Work with certificates
The first batch of licensed artists will be selected and employed later this month.
anyone who made a good enough score can be accepted.
The first batch of 100 places, 242 individuals and 114 teams signed up.
Standardized management
The schedule, location and content of the performance time should be managed, and a commitment letter will be signed with relevant departments, which will be audited every year to survive the fittest.
On March 28th this year, Chengdu Wenguang New Bureau officially announced the first batch of 30 pilot sites for street art performances in 2018. The street performers who meet the requirements will be certified after selection in late April. According to the current data, the first batch of 100 places, more than 300 individuals and teams signed up.
Street art is an important part of urban culture, and street performance is the most dynamic and active part of street culture. But for a long time, street performances were regarded as disturbing the order of urban management and were rejected. After the reunification, how can it overcome its own shortcomings and become a part of the urban landscape?
End of recruitment:
The first batch of "admission rate" is less than 30%
After approval, interviews and training will be conducted.
On March 23 this year, on the basis of extensive investigation and soliciting opinions from relevant urban areas, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Press and Publication announced the first batch of 30 pilot sites for street art performances in 2018. According to the "Announcement on the First Pilot Sites of Chengdu Street Art Performance in 2018", these 30 pilot sites are located in Chunxi Road, Lan Kwai Fong, Tianfu Square, etc. in Chengdu, which basically covers the places with the most street performances in Chengdu at present.
As of April 20th, the recruitment of buskers has ended, with the first batch of 100 places, with 242 individuals and 114 teams signing up. Chengdu Cultural Center will organize experts in related fields to review the applicants’ conditions. After the examination, there will be an interview, and then the selected street performers will be trained. After the training, they can perform at the point.
A person in charge of the Chengdu Cultural Center told the reporter, "When recruiting, there will be certain requirements on the age and performance content of the applicants. The selection criteria are suitable for most people, but mainly depends on the performance level, including some street performers who have already performed on the street." "We must manage the schedule, location and content of the performance time."
The selected buskers will sign a letter of commitment with the relevant departments, stipulating that they should not be absent at will during the performance. The performance time of street performers is arranged on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (16: 00 ~ 18: 00) and (19: 00 ~ 21: 00), and the performance time at specific points is adjusted according to the actual situation.
It is understood that certified street performers in Chengdu will be audited every year, and those who are excellent will be rewarded, and those who are poor will be eliminated. "There are limited places during the pilot period, but in the long run, street performers will gradually become a huge group." The person in charge of Chengdu Music Industry Office (hereinafter referred to as "Music Production Office") told the reporter.
Once the embarrassment of the street
Whenever the lights are on, music and songs soar with the mist of Jinjiang, and the bar street of Jiuyanqiao in Chengdu has entered the most lively moment of the day. Across the river from here, on the east riverside road, street performers with guitars and speakers, together with Bar Street, construct the cultural symbol of Nine Eyes Bridge. Since last year, the riverbank along the east riverside road in Chengdu has become a place for Guangdong singers to perform in the streets in June. Many citizens who like music and even foreign tourists come here in the night. Around 8 pm, the people on the river bank are full one after another. The performance in June is very simple, with a guitar and a partner playing African drums.
"Be ready to withdraw at any time"
The sound of music can only be heard on the riverbank. Soon scattered banknotes were piled up in the yellow guitar bag, and passers-by took the initiative to walk over and asked if they could sing two songs.
The sound suddenly stopped. A uniformed chengguan came straight, made some representations, quietly held the guitar in his hand in June, and watched the chengguan go away. He said that he had long been used to this embarrassing encounter. During the break, I talked about it in June. He usually stays in the bar or runs a business performance, but he will perform in this fixed place for an hour or two every night.
Since 2014, he has wandered the streets of many cities across the country to perform for passers-by, feeling that the atmosphere in Chengdu is better. "Passers-by in the past will recognize you in various ways." Like many street performers, even though there are many spectators, they can’t get rid of the constraints of urban management. "In fact, I understand very well that there is no clear norm for street performances, and everyone is not good."
