Motion graphics expressing the mental state and restlessness of a night when it’s hard to fall asleep. Psychedelic colors and subdued tones are brought together through seamless transitions of motion, giving the piece a convincing sense of coherence.

Corporate booth for Shimadzu Corporation at the China International Import Expo held in Shanghai. We were responsible for the direction and production of interactive content that lets visitors experience Shimadzu Corporation’s products and technologies, using six LED panels arranged in a gate-like formation.

This work exists somewhere in some era, and also here and now. In the work’s world, under the same flow of time as the real world, morning comes with sunrise at the place where the work is installed, and night begins with sunset. If it rains in the real world at the place where the work is installed, it also rains in the work’s world. Flowers and grasses change day by day with the seasons. People’s lives also change constantly according to the time of day and weather in the real world, while festivals and events are held with the seasons. As various stories are added each day, people’s activities continue on permanently. The work’s world is influenced by the viewer’s behavior. When the viewer touches the people in the work’s world, they react, but if the contact is slight, they return to their everyday lives. However, if the viewer continues to touch the people, those nearby begin to quarrel, which escalates into killing, and before long the conflict spreads throughout the town, engulfing it in flames. The fire continues for more than a year, the people die out, and the town is completely burned away. Even in the devastated town with no one left, as time passes in the real world, the sun rises and sets, the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter come and go, and a few months later, new grasses and flowers sprout from the charred remains. Flowers and grasses are born, bloom, and fall in repeated cycles, changing day by day in the flow of real time. And over a long period of time, trees and plants grow thick and dense, repeating the changing of flowers each year, continuing forever. Once this world begins to burn, it can never again be seen as it was before the fire. And the viewer is also a participant in its consequences. Related exhibition: Aomori Museum of Art https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/aomorimuseum/ Work details: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/w/world_of_irreversiblechange/