Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
朱迪·凯莉: 为什么女人应该讲述人类的故事
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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to be of universal importance,
只是关于女人?
to be merely about women?
when she was 12.
to become a theater director,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
为女人拥有人权而斗争着,
教育权,取得进步而斗争着。
have progress.
很明显你们也是。
and obviously you are, too.
WOW(世界之女人)活动
Women of the World, seven years ago,
20个国家。
across five continents.
is Somaliland in Africa.
是去这些岩洞,
was going to these caves.
世界上最古老的岩洞壁画。
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
9000到11000年历史了。
ever since it evolved.
when I was a little girl.
画了这个开心、青春的人像?
this joyful, youthful figure?
男人和女人们吧。”
and women who painted these."
absolutely askance, and he said,
那是一万一千年前的事了,”
it was 11,000 years ago."
作为戏剧制作人
that I've seen continuously
comes down through the masculine,
神的启示通过男性传播
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
创造性的天分存在于阳刚之气,
resides in the masculine,
我们到底是谁,
about who we really are,
the universal story
只谈论女人的经历,
just talk about women's experiences,
only really relevant to women
of whether we're prepared to believe
女性的故事也同样重要。
女性的故事真的重要,
that women's stories really matter,
about two examples of stories
of universal importance:
when they were little --
卡罗琳8岁,罗比5岁,
of this little alien
really bad scientists
back to his spaceship
have found out, and they're catching up
and they've got their guns,
it's terribly frightening,
going to make it.
单车飞向天空,
the bikes fly up in the air,
他在拯救E.T.,
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
and she's crying her eyes out.
为什么不能让我来?”
Why can't I come?"
so much in E.T.,
if you understand
of what's happened,
for the therapy bills?"
had a word back from him,
他对E.T.的用意的评论,
of what he intended with E.T.,
and embrace difference."
the idea of girls' difference
关于全人类的故事,
about all humanity.
使人类中的一半边缘化,
about human goodness;
关于人类善良的故事,
一个小伙子的英勇冒险。
a lad's heroic adventure.
for universal communication,
进行全部沟通的重任,
男性眼中的男性经历。
through male's eyes.
回顾所有的书和电影,
through all our books and our films,
这是由男性艺术家写的 ——
by a male artist --
that so many of these stories
50 percent of the rights
as a young woman
example of human dilemma
fearful that he won't be able to make it
一个年轻男子的恐惧。
不能成为强大的人物。
for his father's murder.
about suicide being an option,
关于自杀是一种选择,
真正自杀的人是奥菲莉亚。
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
and abused by him,
她的感受。
to the audience about her feelings.
又把矛头转向他妈妈,
he turns on his mum,
爱上他的叔叔,
to fall in love with his uncle
male dilemma, male struggle.
of human beings,
had two women in it.
matter less than men's.
global recognition.
that belongs to then.
to be a theater director,
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
有琼·丽特伍德,退休了,
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
who's just killed herself.
would you like to be?"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
是很蠢的。
that I wanted to be a director.
马林·阿尔索普,她说:
the conductor, and she said,
说过一模一样的话,
said exactly the same.
我们成功了。
we've made our mark.
of the Paris Conservatoire
great physical strength
said two years ago,
是不是女人写的,
immediately if it's written by a woman,
因为不值得我读。”
because it's not worthy of me."
their story doesn't matter,
to be the storyteller.
that you can't stand in the central space
献给很小的、特定的一群人,
your goods up to a small, select group.
做更轻微的工作,
on smaller stages,
these incredible, prominent spaces
为艺术家们提供了
为什么你要在乎这些?
if you're not an artist?
or an entrepreneur or a medic
from the cave paintings,
to tell the human story,
最终只由男人来讲述,
is finally told by men,
to all our institutions,
of incapability of women
在印度尼西亚,
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
and women are being told
of creative inspiration.
有创造力的天才呢?
can be a creative genius?
their voices will be made.
走过世界的这一时刻
to get past this moment
that we are unequal,
a different world.
women and men,
女人以及男人
and the stamina
她有权拥有自己的梦想,
she's entitled to her dreams,
on behalf of the whole world,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jude Kelly - Theater director, producerJude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution.
Why you should listen
Jude Kelly was appointed artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain's largest cultural institution, in 2006.
She founded Solent People's Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre, and was the founding director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 1997, she was awarded an OBE for her services to theatre, and in 2015 she was made a CBE in the New Year honours for services to the Arts. She has directed over 100 productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Châtalet in Paris.
In 2002, Kelly founded Metal, a platform where artistic hunches can be pursued in community contexts, with bases in Liverpool, Southend-On-Sea and Peterborough. She led the cultural team for the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid and then served on the Board of the cultural Olympiad. She is a regular broadcaster and commentator on a range of issues relating to society, art and education.
Kelly created the WOW – Women of the World Festival in 2011. In 2011 she created the WOW: Women of the World Festival, now heading into its 7th year at Southbank Centre as well as in other parts of the UK and in countries all over the world.
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