25-year-old Hu Da is also a frequent visitor to Jiuyan Bridge. At 9: 00 pm on April 19, the urban management came. He stopped singing half of the songs, took his guitar and speakers, walked in the direction of Hejiang Pavilion for a while, looked back, and after confirming "safety", he put the equipment on the side of the road. "You can sing a few songs, so be ready to withdraw at any time."
Street performances in Chengdu are "scattered, chaotic and of low quality"
The well-known "Folk Masters" team has been performing in Kuanzhai Lane all the year round. Yang Guang, the founder of the team, said that because the team has been creating and promoting original folk songs, the Kuanzhai Lane management company found them to perform in Kuanzhai Lane. However, such a model is a minority after all. The publicity of the selection of street performers summed up the scattered, chaotic and low-quality street performances in Chengdu. "To tell you the truth, street performers are in a mess now, because the city management department doesn’t allow them to perform at will, so there are only ‘ Shoot a gun and change a place ’ 。” A person in charge of the audio production office told the reporter.
Unlike most street performers, the "Folk Master" team performing in Kuanzhai Lane did not open the box to receive a "reward". Yang Guang, the founder of the team, said that the government can attach importance to street culture, and he and his team members are very happy. "Especially those who do original promotion like us can communicate with the public within three meters."
Problems to be solved now
"I’m just a guitar singer. How did I become a busker?" Li Zhonglan, 27, is a little embarrassed, because playing guitar is just a hobby, and his strength is not up to the level of an artist. He even thinks that playing and singing at friends’ parties is ok, and he gets a little stage fright when he goes to the street. However, in order to earn some "outside water", after the Spring Festival this year, he began to bring his guitar to perform in the street, and the location chose Jiuyanqiao. "There are many people there and the atmosphere is good." But in fact, what he values more is that there are many roadshows in that place, with uneven levels and no pressure.
"Artistic? We are too far away. "
On the evening of April 20th, Li Zhonglan took the subway from Guangdu to the new South Gate, then rode a bike-sharing to the singing place, sat on a stone bench on the side of the road and turned on his mobile phone to find the music score. Compared with other people who are on the road show at the same time, his audience is much smaller. There are four chords in a song, and he frequently makes mistakes, but even so, passers-by will take the trouble to scan the QR code used for payment.
According to many days of visits and many related WeChat groups in Chengdu, the reporter learned that more than 20 people performed on the street all the year round. Outside the Jiuyan Bridge, street performers are scattered at the gates of shopping malls, parks and residential quarters in the form of individuals. According to the introduction of members of a performance group in Chengdu, Raffles, Happy Valley and some subway stations are places that performers like to choose. "Because everyone basically aims at making money, people go wherever they want." Singer Yan Zheng said.
A person in charge of the Chengdu Music Production Office told the reporter, "From the current point of view, the street art form in Chengdu is too single, and it is usually based on singing and playing, and a large part of it is guitar playing and singing." Gao Yi, a singer who has been performing in the street all the year round, told reporters that this is related to the simple and easy-to-learn guitar. "From the artistic point of view, street performances are far from us."
How is the spring snow compatible with the street?
Since the recruitment of street performers, among the registered artists, there are mainly four kinds of talents, including vocal performance, instrumental performance, folk art performance and non-legacy traditional handicrafts.
As one of the street performers, Huang Kang, a Chinese guqin player, has many feelings. "We never thought that Guqin would play in the street. In the final analysis, there is still no such atmosphere." For Huang Kang and her team, giving street performers a legal identity provides them with an opportunity to face the public. "Our literature and art should still approach the common people, no matter how elegant you are, change customs and be good at music. To be honest, we didn’t have such awareness in the past. " The street performance is just around the corner, and Huang Kang claims that what he is considering now is how Guqin should behave in the street. "How to keep pace with the times and make others understand."
