If people touch and kill too many butterflies, then the work will cease to exist. The butterflies are affected by the conditions in other artworks. By seamlessly flying into other works they break the concept of the artwork frame, and make the boundaries ambiguous. The butterflies transcend the boundaries of the display, entering and flying around in other works. Instead, they will notice the butterflies being born on other people before realizing that they too are creating the artwork. When people enter the space and stand still, a butterfly chrysalis appears on their body, and the butterfly emerges and flies from their feet.The artwork is born from a person, but they themselves may not realize it. The butterflies in Flutter of Butterflies are born from people, they dance in the space, but if people touch them they die. We believe that these valleys hold faint traces of this premodern relationship with nature that once existed, and we hope to explore a form of human intervention based on the premise that nature cannot be controlled.įlutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders, Ephemeral Life Born from People People lived more closely aligned to the rules of nature that created a comfortable natural environment. In the past, people understood that they could not grasp nature in its entirety, and that it is not possible to control nature. Rather than nature and humans being in conflict, a healthy ecosystem is one that includes people. It is a place of great serenity and contentment, but the expansive body of flowers is an ecosystem influenced by human intervention, and the boundary between the work of nature and the work of humans is unclear. This experience of nature caused teamLab to wonder how many of these flowers were planted by people and how many were native to the environment. In spring in the Kunisaki Peninsula, there are many cherry blossoms in the mountains and canola blossoms at their base. The water from the Universe of Water Particles artwork influences this work, causing the flowers to scatter. The picture at this moment can never be seen again. The interaction between people and the installation causes continuous change in the artwork: previous visual states can never be replicated, and will never reoccur. The artwork is not a pre-recorded image that is played back: it is created by a computer program that continuously renders the work in real time. If people touch the flowers and walk around the space, the flowers scatter all at once. If people stay still, more flowers are born. The cycle of birth and death repeats itself in perpetuity. Over a period of one hour, a year’s worth of seasonal flowers blossoms and scatters.įlowers are born, grow, bloom, and eventually scatter and die. This artwork is in continuous change, transcending the boundaries between itself and other works. Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together - Transcending Boundaries, A Whole Year per Hour

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