Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
裘德·凱莉: 為什麼女性應該講全人類的故事
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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to be of universal importance,
則被認為僅僅是關於女人?
to be merely about women?
when she was 12.
to become a theater director,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
而為爭取女權奮鬥的人。
取得進步。
have progress.
and obviously you are, too.
很顯然你們也可以。
Women of the World, seven years ago,
WOW 的節日——世界上的女人。
across five continents.
is Somaliland in Africa.
was going to these caves.
是去這個岩洞穴,
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
最古老的洞穴壁畫。
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
到 11,000 年前完成的。
ever since it evolved.
when I was a little girl.
this joyful, youthful figure?
這個快樂、年輕的畫像?
and women who painted these."
畫了這些畫。」
absolutely askance, and he said,
it was 11,000 years ago."
11,000 年前畫的吧。」
that I've seen continuously
comes down through the masculine,
神的啟示是通過男性傳播的,
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
牧師、拉比、還是聖人,
resides in the masculine,
最有創造力的天才是在男性之中,
about who we really are,
the universal story
just talk about women's experiences,
談論關於女性的經驗,
only really relevant to women
of whether we're prepared to believe
我們是否準備去相信
that women's stories really matter,
女性的故事真的很重要,
about two examples of stories
of universal importance:
when they were little --
我帶著我的兩個孩子——
of this little alien
really bad scientists
back to his spaceship
have found out, and they're catching up
壞蛋們發現了並追捕他們。
and they've got their guns,
it's terribly frightening,
going to make it.
他們的腳踏車飛到了空中,
the bikes fly up in the air,
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
他好像就和那些孩子一起救了 E.T.,
and she's crying her eyes out.
Why can't I come?"
為什麼我不能去?」
so much in E.T.,
感情在 E.T. 上,
if you understand
of what's happened,
產生什麼影響,
for the therapy bills?"
had a word back from him,
我還沒收到他寫的隻字片語,
of what he intended with E.T.,
他製作 E.T. 的用意,
and embrace difference."
the idea of girls' difference
about all humanity.
about human goodness;
a lad's heroic adventure.
有關一個小伙子的英雄歷險記。
for universal communication,
被賦予為全人類溝通的權利,
through male's eyes.
得到的男性經驗來寫。
through all our books and our films,
所有的電影,
by a male artist --
這是由男性藝術家所寫的——
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
成為一個強有力的人物,
for his father's murder.
about suicide being an option,
自殺是一個選擇。
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
and abused by him,
to the audience about her feelings.
he turns on his mum,
他轉向他的母親,
to fall in love with his uncle
愛上他的舅舅,
male dilemma, male struggle.
以及男性的掙扎的故事。
of human beings,
had two women in it.
只有兩個女性。
matter less than men's.
global recognition.
that belongs to then.
to be a theater director,
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
一個叫瓊·莉特伍德,她退休了,
who's just killed herself.
她最近自殺了。
would you like to be?"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
that I wanted to be a director.
the conductor, and she said,
她是一位指揮家,
說過一模一樣的話」。
said exactly the same.
we've made our mark.
我們都有所成就。
of the Paris Conservatoire
great physical strength
said two years ago,
immediately if it's written by a woman,
就立刻知道是女性寫的,
because it's not worthy of me."
因為不值得我去讀。」
their story doesn't matter,
to be the storyteller.
that you can't stand in the central space
你不能站在中心的位置,
your goods up to a small, select group.
特定的團體提供你的產品。
on smaller stages,
these incredible, prominent spaces
if you're not an artist?
為什麼這對你也很重要?
or an entrepreneur or a medic
from the cave paintings,
to tell the human story,
is finally told by men,
最終都由男性來講敘述,
to all our institutions,
of incapability of women
有創造力的天才的訊息,
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
奈及利亞、中國、俄羅斯,
and women are being told
of creative inspiration.
can be a creative genius?
富有創造力的天才嗎?
their voices will be made.
to get past this moment
如果我們想要跨越這一刻,
that we are unequal,
a different world.
women and men,
and the stamina
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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