teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle

Name: teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle
Start: 2019-11-08
End: 2020-01-13
Location: Kochi Castle

ESPOSIZIONI PASSATE

2019.11.08(Fri) - 2020.01.13(Mon)Kochi Castle, Kochi

Within Kochi Castle, there are many dark or unlit areas. Visitors are advised to wear clothes and footwear that are easy to move in for safety.

ESPOSIZIONI PASSATE

2019.11.08(Fri) - 2020.01.13(Mon)Kochi Castle, Kochi

#DigitizedKochiCastle

Within Kochi Castle, there are many dark or unlit areas. Visitors are advised to wear clothes and footwear that are easy to move in for safety.

teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle
Kochi Castle was built over a period of about 10 years starting in 1601. Despite it being destroyed in a  fire, it was rebuilt in the middle of the Edo period and restored to its original form. Kochi Castle is considered an important historical site in Japan, as it is the only castle where the castle tower and nearly all of the central structure remain intact.

This exhibition is a part of teamLab’s Digitized City art project. The concept behind the project is that non-material digital technology can turn a city into art without physically altering it.

Kochi Castle has stood from the Edo period to the present day and remains an important symbol for the city of Kochi. teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle will transform the castle into an interactive digital art space that changes due to the presence of people. This in turn, enhances the presence of humans, and transforms the relationship between people in the same space with digital art.

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OPERE

Autonomous Resonating Life and Resonating Trees

The resisting and resonating ovoids placed amongst the trees shine. The light of the ovoids and the light of the trees are autonomous: they shine brightly and then fade slowly, as though they are breathing.

When an ovoid is pushed, the color of the light it emits changes and a tone unique to that color echoes out. The light that originated from that ovoid resonates out to other ovoids and trees nearby. The tone resonates out continuously in the same way as the light, spreading throughout the ovoids and trees.

If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.

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Floating, Resonating Spheres

Spheres of light float in the space、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 then resonate that color and tone to the spheres around them, changing to the same color and emitting the same tone, resulting in a chain reaction.

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What a Loving, and Beautiful World - Kochi Castle Stone Wall

This is an artwork that uses Kochi Castle’s stone walls: a historical landmark formed in most part by natural, untouched stones piled on one another. The light that draws the calligraphy is black, meaning there is no light, thus making it indistinguishable from the shadows of the stone walls formed by natural rocks heaped on one another and their weathering over the course of several hundred years. The calligraphy pours into the shadows of the stone wall.
When people stand near the characters, the worlds that the characters embody will appear, influencing one another to create a single world.
The elements that are born from the characters are placed at various positions within the space, and the physical influences and connections between them produce a single world. For example, when the wind blows, flowers and snow are physically fly away. Birds alight in trees, and butterflies are attracted to flowers. Just as in nature, what you see at this moment can never be seen again.

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Breathing Resonating Stone Wall – Kochi Castle

Kochi castle is considered an important castle in Japan, as it is the only castle where the castle tower and nearly all of the central structure remain intact. Its stone walls glow across the whole 500 meters. The light of the walls is autonomous, it shines brightly and then fades, as if breathing slowly.

The light of the walls joins together with Resonating Tree and Autonomous Resonating Life in the Ninomaru and Sannomaru ruins area, glowing brightly and producing a colour tone that resonates out.

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Resonating Kochi Castle

The light of Kochi Castle is autonomous, it shines brightly and then fades as if slowly breathing.The outer grounds house Resonating Tree and Autonomous Resonating Life, while the wall that extends from them to the Gate is home to Breathing Resonating Stone Wall - Kochi Castle. These artworks emit light, resonating, and shining brighter.

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Sketch Ryoma & Friends　

This park is a place where the historical figures of Kochi meet.

Draw and color in the historical figures of Kochi, (Sakamoto Ryoma, Sakamoto Otome, Itagaki Taisuke, Chosokabe Motochika, Yamauchi Katsutoyo, and Chiyo) along with people (boys and girls). Then, see the characters come to life and walk around on a giant screen right in front of you.

Touch the people, and they will react with surprise and perform various actions. 
Touch the historical figures, and famous quotes from those figures will appear in speech bubbles.

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Black Waves of Kochi Castle (On view from Nov 8 to Dec 19, 2019)

Kochi castle is considered an important castle in Japan, as it is the only castle where the castle tower and nearly all of the central structure remain intact. The artwork depicts waves on the fusuma sliding doors of the passageways that connect the outer and inner sections of the castle.

The movement of waves is simulated in a computer-generated three-dimensional space. The water is expressed as a continuous body after calculating the interactions of hundreds of thousands of particles. To visualize the waves, the behavior of the particles of the water was then extracted and lines were drawn in relation to the movement of the particles. The wave created in a three-dimensional space is then turned into an artwork in accordance with what teamLab refers to as ultrasubjective space.

In premodern Japanese painting, oceans, rivers, and other bodies of water were expressed as a series of lines. These lines give the impression of life, as though water was a living entity.  

This form of expression leads us to question why premodern people sensed life in rivers and oceans. Also, why did they behave as if they themselves were a part of nature? Perhaps something can be discovered by fusing the fixed objective world of today’s common knowledge with the subjective world of premodern people.

While viewing this artwork, if we feel a sense of life in the collection of lines—what can be called the subjective world of premodern people—then perhaps this is one aspect of objective recognition.

When viewing this artwork, as opposed to watching waves shot with a video camera, people may feel that the barrier between themselves and the waves disappears. They feel immersed in the work, perhaps even feeling life in the collection of lines, as if the waves are luring them in.
Perhaps we can find a connection to the way premodern Japanese people perceived the world and consequently behaved toward the world.

