Future World:
Where Art Meets Science

This immersive and interactive installation explores the impact of people and time on the world around us.

Multiple seasons exist simultaneously, changing gradually across the installation space. The seasonal flowers repeat the cycle of life and death in perpetuity, and the places where they grow change.

Continuous Life and Death responds to visitors’ actions, the real flow of time in the location, and the life cycle and seasonality of the flowers. It is a constantly evolving world where different spaces and times intersect and overlap.

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 images you see at this moment can never be seen again.

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When a person moves, a ‘flow’ is born, and that flow creates an influence that extends far and wide. The movement of other people will likewise create a flow, coming together and creating a vortex.

When people stop moving, or if people leave the space, the flow will eventually disappear and nothing will exist in the space.

The flow in the artwork is expressed as a continuum of particles and lines that are drawn in three-dimensional space according to the trajectories of those particles. The accumulation of lines that represent the work are then flattened according to what teamLab calls Ultrasubjective Space, producing a lifelike portrayal of water which responds to the physical presence of people.

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Seasonal flowers bloom and slowly change. Animals are born from those flowers. The flowers continue to bloom and die in an eternal cycle, forming the shapes of animals.

When visitors touch the animals, the flower petals scatter. If visitors touch the animals too much, all of the flowers will scatter, and the animals will die and fade away.

Like Continuous Life and Death, the artwork is created by a computer program that continuously renders the work in real time. The images you see at this moment can never be seen again.

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A playful and colourful interactive artwork that is projected onto a slide.

Visitors become a beam of life-giving sunlight, and as they glide down the slope, their energy is transferred to the fruit field, causing flowers and fruit to blossom and grow. As the different elements interact in the field, new seeds are sown, leading to new life.

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An interactive artwork showcasing water’s properties as it flows down a slope.

As visitors climb the steps up the hill, they impart energy to the water, causing the flowing stream to break apart into bouncing water droplets. This highlights how water behaves differently in its various forms, changing dynamically in response to its environment.

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The little people are a community of miniature characters interacting with one another, paying little attention to the world outside.

However, when you place your hand or an object on the table, the little people will notice and respond. Their actions change according to the shape and colour of the objects, becoming more animated as more objects are added to their world.

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Inside the world of the wall, a community of little people run around inside, oblivious to us.

However, when you attach various stamps of mushrooms, sheep barns or long sticks of ice to the wall, these objects materialise in the world of the little people. Watch the little people happily slide, jump, climb and play with the objects in delight.

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Create a picture by drawing lines with a light pen or make shapes with a light stamp. See your artwork come alive in the little people’s world, where each colour holds a special power.

Draw with those around you and experiment with lots of stamps. Together, you can create a new world in the little people’s universe, granting them various powers and fuelling their playful energy.

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This iconic installation features a digitally rendered, aquatic world of underwater animals.

Participants of all ages use their imagination to create fantastic and colourful sea creatures on paper. They are then digitally scanned and brought to life to swim freely in the aquarium where they live.

The sea creatures transcend the physical boundaries of the museum and swim out into exhibitions around the world. Similarly, sea creatures drawn in other parts of the world may appear and swim into the Sketch Aquarium: Connected World right in front of you.

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These two artworks explore the idea that all living things are connected. Life extends beyond the physical body, weaving a cosmic tapestry with nature. As we live, we continuously exchange energy with the world, shaping our surroundings.

These artworks visualise this energy flow, revealing the interconnectedness of existence and its environment. Much like an ocean vortex, life is a dynamic phenomenon that emerges from and is sustained by the flow of energy and matter.

In  Dissipative Figures – 1000 Birds, Light in Dark, the motion of birds is visualised through the energy they release into the air, rendering their presence as fluid, luminous traces.

In  Dissipative Figures – Human, Light in Dark, the energy dissipated by a human figure is depicted as ethereal light, embodying the essence of life itself.

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In Sketch Umwelt World, visitors are invited to colour their own aeroplane, butterfly, dolphin or hawk on the paper provided and see their creations appear digitally in the artwork.

Visitors can then use provided tablet devices provided to experience the world from the perspective of the animal or aeroplane that they drew. Aeroplanes represent human vision, butterflies have a 340-degree field of vision, dolphins perceive the world mostly through echolocation, and hawks can focus their vision on two things at once.

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Aerial Climbing is an interactive artwork created from horizontal bars of varying colours, projection, coloured light and sound. Suspended by rope, the bars appear to float in space. People can use these bars to navigate carefully through the artwork. The bars are linked, so every movement will affect other bars and also the people who are standing on them. Everyone’s experience will differ depending on the route chosen and how many other people are climbing at the same time. The artwork explores the aerial dance of swooping, intricately coordinated patterns of birds in the sky, a phenomenon known as murmuration.

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