teamLab: Blurring the Boundaries between Art and Science

My Lizard Painting

Yesterday, we visited MORI building digital art museum: teamLab Borderless (This name is quite long and too hard to remember in the right order :P) which was opened recently in Odaiba... to make Odaiba, or Tokyo for that matter, even greater! 

Even though some exhibits look a bit trivial in the beginning, (I felt that the exhibition ticket was somewhat over priced, although it was at discounted price and regardless of the fact that we did not pay for it), a second thought after further reading made me feel so overwhelmed, impressed and fascinated about the extent of innovation, creativity and philosophical thoughts that they have put together in to each piece of art.

This museum gives us a great feel of how digital involvement can nicely complement the traditional forms of art and overcome their inherent limitations. The museum is based on few great concepts. One such concept that highly captivated my curious (... well, about perception, in its all forms) mind is their notion on ultra subjective space. Comparing that concept with the western perspective of paintings and ancient Japanese spatial recognition made the idea even more lucrative.

If you are planning to visit this museum, I highly recommend that  you understand those concepts before you visit the museum, in addition to other "things you should read before you visit", to make your museum experience even better.

On the other hand, some activities were quite fun too. Look at how I painted a cute lizard and the way it came alive a little later with all those "natural lizard like moves"!