Four works along Taitung's South-Link

At the Jialan hot-spring extension, basakanlan's The Resilience of Life joins a white stainless-steel arc to rattan, bamboo, acacia and stone. A long woven body rises from the rockwork, then bends over a platform made for resting. The rattan was gathered with community partners; one of the festival's process photographs shows it being handled at the site.

The 2026 South-Link Art Festival has four works spread between Huayuan and Ljaljiba in Taitung. They are free to visit through October 31. Jinlun Station is reached directly by rail; the other three stops sit inland from the coast.

Wang Kuan-tung's Coexistence Circle occupies a wall at Jinlun Station. Small wooden figures surround drawings by the people whose stories the work carries. It was developed with Binmao Junior High School, Jinlun Cultural Health Station, Jinlun Youth Association and local residents. Seen from the platform side, it reads first as a pale ring; closer in, the middle fills with faces, bodies, houses and handwriting.

Further south, Chen Sheng-chih's Hope Takes Wing hangs at the Ljaljiba intergenerational co-creation base. Two angular woven forms face one another through colored strands. Chen worked from Selep Pavavaljung's account of two brothers who leave by mountain and sea and later meet again, connecting the older story with present experiences of leaving and returning.

Lua Rivera's The Elder stands at the former Huayuan Elementary School, the northernmost stop. Its long decorated body and pale structural arcs began from a snake form. Rivera discussed the snake's cultural meaning with Huayuan residents, who also joined the decoration.

The official route runs north to south: Huayuan, Jialan, Jinlun and Ljaljiba. The four-stop drive is 41.5 kilometres and takes about 56 minutes before time spent at the works. Jinlun is the natural rail anchor; a car or scooter makes the complete route easier.