EXISDANCE is a coined word made from EXISTENCE and DANCE. Unity is projected onto the performers’ bodies, and the performers’ movements are tracked, causing the CG to change in real time. By creating the effect of the CG projected before your eyes as if it were truly real, the work aimed to create an unprecedented next-generation live performance show.

Art collective. Active since 2001. An international interdisciplinary collective that explores the intersection of art, science, technology, and the natural world through collective creativity. It is composed of specialists from a wide range of fields, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects. teamLab seeks to explore new ways of perceiving the relationship between the self and the world through art. In order to perceive, people divide the world into parts and see it as separate entities with boundaries. teamLab explores ways to transcend the boundaries of perception, the boundary between the self and the world, and even the boundaries of our awareness of the continuity of time. Everything exists, precariously and miraculously, upon the seamless continuity of an immensely long span of time.

To commemorate the 145th anniversary of Meijiza, the theater with the longest history in Tokyo, teamLab created “Shiki Kishoza – The Curtain Weaving Time,” a stage curtain that gradually changes day by day. This work reconstructs the intricate decoration of a traditional stage curtain through digital imagery. On the 7-meter-tall by 20-meter-wide curtain, the streets and daily life of Nihonbashi around the time of the Civilization and Enlightenment period, when Kishoza, the predecessor of Meijiza, was founded, are depicted, along with a variety of occupations from that era and historical figures. The world of the work changes daily in accordance with the actual time, season, and weather of Nihonbashi; the activities of the people change along with it. As the sun rises over Nihonbashi, the scene brightens; as sunset approaches, it turns into a sunset glow; and as night deepens, it becomes darker. If it is actually raining, it also rains within the world of the curtain. In addition, according to the season, you can see seasonal scenes such as cherry blossom viewing, festivals, autumn leaves, and snowy landscapes.