Hyperspace, a virtual venue celebrating the musical amalgamation that is Hyperpop.
This venue built for the MetaVerse allows users to interact with one another, browse through merchandize, and visit the subgenre-specific rooms in the venue to express and explore their sexuality, emotions, and loudness.
HYPERHUB HYPERLOUD HYPERSEX HYPERSAD
HYPERHUB HYPERLOUD HYPERSEX HYPERSAD
Hyperpop is an underground subgenre within pop music that is mostly familiar with Millennials and Gen-Z, specifically within queer spaces. Studying queer spaces throughout the years, how might I carry out a study to understand the importance of safe spaces for queer individuals. How does music aid in an outwardly expressing oneself within online and offline communities; and through which means?
HyperSpace brings together a virtual community to express oneself through Hyperpop music - brought to life by the likes of SOPHIE, Charli XCX, Arca, and many more advocates of the queer community.
HYPERWHAT?
Intro to Queer Identities and Hyperpop Culture
HYPERSPACE
AR & SPOTIFY
This project is built on the premise of Metaverse. In doing so, HyperSpace has been divided into 4 main categories, each having its own curated Spotify playlist (hyperlinked below).
HyperHub: where visitors can browse through merchandize, visit the various genre-specific rooms, and interact with other HyperAngels
HyperLoud: the place to be for experimental music, with clear swings, speaker-inspired trampolines, and a stage design to give HyperAngels as much space to be expressive and -loud- with how they present themselves.
HyperSex: a space to explore their sexuality in a way that is untamable. The general design of the room takes inspiration from sex toys and their materiality, offering an experimental experience for the visitors of this space.
HyperSad: with its neutral colors and soft environment, it allows for a comforting space where HyperAngels can sit with their emotions, console themselves, or even lend a shoulder to cry on to other HyperAngels.
AR EXPERIENCE
HyperAngels are encouraged to browse the different spaces with VR goggles, choosing to interact with other visitors in the space, or having HyperSpace completely to themselves. In collaboration with META, HyperSpace allows for further self-discovery within queer communities on an international scale.
HYPERMERCH
HyperMerch has first been inspired by fashioning a brand around Hyperpop using bright colors as extrapolated from the survey conducted throughout this project.
Exploring the physicality of materials resulted in creating physical textiles, coasters, and paper-clip garments. Taking it a step further into virtuality, alongside encouraging sexual health, condoms and lubes have been added into the list of merch.