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“Japanese collective teamLab may not have physically taken over Gajah Gallery, but their small showcase of six video pieces has a large impact. Encountering these works in the dimly lit warehouse space, you quickly lose awareness of your immediate surroundings.“To stand before video works like Gold Waves, 2017, is to be engulfed by molten metal and spitting flames. Meanwhile, the pounding energy and swirling water of Black Waves, 2016, on the adjacent wall, further confronts you with the sublime overwhelming power of nature.“It’s fitting to move from these visceral works to the colorful mini-epic Flower and Corpse Glitch, 2012, which continues the exploration of man’s relationship with the natural world . . . Playing with a gold leafing effect as well as shattering layers of the moving images to expose underlying digital grids, it is perhaps the show’s most hypnotic work, which manages to suspend time and momentarily sweep you away from the world.” – Payal Uttam.Thank you Art Basel and…
