Japanese digital art collective teamLab is known for creating epic digital art installations that immerse viewers and bring dream-like experiences to life. Their latest project, teamLab Planets TOKYO in Toyosu, presents a number of the collective’s best “body immersive” works, spanning across a 10,000-square-meter (approximately 107,640 square feet) exhibition space.
Made using digital technology, many of the installations are designed to transform based upon viewer interactions. TeamLab explains, “The boundaries between the body and the work become ambiguous, which may become the starting point for people to think about their relationship with the world.” For example, in one light installation, titled Drawing on the Water Surface by the Dance of Koi and People, the team projects a colorful interactive koi fish pond into the space’s water-filled floor. As the viewers step into knee-high hazy liquid, the space comes alive with animated koi fish that change direction and speed according to their presence within the space. If a fish collides with the viewer or another fish, they evaporate and leave behind a vibrant stream of colors.
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