Face across the centuries Ptasan Qras Arts Development--Inheritance of tattoo art creation and imaging

• Main Authors: meimei.masow, 瑁瑁.瑪邵
• Other Authors: Chun-Fa Tung
• Format: Others
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ayhbj7

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 藝術創意產業學系 === 104 === The author was born in 1963 at Kidusan tribe, when the Taroko aboriginals still cultivate in the mountains and hunting wild animals for living. The author's grandmother who has face tattoos was a tribe witch doctor; she cured throughout the tribes and shared knowledge. The kindness elderly even healed the author while newborn hazard. Thus the author obtains rebirth energy from the grandmother and acquired her mission. Grandmother taught the author to broadcast an accurate idea： " Face tattoos are not only for decoration, it's a symbol of family history, a glorious sign for coming-of-age ceremony. People must remember the others' face tattoos, those are the only mark to recognize people after they cross the rainbow bridge." The author inherits ancestral spirit of environmental protection, sustaining to utilize the leather for diverse artistic creation. Base on arts and crafts or the attempt of any artifacts to be created, the author tried to review how does it evolve and conduct the core of dynamic development of geography and ethnic culture. Along with industrial development, the author’s creations differ from variety of aspects. This study is focusing in analyzing the Atayal Tribes (there Miaoli Tai Yaer family Sediq, Truku etc.) incarnation of aesthetic experience, to explore human culture pristine maternal survival situation. Refining of the most original and inner nature of the art. Further analysis of their small communities located in Hualien Taroko tribe, grain surface in the form of performance and visual beauty rendered, in the experience of the cultural context in the process of gradually deeply rooted inner life experience and "memory", through the establishment of the moment as a symbol Tattoos are a symbol of cultural meaning and beauty of the performance。 Through the effort for two decades, the author has utilized many kinds of material to lead viewers to acknowledge that there are such diverse cultures which are especially from aboriginal tribes on this island, and even enriched Taiwanese arts characteristics that differ from other countries.