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ART WITHIN SURFACES
A Vortex of Colours to Challenge the Perception of the Viewers The pigment for automotive coatings CHROMASHINE® has been used by the Japanese architecture and design studio we + in order to create special colourful reflections on the vertex-shaped aluminium art-installation “Resonance: Vortex to diversity”.
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rt can be a subjective experience, with viewers understanding
The sculpture, part of the Superstudio Più exhibition, has then been
several references and meanings – that were not supposed
coated with CHROMASHINE®, a particular metallic pigment developed
by the original intentions of the artist – according to their own
by the Japanese paints and coatings manufacturer Toyo Aluminium.
personal background and feelings.
The innovative interference colour aluminium pigment used to paint
Sometimes, however, the creators of artworks want to play with the
the installation generates a mix of colours and lights that changes
perception of viewers, so they produce an installation that actively
according to the direction from which the viewers observe the
changes its shapes or colours.
sculpture, creating a new and diversified object.
It is the case of “Resonance: Vortex to diversity”, a vertex-shaped
The metallic pigment CHROMASHINE employs aluminium flakes as
aluminium art-installation that has been created by Toshiya Hayashi
base material and its surface is covered with a silica layer and plated
and Hokuto Ando, the founders of the Tokyo-based architecture and
with metal particles. The difference in optical paths between the
design studio we +, and presented on occasion of the 2022 Milan
light reflected from the plated layer and the light reflected from the
Design Week – which took place from 6th to 12th June.
aluminium flakes causes then a strong interference in the perception of colours.
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