BIAS Architects and Associates ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Daxi Daxi ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ

BIAS Architects and Associates ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Daxi Daxi ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ ᱫᱚ ᱩᱛᱥᱟᱵ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2021 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱩᱛᱥᱟᱵ· 2021

Daxi Daxi ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ

BIAS Architects and Associates ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ

ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: Taoyuan City Government, Department of Cultural Affairs, & Daxi Ecomuseum

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Daxi Daxi ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

᱒᱐᱑᱘ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ, BIAS ᱫᱚ Daxi ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱩᱬ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱨᱚᱦ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱟᱹᱞᱩ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱼᱟ᱾ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱛᱟᱭᱣᱟᱱᱤ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱨᱚᱦ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ᱥᱚᱸᱜᱚᱴᱷᱤᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱨᱟᱹᱭᱨᱤᱛ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹᱫᱽ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱱᱤᱭᱚᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱚᱦᱚᱨ ᱮᱫᱼᱟ᱾ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱯᱟᱹᱛᱭᱟᱹᱣ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱠᱟᱹᱬ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, BIAS ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮ ᱨᱟᱹᱭᱨᱤᱛ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱟᱫᱷᱭᱚᱥᱛᱷᱚ ᱠᱮᱫᱼᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱩᱥᱴᱷᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱚᱯᱼᱠᱩᱞᱪᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱦᱟ ᱮᱢᱟ᱾ ᱵᱤᱥᱮᱥ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, BIAS ᱫᱚ ᱠᱤᱣᱨᱮᱴᱚᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱮᱫᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱡᱚᱛᱚᱱ ᱠᱚᱞᱟᱠᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱨᱟᱹᱭᱨᱤᱛ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚᱦᱚ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱠᱤᱱ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱜᱟᱯᱟᱞ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮ ᱱᱮᱣᱛᱟ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱠᱤᱱᱟ᱾

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A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

Daxi Daxi ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Daxi Daxi ᱴᱷᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱨᱟᱵᱽ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

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ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ: Lord Guan's birthday celebration is an important traditional event held in the rural outskirts of Taipei. The local people call it "the second Chinese New Year for Daxi," and everyone in the township of Daxi uses to put significant effort into the preparations. Tasked to preserve and promote the event, since 2018, BIAS has developed and implemented an urban festival to help the township preparing for the celebration. The festival has been named "Daxi Daxi," i.e., a play of words that means "Good Luck Daxi." In particular, in 2020, the third installment of "Daxi Daxi," the "Lord Guan Online" concept was implemented, i.e., a creative offline and online approach that 'allows the god's blessings to spread far away' through the new media. This festival strengthened the local community's identity, but the last installment attracted more than 100,000 people to the township. Besides this, an exhibition focused on the "backstage" of the religious event and a show mixing modern and traditional arts were implemented. By this, BIAS hopes that the traditional culture can intertwine with the urban one and, thanks to this, get enough momentum to be preserved for the future.
ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ: Total event area: 121,000 sqm
ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ: festival, traditional rural culture, urban pop culture, religion, parade, design as mediation, curating
ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ: The main concept of Daxi Daxi is to combine traditions and pop culture so as to both rejuvenate the audience of Taiwanese religious festivals and deepen the understanding of these by the young generations. In order to achieve this, a curatorial approach was adopted, focused on selecting a series of young artists and designers that could cooperate with those holding the traditions. Most importantly, the artists, designers, and the holders of traditions were supported by BIAS that mediated their cooperation so as to ease their efforts and bring it to a good end. That is to say, BIAS initiated their encounter and acted as a facilitator and translator of their different point of view.
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ: The key challenge of the project was at the curatorial level. In particular, it was the selection of third-party artists and designers that could dialogue with those today bringing forward the ancient traditions. Not only but also, it was to create proper occasions for the encounter of these seemingly opposite actors.
ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ: The research was developed on various aspects, including the following. First of all, it was developed a deep understanding of ancient rituals and those people that carry on the traditions today. Then, it was developed curatorial research on a set of artists and designers that could develop a dialogue and thus intervene in the strategic renewal of traditions. Finally, mediatory research was implemented in order to help the community and the designers collaborate for the good end.
ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ: Usually, Taiwanese religious ceremonies are conservative and based on rural traditions that strictly dictate parade rules. To share the charm of the folk beliefs with the urban public, BIAS tried to mediate the ancient traditions by a strategic set of design interventions and educational activities that could provide a contemporary pop culture vibe to the festival.
ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ: The event starts in mid-July and finishes in mid-August each year since 2018 in Daxi, Taiwan. The last installment was held in 2020.
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ: The key aspects of the festival are to be found in the mixing of various aspects of the traditional parade rules and preparations with popo-culture and aesthetics. In particular, while the traditional aspects were not obliterated or negated in their functionality, touches of a new aesthetics were added and communicated to the large public as the product of a new pride of the local community.
ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ: Main Curator: BIAS Architects & Associates
ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱟ: Image #1: Photographer Yu Dong, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Yu Dong, 2020
Image #3: Photographer Jia-Ying Yang, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Yu Dong, 2018
Image #5: Photographer Jia-Ying Yang, 2018