14/01/2026
Welcome 2026 | Our 2025 in Four Projects
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A new year, a quick rewind.
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Before 2026 picks up speed, we wanted to share a quick note of thanks, along with a short recap of what we built in 2025. From Expo 2025 Osaka to immersive aquariums, it was a year of experiments in space, sound, and real-time media.
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Here’s our 2025 in four projects:
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⫸ With the Mountains, the Clouds, and Us
At Expo 2025 Osaka, ULTRACOMBOS presented With the Mountains, the Clouds, and Us, an immersive digital theatre shaped by authentic footage and Cicada’s music. It transported audiences to Taiwan’s majestic peaks, sharing the island’s natural soul through light and sound.
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⫸ Taichung Aquarium
At the Taichung Aquarium, we reimagined the visitor journey through an open-plan layout and immersive digital integration across the space. Interactive installations and sound design guide visitors from upstream rivers to the open ocean, deepening the underwater narrative.
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⫸ DRIFT IN TIME
DRIFT IN TIME, an audiovisual work co-created with Cicada, premiered as a live performance at Ars Electronica Festival 2025 in Linz and explores climate change through the “Memory of Ice.” Later in 2025, the work was also presented in an installation format at the 2025 C-LAB Sound Festival: DIVERSONICS.
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⫸ DigiWave - DdDd
Curated by ULTRACOMBOS, DigiWave - DdDd traced the digital evolution of sound across seven thematic zones. First launched in 2024, it travelled to Shibuya, Tokyo in 2025 as a pop-up, where visitors used their phones to unlock interactive layers and influence massive audiovisual installations, shifting from listeners into creators.
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⫸ Coming soon:
Asite-wide digital experience at the Taichung Green Museumbrary.
We’re kicking off 2026 with a landmark, site-wide digital experience for the Taichung Green Museumbrary, spanning a themed wayfinding and guide system, an AI information concierge, an on-site puzzle-based exploration, the Fusion Portal, and a backend management platform. More details to follow.
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Warm wishes for the year ahead,
ULTRACOMBOS