November 9-26, 2023
BVLGARI
SERPENTI 75 Years of Infinite Tale Exhibition
Tokyo (Japan)

To celebrate BVLGARI ‘s 75th anniversary of its brand icon, the SERPENTI, this year the brand has launched a series of creative collaborations with contemporary artists from around the world. Emmanuelle is one of the three artists selected for the collaborations for the Tokyo series. This new installation marks the 50th of the 100 colors installations series, creating an immersive space that seems to go on and on into the colors.

Visitors to this installation will experience the concept of "infinite colors," inspired by the allure of the SERPENTI, a symbol of eternity. The space is designed to evoke emotion by inviting visitors into an infinite world where colors seem to continue forever, following a long and narrow endless path.

Stepping into the narrow path, the infinite colors emerge, which are represented by Roman numerals from 1 to 100. This is a special motif chosen as a respect to the brand's roots in Rome. The installation is composed of 347,100 Roman numbers in 100 shades of colors, written on 100 large transparent acrylic panels, regularly aligned to a depth of approximately 16m. Acrylic panels have cut out in the middle, to allow visitors to walk inside the installation. The first layer writes the Roman numeral 1, the number of Roman numerals increases as visitors progress along the path, and the gradation of 100 colors changes together with the number. Roman numerals, consisting of five simple symbols (I, V, X, L, C), are aligned perfectly on a three-dimensional grid, creating an infinity of numbers.

An endless journey of color. The expression of the installation changes with each step, creating a complex fascination that transforms endlessly. Just as the colors continue to infinity, we hope that the future of BVLGARI will also continue endlessly.

100 colors no.50 “SERPENTI” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

December 23, 2023 - January 28, 2024
LANCÔME
The ART OF ABSOLUE
”PERPETUAL, BEYOND TIME”
Shanghai (China)

The “Art of Absolue” Exhibition under the theme of "Perpetual, Beyond Time", was held in Shanghai to showcase the "Absolue" collection of the world’s leading luxury beauty brand LANCÔME.
For this exhibition, Emmanuelle unveiled a new installation to express the philosophy of the brand and its collection. This immersive installation is an abstract representation of beauty and eternity. Inspired by the symbolic meaning of butterflies, the room is filled with butterflies in flight, made of a simplified form of specially designed butterflies that gather, dance, flap wings, and soar high into the sky.

The installation is composed of a colorful circular volume in the center of the room, encircled by a white circular layer, made of approximately 40,000 butterflies in total. When entering the room, people are enveloped by the membrane of white butterflies that forms a path around the colorful circular volume. Walking along the gently curving path, visitors are naturally led to the center of the room, and discover that they have entered inside the core of the colorful installation, an immersive world of butterflies in 100 colors that continues to soar up more than 10 meters high.

Stepping into this space will be an immersive and magical experience, full of emotions, sensations, a joyful and a meditative moment.

100 colors no.48 “100 colors butterflies” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

2023
Lumière
Paris (France)
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Lumière is the largest private office building in Paris, located in the 12th arrondissement, at the heart of the business district “Bercy”. The building has seven upper floors and is divided into two wings linked by a magnificent atrium. “TIMELINE” is a site-specific permanent artwork for this atrium in Lumière, which symbolizes the diversity of people and moments of life. This artwork is the first permanent artwork of the 100 colors series in France.

Inspired by the sky, the glass roof of the atrium, this permanent artwork is an abstract visualization of the beam of light passing through, like a ray of sunlight penetrating the building. The ray of light is colored in 100 colors, bringing life, joy, and emotion to the people that illuminates the space. The artwork is made up of 3200 numbers in total, expressing years from 2023 to skyward, continuing up endlessly. From the bottom, the years begin from 2023 and 2024, two years in one row, then the years are stacked up one by one towards the sky, reaching 18m in height. The present time, 2023, is expressed in white, then the future years are expressed in 100 colors. The gradation of 100 colors from the bottom emphasizes the flow of time.

All numbers face the lounge area, and the glass facade on the other side. The numbers are fixed to keep stillness and prevent from turning, so they appear like a real line of light, even when viewed from a distance.

“TIMELINE” shines a ray of light into people's daily lives, explores new relationships with others, and becomes part of the wonderful moments.

100 colors no.47 “TIMELINE” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

photos : THEO BAULIG / RAPHAEL METIVET

KAMOI 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
September 5 - 30, 2023
Kurashiki (Japan)

The Japanese paper manufacturing company KAMOI KAKOSHI Co.,LTD which created mt, the spark that ignited the masking tape big hit, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. The company is holding the "KAMOI 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION + SHOP" at 6 venues all over Japan. This is Emmanuelle’s second collaboration with mt and released her new installation in Kurashiki city which is the hometown of the KAMOI KAKOSHI Co.,LTD. In her first collaboration with mt (100 colors no.35) she used mt’s masking tape, made of traditional Japanese paper washi. The installation is made for the 10th mt FACTORY TOUR. This site-specific outdoor installation is also made with the same mt’s masking tape with her unique 100 colors.

This special outdoor artwork is held in Kurashiki Ivy Square. The venue for this exhibition is known as a cultural asset constituting a Japanese heritage site. The 100 colors blend this building with its long history. The masking tape turns out colorful scenes in the sky of Kurashiki city.

The installation is composed of 15 mm wide and 3 m long lines of masking tapes, regularly layered creating an immersive space in front of the building. Starts with white and continues 100 colors gradation that covers above the head, people can walk through under the colorful passage which reaches 24 m long. Approximately 26,000 thin lines welcome visitors to its colorful breeze, allowing them to feel as many colors as they walk into the building. When colorful strands swing by the wind, every small movement delivers emotions.

100 colors no.46 is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

July 19, 2023 - June 2, 2024
M. museum
Almere (Netherlands)

Inspired by the circular architectural form of the floating art pavilion “M.” located in Almere, Netherlands, the new installation presents the conceptual exploration of “time”, creating an immersive world of colorful flow of time.

Drawing inspiration from the circular shape of the building, the installation is composed of layers of small circles, which are regularly arranged along the curved wall, forming a semicircular shape. A thin line is cut out through each circular module in order to express the hour hand of a clock. The circular module is an abstract representation of an analogue clock, which is unleashed from its functional existence. The installation is made up of 8760 modules in 100 shades of colors, each module meaning “one hour”, which means the installation represents the passage of time in “one year”.

