I’m
stuck
in
the
suburbs!
Studio Digital Native 3A
01-2025
Help, I’m stuck in the suburbs is a
video Installation consisting of two videos played at the same time. One in English and the other in Finnish. The videos walk through my hometown in a game-like way. One is a digital representation of the city, while the other one is a physical representation. The game pieces allow one to reorganise their city to their liking and create their own path whilst doing it.
Overly designed capitalistic lifestyle in a suburban city dosen’t leave a lot of room for one’s own imagination. The cities are designed for a model and this model is to be followed. What if we were in charge of our own perception of our city? How you view your city is a direct reflection of your inner world. Through self reflection, the game helps one to explore possibilities beyond their immediate reality and restore a sense of control in how they view their direct environment. You are in charge of more than you think.
A research study into my own home town Tapiola. Tapiola, built in the 1950s, is an architecturally celebrated suburban garden city that was used as a demonstartion of the utopian suburban life one can live next to a bigger city. However over the years it was forgotten and left to rot.
process book
https://identitytapiola.cargo.site