My First Encounter with the Future
My journey in Japan began from the bright future towards the great and glorious past. Backwards.
Not bad.
This country stunned me, I still can't come around. Otherwise, I think few things would surprise me in this life. Apparently, there are.
My grandson—who’s been walking and talking since he was a little guy—has been taken there since he was four, and to this day he’s still very impressed by „Luminar.“ His parents took him there for two days, and one day he dragged me along too. Until he took me to the Baths. That was clearly the highlight for him. He wouldn’t let me out of his sight.
And the people, the crowd… I was so worried. Should I protect him, should I look after him, because he was a bigger attraction than the light show. I had to read, translate, explain, and answer his questions.
„Moni, didn't you see the bathroom already? Why are we going there again?“
„Because I want *you* to see it too! Isn't it so cool, Grandma! Wow, they're filming with a drone… Grandma, look, that's a drone!“
The next morning he drew the bathroom and the.
I scrolled through my camera and phone, looking at what I've photographed. I want to show him what the world has to offer and that what he's seen is just a crack in the curtain to the true wonders of human imagination and creativity.
Video clip: Birth, from the Digital Museum of Tokyo, Japan
I was so tired that first day. We had three visits, and the Digital Art Museum in Roppongi was the fourth event. We still had one more to go. My legs were gone. I didn't know what dimension I was in. Was I me? Where was I?
I didn't like any of my own photos, so I called my friends. They all responded and today I have the coolest videos and photos from this amazing show.
Japan as in Japan... and reality today
Usually, people, before going to Japan, have read Marco Semov's book „Japan as Japan“. Well, I hadn't. But after I returned, I read it.
I read the preface to the last.
There is a sentence there:
„Bulgaria cannot reach Japan soon. But it will already have the opportunity to catch up with it, rather than falling further behind...“
And one more:
„The time has come for this book to be finished. By anyone who wants to break free from the backwardness to which we are doomed as soon as possible...“
After my adventure called Japan, when a third generation is already being born in Bulgaria, I can responsibly say that not only we as a country and people, but also the whole of Europe is so far from the Land of the Rising Sun that historically we are doomed to miss each other.
This is another civilization. Developed, naive, strange, but its future belongs to it.
Only China is catching up. But unfortunately, where it is dirty, noisy, and smelly, it often turns out that the Chinese presence is already palpable.
But to start with optimism.
Unique digital art museum.
TeamLab Borderless: A Museum Without Borders in Tokyo
The TeamLab Borderless digital art museum is located in Roppongi, one of Tokyo's most glamorous districts.
It's nice to visit in the evening. Besides its chic shops, all major global and Japanese fashion brands are represented here. The area impresses with its futuristic architecture, sleek skyscrapers, magnificent landscaping, and vibrant nightlife.
H3 Worlds of light, movement, and imagination
The museum is an integrative exhibition of digital art, unique in its kind.
It is divided into different sections, which cover all themes of life and fantasy: The Future, Nature, Art Installations, Strange Creatures, the Creation of the World, and even a fairy-tale laboratory where children can create for themselves.
Chromatic Sphere, from the Digital Museum in Tokyo, Japan
Their drawings come to life before their eyes through the magic of digital technology.
The entrance fee is around 32 euros, but it's advisable to book your day and time of visit in advance.
When the viewer becomes part of the art
Innovative installations and visuals move freely through space and interact with visitors.
They intertwine with each other and create the feeling that people are building an infinite and continuously changing world of art in real time.
Viewers immerse themselves in a beautiful universe where everything is connected, and space and time flow differently.
Who are the creators of TeamLab
Behind this magical world stand specialists from a wide variety of fields: programmers, engineers, mathematicians, architects, CGI animators, web designers, graphic designers, artists, and editors.
The creators of TeamLab came together in 2001 and formed an international art collective.
Their collaborative work combines art, science, technology, and the real world.
Through art, this interdisciplinary group explores the relationship between humans and the world and seeks new forms of perception.
Art without borders
According to TeamLab's philosophy, people divide the world into separate units and place boundaries between them.
Their projects aim to transcend these boundaries and demonstrate the continuity between humans, nature, time, and space.
Everything exists in a long, fragile, and miraculous continuity without boundaries.
TeamLab around the world
TeamLab's exhibitions are held in New York, London, Paris, Singapore, Beijing, Melbourne, and many other cities.
Permanent museums and exhibitions are located in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Macau, and new spaces are set to open in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Hamburg, Jeddah, and Utrecht.
His works are part of the collections of leading museums around the world, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Asia Society Museum in New York, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, and Amos Rex in Helsinki.
Digital Museum, Tokyo. Lotus flowers scatter and dissolve into the world.
See more about Author Maria Radeva here