8760 hours are condensed in this space. It is a space where one can feel the flow of one year at a glance. The installation is still. However, when one approaches a wall of colorful clocks, the effect is as if the hands of the clocks are moving, creating the illusion of time passing.

There are interactive activities for visitors to answer questions about time and color.

100 colors no.45 “8760 hours” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

2024
Benjamin Moore
Flagship Store
“COLOR STATION”
Seoul (South Korea)
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Benjamin Moore, famous for wide-ranging colors and high-quality painting, has opened a flagship store named “COLOR STATION” in Seoul. For this new space, Emmanuelle created a permanent installation expressing the infinite possibilities of colors. This is the 44th in the “100 colors” series and the first “100 colors” installation in Korea. 

Located on the main street of the Gangnam district in Seoul, the building has been newly constructed for the showroom. The interior space has been designed in a white color scheme, reminiscent of a gallery. The over 5 meters high colorful installation, composed of 2,300 circular modules regularly aligned on a three-dimensional grid, floats in the middle of the three-story atrium space. The 12 cm diameter acrylic circles are painted in 100 shades of colors, each module shining in the sunlight entering the room. Inside each circular module, there are cutout numbers from 0 to 9. The orderly arrangement of countless colors and numbers represents the infinite possibilities of color.

There is a hidden surprise in this installation. The bottom layer of white circles has alphabet letters cut out creating the word “ONE MILLION”. Although humans can distinguish millions of colors, most people limit colors to the colors of the rainbow. Through this artwork Emmanuelle wants people to feel and open their eyes to see more colors and be aware of the millions of  colors in our surroundings. 

100 colors no.44 “ONE MILLION” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

April 22 - May 28, 2023
Roppongi Art Night 2023
Roppongi Hills
Tokyo (Japan)

This new “100 colors” installation was commissioned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of Roppongi Hills, a famous building complex located in the heart of Tokyo’s Roppongi district. At the foot of the skyscraper Mori Tower, where people are busy coming and going, 100 colors layers create an installation that traces memories.

Composed of small numbers writing “years”, overlapping in 100 colors layers — the deeper the layer, the older the year — the artwork is an abstract representation of layers of “memory”.

The installation is composed of 201,552 numbers in 100 shades of colors and white, written on 51 large transparent acrylic panels, regularly aligned to a depth of 12,5 m.

The small numbers write the 20 years of time from the opening of Roppongi Hills in 2003, to the present year 2023. The front layer, expressing the present 2023, is represented in white, while the rest of 50 layers in 100 colors gradation expresses the flow of past time.

Perfectly aligned in three dimensional grids, numbers are written so that they overlap exactly on both sides of each layer, creating staggering overlapping effects. It is a flow of floating numbers and colors that build a complex depth and density, creating three-dimensional layers of colorful memory. Depending on the angle of view, the overlap between the numbers and the colors reflected in the eye changes, creating the sensation of entering into various layers of memory.

As part of Roppongi Art Night 2023, the installation is illuminated at night, creating a different atmosphere than during the day. May this colorful space of memory be where people gather, think, and remember precious memories.

100 colors no.43 “memory” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

April 14, 2023 - July 10, 2024
DOGO ART 2023
Dogo Onsen
Matsuyama (Japan)

As part of DOGO ART 2023 - an art festival showcasing the works of various artists to energize and add colors to Dogo Onsen, the oldest hot spring in Japan, Emmanuelle has created the symbolic art installation for the festival that set across the stretch of Dogo Shopping Street, which connects to the famous Dogo Onsen Main Building. The installation transformed the Dogo Shopping Street into a colorful and dynamic passage, where people walk under the lifelike 100 colors.

Approaching the entrance of the Dogo Shopping Street, a floating volume of 100 colors appears behind the famous Dogo signage. This floating volume of 3m cube is composed of masking tape made of traditional Japanese paper Washi, which is especially created for Emmanuelle’s unique 100 shades of colors. Each thin line is 15mm wide and perfectly placed next to each other, gently swaying in the wind. The essence of 100 colors is condensed at the entrance, like a gateway to a world of 100 colors to come.

Stepping into the Arcade, the ceiling is covered with floating 100 colors. The installation is composed of 20280 thin lines of masking tapes, formed by repetitive layers of curtain of colors, creating an immersive experience. It is also made of the same masking tape as the entrance floating volume, each thin line is 15mm wide and approximately 2m long. The colorful journey begins with a layer of white, and the color gradually changes layer by layer, forming a total of 101 layers which continues across the stretch of 150m. The colors capture light from the ceiling of the arcade, capture breezes and sway lively in the wind. The installation changes the expression depending on the weather of the day.

Walking under the dynamic 100 colors , the installation gives opportunities for people to enjoy and feel colors with their entire body.

100 colors no.42 / DOGO ART 2023 is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,

I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.

In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan. Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.

The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.

Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.

I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.

Please come and find your favorite color. "

emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

Nov. 18, 2022 - Jan. 9, 2023
HERBIS PLAZA 1F
Osaka (Japan)

“100 colors Falls”.
Mystical as if time had stopped,
Beautiful and powerful as if the colors were flowing down.
Bathe in falls of 100 colors, and purify your body and mind.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,

I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.

In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan. Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.

The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.

Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.

I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.

Please come and find your favorite color. "

emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

July 22 - September 11, 2022
ART TOUCH EXHIBITION
KITTE NAGOYA
NAGOYA (Japan)

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan. Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

June 2022 - May 2023
Oslo Public Library
Deichman Bjørvika
Oslo (Norway)

“100 colors” installation for the iconic Oslo Public Library ‘Deichman Bjørvika’.

Composed of 10,000 alphabet letters (from a to z, and norwegian special letters) in 100 shades of colors, randomly positioned and regularly aligned on a three dimensional grid, the installation is an abstract representation of a book floating in the space. Suspended in the void between the 3rd and 5th floor of the library, the multicolored cloud of cut out letters is illuminated with the beautiful Norwegian natural lights, creating infinite expressions.

photo : Øystein Thorvaldsen

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo, I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan. Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors. Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

September 17, 2021 - July 25, 2022
UNIQLO GINZA 4F
Tokyo (Japan)

Special installation for the UNIQLO GINZA store, renewed and reopened on September 2021.The installation named “hitobito iroiro” (meaning “diversity” in Japanese), vividly depicts the rich color variations found in UNIQLO’s concept LifeWear, as well as the joys and pleasures of wearing clothes you love.

