teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective. Their collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. Through art, the interdisciplinary group of specialists, including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians, and architects, aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world, and new forms of perception.
In order to understand the world around them, people separate it into independent entities with perceived boundaries between them. teamLab seeks to transcend these boundaries in our perceptions of the world, of the relationship between the self and the world, and of the continuity of time. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity.
At this event, teamLab member Takeshi Yamada will introduce the concepts and philosophies behind teamLab's artworks and museums around the world, as well as information about the types of artworks, their development teams, and the technologies used.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.
Location: WCP 1.402
Takeshi Yamada, Director of Community Engagement
Takeshi Yamada was born and raised in Tokyo in 1990. He studied at Durham University for one year and then graduated from Teikyo University in 2012 with a B.A. in English Literature and History. After working as an Marketing Manager in a travel industry in Zurich, he returned to Japan to work at teamLab where he is now the Director of Community Engagement.
About The Buckman Center
Karl and Nelda Buckman, philanthropists dedicated to the arts, are fostering imaginative experiences within the community and promoting inventive opportunities that shape the future of arts, creative technologies, entertainment, and design. Through their brainchild, Nelda Studios, the Buckman's have successfully executed a plethora of national stage and screen projects, while also championing local events.
A flagship endeavor is The Buckman Center at the School of Design and Creative Technologies, situated within The University of Texas at Austin. The Center aims to be a hub for collaboration and research, bringing together educators, students, artists, designers, and technologists.