Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí by Yu Liang Chen

Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí by Yu Liang Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award in Dearadh Mínealaíne Competition Category.

Cré-umhaMínealaín· 2020

Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí

by Yu Liang Chen

Client: NewLocal Art Studio

Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award Winner in Mínealaín Category

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The Design

About Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí

Téacs an Leabhair: Is suiteáil ealaíne poiblí í Coróin an Ghinearáil Mara atá lonnaithe i mBaile Fearainn Kouhu, Contae Yunlin, an Téaváin. Tá an tsuiteáil 10 méadar ar fad, 3 mhéadar ar leithead agus 4 mhéadar ar airde. Cruthaíonn fráma cruach dhosmálta agus moirtéal stroighne an chruth, agus clúdaíonn tíleanna snasta glónraithe, píosaí ceirmeacha briste, píobáin agus gloine scátháin an dromchla. Tairgeann binsí laistigh den struchtúr scáth agus scíth, agus tugann gairbhéal bán timpeall an bhoinn cuireadh do leanaí súgradh ann. Cuirtear le chéile patrúin ó chultúir dhúchasacha, Han agus Seapánacha. Spreagann an choróin meas ar acmhainní muirí.

The Recognition

About the Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí sármhaithe a mbíonn cruthaitheacht, aireagacht agus géarchúis mar shaintréithe acu. Is déantúsáin ghlic agus chruthaitheacha go suntasach iad buaiteoirí Cré-umha a dhearbhaíonn taithí fhairsing, samhlaíocht agus acmhainneacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí ina rud a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear, atá thar a bheith gairmiúil agus nuálach. Ionchorpraíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr san ealaín, san eolaíocht, sa dearadh agus sa teicneolaíocht, agus tá sé sármhaith as a aird ar mhionsonraí. Sásaíonn an dearadh Crown of the Sea General Feidhm Bhunúsach: Suiteáil Ealaíne Poiblí riachtanais go hálainn, bainíonn sé le mianta, cuireann sé draíocht ar mhothúcháin agus tarraingíonn sé fiosracht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Located in Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, it not only takes on the elements from patterns of various ethnic groups, but is also equipped with practical functions, including benches for resting in the interior of the installation which provide sun-ray-shielding function, and white gravels paved around for children to play with which enhances the chances to interact with people and then to pay attention to issues of environmental protection and the ocean.
Dimensions & Packaging: The installation measures 10 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. We apply the common construction method of Taiwanese modern temple roof, which comes in dragons and phoenixes, and also take the features of materials into consideration. Besides, artisans who are expert on making the exterior of temples such as legendary figures, statue of deities, auspicious animals are invited to work together.
Tags: Installation art, Gazebo, Multi-cultural groups, Marine Resources, Environmental protection issue
Production Technology: We took stainless steel bar and net as the frame, cement mortar as the molding material. The surfaces were applied with glossy glaze tiles, fragmented ceramics and close-lightly pebbles, and pottery plates as well as pot lids were embedded in as design to increase fun. Then mirror-pane glass formed the exterior, strengthening the perception toward the combination of tradition and modern.
Design Challenge: Trying to combine modern art design and traditional craft, the design team especially invited molding masters and fragmented ceramic artisans constructing temples in southern Taiwan. Because of that, the design team spent a great amount of time communicating construction methods and related details, including design proportion, fragmented ceramic coloring, format, construction procedures, etc., which challenged the past designing and constructing experience of the designers and artisans.
Research: The figure was set in the elements from mythologies. The crown came from Giant Groupers, which is a part of Taiwanese aquaculture. Indigenous, Han, and Japanese signs are introduced. The theme color is shades of red, which is a symbol of luck and happiness in Taiwan; black, white, and golden frame reveals a sense of exquisiteness from Japanese culture; the Mountain Patterns, which belongs to indigenous tribes in Taiwan, taking blue, green, and orange to represent atmosphere, sea, and land.
Inspiration: In order to remind people of the importance of respect while using marine resources, the idea of the Sea General came from the traditional folk religion, the Sea Goddess, Mazu. It symbolizes that to save the environment damaged by human beings, the Sea General sacrifice its own life and leave behind the crown to remind people of the meaning of cherishing the planet, correlating with the issue of marine resources preservation and climate change.
Project Duration: The project finished in November, 2019 in Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Crown of the Sea General looks like a character coming out from fantasy novels, deepens the visual perception to reach the goal of warning people that our future environment might face the fightback of nature. As for the colors, the design team chose to use prevailing decoration elements from traditional Taiwanese temples and deity statues and particularly commissioned professional Koji Pottery workmen to produce low temperature glaze kilning fragmented ceramic and tiles.
Team Members: Yu-Liang Chen
Image Credits: Cheng-Mao Liu