[Official] teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka | teamLab Night Open-Air Museum

2022.07.29(Fri) - PermanenteNagai Botanical Garden, Osaka

Before You Visit
This exhibition is a night open-air museum, featuring a collection of artworks that use the plants, lake, and the ecosystems and environment of Nagai Botanical Garden.

2022.07.29(Fri) - PermanenteNagai Botanical Garden, Osaka

Before You Visit
This exhibition is a night open-air museum, featuring a collection of artworks that use the plants, lake, and the ecosystems and environment of Nagai Botanical Garden.

Contours of a Life-like Existence
Nagai Botanical Garden is an outdoor botanical garden in Osaka that opened in 1974. It is located inside Nagai Park that opened in 1944 as an urban park that includes facilities such as a baseball stadium. Nagai Botanical Garden stretches over an area of 240,000-sqm with a large lake in the center, and its flora change with the seasons throughout the year.

50 years since its opening, the garden is now home to many wild birds, such as Northern goshawks and owls, which are placed at the top of the food chain and thus dependent on a healthy ecosystem to exist. In the middle of the city, this man-made botanical park and its lake sustain the ecosystem together with humans, as a man-made ecosystem within the city that includes human beings. 

Where are the contours of the existence of life?

Objects like stones and man-made creations maintain a stable structure on their own. A stone can continue to exist in a closed box, sealed off from the outside world, but life cannot sustain its existence in such a box because it does not maintain an independent structure.

Life is like a vortex created in the ocean. If a vortex is taken out of the ocean and placed in a closed box, the vortex will disappear. The vortex cannot maintain a stable structure on its own; rather, it is created and sustained by water that continuously flows inwards and outwards. The vortex is an existence within the flow, and the contour of its existence is ambiguous.

The same is true of life. It consumes external matter and energy as food and discharges it, sustaining its ordered structure as the energy dissipates. Life does not exist by itself; rather, it is the environment that is continuous with it that maintains the structure of life. In other words, the contour of life’s existence is not a physical, bodily boundary, but an ambiguous one that includes the continuity with its environment. Life is not defined by physical borders. Life is continuous with its environment, an existence whose boundaries are ambiguous.

teamLab’s art project Digitized Nature explores how nature can become art. The concept of the project is that non-material digital technology can turn nature into art without harming it. 

As the artworks in this exhibition are influenced by the trees and birds that live in the garden, if the wildlife disappear, the artworks will also disappear. The trees and birds cannot be separated from the ecosystem such as the garden’s forest or lake, so if the environment is not sustained, the trees and birds will cease to exist, and as a consequence, the artworks as well. The artworks’ existence is not defined by their physical surface boundaries, but is continuous and ambiguous with its surrounding environment.

The artworks transform interactively, influenced by wind, rain, as well as by the behavior of the people in it, making the environment and the people a part of the works. The people and the artworks, the trees, the forest and the lake, the ecosystem and the environment, all form a continuity without boundaries.

teamLab aims to explore an environment where human perception expands from the artwork itself to the environment.

O QUE HÁ DE NOVO

SAZONALFrom Dec 17
Floating, Resonating Spheres
SAZONALFrom Nov 24
Multicolored shining lamps on view
Floating Resonating Lamps on Oike Lake - Ambiguous Colors

SAZONALFrom Dec 17

Floating, Resonating Spheres

SAZONALFrom Nov 24

Multicolored shining lamps on view

Floating Resonating Lamps on Oike Lake - Ambiguous Colors

OBRAS

Sculptures of Dissipative Birds in the Wind

Life is not defined by physical borders. Life is continuous with its environment, an existence whose boundaries are ambiguous.

The giant sculptures in this artwork depict the continuous dissipation of energy into the environment by the birds that fly around them.

When birds fly, that energy affects the environment, such as the flow of air.
The wind blowing and the birds flying at the present moment, and the memories of birds that flew by from sunrise to sunset overlap. The sculptures depict the energy dissipated into the world by the birds.

