Matsu Biennial 2023 Art Festival by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu |
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| DESIGN NAME: Matsu Biennial 2023 PRIMARY FUNCTION: Art Festival 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. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 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. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Addressing issues through social design, the Biennial adopts 5 principal designs of engagement—creatin PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: 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. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION 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. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 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 RESEARCH ABSTRACT: 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. 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. ADDED DATE: 2023-11-09 04:33:26 TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Co-organizers: Chung-Ming Wang, Hou-ching Lee, Jing-hui Huang, Xiao-Yun Wu, Marketing Coordinator: Ayu Cheng, Chief of Operations: Hui-Ting Liu and 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 PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Matsu Biennial |
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NAME: Lienchiang County Government and The General Association of Chinese Culture PROFILE: Setting up a project office to introduce the Matsu Biennial format, burnish the regional brand of Matsu, and advance social design in the region, Lienchiang Government’s mission is to forge the Matsu islands into a base that sustains art and design. |
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Matsu Biennial 2023 Art Festival by Chun Ming Wang, Hou Ching Lee and Han Wu is Winner in Event and Happening Design Category, 2023 - 2024.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu. |
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