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Picture © Nacása & Companions Inc., courtesy of Hermès Japon. All photographs courtesy of Zim&Zou, shared with permission
An creative and adventurous spirit programs via every considered one of Zim&Zou’s elaborate paper installations, the most recent of which imagines a mighty horse main a ship suspended from above.
Titled “Flying Faubourg,” the challenge was designed to suit the Hermès window in Tokyo’s Ginza Mitsukoshi. The artists (beforehand) melded the model’s origins in equestrian items with the Haussmannian structure of the long-lasting storefront at 24 Faubourg Saint-Honoré, setting up tall home windows and ornate iron balconies harking back to the Parisian streets. Shades of pink, purple, yellow, and orange recall a vivid dawn, which illuminates Tokyo every day earlier than touring east towards Europe.
The machine on the heart of the work is the most important and most detailed sculpture Zim&Zou have made up to now, taking about 4 months to finish within the artists’ studio in Dordogne, France, earlier than being shipped to Japan for last set up. Magnets maintain every element collectively, whereas smaller vessels dangle from above and buildings populate the realm under.
With the wind blowing its mane, the horse appears to cost ahead, capturing that singular sense of curiosity and daring the artists are recognized for. “‘Frozen’ for the time of a window display, the ‘Flying Faubourg’ continues to boldly explore the wonders that the world and imagination have to offer,” they are saying.
Discover extra from Zim&Zou on Behance and Instagram.
Picture © Nacása & Companions Inc., courtesy of Hermès Japon
Picture © Nacása & Companions Inc., courtesy of Hermès Japon
Picture © Nacása & Companions Inc., courtesy of Hermès Japon
Picture © Zim & Zou
Picture © Zim & Zou
#set up
#paper
#sculpture
#Zim&Zou
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