上海骄傲节将举办“同志你好”微笑摄影展

[同志你好]

2010上海骄傲节的主要展览将于Eddy’s、Shanghai Studio和Transit Lounge三地同时举行。本次活动包含两个重要部分：一是由中国同志艺术家锡鹏亲手绘制的一系列油画展览，二是“同志你好”活动的照片展览。

“同志你好”是由一位23岁来自吉林长春的大学毕业生——侯海洋组织的网络活动。活动创意源于他的一个很简单的想法：侯海洋希望征集异性恋朋友的微笑照片，献给中国广大的同志们。很快，他发起了“Smile4Gay”，又称“同志你好”，开始通过各种线上社交网站，如豆瓣、新浪等，向异性恋网友们征集他们自己的微笑，并且配上一段鼓励同志们的话语。同时，他还建立了同志你好行动网络，在全国招募志愿者走上街头，征集路人们支持同性恋人群的微笑。超过600名志愿者参与了这次活动，从北京、上海到内蒙古、四川、云南，甚至香港。他们带着相机、白板还有宣传单在街头收集微笑，结果最后很令人惊叹。截至目前，“同志你好”活动已收集到来自世界各地的4565张照片。其中的很多照片，包括四叶草Smile4团队的志愿者们在上海街头征集到的微笑，都将于2010上海骄傲节在Shanghai Studio和Transit Lounge中展出，这次展览也是“同志你好”目前为止持续时间最长的一次展览。

锡鹏是一位而立之年的画家，从大学校园起到现在大约十年的时间，一直在从事同性主题的艺术创作。他一直能坚持这么做的原因是他自认为他需要用艺术的角度为同性爱者们发出一点声音，让大众用艺术的角度去近距离接触同性世界，去了解他们的生活和生存状态，从人性的一面去包容同性爱。社会的文明程度不仅是富足的物质财富，更需要文明的人性的人文精神做依托。同性爱在社会中的地位也间接体现了一个国家的文明程度。同性爱作为当前中国一个弱势的隐性群体同样需要社会的关爱、理解和支持！他一直认为：  爱别人就是爱自己！

EDDY’S
淮海中路1877弄，近天平路

SHANGHAI STUDIO
淮海中路1950弄，近兴国路

TRANSIT LOUNGE
泰安路141号，近华山路

时间：10月19日至11月6日

ShanghaiPRIDE 2010′s exhibition in the gaybourhood will take place in Eddy’s, Shanghai Studio and Transit Lounge. It consists of two key components: a series of oil paintings by gay Chinese artist Xi Peng, and a photo exhibition from the Hello Comrade campaign.

Hello Comrade is an Internet-powered campaign led by 23 year old fresh graduate, Hou Haiyang, of Changchun, Jilin Province. It all began with a simple idea: Hou wanted to capture smiles from straight people on camera and send it to all of China’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. He soon started the Smile4Gay, also known as the Hello Comrade (Tongzhi Nihao!) project and used social networking sites like Douban and Sina to ask straight netizens to upload pictures of themselves smiling with a message of encourage to the gays and lesbians of China. Meanwhile, he also asked for volunteers across China to hit the streets and ask passersby if they would be happy to join in the campaign. More than 600 volunteers signed up — from Beijing and Shanghai to Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Yunnan, and even Hong Kong. They took to the streets with their cameras, whiteboards and educational pamphlets and the result has been astounding. To date, Hello Comrade has received 4,565 images from around the world and counting. Many of these pictures, including many shot on the streets of by Hello Comrade’s Shanghai volunteers, will be exhibited in Shanghai Studio and Transit Lounge for the duration of ShanghaiPRIDE 2010 in what is Hello Comrade’s longest exhibition to date.

Xi Peng is a 33 year old Chinese artist who has been painting gay-themed works since he was in university. Many of his works, on display at Eddy’s and Shanghai Studio for the duration of ShanghaiPRIDE 2010, are being exhibited for the very first time. Xi believes that through art, he can give the gay community a voice, and to build a bridge for mainstream society to come understand gay people. He hopes that through his works, society can gain a window into the life of the oft-invisible gay community, and in this way build understanding and compassion in society. His motto in life is: to love others is to love one self.

EDDY’S
1877 Huaihai Middle Road, near Tianping Road

SHANGHAI STUDIO
1950 Huaihai Middle Road, near Xingguo Road

TRANSIT LOUNGE
141 Taian Road, near Huashan Road

Date: Oct 16 – Nov 6, 2010