TeamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com explained

teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM.com is an art facility that utilizes digital technology and was established by teamLab and DMM.com. It is located in 6-chome, Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo.

Overview

"DMM.Planets Art by teamLab" was first held in Odaiba in 2016 and then scaled up and opened in Shin-Toyosu, with an original exhibition period set from the 7th July 2018 until the end of 2020.^[1] It comprises 4 large-scale artwork spaces and 2 gardens created by art collective teamLab.^[2] By immersing the entire body with other people in these massive “Body Immersive” artworks, the boundary between the body and the artwork dissolves, the boundaries between the self, others, and the world become something continuous, and we explore a new relationship without boundaries between ourselves and the world.^[3]

In the third year since its opening, the "Garden" was added on July 2, 2021 with the addition of two large garden works. The first of which being a garden filled with countless orchids blooming in the air, that rise and fall as the viewer approaches. The second of the two new exhibitions is a moss garden with brilliant egg-shaped sculptures whose appearance changes based on the time of day.

Customers enter the museum barefoot to experience the artworks, as there are areas in which the customer will enter water.^[4] At the time of opening, the original exhibition period was until autumn 2020, but has since been extended several times. First until the end of 2022,^[5] again until the end of 2023,^[6] and then, due to the continued popularity of the exhibition, a further extension until the end of 2027.^[7]

Artworks

• Waterfall of Light Particles at the Top of an Incline^[8]
• Soft Black Hole - Your Body Becomes a Space that Influences Another Body^[9]
• The Infinite Crystal Universe^[10]
• Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People -Infinity^[11]
• Ephemeral Solidified Light^[12]
• Expanding Three-Dimensional Existence in Transforming Space - Flattening 3 Colors and 9 Blurred Colors, Free Floating^[13]
• Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers^[14]
• Universe of Fire Particles Falling from the Sky^[15]
• Floating Flower Garden: Flowers and I are of the Same Root, the Garden and I are One^[16]
• Moss Garden of Resonating Microcosms - Solidified Light Color, Sunrise and Sunset^[16]
• Reversible Rotation- Non-Objective Space^[17]
• Table of Sky and Fire^[18]

History

• July 7, 2018: Opened in Toyosu, Tokyo for a limited time until the end of 2020.
• December 20, 2018: Changed some artworks to a winter version. Started a collaboration menu with a Toyosu Fish Market related businesses.^[19]
• March 15, 2019: Start of limited-time version with cherry blossoms in some artworks.^[20]
• July 7, 2019: On the 1st anniversary of opening, began a limited-time version with sunflowers in some of the artworks.^[21]
• August 29, 2019: Started a limited-time version with autumn leaves and chrysanthemums in some artworks.^[22]
• August 8, 2019: One year since its opening in July, 2018, the museum has welcomed over 1.25 million visitors from 106 countries and regions around the world.^[23]
• February 16, 2020: Two artworks of cherry blossom art released for a limited time.^[24]
• June 1, 2020: The museum, after being temporarily closed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan and overseas, announced it would resume operation from June 5, 2020 restricting the number of visitors.^[25]
• July 16, 2020: In two years of operation, 1.8 million people visited the museum. A new work "Universe of Water Particles Falling from the Sky" was released.^[5]
• April 7, 2021: the work "Universe of Fire Particles Falling from the Sky" changes from the currently in-place water theme to a fire theme, being renamed to "Universe of Fire Particles Falling from the Sky".^[26]
• July 2, 2021: The "Garden" is added, consisting of two new artworks as part of teamLab Planets 3 year anniversary since opening.^[16]
• October 8, 2021: Kyoto based ramen shop UZU Vegan Ramen Tokyo opens in the plaza of teamLab Planets, along with new public artwork spaces Reversible Rotation- Non-Objective Space, Table of Sky and Fire; and the teamLab Flower Shop where visitors can take home the orchids used in one of the museum’s artworks.^[27]
• September 1, 2022: The museum announces an extension to the exhibition period until the end of 2023.
• August 29, 2023: As part of the museum's 5 year anniversary since opening, the new artwork Ephemeral Solidified Light is opened to the public, alongside renovations to several of the museums existing artworks. ^[28]
• September 6, 2023: Announced as Asia's Leading Tourist Attraction in the 2023 World Travel Awards.^[29]

