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1minute Projection Mapping Competition

One of the World’s Largest International Competitions Leading the Future of Projection Mapping.
The 1minute Projection Mapping Competition is one of the most prestigious and long-established international competitions dedicated to projection mapping. Since its launch in 2012, it has become a global platform and a gateway for creators aspiring to make their mark in this rapidly evolving field.
The competition attracts a wide range of participants ー from professional visual creators and emerging young talents to artists with innovative and experimental ideas ー each presenting their unique vision through projection mapping.
More than a contest of technical skill, this event encourages new approaches, perspectives, and challenges that push the boundaries of visual expression and pave the way toward the future of the medium.
Over the years, many of its winners and award recipients have gone on to become leading figures in the international projection mapping scene. The competition continues to serve as a vital stage that forecasts and shapes the future of projection mapping around the world.

Official Website
https://1minute-pm.com/en/

Finalist Works

Song of the Night on the Galaxy Railroad

Sunnana Inc. / Japan

Cathedral of Memories

Ari Dykier / Poland

OpenFiles_01.exe

HAASKR / France

Confluens

Metanoia Creatives / Czech Republic

Blood in Our Lullaby

YY Ho / China

Infinite Dialogue

Taro Narahara / Japan

Born in Between

Alice Felloni / Italy

1Pulse

Anionavision / Romania

Touch Talk

Signal Bleed / Brazil

Aporia

VPM / Spain

We Are All Crew

Panagiotis Tomaras / Greece

Boundary

Azure Hole / China

Pulse

Los Romeras / Spain

The noise of silence

INMIYA / Russia

The Beauty of Collision

Bigcool / Thailand

Organic Algorithms

Studio Zoltan Varga / Hungary

ATTA

NOVAKIND / Thailand

After the Noise

VITAartBR 3DVideoMapping / Brazil

Guest Artist Works

AI DATALOGUE

Ouchhh / Republic of Türkiye

Dialogue as an encounter where architecture and natural forces influence, reshape, and return to balance. In a rapidly evolving, post-pandemic world, dialogue has expanded beyond spoken language into systems, environments, and perceptions. This work explores dialogue as a living encounter between architecture and natural forces. Through projection mapping, the building becomes an active participant—listening, responding, and transforming. Realistic water waves flow across the facade, temporarily reshaping its rigid structure before it returns to balance, revealing a relationship based on influence rather than domination. This visual exchange reflects contemporary dialogues between cities and nature, structure and fluidity, permanence and change. By confronting the unfamiliar and embracing transformation, the work invites viewers into a silent yet expressive dialogue, imagining futures shaped through interaction, responsiveness, and coexistence.

MAD DREAMS

Kentaro Tanaka / Japan

In dreams, mysterious events that would never occur in reality unfold naturally and without contradiction. This work visualizes that ambiguous and fluid sensation through a shifting dreamlike landscape. The motif of the eye plays a central role, functioning as a silent point of connection between the self, others, and the surrounding environment—beyond the need for language. Rather than interpreting the competition theme “Dialogue” as verbal communication, the work explores it as an exchange within the relationship of seeing and being seen. By focusing on subtle transformations in perception and connection, the piece invites each viewer to experience their own quietly expanding form of dialogue.

Jurors

Hendrik Wendler

Germany

Hendrik Wendler studied Architecture and Design at Bauhaus University Weimar, where he focused on media, computer graphics, and immersive installations. His early virtual reality works were presented at CeBIT and Hannover Messe, and he contributed to large-scale events for Weimar’s European Capital of Culture in 1999. After working at a design agency and receiving a Red Dot Award for a 3D interface, he returned to academia in 2004 to teach UI design and video graphics. There, he developed groundbreaking software that accelerated video rendering, helping shape modern video mapping. Since 2010, he has led the internationally acclaimed Genius Loci Weimar festival and serves worldwide as a speaker, curator, and jury member.

Kouta Hikichi

Japan

Based in Tokyo and Fukuoka, he founded Co-Innovation Farm『VISIONs』in 2025. His work spans a wide range of creative fields, from large-scale national projects to global brand initiatives. Major projects include the design system for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, as well as EXPO WORLDs, an open design project integrating design, art, and sound for the Yumeshima Expo site. He has also contributed creative work to nationally significant projects such as the NHK New Year’s Eve Song Festival, alongside collaborations with global brands including NIKE and YANMAR, and strategic design support for startups. In 2026, he established the general incorporated association COMMONs, positioning the Expo and its legacy as a shared platform for future-oriented creation beyond 2025.

Ou Sugiyama

Japan

After joining Mori Building Co., Ltd. in 2000, he served as Head of the Planning and Operations Office for MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless in 2018, and later as Facility Director of TOKYO NODE at Toranomon Hills in 2023.He left Mori Building in 2024 to found Shinryoiki Inc.He currently serves as the Planning Director of the Signature Pavilion “Proof of Life” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai; the Executive Director of Tokyo Creative Salon 2026; and the Exhibition Director of the Thematic Pavilion at GREEN×EXPO 2027.Through these projects, he continues to create new forms of experience and space that transcend the boundaries between art and technology.

