teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi will open its doors on Saadiyat Island, just steps from the Louvre and the forthcoming Guggenheim. As the Tokyo-based collective’s largest project to date, this new museum invites visitors into a seamless world where art, architecture, and nature converge in constant transformation. Designed in collaboration with MZ Architects, the undulating white structure mirrors the immersive, ever-changing environments within.
Rather than presenting fixed installations, teamLab introduces artworks as “phenomena”—light, water, air, and sound that only come alive through interaction. In Levitation Void, a glowing sphere hovers weightlessly in a red chamber, reacting to touch in subtle waves. Another highlight, Autonomous Abstraction, fills a dark room with flickering lights that behave like a swarm, falling into rhythm through spontaneous synchronization.
Visitors walk across shifting floors, encounter glowing water gardens, and wade through mirrored pools filled with musical ovoids. In En Tea, the quiet act of pouring tea triggers pulses of light that ripple through the space. More physically intense is Biocosmos, where guests cross a suspended net while flocks of birds swirl overhead in dynamic unison. The museum’s recurring motif—the vortex—appears in swirling balloons, bubbles, and beams of light, evoking both natural and cognitive movement.
teamLab describes the project not as a collection of objects but as an experience shaped by its environment. The artworks only exist when the conditions allow—dissolving boundaries between artwork, space, and viewer. teamLab Phenomena offers a groundbreaking vision of a museum, one that lives, breathes, and transforms with every step.
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