By MOOK Travel Life Network, reported and compiled by Chen Guanxin
The "1600 Pandas World Tour—Taipei" public art exhibition, which drew large crowds, has ended its run at Taipei City Plaza and will move to the National Theater & Concert Hall on March 14. The most popular photo experience area saw daily queues of visitors. To ensure these “on-duty” pandas make a beautiful return to interact with the public at the National Theater & Concert Hall, the organizers invited Zheng Feiwen, design director of Rainy International, to demonstrate the process of restoring the paper pandas. Zheng explained that the repair process begins with sanding down the damaged and uneven areas of the paper pandas using emery paper, followed by filling the wounds with a special “panda hyaluronic acid” mixture of putty and glue. After smoothing, an eco-friendly waterproof paint is applied—akin to giving the pandas a Botox treatment—to restore the faded and chipped paper pandas to their former glory.
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The exhibition of 1600 paper pandas will be held at the National Theater & Concert Hall starting March 14. (Photo provided by Taipei City Government—Department of Information and Tourism)
The Department of Information and Tourism stated that the exhibition at Taipei City Hall has concluded successfully, attracting over one million visitors. The second phase will run from March 14 to March 30 at the Art Square of the National Theater & Concert Hall. From 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM daily during the exhibition period, paper Formosan black bears will also be added to the Art Square. The curators have also planned various surprise elements to make the “bear rendezvous” truly exciting.
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A damaged paper panda is being repaired with a putty and glue mixture known as “panda hyaluronic acid.” (Photo provided by Taipei City Government—Department of Information and Tourism)
This exhibition specially invited artist Paulo Grangeon to create paper sculptures of Taiwan’s most iconic protected animal—the Formosan black bear—hoping to raise local awareness of conservation issues through the display of 200 paper black bears. After the exhibition, these paper pandas and black bears will be auctioned off for charity, with proceeds going to animal protection and ecological organizations.
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