Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu

Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àjọ àti Ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ Competition Category.

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Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà

by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu

Client: Lienchiang County Government and The General Association of Chinese Culture

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The Design

About Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà

Matsu Biennial jẹ́ ètò àfojúsùn ọdún mẹ́wàá tí ó pín sí apá márùn-ún láti fi ìpìlẹ̀ṣẹ̀ títí ayé lélẹ̀ fún àgbékalẹ̀ àwùjọ. Iṣẹ́-ọnà àdàpọ̀ àádọ́rin àti ẹ̀dá alájẹsara-ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀ ní iṣẹ́-àkànṣe àkójọ mẹ́sàn-án ń kojú àwọn ìṣòro ìdàgbàsókè agbègbè aládàníláàyè. Àwọn ihò-ọ̀nà ìgbà Ogun Tútù Matsu, ilé-ìkọ́jọpọ̀ ìwé àgbègbè ogun, àṣà Eastern Min, ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ fààrí àti èdè rẹ̀ rí ìdílé igba tí ń ṣe àṣà ṣíṣe ọtí-wáìnì, èyí tí ó fa àkòrí Ruby Red After Summer. Biennial náà yí iṣẹ́-ọnà padà sí ìwúkàrà láti mú kí àwọn ohùn tí a ti parọ́ dìde kí ó sì yí Matsu padà sí ilẹ̀-ìpilẹ̀ fún iṣẹ́-ọnà àti àgbékalẹ̀.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Matsu Biennial 2023 Àjọ̀dún Iṣẹ́-ọnà nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Behind the Design

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Unique Properties: Matsu Biennial restores the suppressed voices and self-evident culture of Matsu's unique Cold-War heritage and war zone administration period. Unlike typical art festivals, the Biennial is a 10-year project across 5 planned biennials to involve experts and provide integrated design solutions.
Cultural governance and design thinking are made part of policymaking to advance art and education. The Biennial is a long-term cultural movement through site translation, cultural tours, and co-creation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Exhibition grounds spanning the 4 townships and 5 islands of Matsu under a framework of 9 curatorial projects, comprised of 70 works spanning 4 areas of art design, landscape architecture, culinary art, and performance. Exhibition venues across a range of public spaces such as beaches, strategic intersections, plazas, military sites, private houses, cafes, and museums. 12 co-curators and 80 artist groups, including 13 local artists and 7 visiting artists from 5 countries.
Tags: Matsu Biennial, art festival, cultural heritage, Cold War, public branding, community design, social design, design education
Production Technology: Based on past studies of Matsu's military and cultural heritage, the Biennial invites locals and experts to co-create 70 works across 9 curation projects of architecture, art, food, and performance. Crossing contemporary mediums with traditional arts, it connects and revitalizes local traditions. Highlights include Underwater Lab and The Island Scene, featuring technology art, video, sculpture, traditional papercutting art, and military site installations, creating key landscapes on the island.
Design Challenge: The goal of the Biennial is to revive tangible/intangible heritage. Winemaking became the theme to resonate culturally and military sites have been revitalized. The challenge is to instill cultural identification locally, preserving and innovating with experts to increase local participation and communications by social design. As a cultural movement, the Biennial engages with residents, delivering posters to 3800 households and embedding its processes in art curriculums and development workshops.
Research: The Matsu Biennial 2023 is based on past surveys of local heritage. Its theme Ruby Red After Summer honors the tradition of winemaking in Matsu to "ferment art". In 2007, a comprehensive survey of the islands recorded 146 military installations. In 2019, 13 military sites were selected for revitalization studies. Surveys on local contexts, archives, and interviews collected local issues and cultural highlights of Matsu’s sites including crafts, and food, forming the basis for the Biennial.
Inspiration: UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity considers cultural diversity as legacy, promoting peace through dialog. Villages and towns nowadays host large-scale art festivals to revitalize local industries and culture, driving local participation and bolstering the regional brand. Accordingly, Matsu Biennial adopts the core concept of "social design", creating public branding for sustainable governance and using art curation to highlight the significance of Matsu's Cold-War heritage.
Project Duration: The 2nd Matsu Biennial "Ruby Red After Summer" opens from Sept. 23 to Nov. 12,2023 at the 4 townships and 5 islands of Matsu. In 2007, a comprehensive survey of Matsu's local heritage and cultural landscape was initiated. In 2019, planning for the 1st Matsu Biennial started, and in 2020, a stronghold redesign campaign movement was launched, leading up to the opening of 2 military sites for the 2nd Matsu Biennial.
Operation Flow: Addressing issues through social design, the Biennial adopts 5 principal designs of engagement—creating dialogue with the community and developing local characteristics; sustainability—design with a 10-year vision; planning—continued concern for society through art practice; spatial governance—design on the scale of architectural contexts; and culture—design to transform organizational cultures and create an environment conducive to art and design.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Matsu Biennial
Team Members: Co-organizers: Chung-Ming Wang, Hou-ching Lee, Jing-hui Huang, Xiao-Yun Wu
Marketing Coordinator: Ayu Cheng
Chief of Operations: Hui-Ting Liu
Curatorial team: Lee Ro-Mei, Chao Kai-Chih, Eric Chen, Eva Lin, Chang Cheng-Yu, Chang Kuang-Yi, Nakaw Putun, Han Wu, Hung Yu-Cheng, Ella Jheng, Liu Mei-Yu, Tammy Yu-Ting Hsieh, Pilar Tsai, Li-Wei Hou, Liting Liu, Hsieh Shu-Ching, Wang Shih-Yu, Wilma Ku, Yu-Zheng Ye
Image Credits: Matsu Biennial