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teamLab Botanical Garden Osaka has made a habit of turning the living contents of Nagai Botanical Garden into something otherworldly after dark. In spring it’s a field of glowing blue nemophila; a few months later, it’s purple hydrangeas and clusters of cosmoses.
From August 1, the permanent nighttime art space is adding another seasonal installation: 20,000 white sunflowers, individually lit up and left to glow against the summer night.
The installation follows teamLab’s usual approach – the flowers themselves are the artwork, but will be complemented by technology that enables them to respond to the presence of visitors with changes in light and tone.
The installation is set to end when the flowers do, which will of course be subject to weather conditions and confirmed at a later date.
A ticket for the sunflower field also gets you into the full garden for the permanent collection, which includes trees bathed in light, light-strewn camellia groves and lamps floating across the surface of a lake.
Tickets for August are on sale now on the official site.
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