2025 Recap: Ten Years of Audacity and Action
In 2025, Creos reached a symbolic milestone. Ten years of bringing interactive art into public spaces around the world. A pivotal year, driven by refined expertise built project after project, by a committed team, and by the trust of partners who, everywhere, choose to animate their public spaces with ambition, sensitivity, and audacity.
In an environment of constant change, our commitment remains clear: to continue designing experiences that bring people together, spark wonder, and reveal the very best of public spaces.
These ten years have been a story of rigor and momentum. A continuous learning journey in a rare craft: bringing interactive art to life in real-world public spaces, at large scale, in urban environments that are vibrant, demanding, and ever-changing. It is expertise built over time, in collaboration with artists, technical teams, programmers, cities, districts, and institutions, guided by a constant conviction. When art is accessible and alive, it transforms the way we inhabit the world.
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Always on the Move – over 500 projects worldwide
In 2025, 43 interactive installations were deployed across 33 cities, including 7 new destinations, in 4 countries, on 3 continents. This represents 1,645 days of activation in public spaces, creating opportunities to bring places to life, foster connection, and deliver luminous, memorable experiences to audiences of all kinds.
Since its creation, Creos has delivered more than 500 projects, totaling over 13,700 exhibition days across 130 cities, 15 countries, and 4 continents.
Photos from left to right : e/motion by Olivier Landreville at Gatton Park – Lexington, Los Trompos by Esrawe + Cadena at Big Umbrella Festival – New York, and Optik by The Urban Conga at River of Light, Liverpool, UK
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2025 Highlights
Industry Recognition for Horizon and e/motion
This year, several distinctions recognized the quality of design, technical mastery, and the expertise of the creative and production teams behind our installations.
Horizon – IES Illumination Awards : Horizon was honored with an Illumination Merit Award for experiential lighting design, presented by the prestigious Illuminating Engineering Society. This peer recognition highlights the work of Olivier Landreville, Serge Maheu andRégis Proulx (INIT), and reflects the excellence of an installation conceived for public space in all its complexity.
Horizon & e/motion – NY Architectural Design Awards : A double distinction for Horizon and e/motion, awarded Gold at the NY Architectural Design Awards in the Urban Design and Planning category. This international recognition confirms the ability of our teams and partners to design and produce installations that leave a lasting mark on places and the people who experience them.
The Strength of International Co-Productions
This year, Creos experienced something truly special by launching two new installations alongside its international partners, creators, and the public.
Weci | Koninut had its world premiere in Houston, made possible through the support of Houston First Corporation, co-producer of the work. This premiere was marked by strong media visibility and an outstanding public reception.
A second defining moment followed with its Canadian premiere in the heart of Montréal, driven by the exceptional mobilization of our team, the creators, the Marelle agency, and our presenting partners, the Quartier des spectacles Partnership and the City of Montréal. The success of this unique experience once again confirmed the power of immersive works when they resonate with a place, its people, and their collective imagination.
In early 2025, Creos launched Radiant, a luminous installation born from a co-production between Creos, INIT, Multicolore, and Zamboom LLC. Imagined by Rob Jensen and The Radiant Crew, and developed in continuity with the success of Sonic Runway, this creation was presented in a world premiere at Burning Man, followed by its Canadian premiere at Igloofest Montréal. Radiant illustrates the strength and potential of these collaborations to bring ambitious works to life, designed to travel with Creos across unique cultural and climatic contexts.
Engaging with the Industry Where it Matters
In 2025, Creos continued to strengthen the essential pillars of our industry: meaningful exchanges, knowledge sharing, the promotion of expertise, and the building of lasting alliances.
International Downtown Association – IDA’s Annual Conference and Tradeshow, Washington, D.C.
