Your first look at teamLab’s stunning new Kyoto museum, its largest in Japan

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto, the world-conquering art collective’s latest attraction, will finally open on Tuesday October 7. Located just a short walking distance from Kyoto Station, as part of the city’s Southeast Kyoto Station Area Development Project, this permanent museum spans a sprawling 10,000 square metres and hosts over 50 artworks, making it the largest teamLab museum in Japan.

This Kyoto facility revolves around the novel concept of ‘Environmental Phenomena’. Most of the key works here aren’t solid in shape and material, as their existence arises from interacting with environmental factors. So think of installations that are made of air, light, water and bubbles, whose dynamic forms shift and change continuously according to their surroundings.

Highly conceptual and ethereal, teamLab Biovortex Kyoto will unveil several new works for the first time, including a Japan debut and two world premieres. Here are some of the most mind-blowing installations you’ll find at this new teamLab museum in Kyoto.

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Massless Amorphous Sculpture
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Massless Amorphous Sculpture – Japan debut

A floating mass of bubbles that’s a physical embodiment of energy. Its shape and existence shift constantly in response to the environment and the people who enter its space.

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Megaliths
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Megaliths – world premiere

This interactive installation, looking like a scene from a sci-fi film, is created specifically for this Kyoto museum.

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Transient Abstract Life and Return
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Transient Abstract Life and Return – world premiere

This artwork will make you feel as if you’ve stepped into a sea of molten lava – or liquid gold.

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Morphing Continuum
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Morphing Continuum
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Sea of Solidified Light
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Sea of Solidified Light
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Traces of Life
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Traces of Life
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Silent Radiance Within
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Silent Radiance Within
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Memory of Waves in the Sky
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Memory of Waves in the Sky
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Infinite Crystal World
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Massless Suns and Dark Suns
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke - a Year in the Mountains
© teamLabForest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke – a Year in the Mountains

Forest of Resonating Lamps: One Stroke – a Year in the Mountains
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Universe of Water Particles
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teamLab Biovortex Kyoto will also feature three interactive, educational zones that are perfect for families. Athletics Forest encourages you to experience spatial awareness through full-body movements, while Future Park offers a collaborative space for everyone to unleash their creativity and see it come to life. Sketch Factory, on the other hand, lets you turn your creations into souvenirs.

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto – Resonating Microcosms - Solidified Light Color
© teamLabResonating Microcosms – Solidified Light Color

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto will finally open on Tuesday October 7. Visiting hours are from 9am to 9pm daily (last admission at 7.30 pm). Tickets are now available online, with prices starting from ¥3,400 for adults (subject to dynamic pricing depending on the date and time), ¥2,800 for those aged 13 to 17, and ¥1,800 for children aged 4 to 12.

For more information, check teamLab Biovortex Kyoto’s website.