Craft and creativity continues to grow in China, none of which would be possible without the inspired and daring minds behind the ideas and production. We are asking the creative community in China five fun questions to learn a little bit more about the people behind this burgeoning industry. Hope you enjoy! If you think you should be profiled or you know someone creative who should be profiled send an email to info@shpplus.com.
中国的优秀作品和无限创意层出不穷，这离不开那些有思想、有灵感、有胆识的人才。为了更好地了解中国新兴创意产业，我们设计了有趣的小问题，请中国创意人才提供五道问题的答案。精彩不容错过！欢迎自荐和推荐，请发送邮件至 info@shpplus.com.
Edwin
Graffiti Artist, Designer, Illustrator, Videographer
涂鸦艺术家 / 视觉设计师 / 插画师 / 摄影师
Since 2006, Edwin has been actively involved in street art. He’s been committed to graffiti and digital art integration, experiment and promotion. Edwin has been invited to participate in and plan various visual art exhibitions and graffiti activities, and has carried out several large-scale graffiti art exhibitions. His artistic style was shaped by experiences in different cultural backgrounds, and over the years of growing within academic and street art. The works cover illustration, action figure, installation, audio and other visual art forms.
Edwin2006年开始积极活跃的介入以街头文化为核心概念的艺术活动。多年来致力于涂鸦艺术和数字视觉相融的实验与推广。多次受邀参与和策划各项视觉艺术展览与涂鸦交流活动，自发推行多次大型涂鸦艺术展。个人艺术风格重塑于不同文化背景的经历，以及多年来学术和街头的双重艺术营养的汲取。作品涵盖了插画 ，公仔，装置，影音等多种视觉艺术形式。
1.Longest you have been away from home? 最长离家多久？
I went to Toronto to study in 2011, starting the “far from home” chapter of my life.
2011年去了多伦多留学，自此就开启了十年不归家之旅了。
2. Coolest place you’ve travelled to? 旅行去过的最有意思的地方是哪里？
Probably Everest base camp. The oxygen was so low that it was difficult to breathe and move. It was literally the “Coolest place”. I wanted to have a sense of ritual. As a graffiti artist, I felt I needed to leave a tag in this place, but I did not want to destroy the environment, and the spray paint pressure was also very strange. Finally, I chose to write the tag on a board and hold it for a group photo. “If you don’t count the graffiti on the plane, this is probably the highest tag on Earth,” as my friends joked. Looking back, it was really silly.
可能是珠峰大本营了。氧气异常稀薄，呼吸十分困 难，举步维艰，真的是字面意义上的“coolest place”。心想必须要有点仪式感，作为涂鸦writer一定要在这个地方留下个tag，又不想破坏环 境，带去的喷漆压力也很奇怪。最后选择把tag写 在一块板子上举着合影留念。和队友还互相勉励“ 如果不算飞机上的涂鸦，这大概是地球最高tag了 吧”现在回想起来，真的很蠢。
3. What you wanted to be when you grew up? 你小的时候觉得自己长大后能干什么？
Fortunately, when I was growing up there were a lot of amazing foreign animation works, in China Shanghai Art Film Studio was also doing great job. Since childhood, I have been surrounded by fantastic animation, and I have always dreamed of working in this field. Until I graduated from high school, I chose to go to the Animation School of Zhejiang Media. Although my dream did not come true in the end, it has always exerted a subtle influence on my graffiti style.
很幸运在我成长时期有着大量引进的优秀海外动漫作品，国内也有上海美术电影制片厂。从小就接触到很多超高质量的国内外动漫作品，一直梦想着能从事动画相关的工作。一直到高中毕业后选择去了浙江传媒的动画学院。虽说最终梦想未能实现，但它一直潜移默化的影响着我的创作风格。
4. One thing that always makes you happy and one thing that always makes you sad? 一件总让你感到快乐和另一件总让你很难过的事是什么？
As with many artists, the two can be the same thing, namely creation. In the process of artistic style exploration and creation, I always encounter boundaries. Every time it happens, I feel very frustrated and then experience a plateau sort of period. But when mustering up the courage to try again, I’m always excited to find breakthrough. And in the long creative career, such bondage and breakthrough is non-stop cycle.
就像很多艺术家一样，这两者可能是同一件事，即是创作。在艺术风格的探索和创作过程中总会触碰到边界，每次被边界束缚住就会十分沮丧，然后经历一段瓶颈期。但在鼓起勇气继续尝试时，总有一次能突破边界，自然就欣喜若狂。而漫长的创作生涯中，这样的束缚和突破又是不停的循环往复。
5. Your main strength as a creative person? 作为一个创意人，你的主要优点是什么?
I wouldn’t say a strength, more of a quality, characteristic. I’m a creator who doesn’t want to be tied down by style. I think most of the time, when people talk about style, they’re talking about form. True style should not be influenced by form. Just like art is not supposed to be defined, once defined, someone will break it. In my creative process, when I realize that I have come to rely on a form, I remind myself to step out and look at it from a third-person perspective. The advantage is that you can always learn a lot of new things in this process and have a deeper thinking. The disadvantage is that the style is not fixed. But I believe in all forms It all adds up to a true style.
不敢说优点，但有个特质。我是个特别不愿意被风格束缚住的创作者。因为我认为大部分情况，人们谈论的所谓“风格”即是形式。真正的风格是不应受形式影响的。就像艺术是不该被定义的，一旦被定义就会有人去打破。我在创作过程中，一旦意识到自己开始依赖某种形式，就会提醒自己，跳脱出来站在第三人称视角去审视。优点是在这样的过程中总能学到很多新东西，对形式有更深的思考。缺点就体现在风格不固定。但我相信，所有形式最终都会汇总成真正的风格。
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