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WISH YOU WERE HERE

he installation at the teamLab Planets Tokyo museum is a nod to. Visitors are invited to wander barefoot around the body-immersive museum, wading through water and walking softly around the flowers to become ‘one with the garden’. More than 13,000 orchids wrap around wires to create this beautifully ephemeral flower garden, which comes alive with mirrors and soundscapes. The fact the flowers float up and down from the ceiling adds a whimsical element to the fragrant display, which seems to unfurl before your eyes. The human interaction with the flowers also becomes part of the exhibit, a gentle reminder about how much nature has to offer us.

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