Japanese art collective
teamLab shows in Helsinki, Finland, new proposal entitled
“Massless,” the multi-media artwork will take over an immense underground space at the new
Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki, Finland.
The digital has liberated human expression from the physical. Expression no longer requires an irreversible bond to the material in order to exist, thus dissolving the notion of mass. Expression freed from physical constraints also makes our experience of artworks and space "Massless".
As we immerse and meld ourselves into the work with others, we explore a continuity among people, as well as a new relationship that transcends the boundaries between people and the world.
The large exhibit space at
Amos Rex is characterized by its distinctly curved ceiling, which becomes a part of the plaza landscape above ground. The large skylight at the top of the space connects the exhibit underground with the plaza above.
From the underground exhibit space, water pours up to the ceiling, towards the skylight and the outside world. The water is represented by a continuum of numerous water particles, and the interaction between the particles is calculated. Lines are drawn in relation to the behavior of the water particles. The lines are then “flattened” using what
teamLab considers to be ultrasubjective space. The movement of water is determined by the shape of the museum and the force that pulls the water up to the skylight and the plaza above ground. It is this movement of water that creates the installation.
