Resonating Forest - Cherry Blossoms and Maple

teamLab, 2017-, from the series Resonating Trees, 2014-, Interactive Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

Resonating Forest - Cherry Blossoms and Maple

teamLab, 2017-, from the series Resonating Trees, 2014-, Interactive Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

The cherry blossoms and maple forest of Mifuneyama Rakuen shine brightly. Each tree’s light is autonomous, shining brightly and then fading as if it’s breathing.

As people pass nearby, the light of the trees changes color, and a tone specific to that color resonates out. The light of an individual tree spreads radially to the neighboring trees. In the same way that the light is transmitted between trees, the tone also propagates through each tree, spreading continuously.

If a wave of light comes from the other side, it signifies the presence of people there. People gain a heightened sense of awareness of the existence of other people in the same space.