Abstract

The work is a video showing the unpredictable reaction of the bacteria to the anti-bacterial soap. Inspired by the film Metropolis, the work is developed with the concept of dystopia and the city structure. People always aim to make everything under control, but the curiosity of what would happen when people only aims to strive for a utopia, a perfect city, is raised. Would the bacteria just grow within the area without anti-bacterial soap? 

 

In the real world, the structure of the city controls the path of the people, but sometimes, they try to fight against the control. Inside a petri dish, which is a comparative virtual world, the bacteria have to “decide” whether they grow within the designated area, or they may even take over the control of the area for their massive growth. While the bacteria represent people in a city, the area cover with anti-bacterial soap refers to area without the structure or buildings in a city. At the beginning, the bacteria will grow inside the area of building or structure, which does not cover with anti-bacterial soap.