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The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio by FunDesign.tv and Tape That Collective

The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio by FunDesign.tv and Tape That Collective is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Belas-Artes e Instalações Artísticas Competition Category.


PrataBelas-Artes· 2022

The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio

by FunDesign.tv and Tape That Collective

Client: Kaohsiung City Government

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Belas-Artes Category

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The Design

About The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio

A Glimmer é uma instalação de tape art aplicada a um comboio em Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Cerca de 110 metros quadrados de fita fosforescente revestem o exterior do comboio, formando murais que retratam o mar, os portos, as montanhas e os edifícios da cidade. A fita absorve a luz solar durante o dia e emite luz à noite, pelo que o comboio se transforma numa lanterna em movimento sem recorrer a energia elétrica. O interior é decorado com películas luminosas e luzes mutáveis. A instalação foi criada para o Festival das Lanternas de Taiwan e aplica diversas técnicas de tape art.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. The Glimmer Instalação Artística em Comboio é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
As an extension of the "Tape art by tape that 2.0" exhibition, while commemorating one of the biggest annual events in Kaohsiung, Taiwan - The Taiwan Lantern Festival, TAPE THAT uses glow tapes, which absorb sunlight in the daytime and glow at night, and luminous foils, and turns a train into a moving lantern, the first train lights up without any electrical power in the world. The story of Kaohsiung is transformed into a series of murals on the train.
Dimensions & Packaging
The 11-year accumulation of tape that is reflected in the glimmer of the train by applying multiple creative tape art techniques called "clash of styles". Nearly 110 square meters of tape covered the outside of the train. The interior was decorated with luminous foils and changing lights.
Tags
tape, art, train, Berlin, fundesign, tapethat, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Production Technology
Self-glowing tapes, luminous tapes, and luminous foils.
Design Challenge
From the very beginning, we struggled to find the right light-emitting tape with just the right glue. In nearly half a year of testing, we identified the best performing material based on the light, shade, and time calculation and placed the tape outdoors to experience wind, rain, and sun, and based on the glue stability, degumming, and residual glue condition selected the appropriate glue mixing ratio.
Research
An emerging art form, tape art has its origins in experimental street art. As it is movable and temporary, it can be used on any surface it is glued to, so it can blend easily into urban environments. Due to the wide variety of tapes, there are also many ways to create art with them. Without the aid of other tools, tape is the easiest way to draw straight lines.
Inspiration
Tape that is in love with Kaohsiung after exploring the city, such as the sea, ports, and mountains, so they decide to put the beloved city on the train. You may observe rainbows in both the sky and the sea after rain, sparkling bays, scattered buildings, intricate traffic lines, and lighting patterns in the expression of well-developed high-end technology.
For the interior, the interlaced arteries and veins represent the complex transportation of the train system in the city.
Project Duration
Between 2022/1/28 and 3/31, a train named "The glimmer of the train." runs in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow
By transforming urban imagery, TAPE THAT transforms light-storing materials into its own creations, which bring out the essence of glimmering light flowing in the city. It's as if people can enter the train and become a part of the glimmering light. They gather and enter the train, then get off and disperse, like a creative medium, absorbing light in bright places and releasing it elsewhere.
Team Members
Carrie Chang/Curator of fundesign.tv
SK Chen/Curator of fundesign.tv
Adrian Dittert/Artist of tape that
Stefan Busch/Artist of tape that
Stephan Meissner/Artist of tape that
Thomas Meissner/Artist of tape that
Image Credits
FunDesign.tv

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