Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at the World Heritage Site of Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab – TOKIO INKARAMI | teamLab

Name: Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at the World Heritage Site of Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab – TOKIO INKARAMI
Start: 2018-08-17
End: 2018-09-02
Location: Shimogamo Shrine

PAST EXHIBITION

Aug 17 - Sep 02, 2018Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto

*No parking is available. Please take public transportation(Demachiyanagi Station).
*Admission will be granted based on crowd size. Please be forewarned.

PAST EXHIBITION

Aug 17 - Sep 02, 2018Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto

*No parking is available. Please take public transportation(Demachiyanagi Station).
*Admission will be granted based on crowd size. Please be forewarned.

Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab – TOKIO INKARAMI

- The World Heritage Site of the Forest of Tadasu at Shimogamo Shrine -

teamLab’s Digitized Nature art project uses non-material digital art to transform nature into art, without having a physical impact on it.

Tadasu Forest has been turned into an art space with the installations Resisting and Resonating Ovoids and Forest and Floating, Resonating Spheres – Shimogamo Shrine, the road approaching Shimogamo shrine and the tower gate become light artworks that are changed by people’s presence.

Story behind TOKIO INKARAMI's contribution

With the concept of "delivering Japanese beauty and culture to the world," we fuse opposing elements like technology and nature, progress and tradition, or strength and beauty, and cherish the balance between them while we work to create a global beauty culture.

We are now supporting the activities of teamLab, a driving force in the international art scene. We resonate with their conviction that "digital concepts spread beauty."

At IFing Co., Ltd., Dr. Jr. Division, TOKIO INKARAMI, we will always strive to use art to preserve culture and tradition throughout the generations while introducing Japanese aesthetic sensibilities to the world.

IFing Co., Ltd.

ARTWORKS

Resonating Forest and Autonomous Resonating Life - Tadasu Forest at Shimogamo Shrine

The ovoids of light, placed in the Tadasu Forest of the Shimogamo Shrine World Heritage site, shine brightly together with the trees of the forest. The light of the ovoids and the light of the trees are autonomous: they shine brightly and then fade slowly, as if breathing.
When an ovoid is pushed, the color of its light changes, and it emits a sound tone specific to that color. The light resonates out radially to the ovoids and trees nearby. The sound tone resonates out continuously in the same way as the light, spreading throughout the ovoids and trees. The resonating color and tone also spreads to the spheres of light that are in the garden of Shimogamo Shrine. The light of these spheres resonates continuously out past the shrine’s gate to the trees beyond.
When a light resonates from the far end of the path, it signifies the presence of people or forest animals. Perhaps people will become more aware of the existence 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.

VISIT US

Venue Details

Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at the World Heritage Site of Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab – TOKIO INKARAMI

Term

Aug 17 - Sep 02, 2018

Hours

18:30 – 22:00 (Last Entry 21:30)
*Hours may change depending on the venue conditions.

Admission Fee

Mon – Fri JPY 1,000
Sat – Sun JPY 1,200

*Elementary school students and younger are free. Must be accompanied by a parent or guardian 20 years or older.
*Limited Early Bird 2-for-1 Ticket JPY 1,200 (use by August 19)

*Ticket available at Lawson and Ministop: Loppi L Code 57291

*Ticket can be purchased at door during exhibition period.

Heads up

*Admission will be granted based on crowd size. Due to time limitations, there may be cases where visitors who come to the exhibit are unable to enter. Please be forewarned.
*No Smoking.
*Valid ticket is required to enter the exhibition.
*No parking is available so please take public transportation.
*No reentry is admitted.

ACCESS

Address

Shimogamo Shrine (Kamomioya - jinja shrine)
Shimogamo Izumikawa Cho 59, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0807
*Entrance is located alongside of Mikage Dori, on the south side of Tadasu no Mori.

Public Transportation

By Keihan Line: 12 mins walk from Demachi Yanagi Station

By Hankyu Line: Change at Shijo Kawaramatchi Station to Gion Shijou Station (5 mins walk), another 12 mins walk from Demachi Yanagi Station.

By JR Line: Take Karasuma Line to get Kita Oji Station from Kyoto Station, change to City Bus

By Bus: Take from Kyoto Station, Hankyu Kawaramachi Station, Kita Oji Station. Get off at Mikage Bashi Station or Shin Aoi Bashi Station.

For Media

Press Kit

NEWS

Featured on Lmaga.jp, Aug 19, 2018

夜のアート参拝、チームラボが神社で企画

デジタルアート集団『チームラボ』が手掛けるイベント『下鴨神社糺の森の光の祭ＡｒｔｂｙｔｅａｍＬａｂ』が、世界遺産の「下鴨神社」で８月１７日からスタート。初日から行列ができ、幻想的な空間を人々は楽しんだ。（Excerpt from the text）

Featured on Hanako tokyo, Aug 29, 2018

「今度はどの美術館へ？アートのいろは」チームラボが手掛ける〈下鴨神社〉糺の森の光の祭へ。

ラジオ番組で美術展を紹介するうちに美術館巡りの面白さに目覚めたというDJAIKO62さん。コラム連載5回目は京都の下鴨神社で開催中のイベントをご紹介です。みなさんもアートとの一期一会に出かけてみませんか？（Excerpt from the text）

Featured on きつねと旅, Aug 28, 2018

ウェブサイト『きつねと旅』にて、「下鴨神社糺の森の光の祭 Art by teamLab – TOKIO インカラミ」の紹介。

2018年8月17日から2018年9月2日の約2週間、様々なデジタルアートを手がけるチームラボによるライトアップイベントが世界遺産である下鴨神社で開催されています。 2018年8月19日に行ってきましたのでその様子を写真をまじえてお伝えします。合わせて混雑状況やライトアップの写真を紹介します。（Excerpt from the text）

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

Exective committee of Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori at Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto Art by teamLab

Sponsor

TOKIO INKARAMI

Special Coorporation

Shimogamo Shrine

Cooperation

Naoyuki Okuda
W TOKYO Inc.

Supporters

Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto City
Kyoto City Board of Education
Kyoto City Tourist Association
Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry