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    Flow • Spread • Slow - SLOHAS in Craft

    In 2025, as the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute enters its 71st year, this exhibition embraces “SLOHAS Living” as its central vision—highlighting craft as a joyful rhythm that flows gently, woven into the art of living. Introducing the attitude of SLOW living and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability), it frames craft as a medium for responding to future social challenges and cultural practice. More than a lifestyle, it is a heartfelt movement—one that begins with sensory experience, inspires social action, and ultimately leads to cultural resonance. Structured through the trilogy of Flow, Spread, and Slow, the exhibition echoes six core values: Simplicity, Lifestyle, Originality, Health, Aesthetics, and Sustainability. From the sensory awakening of Flow, through the expanding practice of Spread, to the co-created contemplation of Slow, the exhibition spreads out how craft moves from individual perception to collective creation, then ultimately returning to a deeper reflection on daily rhythms. This journey mirrors a three-stage progression—from ideals, to attitudes, to styles—unfolding as an active composition for the future of craft and forming a holistic philosophy of SLOHAS in Craft. No longer just a presentation of static objects, this exhibition becomes a dynamic platform—integrating curation, advocacy, and practice, as three main leading directions. It stimulates all five senses, fosters reflection and participation, and outlines a portrait of contemporary Taiwanese craft in transformation. —from traditional craftsmanship to everyday practice and cultural movement. It affirms SLOHAS Living lifestyle as a kind and well cycle of sustainability and kindness—from S to S, infinite and alive.

IMEDIA

Memory from the Kavalan Genes – Lalaban Xinshe Banana Fiber Workshop

Xinshe Banana Fiber Workshop in Hualien reconnects the memories of the Kavalan people with the land and culture through the revival of traditional banana fiber craftsmanship, from the planting, processing and weaving of bananas to learning from the elders of the tribe. With each process, we return to nature and regain ethnic cohesion.

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Glittering Interstices in Time

Chronoscape Radiance

This wood-carved lacquer artwork beautifully embodies its title's themes: 'Chronoscape' and 'Radiance.' The abstract concept of 'Chronoscape' is interpreted through the moon and the cosmos. The moon has long been a favored motif of the artist, and the incomplete crescent at the top symbolizes its waxing and waning, representing the passage of time. The juxtaposition of nocturnal time and the spatial expanse of the starry sky forms the work's central cosmic perspective. The main structure artfully uses the interplay of solid and void spaces of a church, entrance, and staircase, reflecting the artist's impressions from a late 20th-century European study of lacquer art and industry – the harmonious blend of church architecture, local reverence, and the natural environment inspired this European-influenced series. 'Radiance' is expressed through the luminous quality of pure gold and silver. Utilizing the artist's distinctive 'Lacquer Tenmoku Maki-e' technique, the piece conveys the tranquility and shimmering brilliance of a moonlit, starlit night. 'Lacquer Tenmoku Maki-e,' a technique the artist began around 2005, was inspired by the cosmic iridescence within the deep hues of oil-spot Tenmoku glaze in matcha bowls. Consequently, the artist employs lacquer combined with various grades and sizes of gold powder and leaf, scattering them across dark lacquer surfaces to create rich layers of golden and silver light, evoking a sense of worldliness and the universe.

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