2017 Taoyuan Land Art Festival: 15 Must-Photograph Highlights to Check Out First

By the MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team

Taoyuan’s grandest art exhibition, the “2017 Taoyuan Land Art Festival,” kicked off with a lively atmosphere from August 18 to September 3 in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District and Bade District. This year’s event centers around the concept of “Discovering Land Art in Hidden Places,” blending exquisitely designed artworks by artists with Taoyuan’s unique natural landscapes such as irrigation ponds and melaleuca tree-lined trails, showcasing the beauty of Taoyuan’s scenery. Below are 15 must-photograph highlights of the festival to preview first.

1. Melaleuca Green Tunnel (Art Market)
The melaleuca tree-lined trail in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District is a green tunnel formed by nearly 700 towering melaleuca trees. Surrounded by lush greenery, it sits quietly amid vast farmland, making it a beloved hidden gem for locals to stroll and enjoy an active lifestyle.

2. Reishi Mushroom (Bunang)
Using driftwood—originally rooted in the earth but carried to other places—as the main medium, this piece extends into a large translucent settlement sprawling atop natural pasture. With its shimmering and swaying presence, it offers visitors a fantastical imagination.

3. Sprouting Seedling (Yangyang)
Situated in a rice field, this artwork draws inspiration from farming motions to create a massive artistic formation. It offers varying aesthetic rhythms when viewed from above or the side. Colorful cloth strips tied to the tops of bamboo poles evoke the image of rice stalks, fluttering in the wind with vibrant, rhythmic movement.

4. Peach Blossom Paradise (Wonderland)
This piece takes the shape of a mountain as its starting point, crafting a giant hollow mountain silhouette using brushstroke-like lines reminiscent of traditional Chinese landscape painting. The overall form enhances the subtle interplay between reality and illusion, space and form, together constructing a poetic realm that soars into the clouds.