TeamLab bordeless: a digital museum without borders that fuses technology and art on a large scale

This digital and immersive art museum, which has just opened its doors in Tokyo, offers multiple three-dimensional spaces in 10.000 m2, Using 520 computers and 470 Projectors from Epson and Panasonic.

Art and technology lovers have a spectacular digital art museum – called teamLab bordeless, a world without borders-, located in Palette Town of Odaiba, an artificial islet in Tokyo Bay on which it is located Mori Building, real estate company collaborating with this project designed and created by teamLab, interdisciplinary creative group that uses innovative digital technologies to express art.

specifically, Mori Building Digital Art Museum teamLab Borderless is a large-scale digital art museum (nothing less than 10.000 m2 of surface), in which groups of works of art create a world without borders in three-dimensional spaces, in which the works unfold and 'leave' the rooms freely and 'slide' through the corridors; form connections and interact with people; communicate with other works and sometimes intermingle.

Visitors can create new interactive experiences, immerse yourself in digital art from one space to another and explore this world with your body, for which Japanese 'ultra-technologists' use 520 computers and 470 high brightness and performance projectors from Japanese manufacturers such as Epson and Panasonic.

In the rear, a similar number of digital artists, Creative, engineers, Programmers, Mathematical, robotics experts, and a long etcetera work so that nothing fails in this museum, that wants to be one of the great attractions in the face of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

This vast three-dimensional complex features over forty digital and interactive installations to create a world-first digital world of art and entertainment., under the concept of breaking down the boundaries between "one art and another"; between art and visitors; between oneself and others", so that visitors can merge into art and be part of it, with facilities that are transformed according to the presence of the public, establishing a new relationship that transcends the boundaries between people and the world.

So says Toshiyuki Inoko, co-founder of teamLab: "We have created a universe without borders, composed of works of art that move on their own, communicate with each other and sometimes mix with others. I would like this space to be a place where you can remember that in our world borders do not exist..

In addition and given that the facilities of this unique museum are digital, teamLab can continuously adapt them to add new features, such as seasonal changes or completely different landscapes.

"The works are not even pre-recorded animations., or looping images, but they are made in real time. The fact that the universe is transformed with the presence of the other is very important to us.. I am part of the work, just like the visitors", Emphasizes Inoko.

In this work there are two recurring themes: nature and communication/interaction, with digital creations ranging from a rice field, with pods that you can walk through and a scenario that changes with the seasons, to walls with digital flowers that move or fall when touched or an impressive waterfall that falls down a wall and floods the space.

For its creators, "it's about uniting art and the viewer; there is no single point of view. In this museum the person becomes the center and the work of art changes with you, everything is created from their perspective".

As if this wasn't enough, digital artworks don't always stay in one place, are not fixed in a space, to the point that digital fish can swim and transform the next room, while crows can scare away some visitors,... the creative possibilities are endless, as nothing plays in a loop, as they assure from teamLab.

Another installation is an interactive mirror room, with bulbs that light up and change color when a visitor approaches, or stand in the middle of this room to enjoy a fully immersive experience that exceeds the Infinity Rooms by Yayoi Kusama.

For the little ones, a 'dynamic forest' has been created with multiple activities that require from jumping, climbing or making your way through the art creations that are transformed throughout the process, and even draw the preferred animal and, then scan it so that it begins to interact with the little one along the walls. A space in which everyone is an artist.

If you opt for a quieter experience, the so-called 'tea house', inspired by the Japanese ceremony, don't just stay in having a cup of tea or matcha, but each cup is delivered with a digital projection of flowers until it is moved or drunk.

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