The Tankas lived in rivers and seas and took boats as their rooms. They call their sea life "making the sea", but in the opinion of Liu Li, these behaviors are not just making a living, but providing opportunities for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual development. In this activity, Ms. Liu Li will start from her observation and research in Xingang Village, Hainan Island for many years, introduce the unique construction of Tankas living on the sea in body and space, and understand the cultural awareness of people living on the water in production and life from such maritime practice.
The original meaning of INSULAiRE is islanders. As a designer brand, INSULAiRE always makes clothes that can accompany modern life for a long time based on islanders' living tradition and marine culture, combined with the old traditional craft and modern clothing technology with national characteristics. INSULAiRE explores the relationship between man and nature in clothing, as well as the connection between the past and the present. In S/S 2022, INSULAiRE came to the sea from the island, under the name of "South China Sea Road", and through the redesign of the traditional clothing silhouette and wearing habits of the Dans, it paid tribute to the freedom, optimism and fearlessness of the Dans who have been paddling and rowing in fishing boats for many years, living with water.
The documentary "INSULAiRE SS2022" will be shown on the talk site, and designer Yang Zhikai will be invited to share about the current living situation of the Dans, clothing culture and their brand's fashion design based on honoring the Dans and Hainan culture. In addition, in the "Maritime Parlor", we will also display the sample clothes, national fabrics, local patterns, Dan Jia Geng Road thin Headcloth, Inspiration Sketch Book, ocean plastic buttons, partridge tea and other materials from INSULAiRE.
疍家人浮生江海、以舟为室。他们将自己从事的海上生计称为“做海”，但在刘莉老师看来，这些行为并不是单纯的谋生，而是提供了智慧、道德、社会和精神发展的机会。在本场活动中，刘莉老师将从自己在海南岛新港村多年的观察研究出发，为大家介绍浮生海上的疍家人在身体与空间上的独特建构，并从这样的海上实践中理解水上人在生产生活中产生的文化认识。
INSULAiRE的本意为岛民，作为一个设计师品牌，INSULAiRE总是基于岛民生活传统与海洋文文化，结合具有民族性的旧时传统工艺与现代制衣技术，制作可以长时间陪伴现代生活的衣物。INSULAiRE在服装中探讨人与自然的关系，亦探讨过去与当下的联结。在S/S 2022，INSULAiRE从岛上来到海里，以“南海更路”为名，通过对疍家人传统服饰廓形与穿着习惯的再设计，致敬了他们长年在渔舟上荡桨摇橹，与水共生的自在、乐观与无畏。
对谈现场将放映纪录片《INSULAiRE SS2022》，邀请设计师杨智凯分享有关疍家生活现状、服装文化和其品牌基于致敬疍家和海南文化的时装设计。此外，在“海洋会客厅”中，还将展示由INSULAiRE的样衣、民族面料、本土版样、疍家更路簿头巾、灵感Sketch Book、海洋塑料纽扣、鹧鸪茶等物料。
Liu Li, marine and island anthropologist, associate professor of anthropology, Sun Yat sen University
刘莉，海洋与岛屿人类学家，中山大学人类学副教授
Zkai, fashion designer
杨智凯，服装设计师
Liu Li, an anthropologist of oceans and islands, and an associate professor of anthropology at Sun Yat sen University. His representative works on the Dans in Hainan include The Hainan Tankas Bearing Marks of Land：Starting with their Preference for Betal Nuts, "Zuohai"-Marine Practice and Cultural Identity of Boat Dwellers in Hainan Province, Presence: the Space, Body and Power of the Women of Hainan Tankas.
Zkai, a fashion designer, was born and grew up in Hainan Island, China. He graduated from ESMOD Fashion Design School in Paris as a postgraduate and founded the brand INSULAiRE in 2017.
刘莉，海洋与岛屿人类学家，中山大学人类学副教授，关于海南疍家人的代表作有《海南疍家的陆地印记——从食槟榔习俗谈起》、《做海：海南疍家的海洋实践和文化认识》、《在场：海南疍家女性的空间、身体与权力》等。
杨智凯，服装设计师，出生成长于中国海南岛，于巴黎ESMOD服装设计学校研究生毕业，2017年创立品牌INSULAiRE。
