For the Mid-Autumn Festival, KAWS and AllRightsReserved brought the HOLIDAY world tour to Hangzhou with its most cinematic stop yet: a 30-meter-long reclining COMPANION, reworked as a futuristic robot and cast in osmanthus yellow, laid out on the lawns of “Orioles Singing in the Willows” on West Lake.
The figure lies facing the sky, a contemporary nod to the festival tradition of moon gazing. The robotic form pays tribute to Hangzhou’s standing as a technology hub, while the soft yellow takes its cue from the osmanthus flower, the city’s official bloom, and the light of the harvest moon. Organized by AllRightsReserved with local partner WESTLAKE 66, the installation ran September 24–27, 2026, with no admission fee.
It is the latest stop of the KAWS:HOLIDAY tour, which has placed monumental COMPANIONs in public landmarks around the world since 2018, from Seoul and Tokyo to Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Shanghai, Bangkok, and even the stratosphere.
An aerial view of the 30-meter COMPANION at “Orioles Singing in the Willows”, mist rolling over the hills of West Lake. Image: KAWS via @kawsUp close: the robotized COMPANION head with the signature X eyes, vented chest plate and articulated joints, framed by a classical pavilion and willows. Image: KAWS via @kawsSeen over the tiled roof of a traditional building, the figure stretches across the lawn toward the misty lake. Image: KAWS via @kawsA wider aerial: the installation with West Lake in the foreground and the Hangzhou skyline dissolving into morning mist. Image: KAWS via @kawsThe X-marked face glimpsed through willow branches. Image: KAWS via @kawsFrom behind, the figure faces the mist-shrouded lake and the pagoda on the far shore. Image: KAWS via @kawsThe installation from above, a pagoda rising out of the mist across the water. Image: KAWS via @kaws
