NOMATTSLAND作品《触电》
我们采访了NOMATTSLAND的艺术家，常驻香港的Matt Bailey。他与Skullcandy合作，创作了一幅独一无二的滑板板面艺术品。阅读下文进一步了解他和他的作品《触电》吧——一件由粘土、电线和两副Skullcandy耳机制作的艺术品。
We caught up with NOMATTSLAND, Hongkong based Matt Bailey, who collaborated with Skullcandy on a unique piece of Skate Deck Art. Find out more about the artist and his work “ELECTRIFY”, a clay and wire sculpture with tow incorporated Skullcandy headphones:
SDA滑板板面艺术展问：请向我们介绍一下你和你的作品。
NOMATTSLAND答：
我实际上是一个多媒体艺术家，有加州艺术学院的美术学士学位。
在一次表演课上，我学到了很多关于木偶艺术的知识，并在洛杉矶成为了一个专业的木偶表演师，我同时也撰写视频游戏和电视剧本，担任公司活动、电影短片以及冰球比赛的摄影编剧，另外我也是广告和电影演员。
我在视觉艺术方面的背景开始仅限于我在业余时间的不断练习和实践，之后演变成了我在洛杉矶、英国和香港的个人艺术作品展。现在我的主要媒材是粘土和电线，之前我创作了很多年的丙烯画和数码插图。这么多年来，不管我用的是什么媒材，作品类型始终很一致，都是试图通过科幻小说和幻想来探索第三文化小孩和创造家的感觉。
问：在SDA艺术展上，与Skullcandy合作有什么特别之处？
答：他们给了我两幅耳机，还有一块滑板作为画布，这给我留出了很多的想象空间和余地。我依旧运用了我常用的媒材——粘土和电线，再加上耳机的对称形状，我很快就进入了一个科幻和幻想的空间。
问：这件特殊的作品灵感来自哪里？
答：一个异度空间。通常情况下我的灵感都来自我读过的幻想小说。我的作品背后总是有一个故事。
这幅作品的灵感来自我以前读过的一个古老故事：两种生活在同一星球的物种，一方试图消灭另一方。我的作品中的意象描绘了类似的事情。一个巨大的高科技怪物在让另一种文明消亡，但最后有一个孤胆英雄站出来挑战它们，准备与它们一决高下。
问：SDA艺术展的概念很独特，它打破了板类运动、美术和城市艺术之间的界限。请告诉我们你在这次群展中的贡献，以及这一概念对你的Skullcandy作品的创作产生了什么影响。
答：我见过很多滑板板面艺术作品，当我被邀请参与这次展览时，我问的第一个问题就是：能不能在滑板上创作雕塑，而不仅仅是在上面作画。我想创作一些与众不同的新东西，而且我想继续用粘土和电线进行创作，同时也用上我最进爱上的媒材：喷漆。
SKATE DECK ART / Q Please tell us more about yourself and your work!
NOMATTSLAND / A
I’m actually a multimedia artist, with a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Acting.
During an acting course I learned a great deal about the art of puppetry and became a professional puppeteer in Los Angeles. I’m also a scriptwriter for video games and television, a cinematographer for corporate events, short films and ice hockey games, and I act in commercials and films.
My visual arts background started from just constant practice in my spare time, which then evolved into my own arts exhibitions in Los Angeles, the UK and Hong Kong. My main medium right now is clay and wire, after spending many years doing acrylic paints and digital illustrations. Throughout the years, no matter what medium I work in, the genre is always quite consistent, which is the exploration of third-culture kids and the sense of home through science fiction and fantasy.
Q What is special about the collaboration with Skullcandy for SDA?
A Being given two headphones, plus a skateboard as the canvas leaves much for the imagination to kick in and fill in the gaps. Still keeping to my medium of clay and wire, and finding the symmetry of what the headphones shapes gave me, it very quickly took me to a place of science fiction and fantasy.
Q What is the inspiration for this particular artwork?
A An alternate world. Usually I draw inspiration from fantastical stories that I read. My work always tells a story.
For this piece, I was inspired by an old story of two species living on the same planet, where one species attempts to wipe out the other. The imagery in my piece depicts something similar, a giant technologically based monster wiping out a civilization but finally being challenged by one lone hero, ready to take it on.
Q SDA is a unique concept and breaks down borders between boardsports, fine art and urban art. Tell us more about your contribution in the group show and how it influenced your creation for SKDY.
A I had seen a lot of artwork on skateboards before, and when I was invited to take part in the show, my first question was, if I could do a sculpture on the board, as opposed to just painting on it. I wanted to create something different than what had already been seen, plus I wanted to continue my exploration of clay and wire, plus a new-found love, spray painting.
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