Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi na Chih Kang Chu

ʻO Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi na Chih Kang Chu he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2022 A' Design Award Keleawe ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Hana Noʻeau a me Hoʻokomo Hana Noʻeau.

KeleaweHana Noʻeau· 2022

Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi

na Chih Kang Chu

Mea Kūʻai: Information and International Affairs Department Pingtung

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Keleawe ma ka Māhele Hana Noʻeau

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E Pili Ana iā Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi

Kikokikona Puke: ʻO ka Hoʻomaikaʻi mai ke Kai mai he hana noiʻi lehulehu ma waho, i hoʻonoho ʻia ma waena o ke one kahakai a me ke kai ma Pingtung, Taiwan. Loaʻa i ka hana nei ke ʻano o kekahi hale pule, a ua kūkulu ʻia mai ka hale hao, ke kumu papa hao, a me nā ʻāpana lole keʻokeʻo. Ke mālie ka ea, kū mālie ka hale. Akā, i ka pā ʻana o ka makani mauna o ke kau, neʻe nā ʻāpana lole, a hōʻike mai i ka ikaika o ka makani. Ua ʻoki ʻia ke kikowaena o ke kumu papa, i hiki i ka hana ke neʻe pū me ke au kai, a pale aku i ke kanu ʻia i ke one. Aia nā kukui ʻehiku e hoʻomālamalama i ka hana i ka pō.

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Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Blessing from the Sea Hana Nui: Hoʻokalakupua Noiʻi i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

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Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.

Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: Where the wind and the sea meet, a church rises from the sea.
Here, we can hear the wave and see the wind. When the wind is calm, the church is quiet, tranquil and peaceful. When the win roars, the fabrics strips dance wildly, flying madly, the church shows the dynamic of the wind.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: Width 490 cm x Length 1000 cm x Hight 800 cm.
The base of the project was made with metal panel. The center was cut out to keep the project to move slight with the tide.
Nā Lepili: art, installation, wind, nature, taiwan
ʻEnehana Hana: There three kinds of element were used in this project: metal structure, metal panel, and fabric strips.
8 spotlights were used to light up the project at night.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: The first challenge is related with the folklore. Many people would associate white tents with funeral hall, which is an ominous symbol. To avoid this impression, the structure is shape like a church. Church represents an image of faith, love and happiness. Coincidentally a couple took wedding photos in front of the artwork when it was just built. The beautiful wedding photos were posted on social media, everyone sees the couple were happy and be blessed in front of the artwork. Since then, no one questioned about impression of the artwork.
The second challenge is the environment. The artwork is set up between the beach and the sea. Water and sand come and go with tide, the base of the artwork moves a bit with it. The artwork has to stand on the sand firmly, not to be washed away by sea and not to be buried in the sand. And, most important, not to be blow away by the powerful chinook. Not only the structure has been strengthened, also the base of the artwork is precision calculated.
The fabric of stripes has to be chosen carefully. Different weight and length will make different effect. The strips have to fly with the wind but also have to withstand the power of chinook. They need to look like dancing elegantly in the wind but not messy and disorganized.
During the 3 months exhibition, the artwork never looked the same everyday. Also it was not always stand straight, the fabric strips are not always flying beautifully. But the naturally posture of the artwork attracted thousands of visitors. People feel the power of the wind, see the beauty of nature via the church. They can feel the mood of nature.
Noiʻi: Winter is the chinook season in Hengchun Peninsula. The strong and powerful wind and sand make people cannot bear to stay for long time on the beach, resulting in a low season for sightseeing. We hope people would be willing to experience the power of the chinook wind through the artwork, and turn it into a tourist attraction.
Church represents an image of faith and love. People are willing to come close to a church, willing to open their mind in a church.
The church is placed between the beach and the sea, it would be immersed in the sea couple of hours everyday. The wave, the wind, the light of the sun make the artwork alive. It seems the church has its own mood. Every day, every second, the church never in the same posture.
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: From October to April of the following year, the powerful chinook wind (Lou Shan Feng) blows down from the mountains in Hengchun Peninsula, Pingtung. This installation art piece《Blessing From The Sea》by Chih-Kang Chu is to reveal the characteristic of Luo Shan Feng.
People can hear the wave and see the wind through the church that standing on the seaside.
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: The project production started in December 2021 in Pingdong, and finished in 2 weeks. It was exhibited in Luo Shan Feng Art Festival from 25th December 2021 to 1st March 2022.
Kaʻina Hana: Instead of solid wall, white fabric strips are tied up on the church shape structure, the church looks lighter and more welcoming people to walk in. And most important, when the wind blows, the fabric strips will fly with the wind, the posture of the church changes with the wind, it shows the mood of the wind.
The base of the church structure is an iron panel, cut out in the center. The weight of the panel helps the structure to stand in the sand more firmly. However, the wave would bring lots of sand from the sea everyday. The cutting out of the base would help the structure to move up and down with the tide, to avoid to be buried in the beach.
Nā Lālā Hui: Chih-Kang Chu
Meng-Hung Tsai
u-Tang Tseng.
Nā Kuleana Kiʻi: All Images : Photographer / Kuo-Min Lee, Blessing From The Sea, 2021