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In fact, teamLab's digital works are often criticized for being classified as fine art. But, in 2016, their digital work Universe of Water Particles was sold at a Philips auction in Hong Kong for $240,149, the first time a digital work had gone under the hammer. And this year, their works were also sold at Christie's.

As for how he sees technology in art, Inoko says: "Technology is a tool to free our art from material. So, we never use technology for the sake of it. We only use it to help create new works."

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