The installation is composed of 9,000 woman's silhouettes in 100 different shades of colors, regularly aligned in three dimensional grids, filling the glass tank. Each silhouette is a combination of 3 colors, one for the upper body, one for the lower body and one for the bag, forming innumerable patterns and expressing diversity. A girl, a cat and an angel are lost inside, adding playfulness to the installation.

“The work expresses both the colors of clothes and the colors of the heart. What I am today, what I will be tomorrow. The colors of my mind change every day. It is fun. In the world there are various people, there are various minds. People are all different both on the outside (appearance) and on the inside (heart). Diversity within myself, diversity within the world. To put it in one word, diversity is beautiful. This is the message I wanted to express in this work.”

mt FACTORY TOUR
July 22 - August 4, 2021
Kurashiki (Japan)

​Installation for the world-famous Japanese masking tape brand “mt”, for the memorable 10th mt FACTORY TOUR. The exhibition, held once a year at the mt factory, shows the infinite possibilities of the mt’s masking tape​, ​ made of traditional Japanese paper washi.

For the installation, Emmanuelle decided to use the most familiar masking tape with a width of 15 mm. The tape was especially created for the installation in Emmanuelle’s unique 100 different shades of colors.
The installation was composed of 6000 ​thin ​lines of masking tapes, regularly layered vertically and diagonally​, creating a rhythmical immersive colorful space.​​ Visitors can walk through a ​tunnel cut out of the installation​​, experiencing ​the 100 colors gradation​ and its ​overlapping​ effects​​. ​ ​T​he colors and lines overlap and change depending on the viewing angle, creating a beautiful rainbow moire that creates various expressions.

Walking through this immersive ​one hundred colors path, which was made up of ​a total of ​28 km length masking tape, people forgot time and enjoyed co​lors with their ​entire body.

2021
FAROL SANTANDER
São Paulo (Brazil)

“Forest of Numbers” exhibited for the 1st time in The Americas, in São Paulo’s iconic skyscraper FAROL SANTANDER. For this aerial location on the 23rd floor, numbers from 0 to 9, randomly positioned and regularly aligned on a grid, created a three-dimensional matrix in 100 colors.
All the space was filled with numbers in 100 colors, except a tunnel cut through the installation, leading to the windows with bird’s-eye view of the city.
Surrounded closely by infinite numbers, the path invited visitors to wonder inside the multicolored forest of numbers, discovering the subtle changes of 100 colors one by one.

About “Forest of Numbers”
As part of “100 colors” series, Emmanuelle unveiled in 2017 the installation "Forest of Numbers", created for the 10th Anniversary of The National Art Center, Tokyo.

The installation visualized the decade of the future from 2017 to 2026, each layer employing 4 digits to express the relevant year such as 2, 0, 1, and 7 for 2017. More than 60,000 pieces of suspended numeral figures from 0 to 9 were regularly aligned in three dimensional grids. A section was removed, created a path that cut through the installation, invited visitors to wonder inside the colorful forest filled with numbers.

Since 2017, "Forest of Numbers" has been explored in various forms, sizes of numbers, meaning of numbers, depending on the environment and exhibition space.

2020
GREEN SPRINGS
Tokyo
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Emmanuelle’s first public art sculpture, “mirai” (meaning “the future” in Japanese) visualizes the next 100 years to come (2020 to 2119) in 100 different shades of colors. The colorful future is supported structurally by the past, represented through white numbers.

"mirai" is located in GREEN SPRINGS, the new well-being district in Tokyo.

100 years condensed in “mirai”
To welcome a lot of dreams
The city will change as people change
2020 will become the past
Dreams overlapping with years
Creating an infinity of colors
Dreams condensed in condensed 100 years
Smile and imagine
Colorful “future”

emmanuelle moureaux

February 5 - April 19, 2020
(extended until Sep.27)
NOW Gallery
London (UK)


Inspired by the location of the gallery, near to the Greenwich Meridian marking time, "Slices of Time" expresses the past, the now and the future through 168,000 small numbers composing 120 "slices" of time, hanged in the space, as a round representation of the earth floating. Composed of 100 layers of numbers in 100 shades of colors and 20 layers of numbers in white, the installation visualizes the next 100 years to come (2020 to 2119) and the past 20 years (2000 to 2019) represented in white.

“Slices of Time” is part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series.


NOW Gallery official text
Emmanuelle Moureaux has been seducing audiences with her colourful installations from Paris to Tokyo. The complexity and delightful aesthetic fills space with cut out coloured paper to create a world where the essence of every carefully considered colour can be appreciated. NOW Gallery, as part of its on-going Design Commission, selected Moureaux to present a large-scale installation in the UK for the first time. Inspired by the gallery’s location on the Greenwich Peninsula, near to the Meridian, marking time and composed of layers of numbers in 100 shades of colours and white, the installation expresses the flow of time. Each layer of numbers reflects the now, the past and the future, the exhibition will be a round representation of the earth floating in the gallery space. A moment, a slice of time. Creating dates to be acknowledged and a moment to think about ourselves in contemplation with the now.

The installation will offer its visitors the time to remember a significant date. Round paper will be available to write this chosen date on in coloured pen; and why it is important. This will be placed on the window of the gallery, along a timeline which will create a kaleidoscope of colour.

Jemima Burrill, Curator at NOW Gallery, said:
“The measured detail, and calm considered order of Moureaux’s work seemed the perfect respite from the political bedlam we are experiencing. This exhibition will include everyone, giving them the opportunity to have a moment to enjoy colour and form in all its simplicity and complexity. Both elements will work together to surprise and saturate, providing a moment to think about a date of significance within colourful order. A contemplative moment for all.”

photos: Charles Emerson


About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo, I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan. Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors. Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

Oct. 13 - Nov. 17, 2019
Kumamoto-Jo Hall
Entrance lobby
Kumamoto (Japan)

”Forest of Numbers | 2019-2118”
Special installation for the opening of Kumamoto-Jo hall in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto. The installation visualizes the future 100 years from 2019 to 2118.