Reconnecting with this community means returning to one of our long-standing anchor networks to exchange on practices, challenges, and the future of downtowns. This year, the conference extended into the public realm through the presentation of Horizon and e/motion in Washington, just steps from the White House. A defining moment, supported by notable media coverage, that highlighted Québec’s expertise and the positive impact of interactive art in activating urban spaces. (In French)
Read Le Québec donne du bonheur à Washington, La Presse (In French)
Watch Installations interactives et lumineuses à Washington signées Creos, Radio-Canada (In French)
HUB Montréal
October 20-22, 2025, Creos took part in HUB Montréal, an international event dedicated to digital creativity and new cultural experiences. Alexandre Lemieux presented Weci | Koninut as part of a panel exploring the role of art in collective consciousness. The installation was also accessible just steps away at the Quartier des spectacles, offering participants, programmers, and decision-makers the opportunity to experience firsthand what interactive art can generate in public space.
Downtown Atlantic Canada
In the spring, Creos participated for the first time in the Downtown Atlantic Canada Conference, a gathering for urban leaders across Canada’s East Coast. The event highlighted the resilience, collaboration, and local leadership shaping these communities, and provided a valuable opportunity to exchange on shared downtown challenges and to strengthen relationships with partners active on the ground.
A Meaningful Exchange
In the spring of 2025, Creos and INIT had the honor of welcoming former Minister Steven Guilbeault, accompanied by Member of Parliament Bienvenu-Olivier Ntoumba. This meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the challenges of bringing art into public spaces, the realities on the ground, and the importance of supporting large-scale cultural initiatives that foster accessibility, creativity, and urban vitality.
Inclusivity: Experiences Designed To Be Welcoming
Big Umbrella Festival – Lincoln Center, New York, États-Unis
A strong trend took shape in 2025: inclusivity is now at the heart of our partners’ ambitions as they program and activate public spaces. From New York’s Big Umbrella Festival, Detroit’S Beacon Park to Liverpool’s River of Light, we see concrete approaches emerging to welcome a diversity of audiences: different sensitivities, different rhythms, different mobilities, all with a shared goal of making experiences truly accessible.
At Creos, this evolution resonates deeply with our vision: art in public space must be human, alive, and shareable. Our role is to support this commitment through works and expertise that enable more open, more attentive, and more inclusive programming.
INIT: Producing, Guiding, Bringing to Life
Alongside Creos’ touring activities, INIT continued its work in 2025 in production, project management, and consulting services. From feasibility to technical production, from installation to operational orchestration, INIT mobilized its expertise to bring ambitious works to life in public space, in service of artists, cities, and cultural partners.
This year, INIT notably produced several significant new installations. The immersive work Weci | Koninut, inspired by the six Atikamekw seasons, came to life through the collaboration of dedicated creators and partners. In Hamilton, Bermuda, a reimagined LAPS hourglass referencing the island’s iconic pink sand beaches took shape in public space. In Boca Raton, the celebrated Mi Casa, specially created in the city’s signature colors, now animates Wildflower Park. INIT also led the production of large-scale projects, including Archipels, a monumental digital projection presented at Place Bell in Laval.
A Remarkable Team
Behind every Creos project, large or small, stands a dedicated team that stays the course. In a period shaped by rapid transformation, an evolving industry, and shifting economic and urban contexts, the resilience, creativity, and rigor of our teams have made it possible to deliver experiences worthy of the trust placed in us by our partners.
For ten years, our drive has been twofold: the quality of human relationships with our clients, creators, collaborators, and suppliers, and a constant commitment to ensuring each project enjoys a long and carefully stewarded life, faithful to its original artistic intention. Thank you to each and every one of you.
Looking Ahead
We closed 2025 with gratitude for all those who make this journey possible. Thank you to the cities and organizations that choose to shape public space with imagination. Thank you to the creators who push boundaries. And a heartfelt thank you to the public, who gives life and meaning to each work through lived experience.
With this symbolic milestone behind us, we enter 2026 with the same ambition and the same rigor. To offer and grow the Creos Experience, creating even more encounters, light, and vitality in the shared spaces that bring us together.
