mirai

Emmanuelle's first public art sculpture, Mirai, meaning the future in Japanese, visualises the next 100 years, from 2020 to 2119, in 100 different shades of colour. The colourful future is supported by a single slender column, so that the ring of colours appears to float above the ground. The sculpture is composed of 100 vertical strips of coloured fabric or acrylic, each a different hue, arranged in a circle around the column. As visitors walk around it, the colours overlap and blend, producing an ever-changing spectrum. The work is installed in a public space in Japan, where it serves both as a landmark and as a meditation on the passage of time. Each colour corresponds to a year of the next century, inviting visitors to imagine what the world will look like as the years pass. The project is a public art sculpture by Emmanuelle Moureaux, continuing her signature shikiri concept of dividing space with colour. It is a demonstration of how a simple circular form and 100 colours can produce a work that is at once celebratory and philosophical, engaging visitors of all ages. The result is a colourful ring that turns the future into something visible, walkable and shareable in the everyday city.