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Bringing a Photo Hotspot of Love and Romance

HONG KONG,CHINA - Media OutReach - 22 January2019 - Organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board(HKTB) and co-organised by the Tourism Commission, the "InternationalLight Art Display" brings a new batch of light art installations to town. The newcreations all share the theme of Love and Romance and are displayedtogether with some of the existing popular light art installations until 24 February 2019. Thelight art installations along with the beautiful setting of the VictoriaHarbour will surely turn the Central harbourfront into the most romantic photobackground for couples and will definitely become a popular social media"check-in" hotspot during Valentine's Day and Spring Lantern Festival.

There are 15 lightart installations created by local and overseas artists at the "InternationalLight Art Display", among which seven art installations are new pieces created with the theme of Love and Romance. In addition, some of theinstallations are interactive. Among the new light art installations,three were created by overseas artists, including a piece titled "Bunch ofTulips" from Hungary, that greets visitors with a colourful bunch of giant LEDflowers, and the interactive "Birds Fly Around With You" fromJapan, that illuminates more bird sculptures when more visitors step into themagical circle. In addition, there are four local installations, including"Geometry of Love", which inspires from colourful stained glass church windows toreflect geometric heart-shaped patterns on the ground, and "Hello, Stranger",where the gaze of two activates 60 seconds of interactive LED lighting andmusic.

The Light Tunnel at the TamarPark in Admiralty is dressed in pink to echo the theme of Love and Romance. The50-metre tunnel displays multiple heart shapes to grab the attention of lovers.

On top of the newinstallations, eight popular existing installations, which have been on displayfrom the very beginning of the Festival in November 2018, including "Angels ofFreedom", "Talking Heads" and "Tapping", are still there. The "InternationalLight Art Display" is a major component of the "Hong Kong Pulse Light Festival", which is a brand new mega-event launched in November 2018. This exhibitionremains at the Central and Western District Promenade(Central Section) and lighting time is from 5pmto 11pm daily.