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'Forest of Flowers and People Lost' by teamLab.
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More than 50 digital artworks will feature at Jeddah's new digital art museum, teamLab Borderless, when it opens in 2023. Pictured here, 'The Way of the Sea, Flying Beyond Borders - Colours of Life'. All photos: teamLab
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The 15-metre tall teamLab composition 'Golden Sand Waterfall' will be an exclusive installation in Jeddah.
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'Megalith Flames' is another artwork that will be unveiled at the museum in Jeddah when it opens next year.
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'Birth', a composition by the teamLab group, which was founded in Japan in 2001.
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'Typhoon Balls and Weightless Forest of Resonating Life' by teamLab is another work that goes beyond conventional artistic barriers.
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The immersive 'Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather' by teamLab.
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'Forest of Resonating Lamps'.
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'Universe of Water Particles on Au-dela Des Limites'.
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A visitor takes in teamLab's 'Forest of Resonating Lamps_Spring Mountain'.
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Another aspect of teamLab's 'Forest of Resonating Lamps'.
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'Soft Terrain and Granular Topography_Spring'. In Jeddah in 2023, visitors will be able to experience teamLab's work for themselves.
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'Red in the Blue II' by teamLab. Jeddah is one of the collective's destinations as it moves outside its base in Tokyo.
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'Memory of Topography_Autumn_Autumn Leaves' by teamLab.
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'Forest of Flowers and People' by teamLab.
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'Wander through the Crystal World' by teamLab.
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'Soft Terrain and Granular Topography_Spring' by teamLab.
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'Memory of Topography_Autumn_Sweet Olive' by teamLab.
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'Reversible Rotation, Flying Beyond Borders - One Stroke, Cold Light' by teamLab.
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'Rapidly Rotating Bouncing Sphere Caterpillar House' by teamLab.
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'Memory of Topography_Summer_Rain' by teamLab.
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A view of teamLab Borderless Tokyo, which opened in 2018.
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'Forest of Flowers and People Lost' by teamLab.
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More than 50 digital artworks will feature at Jeddah's new digital art museum, teamLab Borderless, when it opens in 2023. Pictured here, 'The Way of the Sea, Flying Beyond Borders - Colours of Life'. All photos: teamLab
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The 15-metre tall teamLab composition 'Golden Sand Waterfall' will be an exclusive installation in Jeddah.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/V4DJP6NBX5BLXJNGRP4S343ALM.png?smart=true&auth=6a6ee20915d6aa465476f7566c942a7b4c07ff3129f9aa31470469fb22f56be5&width=400&height=225)
'Megalith Flames' is another artwork that will be unveiled at the museum in Jeddah when it opens next year.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZXNDVDASLJEWZOQ52IZW5PGPEI.jpg?smart=true&auth=f3b11b0411a479bb82e3478840205e7e02f06e3aea9dbb5c0b4c1538af07d8a6&width=400&height=225)
'Birth', a composition by the teamLab group, which was founded in Japan in 2001.
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'Typhoon Balls and Weightless Forest of Resonating Life' by teamLab is another work that goes beyond conventional artistic barriers.
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The immersive 'Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather' by teamLab.
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'Forest of Resonating Lamps'.
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'Universe of Water Particles on Au-dela Des Limites'.
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A visitor takes in teamLab's 'Forest of Resonating Lamps_Spring Mountain'.
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Another aspect of teamLab's 'Forest of Resonating Lamps'.
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'Soft Terrain and Granular Topography_Spring'. In Jeddah in 2023, visitors will be able to experience teamLab's work for themselves.
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'Red in the Blue II' by teamLab. Jeddah is one of the collective's destinations as it moves outside its base in Tokyo.
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'Memory of Topography_Autumn_Autumn Leaves' by teamLab.
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'Forest of Flowers and People' by teamLab.
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'Wander through the Crystal World' by teamLab.
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'Soft Terrain and Granular Topography_Spring' by teamLab.
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'Memory of Topography_Autumn_Sweet Olive' by teamLab.
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'Reversible Rotation, Flying Beyond Borders - One Stroke, Cold Light' by teamLab.
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'Rapidly Rotating Bouncing Sphere Caterpillar House' by teamLab.
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'Memory of Topography_Summer_Rain' by teamLab.
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A view of teamLab Borderless Tokyo, which opened in 2018.
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'Forest of Flowers and People Lost' by teamLab.
Borderless: what to expect from Jeddah's new digital art museum
Art collective teamLab, born in Tokyo, is behind the immersive project that recently broke ground
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Katy Gillett
30 May, 2022
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