Light and Shadow Digital Art Show

The Stage of Shadows: Illuminating the Night City

Olympic Ice Five Rings

LUXNOVA, the exclusive official provider of creative light and shadow shows for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, produced and implemented the core dynamic art installation for the opening ceremony. The installation was featured in the global broadcast, conveying the Olympic spirit to the world.

Creative Proposals

Featuring a large, custom-shaped dynamic LED lighting structure with a built-in modular redundant power supply system, it operates independently without external cables. The entire system has undergone reliability testing for low temperatures down to -20°C and vibrations during long-distance transport. Mechanical lifting mechanisms, lighting effects, and stage visuals are synchronized with millisecond-level precision. Equipped with multi-level fault isolation and automatic failover protection, it meets the stringent requirements for zero-failure global live broadcasts.

Public Value

The opening ceremony broadcast reached more than 200 countries and regions, with a global audience of over 1 billion people, making the “Ice Five Rings” the most widely recognized iconic visual symbol of the Winter Olympics. This large-scale dynamic light and shadow installation pioneered a new technical paradigm for independently powered, illuminated dynamic installations at domestic opening and closing ceremonies, establishing a foundation of reusable engineering expertise. As a representative symbol of the “Technology-Driven Winter Olympics,” it showcased China’s capabilities in light and shadow technology to the world, with related footage garnering over 2.2 billion views across all online platforms.

Project Value

A benchmark for dynamic digital light and shadow art installations at top-tier international events, this project demonstrates domestic companies’ capabilities in the R&D and manufacturing of large-scale, broadcast-quality dynamic light and shadow installations, as well as their ability to deliver highly reliable implementations, thereby achieving a harmonious integration of artistic creativity, engineering under extreme conditions, and global outreach value.

The Light of the Sacred Flame

Located in the plaza of the world’s first Museum of Light Technology, this large-scale outdoor stainless steel kinetic light-and-shadow sculpture is the museum’s signature exhibit. Open to the public free of charge, it is a permanent public digital art installation that combines mechanical motion with light art.

Creative Proposals

The sculpture stands 14 meters tall and consists of 38 independent, rotatable tiered mechanisms, each driven separately to enable rotation in different directions and at varying speeds; Each tier is equipped with an independent LED lighting module, and the mechanical movements are synchronized with the timing of the changing light and color effects; crafted from mirror-finished stainless steel, it reflects the surrounding natural environment during the day and, at night, works in conjunction with the lighting to create a dynamic, flame-like effect; it features an IP66 outdoor protection rating, is equipped with a remote operation, maintenance, and monitoring system, and supports switching between multiple performance programs.

Public Value

The Light Science and Technology Museum welcomes 280,000 visitors annually for science and art exhibitions, and its signature outdoor installation, “The Light of the Sacred Flame,” attracts 92% of visitors to stop and admire it or take photos.
As a physical science education medium that integrates mechanical motion with light, shadow, and optoelectronic technologies, the installation hosts an average of more than 160 groups of elementary and middle school students annually for science education field trips, transforming light technology into public art that offers an intuitive experience.
Located in a public city square, the installation is open to the public free of charge, adding a high-quality, free public art destination to the city.

Project Value

A prime example of a permanent, outdoor, dynamic digital light and shadow art installation in an urban setting, it organically integrates sculptural art, mechanical engineering, optoelectronic technology, and public science education, providing a replicable model for digital art installations in urban public spaces.

Chaoyang International Light Festival

The 2024 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival’s flagship project is centered around the castle landmark in Chaoyang Park. Centered on the theme “AI Gathers in Chaoyang,” it uses AI-driven digital light and shadow storytelling to create a viral castle light show. Through limited-time festive performances, the project revitalizes the park’s existing architecture and creates an exquisite, viral nighttime urban landmark.

Creative Proposals

Against the backdrop of the palace facade, precise building projection, dynamic AI-driven storytelling and the integration of audio, lighting and electronic technologies create an immersive light-and-shadow performance across the entire building surface. An intelligent timing control system ensures millisecond-accurate synchronization of visuals, sound and narration, with images adapting distortion-free to the building’s structure.
The equipment meets the IP66 outdoor protection rating and is therefore suited to complex environmental conditions including wind, rain and temperature fluctuations. It supports remote content updates and enables switching between festive performances and daily lighting modes. A lightweight, non-destructive installation protects the building fabric.

Public Value

During the light festival, the light show at the palace became a popular photo spot in the area, boosting nighttime visitor flow in the park and resulting in a marked rise in nighttime visitor numbers.

High-quality lighting and light show performances attracted large night crowds, revitalizing park infrastructure and surrounding commercial districts. They unlocked the potential for cultural and tourism spending in the area and helped upgrade the regional night-time economy.

The project is open to the public free of charge. With restrained lighting design, it enriches the city’s public cultural offerings. It provides residents with an inclusive venue for nighttime leisure activities, improving the quality of the nocturnal urban landscape and citizens’ well-being.

Project Value

This is a flagship project for light-and-shadow performances on individual buildings within urban parks. It revitalizes existing structures through lightweight, high-quality and reusable lighting concepts. Without massive installations, it creates popular light-and-shadow IPs based on local landmarks. Combining low-cost implementation, high-quality visual effects and universal cultural value, it serves as a replicable model for light-and-shadow projects in urban parks and public buildings.

2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services

As a key supporting project for the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services, the “Digital Light and Shadow Project on Industrial Heritage Sites” will use the giant cooling towers at the Shougang Park as a natural giant screen to present the naked-eye 3D light and shadow narrative show titled “Landscapes of Western Beijing: The Vitality of Yongding.” The show will depict Shougang’s century-long industrial history, the urban cultural heritage of the Western Hills and the Yongding River, and the future vision of the digital industry. The project transforms the industrial heritage site

Creative Proposals

To address the complex hyperbolic surface structure of cooling towers, 3D surface correction mapping technology is employed to correct distortion, ensuring distortion-free images from multiple viewing angles; a cluster of high-performance engineering projectors works in unison, leveraging a comprehensive smart central control platform to achieve millisecond-level synchronized coordination of projections, surround sound effects, and ambient lighting. The equipment meets the IP66 protection rating, making it suitable for the high-humidity, high-temperature-difference outdoor environment of the industrial site; it features a non-destructive external mounting that does not damage the cooling tower structure and supports remote program switching and equipment operation and maintenance monitoring.

Public Value

During the CIFTIS, the light show became a popular nighttime destination in western Beijing, attracting a peak audience of over 23,000 people per performance; related content across all online platforms garnered more than 210 million views, trended on local search rankings, and boosted the nighttime visibility of both the Shougang Park and CIFTIS.

The light and sound show attracted nighttime crowds, driving revenue growth for the park’s dining and cultural and creative industries, creating new jobs in the cultural and tourism sectors, and achieving synergy between the “exhibition and nighttime cultural tourism.”

A free viewing area called “Trendy Waterfront” was set up, allowing residents to enjoy the show without admission fees; by revitalizing industrial heritage sites, the event created an inclusive public cultural space for nighttime activities, enriching the cultural lives of residents in western Beijing.

Project Value

A benchmark for naked-eye 3D light and shadow art at domestic industrial heritage sites, this project explores an innovative model combining “industrial heritage + national-level exhibitions + public digital art.” While preserving the industrial structures themselves, it revitalizes old industrial buildings through digital light and shadow, balancing public exhibition, inclusive access to performances, and heritage conservation, thereby providing a practical model for the nighttime revitalization of old industrial zones and industrial heritage sites across the country.