YIN-YU FONG 2007-2017
Contents
I
Thermal Threshold
01-14
II
Public Library in Baltimore
15-20
III
Public Housing in Art District
21-26
IV
Pavement Study: Dimitris Pikionis
27-32
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Exhibition: Architecture As A Technical Object
33-34
VI
Proposal of Interior Architecture
35-36
VII
Mural Design
37-40
VIII
Art Direction
41-46
VIIII
Set Design
47-48
Thermal Threshold 2017
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Thermal Threshold 2017
TRAIL NETWORK
NEW MINTO FOUR CABINS
MINTO FLATS
The existing school site in Minto, Alaska, provides a rich framework with which to work and also presents several issues that can be addressed spatially. As a small community of 258 residents, the percent of the population under 18 years old is 15% higher than the state average. The current school, a traditional “southern� building transplanted to the arctic and built in 1971, does not support all of the functions a school with 58 students K-12.
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Barrow
Minto Shishmaref
Kutchin Koyukuk Han Tanana Tanacross Upper Tanana Holikachuk Upper Kuskokwim Ingalik Tanaina Ahtna
Instructor: Matthew Jull Team Members: Yin-Yu Fong, Anna Morrison, Katie Kelly
ALASKA PIPELINE
ELLIOT HIGHWAY
FOUR CABINS
FAIRBANKS CACHE GRAVEYARD OLD MINTO
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MOVEM ENT
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Iditar odis ca ni s f am i l i ari s / D og S l eddi ng
Vehic u l a a l l - t er r a n ia / A T V
Le pus am eri c anus / S now shoe H a r e
Em p etr u m n i gr u m / C r o w b er r y
Va c c in iu m v it is-i d a ea / Lo w -b u sh Cr a n b er r y
Hedysar um al pinum / Eskimo Potatoes O n d a t r a z ib et hic u s / M u skr a t
Al c es al c e s gi gas / Al ask an Mo o se A l c ip en n is c a n a d en is / G r ou se
L a g op u s l a g op u s / W il l ow P t a r m iga n
Esox lu ci u s / Nor ther n Pike
A l c es a l c e s g iga s / A ockeye S a l m on
Sten o d u s n e lma / Sheefi sh
C ast o r c anadens i s / Bea v er
S UB SI STANCE SEASON S
Hylocomium spl endens / Spl endid Feather Moss Picea mariana / Bl ack Spr uce Picea gl auca/ W hite Spr uce Popul us tr em ulo ides / Quaking Aspen
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Eq u i set u m sy l va t i c u m / Wo o d l a n d H o r set a i l Ca l a ma g r o st i s c a n a d en si s / Bl u ej o i n t G r a ss Bet u l a n a n a / D wa r f Bi r c h
FALL
W I NT E R
“Fall was the time to get ready for the winter - the start of another yearly cycle” september
october
“Mid-winter meant a slowing down of activity and a temporary settling down for a few months” november
december
january
Diversifying educational spaces and blurring the threshold between interior and exterior in Minto, AK. This project addresses the lack of viable public spaces for arctic inhabitants - specifically children - and the potential to use seasonally dynamic building thresholds to support needed outdoor space for a school and the greater community.
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february
S PRIN G
SUMMER
“A pattern of hunting and trapping subsistence activities by day, often followed by riddle telling at night, continued until just before ice-melt.”
“As summer approached they moved to their fish camps on the small rivers where they fished and hunted water fowl until the fall.”
march
april
may
june
july
august
Classroom
Fall Gym Classroom Circulation Kitchen
Communal Space
Gym
Winter Kitchen + Library Summer
Volumes
Programs
Trail Extension
Hunting and fishing are the most crucial activities during summer and fall, and the curriculums are designed and combined with this regional activities, such as to study moose and fish season. Therefore, the seasonal function is one of the most important design factors to us. We extend to trail into communal space and taking circulation as the indoor play space. Since basketball game is the most popular sport in Alaska, so, to design a great indoor basketball court is the other responsibility to us. We take the
Spring
Seasonal Play
Thermal Transfer
principle of heat raising to guide the heat from the sunken gym and use the ground and soil as the most efficient insulation to keep the heat in the gym. Energy cost is too high for the existing school now, so the school principal and teacher emphasize it to let us know, hope the ideal school is designed for Alaska, not for lower 48.
