengdu， Dai Ling， vice chairwoman of the CPPCC Chongqing Yuzhong District Committee， Fan Qing， director of the Consular Division of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government， Huang Heng， chairman of Chongqing Yonghongzhizao Cultural Tourism Co.， Ltd. and principal of Mountain City Alley， attended the opening ceremony of the photography exhibition.

Sebastian Dern said that the exhibition is a joint creation of Chinese and German culture. Through image deconstruction of the evolution and vicissitudes of history， culture and social ecology， the integration and interaction of Sino-German cooperation achievements and Sino-German arts in the past century could be fully savored and this image dialogue spanning a century has been eventually presented.

At the beginning of the 20th century， Max Friedrich Weiss， the first German consul in Southwest China， and his wife Hedwig recorded the real scene and local customs of Southwest China with cameras during their trips in Sichuan， Chongqing and Yunnan. "As the highlight of the exhibition， we were lucky to get the documentary filmed by Tarama Wyss， the offspring of the Weiss couple in Southwest China with the photo of their grandparents as the clue. According to the documentary Chinese Shoes， Max Friedrich Weiss also stayed in today's French Benevolence Hall in Mountain City Lane. The documentary will also be placed in the air raid shelter as a video installation to echo the exhibition." said curator Wang Yuanling.

It is introduced that in August this year， the famous German photographer Torsten Schumann and senior Chinese photographer Zhang Xiao， together with four photography enthusiasts from all over the country， conducted a three-day Sino-German photographer workshop in Southwest China. Continuing the logic of Weiss's works， through field shooting， they recorded the beauty of Southwest China again with their camera lens. The excellent works of the workshop are displayed together with the old photos of Weiss in this exhibition to display the cultural exchange and dialogue between China and Germany.

With the promotion of the German Consulate General in Chengdu， a myriad of images and documents left behind by Mr. Max Friedrich Weiss and his wife Hedwig during their tour in Southwest China from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century were shown in the itinerant exhibition of "The Southwest Now and Then". As the place where Weiss once stayed， Chongqing is now chosen as the second stop of the "The Southwest Now and Then".

In the profound history of Chongqing， there is an existence that can never be ignored - air raid shelter. Chongqing air raid shelter cluster has been completely preserved in Mountain City Alley. It is said that as another highlight， in addition to the two-story exhibition space above the ground， the exhibition has combined with the underground air raid shelter for the first time. The photography exhibition extends to the air raid shelter， and the visitors may experience an underground "shelter exploration".

In addition， the participating Chinese and German artists Torsten Schumann， Zhang Xiao， Liu Xiaoye， Dong Yalin and Liu Xinghao shared their works and creative ideas via a photo viewing meeting， so as to promote cultural exchanges between China and Germany.