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No Amayume

More than 25 pounds of real candy transforms black formalwear into color, sound, and burden. Completed October 31, 2025, No Amayume rustles and clicks as it moves; joy arrives first, then the weight.

Manifested | October 31, 2025 | Chicago

Real candy, black formalwear, and high-temperature hot glue

Editorial visualization of No Amayume, a black formal suit densely covered with colorful wrapped candy.
Direct-flash three-quarter portrait of No Amayume's black suit, densely covered in wrapped candy from lapel to sleeve.

HALLOWEEN 2025 / MORE THAN 25 POUNDS / REAL CANDY

A candy inventory you can hear.

You hear it before you understand it. Wrappers rustle, hard candy clicks, and the weight changes every turn. The color reads as joy. The body carries the cost.

THE FIRST MANIFESTATION / COMPLETED OCTOBER 31, 2025 / COLOR / SOUND / WEIGHT

CANDY LEDGER / SOUND / WEIGHT / APPETITE / SPECTACLE

Color, sound, appetite, and physical burden.

The black suit is nearly consumed by wrapped color. At a distance, No Amayume reads as exuberant accumulation; in motion, wrappers rustle, hard candy clicks, and projecting pieces widen every turn. Its confectionary spectacle is inseparable from the physical burden carried by the wearer.

CONSTRUCTION / MOVEMENT / CARE

Materials, construction, movement, and handling.

Materials

Materials

Real candy on a black single-breasted formal jacket and matching trousers

Real candy on a black single-breasted formal jacket and matching trousers

Weight or current measure

Weight or current measure

More than 25 pounds

More than 25 pounds

Construction

Construction

Mario attached real candy to the sourced black formal suit with Gorilla high-temperature hot glue, adjusting placement around joints and areas that need clearance.

Mario attached real candy to the sourced black formal suit with Gorilla high-temperature hot glue, adjusting placement around joints and areas that need clearance.

Wear

Wear

The suit is heavy. Wrappers rustle, hard candy clicks, projecting pieces need clearance, and sitting takes planning.

The suit is heavy. Wrappers rustle, hard candy clicks, projecting pieces need clearance, and sitting takes planning.

Care

Care

Support the work without crushing protruding candy. Avoid heat, moisture, food pests, unnecessary handling and pressure against the wrappers.

Support the work without crushing protruding candy. Avoid heat, moisture, food pests, unnecessary handling and pressure against the wrappers.

Physical presence

Movement checks concentrated on weight distribution, adhesive retention, joint clearance, and the way the surface settles after wear.

Decision record

Early adhesives released from wrappers, while dense candy at the elbows, seat, and inner legs restricted movement. The resolved placement gives joints more clearance and redistributes weight across the suit.

Handling and care

Support the garment and its protruding candy without compression. Keep heat, moisture, pests, and unnecessary handling away from the surface.