Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu

Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award na Bronse in Disenyo ng Sining at Instalasyong Pansining Competition Category.

BronseSining· 2022

Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon

by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu

A' Design Award na Bronse Winner in Sining Category

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The Design

About Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon

Ang Tear and Discover ay isang instalasyong sining na binubuo ng apat na produktong pambahay: isang speaker, isang floor lamp, isang orasan, at isang bentilador (fan). Ang bawat bagay ay lubusang binalot ng katad, kaya't ang tunog, ang liwanag, ang oras, at ang daloy ng hangin ay nakatago. Upang magamit ang isang function, kinakailangang gupitin ng bisita ang balot na katad. Ang katad at ang mga label nito ay kumakatawan sa simbolikong halaga ng mga produkto, samantalang ang mga bahaging nasa loob ang nagbibigay ng praktikal na halaga ng paggamit. Ang lahat ng balot ay hinubog nang de-kamay mula sa 1.5 mm na vegetable-tanned na katad at hawak ng mga suporta na stainless steel. Tinatanong ng likhang-sining na ito ang relasyon sa pagitan ng simbolo at function sa konsumo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award na Bronse

Ang Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon ay nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bronse, isang lubhang prestihiyosong pagkilalang iginagawad sa mga natatanging disenyong nakikilala sa pagkamalikhain, katalinuhan at talas ng isip. Ang mga nagwagi ng Bronse ay mga likhang lubhang mahusay at kapansin-pansing malikhain na nagpapatunay sa malawak na karanasan, imahinasyon at pagkamaparaan ng kanilang mga tagapagdisenyo. Inaasahang ang Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon ay isang lubos na pinahahalagahan, hinahangaan at minamahal na bagay na kapansin-pansing propesyonal at makabago. Ang disenyong ito na nagwagi ng A' Design Award na Bronse ay nagsasama ng pinakamahuhusay na kasanayan sa sining, agham, disenyo at teknolohiya, at mahusay dahil sa pansin nito sa detalye. Ang Tear and Discover Sining ng Instalasyon ay kahanga-hangang tumutugon sa mga pangangailangan, humahaplos sa mga hangarin, bumibighani sa damdamin at umaakit sa pag-uusisa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The work consists of four household products, speaker, floor lamp, clock, and fan, which are covered inside the leather. The leather and labels represent the symbolic value of the goods, while the functional components inside the leather deliver the use-value. This design emphasizes the contradiction between sign and function in the product consumption through a destructive interaction to 'cut' the signed cover and liberate the function.
Dimensions & Packaging: speaker,345*345*1427mm
floor lamp,372*305*1930mm
clock,455*140*100mm
fan，360*200*1610mm
Tags: art, craft, furniture, speaker, floor lamp, clock, fan
Production Technology: This work uses the leather wet shaping craft, the leather surface and stainless steel support form a strong visual tension. The whole set of products is all made of 1.5mm whole vegetable-tanned leather. After soaking for 8 hours, awakening the active protein of the leather and giving the leather better ductility. After it is wrapped on the shaping mold and shaped by hand, giving the product shapes a soft curve and organic sense.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this design is the expression of the mindset.
Firstly, how to express the idea through the design language? After many times discussion, The use of metaphorical forms of wrapping, highlighting and rupture, and contradictory interactions were confirmed.
Secondly, how to shape the leather into the form? This step took many material tests and prototypes before the final form was created.
Research: The work have taken the‘Consumption society’ as our research direction and the commodity as the object for our project. The design want to discuss the relationship between symbol, function, and commodity and reflected on the design. Through research the design aim to express the contradiction between symbolic value and use-value of products in the consumer society where signs are proliferating.
Inspiration: Living in the current era of consumption, symbolic consumption has gradually changed our mindset of on-demand consumption, and the functions of products have been obscured by the virtual signs created by capital. The endless pursuit of the sign has accelerated the waste of material. Therefore the work rethought the relationship among signs, functions, and design.
Project Duration: The project starts in November 2020 in Shanghai and is completed in 2021 in Shanghai, where it will be exhibited in June.
Operation Flow: The work covered by leather, functions are hidden inside——the sound is obscured, the light is covered, the time is hidden, the wind is blocked, in order to use the functions, the user needs to cut the leather through destructive interactions and destroy the complete leather the user's thoughts will be aroused during the interaction.
Patents: Jie Gao
Hengguang Wu
Team Members: Jie Gao
Hengguang Wu
Image Credits: Jie Gao, Hengguang Wu