Exploring Tainan Crafts exhibition to open Tuesday at Tainan
Tainan, Taiwan, May 6, 2016
The Culture and Creativity Incubation and R&D Center (CCIRDC) at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) will have a special exhibition on May 10 at Satellite 321, Tainan City.
CCIRDC organized Exploring Tainan Crafts exhibition to showcase art work created by Dutch Designers Lilian van Stekelenburg and Gerard Jasperse and NCKU students.
The exhibition combines history, temple religion, traditional manufacturing and local culture, together with modern design, pop culture, fun and innovation.
Lilian and Gerard are currently visiting Tainan City to explore the beauty of traditional Taiwanese crafts such as woodcarving, embroidery, joss paper making.
“I came to Tainan because a lot of traditional crafts are getting lost, because of globalization, people are no longer interested, younger generations don’t want to learn the crafts anymore,” said Lilian adding, “As a designer I want to design new products made with traditional crafts, to keep those precious crafts alive.”
Gerard said, “Crafts can use more attention not only in Taiwan but also in Holland. Tainan has many crafts with possibilities and this is a very good environment for a designer to work in. It's a making city I would say.”
An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, May 10, at 3pm.
Exploring Tainan Crafts exhibition will run until June 12.
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The Culture and Creativity Incubation and R&D Center (CCIRDC) at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) will have a special exhibition on May 10 at Satellite 321, Tainan City.
CCIRDC organized Exploring Tainan Crafts exhibition to showcase art work created by Dutch Designers Lilian van Stekelenburg and Gerard Jasperse and NCKU students.
The exhibition combines history, temple religion, traditional manufacturing and local culture, together with modern design, pop culture, fun and innovation.
Lilian and Gerard are currently visiting Tainan City to explore the beauty of traditional Taiwanese crafts such as woodcarving, embroidery, joss paper making.
“I came to Tainan because a lot of traditional crafts are getting lost, because of globalization, people are no longer interested, younger generations don’t want to learn the crafts anymore,” said Lilian adding, “As a designer I want to design new products made with traditional crafts, to keep those precious crafts alive.”
Gerard said, “Crafts can use more attention not only in Taiwan but also in Holland. Tainan has many crafts with possibilities and this is a very good environment for a designer to work in. It's a making city I would say.”
An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, May 10, at 3pm.
Exploring Tainan Crafts exhibition will run until June 12.
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