Digitized Nature
2002
Nature Becomes Art
Digital technologies such as sensing, networks, light, and sound, are non-material and have no physical impact on the environment. By using non-material digital technology, nature can be turned into art without harming it.
Nature itself becomes art.
Nature's shapes and textures as well as the changes created over time represent an overwhelming amount of information beyond what humans can comprehend. By incorporating such elements, teamLab believes that artworks have the potential to provide a new understanding of the world that could not be conceived of independently.
FEATURED WORKS
Ever Blossoming Life Waterfall - Deep in the Mountains of Shikoku
teamLab, 2016 - 2017, Digitized Nature, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
This artwork is a projection onto a waterfall and it’s surrounding environment. The waterfall is situated deep in the Mountains of Shikoku.
Flowers bloom and scatter for eternity onto a powerful waterfall and the rocks, formed of a long period of time, that surround it. A seasonal year of the the flowers of this region change over time.
Flowers are born, they grow, bud, bloom, and eventually scatter, wither, and fade away. The flowers are in a continuous cycle of birth and death, repeating forever.
Life has been created on an overwhelming scale and time span over billions of years on Earth, repeating on an eternal life cycle. However, it is difficult for humans to easily perceive this.
Rocks are inorganic and non-living, over the years the natural shape of the rock is modeled by the waterfall. As a result the rock can be thought of as a sculptural block that embodies the power of life.
View MoreFlowers bloom and scatter for eternity onto a powerful waterfall and the rocks, formed of a long period of time, that surround it. A seasonal year of the the flowers of this region change over time.
Flowers are born, they grow, bud, bloom, and eventually scatter, wither, and fade away. The flowers are in a continuous cycle of birth and death, repeating forever.
Life has been created on an overwhelming scale and time span over billions of years on Earth, repeating on an eternal life cycle. However, it is difficult for humans to easily perceive this.
Rocks are inorganic and non-living, over the years the natural shape of the rock is modeled by the waterfall. As a result the rock can be thought of as a sculptural block that embodies the power of life.
Flowers Bloom under the Waterfall in the Gorge - Ōboke Koboke
teamLab, 2016, Digitized Nature, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
This artwork consists of a waterfall projected onto a sheer cliff, and flowers projected onto the river of Koboke gorge that flows beneath it.
The world we know has been created by the powerful cycle of life, repeating endlessly on an overwhelming scale over billions of years on earth.
Water is the source of life. Flowers bloom and scatter for eternity on the surface of the water as the forcefully flowing river collides with the sides of the gorge. The flowers are born, they grow, bud, bloom, and eventually scatter, wither, and fade away. In other words, the flowers go through the cycle of birth and death eternally.
The waterfall falls over a cliff that has been formed over a long period of time by the strong flowing river that runs through the steep rock face of the gorge. The fall of the waterfall is physically calculated in relation to the actual cliff form onto which it is projected. The water is represented as a continuous body of hundreds of thousands of water particles. A computer calculates the movement and interaction of the particles to produce a simulation of water that flows in accordance with the laws of physics. Lines are drawn in relation to a selection of the particles, this collection of lines depicts a waterfall on the steep cliff of the gorge.
This artwork is in continuous change; over a period of one hour a seasonal year of flowers blossoms and scatters. Neither a prerecorded animation nor on loop, the work is rendered in real time by a computer program. Previous visual states can never be replicated, and will never reoccur.
View MoreThe world we know has been created by the powerful cycle of life, repeating endlessly on an overwhelming scale over billions of years on earth.
Water is the source of life. Flowers bloom and scatter for eternity on the surface of the water as the forcefully flowing river collides with the sides of the gorge. The flowers are born, they grow, bud, bloom, and eventually scatter, wither, and fade away. In other words, the flowers go through the cycle of birth and death eternally.
The waterfall falls over a cliff that has been formed over a long period of time by the strong flowing river that runs through the steep rock face of the gorge. The fall of the waterfall is physically calculated in relation to the actual cliff form onto which it is projected. The water is represented as a continuous body of hundreds of thousands of water particles. A computer calculates the movement and interaction of the particles to produce a simulation of water that flows in accordance with the laws of physics. Lines are drawn in relation to a selection of the particles, this collection of lines depicts a waterfall on the steep cliff of the gorge.
This artwork is in continuous change; over a period of one hour a seasonal year of flowers blossoms and scatters. Neither a prerecorded animation nor on loop, the work is rendered in real time by a computer program. Previous visual states can never be replicated, and will never reoccur.
Floating, Resonating Spheres on the Sea - Chura Sun Beach
teamLab, 2017, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
The spheres of light floating on the surface of the sea are each autonomous, shining brightly, and then disappearing—as if they are softly breathing.
When the spheres of light are touched by a person or receive an impact, the color of their light changes. The light color resonates to the spheres around them causing those spheres to change color, and in turn those spheres resonate the color to the spheres around them, the color resonating out continuously from one sphere to another.
View MoreWhen the spheres of light are touched by a person or receive an impact, the color of their light changes. The light color resonates to the spheres around them causing those spheres to change color, and in turn those spheres resonate the color to the spheres around them, the color resonating out continuously from one sphere to another.
Shimmering River of Resonating Spheres
teamLab, 2016, Interactive Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
Spheres of light float on the surface of the water of Japan’s Shinmachi River. They move on their own, shining brightly, then disappearing—as if they are softly breathing.
When the spheres of light are touched by a person or receive an impact, the color of their light changes and they emit a musical tone corresponding to their new color. They can also resonate with the spheres around them, changing to the same color and emitting the same tone, creating a chain reaction.
View MoreWhen the spheres of light are touched by a person or receive an impact, the color of their light changes and they emit a musical tone corresponding to their new color. They can also resonate with the spheres around them, changing to the same color and emitting the same tone, creating a chain reaction.