TeamLab SuperNature Macao to Open in February 2020
By ArtAsiaPacific
Sands Resorts Macao
_*Last updated November 20, 2019._
On November 15, teamLab and Sands Resorts Macao announced the February 2020 launch of teamLab SuperNature Macao, a permanent museum dedicated to the Japanese digital-media collective.
With a 5,000-square-meter footprint and eight-meter ceiling height, the museum will be housed within The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall F, and will showcase immersive and interactive works by teamLab, exploring perceptions of the world and the relationship between nature and human bodies. When explaining the motivation behind the project to _ArtAsiaPacific_, the founder of teamLab Toshiyuki Inoko said, "In the end, no matter how much humans divide things into pieces, they cannot understand the entirety. Even though what people really want to know is the world, the more they separate, the farther they become from the overall perception."
The never-before-seen projects that will be on view include _The Clouds that Self-Organize_, a floating, nebulous mass that constantly breaks down and regenerates itself as people interact with it. _Mountain of Flowers and People: Lost, Immersed and Reborn_ is a room-size installation featuring projections of seasonal flowers, rendered in real time by a computer program. The museum will also showcase the collective’s earlier works, such as _The Infinite Crystal Universe_ (2018), which evokes the cosmos through accumulated light points, and _Born From the Darkness a Loving, and Beautiful World_ (2018), comprising Chinese calligraphy and landscapes, shown on a screen that surrounds viewers.
Additionally, there will be zones dedicated to education in the museum. In “Future Park,” visitors of all ages will be able to create collaboratively with others. “Athletics Forest,” aimed at stimulating participants’ spatial awareness of the world, will offer new installations such as _Inverted Globe Graffiti Nature_, _Red List_, where illustrations of endangered wildlife will adorn the valley-like floors and ceilings of a mesmerizing space, promising a thought-provoking and sensorial experience for visitors. Through art, Inoko intended to "transcend the boundaries of our own, and of his own recognition . . . human characteristics or tendencies to recognize the continuity [of life and death]."
Previews of the museum will begin on January 21, 2020.
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