Press Release
A' Design Award in Event and Happening Design Goes to Matsu Biennial 2023 Art Festival by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu for event and happening design
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COMO, Italy, March 26, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Matsu Biennial 2023 Art Festival by Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu, designed for Lienchiang County Government and The General Association of Chinese Culture, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Event and Happening Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About Matsu Biennial 2023 Art Festival
Matsu Biennial is a 10 year, 5 part aspirational plan to provide lasting foundations for social design. Its 70 works of mixed-media art and cross-disciplinary creation across 9 curatorial projects take on the challenges of sustainable regional development. Matsu's Cold-War era tunnels, war zone archives, Eastern Min tradition, architecture, and language sees 200 households practicing winemaking tradition, inspiring the theme Ruby Red After Summer. The Biennial transforms art into the yeast to give rise to suppressed voices and turn Matsu into a base for art and design.
About Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu
Matsu Biennial is jointly organized by the Lienchiang County Government and the General Assembly of Chinese Culture, bringing together with the curatorial, marketing, and operational teams. During the exhibition, dozens of volunteers also participate in collaboration. It invites artists and curators from Taiwan and international spheres to the Matsu island, aiming to disrupt local communities through art, revitalize regional development, and enhance island cultural identity. Recognized by international media, it is praised for its translation of battlefield cultural assets, realizing the goal of becoming an 'Island Museum'.
Award Record
This recognition makes Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Event and Happening Design Award
The A' Event Design Award is an international event design competition recognizing good event designs by leading event designers and organizers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to event designers, corporate event planners, wedding planners and festival organizers from all countries. Typical entries include trade fairs, award ceremonies, festivals, conferences, exhibitions and concerts. The awarded event designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/event
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/155697
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/155697
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!155697
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/349198
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://matsubiennial.tw/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Matsu Biennial 2023 Art Festival
- Function
- Art Festival
- Category
- Event and Happening Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Branding & Advertising and Arts
- Colors
- Steel Blue, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Cornflower Blue and Black
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Lienchiang County Government and The General Association of Chinese Culture
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chun Ming Wang, Hou ching Lee and Han Wu
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #155697
Credits
- Team
- Chung-Ming Wang, Hou-ching Lee, Jing-hui Huang, Xiao-Yun Wu, Ayu Cheng, Hui-Ting Liu and 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
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- 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.
- Specifications
- 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.
- Keywords
- Matsu Biennial, art festival, cultural heritage, Cold War, public branding, community design, social design, design education
