teamLab works their magic at Mito’s Ume Matsuri 2021 Feb. 28 06:00 am JST Feb. 28 | 06:26 am JST TOKYO
Japan’s spring season is famous for the blooming of cherry blossoms throughout the country from around mid-march, but if you’re in Japan you would have noticed that the pink season actually starts around a month earlier, when the
ume blossoms (or plum blossoms) start to bloom.
Ume blossoms are similar to cherry blossoms, but often come with much brighter hues. However, their similarity is strong enough to confuse even the most knowledgeable expert.
In Japan, almost every flower has its very own festival, and the ume blossom is no exception, with festivals celebrating its beauty throughout Japan.
through March 31
What the collective says: “teamLab’s art project, ‘Digitized Nature,’ explores how nature can become art. The concept of the project is that non-material digital technology can turn nature into art without harming it. Humans cannot recognize time longer than their own lifespans. In other words, there is a boundary in our understanding of the long continuity of time.
The forms and shapes of nature have been created over many years and have been molded by the interactions between people and nature. We can perceive this long duration of time in these shapes of nature themselves. By using the shapes, we believe we can explore the boundary in our perception of the long continuity of time.”