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by Dilpreet BhullarPublished on : Apr 14, 2020
The quotient of time – past that could never revert, present built on the outcomes of the past, and a combination of past and present with the potential to the change the course of the future – has been an uncontested favourite theme among the creative minds. The architect and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux entwines the same theme with the notions of space with the installation Slices of Time at NOW Gallery, London. This installation forms a section of Moureaux’s larger installation series 100 colours.
This is the first time that the Tokyo -based French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux is showcasing her work in London, which was selected by NOW Gallery, as part of its on-going Design Commission project. The title of the installation Slices of Time is inspired from the vicinity in which the gallery is situated i.e. Greenwich Meridian. The concept of time is represented through 120 slices of time with 1,68,000 small numbers carved in the round shape. The slices are suspended in the space that indicates the movement of the earth in a circular motion. Composed of 100 layers of numbers in 100 shades and 20 layers of numbers in white, the installation is a visual manifestation of the next 100 years to come (2020 to 2119) and the past 20 years (2000 to 2019) represented in white. Moureaux, in an exclusive interview with STIR, explains what led her to shift from France to Tokyo, the transition that has come to define her artistic practice. “When I saw the cityscape of Tokyo for the first time when I was a student, I was so impressed by the colours in the city, thousands of colours seem floating in the cityscape, like layers, as three-dimensional elements. It was as if the first time I saw colours. I was so overwhelmed that I decided to move to Tokyo,” she says.The immersive installation by Moureaux is an extension of the traditional concept of ‘shikiri’ to approach the issue of time with a novel eye that never falls short to aesthetically please or offer food for thought to her audience.
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by Dilpreet Bhullar | Published on : Apr 14, 2020
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