Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta by Yang Mai

Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta by Yang Mai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Ars Pulchra Competition Category.

AesArs Pulchra· 2022

Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta

by Yang Mai

Client: Yang Mai

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Ars Pulchra Category

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The Design

About Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta

Guo Fan est institutum artis cum ornamentis artificiosis coniunctum, cultura nummorum a Sinensibus transmarinis missorum fundatum. Opus historiam hominum Chaozhou investigat, qui in Asiam Orientalem Meridionalem ad victum quaerendum peregrinati sunt. Structura fusi bidirectionalis coniuncta sine fine vertitur, ita ut scaenae historicae infinite sese superponant. Ornamenta consilium particularum historiae sequuntur, et unumquodque opus gestatori aliam personam intra eandem fabulam tribuit. Aes, chalybs inoxidabilis, aluminium, resina et acrylicum adhibentur, per sectionem laseris et impressionem tribus dimensionibus formata.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Guo Fan Institutum Artis, Ornamenta necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Researching the important Chaozhou overseas Chinese culture in Chaoshan, excavating the history of Chaozhou overseas Chinese who went to the Southeast Asia to make a living. In order to more experimentally explore the historical facts of the "Overseas Fragrance" and the "Guo Fan", this work is expressed and displayed by means of an art installation derived from art jewelry and a more holistic art design.To pay tribute to the ancestors of Chaoshan who traveled far and wide.
Dimensions & Packaging: Art installations size :
278mm*236mm*149mm

Jewelry size:
48mm*68mm*14mm
45mm*87mm*7mm
83mm*141mm*93mm
105mm*40mm*126mm
Tags: Culture, Overseas Chinese remittance, Art installation, Jewelry, Chaozhou gold lacquer wood carving
Production Technology: Material: brass, stainless steel, aluminum, resin, acrylic
Production: laser cutting, 3D printing
Design Challenge: The most important and difficult part of this project is to sort out the historical facts of " culture of overseas Chinese remittance " and turn it into an art work to show to people through design, so that people can understand it .
Research: The theme of this project is "culture of overseas Chinese remittance", with the close relationship between Chaozhou wood carving and overseas Chinese remittance as the development line. Through reading and combing a large number of literature and books, fieldwork visits, etc., the inherent cultural stories are unearthed, and the stories are patterned and combined with dynamic installations to tell the memories of overseas Chinese remittance through jewelry. Aiming to pass on and spread Chaoshan culture.
Inspiration: Chaozhou gold lacquer wood carving are typical representatives of Chaoshan culture. Among them, the shrine is an important object of expression of this skill. Furthermore, it is the carrier of Chaozhou clan concept. Chaoshan were adhered to the special traditional culture of both continental and maritime, to make a living in Southeast Asia by Guo Fan. The culture of overseas Chinese remittance links the families at home and abroad, and plays a huge role in the development of their hometowns.
Project Duration: The project started in October in Guangzhou and finished in May 2021 in Guangzhou Guangdong province, China, and was exhibited in Guangzhou academic of fine arts in June 2021.
Operation Flow: The installation works by the historical facets of "culture of overseas Chinese remittance" and "Guo Fan" overlap infinitely through the continuous turning of the two-way linkage spindle structure.

And the jewelry is based on the concept of "slices of history", transforming the wearer into the protagonist of the historical fragments and experiencing the story of each slice.When the wearer wears different parts of the jewelry, he or she will be transformed into different roles. They are both in the same slice of historical story.