teamlab immerses visitors in an interactive floating flower garden

teamlab immerses visitors in an interactive floating flower garden
all images courtesy of teamlab

visitors to tokyo’s miraikan national museum of emerging science and innovation may find themselves immersed in a kinetic maze of botanical life, comprised of more than 2,300 suspended flowers blooming in a vast white space. the installation by teamlab invites exhibition viewers to experience ‘floating flower garden’ as a place of both interaction and tranquility, enveloped in a thick abundance of delicate pink petals and lush greenery.

as entrants to the expanse move closer to the flower-filled space, the colorful blossoms most near to the viewer rise upwards, slowly, all at once, creating a hemispherical space surrounding them. this ephemeral void is constantly evolving and changing position with each movement within the exhibition and, if many people move closer to one another, the dome spaces link up to form one single, massive cavity.

more than 2,000 blossoms surround exhibition entrants

the exhibition at tokyo’s miraikan national museum of emerging science and innovation

colorful flowers and lush greenery are suspended from the ceiling

the space is envisioned as a site of both interaction and tranquility

as visitors move within the site, a kinetic force slowly moves the flowers up and down

 
entering the space and prompting the flowers to rise upwards towards the ceiling

the entrance of the exhibition ‘floating flower garden’

from september 4 – september 8, 2015, teamlab presents ‘floating flower garden’ for maison et objet 2015 at paris nord villepinte exhibition centre.