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-08-20. TeamLab Planets: Walk up a waterfall and catch koi fish at new digital art museum in Tokyo. 2020-12-16. SoraNews24 -Japan News-. en-US.
2. Web site: teamLab Planets TOKYO Official Ticket Store - Entrance tickets sales . 2023-09-06 . teamlabplanets.dmm.com . en.
3. Web site: Tsujiguchi. Lucia. 2020-11-02. teamLab Planets in Tokyo: All you need to know about the digital museum. 2021-01-27. VOYAPON. en-US.
4. News: 2018-07-18. Psychedelic Artists Wowing Japan are Taking the Show to New York. en. Bloomberg.com. 2020-12-16.
5. Web site: Furutani. Kasey. teamLab is installing a digital waterfall in Tokyo this summer. 2020-12-10. Time Out Tokyo. en-GB.
6. Web site: Imada . Kaila . Not closing soon: Tokyo's teamLab Planets will be here for another year . 2022-10-17 . Time Out Tokyo . en-GB.
7. Web site: 2023-08-31 . As teamLab Planets in Tokyo Welcomes Around 1 Million Visitors From Abroad in a 6-Month Period, the Immersive Museum Unveils the Renewal of Artwork Spaces . 2023-09-05 . www.businesswire.com . en.
8. Web site: Waterfall of Light Particles at the Top of an Incline teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ. 2020-12-16. planets.teamlab.art. en.
9. Web site: Soft Black Hole - Your Body Becomes a Space that Influences Another Body teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ. 2020-12-16. planets.teamlab.art. en.
10. Web site: The Infinite Crystal Universe teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ. 2020-12-16. planets.teamlab.art. en.
11. Web site: Drawing on the Water Surface Created by the Dance of Koi and People - Infinity teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ. 2020-12-16. planets.teamlab.art. en.
12. Web site: Ephemeral Solidified Light teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ . 2023-09-05 . planets.teamlab.art . en.
13. Web site: Expanding Three-Dimensional Existence in Transforming Space - Flattening 3 Colors and 9 Blurred Colors, Free Floating teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ. 2020-12-16. planets.teamlab.art. en.
14. Web site: Floating in the Falling Universe of Flowers teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ. 2020-12-16. planets.teamlab.art. en.
15. Web site: Universe of Fire Particles Falling from the Sky teamLab Planets TOKYO teamLab / チームラボ . 2023-09-05 . planets.teamlab.art . en.
16. Web site: Steen . Emma . teamLab Planets Tokyo is getting two new installations and they are stunning . 2021-07-07 . Time Out Tokyo . en-GB.
17. Web site: Reversible Rotation - Non-Objective Space . 2023-09-05 . Reversible Rotation - Non-Objective Space . en.
18. Web site: Table of Sky and Fire . 2023-09-05 . Table of Sky and Fire . en.
19. Web site: Immerse Yourself in the World of Innovative Art at teamLab Planets in Toyosu, Tokyo. 2020-12-10. www.tsunagujapan.com.
20. Web site: 2019-03-21. Amazing new Tokyo art exhibit lets you create cherry blossoms just by touching light【Video】. 2020-12-16. SoraNews24 -Japan News-. en-US.
21. Web site: 2019-07-03. teamLab Blooms Digital Sunflower Art at teamLab Planets TOKYO. 2020-12-10. MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON もしもしにっぽん. en.
22. Web site: teamLab Planets, a Museum Where You Move Through Water in Toyosu, Tokyo, Is Currently a Space for Autumn. The Carp Swimming on the Water's Surface Change into Autumn Leaves When They Collide with Visitors.. 2020-12-10. financialpost. en-CA.
23. Web site: 2019-08-08. teamLab Borderless Becomes the Most Visited Single-Artist Museum in the World.. 2020-12-16. www.businesswire.com. en.
24. Web site: teamLab Planets TOKYO transforms art with cherry blossoms. 2020-12-10. Blooloop.
25. Web site: teamLab Planets: Sakura *Temporarily Closed*. 2020-12-10. Tokyo Weekender. en-US.
26. Web site: Furutani . Kasey . 2021-04-09 . The outdoor digital monolith at teamLab Planets Tokyo has changed into a pillar of fire . 2023-09-06 . Time Out Tokyo . en-GB.
27. Web site: 2021-09-27 . teamLab Planets in Tokyo Opens a Dining Experience, an Art Space, and a Flower Shop on October 8 . 2023-09-05 . www.businesswire.com . en.
28. Web site: 2023-08-31 . As teamLab Planets in Tokyo Welcomes Around 1 Million Visitors From Abroad in a 6-Month Period, the Immersive Museum Unveils the Renewal of Artwork Spaces . 2023-09-05 . www.businesswire.com . en.
29. Web site: Asia's Leading Tourist Attraction 2023 . World Travel Awards .