If birds do not fly around the artwork, the sculptures will dissolve into the darkness, as though the artwork is non-existent.Therefore, iIn order to create an environment on the lake’s island that is favorable for birds, flora was planted to attract insects that birds could feed on. The sculptures are created by the birds that gather around the flora. The existence of both the birds and insects, however, is not sustained only by the flora of the island, but rather by the larger ecosystem made up of the forest and lake of the vast botanical garden.

The sculptures themselves transcend the physical boundaries of existence; they are continuous and ambiguous with the surrounding environment.

SAZONALFrom Dec 17

Floating, Resonating Spheres

* In the event of strong winds, the artwork may not be exhibited. 
* On view until 9pm.
The spheres of light are autonomous. When a person touches a sphere, or when the wind blows it, its color changes, and it emits a sound tone unique to that color. One after another, the surrounding spheres successively change to the same color and emit the same tone.
When there is no wind, and nobody touches the spheres of light, they begin to blink slowly.

Walk, Walk, Walk - Secondary Forest

A group of anonymous and diverse figures walk along the trees in the forest.
Viewers will make choices, as they confront the figures.
The Zen expression “Hoho kore dojo” says every step is a place to learn. The figures of the artwork walk endlessly while confronting new situations. Confronting new figures one after another, people also make choices along their own path.
The artwork is not a pre-recorded image that is played back: it is created by a computer program that continuously renders the work in real time. Previous visual states can never be replicated, and will never reoccur. The picture at this moment can never be seen again.

Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Solidified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn

A camellia garden filled with ovoids that transform from day to night.
Under the sun, the ovoids reflect the world around them.As the sun sets, the ovoids begin to shine by themselves. When an ovoid is pushed by a person, blown by the wind, or hit by rain, it shines brightly and produces a tone as it rises back up on its own. The surrounding ovoids respond one after another, resonating and emitting the same tone and light color.
The ovoids begin to flicker slowly when the wind is quiet and people do not push them.The ovoids can change into a total of 61 newly-defined Solidified Light Colors.

Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Liquified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn

A camellia garden where the ovoids transform from day to night.
Under the sun, the ovoids reflect the world around them.As the sun sets, the ovoids begin to shine by themselves. When an ovoid is pushed by a person, blown by the wind, or hit by rain, it shines brightly and produces a tone as it rises back up on its own. The surrounding ovoids also respond one after another, resonating and emitting the same tone and light color.They then continue to spread to the nearby Resonating Common Camellia Garden, which transforms into the same light color and produces the same tone.
The ovoids begin to flicker slowly when the wind is quiet and people do not push them.The ovoids can change into a total of 57 newly-defined Liquified Light Colors.

Resonating Common Camellia Garden

The trees in the camellia garden shine brightly. The light of each tree is autonomous, blinking slowly.
The light transmitted from Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Liquified Light Color causes the trees’ lights to change color and produce a tone specific to that color. The tree’s light spreads to the surrounding trees one by one, continuously resonating with  the same tone.
If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.

Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life - Eucalyptus

The densely packed ovoids of light, standing in the Eucalyptus park, are autonomous. When an ovoid is pushed over by people moving through or blown down by the wind, it rises back up as the color of its light changes and emits a tone specific to that color. The surrounding ovoids respond one after another, resonating and emitting the same tone and light color.
When the wind is not blowing and the people nearby are not interacting with the ovoids, their lights begin to blink slowly.

If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.

SAZONALFrom Nov 24

Floating Resonating Lamps on Oike Lake - Ambiguous Colors

Each of the lamps on the Oike Lake’s surface floats autonomously. When a person stands still near a lamp, or when the wind blows a lamp, it changes color as it shines brightly and produces a tone. The light of that lamp spreads to nearby lamps one by one, as they resonate with the same tone, continuing on to the trees on the islet in the center of the lake. If light approaches from the other side it signifies the presence of people there, making people more aware of the existence of others in the same space.

When the wind is not blowing and people are not nearby, the lamps begin to blink slowly.

