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LIGHTING THE WAY
With a huge new immersive art space under construction on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island and a permanent museum taking shape in Jeddah, teamLab is changing the face of immersive digital art. Magali Robathan speaks to the team behind the magic
S
ince 2001, art collective teamLab has
and Macau, with their teamLab Borderless
been creating jaw-dropping digital
Tokyo museum relocating to Azabudai Hills
art installations. Their interactive
in central Tokyo – due to open next year.
exhibitions involve the viewer in the artworks – over the years visitors
teamlab Phenomena Abu Dhabi – a huge 17,000sq m multisensory art space on Saadiyat
worldwide have watched waterfalls part at
Island – is set to complete construction
their feet, birds fly from their dinner plates and
in 2024, and will sit alongside the Louvre
flowers bloom and then wither as they pass.
Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
While the early years saw teamLab create art
A further permanent teamLab museum is being
in relative obscurity, the past decade has seen
constructed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of a
the collective become increasingly well known,
collaboration with the Saudi Ministry of Culture.
with major exhibitions around the world. In 2021,
teamLab Borderless Jeddah will be located on
teamLab Borderless Tokyo was announced
the Al Arbaeen Lagoon overlooking the old town,
as the most visited single-artist museum in
and will feature more than 50 artworks, with
the world. The collective now has permanent
a brand new installation created for Jeddah.
exhibition spaces in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore
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Here the collective answer our questions.