SEVEN SINS & THREE RINGS: HONG KONG'S COMPLEXITY AND ITS MATERIALIZATION AS URBAN INFERNO

Creator

Wang, Yuling

Title

Subject

Interior decoration -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2020-09-18

Relation

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020: Profile Cards

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020 Tutors' Choice

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2020BAEDD19P001

ASSD2020BAEDD19P002

ASSD2020BAEDD19P003

ASSD2020BAEDD19P004

ASSD2020BAEDD19P005

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design

Award Winning

Description

With the background of inferno written by Dante and the drawing “the abyss of hell” by Sandro Botticelli, a modern version of inferno based on hong kong will be shown. The landscape will be the deconstruction and reconstruction of the drawing “the abyss of hell” and details of drawing will be photography of hong kong.The title seven sins and three rings comes from the peom content. Dante divided the inferno as 10 zones including seven sins (lust, gluttonous, greed, wrathful, heratics, violence, and fraud) and three rings as connections to sins (limbo, great barrier and waterfall, well of gaints).Based on the world view from the poem and photos of Hong Kong, an axonometric inferno is built together with a mandala as an exit of inferno. Further more, 5 set of design resolutions(limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and link) with details such as axonometric drawing, patterns, lighting, music are constructed together through 360 videos.

Collection

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020