Chanpen Koolkaew

Thailand

Chanpen Koolkaew (Jib) is the Founder of DECIDE KIT, a motion graphic design studio built from passion, curiosity, and a deep belief that design helps people make better decisions. I see design as a “KIT”—a practical and powerful tool that turns complex ideas into clear, meaningful visual stories.I founded DECIDE KIT in 2006 after choosing passion over a motion designer role in New York, returning home to build my own studio. Two decades later, I continue to lead a small team that values craftsmanship, data-driven thinking, and thoughtful collaboration.Based in Bangkok, Thailand, we create motion graphics, infographics, immersive art, projection mapping, concerts, product launches, and 3D screen experiences—designed to communicate with clarity, emotion, and purpose.

Ouchhh

Republic of Türkiye

Ouchhh Studio is a globally recognized creative new media studio working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. For over a decade, the studio has pioneered data-driven art forms such as data paintings, AI-based works, and large-scale immersive installations, guided by the philosophy “data as paint, algorithm as brush.”Based in Istanbul with international partnerships across Europe and the U.S., Ouchhh operates as a multidisciplinary hub of artists, designers, engineers, and data scientists. The studio has realized more than 75 public art projects worldwide, collaborating with leading institutions, festivals, museums, and global brands.Their works have received numerous international awards, including Red Dot Design Award, German Design Award, ADC Awards, and MUSE Awards.

Kentaro Tanaka

Japan

Born in 2000 and raised in Sapporo, Japan, Kentaro Tanaka is a video artist and graphic designer. He won the 1minute Projection Mapping Competition 2024 and participated in the Video Mapping Festival in Amiens, France, as well as an artist residency in Lille.Centering his practice on Cinema 4D, he works across 3DCG and graphic design to explore moving-image expression. His work focuses on subtle moments of discomfort and perceptual shifts that quietly emerge in everyday scenes. By capturing small inconsistencies and visual “misalignments,” he creates poetic imagery that blurs the boundary between the familiar and the unfamiliar, inviting viewers to re-examine ordinary experiences from a slightly altered perspective.

Michiyuki Ishita

Japan

He is an internationally recognized artist who creates immersive spatial experiences by treating images as light. In 2011, he founded the Projection Mapping Association of Japan and has since led numerous major projects, including one of the world’s largest international projection mapping competitions, the projection mapping program for the Osaka?Kansai Expo, and the content direction for TOKYO Night & Light at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. As a creative director and producer with a strong artistic vision, he has produced many one-of-a-kind works and is widely invited to create, lecture, and serve on juries at international festivals and national projects around the world.

Explore Past International Competitions

Executive Producer – 1minute Projection Mapping Competition

Michiyuki Ishita

Creative Director, Spatial Designer, and Video Creator
Representative, Projection Mapping Association of Japan
President, COLORs CREATION Co.Ltd.

Michiyuki Ishita is an internationally recognized artist who creates immersive spatial experiences by treating images as light. In 2011, he founded the Projection Mapping Association of Japan and has since become a leading figure in the field, planning and directing one of the world’s largest international projection mapping competitions, overseeing various national projects, and being widely invited to lecture and serve on juries at major international festivals.
As a creative director and producer with a strong artistic vision, he has developed numerous one-of-a-kind projects, including the content planning and production for TOKYO Night & Light, a permanent projection mapping installation on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the projection mapping program for the Osaka?Kansai Expo, the large-scale light festival TOKYO LIGHTS, and NIGHT WAVE, an iconic installation that illuminates waves along the coastline.

Planning & Production
Projection Mapping Association of Japan

About the Projection Mapping Association of Japan
The Projection Mapping Association of Japan was established in 2011 by a collective of leading creators and professionals, with Michiyuki Ishita serving as its representative. It was incorporated as a General Incorporated Foundation in 2012.
The association is committed to promoting and advancing projection mapping as a new form of visual expression. Its initiatives include raising public awareness, expanding creative possibilities through emerging technologies, and collaborating with governments and local communities to develop tourism resources and regional branding.
The association also places a strong emphasis on artistic exploration and human resource development. Over the years, it has made significant contributions to the growth of the field both in Japan and internationally, notably through its long-standing organization of one of the world’s largest international projection mapping competitions.

Official Website
https://projection-mapping.jp/

1minute Projection Mapping Competition

Finalist Works

Guest Artist Works

Jurors

Explore Past International Competitions

Executive Producer – 1minute Projection Mapping Competition

Planning & ProductionProjection Mapping Association of Japan

Planning & Production
Projection Mapping Association of Japan