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18,000 Paper Silhouettes Form a Colorful Human Column in Tokyo

Emmanuelle Moureaux's 'I am here' is a rainbow-colored representation of satellite system accuracy.

Installation "I am here" until the end of September at METoA Ginza / Tokyo. 2 girls and a cat are lost among the 18,000 woman silhouettes in 100 colors. Can you find them? 最新インスタレーション「今、ここにいるよ。」はMEToA Ginzaにて9月下旬まで! 100色18,000女性シルエットの中に2人の女の子とネコ1匹が迷子になっています。あなたは見つけられますか? #emmanuellemoureaux #artinstallation #100colors #multicolor #iamhere #space #metoa #エマニュエルムホー #インスタレーション #100色 #今ここにいるよ #宇宙 #東急プラザ銀座 #銀座の中の宇宙

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Aug 20, 2016 at 9:11pm PDT

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The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, launched six years ago and thousands of milles up to improve GPS for Japan, is given a colorful and intricate interpretation in French artist and designer's Emmanuelle Moureaux's I am here. It's part of the Space in Ginza exhibition at METoA in Tokyu Plaza Ginza in Ginza, Tokyo which opened earlier this year and runs until the end of the month.

The exhibition, in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), explores all things outer space, including food reminiscent of Saturn, a light installation inspired by orbiting planets, infinitely expanding scale-models of Japanese spacecraft, and many more. Moureaux's piece, a paper motif, represents the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System location capabilities.

Way up at 25,000 miles high, the satellite system can measure the position of a human body on earth to an accuracy of centimeters. That somewhat scary prospect is given a stunning representation in Moureaux's piece, which is modeled after the crowded streets that surround METoA in Ginza—from which the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System could easily pick anyone out.

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I am Here features 18,000 women's silhouettes in 100 shades of color, and inside this chromatic paper column is hidden the silhouettes of two girls and a cat, lost inside the throng for visitors to find.

"Although the theme of the exhibition is 'Universe,' the installation focuses strongly on bringing the perspective back to the Earth," explains Moureaux's website. "It is an expression of non-stopping [sic] 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."

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I am here is no. 12 in Moreaux's 100 colors series.

© Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. All Rights Reserved.

© Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. All Rights Reserved.

© Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. All Rights Reserved.

© Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. All Rights Reserved.

© Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design. All Rights Reserved.

Visit Emmanuelle Moureaux's website here to learn more about her work.

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