The Square
《自由廣場》

Ruben ?stlund has some issues with the contemporary art scene. "In the art world," the Swedish director told Variety, "you bring everything you do into a theory level, where it loses its contact with the outside world in many ways." He should know. His new film, starring Dominic West as a US artist showing off a new installation that's supposed to encourage consideration and humanistic regard, is loosely based on his own experience. ?stlund once debuted an installation where two people enter a square space meant to symbolise a street intersection, and in that space they interact with each other following the courtesy and deference of motorists to pedestrians encouraged by traffic laws. Art should "remind us of those humanistic values," ?stlund says. "I think that this is not very common in the art world."
魯本?奧斯特倫德對當代藝術界有些看法。這位瑞典導演告訴《Variety》，“在藝術世界里，你把自己所做的一切都上升到理論的高度，這樣切斷了藝術與外界的許多聯系。”他對此深有體會。奧斯特倫德的新片《自由廣場》基本基于他的個人經歷，片中多米尼克?威斯特飾演一位美國藝術家，他大肆鼓吹一個本應該宣揚關懷和人文主義的新裝置藝術品。奧斯特倫德曾經推出一個裝置藝術品，在這件作品中，兩個人進入代表著街道十字路口的空間，在這里他們發生互動，在交通法規的引導下，開車的人對行人有禮而尊重。奧斯特倫德說，藝術應該“讓我們想起那些人文價值，我認為這在藝術世界中不常見。”