teamLab: Continuous Life and Death at the Now of Eternity | teamLab

꽃이 끝없이 피고 지며, 탄생과 죽음을 영원히 거듭한다.

현실의 시간의 흐름에 따라 피어나는 꽃들이 계절에 맞춰 하루하루 모습을 바꾸어 간다. 작품 속 세상은, 설치된 장소에 해가 뜨면 밝아지고,, 해가 지면 따라서 어두워진다.
감상자가 존재하는 현실의 시간, 도시의 시간, 꽃의 탄생과 죽음이 반복되는 시간, 각각의 다른 시간이 신체, 도시, 그리고 작품 세계에 이어져 교차하고 중첩된다. 작품 공간에 서로 다른 시공이 겹쳐진다.
작품은 컴퓨터 프로그램에 의해 실시간으로 그려져 간다. 사전에 기록된 영상을 재생하는 방식이 아니며 이전의 상태가 되풀이되는 경우도 없다. 사람들의 움직임의 영향을 받아들여 끝없이 변화해 간다. 지금 이 순간의 장면은 두 번 다시 볼 수 없다.

All oceans are connected to each other, and so are all the waves in this world.

In classical East Asian art, waves are often expressed using a combination of lines. These waves created by lines allow us to realize that each wave is one part of a larger flow, and conveys life as though the waves are a living entity.

When the waves rise, we can feel a powerful breath of life, as though life is blooming. It feels as though each wave has a life of its own. But when the waves collapse and disappear, we realize, with a sense of fragility, that they were a part of the ocean. And that ocean is connected to all of the other oceans. In other words, all of the waves in the world are connected to each other.
The waves seem alive because life is like a rising wave. It is a miraculous phenomenon that continuously emerges from a single, continuous ocean.

The waves are expressed through a continuous body of countless water particles. The interactions of particles are calculated, and then the movement of water is simulated in three-dimensional space. Lines are created along the trajectories of the water particles, and drawn on the surface layer of the three-dimensional waves.
The lines are created with what teamLab refers to as Ultrasubjective Space. In contrast to space that is created through, or cut out by, lenses and perspective, Ultrasubjective Space does not fix the viewer’s viewpoint and in turn frees the body. The wall that the waves are seen on does not become a boundary between the viewer and the artwork, and the artwork space is continuous with the space of the viewer’s body.

Enso is the Zen practice of drawing a circle with a single brush stroke. This artwork depicts an Enso drawn as Spatial Calligraphy. The brush stroke is suspended in space but the viewpoint changes to reveal the circle Enso. teamLab has been working on Spatial Calligraphy since the collective formed. A new interpretation of traditional calligraphy, Spatial Calligraphy reconstructs calligraphy in three-dimensional space and expresses the depth, speed and power of the brush stroke.

In Zen, Enso is a circle that has since ancient times been written with canes or sticks in midair. It is said to represent enlightenment, truth, the entirety of the universe, and equality. The circle also reflects the hearts and minds of those who view it, with its interpretation left to the individual.

In the background, cherry blossoms bloom and scatter, the cycle of life repeats. From the center of the background a circle is born which increases in size with a constant rhythm. Depending on the circle the light and darkness of the background world changes.