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The Big Feet Aesthetics and the Art of Survival

2023-01-09 author:Kongjian Yu Source: Architectural Design, 2012: Nove/Dec. No.220:72-77.
Abstract:
If I were to talk of the identity of Chinese culture in general-and design culture in particular-I would make a distinction between'low'and'high',orelite culture.Low culture makes the daily life of the normal Chinese possible-especially that of the peasants. Here, design is a technique for adaptation. It is 'the art of survival':the art of levelling the earth and irrigating and growing crops; the pleasure of the harvest; and the celebration that follows-useful and beautiful.

文章来源:Kongjian Yu, The Big Feet Aesthetics and the Art of Survival[N]. Architectural Design, 2012: Nove/Dec. No.220:72-77.