Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Autumn Mountain
Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Autumn Mountain
Before the modern era in Japan, complex colors born from the characteristics of silk were given descriptive names evocative of the four seasons. Such colors were called Kasane no Irome (nuances of layered colors), and were created by the combination of the lining and exterior fabric (silk was thin at the time so the color of the lining showed through the exterior fabric), gradations from overlapping colors, and blending of warp and weft.
This is an artwork about the continuity of light, which is generated as people move around freely and interact with the lamps.
When a person stands still, the lamp closest to them shines brightly, and its light continues on to the next nearest lamp. It also intersects with light born from other people.
The seemingly random arrangement of lamps in the space is mathematically derived such that, starting from any lamp, a line continuously drawn to the nearest lamp results in a single, connected path of light that passes through every lamp exactly once, like a unicursal stroke.
The light from a lamp that responds to a person always connects to its nearest neighbor, passing through every lamp once as the light propagates to all lamps in the space.
This is a work that explores the beauty of continuity itself, found in the continuous light that is born from the presence of people.
RELATED EXHIBITIONS
ON VIEW
2020.11.10(Tue) - Permanent
Mifuneyama, Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu
Permanent Solo Exhibition
ON VIEW
2025.7.18(Fri) - 11.03(Mon)
Mifuneyama, Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu
teamLab Seasonal Forest Museum
ENDED
2024.7.12(Fri) - 11.04(Mon)
Mifuneyama, Takeo Hot Springs, Kyushu
teamLab Seasonal Forest Museum
SERIES
- Forest of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Cherry Blossoms
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Azalea
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Hydrangea
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Autumn Mountain
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Spring Mountain Fields
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Snow
- Floating Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Summer Forest at Night
- Floating Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Fire
- Floating Lamps in Spontaneous Order - the Old Soy Sauce Storehouses
- Array and Spiral of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Metropolis Tokyo
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Ice Cave
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Summer Forest
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Wisteria
- Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Metropolis
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - Snow and Winter Camellia
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Spring Mountain Fields
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Cherry Blossoms
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Azalea
- Forest and Spiral of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke, Hydrangea