Mori Building and teamLab will open the "MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless" on June 21st in Palette Town, Odaiba, Koto Ward, Tokyo. An information session and preview were held on June 11th, revealing the full details of the museum, including approximately 50 works, some of which will be shown for the first time in the world, such as "teamLab Athletics: A Forest of Movement" and "EN TEA HOUSE," a cafe where tea is an integral part of the artwork.

Mori Building and teamLab have created a completely new, one-of-a-kind museum, "MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: EPSON teamLab Borderless." The massive, staggering 10,000-square-meter space is divided into five worlds, showcasing approximately 50 works. The newly unveiled "teamLab Athletics Athletics Forest" is a new "creative athletic space" based on the concept of "perceiving the world with your body and thinking about it in three dimensions." It develops the hippocampus and trains spatial awareness. By moving your body in a complex, three-dimensional space, you can enjoy new forms of exercise.

"teamLab Athletics Athletics Forest"
The "EN TEA HOUSE" cafe is a more practical version of teamLab's previous endeavor to reconstruct the cultural context of food culture and expand it through digital art. When you pour tea into the cafe, flowers bloom, creating an infinite world of flowers and art that you can drink directly into the tea.

"EN TEA HOUSE"
At the information session, teamLab representative Inoko Toshiyuki said, "I hope we can break away from the framework of fixed ideas and broaden people's values, even if just a little. I also hope that people visiting Tokyo from all over the world will have fun and that it will inspire them to fall in love with the city of Tokyo. Even if people don't understand the meaning of it now, I want to make this a place that will connect them to something in the future." He continued, "Just as the seasons change, the flower forest will transform into a completely different landscape in five minutes. The rice ears in the countryside are green today, but will turn golden in autumn. The scenery is constantly changing, and the artworks also move. Rather than having a purpose and following a set route, I hope that visitors will get lost, wander around, explore with their bodies, and discover something."

Toshiyuki Inoko, Representative of teamLab
Additionally, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Director of Planning and Management at Mori Building's MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM, spoke about the development background and the thoughts behind the facility, saying, "Tokyo has a strong economy but is weak in terms of disseminating cultural information. It's been three years since the project team was formed. By combining the strengths of Mori Building and teamLab and taking on a challenge different to previous facility developments, we have created an entirely new facility like no other. With the world's attention focused on Japan in the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, we want to disseminate new cultural and artistic information from here and increase Tokyo's magnetic energy."