Tus kws yees duab Roger Ballen: biography thiab creativity

2024 Tus sau: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-12-17 05:37

Roger Ballen yog tus kws yees duab Asmeskas thiab South African iconic. Nws tej hauj lwm muaj ib tug tshwj xeeb zoo nkauj, rau ib txhia neeg - txaus nyiam thiab bewitching, rau lwm tus - ntshai thiab qias neeg. Cov duab archive ntawm Roger Ballen muaj ntau cov duab txawv txawv thiab cuam tshuam, los ntawm cov duab coj txawv txawv ntawm cov neeg sab nrauv thiab cov neeg tawm mus rau cov duab phantasmagoric tag nrho. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau nyob twj ywm indifferent rau nws daim duab, nws evokes complex cwj pwm txawv nyob rau hauv tus neeg saib thiab ua rau koj xav txog tej yam nyuaj.

Biography

Roger Ballen yug hauv 1950 hauv New York. Nws niam muaj cov duab thaij duab thiab nws loj hlob los ntawm cov duab thiab cov neeg uas tsim lawv. Nws pib thaij duab thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus, thiab nws niam nws txiv muab nws lub koob yees duab tshaj lij thaum nws kawm tiav high school, tab sis feem ntau ntawm nws lub neej nws tsuas yog ua haujlwm rau nws xwb.

Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 23 xyoos, tom qab kawm tiav hauv tsev kawm ntawv, Ballen tau mus ncig thoob ntiaj teb thiab nyob rau nruab nrab xyoo pua nws thawj zaug tuaj rau South Africa,qhov twg nws ntsib nws tus poj niam yav tom ntej. Xyoo 1977, nws rov qab los rau Tebchaws Meskas thiab xyoo 1979 tau luam tawm nws thawj phau ntawv nyob ntawd, Boyhood ("Boyhood"), uas muaj cov duab ntawm cov tub hluas los ntawm ntau lub tebchaws. Raws li Ballen nws tus kheej hais, phau ntawv no tau mob siab rau nws tus kheej thaum yau.

Nyob rau xyoo 1981, nws tau txais nws tus kws kho mob hauv geology thiab rov qab mus rau South Africa, qhov chaw uas nws tau ua haujlwm hauv geologist rau peb caug xyoo - nws txoj haujlwm tshaj lij yog kev tshawb nrhiav cov zaub mov, kub thiab platinum. Ua tsaug rau qhov haujlwm no, Ballen tau mus ncig ntau hauv tebchaws Africa thiab tuaj yeem pom nws lub neej los ntawm sab hauv - tsis yog los ntawm qhov pom ntawm tus neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi, tab sis yog ib tus neeg koom nrog tag nrho. Qhov no tsis yog qhov pom ntawm lub qhov rais tsheb thiab tsis yog cov ntaub ntawv yooj yim: Ballen tsim kev sib cuag nrog cov neeg nyiam nws, sib txuas lus nrog lawv, nkag mus hauv lawv lub tsev thiab pom dab tsi "cov neeg pej xeem" tsis tshua pom.

Roger Ballen thib ob album, Dorps: Lub Nroog Me ntawm South Africa, tso tawm xyoo 1986, suav nrog cov duab thaij thaum lub sijhawm taug kev geological. Cov no yog cov toj roob hauv pes uas nws pom ntawm txoj kev, txoj kev ntawm lub neej, lub ntsej muag ntawm tib neeg. Muaj ntau txoj hauv kev, qhov no yog cov ntaub ntawv qhia txog cov xwm txheej uas cov neeg pluag nyob, tseem tsis tau cuam tshuam los ntawm kev nce qib. Txawm li cas los xij, muaj qee yam yam ntxwv "Ballen" nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov no - irrational thiab txaus ntshai.

Drizi and Kazi

Ib daim duab nto moo tshaj plaws ntawm Roger Ballen - "Drizi thiab Kazi". Nws tshwm sim ntawm nws thib peb album Platteland ("Ntiaj Teblocality”), luam tawm xyoo 1994. Nws nta cov menyuam ntxaib ntsia ncaj nraim ntawm peb tiag.

Ballen tsis kam muab cov ntsiab lus hais txog lawv - tej zaum nws yuav ntxhov siab me ntsis uas, txawm hais tias nws tau coj ntau cov duab, lub ntsiab tseem ceeb tseem mus rau ib daim duab. Nws paub tias txij li xyoo 2011, Drizzy thiab Casy tau nyob hauv tsev laus: koj tuaj yeem sib piv li cas tus kws kos duab Roger Ballen pom lawv, thiab lawv zoo li lawv lub neej li cas nees nkaum xyoo tom qab.

Cov lus tseeb tseeb

Ib qho tshwj xeeb ntawm Roger Ballen cov duab yog tias qhov kev xav ntawm tus kws kos duab yog superimposed ntawm cov ntaub ntawv qhia hauv qab, nqa qhov kev xav tshwj xeeb thiab lub siab xav. Ballen nws tus kheej hu nws style documentary dab neeg. Nws feem ntau hais txog qhov nws tsis ua social photography, tab sis existential. Nws txoj hauj lwm tau mob siab rau kev ua tsis tiav ntawm lub neej thiab hais lus ntau ntxiv txog tib neeg tus mob ntau dua li qhov tseeb niaj hnub lossis teeb meem hauv zej zog.

Lub sijhawm dhau mus, Ballen txoj haujlwm tau dhau los ua qhov hloov pauv: pib nrog nws lub thib plaub album, Outland ("Distant land"), nws cov duab tshwm sim cov ntsiab lus, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tuaj rau ntau cov duab surreal. Nws kuj tseem siv cov duab kos duab, kos duab, duab puab hauv nws cov haujlwm.

Kev koom tes nrog Tuag Antwoord

Tej zaum davRoger Ballen txoj haujlwm tau paub rau pej xeem los ntawm nws kev koom tes nrog South African pab pawg Die Antwoord. Xyoo 2006, Yo-Landi Fisser tau sau ntawv rau Ballen hais tias nws txoj haujlwm yog qhov cuam tshuam loj rau lawv thiab hais tias nws tsim ib yam dab tsi ua ke.

Nyob rau xyoo 2009, Ballen tau koom nrog hauv kev tsim scenery rau lawv thawj video Nkag mus rau Ninja, hauv 2011 cov yeeb yaj kiab qhia los ntawm nws I Fink U Freeky tshwm, hauv 2017 - lawv cov yeeb yaj kiab luv luv Tommy pw tsis taus. Tsis tas li ntawd, Yo-Landi Fisser thiab Ninja tau nthuav tawm hauv Ballen cov duab thiab yeeb yaj kiab ua qauv.