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Art ExpoEXPO Hall “Shining Hat”
PROJECTION MAPPING

The projection mapping will be held on the exterior walls of EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” every night during Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. In addition to the two invited films, there are films selected from countries and regions around the world, in expressing hopes and visions for the future to be screened.

Basic information

Date & Time every day during the Expo period (about 20 minutes for each session)
【1st】19:30-19:50　
【2nd】20:10-20:30
Two invited works and selected works in the public competition.
※The event may be cancelled without notice due to equipment failure or other reasons.
Schedules are also subject to change due to special events. Please check the official application and web “EXPO 2025 Visitors” for the latest information.
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Place the exterior walls of EXPO Hall “Shining Hat”
Reservation Not required

Invited works

ONE
[ AVA Animation & Visual Arts ]

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Concept
“ONE” is a reminder that the planet itself is one big living ecosystem, and everything in it is interconnected. As humans, we must remember our role, we do not exist only to consume resources, but rather to care for all living things, to create, to move, to keep and respect the balance of life.
To build a sustainable future, humankind must work together as one, one with nature, one with the planet, and one with ourselves. We have the technology, the imagination and the will to create wonderful things, we can build a sustainable future if we work together as one.
About the Artist

Based in Toronto, Canada, this animation studio believes in “bringing joy to people through experience and vision.”
The company provides comprehensive production services, utilizing both creative and technical aspects.
With clients including international tourism associations, advertising agencies, theme parks, light festivals, and various events, the company is active internationally.
Based on the belief that art can transform spaces and revitalize economies, they continue to engage local communities and provide spaces where people can experience joy.

Artist’s Comment
To build a sustainable future, humankind must work together as one, one with nature, one with the planet, and one with ourselves. We have the technology, the imagination and the will to create wonderful things, we can build a sustainable future if we work together as one.

Promise of Dawn

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Concept
Modern society has achieved unprecedented comfort and opportunities through technological advancements. Tasks that were once labor-intensive have become automated, and we can now connect with people on the other side of the world at any time. But does technology truly serve us, or are we the ones serving it? Despite having the means to communicate with anyone, anywhere, our real human connections have become increasingly alienated.
In our vision, the society of the future is more human-centered: technology genuinely serves people, not capital, and it is not the people who sustain the system but the system that sustains life.
In our two-minute production, the first minute portrays the relationship between technology and society in the present day through a mix of abstract and concrete visuals. A gray, metallic, high-tech aesthetic reflects the current state of the world, culminating in the arrival of the next generation – a generation that brings color into life.
The second minute transitions to a brighter, more harmonious world where technology, humanity, and nature coexist in symbiosis.
Through abstract and concrete scenes, we depict how technology can sustainably serve life while remaining in balance with nature.
This vision paints a colorful, positive future where people and technology work together to build a better tomorrow.
About the Artist

Maxin10sity is a high-class projection mapping, festival producer studio driven by passion and creativity. From the establishment of the company in 2014, the team has achieved great heights together all over the world.
Starting from the (at that time) world record breaking show at iMapp Bucharest, through a yearly presence as acknowledged artist at Schlosslichtspiele Karlsruhe in Germany, LUMA Projection Art Festival and Let’s Glow SF in the US, the studio has appointed further major milestones such as: the exclusive, award-winning Audi Late Light Show produced for Audi headquarters, the enormous international production for VIVID Grand Show for the Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin, a permanent projection for the famous Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, a virtual New Year’s Celebration at the Space Needle in Seattle, Dome Projection and Sky Mapping for DUBAI EXPO 2020, a unique collaboration with the mind-blowing glass artist, Dale Chihuly and so on.
Apart from content creation, the company’s presence in the festival world is also significant. As Art Curators, they have been involved in iMapp Bucharest since 2014, Berlin Festival of Lights for a few years, NOOR Riyadh 2022 alongside the prestigious Curator, Dorothy di Stefano. With the knowledge the team had collected, in 2018 Maxin10sity also produced their own light festival in Seattle in 2018 together with Modern Enterprises, not to mention they have also been a part of the International Light Festival Organization for years now.

Artist’s Comment
The show is a subtle social critique of the present and a depiction of a utopian vision for the future. In its first half, we shed light on the relationship between technology and humanity today, where the theoretical goal would be for technology to serve people.
Yet, somehow, technology has made us its slaves: we spend our days glued to our phone screens, oblivious to one another, even when we are physically together. This is reflected in the first image we shared. In the background, however, there is a child representing the next generation—a symbol of hope—who opens a door to a brighter, greener world. In the second half of the show, we aim to portray this greener, happier world, where technology and nature exist in harmony, and technology truly serves sustainable development.
The title is a more poetic interpretation of “Promise of Future,” but it also hints at the idea that we are not promising the future itself but rather its beginning. Every day starts with a dawn, and we are particularly delighted to present a production with such a poetic title in the “Land of the Rising Sun.

The selected works

Works submitted by creators from all over the world on the theme of “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” will be screened on a monthly basis.

Program

MAP

*The images are for illustrative purposes only. The layout and building shape may differ from the actual venue. Unauthorized reproduction or reprinting of any of the images is strictly prohibited.