International Call for Public Sculpture Works in the Core Area of ”City of Design” in Tianjin, China Launched
1. Activity background
As one of the important carriers in the field of public art design, urban sculpture is the most direct and objective display of urban culture, and the best means to spread urban culture. It witnesses the development of the city in a unique way, tells the cultural trajectory and spiritual outlook of the city, and shows the culture and self-confidence of the city. Therefore, the core area of Tianjin’s “City of Design” is the development center of urban creativity and innovation. International Call for Public Sculpture Works in Core Areas].
This event will bring together the wisdom of “Design in China” with a more international vision and standards. By collecting more urban sculpture works, it will fully demonstrate the professionalism and cutting-edge of Tianjin in China’s contemporary public art design, and fully demonstrate the “Tianjin Design” The power of “design” plays a role in empowering the city’s high-quality economic development, highlighting the role of citizens’ high-quality life and efficient urban governance. In order to better implement major national strategies, enhance cultural self-confidence and self-improvement, further promote the development of design and public art with Chinese characteristics, and give full play to the innovative base function of “digital new infrastructure” in the core area of Tianjin’s “Design Capital”, serve Make new contributions to the development goals of a modern socialist metropolis in Tianjin.
twoevent theme and content
(one)activity theme
The theme of this event is“Time Tianjin”.
(two)main content
Contains four sub-themes, namely“City of Design”, “City of Science and Technology”, “City of Sports” and “City of Ecology”.
1) “City of Design”:
The theme of “City of Design” is located in the core area of the city of design in the southeast of downtown Tianjin, close to the Haihe River, and at the junction of Dongli, Jinnan, Hedong and Hexi districts, with a total area of 14.5 square kilometers. The theme of “City of Design” revolves around the positioning of “Core Area of the City of Design · New Heights of Digital Design”, adheres to the guidance of planning, and strives to build the City of Design into a pioneering area of Tianjin’s future city, play the role of gathering innovative resources, releasing leading value benchmarks, and driving Tianjin’s development kinetic energy conversion. It embodies the cultural heritage of Tianjin design industry.
2) “Technology Capital”:
The theme of “City of Science and Technology” is located in the science popularization show area on the northwest side of Liulin Park, the core area of ”City of Design” in Tianjin, with natural education and ecological science popularization as its main functions. Use design intelligence to create urban creative life, and create a “smart” city of Chinese design; use digital to lead urban innovation and development, and build a national digital “camp” city. Focus on the digital link of urban space, the intangible wisdom of urban services, the support of the whole chain of the design industry, the low-carbon controllable urban ecology, and the intelligent management of urban operations. The integration of smart technology into the natural ecology demonstrates the technological innovation of the new era in Tianjin.
3) “Sports Capital”:
The theme of “City of Sports” is located in the sports stage area on the southwest side of Liulin Park, the core area of ”City of Design” in Tianjin, with fitness and sports as its main functions. Under the background of advocating fitness for all and making the whole society full of vitality and positive, we focus on creating a sports life scene for all ages, living and entertainment, and creating a way of healthy life.
4) “Ecological Capital”:
persist inThe concept of “urban life and organism” effectively exerts the ecological value of green water and green mountains, the aesthetic value of poetic dwelling, the humanistic value of people-oriented, the economic value of green and low carbon, and the social value of harmonious sharing, and strives to create a livable and beautiful place for citizens living environment!
The theme of “Ecological City” is located in the heart of ecology on the east side of Liulin Park, the core area of ”City of Design” in Tianjin. With the main functions of dense forest experience, ecological sponge stream, and rose viewing, it will create a forest oxygen bar in the heart of urban ecology, and build a harmonious relationship between people and people. An urban ecological landscape where nature and harmony communicate.
3. Organization
organizer:
KAO International Kinetic Art Association
Public Art Committee of Tianjin Urban Planning Society
Tianjin City of Design Urban Development Co., Ltd.
organizer:
Tianjin Tianmei Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
Support Units:
China Public Art Research Center, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Department of Sculpture, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
School of Sculpture, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
School of Sculpture and Public Art, China Academy of Art
School of Sculpture and Public Art, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
School of Sculpture and Public Art, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Northeast Normal University Academy of Fine Arts Public Art Research Center
Sculpture Department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts
Sculpture Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts
Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University
Department of Sculpture, School of Plastic Arts, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
Department of Public Art, School of Environment and Architecture, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
School of Urban Art, Tianjin Urban Construction University
Nankai University Binhai College
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