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Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders

teamLab, 2015, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless

Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders

teamLab, 2015, Interactive Digital Installation, Endless

Flutter of Butterflies. When no one is in the Butterfly House space, it is completely dark and nothing exists. When people enter the space and stand still, butterflies emerge at their feet, or from their hands held against the wall. However, the butterflies that are born will die if people touch them.

The butterflies cross the boundaries of other works, flying into the displays or out of the space and into other artworks. Then, when they enter another space they continue as a new artwork. The butterflies fly seamlessly between other works, blurring the boundaries between them.
In the Borderless World, the butterflies are all created solely by the presence of people in the Butterfly House. If people destroy more butterflies than they create, this artwork will cease to exist.
When the butterflies disappear, they no longer enter the other spaces, and the artworks of butterflies in each space no longer appear.