The Black Metro
Zhenyuan Wu
China
Norway, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Tie Li
China
Norway, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
The Black Metro – an underworld moving company
The pain of losing families and friends scares us of death and makes us avoid discussing about death. Our project, “The Black Metro”, provides a concept: our dead relatives and friends just moved, trying to make the death not that painful and hopeless. This concept creates a virtual Underworld for the dead by VR technology. The virtual Underworld is the negative form of the earth. Before dying, clients can design their own houses for their dead future without following scientific principles. They can pack up favorite movies, books, furniture and so on by 3D scan and files upload and take it to their Underworld homes. They will receive house deeds with specific addresses. Also, pets and plants and unbuilt architecture projects and so on are allowed to register in the Underworld. The residents will be registered by year, which can solve the future population problem. After death, the company offers the dead check-in service and new ID cards. And the traditional funerals will be translated into a move-in ceremony. “The Black Metro” fulfills dreams of the dead by another dimension and transforms death into moving. Dying, in this way, might be acceptable for the dead and families and friends.