About “Forest of Numbers”
As part of “100 colors” series, Emmanuelle unveiled in 2017 the installation "Forest of Numbers", created for the 10th Anniversary of The National Art Center, Tokyo. The installation visualized the decade of the future from 2017 to 2026, each layer employing 4 digits to express the relevant year such as 2, 0, 1, and 7 for 2017. More than 60,000 pieces of suspended numeral figures from 0 to 9 were regularly aligned in three dimensional grids. A section was removed, created a path that cut through the installation, invited visitors to wonder inside the colorful forest filled with numbers.

Since 2017, "Forest of Numbers" has been explored in various forms, sizes of numbers, meaning of numbers, depending on the environment and exhibition space.

WATCH ART GRAND EXHIBITION
Sep. 28 – Oct. 13, 2019
Sands Theatre
Marina Bay Sands
Singapore

Installation:
“100 colors flowers”

After Dubai, Munich, London and New York, Singapore has been chosen by Patek Philippe as the venue for the fifth Watch Art Grand Exhibition that offered in-depth insights into its universe and its creations. Taking place during the Singapore Bicentennial year, the exhibition hosted at the Marina Bay Sands Theater was the largest to date. Collectors, aficionados of watchmaking artistry and the general public were able to immerse themselves in the world of Patek Philippe recreated in ten rooms in an exhibition of over 1800 square meters.

The centerpiece “100 colors flowers”, made up of 11,500 flowers with its petals featuring 100 shades of colors welcomed visitors as they entered the first room of the exhibition, the Singapore 200th Anniversary Room. In the spirit of Majulah Singapura (the starting two words of the national anthem which captures the spirit of Singapore – onwards Singapore) the installation is inspired by the flora of this island full of colors, exuberance, vitality and life.

Colorful and immersive the installation reflects how time flows gently as if the space has its own time. Inspired by the beauty, color and fragrance of frangipani flowers, this creation also reflects the beauty, spirit and dynamism of Singapore. Petals are carefully assembled by hand to form this shape which captures the spirit of nature as a master craftsman with ability to create and shape beautiful forms. The installation also captures the immense precision of Patek Philippe master craftsmen & watchmakers.

Attracting 68,000 visitors over the course of 16 days, the Watch Art Grand Exhibition was the most successful to date.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo, I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan. Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors. Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

July 12, 2019 - May 31, 2020
eslite bookstore
Dunnan store
Taipei (Taiwan)

“Forest of Numbers | 1989-2020”
Special installation for the Taiwan’s landmark bookstore chain eslite.
Located in its first store - the iconic Dunnan store - opened in 1989 as the world first 24-hour bookstore, the installation expresses its 30 years history from 1989 until its upcoming closing in May 2020.

About “Forest of Numbers”
As part of “100 colors” series, Emmanuelle unveiled in 2017 the installation "Forest of Numbers", created for the 10th Anniversary of The National Art Center, Tokyo. The installation visualized the decade of the future from 2017 to 2026, each layer employing 4 digits to express the relevant year such as 2, 0, 1, and 7 for 2017. More than 60,000 pieces of suspended numeral figures from 0 to 9 were regularly aligned in three dimensional grids. A section was removed, created a path that cut through the installation, invited visitors to wonder inside the colorful forest filled with numbers.

Since 2017, "Forest of Numbers" has been explored in various forms, sizes of numbers, meaning of numbers, depending on the environment and exhibition space.

Calpis 100th year anniversary
July 4-7, 2019
3331 Arts Chiyoda
Tokyo

Installation:
“Universe of Words”

July 7th is the 100th year anniversary of the beloved Japanese drink Calpis. Coinciding with the Japanese star festival, Tanabata, Emmanuelle unveiled two installations, “Universe of Words” and “100 message bottles”, presented at the “Calpis 100th year anniversary, Let`s Meet at Tanabata” exhibition. 

On Tanabata day, Japanese people write their hopes and dreams on colored pieces of paper and hang them on a bamboo branch in hopes that their wishes will come true. Emmanuelle reimagines this tradition by extracting the sense of Tanabata onto the floating words. She chose the simplest written alphabet children first learn “hiragana”, composed of 46 different characters. In Tanabata, hiragana are used to express the hopes and dreams. The universe created by these floating hiraganas evokes an emotion through its stillness and its endlessness. By condensing the essence of the word itself, it derives to the emotion. The swaying hiragana form and symbolize the wishful colored pieces of paper swaying from the bamboo branch.

The installation was composed of approximately 140,000 hiraganas, regularly aligned in three dimensional grids.  Visitors could wonder inside the colorful space filled with hiraganas to share the sense of stillness. Sections of the installation were removed, creating paths that cut through the installation. Walking through the countless numbers of hiraganas, words gradually come to mind…As part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series, the layers of hiraganas were colored in 100 shades of colors, creating a colorful Universe of Words. Within those characters, CALPIS bottles figures were lost and could be found along with the CALPIS logo, adding playfulness to the installation.  One path led the visitors to the next installation room, “100 message bottles”.

“100 message bottles” installation was designed for visitors and their loved ones to find the one “message bottle” which best described their relationship. 100 “CALPIS” bottles specially designed in 100 shades of colors were associated to 100 words such as “friendship”, “longing”, “warmth”, each “message bottle” representing a color and a meaning of a special relationship. Once viewers found their “word”, they could take a photo in front of their message bottle to remember the moment. It is truly a special experience to remember.

VERY FUN PARK 2019
Contemporary Art Exhibition
March 19-May 19, 2019
Breeze NanShan
Taipei (Taiwan)

Curated by the Fubon Art Foundation's curators, Very Fun Park, a wall-less art museum in the midst of the city, is a contemporary art exhibition that brings art and urban life together. For its 12th edition this year, the exhibition area has moved to the heart of the Xinyi District, famous for its 2.3 km pedestrian overpass and green spaces on the ground, where ten separate exhibitions presented the work of the eight invited artists.
"100 Colors" has come to the grass space in front of the Breeze NanShan shopping mall, surrounded by towering buildings. People can interact freely with this flowy sculpture and enter Emmanuelle’s colorful space for the ultimate maximized sensory experience.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

December 6, 2018
Hôtel Martinez
Cannes (France)

Special “100 colors” installation for Tokyo Metropolitan Government unveiled at ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) CLOSING PARTY featuring TOKYO.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

Sep.15, 2018 - Feb.11, 2019
Shinjuku Station
Tokyo (Japan)

Installation:
”colorscape”

A new “100 colors” installation was unveiled at “Shinjuku Creators Festa”, an art event that transforms public spaces around Shinjuku Station to showcase various art scenes.

