Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders, Transcending Space - Floating Nest

teamLab, 2019, Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders, Transcending Space - Floating Nest

teamLab, 2019, Digital Installation, Endless, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi

The artwork begins when the Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders, Ephemeral Life enter the Floating Nest. If other works enter the space, the Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders, Ephemeral Life leaves.


The group of butterflies that come into this space are those from the Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders (a group of butterflies born from other artworks, such as the butterflies born from people’s bodies in the Butterfly House). These butterflies release art from the concept of  the frame, removing boundaries from the artwork space, the butterflies seamlessly fly inside other artworks.


Lie down in the Floating Nest, and before long, the body will become immersed in the art, dissolving the boundary between people and the work.


The artwork is not a pre-recorded image that is played back; it is created by a computer program that continuously renders the artwork in real time. As a whole, it is continuously changing, and previous visual states are never replicated. The picture at this moment can never be seen again.