Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры by BIAS Architects and Associates

Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры by BIAS Architects and Associates is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн мерапрыемстваў і падзей Competition Category.

СрэбраМерапрыемства· 2021

Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры

by BIAS Architects and Associates

Client: Taoyuan City Government, Department of Cultural Affairs, & Daxi Ecomuseum

Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Мерапрыемства Category

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The Design

About Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры

З 2018 года BIAS распрацаваў і рэалізаваў гарадскі фестываль, каб дапамагчы пасёлку Даксі падрыхтавацца да галоўнай рэлігійнай цырымоніі гэтага месца. Звычайна тайваньскія цырымоніі кансерватыўныя і заснаваныя на вясковых традыцыях, якія дыктуюць строгія правілы. Каб падзяліцца зачараваннем народных вераванняў з гарадской публікай, BIAS апасродкаваў традыцыі з дапамогай стратэгічнага набору дызайнерскіх умяшанняў і мерапрыемстваў, якія забяспечваюць поп-культурную атмасферу падзеі. У прыватнасці, BIAS выступіў куратарам і запрасіў да супрацоўніцтва розных маладых мастакоў і дызайнераў з тымі, хто захоўвае старыя традыцыі.

The Recognition

About the Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award

Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры — пераможца Срэбнай прэміі A' Design Award, надзвычай прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца дызайнам вышэйшага класа, цудоўным і ўражальным. Срэбныя пераможцы — гэта надзвычай бліскучыя і вельмі творчыя працы, якія ілюструюць выдатную кампетэнтнасць, талент і праніклівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры — гэта цудоўная, паказальная праца, надзвычай прафесійная і глыбока інавацыйная. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Срэбную прэмію A' Design Award, — вельмі значнае, вартае захаплення вынаходніцтва, якое прыносіць карысць і пашырае межы мастацтва, навукі, дызайну і тэхналогій. Daxi Daxi Фестываль Краязнаўчай Культуры — гэта твор, якому шмат хто зайздросціць, што абуджае жаданні, дорыць пазітыўныя пачуцці і запальвае здзіўленне і захапленне.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Lord Guan's birthday celebration is an important traditional event held in the rural outskirts of Taipei. The local people call it "the second Chinese New Year for Daxi," and everyone in the township of Daxi uses to put significant effort into the preparations. Tasked to preserve and promote the event, since 2018, BIAS has developed and implemented an urban festival to help the township preparing for the celebration. The festival has been named "Daxi Daxi," i.e., a play of words that means "Good Luck Daxi." In particular, in 2020, the third installment of "Daxi Daxi," the "Lord Guan Online" concept was implemented, i.e., a creative offline and online approach that 'allows the god's blessings to spread far away' through the new media. This festival strengthened the local community's identity, but the last installment attracted more than 100,000 people to the township. Besides this, an exhibition focused on the "backstage" of the religious event and a show mixing modern and traditional arts were implemented. By this, BIAS hopes that the traditional culture can intertwine with the urban one and, thanks to this, get enough momentum to be preserved for the future.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total event area: 121,000 sqm
Tags: festival, traditional rural culture, urban pop culture, religion, parade, design as mediation, curating
Production Technology: The main concept of Daxi Daxi is to combine traditions and pop culture so as to both rejuvenate the audience of Taiwanese religious festivals and deepen the understanding of these by the young generations. In order to achieve this, a curatorial approach was adopted, focused on selecting a series of young artists and designers that could cooperate with those holding the traditions. Most importantly, the artists, designers, and the holders of traditions were supported by BIAS that mediated their cooperation so as to ease their efforts and bring it to a good end. That is to say, BIAS initiated their encounter and acted as a facilitator and translator of their different point of view.
Design Challenge: The key challenge of the project was at the curatorial level. In particular, it was the selection of third-party artists and designers that could dialogue with those today bringing forward the ancient traditions. Not only but also, it was to create proper occasions for the encounter of these seemingly opposite actors.
Research: The research was developed on various aspects, including the following. First of all, it was developed a deep understanding of ancient rituals and those people that carry on the traditions today. Then, it was developed curatorial research on a set of artists and designers that could develop a dialogue and thus intervene in the strategic renewal of traditions. Finally, mediatory research was implemented in order to help the community and the designers collaborate for the good end.
Inspiration: Usually, Taiwanese religious ceremonies are conservative and based on rural traditions that strictly dictate parade rules. To share the charm of the folk beliefs with the urban public, BIAS tried to mediate the ancient traditions by a strategic set of design interventions and educational activities that could provide a contemporary pop culture vibe to the festival.
Project Duration: The event starts in mid-July and finishes in mid-August each year since 2018 in Daxi, Taiwan. The last installment was held in 2020.
Operation Flow: The key aspects of the festival are to be found in the mixing of various aspects of the traditional parade rules and preparations with popo-culture and aesthetics. In particular, while the traditional aspects were not obliterated or negated in their functionality, touches of a new aesthetics were added and communicated to the large public as the product of a new pride of the local community.
Team Members: Main Curator: BIAS Architects & Associates
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yu Dong, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Yu Dong, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Jia-Ying Yang, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Yu Dong, 2018
Image #5: Photographer Jia-Ying Yang, 2018