"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. This time, Emmanuelle has created a colorful landscape - colorscape - about 60 meters in length at Suica Penguin Square outside JR Shinjuku Station Shin-Minami Exit.
When viewed from a distance, one colorful gradation appears on the glass surface above the railway track, and as one gets closer it turns out that the gradation is made of colorful "SHINJUKU" letters. Two girls and one cat are hiding among these crowds of letters. Looking at the installation from the Shin-Minami Exit, the railway and the trains appears through the colors, and then when looking from the East Deck located right in front, the beautiful gradation of 100 colors overlaps with the city and creates new scenery.

Looking up from the platform of Shinjuku Station, it seems as though a stream of rainbow has appeared in the sky. “100 colors” invites Shinjuku audiences to enjoy the full spectrum of colors, became a new iconic addition to Shinjuku.

August 2018 - on view
Color Factory
251 Spring Street
New York, NY 10013

The Color Factory is an experimental art exhibit opened in August 2018 in New York City. The 20,000 square foot space in SoHo turned into a vivid pop-up exhibition of an endless Instagrammable experiences, devoted to colors.

Emmanuelle has created a "100 colors" installation in the lobby space - the first colorful contact point - the colorful ceiling welcomes the visitors. The strands of colorful papers filled the 5m by 5m space, gently sway as visitors walk under the colors. Being her first art installation launched in New York City, Emmanuelle wishes the visitors to engage all of their senses under the colors, allow their mind to float to the ceiling and drift amongst these heavenly hues.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

February - October 2018
Downtown Dubai (UAE)

As part of Art Emaar program - a platform for ambitious art initiatives in all their forms to transform Dubai into a playground for the imagination - Emmanuelle has created a public art of 1km stretch of "100 colors" installation set across Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard in Downtown Dubai, made up of 10,000 pieces of hand-dyed fabrics. It framed the heart of Downtown Dubai with 300 gates displayed the 100 shades of colors gently swaying in the wind, juxtaposed with the fast growing dynamic city , which aimed add a sense of joy to the urban space.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

Nov. 16, 2017 - Jan. 8, 2018
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design
Toyama (Japan)

As the world's first museum bringing Art and Design together, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design has opened in August, 2017 in Toyama, Japan. The opening ceremony exhibition Part 2 "Art and Design, dialogue with materials" was held to introduce different characteristics and attractiveness of materials such as wood, metal and new forefront materials, shaped into various forms by artists and designers. In this exhibition, Emmanuelle has worked with paper to show the beauty and possibility of paper as a material.
 
The sensory element "color", and the mathematical element "time". The installation "COLOR OF TIME" superimposes these two elements, to visualize and make one feel the flow of time. The first day of the exhibition, the sky of Toyama City on November 16, 2017. From the sunrise at 06:30, the color transitions through a total of 799 minutes, passing 18:11 astronomical twilight to 19:49, when the color disappears into blackness. This flow of time is perceived through the transitional journey through 100 shades of colors.

The space was composed by total of approximately 120,000 numeral figures from "0" to "9", and a symbol ":", regularly aligned in three dimensional grids. Although these figures seem like a dense volume, it expresses the flow of "time" in every minute. The installation is composed of 100 layers, and in each layer the time flows from left to right, then into the depth of the installation. The top front layer starts from sunrise at 06:30 with pale colors, then their colors gradually become darker as time flows. At the end, the installation is completed by the time of darkness, 19:49, in a color that is first time for Emmanuelle’s works to use in her installations – black.

Lead by the path that is cut through the installation in the middle, "Miss Blanche" designed by Shiro Kuramata is positioned. "Miss Blanche" is placed by the deputy director of Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design, who is also curator of the exhibition, to create the axis to express a deep respect and admiration from Emmanuelle to Shiro Kuramata. Through the tunnel, the sky is tinted with a beautiful gradation changing from pale to deep colors, flowing from time to time. The installation makes one feel the subtle changes in atmosphere through the whole body, by travelling the colorful flow of time.

November 8- December 25, 2017
Omotesando Hills
Tokyo

Omotesando Hills, a shopping complex in central Tokyo, has entered a new stage in its 11th year, with an aspiration to create and transmit "culture". To materialize this vision, Omotesando Hills has collaborated with Emmanuelle to bring fusion of Illumination and "Art" into the mall for the Christmas season. Emmanuelle’s first illumination has become a fantastical space filled with gentle and warm lights created by her 100 colors.

The illumination "Christmas Forest in 100 colors" was inspired from the scenery of layers of trees lining up along the main boulevard in Omotesando, in which this scenery was recaptured into the void of the large stairway of Omotesando Hills. 1500 mini trees in 100 different colors filled the whole void in 13.4m high, and the "Forest of Colors" spread overwhelmingly. Each mini tree wrap the light bulb in colored papers, like a lantern, to make 100 colors themselves to emit a soft and gentle light.

Inside this colorful forest, the main tree is located at the center of the large stairway with a height of 7m, which is formed by a collection of mini trees that light up in white during the open hours.

From each level, different views of the illumination are captured, to encourage visitors to walk up and down the slope naturally to make the most of the main characteristic of this building, the slope. Santa Claus and reindeers that appears inside the main tree are hidden in the forest, add playfulness to the illumination for the visitors to search around.

At the special show "Emotional Reflection" held every 30 minutes, the main tree changes its colors from white, yellow, pink, green, blue and to rainbow, with other mini trees lighting up rhythmically with the music specially composed for this occasion.

Colors, music, and light resonate and respond to each others, inviting visitors into the warm and magical Christmas.  

Organizer  :  MORI BUILDING CO., LTD. 
Sponsor  :  Panasonic Beauty

"New - Japanese Sense of Beauty".
March 29 - April 17, 2017
Hankyu Department Store
1F Concourse Windows
Osaka (Japan)
 

"New - Japanese Sense of Beauty" campaign was held at Hankyu Department Store in Osaka. Emmanuelle responded to this theme by designing the seven main windows with a concept of "kasane no irome" - a unique Japanese aesthetic sense of the combination of colors created by layering of garments.

