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Commemorating the release of One Piece Film: Gold, the “One Piece x Team Lab Digital Art Island Adventure” exhibit will go on tour beginning with “Team Lab Islands -Learn and Play! Amusement Park of the Future-” at Saitama Prefecture’s Lalaport Fujimi with two special creations: Sketch Chopper and A Table where the Tontatta Tribe Live.
Team Lab Islands’ four other exhibits including Story of the Time when Gods were Everywhere, Create! Hopscotch for Geniuses, Light Ball Orchestra, and Sketch Aquarium designed for Team Lab’s education project “Team Lab Islands: Learn and Play! Amusement Park of the Future” will also be open the exhibit. This event will run from Saturday July 16 to Sunday, July 31.
Exhibit Details: https://www.team-lab.net/jp/exhibitions/onepiece-lalaportfujimi/
■ Exhibits
Sketch Chopper - One Piece ~Digital Art Island Adventure~
Team Lab, 2015
Project Page: http://www.team-lab.net/jp/works/sketchchopper
As you draw Chopper of the Straw Hat Pirates on paper, he comes alive on the giant screen before you. When you touch him, he can do a variety of actions. Suddenly Digital Art Island’s original character, the evil scientist Dr. Boram, appears and everyone’s Choppers attack him.
A Table Where the Tontatta Tribe Live - One Piece ~Digital Art Island Adventure~
Team Lab, 2015
Project Page: http://www.team-lab.net/jp/works/tontattatable
The Tontatta tribe from the One Piece anime live on this table. They run around the table without noticing you. When you touch or set something on the table, though, they notice and jump on it. Digital Art Island’s original character, the evil scientist Dr. Boram, will sometimes appear
and chase around the Tontatta tribe, so use your hand or something you have on you to help the Tontatta clan get away from him.
Sketch Aquarium
Team Lab, 2013, Interactive Digital Installation
Project Page: https://www.team-lab.net/jp/works/aquarium
**Create! Hopscotch for Geniuses**
Team Lab, 2015, Interactive Digital Installation, Sound: Team Lab
Project Page: https://www.team-lab.net/jp/works/create-hopscotch
**Light Ball Orchestra**
Team Lab, 2013, Interactive Installation, Sound: Team Lab
Project Page: https://www.team-lab.net/jp/works/orchestra
**Story of the Time when Gods were Everywhere**
Sisyu + Team Lab, 2013, Interactive Digital Installation, Calligraphy: Sisyu, Sound: Hideaki Takahashi
Project Page: https://www.team-lab.net/jp/works/stgse
▼Team Lab Islands -Learn and Play! Amusement Park of the Future-
As society continues to grow and develop, technology grows, as well, and continues to replace the need for employees. We can’t begin to imagine the kind of jobs our children will be doing 30 years from now. The need for the one thing that can’t be done by a machine - creativity - will become the most important thing.
Humans are, by their very nature, creative. Despite that, our current education system focuses on training its students based on questions of “right” and “wrong.” In fact, sometimes acting in a unique way is treated as not only just “not right,” but instead “wrong,” and thus corrected. As a result, creativity is lost out of fear of being wrong without realizing it. In real life, though, “right” isn’t just one thing with all else being wrong. A right answer is just one chosen out of infinite correct possibilities. Creativity is born without boundaries, using interactions between different fields to surmount problems without clearly correct or incorrect answers.
We evaluate ourselves based on tests we take alone, which has led to us only thinking about ourselves. People are also getting pulled into their smartphones. It’s possible to connect mentally with others through phones, but physically you’re still alone.
We learn about this world through experiences with other people, and about ourselves. When we think creatively with other people, we’re able to come up with even more creative solutions. Having creative experiences with other people is an extremely important thing.
This project was born from a wish for people to be able to share in the experience of moving around creatively in an art-oriented space with other people. The thought is that enjoying this makes it possible for every day to be a little closer to the experience found in this space.
http://island.team-lab.com/
The “Team Lab Islands: Learn and Play! Amusement Park of the Future” exhibit was first put together in November 2013 at the Okinawa department store Ryubo, and has since visited Sanchong, Osaka, and Fukuoka, and even the 2014 Milano Salone in Europe. Team Lab also showcased their artworks and amusement park through the “Team Lab: Dance! Art Exhibit and Learn and Play! Amusement Park of the Future” event in November 2014, first held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation which brought an incredible 470,000 attendees. The total number of domestic and international attendees for the event surpassed 2 million people.
Other Event Details: http://island.team-lab.com/#event
**[Exhibit Outline]**
One Piece x Team Lab Digital Art Island Adventure in Team Lab Islands -Learn and Play! Amusement Park of the Future- Lalaport Fujimi-ten
Period: July 16 (Sat.) to July 31 (Sun.), 2016
Closed Days: None
Location: Lalaport Fujimi (1 Chome-1313, Yamamuro, Fujimi-shi, Saitama Prefecture)
Cost: Free Pass (meaning unlimited re-entry all day): 1,200 yen, Time Plan: first 30 minutes for 500 yen (300 yen for every 20 minutes following)
Enquiries: http://island.team-lab.com/inqfm/general/
Sponsors: Team Lab Kids Co., Ltd., Fuji Television
In Collaboration with: Pentel Co., Ltd.
*The above period is for the Sketch Chopper and A Table Where the Tontatta Tribe Live exhibits.*
*Team Lab Islands started on April 10, 2015.*
*The cost is the same for both for adults and children over 3.*
■ Team Lab
Team Lab was established in 2001 with students from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School in mind. It’s put together by a variety of specialists including programmers, engineers, mathematicians, architects, CG animators, designers, and painters, and is designed to blur the lines between art, science, and technology.
Team Lab Works: http://www.team-lab.net/
Team Lab Instagram: https://instagram.com/teamlab_news/
Team Lab Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEAMLAB.inc
Source: PR TIMES
