| Summary: | 碩士 === 華梵大學 === 工業設計學系碩士班 === 99 === Sub-culture--The Design Possibilities from the Art of Facial Painting of Bajiajian
Abstract
Taiwan, the rich and fertile land we lived on, has experienced a long history of integration of various cultural heritages from Chinese traditions, Japanese colonization, indigenous culture, in addition to turmoil of wars. All these were to form a unique yet colorful local culture of Taiwan’s own. Temples of all sizes and various religious roots can be seen at every corner, from north to south, in Taiwan. The fact that temples are imbedded in people’s everyday life forms the culture of rich and diverse religious beliefs. It can be observed that temple festivals and activities are going on almost around the year. It is because these temple festivals that creates the art value of local religious. There are always shows of folk art-dance groups (Bajajiang, guanjiangsou, etc.) in almost all temple festivals, yet very few have any knowledge of cultural background and the beauty of these shows. People who join the festivals are mostly for fun and not many of them are willing to care, to understand, or to have an in-depth investigation of this art form.
This study takes the facial-paintings of Bajiajiang groups as a form of art creation. The purpose of this study is to bring folk culture into our “visual space” and to turn the beauty of traditional arts into “installation arts” and “visual arts.” Media, art techniques and digital images are utilized in this study as the basis for art creation. The end product of this transformation of our traditional culture is some form of “visual arts” related to our everyday life. In doing so, the unlimited possibilities of transformed or repackaged traditional culture of our heritage can truly be part of people’s everyday life.
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