Be like water 水學

Creator

Chan, Wang On, Roy 陳宏安

Title

Be like water 水學

Subject

Visual Communication -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2019-06-26

Relation

PolyU Design - Projects gallery

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2019BACDD17P001

ASSD2019BACDD17P002

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Communication Design

Description

水學 Be like water

背景 Background
在中國傳統文化及哲學中，很多重要的理論、概念十分有益於現今在香港生活的我們。但今天我們卻失去了與哲學這類傳統文化的連繫。
In Chinese traditional culture and philosophy, there is a lot of meaningful principles and notions that could be beneficial to us in contemporary Hong Kong. However, today, we are disconnected from these ideas and this kind of traditional culture.

在現今物質主義盛行的社會，我們可以透過學習與自然相關的哲學概念以提高生活素質。
由著名武術家李小龍說的：「像水一樣」。在中國哲學中，也十分強調於水; 我們可以從水中學到不同的哲學概念：1. 謙下 2. 深 3. 仁愛 4. 信實 5. 領導 6. 能幹 7. 應時 8. 無私 9. 有規律 10. 無盡 11. 勇敢 12. 公平 13. 端正 14. 明察 15. 有志向 16. 淨化。
In today’s materialistic society, it is possible to make our lives better through learning from philosophical notions connected to nature.
“Be like water” was stated by the famous martial artist Bruce Lee. In Chinese philosophy, water was emphasized as a meaningful element; there are different concepts related to water that we can learn from 1. Humility 2. Unfathomable 3. Empathy 4. Honesty 5. Leadership 6. Capability 7. Timeliness 8. Selfless 9. Rule 10. Endlessness 11. Courage 12. Justice 13. Righteousness 14. Observance 15. Ambition 16. Purity.

概念 Concept
在這個項目中，將現今日常生活與水有關的物品結合不同香港關於水的地方，例如，泳灘、河流、水塘、溪間、湖等。以視覺詮釋的形式重新將我們的日常生活與中國哲學概念連繫起來。
In this project, I combine today's daily life-related items with different water-related places in Hong Kong, such as beaches, rivers, ponds, streams, lakes, which is a visual interpretation and translation of these notions to reconnect our everyday life with Chinese philosophical concepts.

目的 Objective
該項目的目的是改變人們對中國哲學的看法，並增加對傳統文化的興趣，在中國哲學與當代生活之間建立聯繫。
The objectives of this project are to change people’s perception of Chinese philosophy, create interest in traditional culture, and to generate connections between Chinese philosophy and contemporary life.

Collection

PolyU Design Annual Show 2019: beyond the surface = 二〇一九理大設計年展: 表裡以外