#attraction/museum [teamLab Planets](https://www.teamlab.art/e/planets/) is an experiential museum in [[Tokyo (東京都)]]. %%We walked from [[TK]].%% > [!NOTE] Immerse your Body, and with Others, Become One with the World > _teamLab Planets_ is a museum where you walk through water, and a garden where you become one with the flowers. There are four massive exhibition spaces and two gardens. > > By immersing the entire body with other people in these massive body immersive artworks, the boundary between the body and the artwork dissolves, the boundaries between the self, others, and the world become continuous, and we explore a new relationship without boundaries between ourselves and the world. > > Enter barefoot, immerse your body with others in the artwork spaces, and become one with the world. > > **About teamLab** > > teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective, an interdisciplinary group of various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. > > teamLab aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world and new perceptions through art. In order to understand the world around them, people separate it into independent entities with perceived boundaries between them. teamLab seeks to transcend these boundaries in our perception of the world, of the relationship between the self and the world, and of the continuity of time. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity of life. > > teamLab is represented by Pace Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary, and Ikkan Art. > [!NOTE] Waterfall of Light Particles at the Top of an Incline > teamLab, 2018, Digital Installation > > This artwork is based on an earlier work on a natural waterfall in the mountains of Shikoku, _Waterfall of Light Particles - Deep in the Mountains of Shikoku_ (2016-2017). > > Light only reflects off the particles of water that make up the waterfall. The shining particles cascade down creating a waterfall of light particles. The light of the shining waterfall illuminates the surrounding area. > > In the darkness, the shining particles leave a light trail afterimage that appears to draw lines in space. From the combination of these afterimage light traces, the waterfall of light is born. > [!NOTE] Soft Black Hole - Your Body Becomes a Space that Influences Another Body > teamLab, 2016-2018, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > > Trying to walk, the foot sinks. The space itself is affected and changed by the weight of people's bodies. And the people's bodies are affected by the changing space. People interact with each other through space. Your body changes the space, and that space changes the body of others. > > In modern life we are surrounded by flat hard surfaces, so that in our daily lives we we have lost consciousness of our bodies, we have forgotten them. In natural forests flat ground does not exist. This installation is a space to remind us of the body that we have forgotten in everyday life, and to make us more conscious of our body mass. > [!NOTE] Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People - Infinity > teamLab, 2016-2018, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > > Koi swim on the surface of water that stretches out into infinity. People can walk into the water. > > The movement of the koi is influenced by the presence of people in the water and also other koi. When the fish collide with people they turn into flowers and scatter. Throughout a year, the flowers that bloom will change along with the seasons. > > The trajectory of the koi is determined by the presence of people and these trajectories trace lines on the surface of the water. > > The work is rendered in real time by a computer program. It is neither prerecorded nor on loop. The interaction between the viewer and the installation causes continuous change in the artwork. Previous visual states can never be replicated, and will never reoccur. > [!NOTE] Ephemeral Solidified Light > teamLab, 2023, Interactive Installation, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > > Innumerable masses of light float in the air, each one composed of multiple colors. The boundaries of each color are clearly separated as though they are solid. > > The seemingly solid color separation of the masses of light is not seen in the natural world, and is caused by extreme synchronization. Through self-organization over time, this synchronization phenomenon creates a large ordered structure. > > When you touch a solidified light, you realize that the visible part is part of something that continues to flow without interruption. > > Life is a phenomenon like crystals of ephemeral light, miraculously solidified into a continuum of energy that continues to flow without interruption from a past whose beginning is unknown. ![[teamlab planets IMG_3512.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_6085.png]] > [!NOTE] Expanding Three-dimensional Existence in Transforming Space - Flattening 3 Colors and 9 Blurred Colors > teamLab, 2023, Interactive Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > > The space is filled with spheres of light. People move through the spheres and enter the space. When the spheres change color, the space itself shifts between a collection of spheres forming a three-dimensional space and a flat color wall. > > When people move through or strike them, the spheres change color, and emit a tone specific to that color. The surrounding spheres respond one after another, resonating and emitting the same tone and light color. > > Wherever the sphere is, the behavior of light is maintained across the whole of the space (a three-dimensional image in which one sphere is regarded as one dot). Therefore, the light behaves as a group and can be thought of as one three-dimensional existing space. At this time, the light spreads spherically around the impacted sphere. > > Since each sphere is free floating within the collection of sphere elements that make up the three-dimensional space, people recognize it as existing three-dimensionally and part the spheres entering into the three-dimensional existing space. > > The shape of the space is determined by the collection of spheres and changes according to people's actions (pushing or colliding). Depending on the degree of entanglement of the spheres, and wind and pressure changes, the shape of the space itself will change, empty spaces becoming high density, and spheres rising to the ceiling all at once. > > Before the modern era in Japan, complex colors born from the characteristics of silk were given names evocative of the four seasons. Such colors were called Kasane no Irome (nuances of layered colors), and were created by the the combination of the lining and exterior fabric (silk was thin at the time so the color of the lining showed through the exterior fabric), gradations from overlapping colors, and blending of warp and weft. Since the sphere colors are produced by light, it is possible to create nine blurred colors, (light in water, sunlight on water plants, morning glow, morning sky, sky at twilight, peach, plum, iris, spring maple), as well as three colors that flatten the space (blue, red, and green), producing a total of 12 colors. ![[teamlab planets IMG_3563.