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Minto sits within interior Alaska in the historically Athabascan region. It is a region of climatic extremes, from -50 F in the winter to 80 F in the summer. It is nearly 100% Athabascan, making it unique and extreme in its population as well. The Athabascan people traveled in bands through the Minto Flats for thousands of years, migrating with the seasons, often meeting together in Minto during the cold season. Much of this culture has been lost in the last century. 7
AIR FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER
horsetail
fireweed
PLAYGROUND
temperature 41˚F aspen branches
spruce log
aspen
temperature 34˚F
Playground low bush raspberry
split aspen log
low bush cranberry
temperature 30˚F blueberry
CLASSROOM
temperature 65˚F Classroom gypsum wall board
structural sheathing
hollow concrete blocks
exterior membrane
rigid foam board charred cedar planks sunken hearth
Flex space fireweed
structural concrete chimney
Classroom
horsetail 6.5" birch post low bush raspberry
Classroom
temperature 73˚F
3" spruce firewood cubbies
birch wood floor
steel mullion
3" spruce slats
aspen
temperature 62˚F
BASKETBALL COURT temperature 23˚F 4" thick concrete retaining wall birch wood floor
8" thick reinforcd rammed earth bricks
wood window frame insulated low e window
Gym
wood beam
temperature 75˚F Circulation polished concrete slab
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INTERIOR INTERIOR INTERIOR INTERIOR
VEGETATIONS VEGETATIONS VEGETATIONS VEGETATIONS
PLAY PLAY PLAY STRUCTURES PLAY STRUCTURES STRUCTURES STRUCTURES
protected protected protected protected insulated insulated insulated insulated sheltered sheltered sheltered sheltered
Forest Forest Forest Forest classroom classroom classroom classroom
Play Playcaches Play caches Playcaches caches
black black spruce spruce black black spruce spruce
dovetail-joined dovetail-joined dovetail-joined dovetail-joined aspen logs aspen logs aspen aspen logs logs 2x4stilts stilts 2x4 2x42x4 stilts stilts metal siding metal siding metal metal siding siding
horsetail horsetailhorsetail horsetail moss moss moss moss
Scavenging Scavenging Scavenging Scavenging Groundcover Groundcover Groundcover Groundcover
Hun�ng Hun�ng Hun�ng Hun�ng tent tentswingset tent swingset tentswingset swingset
aspen logs aspen logs aspen aspen logs logs
lichen lichen lichen lichen moss moss moss moss salmonberry salmonberry salmonberry salmonberry
charred cedar planks charred cedar charred charred planks cedar cedar planks planks fireweed fireweedfireweed fireweed horsetail horsetailhorsetail horsetail
Edible Edible Edible Edible Berry Berry Berry Fence Berry Fence Fence Fence
Fish Fishtrap Fish trap Fish climbing trap climbing trapclimbing climbing structure structure structure structure
bent bent spruce spruce bent bent spruce spruce low lowbush bush low cranberry cranberry low bush bush cranberry cranberry
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EXTERIOR EXTERIOR EXTERIOR EXTERIOR
This project intends to tap into the cultural traditions of the Minto people, using their understanding of seasonal change, pragmatism and adaptability, to create thermal and culturally rich educational and play spaces.
