Gundam RX-78-2 Shop Window Display, Paris

29 May 2022 · Paris

A large-scale Gundam RX-78-2 figure stands at the centre of a Bandai Hobby Store window display in Paris, mounted on a rubble diorama base with its iconic white, blue, and red armour in full colour. The plate glass doubles the image — Haussmann facades and boulevard trees ghost through the mecha's chest panel, layering Japanese pop culture over classic Parisian streetscape. Two worlds held flat against each other in a single pane of glass, each made stranger by the other's presence.