Art, culture and innovation gather in the Asia New Bay Area to showcase the abundant cultural and creative energy of the port city!
Nearly a century ago, the Taiwan Expo during the Japanese rule period opened up the vision of Taiwan's modernization and showed the most dazzling and representative things to the world, which was the beginning of design for Taiwan. In 1931, the "Kaohsiung Harbor Exhibition" was held in Hamasen and Yancheng to celebrate the completion of Kaohsiung City Hall and promote the achievements of Kaohsiung. It showed the modern appearance of Kaohsiung and the progress, prosperity and infrastructure of Kaohsiung City. It also catalyzed the sense of place. One hundred years later, we will also launch a three-month series of design-related activities with the same location as the center and the 38 administrative districts of Kaohsiung, to actively demonstrate the characteristics and vision of Kaohsiung City to the world.
In August, Creative Expo Taiwan, the largest cultural and creative event in Asia, which combines cultural exhibitions, creative brands and IP licensing, will be held in Kaohsiung instead of Taipei for the first time in 11 years. When Creative Expo Taiwan meets the most beautiful harbor Asia New Bay Area, we will once again show the broad vision of Kaohsiung and its passionate character to the world by launching a series of refreshing exhibitions on urban development and design.
Taiwan is an island of diversity and harmony. You and I are all islanders. This Creative Expo Taiwan "Resonance Island" reveals that all things are connected and symbiotic, and we can experience and create from them. Culture is led by experience, which is simple but magnificent, and profound but immortal.
The exhibition will present the importance of culture and art to urban design and the daily life of citizens over the past 90 years, and how design has changed Kaohsiung's urban aesthetics bit by bit. Preparatory work is under way at present. We look forward to showcasing the creative energy of Taiwan and its port cities again this summer.
