EXPO 2012
Australian Pavilion
World Expo 2012 – Yeosu, South Korea
May – August 2012
Production company – ThinkOTS
Pavilion and Exhibit Designer
Awards:
BIE Bronze – creative design
Exhibitor Magazine – Best Presentation
A journey in 3 acts immersing visitors in Australia’s unique relationship with its coast and surrounding waters, reflecting the Expo theme, ‘The Living Ocean and Coast’.
‘Coast’ – contemporary Indigenous art and music, celebrating the relationship that Indigenous communities have with coastal country and the ocean were presented as a welcome to the pavilion.
‘Ocean’ – featured a sculptural centre-piece, representing the swell of the ocean, as it rises and falls between sets of ‘waves.’
Spanning the full width of the space, the sculpture, as a multi-faceted projection surface, allowed each visitor a ‘unique’ view from which to experience the audio-visual presentation.
From under or around the sculpture, the tension between the worlds of what is above and what is below the surface was explored in the sophisticated projection-mapped presentation.
‘Life’ – visitors could have their photo taken aboard an Aussie surfboat and with as they ride a wave into shore with three strapping surf lifesaving kangaroos.
A live video feed into Australia’s amazing Great Barrier Reef provided visitors with an entertaining and educational experience, interacting with a diver.