Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design

100 Colors No.35

100 Colors No.35

100 colors no.35

Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Kurashiki, Japan

TYPE
Commercial › Pop-up,cultural › Pavilion

100 Colors No.35

​Installation for the world-famous Japanese masking tape brand “mt”, for the memorable 10th mt FACTORY TOUR.

100 Colors No.35
100 Colors No.35

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.

100 Colors No.35
100 Colors No.35

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.​​

100 Colors No.35
100 Colors No.35

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.

100 Colors No.35
100 Colors No.35

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.

100 Colors No.35
100 Colors No.35

Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design
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