Perpetua

SPECULATIVE ARCHITECTURE • 2021

TOOLS

Unity

TEAMElena Dagan

MUSIC“Black Car” by Beach House (Instrumental)
AWARDTop Project, Unity China 2021

Inspired by housing insecurity in urban cities, Perpetua is a dystopian commentary on capitalist exploitation of the working class. The vertical city's lower class is forced to continuously move as their homes drift and eventually disappear. Their perpetual relocation generates energy that powers the lives of the upper class residing above them.

Perpetua was screened at the "Invisible Cities" exhibition, held on December 13, 2021 at PlanetOne in Shanghai's North Bund, sponsored by NYU Shanghai and Unity China. It was awarded by Unity as one of the top three projects exhibited at the showcase.

Invisible Cities Exhibition

Perpetua was showcased at the "Invisible Cities" exhibition as part of Stavros Didakis's Media Architecture class. The video was concurrently displayed on three wall-sized LED screens, creating an immersive viewing experience.

Read NYU Shanghai's official reporting on the exhibition here.