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CYBER-PUNK | dadaïsme
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CYBER-PUNK

While I was working on "WWIII," a story of time and self intersecting swirled in my head. It was a story of the transcendence and coexistence of time/existence, where past and future selves interfere with each other, like the Netflix series "DARK." I was traveling back and forth through time through my design, tracing the idea that "time is not a straight line, but a circle."

This collection, "CYBER-PUNK," is an "alternate world line" that is inseparable from "WWIII." It is both a fragment of the future and an echo of the past. This time, we once again took a reverse-play approach to production. Searching for the original from the finished form. Searching for the primitive in the digital. Reconstructing the past from the future.

The word "cyberpunk" has been used in countless films and literature, such as "Blade Runner," "Ghost in the Shell," "Akira," and "Neuromancer." However, for me, cyberpunk is not simply a depiction of the "illusion of salvation through technology," but rather the "pain of humanity dissolving into technology."

What if the Internet had existed during Japan's postwar period of rapid economic growth? It all began with that question. The brighter the light of recovery, the darker the shadow. Prosperous cities and left-behind rural areas. As the gap between rich and poor widens, the loneliness of the middle class becomes apparent.

The feeling of "not belonging to anyone" is no longer futuristic, but already modern. To give form to this ambiguous, gray emotion, I chose the technique of "layered dyeing." The colors invade each other and never blend completely. It is also a metaphor for a soul that cannot belong anywhere.

“The street finds its own uses for things.”
— William Gibson

The street kids of the virtual world are still in their cocoons. They cling to the old world of reality while preparing to upload their egos. CYBER-PUNK is a collection that visualizes, through fabric and architecture, the "pain" and "light" of the moment they are about to shed their skin.