LO – My Inspiration

I’ve always been inspired by teamLab Borderless, an immersive, interactive museum of colorful digital art installations in Tokyo. The museum is structured so that there are quite literally no borders between different art installations – each piece seamlessly blends and communicates with each other, creating a breathing, vibrant space that people can interact with. It became the most visited single-artist museum in the world, welcoming over 2.3 million people in its opening year alone.

Borderless is an impressive feat of audiovisual experiences, comprising of over 500 computers and 470 projectors in the museum alone. The museum was created by the art collective teamLab, an interdisciplinary, collaborative group of artists, animators, designers, architects, engineers, and programmers. Although there’s very little public information on how teamLab created Borderless, I think it’s safe to say that the collective used a mix of custom scripts and commercial software to bring the immersive space to life. It’s amazing to witness what they could accomplish only two years ago in this museum, and I’m excited to see how teamLab will build upon their success to enhance immersive, interactive experiences in the future.