The concept of the installation "kasane no irome" was translated into three dimensional forms by layering the surfaces of 100 colors papers to show the edge lines of colors, which created floating triangular volumes. Each window focused on one gradation of a color, starting with yellow from the right, pink, brown, green, blue, purple, and then white window. Each window displayed products that reminisce the aesthetic sense of Japan, produced an elegant and delicate impression in concert with the installation. The seven windows almost 50m in length, colored with 100 colors delivered an overwhelming presence, as powerful as the crowd of 300,000 people coming and going through the day.

"New - Japanese Sense of Beauty" campaign is held twice a year in Hankyu Department Store. The campaign showcases the aesthetical beauty of Japanese culture and share the sophisticated creation of the present day.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

Affordable Art Fair
February 17-20, 2017
Tour & Taxis
Brussels (Belgium)

"Affordable Art Fair" is an art fair being held in various countries, with a slogan "Take Art Home". In February 2017, the fair was held at "Tour & Taxis", in Brussels. As a transition space between the entrance and the fair, "100 colors" installation became a passageway to welcome visitors into the exhibition hall. The path was surrounded by white walls on each side, with densely hanging strips of 100 colors papers flutter lightly over head as visitors walk by. Through this 10m path, visitors absorbed colors from eyes and skin. The installation was an introduction to the fair, a colorful progression to the contemporary art world.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

NACT 10th anniversary
January 20-30, 2017
The National Art Center, Tokyo

”Forest of Numbers | 2017-2026”
The National Art Center, Tokyo has celebrated its 10th Anniversary in January. As a commemoration, it presented the museum activities of the past ten years in the Special Exhibition Gallery room, which was superimposed with a large installation "Forest of Numbers" - the symbolization of the next 10 years to come. Used without any partition walls for the first time, the 2000 square meter White Cube exhibition room became a canvas of the installation, filled with "100 colors", inspiration and emotion, which became the largest installation of Emmanuelle’s work.

The installation "Forest of Numbers" visualized the decade of the future from 2017 to 2026, created a sense of stillness across the large exhibition space. More than 60,000 pieces of suspended numeral figures from 0 to 9 were regularly aligned in three dimensional grids. A section was removed, created a path that cut through the installation, invited visitors to wonder inside the colorful forest filled with numbers. The installation was composed of 10 layers which is the representation of 10 years time. Each layer employed 4 digits to express the relevant year such as 2, 0, 1, and 7 for 2017, which were randomly positioned on the grids. As part of Emmanuelle’s "100 colors" installation series, the layers of time were colored in 100 shades of colors, created a colorful time travel through the forest.

Inside the colorful forest, two girls and one cat were lost inside, added playfulness to the installation. In concert with the installation, the compilation of exhibition posters from the last ten years filled the wall on the right, and the opposite wall across the room simply expressed the next ten years with white numbers. Because photography was exceptionally allowed, the installation has spread through various social networks, increasing number of visitors. This installation was created with the cooperation of 300 volunteers, excited the attention of over 20,000 visitors in 10 days. 

Rotating colors. Mixing colors. Moving hearts.

NSK 100th anniversary
SENSE OF MOTION
November 9-20, 2016
SPIRAL, Tokyo

NSK Ltd. (one of the most prominent manufacturers of bearings globally and the largest in Japan) celebrated its 100th anniversary with a special exhibition, "SENSE OF MOTION", held at the Omotesando Spiral with the vision of "SETTING THE FUTURE IN MOTION". In order to convey the technology of NSK simply and beautifully, Emmanuelle presented a magnificent installation with the theme of "color mixing" to show the movement of colors using bearings.

Along the form of the spiral slope symbolizes the Spiral Garden, the flower motifs in 100 shades of colors has saturated the space of about 6 m in height. In the middle of the installation, circular empty space allows visitors to be surrounded by colors and immerse themselves in the colorful world.
The installation consists of 25200 flower motifs aligned in regular three dimensional grids. The flower motifs are attached to the vertical axes, which rotate by the NSK bearings and the windmills installed at the top that receive wind from the circulators run randomly by programming. The petals of flower motifs are composed of several colors, that produce new colors as they turn. From the slope, the layer of colors gradually changes, to let visitors to enjoy the installation with various gazes. 

The same flower motifs spread like a garden as a scenographic element of the venue, to accentuate the sense of unity throughout the whole exhibition. By using bearings also for the axes of the flowers, visitors can extend their hands and turn the stalk to feel the spinning of the bearings through color mixing.

Each one is a small and simple movement. When condensing the simple movements in a single space and overlap with colors, it becomes a mind-blowing installation that releases large energy.

TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2016
October 15-30, 2016
WATERRAS Gallery
Tokyo

In autumn 2016, as part of TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2016, Emmanuelle revealed "100 colors" installation that silently floated in the void space inside the Commercial Complex "WATERRAS" in Tokyo.

Above the gallery space on the second floor of WATERRAS, a stretch of "100 colors" were positioned in the 7m high empty ceiling space. The 100 shades of colors were compacted and condensed into a small volume, which could be viewed from directly below, and also viewd from the side from the cafe on the floor above. The two separate spaces were visually threaded through the colors. 

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2016
October 15-30, 2016
Awaji Park
Tokyo

In autumn 2016, as part of TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2016, Emmanuelle revealed a new "100 colors" installation in Awaji Park in Tokyo, transformed the stairs into a colorful passage.

Approaching towards the entrance of the park, the colors drawing a gentle curve appeared through the gaps of trees. As one walked up the stairs, the shades of 100 colors suddenly appeared in sight. The colors changed every step after step, transformed the usual passage overflowed with colors and surprises.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

CIUDAD EMERGENTE
September 20-25, 2016
Usina Del Arte
Buenos Aires (Argentina)

From Japan to Argentina. "100 colors" was revealed at the underground art and music festival "Ciudad Emergente" in Buenos Aires.

As an entrance to the main festival venue, the "100 colors" was set up on the traffic road. Visitors paraded through the strands of 100 shades of colors that has been dyed and travelled all the way from Tokyo. Enveloped in different culture, the "100 colors" installation has given off a festive and energized atmosphere. 

