Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje by Huifeng Lin

Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje by Huifeng Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award yn Sulver in Skoane Keunsten en Keunstynstalaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

SulverSkoane Keunst· 2020

Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje

by Huifeng Lin

Client: Bsa Design

A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner in Skoane Keunst Category

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The Design

About Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje

Tide and Stream is in artistike ynstallaasje makke foar in gebou yn Guangzhou. It boppeste trochsichtige diel stiet foar it tij, symboal foar dingen dy't út oare plakken nei Guangzhou brocht binne. De kleurige eleminten binne bedoeld om jonge minsken oan te lûken. It ûnderste metalen diel stiet foar de streaming en fertsjintwurdiget pleatslike ynlânske dingen dy't sterk en ryk oan betsjutting binne. Karakters dy't de Kantoneeske kultuer en de libbenshâlding fan de minsken út Guangzhou drage, wurde dêr toand as ferpleatsbere druklettersplaten. De ynstallaasje is makke fan champagne-gouden roestfrij stiel, trochsichtich akryl en silkscreen roestfrij stiel.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Sulver

Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver, in bûtengewoan prestisjeuze erkenning foar topûntwerpen dy't prachtich en yndrukwekkend binne. Sulverwinners binne tige briljante en ekstreem kreative wurken dy't de treflike ekspertize, it talint en de skerpsinnigens fan har ûntwerpers yllustrearje. Fan Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje wurdt ferwachte dat it in prachtich foarbyldwurk is, opmerklik profesjoneel en djip ynnovatyf. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver is in tige opfallende, bewûndere útfining dy't foardiel bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Tide and Stream Artistike Ynstallaasje is in skepping dêr't breed oerjûn wurdt, dy't winsken wekker makket, positive gefoelens bringt en ferwûnderjen en fernuvering opwekket.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The upper transparent part represents "tide", standing for things brought to Guangzhou from other places. Colorful and dazzling elements are loved by young people. The lower metal part stands for "stream", representing indigenous things of the inland that are strong, rich, and meaningful. Characters we believe that carry the Cantonese culture and Guangzhou people's life attitude are displayed there in the form of movable type plates.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 800mm x Depth 800mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Tide and stream, Pearl River, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Cantonese culture, inclusiveness, dissemination, water culture
Production Technology: Materials: Champaign gold stainless steel, transparent acrylic, silkscreen stainless steel.
Design Challenge: Digital design method was applied for 3D modeling when designing the installation. Since the artist hoped it would be a building entity, structural calculation and incident light calculation were carried out during the design process. The space underneath the installation is the first overhead layer of the building. The streamlined metal shape can form flowing air at the bottom of the building, while allowing natural light to refract at the bottom of and inside the building.
Research: The artist hoped the exquisite and gorgeous appearance could attract young people fond of contemporary art to appreciate the installation. They might discover what's in and behind the installation during the process of appreciation and finally get interested and think about it. The artist provided a trigger point for the audience to reflect on and think about traditional local culture, hoping more people to know about Guangzhou, an ancient and special city, from its developmental history to unique inclusiveness and to its particular role in world cultural exchange and integration.
Inspiration: Through years of the observation of the Pearl River tides, the designer discovered something interesting: the river water is cyan blue at high tide, and is mostly chartreuse at low tide. Cyan blue is the color of the sea while chartreuse is the color of upstream rivers. It seems to tell us the amusing phenomenon that when tides and streams converge, tides flow upward to the land and streams downward to the sea. Based on that, the design team created the artistic installation, Tide and Stream.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2019 and finished in December 2019 in Guangzhou.
Operation Flow: The designers used an artistically abstract way to express the phenomenon of tide upward and stream downward; tried to describe the similar scene where the Chinese and Western cultures collide in Guangzhou; and hoped to make visitors understand the inclusiveness of Guangzhou culture.
Team Members: Chief designer: Huifeng Lin
Designer: Mi Kwan
Designer: Zihao Situ
Designer: Zhiyua Pan
Designer: Qigang Feng
Design company: BSA DESIGN
Image Credits: Image #1-Image #5: Photographer Y studio
Main image is Image #1, Optional Image #1 is Image #2, Optional Image #2 is Image #3, Optional Image #3 is Image #4, Optional Image #4 is Image #5.