{"id":604773,"date":"2026-07-22T23:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olympiajournal.com\/news\/story\/604773\/announcing-the-2026-shining-shanghai-open-call-finalists.html"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:45:33","slug":"announcing-the-2026-shining-shanghai-open-call-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/story\/604773\/announcing-the-2026-shining-shanghai-open-call-finalists.html","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2026 Shining Shanghai Open Call Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Launched in 2023, the Shining Shanghai (Jing&rsquo;an) International Light Art Open Call has swiftly established itself as China&rsquo;s premier platform for international projection mapping and a vital catalyst for global artistic dialogue. Centered around this year&#8217;s theme, &ldquo;Metamorphosis,&rdquo; the 2026 edition challenges creators to push the boundaries of digital art and light, crafting deeply immersive experiences for audiences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalnewslines.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1d0b0e8ac94b0f533e13bfb010a74c5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following the close of submissions on June 30, the open call received 156 proposals from 149 artists and teams across 41 countries and regions, spanning 6 continents. The applicant pool boasts top-tier talent, including veteran studios recognized at prestigious global events such as the Lyon Festival of Lights, Circle of Light, Tokyo 1 Minute Projection Mapping, and iMapp Bucharest. This overwhelming response from both Chinese and international studios underscores the growing prestige and creative vitality of the &#8220;Shining Shanghai&#8221; platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Anionavision (Romania) : MorphoClash<\/li>\n<li>Antaless visual design (Italy) : Threshold<\/li>\n<li>Ateli&ecirc; Digital Anal&oacute;gico (Brazil) : PALIMPSEST &mdash; Layers of Becoming<\/li>\n<li>Cape Sante Studio (Italy) : NARCISO<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Harrisson (England) : Infinite<\/li>\n<li>CTC Lab (China) : The Ninth Art<\/li>\n<li>FIAT LVX (Canada) : SYNAPTIC<\/li>\n<li>Henry &amp; Jedy (China\/Singapore) : Traces<\/li>\n<li>John Tettenborn and Kourtney Lara Ross (Germany) : ENTRO<\/li>\n<li>Kati Katona (Hungary) : Morphogenesis<\/li>\n<li>Kentaro Tanaka (Japan) : STITCHES OF THE EARTH<\/li>\n<li>Limelight Artist Collective (Hungary) : Arboris<\/li>\n<li>M&ouml;DAR (Indonesia) : Chroma Existentiae<\/li>\n<li>MP STUDIO (Bulgaria) : Metamorph<\/li>\n<li>Quartet (China) : As a child, I watched houses grow.<\/li>\n<li>Sleepy Guy Family (Thailand) : Growing Up<\/li>\n<li>StoryLight (Russia) : The Living art<\/li>\n<li>Studio Zoltan Varga (Hungary) : Fragmented Memories<\/li>\n<li>The Light Objects (Spanish) : TANGLIBE<\/li>\n<li>Xinsheng Wang (China) : The Bronze Age\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalnewslines.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5aee2b03d88a5a45270a88ac7db1c34b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The final jury panel will convene in Shanghai on September 15. The finalist installations will go live at Shenyuli in late September, running through China&rsquo;s National Day holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stay tuned for this spectacular celebration of light art!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more details, visit the official website: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shiningshanghai.com\/\">https:\/\/www.shiningshanghai.com\/<\/a> and follow on Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shining_shanghai\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shining_shanghai\/<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\"><span style='font-size:18px !important'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> Motion Magic<br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Enze Wang<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.universalpressrelease.com\/?pr=announcing-the-2026-shining-shanghai-open-call-finalists'>Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> China<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shiningshanghai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.shiningshanghai.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getnews.info\/press_stat.php?pr=announcing-the-2026-shining-shanghai-open-call-finalists\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched in 2023, the Shining Shanghai (Jing&rsquo;an) International Light Art Open Call has swiftly established itself as China&rsquo;s premier platform for international projection mapping and a vital catalyst for global<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}