TeamLab (art collective)

TeamLab is an interdisciplinary group of artists formed in 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. The group refers to themselves as “Ultra-technologists,” and consists of artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects. Since 2014 TeamLab is represented by Pace Gallery.

Exhibitions

MORI Building Digital Art Museum

TeamLab Borderless is jointly operated by Mori Building Co., Ltd and TeamLab. It opened on 21 June, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

TeamLab’s exhibition Massless was the opening project of the Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki, Finland in 2018.

The second digital museum was opened in Shanghai on November 5, 2019.[3]

Digital artwork

TeamLab creates digital artwork which is based on the concept of borderless, and integrates advanced technologies. The exhibitions are powered by EPSON digital technology. [4]

TeamLab projects aim to show the relationship between nature and artificial creations, immersing the recipient’s body in an interactive world.

TeamLab Borderless museum features a collaborative creative space Future Park and Tea House.

Steve Aoki has described the museum as “a virtual reality/augmented reality/fantasy theme park.”[5][6]

In late 2020 TeamLab premiered "Resonating Life in the Acorn Forest" a permanent art instillation by at the Kadokawa Culture Museum at Tokorozawa Sakura Town in Tokorozawa, Japan.

Situated in the Musashino forest[7] it consists of color-changing ovoid shapes in the woods which respond which to touch and wind.[8]

During the day the silver ovoid shapes reflect reflect their forest surround but at night the trees in the part of the woods where the instillation is placed are individually flooded with colored light as are the sculptuL interactive shapes.[9]

References
  1. "'MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: teamLab Borderless' to Celebrate First Anniversary Welcomed 2.3 million visitors from more than 160 countries｜Press Releases｜Press Room｜Company Information｜Mori Building Co., Ltd". www.mori.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  2. Torres, Diana María Espada (2019-12-16). "Un museo para un arte sin límites: Mori Building Digital Art Museum". Diferents. Revista de museus (in Spanish) (4): 74–83. doi:10.6035/Diferents.2019.4.5. ISSN 2659-9252.
  3. Liao, Christina. "TeamLab Is Opening Its Second Immersive Digital Art Museum In Shanghai". Forbes.
  4. "Guide to the Mori Building Digital Art Museum Epson teamLab Borderless". Time Out Tokyo.
  5. Kester, Jennifer. "Let DJ Steve Aoki Craft Your Next Tokyo Itinerary". Forbes.
  6. "Pace Gallery | Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki to open with teamLab's installation". www.pacegallery.com.
  7. http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2020/DB24.en
  8. https://matcha-jp.com/en/10096?type=news
  9. https://travel.gaijinpot.com/teamlab-resonating-life-in-the-acorn-forest/

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