Before the modern era in Japan, ambiguous colors born from the characteristics of silk were given descriptive names evocative of the four seasons. Such colors were called Kasane no Irome (nuances of layered colors), and were created by the combination of the lining and exterior fabric (silk was thin at the time so the color of the lining showed through the exterior fabric) and gradations from overlapping colors. Since the colors of the lamps are produced by light, the lamps can create ambiguous colors similar to Kasane no Irome, such as light in water, sunlight on water plants, morning glow, morning sky, sky at twilight, peach, plum, iris, and spring maple.

Concrete and Abstract - Secondary Forest Entrance

This artwork is located at the entrance of a forest called Nagai Satoyama.
When people stop inside the artwork space, a new set of lines is born and spreads across the space.The combination of the lines turns the trees into flattened layers.

Universe of Fire Particles in the Forest - Secondary Forest

The flames of Universe of Fire Particles in the Forest - Secondary Forest change shape due to a dark, absolute presence.
Flames are a phenomenon of light and heat generated by combustion; it is a vaporized substance in a flow, a decomposed substance. It is our sensory experience of seeing what is in between phenomenon and substance. We perceive this sensory experience of the flame as a physical object, and at times feel that life resides within it.
Lines are drawn in relation to the flow of combusting gas, and the flames are created by the accumulation of those lines in three dimensions. The lines are then “flattened” using what teamLab considers to be Ultrasubjective Space to represent the flames.
teamLab is exploring the concept of Distributed Art.If you launch the Distributed Fire smartphone application and approach this artwork, the flame will ignite in your phone, and you will be able to take the artwork home with you. When you bring that flame close to another person's smartphone, a flame will similarly alight in their phone. As you connect the flame, and they connect that flame with someone else, the flame will spread all over the world. The distributed flames are displayed on the Map of The Flame.
Distributed Art duplicates itself, or a part of an artwork is distributed among people. Then, once in the hands of the people, the artwork is further actively distributed, and also makes copies of itself. The artworks will be distributed and exist on people's networks and become decentralized. When the artwork exists on the network, it continues to exist even if the original disappears.

Forest Path - Secondary Forest

The musical experience changes depending on the pace at which you walk through the forest.

Field of Light Color - Muhlenbergia Capillaris

The meadow of Muhlenbergia capillaris grasses shine brightly.

When people stand still near them, they shine more brightly and produce a tone. The light then radiates out, spreading to nearby Muhlenbergia capillaris as they resonate with the same tone.

If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.

Life is Continuous Light - Bald Cypress

The cypresses connecting the Nagai Botanical Garden entrance to the Oike Lake shine brightly.
When people pass by the cypresses, they shine more brightly and produce a tone. The light of that tree then radiates out, spreading to nearby cypresses as they resonate with the same tone. If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.

Resonating Crape Myrtles

The crape myrtles along the Oike Lake banks shine brightly.
When people pass by the crape myrtles, they shine more brightly and produce a tone. The light of that tree then radiates out, spreading to nearby crape myrtles as they resonate with the same tone. If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.

VENUE MAP

There is no set route. Please walk around the exhibition freely

Ampliar

A-1
Life is Continuous Light - Bald Cypress
A-2
Resonating Crape Myrtles
B-1
Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Liquified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn
B-2
Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Solidified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn
B-3
Resonating Common Camellia Garden
C-1
Sculptures of Dissipative Birds in the Wind
D-1
Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life - Eucalyptus
E-1
Concrete and Abstract - Secondary Forest Entrance
E-2
Walk, Walk, Walk - Secondary Forest
E-3
Forest Path - Secondary Forest
E-4
Universe of Fire Particles in the Forest - Secondary Forest
F-1
Floating Resonating Lamps on Oike Lake - Ambiguous Colors
F-2
Field of Light Color - Muhlenbergia Capillaris
G1
Floating, Resonating Spheres

