Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab supported by beachwalkers | teamLab

Name: Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab supported by beachwalkers
Start: 2016-08-17
End: 2016-08-31
Location: Shimogamo Shrine

Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab supported by beachwalkers

PAST EXHIBITION

Aug 17 - Aug 31, 2016Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto

Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab supported by beachwalkers

PAST EXHIBITION

Aug 17 - Aug 31, 2016Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto

Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, KyotoArt by teamLab supported by beachwalkers.
- A place with mysterious lights spread out over a Word Heritage Site forest -

At the World Heritage Site of the Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine, teamLab is going to exhibit the art piece "Resonating Trees – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine" by lighting up trees along the road approaching the shrine, as well as the art piece "Resonating Spheres – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine" by illuminating the inside of the tower gate.
We are pleased to announce that the event will take root as an annual traditional event which continues the long time focus of promoting the cultural value of Kyoto far and wide.

ARTWORKS

Resonating Trees – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine

The trees along the approach to the Shimogamo Shrine, a World Heritage Site shine brilliantly. Each tree’s light is autonomous, shining brightly and then fading.

As people pass nearby, the light of the trees changes color, and a tone specific to that color resonates out. The light of an individual tree spreads radially to the neighboring trees. In the same way that the light is transmitted between trees, the tone also propagates through each tree, spreading continuously.

If light resonates out from the far end of the approach, it means that there is a person or forest animal over there. Perhaps people will become more aware than usual of the presence of other living things in the same space.

Floating, Resonating Spheres - Shimogamo Shrine

Spheres of light float in the space within the Sakura Gate of Shimogamo Shrine. They move on their own, shining brightly, then disappearing—as if they are softly breathing. When the spheres of light are touched by a person or receive an impact, the color of their light changes, and they emit a musical tone unique to their new color. They can also resonate with the spheres around them, changing to the same color and emitting the same tone, creating a chain reaction.

The color of the trees near the spheres can also resonate in the same manner. The light from the trees resonates with that of the trees along the walkway beyond Sakura Gate; they, too, will change color and emit tones. The light from the trees along the walkway transmits the light of the Sakura Gate's trees beyond the gate, resonating with the nearby spheres. The spheres and the trees along the walkway can also resonate with each other beyond the gate.

As visitors move beyond the gate, they will become more aware of the other people and animals with which they share the space.

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Venue Details

Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab supported by beachwalkers

Term

Aug 17 - Aug 31, 2016

Hours

18:00 – 21:30

Admission Fee

Resonating Trees – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine: Free
Resonating Spheres – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine: JPY 500

Heads up

*When crowded, there may be some restrictions on entering the exhibition.
*Smoking is not allowed in the venue.
*Please refrain from visiting the company by car.
*Please use public transportation when coming to participate in this event.
*Please note that content is subject to change.
*In regards to the weekends- only exhibition of "Resonating Spheres – Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine"
early termination of admissions may be put into effect depending on the number of guests,
regardless of the opening time for the "Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at the World Heritage of Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Art by teamLab".

ACCESS

Address

Shimogamo shrine (Kamomioya - jinja shrine)
Shimogamo Izumikawa Cho 59, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0807

For Media

Press Kit

ARTIST

teamLab

teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. Through art, the interdisciplinary group of specialists, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world, and new forms of perception.

In order to understand the world around them, people separate it into independent entities with perceived boundaries between them. teamLab seeks to transcend these boundaries in our perceptions of the world, of the relationship between the self and the world, and of the continuity of time. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity.

teamLab’s works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;  Amos Rex, Helsinki; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul; and Asia Society Museum, New York, among others.

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Biographical Documents

teamLab is represented by Pace Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary and Ikkan Art.

Organizers

Shimogamo Shrine
W MEDIA,Inc.

Co-organizers

teamLab

Special Sponsors

beachwalkers