Ambassador to be Izure Ayame Ka Kakitsubata (Nijisanji)! Top competition held for 2 Million Yen Prize and Title of World’s Best
The “12th 1minute Projection Mapping Competition”, one of the world’s largest international projection mapping competitions originating from Japan, has been organized by the Projection Mapping Association of Japan (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Michiyuki Ishita) since 2012, will be held at the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery in Meijijingu Gaien, Tokyo.
This competition is not only a premier showcase of top creators from around the world but also continues to explore the potential of projection mapping by incorporating cutting-edge technologies like AI. This year, with 18 finalists presenting their new challenges, the competition is expected to evolve even further.
This year’s competition will be held from September 14 to 16, with the Grand Prize and other prizewinners to be announced on the final day, followed by a grand awards ceremony. General admission seats are available by reserving and purchasing a paid ticket. Please check the ticket information for details. We look forward to your participation and interest.
TOKYO LIGHTS will feature VTuber “Izure Ayame Ka Kakitsubata (Nijisanji)” as the official ambassador, Harry Sugiyama as the main MC for the international projection mapping competition and award ceremony, and Aki Shibuya as the supporting MC. The gorgeous lineup will liven up the Festival of Light. Please look forward to it.
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Finalists for the 12th 1minute Projection Mapping Competition have been decided!
This year, these 18 groups will compete to be the best in the world.
The finalist works will be screened at Meijijingu Gaien Memorial Picture Gallery from September 14th to September 16th.
The Grand Prize will be decided on September 16th.
◆ Team Name (Country)
・Machineast (Malaysia＆Indonesia)
・Ari Dykier (Poland)
・Svitlana Reinish (Ukraine)
・Photonic Tonic (Mexico)
・RodarStudio (Chile)
・Wong (China)
・Kajiken (Japan)
・BBCDesign (Japan)
・Kentaro Tanaka (Japan)
・Dreamcatcher Studios (India)
・ruestungsschmie.de (Germany)
・Eloi Février (France)
・St.Frax (Italia)
・C.L.V.X (Indonesia)
・OOOPStudio (Italia)
・Elektrick.me (Bulgaria)
・凹凸工作室 (China)
・VLOOPY (Romania)
About the international competition judges-2024
The judging panel for the international competition welcomes experts in the projection mapping and industry from Japan and overseas to conduct a rigorous judging. Below is a list of all eight judges.
Juries for the International Competition
Jury and Guest Creators (Name / Title)
FILIP ROCA / Digital Media Artist (Spain)
Vali Chincișan / Multimedia Artist Specializing in Videomapping (Romania)
Jury Members (Name / Title)
Antoine MANIER / Director, Rencontres Audiovisuelles (France)
Mariko NISHIMURA / President, HEART CATCH (Japan)
Tom Kawada / Developer /AR3Bros. (Japan)
Keisuke Toyoda / Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, NOIZ, gluon (Japan)
Michiyuki Ishita / Creative Director, Video Creator, Spatial Designer, Event Planner (Japan)