A-1
Life is Continuous Light - Bald Cypress
A-2
Resonating Crape Myrtles
B-1
Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Liquified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn
B-2
Resonating Microcosms in the Common Camellia Garden - Solidified Light Color, Dusk to Dawn
B-3
Resonating Common Camellia Garden
C-1
Sculptures of Dissipative Birds in the Wind
D-1
Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life - Eucalyptus
E-1
Concrete and Abstract - Secondary Forest Entrance
E-2
Walk, Walk, Walk - Secondary Forest
E-3
Forest Path - Secondary Forest
E-4
Universe of Fire Particles in the Forest - Secondary Forest
F-1
Floating Resonating Lamps on Oike Lake - Ambiguous Colors
F-2
Field of Light Color - Muhlenbergia Capillaris
G1
Floating, Resonating Spheres

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Distributed Fire

Light the Flame
When you launch this app and approach Universe of Fire Particles in the Forest - Secondary Forest, your flame will ignite and you can take the artwork home with you.

Share the Flame
If you approach other people with the app, you can share your flame with them.

See the Map of the Flame
The flames that are shared and spread, as well as the flames shared and spread by you, are displayed on the map in the app.

VISITE

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Before You Visit
* The venue is dark and has many rough roads. Wear comfortable shoes such as sneakers.
* To avoid mosquito bites, wear long sleeves and long pants to avoid skin exposure, and use insect repellent.
* The park is huge. Give yourself enough time to explore.

・Venue Map
See here.

Detalhes do local

teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka

Duração

2022.07.29(Fri) - Permanente

Horas

2024.12.1(Sun) - 1.31(Fri) 18:00 - 21:30
2025.2.1(Sat) - 2.17(Mon) 18:15 - 21:30
2025.2.18(Tue) - 3.9(Sun) 18:30 - 21:30
2025.3.10(Mon) - 3.31(Mon) 18:45 - 21:30
2025.4.1(Tue) - 4.20(Sun) 19:00 - 21:30
2025.4.21(Mon) - 5.6(Tue) 19:15 - 21:30
2025.5.7(Wed) - 6.1(Sun) 19:30 - 21:30
2025.6.2(Mon) - 7.31(Thu) 19:15 - 21:30
*Last entry at 20:30
*Hours vary depending on the season.
*Tickets for March will be available in January.

Fechado

irregular

Dec 16, 2024
Jan 1, 2025
Jan 2, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
Feb 12, 2025 ~ Feb 18, 2025

Website

Nagai Park

Acesso

Local

Nagai Botanical Garden
1-23 Nagaikoen, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka

Endereço no idioma local:

大阪市長居植物園
大阪市東住吉区長居公園1-23

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By Train

- Nagai Station on the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line. 10 minutes from Exit 3.
- Nagai Station on the JR Hanwa Line. 12 minutes from the East Exit.
- Tsurugaoka Station on the JR Hanwa Line. 15 minutes from the East Exit.
- Harinakano Station on the Kintetsu Minami-Osaka Line. 20 minutes from the West Exit.

By Bus

- 5 minutes from the Nagai Higashi stop on City Bus No. 4 headed for Deto Terminal.

*Please use public transportation as the parking lots in Nagai Park are expected to be crowded.

PERGUNTAS FREQUENTES

About Ticket

Will tickets be available on the day？

Tickets are not available at the venue, however, if they are not sold out they will be available for purchase on the official ticketing website.

Where can I buy tickets?

1. Via the official ticketing website
Credit cards are accepted.

2. Via playguides (ticket agencies)
The following playguides accept cash and other payment methods.
Please refer to the respective playguides for more information.
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・In general, tickets cannot be canceled or changed once purchased. However, the date can be changed for tickets directly purchased from the official ticketing website.
The date of the ticket may be changed up to 3 times. To do so, select 'Modify ticket date' displayed on the QR ticket and follow the procedure. Changes can be made up to 21:00 of the indicated date.

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　- Changing to a date that is not yet available for purchase
　- Changing to a date with a revised price

Do I need to print my ticket?

1. If you own a smartphone, tablet, or similar device
You do not need to print your ticket. Access the URL from your confirmation email and display the ticket screen at the entrance.

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Print your ticket from the "Print your ticket" button, available from 0:00AM of the reservation date.

