7. I’m only sleeping * T E M P O Mobile

Description:

Tempo Mobile is a Japanese brand established in 2013. It collaborates with designers in Japan and overseas to develop moving mobiles with unique shapes and structures that float between space and time. Each mobile is carefully hand-assembled in a small Japanese workshop to ensure a perfect balance.

I’m only sleeping is a step-like mobile with seven clear, balancing levers that gradually change shape over time. The slow-moving figure appears to be dozing off in a dream. “Please don’t wake me, no, don’t shake me. Leave me where I am. I’m only sleeping.”

Mobiles are kinetic sculptures. Cascaded in a fine balance, the moving parts sway elegantly in the subtle breeze creating a reassuring atmosphere and a unique rhythm by repeating itself in silence.