Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî by Yu Liang Chen

Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî by Yu Liang Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn in Dîzayna Hunerên Bedew û Sazkirina Hunerî Competition Category.

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Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî

by Yu Liang Chen

Client: NewLocal Art Studio

Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn Winner in Hunera Bedew Category

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The Design

About Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî

Nivîsa Pirtûkê: Tacê Generalê Deryayê şanogehek hunerî ya giştî ye ku li Bajarokê Kouhu, Parêzgeha Yunlin, Taywan cih girtiye. Ev şanogeh 10 metre dirêj, 3 metre fireh û 4 metre bilind e. Qalibek ji stûna polayê ya bênas û betona sîmentê teşeya wê pêk tîne, di heman demê de kaşên gilover û geş, kevîrên keramîkê yên perçebûyî, kevrikên biçûk û camên neynikî rûyê wê dadipoşin. Nîgarok ên di hundirê avahiyê de siyeyek û cihê rawestanê pêşkêş dikin, û kevirên spî yên li derdora bingehê zarokan vedixwîne ku lîstinê bikin. Nîgarên ji çandên xwecihî, Han û Japonî bi hev re hatine tevlihev kirin. Ev tac hurmet û rêz ji çavkaniyên deryayî re teşwîq dike.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn

Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Tuncîn e, nasîneke pir bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên berbiçav ên bi afirînerî, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiyê têne cudakirin re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Tuncînê karên bi têra xwe jêhatî û bi awayekî balkêş afirîner in, yên ku ezmûna fireh, xeyal û çareserkirina sêwiranerên xwe piştrast dikin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî tiştekî pir hatiye rêzgirtin, sitayişkirin û delal be, bi awayekî berbiçav pîşekar û nûjen. Ev sêwirana bi Tuncînê serketî pratîkên çêtirîn ên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê digire nav xwe û ji bo baldariya li hûrgiliyan hêja ye. Crown of the Sea General Fonksiyona Bingehîn: Şanogeha Hunerî ya Giştî pêdiviyan bi rengekî xweş tîne cih, destê xwe dide daxwazan, hestan dihejîne û meraqê dikişîne.

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