'Resonating Life in the Acorn Forest', the latest teamLab project
A couple of years ago the teamLab art collective surprised us with a forest of lamps which was housed in the world's first digital art museum: Borderless Art, located in Tokyo.
Now they are some small ovoid sculptures those that have dotted the Japanese nature, lighting up Musashino Woods Park every night , a beautiful enclave located west of tokyo where oaks and others grow broadleaf deciduous trees -Common in Japan since the Jōmon period (14,500 BC - 300 BC-.
An interactive exhibition that leaves all its visitors speechless
the name of this interactive exhibition , of which teamLab is also the architect, is 'Resonating Life in the Acorn Forest' (whose translation means: 'The life that resonates in the acorn forest').
Thanks to this innovative initiative, this bucolic green space of the Japanese city of Musashino has been converted into an open-air art gallery whose elements they change their appearance constantly due to presence of people.
Wonderful!
An interaction that, of course, is Respectful with the environment : 'Resonating Life in the Acorn Forest' is a digitized art project that, through the use of technology, has achieved transform nature into a true work of art without having a physical impact on it.
When the sun rises, the ovoids become a mirror that reflects the beauty of the environment that surrounds them and, when they are pushed along the way -either by a person or by the wind-, release a tone that is repeated by the ovoids that are around, thus creating a chain melody.
At night, the savoir faire of the artistic group has managed to make this forest a magical place: the ovoids that are pushed not only emit sounds, but also begin to radiate colored lights that change depending on the type of tone emitted -coming to be dyed up to 57 different shades-.
On the contrary, when the breeze is calm and people do not interact with them, the sculptures just blink slowly.
“When we appreciate a light reflected in the trees from a distance, it will mean that there is presence of people . Thanks to this experience, perhaps people will be more aware of the existence of other beings in the same space”, concludes teamLab.
Ovoids emit both sound and light
the display landed last July at Musashino Woods Park , which is part of the recently inaugurated Kadokawa Culture Museum and what is home to ripe acorns every fall -season of the year during which it is worth visiting-, to stay permanently.
Tickets can be purchased on the Musashino Woods Park website or on site during exhibition opening hours.
a magical picture