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_3568.png]] > [!NOTE] Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers > teamLab, 2016-2018, Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > > A seasonal year of flowers bloom and change with time, life spreads out into the universe. > > Lie down or sit still in the space and eventually your body floats and you dissolve into the artwork world. > > Flowers grow, bud, bloom, and in time, the petals fall, and the flowers wither and die. The cycle of birth and death continues for perpetuity. > > The artwork is not a pre-recorded image that is played back; it is created by a computer program that continuously renders the artwork in real time. As a whole, it is continuously changing, and previous visual states are never replicated. The universe at this moment in time can never be seen again. ![[teamlab planets IMG_3594.png]] > [!NOTE] Moss Garden of Resonating Microcosms - Solidified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn > teamLab, 2021, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > > Ovoids that change appearance with the sunrise and sunset are laid out in the moss garden. > > With sunrise, the ovoids begin to reflect the world around them. When pushed down by a person or blown by the wind, the ovoid falls back and then rises, releasing a resonating tone. The ovoids around it also respond one after another, continuing to resonate with the same tone. > > As the sun sets, the ovoids shine by themselves. When an ovoid is pushed by a person or blown by the wind, it shines brightly and emits a sound tone, as it rights itself. The ovoids around it also respond one after another, emitting the same light color and sound tone that continues to resonate out. > > The space of the work is interactively transformed under the influence of the wind, rain, and the behavior of the people in the space, making the environment and the people a part of the work. When the wind is quiet and people are still, the ovoids begin to flicker slowly. > > teamLab is experimenting with the concept of color. The ovoids can change into a total of 61 newly-defined Solidified Light Colors. > > It is said that mosses were the first terrestrial organisms to appear in a world of rocks and sand, where there was no life on land yet. As mosses and ferns appeared and forests were created, a variety of animals became able to live on land. > > Since water inside cells is essential for living things, if the body lacks water, it will die. Mosses, on the other hand, are poikilohydric, meaning the water content in the cells change according to surrounding humidity levels. So moss will not die during long dry periods, and they come back to life when given water. Because mosses are poikilohydric, their color and shape change dramatically when the air is dry versus when it is wet, such as when there is rain or fog. Tardigrades, which live in moss, also go into a non-metabolic state of dormancy when the surrounding environment becomes dry, but they revive and become active when there is water. The state that tardigrades enter, when they are neither living nor dead, is called cryptobiosis. This may cause us to consider what it means to be alive. ![[teamlab planets IMG_3608.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_8826.png]] > [!NOTE] Floating Flower Garden: Flowers and I are of the Same Root, the Garden and I are One > teamLab, 2015, Interactive Kinetic Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi > Orchids (except Vanda and Renanthera): Haruyuki Kato (Zama Orchids Center) > Vanda and Renancera: Kazuki Kaneta (moku), Yoshinobu Ueda (ACRE8), teamLab > > This floating flower garden consists of a three-dimensional mass of flowers. > > The artwork space is completely filled with flowers, but as the flowers float up above people, open spaces are created. Because of this, people are able to freely wander around the flower mass space. If you encounter other people within the artwork, your space will connect with theirs and become one single space. > > Zen gardens are said to have been created as a place for groups of Zen priests to carry out training in order to become one with nature. > > There is a Zen _kōan_ (a question or story that is part of Zen priests' theological training) called "Nansen's Flower". Someone asked the monk Nansen about the famous saying, "Heaven and I are of the same root. All things and I are of the same substance", remarking on how wonderful it was. Nansen, pointing to a flower in the garden, said, "People these days see this flower as if they were in a dream". > > In this work, people immerse themselves in flowers, becoming one with the garden. When someone continues to look at a flower closely, the flower looks back. At that moment, they become one with the flower and may truly see flowers for the first time. > > The flowers in this artwork are orchids. Most orchids are able to grow without soil by absorbing water from the air. The flowers in this artwork are alive, growing, and blooming with each passing day. It could be said that they are growing in mid-air. > > Although flowering plants were the last of the plant species to appear on earth, at least 220,000 of the 250,000 terrestrial plant species are flowering plants. Evolution has favored diversity, and it can be said that flowers were born to produce diversity. Orchids were flowering plants that most enjoyed diversity, and it is said that approximately 10% of all plant species belong to the orchid family. Because of their diversity, many orchids evolved to become most adapted to live on rocks and trees instead of land with soil where other plants grew abundantly. In an area without soil, in other words, traditionally a least favorable environment for plants, orchids evolved to be most adapted for a world without competition. They are thought to have appeared at a later stage of evolution compared to other plants, and continue to diversify to this day, making us wonder what evolution chose to favor. > > Orchids are known to have co-evolved with certain pollen-carrying insects. The flowers' aromas become stronger at the time of day when the partner insects are active. Because of this, the scent of the artwork space changes each moment between morning, day, evening, and night. Since many of the orchids in this work are partnered with nocturnal insects, the fragrance from the tightly-packed orchids at night is incredible. ![[teamlab planets IMG_3615.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_3634.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_8827.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_6098.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_6105.png]] ![[teamlab planets IMG_6111.png]]