The "2023 Penghu Music Festival," hosted by the Penghu National Scenic Area Headquarters (Penghu NSA) under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, has achieved remarkable success and attention with its lighting environment design! The festival has been awarded the Platinum Award for Landscape Design - Public Landscape at the London Design Award, the Gold Award for Conceptual Design - Exhibition & Events at the MUSE Design Awards, the Honorable Mention for Landscape Architecture Designs/Parks and Open Spaces at the IDA Design Awards, and the Bronze Award for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category at the A' Design Award and Competition. These accolades have once again placed Penghu in the international spotlight.
The design team from Co Square Studio centered the festival around the theme of the "Island of Light Festival," drawing inspiration from the unique sea breeze. They seamlessly integrated elements of "wind," "light," "music," and "stories," along with local features such as "marine life," "island charm," and "marine culture," to create a vivid presentation of "sea and islands." The festival showcases the enchanting autumn in Penghu, with its daytime beaches, sunshine, and bikinis, and nighttime breezes, dazzling lights, and music. For the first time, the event also incorporated mobile light art installations reflecting Penghu's landscape culture. Carnival floats parade every night in the Guanyinting Park, offering visitors a vibrant carnival-like experience reminiscent of Brazil.
Director-General Hung Chih-kuang of the Penghu NSA noted that the 2023 Penghu Music Festival successfully merged a music festival with lighting art, leveraging the unique northeast monsoon to attract visitors while celebrating Penghu's local culture and environmental resources. The design team masterfully blended the lighting environment throughout the Guanyinting Recreation Area, overcoming the strong sea winds to create a uniquely romantic "light environment" that has garnered international acclaim. The 2024 Penghu Music Festival is scheduled to commence on August 30. This year's fusion of music and lighting promises to deliver a spectacular show. We warmly invite everyone to join in and experience a festival of lights as well as the most chill music event of the autumn - the Penghu Music Festival! See you soon at the Guanyinting Recreation Area in Penghu!
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