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blueberry blueberry blueberry blueberry leather leather ties leather tiesleather tiesties
ned dovetail-joined aspen logs
2x4 stilts
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WALL WALL SYSTEMS SYSTEMS
HeatedHeated hopscotch hopscotch hearth hearth
Buried Buried earth wall earth wall
concrete chimney concrete chimney hollow hollow concrete blocks concrete blocks
metal siding
insulated lowinsulated e window low e window wood window wood frame window frame
concrete blocks concrete blocks concrete floor concrete slab floor slab with radiantwith floorradiant systemfloor system
active layer active layer 4" thick concrete 4" thick retaining concrete wall retaining wall 8" thick reinforcd 8" thick reinforcd rammed earth rammed bricks earth bricks reinforced concrete reinforced footing concrete footing
Amphitheatre Amphitheatre scramble scramble
Double-insulated Double-insulated arc�c wall arc�c wall
concrete stairs concrete stairs
aspen logs
ar charred plankscedar planks
bent spruce
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structural sheathing structural sheathing concrete floor concrete slab floor slab with radiantwith floorradiant systemfloor system
exterior membrane exterior membrane rigid foam board rigid foam board charred cedar charred plankscedar planks reinforced concrete reinforced footing concrete footing
Snow play Snow mound play mound
Seasonal Seasonal Firewood Firewood Insula�on Insula�on 3" spruce beams 3" spruce beams
snow
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snow
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Artic entry is the feature of the artic building, where is a type of program in front of main entrance. The function of the artic entry is not only the shelter, but it is also the intermediary. So, we extended the artic entry as the interior play space, as well as taking the principle of heat raising. curating the thermal convection, conduction and radiation to create various microclimates in the project.
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The school plays a role of a community center in the town, so multi-function is their primary need. It leads our design to help them have a new school and multi-function gym for the community, and the main issue is to overcome the seasonal conditions, which is not overheating in winter and better air circulation in summer. Therefore, we started the design process of combination of landscape and architecture, using landscape as a protection for storing heat, as well as considering the relationship of different volumes. 13
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Public Library in Baltimore 2017
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Public Library in Baltimore 2017
Nowadays, the library has multiple functions. The library itself is not only a space to store books, but it also provides many resources for people. Individuals can use the space to read magazines, do research, and to use other technologies to find information. However, because the Internet is accessible from the home, all the traditional functions of the library have become irrelevant.
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Instructor: Jeana Ripple
Location
Intersection
Intersection
Entrances
3 Entrances
Double-height Ground Floor
Double Heigts
Circulation
Circulations
Interaction
Interaction
Auditorium room engages the neighborhood
Auditorium Room
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Ground Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Circulation 12%
Fourth Floor
Exhibition 7% Office 1.5%
Fifth Floor
Others 15%
29,000SqFt Seat+Disscussion 19%
Stacks 16%
Semi-public 14% Auditorium 6.5%
On the trip to Baltimore, I discovered that the site is located at the intersection of a residential and commercial area, thus rendering the neighborhood is too silent. Therefore, my motivation is to design a library with the main space for discussion and idea spreading. I want to make people engaged with the library by sound --communication and dialogue. The semi-public auditorium room is the central thesis, providing the library with free lectures of languages, cultures, and arts. The hope is to provide a public space for sharing talent and ideas. 19
Multi-function 5%
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Public Housing in Art District 2016
We live in a city that is looking for its big break. Charlottesville has a significant arts and cultural scene, both in terms of existing venues for expression and display, as well as potential, with its hilly topography creating a series of natural stages and viewing platforms. With several community-level organizations in place to support the display of public art in and around the city, there is clearly interest in nurturing creative expression. What the city lacks, however, is a coherent city-scale organizational network that unifies its creative capacity. 21
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Public Housing in Art District 2016
Green Spaces
Massing
Skylight
Ground Connection
Traffic Circulation
Ground Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Soft Element Art is the soft element connecting soul of human as well as vegetation is soft element in between buildings to make people feel calm and peaceful. For the idea of soft element, the design of the residential area is filled with art and plants.
