2018 was an important watershed for Luxurious Long Machinery. The previous year, the team jumped into the eyes of the world with the torch installation of the "2017 Taipei Universiade". Lin Kunying, who was also the director of the opening program of the Universiade at the time, said, "This is the process of the team becoming an adult!" The result of a year of intensive work, It all comes together in one night. 3_The 2017 World Universiade Torch Platform adopts the traditional hexagonal weaving bamboo weaving process, integrating Taiwan's bicycle industry and automated processing Photo Credit: Courtesy of Luxury Long Mechanics The 2017 World Universiade Torch Platform adopts the traditional hexagonal weaving bamboo weaving process and integrates Taiwan's bicycle industry and automated processing manufacturers. A total of 17,300 parts are used and it took a year to complete.
The team then worked hard to take on the challenge of "2018 Taichung Company banner design World Flower Expo", successfully integrated Taichung's precision machinery industry, and realized a new form of cooperation model created by artists and enterprises. The project, which was originally expected to take two to three years to complete, created the largest mechanically powered flower ball on the surface in less than eight months, and millions of tourists flocked to see it. 4_2018 Taichung Flower Expo installation work "Listening to the Sound of Flowers" Each flower is composed of 75 kinds of parts, which are collected from Taiwan Photo Credit: Courtesy of Luxury Long Mechanics In the 2018 Taichung Flower Expo installation work "Listening to the Sound of Flowers", each flower is composed of 75 parts, and the color of "Flower Expo Red" is sampled from the Taiwan flower color collection.
The large-scale art installation "Listening to the Sound of Flowers" is composed of 697 mechanical flowers stacked together. The flowers are given vitality through the time difference between opening and closing from 0.5 seconds to 500 seconds, and the work can also interact with people and the environment. Lin Kunying, who is the director of the sound and light machine for this work, said that this is the most moving work in his career, and it is also a masterpiece of the team's sound, lighting, video, and mechanical power. At the peak of his career, Hao Lang Machinery played Zhang Genghao, who played the team's enthusiastic sun. He died of illness before the opening of the flower expo. The curtain call of important members' lives changed the team from four-stringed to a trio.