The newly established “Theater Room” will screen “Voyage: Beyond the Uncharted,” a work themed around the exploration of uncharted planets, while the renovated “Innovation Hall” on the 7th floor will screen “Sky: A Journey Through the Clouds.”
“Voyage: Beyond the Uncharted”—An Extraordinary Visual Experience Exploring Uncharted Stars
“Voyage: Beyond the Uncharted” takes place in a space featuring a large curved LED panel designed to resemble a spaceship window and a viewing platform, allowing visitors to experience a space journey through the stars centered on the solar system.
Projected onto the screen are numerous scenes recreated based on scientific observation data, including NASA’s latest solar exploration mission “Touch The Sun” and NASA’s “Voyager” spacecraft, which has traveled farther into space than any human mission in history.
Additionally, under the supervision of solar system researcher Junichi Watanabe, the exhibition will feature footage of unexplored regions —such as Jupiter’s cloud layers and the surface of its moon Europa—that even space probes have yet to reach.
“Sky: A Journey Through the Clouds,” a work depicting the diverse forms of clouds as revealed by meteorological research
“Sky: A Journey Through the Clouds” is a five-minute installation that explores the ever-changing cycle of clouds from dawn to dusk, offering an immersive experience enveloped in music, visuals, and effects such as mist and wind.
The works feature a variety of meteorological phenomena, ranging from sea fog to the Ladder of Angels, sea of clouds, cirrocumulus clouds, and rainbows. Under the supervision of Kentaro Araki, a renowned cloud researcher, the scene where the viewer plunges from the upper reaches of cirrocumulus clouds into the interior of cumulonimbus clouds meticulously depicts—based on scientific data—the process by which ice crystals grow into snowflakes and eventually transform into hailstones and raindrops.
Through an experience exploring uncharted stars and an immersive experience that feels like stepping into a world of ever-changing clouds, visitors will be able to experience the grandeur of space and Earth firsthand.
