This video clips of Japanese actresses blow hanging scarves away from their
faces is very ethereal and quiet, a wonderful antidote to the typical
overstuffed holiday display.
Maison Hermes in Japan is experimenting with a shop front window art
installation designed by Tokujin Yoshioka and produced by Satoshi Asakawa. Each
window shows a Hermès scarf apparently being blown about by the breath of a
Japanese actress. The illusion is achieved by venting air from a small hole in
the wall near the mouth in the printed image.
On designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express
people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of humor. there are moments when I
perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily
life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as
if life were being breathed into them”.
Maison Hermès Window Display
Nov 19, 2009 ~ Jan 19, 2010
Maison Hermès (ginza5-4-1, chuo-ku, tokyo)
©Satoshi Asakawa / Courtesy of Hermès Japon
