teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi to Open in April
Images: Courtesy of teamLab
(eap) The teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi digital art museum is set to open in the Saadiyat Cultural District in the capital of the Emirates on April 18, 2025. This was announced by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), the future operator Miral Experiences and the Japanese artist collective teamLab. Covering a total area of 17,000 square meters, the multi-sensory art experience will combine technology, science and art to stimulate the senses of visitors. The aim is to create a dynamic experience that will ensure that no two visits are the same. The future installations are part of teamLab’s “Environmental Phenomena” concept, which sees the environment producing something, instead of humans.
“Once opened, teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi will offer an immersive journey that sparks infinite curiosity and imagination in all who visit. At the intersection of art, technology, and nature, it will create a world of limitless wonder and creativity. Through these multi-sensory explorations, we are inspiring new generations of innovators, thinkers, and creators from Abu Dhabi and beyond,” explains H.E. Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of DCT Abu Dhabi.
teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi will be housed in a purpose-built building designed by teamLab Architects and realized together with MZ Architects from Abu Dhabi. Toshiyuki Inoko, founder of teamLab, adds: “The artworks in teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi do not exist independently, but are created by the environment which produces the various phenomena that cause the artworks to exist. Up until now, things that humans have created have existed through matter, just like a rock, and have a stable structure in and of themselves. Unlike such things, the existence of the artworks in teamLab Phenomena are created by the environment. The environment produces the phenomena, and the environment maintains the existence of the structure. Let us call that existence environmental phenomena.”
The Japanese teamLabs location teamLab Planets Tokyo was recently expanded by a factor of 1.5. In addition to Abu Dhabi, further locations are currently planned for Kyoto and Hamburg (Germany). ■
