The Fondation d'entreprise Hermès is pleased to present Shinji Ohmaki’s new installation, “Moment and Eternity”. The entire floor of Third Floor - Hermès will be transformed into a kaleidoscope of flora motifs in bright colour pigments, recalling the patterns of Japanese kimonos. Its metamorphosis revolves around the footpaths of visitors distorting the pigmented colour surface to create new, unexpected forms. Juxtaposing the transformative floor piece is a fixed wall mural illustrating the chromatic flora pattern in its original state. Beyond its purely material exhilaration, “Moment and Eternity” offers a profound experience for audiences to engage in the effects of time in a work of art.

“Moment and Eternity” also reimagines ways of experiencing art, transporting viewers from standing in front of a picture to being in it. Ohmaki utilises the evocative powers of colour and repetitive form to immerse viewers into its composition and induce an otherworldly sense of stepping into a dreamy, colour field where viewers experience the subtle shifts and nuances of touch and hue in their footsteps.

Ohmaki’s fascination with the evocative powers of colour, form and space is ultimately connected to formal aesthetic structures and functions of Japanese architecture and Zen gardens as spaces for meditation and contemplation. “Moment and Eternity” surpasses Ohmaki’s earlier installations from this series with intriguing colour gradations and complex spatial arrangement, offering viewers a fresh consideration of our environment and time.

EMI EU

This is the tenth successive installation by Third Floor’s Programme Director Emi Eu, following THE FAMOUS ONE FROM LUCAS # I by Christine Ay Tjoe, FLAME OF THE FOREST by Ranjani Shettar, ORDINARY PARADISE by Yeondoo Jung, LIFE AND DEATH IN VENICE by Ming Wong, NO NEED FOR FOREVER by Rei Sato, TRAVELER’S STORIES by Luis Terán, DISCOVERY AND JOURNEY by Flavia Da Rin, THE END DEPENDS ON THE BEGINNING THE BEGINNING DEPENDS ON THE END by Heman Chong and WANDER/WONDER by Jinnie Seo.

Emi Eu is the Director of Singapore Tyler PrintInstitute.