A City That Embraces the Intersection of Virtual and Real Worlds

KMUNI

A project By sinzoo shih, since 2001 from chicago

MEGASTRUCTURE

A celestial dwelling, woven from the threads of XYZ dimensions, emerges as a monumental tapestry for human habitation.

DWELLING

Individuals inhabiting cubic units maintain distinct spatial environments, within which they lead their unique lives. By utilizing a combination of digital and tangible interfaces, they establish connections or alternatively, opt for isolation.

COMMODITIES CLUSTER​

Everyone uses mass-produced goods, and through various product choices, they find items that suit their lifestyle and preferences. In such an environment, some people seek uniqueness, while others prefer to be like everyone else. Some search for differences within similarities, and others look for resonance amidst diversity. Ultimately, everyone is pursuing different combinations and arrangements of products.

KMUNI COSMOS

Mind inhabits body; body inhabits world. Mind surpasses body; body surpasses skin. Through experience, the world takes shape; the world's systems shape the body. Body and world, real and virtual, merge as one. K'muni, a city within the great megastructural flow.

KMUNI COSMOS

 

The mind exists within the body; the body exists within the world.

The mind’s capabilities surpass the body; the body’s influence extends beyond its outer layer.

The world is structured through the body’s experiences, while the body is shaped by the world’s systems.

The relationship between the body and world mirrors that of real and virtual.

KMUNI is a city built upon a megastructural framework.

Each Kmunian occupies a distinct cube. Inside the cube-structure lies an enclosed world; outside, an incomprehensible reality invisible to the individual. Kmunians focus on the visible, tangible world they inhabit, ignoring the intangible realm beyond their cubic confines. Despite uniform cube-structures and common possessions, diverse desires give rise to unique living environments.

Kmunians utilize shared systems for transportation, communication, work, and life. By mechanically or virtually connecting their cubes, they traverse both physical and digital spaces. Dependent on their cube-structures, they become integral to the megastructure, embracing active lives until their demise. As the system continues, new citizens are born.

sinzoo shih

the artist's statement from Chicago in 2001

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