TeamLab (art collective)

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TeamLab is an international art collective, aninterdisciplinary group of artists formed in 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. The group consists of artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects who refer to themselves as “ultra-technologists". teamLab creates artworks using digital technology. Since 2014 TeamLab is represented by Pace Gallery.[1]

History[]

TeamLab was founded in 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko and four of his friends.[2]

TeamLab initially made little profit, but began to grow its reach through the creation of websites and smartphone applications, as well as office and store designs for outside corporations.[3]

In 2011, artist Takashi Murakami invited the collective to make its debut at the KaiKai Kiki Gallery in Taipei with a series of installations. TeamLab then began joining contemporary art exhibitions around the world, including the Singapore Biennale in 2013. In 2014, the New York PACE Gallery began to help promote TeamLab’s work. TeamLab organized its own exhibition in Tokyo in 2015.[4]

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.[5][6]

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.[7]


In September 2020, the exhibition began at Dongdaemun Design Plaza(DDP) in Seoul, South Korea. It is well received by many people for its new experience exhibition that has not been experienced before. Thanks to this support, the exhibition will be extended in Seoul until August 2021.[8]

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.[9]

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.”[10][11]

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

Situated in the Musashino forest[12] it consists of color-changing ovoid shapes in the woods which respond which to touch and wind.[13]

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.[14]


TeamLab also serves as the principal developer for the Tokyo Disney Resort app, in partnership with Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Technology and Digital.

References[]

  1. ^ "teamLab BIOGRAPHY". teamLab.art. teamLab. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Japan's teamLab transcends borders of art and business". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ^ "Japan's teamLab transcends borders of art and business". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  4. ^ "teamLab". Arc Lighting in Architecture.
  5. ^ "'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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Liao, Christina. "TeamLab Is Opening Its Second Immersive Digital Art Museum In Shanghai". Forbes.
  8. ^ 조, 경이 기자. ""살아 숨 쉬는 생명의 아름다움" '팀랩: 라이프', 힐링 전시 '호평'". 아이뉴스24 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  9. ^ "Guide to the Mori Building Digital Art Museum Epson teamLab Borderless". Time Out Tokyo.
  10. ^ Kester, Jennifer. "Let DJ Steve Aoki Craft Your Next Tokyo Itinerary". Forbes.
  11. ^ "Pace Gallery | Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki to open with teamLab's installation". www.pacegallery.com.
  12. ^ http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2020/DB24.en
  13. ^ https://matcha-jp.com/en/10096?type=news
  14. ^ https://travel.gaijinpot.com/teamlab-resonating-life-in-the-acorn-forest/

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