~ 4 days to experience the changes and evolution of the turbulent 4 years that began with the COVID-19 pandemic! ~
A special exhibition will be held, gathering the winning and invited works from the past 4 years of the 1minute Projection Mapping Competition (hereinafter referred to as the “International Competition”), which concluded its 12th competition in September this year with great success.
The world’s best projection mapping works will be screened again at the Meijijingu Gaien Memorial Picture Gallery for 4 days from Thursday, November 7th to Sunday, November 10th, 2024. During the “TOKYO LIGHTS 2024 NOVEMBER PARTY”, they will be projected all at once as “Projection Mapping Special Exhibition – Highlights of All Award-Winning and Invited Works from the past 4 Years”. This international competition is one of the world’s largest international projection mapping competitions, originating in Japan and boasting a long history since 2012, and has a history of 4 years at the current venue, the Meijijingu Gaien Memorial Picture Gallery.
During this time, many things have occurred, including the coronavirus pandemic, conflicts and divisions around the world, natural disasters, and technological innovations such as AI. During these turbulent 4 years, works were produced with the theme of each year: “HOPE” in 2021, “LIFE” in 2022, “LINK” in 2023, and “MIRROR” in 2024, and were created with the global trends and the strong feelings of the creators. As a highlight, all the winning works, including the Grand Prix winners from 2021 to 2024, as well as invited works by world-class creators, will be screened at once. This is a rare opportunity to see the world’s best projection mapping works, which seem to condense the time and evolution of these 4 years.
This international competition has been planned and held by the Projection Mapping Association of Japan (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Ishita Michiyuki) since 2012, and has been held for 4 years since 2021 as the main content of Tokyo’s new light festival “TOKYO LIGHTS”. Please see the event overview for information on the screening program and ticket purchases.
▶▶ Purchase tickets from the official website: https://tokyolights.jp/ ◀◀
◆ Special Exhibition Screening Contents
During this special exhibition, the 2021 and 2022 award-winning works, and the 2023 and 2024 award-winning works will be screened every day from 18:00 to 19:00 as 31~35- minute programs. The screening order will change each day.
▼ Comments from visitors of the September event
- I have never seen projection mapping displayed in such beautiful way before, I was amazed at how attractive they were (Father from a family)
- I always had an interest in projection mapping. While searching about it, I have found this event (Student / woman
- It was really impressive! So many works, and so little time one after another, it’s like a overwhelming event! (Man from Germany)
- This is my first time today seeing a design being adjusted to fit the size of such building. After seeing all the works, I was impressed by how well it was completed, despite the fact it was based on a concept (Working adults)
▼ Event Overview
■Name：TOKYO LIGHTS 2024 -Autumn Party-
■Venue：Meijijingu Gaien Memorial Picture Gallery (1-1 Kasumigaoka-cho, Shinjuku-ku) and Meijijingu Gaien General Baseball Stadium Softball Field
■Time：Nov.7th (Thur.) to Nov.10th (Sun.) 5PM Open/ 9PM Close
*Food and drink area opens at 4PM
*Projection Mapping area opens at 5:30PM and closes at 8:30PM
■Ticket types
Ａ．TOKYO LIGHTS 2024 Admission Ticket (Capacity：around 5,000 people per day)
①International Competition (Standing area only) and ②admission to the Light
Entertainment Area
※Admission to the standing area may be restricted depending on the level of congestion.
Ｂ．Mapping area chair seats (Capacity：around 1,000 people per day)
①International Competition (Spectator seats) and ②admission to the Light
Entertainment Area
Ｃ．Mapping area premium table seats (Capacity：around 50 tables per day)
①International Competition (table seats) and ②admission to the Light
Entertainment Area
- About the first-come-first-served free tickets
TOKYO LIGHTS 2024 Admission Ticket：first 500 people each day / Eligibility：18years old or under and people with disabilities - The capacity of the standing area is approximately 1,600 people per show, and tickets will go on sale today, Thursday, October 17, 2024. Please purchase tickets from the official website (link below).
- Please note that tickets will be sold out once the capacity is reached.
- FreFlow®︎ penlights linked to the performance will be loaned to seats B and C, allowing you to experience a more realistic performance during the opening show. (Please return them when you leave)
- This project is promoting environmentally friendly initiatives. (Self-powered by biofuel)
▶▶ Purchase tickets from the official website: https://tokyolights.jp/ ◀◀