teamLab Joins Group Exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art, Texas, Alongside Jenny Holzer
Featuring The World of Irreversible Change, an artwork where the world is irreversibly destroyed through viewer interaction. On view from March 8 to August 2, 2026. teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab Art collective teamLab will joins the group exhibition, Run the Code: Data-Driven Art Decoded by Thoma Foundation X Blanton Museum of Art at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, exhibiting alongside Jenny Holzer and other acclaimed artists. teamLab will exhibit The World of Irreversible Change, an artwork where the world changes in real time. When a viewer touches the work, the town burns, and it can never return to its original state. The artwork will be on view from March 8 to August 2, 2026. The World of Irreversible Change is an interactive artwork influenced by the actions of viewers. The people in the artwork respond when a viewer touches them, but they return to their daily lives. If the interaction is continuous, however, the fighting spreads throughout the city, and it becomes engulfed in flames. Once the world of this artwork begins to burn, the world from before can never be returned to. The people who interact with the artwork cause this outcome. This exhibition features a selection of representative artworks curated by the Thoma Foundation, which is renowned for its pioneering collection of digital and media art. The exhibition brings together masterpieces by world-renowned artists, including Jenny Holzer, a Golden Lion winner at the Venice Biennale, and Refik Anadol, internationally renowned AI media artist. Visitors can experience firsthand how digital information transforms into sensory art. Throughout the exhibition period, a variety of events will be held, including live music performances, guided tours, talk sessions, and family-friendly workshops. Exhibition Page：https://blantonmuseum.org/exhibition/run-the-code/ Featured Artists Jenny Holzer Refik Anadol Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Leo Villareal Daniel Canogar Marina Zurkow Siebren Versteeg Founded in 1963, the Blanton Museum of Art is the premier art museum serving the city of Austin and the University of Texas at Austin. The museum boasts a diverse collection of over 22,000 works, with a particular focus on modern and contemporary American and Latin American art. Blanton Museum of Art：https://blantonmuseum.org/ Established in 2014, the Thoma Foundation has been building a pioneering collection of digital and media art since 2009, supporting the arts through artwork loans and grants. The Foundation is also dedicated to educational support in the Southwest, particularly in Texas, and has been headquartered in Dallas since 2023. Thoma Foundation：https://thomafoundation.org/ The World of Irreversible Change teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab This work is both somewhere in time and here and now. The world of the artwork changes with the real time of its location. Morning arrives in the artwork with the sunrise in the real world, and when the sun sets, evening begins. If it rains in the real world of the work’s location, it rains in the world of the artwork, and the flora that grow in the artwork change every day with each passing season. The people’s lives also change continuously depending on the time of day and weather of the real world, and the festivals and events that are celebrated change with the seasons. Various stories take place every day, and the lives of people continue eternally. The actions of viewers influence the world of the artwork. The people in the artwork respond when a viewer touches them, but if the interaction is limited, they return to their daily lives. If the interaction is continuous, however, fights break out amongst the people in the artwork that are near to each other, leading to deaths. The fighting spreads throughout the city, which becomes engulfed in flames that last for over a year. As the city burns to the ground, the people in the artwork eventually die out. In the ruined city where not a single person remains, the seasons still pass and the sun rises and sets with the time of the real world. After a few months, new flora begin to grow in the burnt ruins of the city. The flora grow, bloom, and scatter repeatedly, changing daily with the real passage of time. The flowers and plants grow deeply over the course of a long period, and the flowers change throughout every year, continuing in perpetuity. Once the world of this artwork begins to burn, the world from before can never be returned to. The people who interact with the artwork cause this outcome. March 1, 14:00 teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab April 7, 14:00 teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab May 1, 14:00 teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab June 18, 14:00 teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab July 10, 14:00 teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab If the interaction is continuous, fights break out amongst the people in the artwork that are near to each other, leading to deaths. The fighting spreads throughout the city, which becomes engulfed in flames. teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab Once the world of this artwork begins to burn, the world from before can never be returned to.teamLab, The World of Irreversible Change © teamLab
