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Transcend maps and language, quietly project their images into the hearts of viewers around the world. It is both a journey afar and a return home.

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2025 OSAKA EXPO: With the Mountains, the Clouds, and Us

The 2025 Osaka World Expo (EXPO 2025 OSAKA), themed “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” focuses on humanity’s vision of the future. In the "TECH WORLD" thematic zone, ULTRACOMBOS presents the immersive theater piece "Mountains, Clouds, and Us," bringing the landscapes of the island to global audiences through light and shadow. For the first time, viewers are guided on a visual and auditory mountain journey.

Guiding Viewers Across Peaks and Seas of Clouds to Discover the Island’s Soul

The visuals begin with the Yushan peaks, flow toward Jiaming Lake, and traverse a sea of summits—each scene transition poetically reveals the island’s geological features. Clouds drift along ridgelines, light breathes across the spines; these images recount the island’s enduring symbiosis with nature.

ULTRACOMBOS uses imagery as a bridge, transforming the deep cultural ties between the people of Taiwan and their mountains into a language that resonates worldwide. In the international setting of the World Expo, the presentation is unassuming and tranquil—the imagery quietly embodies the height of Taiwan, a natural majesty that moves the soul.

Creating at the Starting Point: Feeling the Mountains with Our Steps

To authentically capture the spirit and light of the mountains, the creative team journeyed up Yushan, conducting field studies guided by mountain researcher 雪羊. Every step taken, every press of the shutter, was a genuine approach to the subject.

The mist before dawn, the swift-changing clouds of afternoon, the star-studded night sky—these fleeting moments of nature can’t be rehearsed or replicated. The Cicada ensemble was also invited to compose music, translating the mountains’ spirituality—and our reverence and humility toward them—into an immersive theatrical experience.


Projecting the Island’s Scenery into the Eyes of the World

ULTRACOMBOS has long explored the intersections of culture, nature, and contemporary technology through digital art. This time, we move in the opposite direction—bringing the island to the world with a digital touch. At the 2025 Osaka Expo, we let the mountains break past maps and language, quietly imprinting themselves on the hearts of viewers worldwide. It is both a journey abroad and a homecoming.

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