‘100 Colours<\/a>‘,\u00a0<\/strong>a project inspired by the Japanese traditional sliding screens was first conceived in 2013 for the\u00a0Shinjuku Creators Festa<\/a>\u00a0by Tokyo-based French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux. <\/strong>While the first installation was indoors, Moureaux has taken the second edition\u00a0of her ‘100 Colours’ outdoors, transforming the water plaza of Tokyo’s\u00a0Shinjuku Central Park into a vibrant, pulsating space.<\/p>\n

“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 \u2018layers\u2019 in the city.” explains Emmanuelle Moureaux.<\/p>\n

The outdoor installation<\/a> is created using\u00a0a full spectrum of floating colours, 100 to be exact, and 1,875 strands of textile hand-dyed one by one.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving 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.\u201d says Emmanuelle Moureaux. She adds,\u00a0\u201cThe 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 \u2018shikiri\u2019, which means dividing (creating) space with colors. Valuing the emotion inspired from Tokyo, I want to show the beauty of colors to the fullest extent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through the outdoor installation, Moureaux shares her\u00a0blissful\u00a0emotions of\u00a0being surrounded by overflowing colours in the middle of a space dominated by skyscrapers. She encourages visitors to\u00a0experience a similar feeling and spot their favourite colour amongst the ‘100 Colours’.<\/p>\n