Crown of the Sea General Whakaahua Toi ā-Iwi by Yu Liang Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Toi me te Whakaaturanga Toi Competition Category.
ParahiToi· 2020
Crown of the Sea General Whakaahua Toi ā-Iwi
Client: NewLocal Art Studio
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Toi Category
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About Crown of the Sea General Whakaahua Toi ā-Iwi
Ko te Karauna o te Tianara o te Moana he whakaahua toi ā-iwi kei Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Ko ngā mehua o te whakaturanga he 10 mita te roa, 3 mita te whānui me te 4 mita te teitei. He anga rino mātaotao me te konukona hei hanga i te āhua, ā, ko ngā tairo karāihe kanapa, ngā kirihou pakaru, ngā kohatu iti me te karāihe whakaata e uhi ana i te mata. Ko ngā nohonga i roto i te hanganga e whakarato ana i te taumarumaru me te okiokinga, ā, ko te kirikiri mā i te taha o te tūāpapa e pōwhiri ana i ngā tamariki ki te tākaro. Kua honoa ngā tauira mai i ngā ahurea taketake, Han me Hapanihi. Ko te karauna e whakatenatena ana i te whakaute mō ngā rawa moana.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Crown of the Sea General Whakaahua Toi ā-Iwi te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Crown of the Sea General Whakaahua Toi ā-Iwi he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Crown of the Sea General Whakaahua Toi ā-Iwi i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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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
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