teamLab, a collective, interdisciplinary creative group, presents Digitized Nature art project at Shimogamo Shrine from August 17th to September 2nd.
Visitors had entrance regulation to the event due to the crowds on the first day.
This is the third time that Shimogamo Shrine and teamLab has corroborated.
The number of visitors has got higher and higher every year.
So this time, we’re going to tell you about this illuminate event.
What’s the Hikari no Festival Shimogamo Shrine?
Hikari no Festival (Illumination Festival) is held by teamLab and it is with the concept of “delivering Japanese beauty and culture to the world”.
People usually enjoy artworks by just watching especially in Japan. They must not take some picture and reach their hands to the artwork.
teamLab’s artwork is interactive one so observers or spectators become a part of art by watching, touching or taking a picture.
Walk, Walk, Walk – Tadasu Forest at Shimogamo Shrine
The artwork is created by a computer program that continuously renders the work in real time along the Izumigawa River as it flows through Tadasu Forest.
Floating, Resonating Spheres
Spheres of light float in the space within the Sakura Gate of Shimogamo Shrine. They move on their own, shining brightly, then disappearing—as if they are softly breathing.
When the spheres of light are touched by a person or receive an impact, the color of their light changes, and they emit a musical tone unique to their new color.
Forest of Autonomous Resonating Life
The artworks, placed in the Tadasu Forest of the Shimogamo Shrine World Heritage site, shine brightly together with the trees of the forest.
The light of them are autonomous: they shine brightly and then fade slowly, as if breathing.
Information
Term:
August 17th ~September 2nd, 2019
Time:
18:30～22:00 (Last Entrance 21:30)
Venue:
Shimogamo Shrine; 59, Shimogamo Izumigawa cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto
Access:
“Shimogamo-jinja mae”(下鴨神社前) bus stop on the Kyoto City Bus #4, 205 at Kyoto Station
12-minute walk from “Demachiyanagi” St. on Keihan line.
Admission Fee:
Weekday (Monday – Friday); 1,300 yen per adult
Weekend (Saturday & Sunday); 1,500 yen per adult
*Elementary school students and younger are free.
*Must be accompanied by a parent or guardian 20 years or older.
TEL：
0570-200-888（Kyodo Information 10:00～18:00）
URL：
https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/shimogamo/
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