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Instructor: Esther Lorenz, Inés Maria Martín Robles Urban Planning: Yin-Yu Fong, Nicholas Grimes, Mark Meiklejohn Public Housing: Yin-Yu Fong
Third Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Fifth Floor Plan
Roof Plan
Strategy The purpose for daylighting the stream is to build a better nature environment. People always love to live in great environment with nature. So the most important strategy is to design soft elements in the area. Therefore, adding art and vegetation as soft elements is the design scheme in the Friendship Court. Two main ideas to represent the strategy of art in the residential area is to change the topography and then using the lift-up distance to create a
long wall which is the idea of the potential canvases extending in the city, as well as the idea of big canvas is to wrap on the two narrow sides’ elevations of the building. The other idea is to place sculptures on the ground floor with landscape design. Therefore, when people are waling through Friendship Court, they may enjoy in the art atmosphere. 24
The project aims to extend the walking experience southward, serving as an extension of the downtown pedestrian mall but with a focus on growing the city’s inventory of arts spaces and creating not only an Art District on the micro scale, but leveraging the creativity of its residents to foster a sense of community at the micro scale, with a commitment to increasing access to affordable housing without displacing residents. 25
The decision to daylight the Pollock’s Branch stream alleviates flooding concerns in low-lying areas of the site and further stitches the site to its larger context, adding onto a growing greenway network and offering the residents a more intimate connection to the land by exposing the flows that had been hiding beneath their feet.
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Pavement Study: Dimitris Pikionis 2016
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Pavement Study: Dimitris Pikionis 2016
CASE STUDY | Yin-Yu Fong HYBRIDIZE | Yin-Yu Fong + Ziyu Wan TRANSLATE | Yin-Yu Fong + Kirk Gordon + Colin Gilliland + Ziyu Wan SITUATE | Yin-Yu Fong + Kirk Gordon + Colin Gilliland + Ziyu Wan
The project started from the idea of a Greek architect Dimitris Pikionis’s pavement in Athens. The landscaping around the Acropolis was executed with absolute respect for the historical landscape and ancient topography. The work is organized into five main architectural “themes”: the beginning and end of the ascent to the Acropolis, and the beginning, middle and end of the walk on Philopappos Hill. I develop the project by four steps: CASE STUDY, HYBRIDIZE, TRANSLATE, and SITUATE. 29
Instructor: Leena Cho, Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich
CASE STUDY
HYBRIDIZE
I analyzed many of features of Pikioni’s paving design. From left to right , the diagrams is explaining “Sight Direction”, “Walking Speed”, and “Material Distribution”. The second line of the diagram is 6 categories of the pattern of the paving design.
This stage, Wan started to work with me. We picked up one of aggregations from pavement design and one of super-units from Superkilen of BIG and Topotek to create a permutation, which inspired me a religious word, “ Samsāra ”. Therefore we took the form to develop the project as a public cemetery park. 30
TRANSLATE The site is the Observatory Hill in the University of Virginia. Contents on the left diagram are vegetation, water storage, slope, paths, visible and invisible boundary, roads, and buildings. And the right one is the decision of the final site. For the reason we choose the area, is because the area includes a pool, buildings, high canopies, lower vegetation, path for hiking people and roads for vehicles. 31
SITUATE The design group members are Kirk Gordon, Colin Gilliland, Ziyu Wan and I. The final project relates with water flow, people flow, topography and tree planning, we chose the location to create a short cut for linking two old paths and the source of stream, as well as to design the paving materials and pattern for specific areas and these pavilions. 32
WILLOW RUN Exhibition: Architecture As A Technical 2017
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Curator: Luis Pancorbo Drawging: Yin-Yu Fong, Nicholas Grimes
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Proposal of Interior Architecture 2014
Basement Plan
First Floor Plan
This proposal is specific to newlyweds living with their parents. There are two independent suites with built-in bathrooms on the second floor. This option offers a sense of family living as well as privacy. The rooms are spacious and suitable for preparing for a newborn. On the first floor, both the dining room and the kitchen are next to floor length windows and are situated to face the back garden. When friends drop by the house, the host can allow the children to play in the open space of the garden while keeping an 35
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eye on them. Additionally, behind the living room on the first floor, there is an independent study room where one may read in peace. In the basement, there is not only a garage and a storage/laundry room, but also a space for reading. The basement’s lack of sunlight and great sound insulation also ensures that it’s good for audio and visual entertainment.
