Australian Space Agency x 33 Creative
We collaborated with 33 Creative to produce a range of animated elements for their client, The Australian Space Agency, to be exhibited at the Australian Pavilion during the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan (13 April – 13 October 2025).
Our 2D/3D animations were based off a bespoke commissioned artwork by our studio co-owner, Jake Duczynski (Gomeroi and Mandandanji), and which explored the celestial sky from a First Nations perspective.
We animated elements of Jake’s artwork, MAAL into three distinct loops, as well as one Acknowledgement of Country piece. Finally, we animated sections of MAAL across various live-action footage of Australia’s space industry at play. Ultimately, this hero video demonstrates how Australia is bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and futuristic technology, signalling the country’s growing influence and innovation within the international space community. The result is a captivating, majestic and vivid film which engages both western science and First Nation perspectives of space.
Watch the film and learn more about the expo HERE!
Development Process
MAAL Artwork by Jake Duczynski
Artwork Process
Sketches
MAAL Artwork Symbol Sketches
Final Artwork Mock up
Asset Design
Symbol Designs
Connected Network Symbol
Ancestral Spirit/Shooting Star
Background Designs
Gawarrgay ‘Emu in the Sky’
Carved Trees
Implementation Process
Superimposing parts of the MAAL Artwork onto live action footage
Stills From Final Film
Credits
Communications Agency
33 Creative
Georgia Cordukes
Jake Keane
Production Agency
Studio Gilay
Director
Jake Duczynski (Gomeroi / Mandandanji)
Producer
Melissa Azizi
Artwork & Design
Jake Duczynski (Gomeroi / Mandandanji)
2D and 3D Animation
Paul Carlton
3D Modeling
Jalamara Towney (Wiradjuri)
Paul Carlton
3D Texturing
Zoë Velonas
Paul Carlton
Jalamara Towney (Wiradjuri)
Compositing
Paul Carlton