Aerial collage of an invented island merged from the coastlines and landmarks of Johannesburg and Hong Kong

10 ยท Honours project

The Condition: Island of Merged Cultures

A speculative island between Johannesburg and Hong Kong, and the project where I started making fictional landscapes.

Project
Honours design project
Year
Year and school to fill in

The island sits somewhere between Johannesburg and Hong Kong, and is merged from the two cities into a hybrid of both cultures. It stands for my Chinese heritage and my South African upbringing: its coast is drawn from a mix of the Hong Kong and South African borders, and it is populated with significant landmarks from both sides.

Everything I’ve made since with an invented place at its centre, the thesis included, started here.

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