Japan: Technology Gives Life To Children’s Drawings

Children’s brightly-coloured drawings of fish, squid and seahorses came to life on Wednesday (September 24) at an art display on the outskirts of Tokyo after they were scanned and projected onto a gigantic wall. The creator of the installation is Akitae Matsumoto, a father of two. He works for teamLab, a company in Tokyo which makes interactive installations combining art with technology. “My kids are three years old and five years old respectively. They are obsessed with the smart phone and fiddle with