Making stars and flowers bloom

Popular digital art collective teamLab has its own space in Tokyo's Odaiba district to explore interactive artworks

The Boing Boing Universe, located in a zone called Athletics Forest, features a trampoline that symbolises the cycle of stars in a universe.
The Boing Boing Universe, located in a zone called Athletics Forest, features a trampoline that symbolises the cycle of stars in a universe. PHOTOS: TEAMLAB, WALTER SIM
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Set reality aside as you step into the fantastical borderless world dreamt up by teamLab, the popular Japan-based digital art collective that will finally have its own space to call home in Tokyo.

Singaporeans will know the collective through its permanent Instagram-friendly installations at the ArtScience Museum and the National Museum of Singapore.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 12, 2018, with the headline Making stars and flowers bloom. Subscribe