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

2016/9/15 (THU) - 9/25 (SUN)
Kabukicho Cine City Plaza
Tokyo

In summer 2016, as part of Shinjuku Creators Festa 2016, "100 colors" has appeared in Kabukicho, the "sleepless town" in Tokyo.

Walking through the layers of neon lights and overloaded number of store signs, one finds the harmony of "100 colors" juxtaposed to the chaotic town. Thinly sliced pieces of non-woven fabrics were specially chosen for this location, which were dyed by hands, one by one in 100 shades of colors. Having the flow of the unique atmosphere and the time, Kabukicho crowded with people overlaps with "100 colors" has transformed into a different space.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

"Space in Ginza"
July 9 - September 22, 2016
METoA Ginza
Tokyo

For the Exhibition "Space in Ginza" at METoA Ginza in Tokyu Plaza Ginza, Emmanuelle revealed an installation that uses centimeter-level measurement accuracy of the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) as a motif. The interactive installation gives form to the high precision technologies in a beautiful visual form.

From approximately 40,000km in space (32,000−40,000km), the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System is able to measure your position (on x, y, and z axes) to an accuracy of centimeters. Having an orbit that travels directly above region of Japan, it is expected to improve the accuracy of GPS and car navigation system on a daily basis. Although the theme of the exhibition is “Universe”, the installation focuses strongly on bringing the perspective back to the Earth. Hence the installation employs 18000 woman's silhouettes in 100 shades of colors, which express the crowd of people in Ginza. Almost drowning inside the crowd, three silhouettes (two girls and a cat) are lost inside, which encourage visitors to search and spot them within.

The assemblage of prismatic silhouettes of woman. It is an expression of non-stopping crowded street in Tokyo. One can get drown in the same repeated days, becoming one of the people on the street. Just like looking for the "lost" silhouettes in the crowd, the installation is a reminder to rethink where you belong.

WOOD FURNITURE JAPAN AWARD 2016
March 4-5, 2016
SPIRAL, Tokyo
January 20-21, 2016
No.9 RIVE GAUCHE, Paris

concept : bunshi (ramification)

Paris to Tokyo - the exhibition "WOOD FURNITURE JAPAN AWARD 2016" has returned to Tokyo, after a successful launch in Paris in January. Emmanuelle has designed the space for both venues based on a concept of bunshi (meaning "ramification" in Japanese), which means to divide or spread out into branches, extend into subdivisions. The exhibition is held at SPIRAL, a nexus of cultural life in Omotesando, Tokyo.

The collections of colorful small branches diverge and multiply, filled up the volume of an empty hall. Each module is a metaphoric expression of the phenomenon of ramification, which symbolizes the encounters between designers and artisans as their paths intersect and diverge with valuable experiences, leading them to a new path.
The installation consists of 20,000 pieces of small branches (bunshi) in 100 shades of colors, appear randomly placed, but in fact perfectly aligned in three dimensional grids. A portion of volume is removed, creating a tunnel-like path, where selected wood furniture is placed along the edge of the curved path. The color of atmosphere gradually changes as one walk through the tunnel.

At the entrance, installation of characters of 58 Japanese tree species welcome visitors, with a total of 100 letters in 100 shades of colors.

Grand, yet intricate.
Chaotic, yet in harmony.
The installation gives an experience of being in a forest, wondering among the world of colorful branches.

Tokyo photos :  © WFJA2016 / design: emmanuelle moureaux / photo: Daisuke Shima (Nacasa & Partners)
Paris photos :  © WFJA2016 / design: emmanuelle moureaux / photo: Shoichi Kajino

November 26, 2015
Zojoji Temple
Tokyo

Italian Premium Lifestyle Brand FURLA held a presentation of the 2016 Spring Summer collection at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, where Emmanuelle designed the venue with an installation to give colors to the new collection.

The exhibition was held at the outdoor piloti area, as compared to the last exhibition held inside Zojoji Koshoden. As the guests come through the dark reception area, they are welcomed by a spring blooming world. The installation named "hanami" symbolizes the piloti columns as tree trunks, and created trees with blooming flowers with densely gathered sliced papers in 100 shades of colors.
The light filters through the thin papers, giving an impression of natural light filtering through flowers and leaves in the forest. The colorful trees standing dignified, it is almost like arriving to one corner of the park. The geometric design and bold coloration of the new collection are displayed in concert with the colors of the flowers. Display shelves are placed on every tree trunks, for guests to enjoy the new collection under the blooming flowers. Along with the bright fresh installation and the new collection, it became the venue to feel the coming of spring and summer season.

(Hanami is a Japanese tradition of welcoming spring, enjoying the transient beauty of flowers often refers to cherry blossom.)

AnyTokyo 2015
2015/10/24  - 11/3
Zojoji Temple
Tokyo

100 colors compressed into a miniscule space of 3.3 m2 (one tsubo). A new work in Emmanuelle's "100 colors" series allows one to enjoy their own colorful space by lying down beneath 100 thin and delicate colors, swaying in the wind.

The space of 3.3m2 (one tsubo) is standing alone in Zojoji Temple with Tokyo Tower in the background. Colors appear like a condensed colorful volume when one look from far away and it gradually appear as a soft stream of colors as one approach. The sound 100 colors of thin papers gently rub against each other is heard when sitting on the rim (engawa) of the structure. When one lies on tatami mat and look up at the top, 100 colors of sky is fluttering along with the wind.

About 100 colors
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

2015/10/8 - 11/20
FURLA GINZA STORE
Tokyo

concept : Ichigo – Ichie (treasure every moment)

In autumn 2015, Emmanuelle has created an installation for a renewal open of Italian Premium Lifestyle Brand FURLA at Ginza store. The installation has filled five windows facing Ginza Chuo-Dori, the luxurious shopping street in Tokyo.

Following the fall-winter collection 2015 at Zojoji in Tokyo, the important keyword maintained in FURLA installation project is "Ichigo-Ichie" – treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. Emmanuelle applied her signature use of colors into the windows as moving rings, titled "en" (meaning "chance encounter").

The moving rings (which is also pronounced as "en"), metaphorically express the idea that every encounters bring connections, taking one to the next encounters.