Basement Plan
First Floor Plan
This proposal is specific for three-generation families with hired help. The children’s bedroom is on the second floor, in which, depending on the number of children, there would be a single bed or a bunk bed. When the children are older, they could make use of the grandparent’s room. On the first floor, retired grandparents can spend their leisurely hours in the living room, reading newspapers while watching the children play in the garden through the floor length window. The open space behind the
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kitchen offers hired help space to rest and dine. In the basement, there is not only a garage and a storage/laundry room, but also a space for reading. The basement’s lack of sunlight and great sound insulation also ensures that it’s good for audio and visual entertainment. To ensure privacy, there is an independent room for the hired help to ensure privacy.
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Mural Design for Ecoh Ecoh Xue Canteen 2010-2012
Ecoh Ecoh Xue Echo Echo Xue — a restaurant at the Xue Xue Institute — advocates food as a path that leads to culture. Echo Echo Xue is themed around various townships in Taiwan and is dedicated to introducing local ingredients as well as different cultural backgrounds. The menu is renewed every two to three months.
The Show-off mural The Show-Off Mural is a mural in Echo Echo Xue that is themed around the various characteristics of different areas in Taiwan. The mural, constantly renewed by different ar tists and designers, is the main visual attraction of the restaurant.
Design Yin-Yu Fong Painting Yin-Yu Fong Painting Assistants Xiao-Jue Chen, Zhi-Rui Xu (Yunlin Month) Jiao-Hua Bao (Hsinchu Month) Shi-Cheng Yang, Chun-An Hsieh (Tainan Month) Shi-Cheng Yang, Chun-An Hsieh (Tapei Month)
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Mural Design for Ecoh Ecoh Xue Canteen
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Design Concept YunlinMonth 2010
Yunlin is the main agricultural area in Taiwan and contains the Zhuoshui River which is Taiwan’s lifeline of agricultural development. The culture of Taiwanese glove puppetry is closely tied with Yunlin. Glove puppetry often employs vibrant colors to attract the audiences. Therefore, in my design I used fuchsia, a color commonly used in puppetry, to depict the Zhuoshui River. The fuchsiacolored river echos with the railroad and travels across patches of greenness on the mural.
Design Concept Hsinchu Month 2011
Hsinchu is one of the main Hakka settlements in Taiwan. Floral fabric, a traditional printed fabric, is an essential element of the Hakka culture. These floral fabrics are characterized by an abundance in vivid colors. The idea of my design was to represent this fabric in mosaics to enrich the sense of space. Sitting close to the mural, one is surrounded by colorful geometrical shapes; seeing it from afar, one sees the clear silhouette of the Hakka floral fabric print.
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Design Concept Taipei Month 2011
Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is a city that never sleeps. It is also a city that blends old architecture and new buildings. In the alleys and lanes behind newer and taller buildings, one can always find old apartment buildings. The white dots on the mural are painted with a neon paint that absorbs natural light in the day. As day progresses into night and as natural light dims, the white dots begin to glow, forming a mural full of neon dots.
Design Concept Kaosiung Month 2012
Kaohsiung is the main harbor city in southern Taiwan. Metal, shipbuilding, and harbor-related production are its main industries. The city’s geographical location, south of the Tropic of Cancer, ensures an abundance in sunshine as well as a rich blueness in the sea. The sunset, as seen from Sizihwan, is the city’s most beautiful scenery. In my design, I used rectangular color blocks to represent Kaohsiung’s famed industries. 40
Art Direction: Taipei Dad, New York Mom 2011
Live Art Director: Yin-Yu Fong Visual Director: Baboo Liao Photographer: Eiki Mori Troupe: Mr. Wing Theatre Company
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Design Concept ‘Escape’ and ‘death’ are amongst the two most devastating experiences in the author’s life. He lived in an era in which gay rights were not valued, nor was being gay accepted. These conditions painted his experiences an even darker gray. In my design, I restored the background to resemble that time. The vehicle being forcefully towed away symbolizes a home as well
as the conditions that forced them to flee. The family’s imported vehicle, once a symbol of wealth, became their only place of residence; an item that was once the cause of envy was reduced to a means of escape.