Tang Zheng, a "post-60 s" freelance musician who signed up for a busker’s license, is no stranger to street art. "Many foreign street performers simply like to share music on the street, and the performers even have the chief violinist of the art troupe."
Guarantee quality? Guaranteed livelihood?
Although it has already laid its own brand on the streets of Chengdu, there is still some concern in June: if the quality of performances is overemphasized, people who are currently performing in the streets will be greatly affected.
A singer who runs in a bar told reporters that there are more and more people performing on the streets of Chengdu. Apart from the good atmosphere, another factor is that the bar earns too little money. A singer who stays in a bar for one night gets a reward of 100~200 yuan, while singing on the roadside, it is normal to earn more than 200 yuan for three or four hours a night.
But in fact, many applicants are not buskers. In June, he said, "If only the good ones are selected, few of these places will really fall on the buskers. The busker’s card should be more targeted at people who perform on the street, and it is also a channel for buskers to make a living. "
The person in charge of Chengdu Audio Production Office told the reporter that they had gone to Shanghai, Beijing and other places for investigation. "The advice they gave, the art category of street performance can’t just be music."
Because there is no Chengdu hukou and residence permit, performer Vivi gave up the selection of street performers. "This is really a big restriction for me." He said with some helplessness. He believes that these requirements virtually limit the performance space of foreign street performers and break the original ecology of street performances.
Chengdu Business Daily reporter Lu Wangyi Ren Hongwei
Photojournalist Wang Hongqiang Qin Wang
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Urban culture
Not only in the theater but also in the streets.
Street performers are the normal scenery in many cities. In Paris, new york, Moscow and other European and American cities, street performers can often be seen. They either play singing affectionately or bury themselves in painting, some interact with pedestrians frequently, and some do not interfere with pedestrians. And "the master is in the folk", many street performers have a skill, and there are many "sweeping monk" roles.
In fact, around us, we will also see some street performers. Between different cities, the only difference lies in whether it has formed a scale, whether it has become a feature, and whether it has produced representative artists. At that time, the "Xidan Girl" was just a girl who sang in the Xidan underground passage. Because some netizens filmed and uploaded her cover "Angel’s Wings", it touched countless people and became the "online celebrity" at that time. The city of Beijing has completed the "Xidan Girl". Why didn’t the "Xidan Girl" complete Beijing and let people see the other side of the city?
Some people recognize the artistry of street performers and supplement and enrich urban culture; Some people think that the disorder of street performers has affected the traffic and appearance of the city. Orderliness has always been an important option in urban governance. Out of the pursuit of order, some cities are unfriendly to street performers, and it is strictly forbidden to perform in the streets. Street performers sometimes even have to "guerrilla" with urban management.
Urban governance should avoid falling into a single option and ignore the diversity of aesthetic needs. A city that brings people a good feeling needs an orderly side, but order does not mean rigidity or only one expression. The vitality of street performers, in many cases, makes the city show a vibrant side. The attitude towards street performers also involves the attitude of the bottom people’s livelihood.
Moreover, cities now generally attach importance to cultural construction. Many cities spend huge sums of money to build public cultural facilities such as the Grand Theatre, organize several large-scale cultural activities every year, and have a number of support policies for cultural enterprises and cultural talents. Of course, it is right to attach importance to culture, but is culture only reserved in the grand theater? A truly literate city should exude a cultural temperament when it gestures, and it is filled with cultural styles in the streets and alleys. A city with real cultural confidence and wisdom will definitely face up to the existence of street performers.
A beautiful city should be a city with culture, and urban culture should be integrated into all aspects of the city as a daily presentation. Modern cities should attach importance to street image design and cultivate their own "street culture". The mind determines the pattern, and the pattern determines the future. Give more tolerance to street performers, and this kind of mind and wisdom will bring unlimited imagination to the city. According to China Youth Daily
