1minute Projection Mapping

Deadline: 25-Aug-21

Applications are now open for the 1minute Projection Mapping in Tokyo.

Due to COVID-19 and the global pandemic, they are in an era where consciousness change is required in the midst of anxiety and change, causing a heavy burden also to creators. This competition was also influenced by the pandemic and was unable to be held last year. However, they have received many voices from a lot of creators who are looking forward to its restart and they have been supported by them. And they are able to implement it again this year and they feel that all the people involved are very grateful. They would like to thank everyone who has supported them.

1 min to 1 min 59 secs International Projection Mapping Competition “1minute Projection Mapping” will be held in Tokyo in December this year. The venue is the Meiji Jingu Gaien Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery, a historical building of Meiji Jingu Gaien, right next to the New National Stadium.

1minute Projection Mapping is an international competition and one of the biggest mapping contests displaying video works onto an existing building in Asia area.

Theme

• The theme for this year is “Hope”. Draw a vision that gives people hope and courage and envisions a positive and energetic future in this uncertain era. Human potential has always emerged from the challenge of confronting difficulties, where they find many hopes and create the future. In Japan, vision drawn by creators, including animators such as Osamu Tezuka, has a history of encouraging people and the society to move forward.
• Create a work that can push people’s back as a light of “hope” in this chaotic era, and to encourage possibilities that leads to the future.

Award Details

• Grand Prize: 2 million yen, trophy, supplementary prize, invited as guest creator for the next competition.
• Second Prize: 500k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Jury Prize: 200k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Organizer Award: 100k yen, trophy, supplementary prize
• Audience Award: 100k yen, trophy, supplementary prize

Points to Note when applying:

Please read the following carefully before applying. If a submitted work violates the regulations, it will not be accepted.

• It will not be accepted as a judging work in the following cases.
  • If the video does not follow the production format (in the case where the video is not mapped)
  • If the video is damaged or cannot be played.
  • If the video is significantly offensive to the viewers, with excessively stimulating expressions, sexuality, strong religious views or political messages.
  • The video length is less of exceed the regulation (1min ~ 1min 59sec)
• If there are any unavoidable circumstances that causes you to not meet the application period, please consult their office with the reason and timing.
• The submitted work is guaranteed to not infringe the intellectual property rights and ownership of third parties. In the unlikely event that a dispute is filed by a third party due to infringement, the applicant himself/herself is solely responsible for the financial burden (including the attorney’s fees) and compensation of the damage so that all parties involved in this project are exempted from liability.
• Please make sure that you can manage the copyright of materials such as photos /video / music / sound effects used in the submitted work.
• The organizer/planner will not handle any troubles regarding copyright infringement or complaints. In addition, works that infringe various rights will be disqualified from participating in the competition. If the work was awarded a prize, the award will be cancelled and the prize money and supplementary prizes will be returned.
• Please be considerate of the content as the many people from children to elderly will be watching the video screened at the venue.
• Applicants must not publish videos, local records etc. on the WEB, SNS or any other places where third party can view the videos without permission before the results of the competition is announced ( to ensure fairness in judging ). However, any information that the organizer/planner publishes to the public can be shared.
• The distributed production template data must not be reprinted, distributed or published without permission.
• In addition, if you make comments or write on SNS that will affect the judging or the competition, you will be disqualified from participating in the competition.

For more information, visit https://1minute-pm.com/en/