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Art Direction: Show on APP 2012
Live Art Director: Yin-Yu Fong Visual Director: Baboo Liao Photographer: Zhi-Peng Lin Troupe: Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group
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Design Concept On the surface, to consume is to purchase merchandise. People shop and consume to satisfy their daily needs and empty hearts. However, they do not just consume objects. They also consume themselves and are, simultaneously, consumed by others. People are objectified, celebrities are gossiped about, and objects are consumed — all this to satisfy a modern person’s hollow life. I fill
up space with large amounts of merchandise — humans being one of the objects — for my design’s visual language. The old and new are translated as the old-fashioned and trendy. Through the idea of “one can buy a plant or hang up a poster of forest to satisfy one’s longing for nature,” the void which consumerism wishes to fill is expressed. 44
Art Direction: Absente: Rendez-Vous Avec Sophie Calle 2013
Live Art Director: Yin-Yu Fong + Shauba Chang Visual Director: Baboo Liao Photographer: Eiki Mori Troupe: Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group
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Design Concept In Sophie Calle’s works, facts blend with fiction. When applied in different scenes, factual and fictional elements seem distanced from reality, although not too far away. In the work, there is a circulating conversation between words and photography that articulates a rational yet poetic aesthetic. Visually, the abstract concepts of ‘absent existence’ and ‘circulation’ are essential.
About "Absente Rendez-Vous Avec Sophie Calle" In French contemporary artist Sophie Calle’s work Exquisite Pain, she exhibits evidence of the pains she experienced due to separation. She also collected the painful experiences of others and responded to them with her own words and photography. As the story circulates, inch by inch her pain is erased away and the artist gradually becomes placid and objective. This act of
convalescence and its back-and-forth movement became the main idea with which Absente: Rendez-Vous Avec Sophie Calle was created. The director wishes to converse with the artist and interpret her words.
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Heart Sutra 2007
Original Author: Eileen Chang (Chinese) Playright: Wei-Yuan Ma Director: Wei-Yuan Ma Stage Design: Yin-Yu Fong Lighting Design: Xin-Ping Huang Costume Design: Chih-Chi Fong
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Date 28-30 December 2007 Venue T305 Experimental Theatre, School of Theatre, Taipei National University of the Arts
Heart Sutra, by Eileen Chang, depicts a story about incest. The story follows a father and daughter’s dubious feelings for one another and the changes in these feelings, which were the evils that would corrode the family over a period of ten years. Eileen Chang’s words are delicate and never directly expose the relationship. The director disengaged the mother, whose role was an observer, and placed her in and out of the script. She is portrayed as confused, helpless, oppressed, and near collapse when facing the relationship between the two greatest loves of her life.
Foreplay, or, The Art of The Fugue 2008
Original Author: David Ives (American) Playright: Xiao-Jie Chen Director: Xiao-Jie Chen Stage Design: Yin-Yu Fong Lighting Design: Yi-Tai Zhong Costume Design: Hui-Qing Yang
Date 21-30 March 2008 Venue Experimental Theatre, The Performing Arts Center, Taipei National University of the Arts
Chuck, a young man with a Don Juan reputation, brings his date to play a round of miniature golf and to seduce her. He philosophizes and jokes, slipping in as much sexual innuendo as he can. When they move to the second hole, a slightly older Chuck II appears with another date. His technique more slick, but his date is suspicious of him. Both couples continue their conversations and games, the dialogue comically interwoven. Finally a third Chuck, now in his late thirties, arrives with a young date. He is somewhat rumpled, tired and things are not going well for him. His latest date doesn't get his jokes and, worse, she is beating him at golf. 48
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