Ahead of its opening in Jeddah, teamLab is working on numerous large-scale artworks and has now unveiled the massive creative athletics space, Athletics Forest, along with the co-creative educational project, Future Park.
Speaking about Athletics Forest, teamLab founder Toshiyuki Inoko said: “Humans perceive the world with their bodies and think with their bodies. When you explore a complex three-dimensional world with your own body, you physically perceive the three-dimensional world and, in turn, your thoughts become three-dimensional. We started this project, Athletics Forest, with the hopes of improving three-dimensional and higher-order thinking.
Spatial awareness is said to be correlated with innovation and creativity. I grew up in a rural area and played in the mountains, but in today's society and schools, the body is stationary. I think cities are surrounded too much by flat information, like books, television, and smartphone screens. That is why we create a three-dimensional space that makes excessive demands on the physical body. “It is a space where people can perceive art with their physical body.”
Located in the historic district of Jeddah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the teamLab Borderless Jeddah project is one of the initiatives of the Quality of Life Program to develop and promote the infrastructure of cultural and artistic exhibitions, with the aim of strengthening the Saudi Arabia's contribution to arts and culture, one of the goals of the kingdom's Vision 2030. Tickets are now available on the official teamLab Borderless website.
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