EMMANUELLE MOUREAUX

From Thursday 20th of July onwards at M., you can experience the timespan of one year in a colourful way, inside the art installation 100 colors no.45 “8760 hours” by French architect, artist, and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux. Her art installation shows 8760 paper clocks in 100 colours; each clock represents one hour. All the clocks combined, reflect the all the hours in one year. And even though the artwork itself is static, if you walk past it and stay inside the installation for a while, it seems the dials of the clocks are actually moving. 

In 1995, a trip to Tokyo awakened her passion for colour. She felt many emotions when witnessing the colours of the city. A year later, she moved to Tokyo and in 2003, founded ‘emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design’ (currently emmanuelle moureaux INC.). In reaction to the unforgettable experience of colours and layers of Tokyo, she created her design concept called “shikiri”. A name created by Moureaux, meaning ‘dividing space using colours’ in Japanese.

Emmanuelle Moureaux created ‘100 colors’ installations in Tokyo (Shinjuku Central Park, Shinjuku Station Park), Buenos Aires (Usina Del Arte), New York (The Color Factory), Cannes (Hotel Martinez) and Oslo (Public Library) to name few. She was nominated for several design awards and received, among others, the Architizer A+Award (VS), Le French Design 100 (Frankrijk) and the Public Space Design Award (Japan). Next to her installation series ‘100 colors’, she has designed buildings and spaces for Sugamo Shinkin Bank and ABC Cooking Studio and created art installations for UNIQLO, ISSEY MIYAKE, The National Art Center in Tokyo and Taiwanese city New Taipei. In addition, she is Professor at the Tohoku University of Art and Design and member of the Tokyo Society of Architects, the Architectural Institute of Japan, and the Japan Institute of Architects.