Handpicked experience · Macau
Macau, Macau
Rooms of art computed live rather than played back, a waterfall simulated particle by particle, and creatures that wander out of one room into the next.
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Room-filling works that react to where you stand
Real-time rendering, so no two visits are identical
A climbing and jumping section built for physical play
A drawing station that puts your creature into the artwork
An hour or two indoors that works in any weather
Entry to teamLab SuperNature Macao, a large permanent digital art space at the Venetian, where the works fill entire rooms, respond to the people inside them, and change continuously as you move.
Most people spend between an hour and ninety minutes inside. Entry is by timed slot. There is no route, no labelling to speak of and no obvious order — you walk in and find your own way through spaces that are dark, loud and physically disorienting by design.
The single most useful thing to know is that none of this is pre-recorded. Every image is computed live, frame by frame, which is why the same room never looks the same twice and why nothing loops. Where a conventional projection would eventually repeat, these works simply carry on, altered by whoever happens to be standing in them.
The waterfall piece is generated by simulating hundreds of thousands of individual water particles falling against a surface, then drawing lines between them to render the flow. The water behaves as water because it is being computed as water, not painted to look like it. When you stand in its path, it hits you and diverts, and the change propagates downstream exactly as it would in a river.
The works are not confined to their walls. Flocks of digital creatures and drifting flowers cross from one space into another, so what you see in one room depends partly on what happened in the room next door, and on who was in it. Standing still for long enough changes the piece around you; so does touching it.
One section is built to be climbed, bounced and fallen on. A large membrane behaves like a trampoline, and jumping on it triggers the birth and collapse of planets underfoot, at a scale calibrated to how hard you land. It is the part of the exhibition where adults behave worst.
At another station you colour in a paper outline of a sea creature, hand it over, and it is scanned and released into an enormous projected ocean, where it swims among everybody else's. Children work this out immediately. Adults take longer and are then reluctant to leave.
Wear flat shoes and trousers — several floors are mirrored, and skirts are impractical for exactly that reason. Some areas involve water and bare feet. Book the time slot that suits you rather than turning up, since entry is by slot, and note that this booking does not carry free cancellation.
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Usually between one hour and ninety minutes. There is no set route, so the time depends entirely on how long you linger in the rooms that grab you.
No. Everything is computed live, frame by frame, which is why nothing loops and the same room never repeats itself exactly.
By simulating hundreds of thousands of individual water particles hitting a surface and drawing lines between them. Stand in the flow and it diverts around you, with the change carrying downstream.
Yes. Creatures and flowers move between spaces, so what appears in one room is influenced by what happened next door and by who was standing there.
Flat shoes and trousers. Several floors are mirrored, which makes skirts impractical, and some areas involve water and bare feet.
Very. The climbing section, the jumping membrane and the draw-your-own-fish station are built for them, and children generally work the place out faster than adults.
Yes, entry is by timed slot, so book the time you want rather than arriving on spec. This booking does not carry free cancellation.