April is cherry blossom season in Japan.

Locals enjoy the season by spending time in parks under a canopy of blooming cherry blossoms. This Spring, there will be a new and unique way to experience the beauty of these seasonal blooms at teamLab Planets’ Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers.

From Wednesday, March 1, 2023, to Sunday, April 30, 2023, two works, Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers and Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People - Infinity, will feature cherry blossoms that bloom across the space, on view during the spring season only.

Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers, an artwork in which flowers bloom and change with the passage of time, and the universe of life spreads across the space, will be filled with cherry blossoms during this limited period. In the work Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People - Infinity, visitors walk in water, and koi swim on the surface of the infinitely expanding water. When the koi collide with people, they turn into cherry blossoms and scatter.

FLOATING IN THE FALLING IN THE UNIVERSE OF FLOWERS

A seasonal year of flowers blooming and changing with time, life spreads into the universe.
Lie down or sit still in the space, and eventually, your body floats, and you dissolve into the artwork.

Flowers grow, bud, and bloom, and in time, the petals fall, and the flowers wither and die. The cycle of birth and death continues for perpetuity.
The artwork is not a pre-recorded image; it is created by a computer program that continuously renders it in real time. As a whole, it is continuously changing, and previous visual states are never replicated. The universe at this moment in time can never be seen again.

teamLab, 2016-2018, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

DRAWING ON THE WATER SURFACE CREATED BY THE DANCE OF KOI AND PEOPLE - INFINITY

Koi swim on the surface of water that stretches out into infinity. People can walk into the water.

The movement of the koi is influenced by the presence of people in the water and other koi. When the fish collide with people, they turn into flowers and scatter. Throughout the year, the flowers that bloom will change along with the seasons.

The trajectory of the koi is determined by the presence of people and these trajectories trace lines on the surface of the water.

The work is rendered in real time by a computer program. It is neither prerecorded nor on loop. The interaction between the viewer and the installation causes continuous change in the artwork. Previous visual states can never be replicated and will never reoccur.

teamLab, 2016-2018, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

teamLab Planets is a museum where you walk through water, and a garden where you become one with the flowers. There are four massive exhibition spaces and two gardens.

By immersing your entire body with other people in these massive artworks, the boundary between the body and the artwork dissolves. The self, others, and the world become continuous, and we explore a new relationship without boundaries between ourselves and the world.

Enter barefoot, immerse your body with others in the artwork spaces, and become one with the world.

[Exhibition details]
teamLab Planets TOKYO
Location: teamLab Planets TOKYO, 6-1-16 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo

[Opening hours]
January - April
Monday - Friday 10:00 - 20:00
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 9:00 - 21:00
*March 20 (Mon), March 22 (Wed) - March 24 (Fri) 9:00 - 21:00
*March 25 (Sat) - April 2 (Sun) 9:00 - 22:00
*April 29 (Sat), April 30 (Sun) 9:00 - 22:00
*Last entry 1 hour before closing

[Closed]
February 9 (Thu), March 2 (Thu), April 13 (Thu)

*Opening hours are subject to change. Please check the official website for the latest details.