If we regard ourselves as a part of nature, and consider nature not just as something to be observed, we might join premodern people in perceiving rivers and oceans as living entities. This is a way of seeing the world that lures us in and allows us to feel that there is no boundary between ourselves and nature.

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Black Waves of Kochi Castle (On view from Nov 8 to Dec 19, 2019)

Kochi castle is considered an important castle in Japan, as it is the only castle where the castle tower and nearly all of the central structure remain intact. The artwork depicts waves on the fusuma sliding doors of the passageways that connect the outer and inner sections of the castle.
The movement of waves is simulated in a computer-generated three-dimensional space. The water is expressed as a continuous body after calculating the interactions of hundreds of thousands of particles. To visualize the waves, the behavior of the particles of the water was then extracted and lines were drawn in relation to the movement of the particles. The wave created in a three-dimensional space is then turned into an artwork in accordance with what teamLab refers to as ultrasubjective space.

In premodern Japanese painting, oceans, rivers, and other bodies of water were expressed as a series of lines. These lines give the impression of life, as though water was a living entity.  
This form of expression leads us to question why premodern people sensed life in rivers and oceans. Also, why did they behave as if they themselves were a part of nature? Perhaps something can be discovered by fusing the fixed objective world of today’s common knowledge with the subjective world of premodern people.
While viewing this artwork, if we feel a sense of life in the collection of lines—what can be called the subjective world of premodern people—then perhaps this is one aspect of objective recognition.
When viewing this artwork, as opposed to watching waves shot with a video camera, people may feel that the barrier between themselves and the waves disappears. They feel immersed in the work, perhaps even feeling life in the collection of lines, as if the waves are luring them in. Perhaps we can find a connection to the way premodern Japanese people perceived the world and consequently behaved toward the world.
If we regard ourselves as a part of nature, and consider nature not just as something to be observed, we might join premodern people in perceiving rivers and oceans as living entities. This is a way of seeing the world that lures us in and allows us to feel that there is no boundary between ourselves and nature.

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Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life

The space is filled with ovoids of light. People move through the ovoids and enter the space.

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 to other ovoids nearby. The sound tone resonates out continuously in the same way as the light, spreading throughout the ovoids in the space.

If a wave of light comes from the other side of the space, it signifies that there is another person there. As a result, people gain a heightened sense of awareness of the presence of others in the same space.

Vedi Altro

MAP

Ingrandisci

1
Breathing Resonating Stone Wall – Kochi Castle
2
What a Loving, and Beautiful World - Kochi Castle Stone Wall
3
Sketch Ryoma & Friends　
4
Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life
5
Autonomous Resonating Life and Resonating Trees
6
Floating, Resonating Spheres
7
Resonating Kochi Castle
8
Black Waves of Kochi Castle

1
Breathing Resonating Stone Wall – Kochi Castle
2
What a Loving, and Beautiful World - Kochi Castle Stone Wall
3
Sketch Ryoma & Friends　
4
Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life
5
Autonomous Resonating Life and Resonating Trees
6
Floating, Resonating Spheres
7
Resonating Kochi Castle
8
Black Waves of Kochi Castle

VISITA

Informazioni sulla Sede

teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle 2019-2020

Durata

2019.11.08(Fri) - 2020.01.13(Mon)

Orari

17:30 – 21:30 (Last entry 21:00)

Tassa di Ammissione

Exhibition Admission:
Early Bird
Available at Convenience Stores in Japan
(Seven-Eleven, LAWSON, Mini stop, Family Mart)

[Number] 0252237 * Common number among all convenient stores above.
[Item] teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle Early Bird Ticket
[Sales Period] October 15 (Tue) - November 7 (Thurs), 2019

Same Day Ticket
Available at on site and Convenience Stores in Japan
(Seven-Eleven, LAWSON, Mini stop, Family Mart)

[Number] 0252238 * Common number among all convenient stores stated above.
[Item] teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle Same Day Ticket
[Sales Period] November 8 (Fri), 2019 - January 13 (Mon), 2020

Castle Tower Admission:
Only sold on site.

Contact

020701@ken.pref.kochi.lg.jp

Accesso

Sede

Kochi Castle
Kochi Park, 1-2-1 Marunouchi, Kochi City, Kochi

・15 min from Kochi Interchange by car.
・10 min from JR Kochi Station by car.
*For parking, please use the Kochi Park parking lot or the surrounding toll parking lots.
・3 minute walk from "Kochijo mae" Tosaden Kotsu tram stop 
* From JR Kochi Station, switch tram at Harimayabashi.

CONTATTI

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Notes

・Kochi Castle and Kochi Park have stairs and unpaved roads. Due to the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, there are no access ramps.
・Visitors who come to the event drunk or otherwise pose a danger to themselves or others will be asked to leave.
・The exhibition may be closed due to severe weather.
・Entrance restrictions will apply if the venue reaches full capacity.
・The Organizers will not be held responsible for any injury, loss, or damage to personal items.
・Under no circumstances will refunds, exchanges or reissues be made after purchase.

ARTISTA

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 exhibitions have been held in cities worldwide, including New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Melbourne among others. teamLab museums and large-scale permanent exhibitions include teamLab Borderless and teamLab Planets in Tokyo, teamLab Borderless Shanghai, and teamLab SuperNature Macao, with more to open in cities including Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Hamburg, Jeddah, and Utrecht.

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

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Biographical Documents

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

Gli Organizzatore

teamLab: Digitized Kochi Castle Executive Committee