Where can I view my purchased tickets?

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If you have not received this email, please contact us via the contact form here.

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INGRESSOS

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*Dynamic pricing system is in place.
*Only same-day tickets will be sold on site and may sell out.
*Adults +200 yen, children and persons with disabilities +100 yen if purchased on site.

Adults

16 and above

JPY 1,800

Children

6 - 15 years

JPY 500

Disability Discount

Discounted tickets are available for holders of a disability certificate, along with up to one accompanying person. Each person must have a ticket to enter.

JPY 900

Preschool Children

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Regarding ticket purchase
・Tickets will be sold only on the day of the event and may sell out. Also, prices vary.

・In general, tickets cannot be canceled or changed once purchased. However, the date can be changed for tickets directly purchased from the official ticketing website.

The date of the ticket may be changed up to 3 times. To do so, select 'Modify ticket date' displayed on the QR ticket and follow the procedure. Changes can be made up to 21:00 of the indicated date.

The ticket date cannot be changed in the following cases:

　- The date has already been changed 3 times

　- Changing to a different type of ticket

　- Changing to date that has sold out or has insufficient tickets left

　- Changing the date for a portion of tickets within a multiple-ticket purchase

　- Changing to multiple dates within a multiple-ticket purchase

　- Changing to a date that is not yet available for purchase

　- Changing to a date with a revised price

Tickets are date-specific, and may sell out.

・Prices include tax.

・Visitors with a disability certificate:

Discounted tickets are available for holders of a disability certificate, along with one accompanying person.

(Children's tickets cannot be further discounted, however, the accompanying adult is eligible for a discounted ticket if the child holds a disability certificate.)

The disability certificate will be requested at the entrance gate, so please make sure that the accompanying person enters at the same time.

The disability certificate can be issued by any country.

The Mirailo ID app can be accepted in place of a Disability Certificate.

- Children (middle school and below) must be accompanied by an adult who is 18 years old or above. There must be one accompanying adult for every three children, including children eligible for free entry.

- Children under 5 years old may enter for free.

- The opening time of the venue may change with prior notice on the ticket purchase page.

Notice to Visitors
・The venue cannot be held liable for visitors’ injury, loss, or other problems that may occur.

・Reselling tickets is prohibited. A ticket that has been resold will not allow entry to the venue. The venue cannot be held responsible for any problems with resold tickets.

・Certain artworks may not be available due to large crowds or maintenance.

・Artworks or artwork specifications may vary by season.

・The exhibition may be canceled due to circumstances of the venue.

・The exhibition may be (temporarily) canceled in case of inclement weather warnings such as severe wind, rain, and thunderstorms.

Please stay away from trees and evacuate to the nearest building if lightning strikes during opening hours.

・The exhibition may be canceled in case of earthquakes that are 4 or above on the seismic intensity scale.

・The exhibition may be canceled in case of bad weather that puts visitors' safety at risk at the venue.

Cancellation will be announced on the venue's official website and social media.

・Tickets can be refunded only if the venue has an unscheduled closure.

・Transportation costs to this venue will not be reimbursed even if the venue has an unscheduled closure.

・Please come to the entrance at the admission time indicated on the ticket and wait in line.

・There is no limit on the duration of your stay at the venue after admission.

・Re-entry is not permitted.

・During busy periods, you may be required to wait outside before entry.

Please come with appropriate preparation against heat exhaustion or the cold depending on the season.

・If you would like to leave the line temporarily, please make sure that someone in your party stays behind.

・Animals are not allowed at the venue excluding assistance dogs.

・Please look after your own personal belongings. The venue will not not be liable for any stolen or lost items.

・The venue is dark with uneven and unsteady footing in many places. Be aware of your own actions as well as those around you. If you are with young children, please watch over them closely for their safety.

・There are many unpaved areas at the venue, so comfortable footwear such as sneakers is recommended. Please refrain from wearing clothes that expose a lot skin to avoid insect bites.

・The artworks may produce flashing lights and loud sounds.

