teamLab Continuous Life and Death at the Now of Eternity Past Nov 15, 2018 – Jan 13, 2019 Palo Alto Pace Gallery is pleased to present the innovative work of teamLab in the interdisciplinary collective’s second San Francisco Bay area exhibition. Exhibition DetailsteamLabContinuous Life and Death at the Now of EternityNov 15, 2018 – Jan 13, 2019 Gallery229 Hamilton AvenuePalo AltoTues – Sat, 11 AM – 7 PMSun, 11 AM – 5 PM Connect (opens in a new window) #teamLab (opens in a new window) @teamlab (opens in a new window) @pacegallery 64887_EC1_TEAMLAB-1-1080p (2272 kbps) H.264_1 teamLab, Enso, 2017, single-channel digital work, Continuous Loop, 74-5/8" × 42" (189.5 cm × 106.7 cm, overall installed), [1] 86" monitor, Edition of 8 + 2 APs © teamLab The exhibition will feature six monitor works in various scales. Each work embodies teamLab’s long-standing interest in the possibilities and meaning of what they call "Ultrasubjective Space," the shallow spatial structure of traditional Japanese painting. As in Japanese styles as varied as Ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period to contemporary Manga illustrations, figures and objects in teamLab’s compositions exist on a single plane of depth focusing on vertical and horizontal relationships to express dimensionality. It is different but equivalent to western one-point perspective as a system for representing space. Compared to classical western space, the viewer does not hold a dominant perspective over the subject matter but rather, is immersed within an integrated experience with it. Neither subordinate nor superior to western perspective, the implication of this alternative vantage point raises questions regarding how different cultures perceive the world. For instance, what does it mean when systems perceived as opposites are equally true and sustainable? teamLab, Continuous Life and Death at the Now of Eternity, 2017, nine-channel digital work, Endless, 11' 11-3/8" × 6' 9" (364.2 cm × 205.7 cm), [9] 55" monitors, Edition of 10 + 2 APs © teamLab teamLab: Continuous Life and Death at the Now of Eternity will include a 2017 nine-monitor work of the same name that generates images of flowers and plants, evolving and changing in real time, and never repeating itself. New multi-monitor works include Waves of Light, 2018—a continuous loop of mesmerizing motion of white waves on a gold ground—and Reversible Rotation – Continuous, Black in White, 2018 in which calligraphic lines roam from screen to screen as three-dimensional forms on a two-dimensional surface. Another example of spatial calligraphy, Enso, 2017, is a continuous looped image of the Buddhist symbol of wholeness. Two additional single channel digital works featured in the exhibition include Chrysanthemum Tiger from Fleeting Flower Series, 2017—a brightly colored continuous loop of a tiger rendered with thousands of flowers forming and dissolving before the viewer—and Impermanent Life, 2017—an endlessly evolving, abstracted natural image, eliciting a meditation on the subtle quality of change. teamLabteamLab is an interdisciplinary group whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, technology, design, and the natural world. Rooted in the traditions of historical Japanese art, teamLab operates from a distinct sense of spatial recognition that they call Ultrasubjective Space. Their work explores human behavior in the information era and proposes innovative models for societal development. teamLab’s works are in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Asia Society Museum, New York; and Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul. They have been the subject of numerous exhibitions worldwide; in 2015, a projection work was exhibited on the façade of the Grand Palais, Paris.Learn More