100 colors and gold rings slowly rotate around the spot as if the time progresses slowly in the window. They overlap and seem to connect with each other as every time they move. Five windows begins the story from the windows that is filled with the concept color of the brand - gold rings, then gradually mix with colors in the next windows until the whole window is filled with 100 colors. 

2015/9/1 (TUE) - 9/13 (SUN)
Shinjuku Mitsui Building
Tokyo

In summer 2015, as part of Shinjuku Creators Festa 2015, Emmanuelle has simultaneously revealed two "100 colors" installations in both indoor and outdoor venues.

For the 7th "100 colors" installation, large surfaces of 100 colors are positioned throughout the whole space to build up the passage of colors. The space is like a labyrinth, while walking around led by colors, it is possible to feel the 100 colors standing quietly. At the end of the maze, the first series of the 100 colors accessories "100 colors mobile" is also unveiled.

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

2015/8/30 (SUN) - 9/13 (SUN)
Shinjuku Nomura Building
North Terrace
Tokyo

In summer 2015, as part of Shinjuku Creators Festa 2015, Emmanuelle has simultaneously revealed two "100 colors" installations in both indoor and outdoor venues.

Along the road with busy vehicle and pedestrian traffic, the 6th "100 colors" installation located in the foot of the high-rise building exhibited long and thin 100 colors that move gently in the wind. Each color was specially dyed to produce 100 colors of the original. The installation pause the passerby, became the place that one take a break while gazing at the colors overlapping with the sky. 

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors. Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995. She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them.

In "100 colors", Colors are explored in various forms depending on the environment, to maximize the beauty of colors. 100 colors entering the body with a glance triggers a physical response to engage with the sensation of colors. The installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

May 25, 2015
Zojoji Temple
Tokyo

Italian Premium Lifestyle Brand FURLA held a presentation of the 2015-2016 fall and winter collection at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, where Emmanuelle designed the venue with an installation to give colors to the new collection.

With a theme "Explosion of Joy", the installation named "dance" is a colorful mobiles dancing endlessly in the air, expressing the world or FURLA that is continuously evolving towards the future while preserving its tradition and working on innovation. The installation is composed of circles in 100 colors and letters of "FURLA", forming a gradation of colors as they dance in the air. The latest collections of bag and shoes are displayed on the suspended polished round tables to reflect the feeling of floating in the space. The lounge gives another perspective of the installation, being closer to colors and gaze absently into the colors in motion.

Dancing circles were inspired from a term from Zen Buddhism, Ichigo-Ichie – which means, "treasure every encounter, for it will never recur".　

The installation showed many expressions, added colors to the special moments of the day. 

March 19 - April 21, 2015
Great Hall College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh (US) 

In Spring 2015, as part of art festival organized by College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh USA, the fifth "100 colors" installation was revealed outside Japan for the first time. The condensed colors are layered with the heritage decor of the building, which appear like a floating piece of colorful sculpture. 

About the "100 colors" series
"100 colors" is an installation series began in 2013 from a thought to let people experience and feel the overflowing effect of colors with their senses, by expressing the beauty of colors to the maximum.
The installation creates space using 100 shades of colors in various forms and materials, "layering" colors to an existing context.
Through the installation, Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing "colors" in Tokyo back in 1995.
She also wishes to give opportunities for people to see, touch and feel colors with their senses to become more conscious of colors that exist around them. "100 colors" installation series will continue to travel around the world.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "
emmanuelle moureaux　(September, 2013)

2014
Shinjuku Central Park
Tokyo

As a first outdoor installation, Emmanuelle has transformed the space in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo using full spectrum of floating colors. Having high rise buildings in the background, the 100 colored strands dance in the breeze, as if they are breathing in and out, creating a dynamic motion. This is the 2nd exhibition of the '100 colors' series, which she plans to exhibit in different cities around the world.

In 2013, the first '100 colors' installed specially selected papers to create a floating volume of colors. For this year, textile was chosen as a medium to catch the breeze seaming through the skyscrapers of Shinjuku. The dye compounds were carefully blended to create the unique 100 colors formula, and 1875 strands of textile were hand-dyed one by one. 100 colors are floating and swaying in the wind, coloring the breeze travelling in the city, casting gentle shadows in the summer days of Tokyo. Colors are layered with the high rise buildings, creating an extraordinary scene, attracting eyes of people walking by. Floating colors in the sky of Shinjuku is a breathtaking installation that has given people a little moment to stop by, away from the busy reality. 

2014 March- April
Global art installation in 8 countries 26 cities 51 stores for UNIQLO

concept : colorful wind

2014 spring - emmanuelle has created an installation for the launch of UNIQLO's spring item, "LINEN". Linen's breathable and cool feelings, its soft and supple texture, were expressed in the installation as the colorful and refreshing spring breeze.

The paper strands in 100 shades of colors are floating and swaying above the mannequins, giving the feel of standing in the spring breeze. The gentle swaying motion of the floating volume of colors is expressing the beginning of new season on the colorful wind.
Beginning from Ginza flagship store then to other flagship stores, like Fifth Avenue NY and 311 Oxford Street London, it is a simultaneous 26 global cities art installation in 8 countries (51 stores).
The installation started at Ginza flagship store, Tokyo on its facade and the glass case. The main glass case uses approximately 2,400 strands of 4.7m long colored paper in 100 shades. For the facade, 100 shades of square paper fill up the 7m high board, where colors seem to float up into the air.
 

2013
Shinjuku Mitsui Building
Tokyo

As part of Shinjuku Creators Festa 2013, run by Shinjuku City council, Emmanuelle has created a space using full spectrum of colors.

"When I first arrived in Tokyo,
I was fully fascinated by the colors overflowing on the street.
In that very moment, my mind decided to move to Japan.
Overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and flashes of blue sky framed by various volumes of buildings, created three dimensional 'layers' in the city.
The flood of various colors pervaded the street built up a complex depth and intensity in the space. These indelible experiences of colors and layers in Tokyo were the inspiration and essence of my design concept of shikiri, which means dividing (creating) space with colors.
Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, in the 10th anniversary year of my studio, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.
I also wish to share the feeling of being surrounded by overflowing colors by
exhibiting 100 colors, here in the middle of Tokyo.
Please come and find your favorite color. "