・Wheelchair users may enter the venue but they may not enter or experience some artworks that are impassable to wheelchairs to ensure safety. For more information, please call the main phone number.

For environmental conservation, please take your garbage home with you.

・Media filming may take place without prior notice. If you do not wish to be featured in the coverage, please inform our staff.

・You may be asked to provide identification upon entry.

Examples: driver's licence, health insurance card, student card, passport, My Number card, any identification that provides valid proof of your name and age.

About baggage
・Prohibited Items

　Food & alcoholic beverages

　Items that exceed 50cm

　Hazardous items, items with strong smells, fresh flowers, etc.

　Drinks with no caps.

　Any other items deemed to be dangerous by staff.

・You cannot enter with large luggage such as carry-on bags. Please leave them elsewhere before coming.

・Please refrain from entering the premises with things on your person that may affect other visitors' viewing experience, such as flashing shoes, flashing bracelets or glow sticks.

The following is prohibited
・Visitors who are ill or drunk will not be allowed entry.

・Taking photos and videos are allowed but please be careful not to cause inconvenience to other visitors.

・Use of flash photography and drones is prohibited.

・Use of monopods, tripods, selfie sticks, etc is prohibited.

・Filming or photography for commercial purposes is not permitted without prior consent.

・Please do not touch the projectors, sensors, lights, and other equipment for safety reasons.

・Do not bring food into the venue (including candy and gum). Only drinks are allowed.

・Fire is strictly prohibited at the venue. No smoking allowed.

・Please do not enter areas that are fenced off (including ponds) as well as vegatation areas.

・Please do not pick the plants.

・Please do not feed the animals or birds.

・Please do not enter areas where entry is prohibited.

・Please follow the staff's instructions. Visitors that do not follow them may be escorted out of the premisis.

NOTÍCIAS

Featured on yahoo!finance, 2022/11/5

Art collective teamLab Brings Immersive Nighttime Art Experience to Botanical Garden in Osaka

teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka, the Collective’s Latest Outdoor Museum, is an Ever-Changing World of Art Created by the Natural Environment and Seasonal Flora OSAKA, Japan, November 04, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka is a botanical garden by day, and an art space by night, created by the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab, known for their record-breaking museum teamLab Borderless. Unveiled over the summer at Nagai Botanical Garden in Osaka, teamLab Botanical Garden is the collective’s latest permanent open-air museum that begins to glow as the sun sets.

Featured on MY MODERN MET, 2022/05/12

Immersive Installation Takes Over a Japanese Botanical Garden Turning It Into a Surreal Dreamscape

Art collective group teamLab is known for transforming natural settings through unexpected and noninvasive means. After finishing their exhibition at Kairakuen Gardens in Okiyama, teamLab is setting up a new dreamscape in the Nagai Botanical Gardens in Osaka, which is set to debut this summer, 2022.(Excerpt from the text)

Featured on Time Out, 2022/05/11

teamLab is taking over a botanical garden in Osaka and it looks surreal

While Tokyo’s teamLab Borderless is set to close this August, the art collective has more than a few tricks up its sleeve for the coming months. This summer, for instance, teamLab is set to open a permanent after-dark exhibition at Osaka’s Nagai Park. (Excerpt from the text)

ARTISTA

teamLab

teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. Through art, the interdisciplinary group of specialists, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world, and new forms of perception.

In order to understand the world around them, people separate it into independent entities with perceived boundaries between them. teamLab seeks to transcend these boundaries in our perceptions of the world, of the relationship between the self and the world, and of the continuity of time. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity.

teamLab’s works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;  Amos Rex, Helsinki; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul; and Asia Society Museum, New York, among others.

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Biographical Documents

teamLab is represented by Pace Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary and Ikkan Art.

Organizadores

teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka LLC

Patrocinadores

Osaka University of Arts

Suporte

OSAKA CITY, Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau, YANMAR Holdings Co., Ltd., Osaka Metro Co., Ltd, Kintetsu Railway Co.,Ltd., West Japan Railway Company

Cooperation

Osaka Sports and Greenery Foundation