Via case analysis and literature retrospect,a kind of active design style at present is initially explored: retro-futurism,and the design method of realizing this style and its artistic value are discussed.By reviewin...Via case analysis and literature retrospect,a kind of active design style at present is initially explored: retro-futurism,and the design method of realizing this style and its artistic value are discussed.By reviewing and analyzing the modeling element and spatial form of futurism in the space age,designers can refine the special formal language of this period,adjust these formal languages according to the need,and then place these formal languages in the context of the new era,thereby obtaining style of retrofuture.Retro-futurism design can create a strong visual style,arouse people’s nostalgia and trigger double associations about history and the future.By shaping model and space,people’s attention is directed to the perception of time,thereby stimulating people to reflect on technology and modern life.Its intrinsic complexity brings strong visual impact,makes it have wide application prospects in architecture,plane,clothing,products and other different design areas,and brings people richer visual experience.展开更多
The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape.Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings,rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in loca...The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape.Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings,rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil.It is local soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll.For a rural society,rural idyll also seems to be associated with “primitive.” There are significant cognitive differences in this regard between China and the West.Traditional Chinese rural society,full of soil fragrance and vitality,interacts with life and seasons to compose a harmonious man-earth symphony.展开更多
When the umbrellas were held up against the tear gas attack in the protest on September 28, 2014, the hot issue raised by the marathon-like Yellow Umbrella Movement was not only the matter of politics but also a coinc...When the umbrellas were held up against the tear gas attack in the protest on September 28, 2014, the hot issue raised by the marathon-like Yellow Umbrella Movement was not only the matter of politics but also a coincidence created for the Hong Kong locals to face, or to be faced with an already moot cliche： How the Hongkongese can redef＇me and redeem their almost lost socio-cultural identity, particularly under the increasingly hegemonic influences and the socio-cultural invasion of the mainland after the 1997 Handover. My present paper is not intended to discuss the topic of identity on the platform of politics, or the postcolonial studies such as transculturation or cultural hybridty. But instead, I am far more interested in locating such issue on the aesthetic dimension of collective memory, which is revealed in two local contemporary Hong Kong compositions. In the process of shaping and reshaping a form of＂HongKongeseness＂ in which the composers tend to create and the local listeners tend to experience, albeit transient, can appear in every nuance of the sonic metaphor embedded in the pre-existing indigenous tunes of a self-contained compositional work.展开更多
THE HUTONG ARTIST50-year-old artist Feng Ke(冯柯)is known for his watercolor depictions of the narrow streets and alleys of old Beijing.His works a pastiche of techniques that draw from traditional Chinese painting,pr...THE HUTONG ARTIST50-year-old artist Feng Ke(冯柯)is known for his watercolor depictions of the narrow streets and alleys of old Beijing.His works a pastiche of techniques that draw from traditional Chinese painting,print,and Western painting,Feng strives to present the hutong scenery from a unique and postmodern perspective.His work has been collected by the National Art展开更多
文摘Via case analysis and literature retrospect,a kind of active design style at present is initially explored: retro-futurism,and the design method of realizing this style and its artistic value are discussed.By reviewing and analyzing the modeling element and spatial form of futurism in the space age,designers can refine the special formal language of this period,adjust these formal languages according to the need,and then place these formal languages in the context of the new era,thereby obtaining style of retrofuture.Retro-futurism design can create a strong visual style,arouse people’s nostalgia and trigger double associations about history and the future.By shaping model and space,people’s attention is directed to the perception of time,thereby stimulating people to reflect on technology and modern life.Its intrinsic complexity brings strong visual impact,makes it have wide application prospects in architecture,plane,clothing,products and other different design areas,and brings people richer visual experience.
文摘The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape.Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings,rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil.It is local soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll.For a rural society,rural idyll also seems to be associated with “primitive.” There are significant cognitive differences in this regard between China and the West.Traditional Chinese rural society,full of soil fragrance and vitality,interacts with life and seasons to compose a harmonious man-earth symphony.
文摘When the umbrellas were held up against the tear gas attack in the protest on September 28, 2014, the hot issue raised by the marathon-like Yellow Umbrella Movement was not only the matter of politics but also a coincidence created for the Hong Kong locals to face, or to be faced with an already moot cliche： How the Hongkongese can redef＇me and redeem their almost lost socio-cultural identity, particularly under the increasingly hegemonic influences and the socio-cultural invasion of the mainland after the 1997 Handover. My present paper is not intended to discuss the topic of identity on the platform of politics, or the postcolonial studies such as transculturation or cultural hybridty. But instead, I am far more interested in locating such issue on the aesthetic dimension of collective memory, which is revealed in two local contemporary Hong Kong compositions. In the process of shaping and reshaping a form of＂HongKongeseness＂ in which the composers tend to create and the local listeners tend to experience, albeit transient, can appear in every nuance of the sonic metaphor embedded in the pre-existing indigenous tunes of a self-contained compositional work.
文摘THE HUTONG ARTIST50-year-old artist Feng Ke(冯柯)is known for his watercolor depictions of the narrow streets and alleys of old Beijing.His works a pastiche of techniques that draw from traditional Chinese painting,print,and Western painting,Feng strives to present the hutong scenery from a unique and postmodern perspective.His work has been collected by the National Art
