For a long time, the Japanese have been piling up colors from olden times to express sacred things. Also, piling up paper with square silhouettes has been used as a thing representing sacred depth. The designer created a space that transforms the atmosphere by changing from various colors with the squares "piling up" as a motif.

Panels flying in the air put the focus on the dancer while covering the space above the stage. The panels also depict the appearance of light passing through the space that can not be seen without them. The panels were made from a mesh of ultra-thin transparent threads made of a double-layered resin. This allows panels to receive a moderate amount of light, and the panels will appear and disappear. The panels overlap intricately; the plurality of strings that hang each panel is calculated to not cross each other.

This space focuses on Japanese-dance.

Technical sheet

Environment Design: Kazunobu Nakamura
Produce & Dancer: Egiku Hanayagi
Koto player: Etsuko kawaguchi
Lighting-design: Theaterbrain_Masao Igarashi
Production: Tashibu to Fukushima
Photograph: Atsushi Ishida

About Nakamura Kazunobu Design-Works
This is an art studio for Kazunobu Nakamura to create designs.
The studio that designs spaces such as installation design and interior design.