Mirapolis

2025

The installation "Mirapolis” features a 3D-generated video of a cityscape displayed on a deconstructed monitor. The video is cut up and reflected through semi-transparent mirrors, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow that alters the perception of the space: blending guests and the physical space with the artificial cityscape.

The idea for the work stemmed from the title of Jan Gehl’s book “Life Between Buildings”. I wanted to create a piece using steel/chrome, glass, and mirrors to portray a frozen existence amidst windowless blocks. The video was intended to be grey in tone, inspired by filmmaker Jacques Tati’s tribute to the modernist city in the film "Playtime "—yet infused with a dystopian critique of modernism: in an era of pandemics, terror, and xenophobia, Gehl’s social urban spaces have been replaced by an urban vacuum.

Thanks to:

Helga Jensen & YukoTakada Keller
Nipponbashi House, Osaka & Kanamori-san
Royal Danish Embassy, Tokyo
Jacob Lillemose (author of Architecture Zero)
Scandinavian Japan Sasakawa Foundation
Statens Kunstfond, Projektstøtteudvalget for billedkunst