Artist Room Stay at Long Beach Hotel in Pingtung, Taiwan

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Participating Artists

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• Eko Nugroho (Indonesia)
One of Southeast Asia’s most celebrated contemporary artists, known for his vivid, socially engaged murals, animations, and installations. Participant in the Venice Biennale and Lyon Biennale.
• Bunpei Kado (Japan)
Acclaimed for sculptural assemblages and spatial interventions. Recent collaborations include Hermès window displays at Milan Design Week and awards such as the Taro Okamoto Memorial Contemporary Art Award.
• Yume Aoyama (Japan)
A rising artist known for blending myth and nature in tactile, immersive painting installations. She previously designed a popular Artist Room at Park Hotel Tokyo.

角文平《登攀と漂流》

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Bunpei Kado – “Climbing and Drifting”

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Bunpei Kado transforms the room into a dual narrative of movement and stillness. Inspired by his signature "Bouldering Series," the room features vivid climbing holds that extend across walls and ceilings, inviting the viewer into a sensory environment that blurs sport and art, imagination and physicality. The installation reflects the active spirit of Pingtung’s natural surroundings.
In contrast, the bathroom area introduces a “horizon” concept—ethereal islands and floating boats appear to drift in space, evoking a meditative state of "drifting." Together, the juxtaposition of “climbing” and “drifting” presents a dynamic interplay of energy and serenity, urban imagination and coastal stillness.

角文平《登攀と漂流》

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Eko Nugroho – “Voyage of Imagination: A Journey of Love and Hope”

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Eko Nugroho’s room installation is a vibrant journey into optimism. With towering graphic forms symbolizing pillars of strength, the room invites visitors into an imaginative realm where kindness, empathy, and shared humanity become tools to overcome difficulty.
Inspired by the cosmos, the walls are filled with fantastical beings and vibrant energy. Eko’s work celebrates the power of imagination as a form of resistance and healing, delivering an uplifting message in a time when the world urgently needs love and care. This room speaks to Haikou’s growing international presence, using contemporary art to build bridges of hope.

Eko Nugroho 《Voyage of Imagination: A Journey of Love and Hope 》

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Yume Aoyama – “The Story of Princess Palen: The Hundred-Pacer Snake and the Chief’s Daughter”

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Yume Aoyama creates a mythopoetic space inspired by the oral traditions of the Indigenous Rukai people of southern Taiwan. Centering on the revered legend of Princess Palen and the sacred hundred-pacer snake, her room features mural paintings where the serpent coils with quiet dignity, symbolizing protection and harmony with nature. The proud figure of Princess Palen stands beside it, embodying courage, beauty, and ancestral respect.
Aoyama's bold colors and symbolic forms turn the room into a dreamlike narrative where guests "walk inside a myth." The work connects the natural and cultural heritage of Pingtung with contemporary imagination, reinforcing the values of coexistence with nature and honoring land-based knowledge.

青山夢《バレンの物語：百歩蛇と首長の娘 》

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Afternoon Tea and Art in the Café

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The Artist Room stay includes an exclusive Afternoon Tea at the hotel café, surrounded by a special curation of small works by Art Front Gallery. Artworks by Oscar Oiwa, Teppei Kaneuji, Ikumi Harada, Eko Nugroho, and others are on display—and available for purchase. This unique selection connects the spirit of Setouchi and Pingtung, offering travelers the chance to bring a piece of the experience home.

Café展示風景

Café展示風景

Café展示風景