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　　Art In The Age Of SARS1

　　Outside a traditional Chinese medicine shop in HongKong, locals mill about2 , their mouths covered withwhite masks. They look like ordinary Asian shoppersin the age of SARS — but they are in fact actorsshooting the forthcoming film"The City of SARS. "An anguished look at life in the territoryduring the epidemic , the film includes a segment starring veteran Hong Kong actor Eric Tsangas a flashy businessman contemplating suicide after the pneumonia outbreak threatens to ruinhim financially."[SARS is] our Titanic , " says Tsang between takes."A lot of acts of bravery andheroism were involved. "

　　Every artist knows that turmoil fuels creativity. And from February to June in 2003, nothinghas caused more turmoil in Asia than severe acute respiratory syndrome. Now, fromShanghai to Singapore, the drama of living with SARS is producing an artistic movement ofsorts. Through a wide range of new paintings, photographs, plays, films and songs, Asia'sartists are expressing the diverse emotions — fear, anger and even hope — triggered by thedisease .

　　Some artists are simply determined to make a record of this atypical3 period."Artists are moresensitive than ordinary people, "says a Singaporean painter. His abstract work"A Year toRemember", made with oil, batik, sand and rice paper on canvas, has no special message butwas inspired by the complex feelings that emerged while he listened to the daily news of thewar in Iraq and the progress of the disease .

　　Others intend their art to provoke discussion. Singaporean playwright and actress Li Xiewrote the interactive Mandarin-language play"SARS"after witnessing negative reactions — likethe ostracization of medical workers — in the early days of the outbreak. Li's drama, whichrequires audience participation, has been playing to positive reviews. Ordinary citizens, too, have felt compelled to create . When the Hong Kong Arts Center announced the creation of aSARS-inspired exhibited called"A Time Like This", it was flooded with entries from the generalpublic . Students, forced to stay home after school was suspended, contributed more than 80 poems, cartoons and drawings — many about the extreme boredom they felt while inisolation. The Shanghai Museum of Art is holding an online exhibit and sale of calligraphic artinspired by SARS — the proceeds of which will go4 to SARS research.

　　The director of"The City of SARS"is hopeful that his flick will capture a momentous time inhistory."No other event like this may pass my way again, "he says.

　　练习题：

　　Ⅰ. True or False:

　　1. People outside the medicine shop are ordinary Asian shoppers in the age of SARS.

　　2. Through a wide range of new art forms Asia's artists are expressing the diverse emotionstriggered by the disease .

　　3. All the artists simply determined to make a record of this atypical period.

　　4. The Shanghai Museum of Art held an exhibit to make profits for its own sake.

　　Ⅱ. Questions:

　　1. How did the Singapore painter make his abstract work A Year to Remember?

　　2. Why Li Xie wrote the play"SARS"?

　　参考答案：

　　Ⅰ. 1. F 2. T 3 . F 4 . F

　　Ⅱ.1. He made his work with oil, batik, sand and rice paper on canvas.

　　2. He wrote the play after witnessing the negative reactions in the early days of the outbreak.

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