"Shining Shanghai"(Jing'an)
2025 International
Light Art Open Call

Luminescent Roots: Stories of Home

Architecture is more than bricks and concrete—it holds the spirit of our origins and connections. When building façades become digital canvases, each structure turns into a storyteller. We invite artists to explore Projection Mapping as a powerful language, illuminating either their physical homeland rooted in countries, cities, towns, or their spiritual homeland derived from cultural heritage and identity. By transforming local DNA into visible poetry of light, artists will breathe life into static spaces, creating vibrant cultural dialogues. We believe that within every artist lies a beacon, a unique lighthouse, waiting to shine and tell the world the rich stories of the places and cultures that shape who we are. Submit your work that illustrates light's impact on artistic narratives and millions of audiences in Shanghai.

May 1-July 5
July 10
September 8
September 17
September 19
September 28
Concept
Submission
Deadline
Finalist
Announcement
finalist
Project File
Submission
Deadline
Final jury
Winners
Announcement
winner
Winners
Exhibition
Starts

Tuphis

AOTOO - China

Chudo Yudo

Atmosphere Studio - Russia

At the Lattice, Stillness in the Flux

Cheese_Trap - China

Crystalia

MetanoiaCreatives - Czech Republic

Oum Ezzine Woven Into History

Designlab - Tunisia

TAP

John Tettenborn & Kourtney Lara Ross - Germany

Echoes of Expression

Jonas Denzel - Germany

Essentia

Kati Katona - Hungary

Red Soul

Los Romeras - Spain

Crystalia

MetanoiaCreatives - Czech Republic

Luminelf

MUMA Island - China

Peperuda: A Ritual For Rain

MP Studio - Bulgaria

Transcendence

NAOS Studio - Ukraine

Homeland of the White

Neba studio - Macau, China

Starlight Illusion

NeonLab - China

KOLO

PSI x Mediadata - Russia

Light-Cell Respiration

Sam - China

Variation Pink

SAMPAIKAN.co - Indonesia

Lightseed of a New Dawn

Summer & Co Studio - Thailand

Earthen Pulse

The Fox, The Folks - Indonesia

● The finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
GOLD
AWARD

Red Soul

Los Romeras - Spain

SILVER
AWARD

Peperuda: A Ritual For Rain

MP Studio - Bulgaria

BRONZE
AWARD

Cardinal Chroma

CTC LAB - China

TAP

John Tettenborn & Kourtney Lara Ross - Germany

Light-Cell Respiration

Sam - China

FINALIST
AWARD

Transcendence

NAOS Studio - Ukraine

Earthen Pulse

The Fox, The Folks - Indonesia

Echoes of Expression

Jonas Denzel - Germany

Oum Ezzine Woven Into History

Designlab - Tunisia

Essentia

Kati Katona - Hungary

Lightseed of a new dawn

Summer & Co Studio - Thailand

Homeland of the White

Neba studio - Macau, China

Starlight Illusion

NeonLab - China

Variation Pink

SAMPAIKAN.co - Indonesia

At the Lattice, Stillness in the Flux

Cheese_Trap - China

Crystalia

MetanoiaCreatives - Czech Republic

KOLO

PSI x Mediadata - Russia

Tuphis

AOTOO - China

Chudo Yudo

Atmosphere Studio - Russia

Luminelf

MUMA Island - China

Prize
Gold Award:
1 Artist/Team
Prize of 250,000 CNY
Silver Award:
1 Artist/Team
Prize of 100,000 CNY each
Bronze Award:
3 Artists/Teams
Prize of 50,000 CNY each
Finalist Award:
15 Artists/Teams
Prize of 20,000 CNY each

*All prize amounts include VAT, which will be withheld and paid.

*Special, Gold, Silver, and Bronze prize winners are selected from the finalist list, and their prize money is not cumulative with the finalist prize.

Light Exhibition Location

The 2023 "Shining· Shanghai" International Light Art Open Call held its first show in Shenyuli, a hundred-year-old Shikumen neighborhood right in the heart of Jing'an, Shanghai. This special place is a mix of Chinese and Western architecture, carries Shanghai's unique history and culture, making it a fantastic stage for light art. Artists projected their creations onto its old brick walls and arches, giving this warm and welcoming space a brand new artistic life.

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