Benjamin Chang

Virtual Cosmopolitan

A space of orbs and hyperboloids.

Virtual Cosmopolitan depicts the possibility of a collective reverence for the cosmos in virtual reality. Central to the project is the transformation of information and spatial awareness through a shift in scale and orientation. Travelers are free from their material flesh, enabling novel ways of experiencing the macrocosm. The formal qualities of this virtual universe speak to the intuitive application of archetypal geometric configurations as spatial logos in digital space.

What emerges out of the interplay of orbs and hyperboloids is a dynamic way of perceiving virtual worlds that leads to a sense of veneration and connection.

Advisors: Fredrik Hellberg and Lara Lesmes Winter 2021