TeamLab is an international art collective, an interdisciplinary group of artists formed in 2001 in

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. 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 The Pace Gallery is an American contemporary and modern art gallery with 9 locations worldwide. It was founded in Boston by Arne Glimcher in 1960. His son, Marc Glimcher, is now president and CEO. Pace Gallery operates in New York, London, Hong ...

History

TeamLab was founded in 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko and four of his friends. 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. In 2011, artist

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as well as co ae ...

invited the collective to make its debut at the

Singapore Biennale The Singapore Biennale is a large-scale biennial contemporary art exhibition in Singapore, serving as the country’s major platform for international dialogue in contemporary art. It seeks to present and reflect the vigour of artistic practices in ...

. In 2014, the New York

PACE Gallery The Pace Gallery is an American contemporary and modern art gallery with 9 locations worldwide. It was founded in Boston by Arne Glimcher in 1960. His son, Marc Glimcher, is now president and CEO. Pace Gallery operates in New York, London, Hong ...

began to help promote TeamLab’s work. TeamLab organized its own exhibition in

in 2015. In 2020, TeamLab has sued MODS (Museum of Dream Space) for allegedly imitating its artwork and violating its copyrights. They have been fighting a legal battle for two years.

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. TeamLab’s exhibition ''Massless'' was the opening project of the

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Museum in

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in 2018. The second digital museum was opened in

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on November 5, 2019. In September 2020, the exhibition began at Dongdaemun Design Plaza(DDP) in

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. The exhibition was extended in Seoul until August 2021.

Digital artwork

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

EPSON Seiko Epson Corporation, or simply known as Epson, is a Japanese multinational electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers and information- and imaging-related equipment. Headquartered in Suwa, Nagano, ...

digital technology. 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.

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has described the museum as “a virtual reality/augmented reality/fantasy

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

Permanent art installations

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has the most TeamLab permanent exhibitions outside of Japan. These include places such as the

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Jewel Changi Airport Jewel Changi Airport (also known as Jewel or Jewel Changi) is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex surrounded by and linked to Changi Airport, Singapore, linked to one of its passenger terminals. Its centrepiece is the world's talle ...

Marina Bay Sands Marina Bay Sands (abbreviation: MBS) is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. The resort is owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and at its opening in 2010, it was deemed the world's most expensive standalone casino prop ...

Gardens by the Bay The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden (in Marina South), Bay East Garden (in Marina East) and Ba ...

and the

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. In late 2020,

TeamLab OnlyOffice (formerly TeamLab), stylized as ONLYOFFICE, is a free software office suite developed by Ascensio System SIA, a subsidiary of "New Communication Technologies", a company from Russia, but headquartered in Riga, Latvia. In Russian marke ...

premiered "Resonating Life in the Acorn Forest" a permanent art installation at the Kadokawa Culture Museum at

Tokorozawa Sakura Town Tokorozawa Sakura Town is a pop cultural attraction complex in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan which opened in the fall of 2020. It is a joint project of the Kadokawa Corporation and the city of Tokorozawa. The development has five main components; ...

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. Situated in the Musashino forest it consists of color-changing ovoid shapes in the woods which respond which to touch and wind. During the day the silver ovoid shapes 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 sculptured interactive shapes.

References

External links

Official website
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