《另一种人生肖像》：动力雕塑家 Nemo Gould 如何把废弃物件变成会动的机器

从拆玩具到做艺术

Nemo Gould 是一名动力雕塑家。他从小喜欢把东西拆开再装回去，这一习惯源于他童年时的一个发现：大多数物件靠螺丝固定，拧开螺丝，零件就能被重新组合成新东西。从特种部队玩偶到家用电器，他都拆过，这份冲动后来变成对机器及其运作方式的浓厚好奇，最终成为他的艺术：把被丢弃的物件重建成一开动就嗡嗡运转、仿佛自有生命的机器。

这一集拍了什么

纪录片系列《另一种人生肖像》的这一集记录 Gould 寻找可再利用的物件，以及他在工作室里的创作过程。他在片中解释自己的创作方法，也谈到作品这些年的演变，包括近年更具政治性的作品。影片穿插动画，并采访了 Gould 的父亲——同样是一位艺术家。

影片想说的两件事

通过上述素材，影片为“让童年的着迷保持鲜活”提供了一个有力的例证。Gould 的艺术也提示，做东西的乐趣很大一部分来自亲手接触的实体经验，而不只是最终成品。

The kinetic sculptor Nemo Gould has had a lifelong fascination with taking things apart and putting them back together, one he traces to a discovery he made as a child: most things are held together by screws and, once these are undone, the pieces can be built into something new. That early impulse, which led him to dismantle everything from his GI Joes to household appliances, grew into a deep curiosity about machines and how they work. Eventually, it became his art: discarded objects rebuilt into machines that whirr into motion with a life of their own.

This instalment of the documentary series Portraits of Another Life captures Gould searching for objects to repurpose and working in his studio as he explains his creative process and the evolution of his work over the years, including his more political recent pieces. Through animations as well as interviews with Gould’s father, a fellow artist, the video makes a strong case for keeping childhood fascinations alive. Gould’s art, too, serves as a reminder that much of the joy in making things lies in the physical, hands-on experience of it, rather than just the final result.