At first glance, he is a calligrapher, but in fact he has a slightly contradictory identity:
Member of China Calligraphers Association, associate professor of Modern Calligraphy Research Center of China Academy of Fine Arts, teacher of calligraphy department, engaged in the creation and teaching of traditional calligraphy and seal cutting, as well as the creative practice of modern calligraphy. He is a promising young talent in calligraphy. Avant-garde artists often take their installations and performance works to various contemporary art exhibitions.
The lead singer of a rock band in Hangzhou is thinking about life and times, and then singing and shouting. At present, he is participating in the establishment of the "Sound Laboratory" of China Academy of Fine Arts. Traditional art lovers are very interested in Beijing Opera and Quyi. They can sing a few words and say a paragraph at the beginning.
Graphic designer, engaged in visual communication, architectural design related teaching.
The father of a 7-year-old mixed-race married a Swiss wife and discussed the innovation of China's calligraphy with her ... But in short, calligraphy and music are the souls of this seemingly contradictory "polyhedron".
□ Text/Photo by Fu Ying/Tang Ying Fashion Promotion Agency
Modeling/Zhong Yating (Hangzhou Jinying Image Design Studio)
The most unusual singer among calligraphers
Even in this era of avant-garde art, Lu Dadong is still an artist who seems a bit out of line.
As a contemporary artist with calligraphy as his true colors, he pays more attention to the fresh aesthetic feeling and the ideological power of the times, not just the ancient pen and ink itself. He will "dance wildly" for his solo exhibition on the wall of 4000 square meters space in Germany, waving a thick wrist pen; In the annual Chinese character writing activity in Hangzhou, emotional online buzzwords like "ge" will be concentrated in a creative and artistic Chinese character. He even sang dramatically: Brother Chun and Brother Zeng, both of them are my brothers, my brothers.
As the lead singer and creator of a rock band, he sometimes dresses up as a Taoist, sometimes wears an apron, bows his waist, and brings his lovely props-Yellow Duck Doll ... Under the appearance of various performing arts, he blends spicy realistic themes into rock music and collages folk art and popular culture into songs.
Lu Dadong's "Harmony Band" was founded in 2002. It became famous with exaggerated performances on the stage and gradually became one of the most representative bands in Hangzhou.
It is difficult to summarize the band style with some existing styles, because you will hear revolutionary songs, TV commercials, rock version of Huangmei opera and Beijing opera version of rock in their songs. They sang that migrant workers staged a jumping performance to get paid, and they also sang that the United States attacked Iraq for oil. They even adapted Hou's famous joke "Spitting Lotus" into a rock version. Of course, the lyrics are also very rock-and-roll: the Olympic Games and nail house ... are both hot topics at present. Most of those lyrics and songs were written by Lu Dadong. "Anything interesting can be integrated into our music." He took stock of the big and small events of this era from a unique perspective, either gossip or funny, which made people laugh, but often reflected the mood of young people at present.
It is hard to imagine that calligraphers would form such an exaggerated underground band. "It's nothing strange. Being in a band is like playing mahjong and shopping. This is just a hobby of mine. I like playing. When I make music, I just enjoy it. "
Calligraphy and music are both communication tools.
"I play with my left hand, write with my right hand, sing or lecture in my mouth." Music and calligraphy in Lu Dadong, in fact, are interlinked, and both are the art of expressing emotions. In his eyes, the line art of ancient Chinese characters is actually a kind of silent music, which solidifies the flowing sound into a visible melody. "When writing, a rhythm and melody are formed through the lifting, frustration, weight and thickness of the brush strokes, so as to achieve a kind of aesthetic feeling of inner rigidity and outer rigidity and inner softness. With the rhythm of music, when you write, you will follow the rhythm of music and write beautiful calligraphy. " Dadong has been exploring the integration of modern calligraphy and pop music art, which can not only spread calligraphy art, but also enrich music creation, providing a new source of inspiration for its modern music calligraphy creation.
Different words, music has no borders. Lu Dadong, who has a foreign love, also hopes to spread this aesthetic melody calligraphy culture abroad in the future. "By combining calligraphy with music, we can popularize China's calligraphy art all over the world. This is actually an extension on the basis of synaesthesia. Music is an international language, and the beautiful melody can be readily accepted by people all over the world without explanation. China's calligraphy, bearing the Chinese civilization, is a dancing note with a musical melody. "Up, down, left and right" stands for direction, and "light and heavy speed" stands for strength and speed. "
A talkative man is not poor.
Lu Dadong, Shandong Dahan, has a wide range. Someone once described his chest as a high-powered voice. However, in life, Lu Dadong turned the volume of the "stereo" to the lowest decibel, but it was a typical "chatterbox". You don't have to be afraid of silence when you are with him. Dadong has a natural sense of humor. He said he couldn't stand "holding" the most. Therefore, most people who are familiar with Dadong marvel at his "loquacity", poor, but not poor; There are many words, but they are not superfluous. It is very polite to describe it as "the language is not surprising and never stops"
There are many paragraphs, and he is especially good at making up new paragraphs, so that a group of friends can ask for paragraphs when they see him, and also take out paper and pen to take notes. Lu loves to comment, and most of them are opinions. Old is still a "perfectionist" style, a typical "cynical" tone. Especially dissatisfied with the current situation of the music scene, I can't understand the image of this song, I can't understand the singing method of that song, and my words are sharp and hit the nail on the head.
"In the era of downloading, people have no patience to listen to an album or even a song. Therefore, the existence and profit model of music have long changed. " Dadong admits that he also likes to use "electric donkey" to download online songs, instead of calling for boycotting piracy as an original singer. But he is not just a simple pop music lover. He has a hobby of collecting pop culture, and he has entered rich memories of the times in his computer, mostly from the sixties and seventies.