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Drop Out and Go Extinct

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Student Achilleas Papakyriakou
Programme
Unit PG16
Year 5
Awards
  • Distinction

Moros is a fictional anti-natalist commune. Named after the Greek primordial deity who is the impersonation of impending doom, the commune is isolated in the depths of the Mojave desert. Its members propagate the voluntary extinction of all humans in order to end all suffering. The one rule of the commune is 'thou shalt not procreate'. The skeletal architecture acts as a memento mori and exposes its inhabitants to the visceral condition of the Californian desert. Members of Moros engage in rituals and pageantry, while wearing elaborate uniforms and costumes that immerse the wearers and observers in unusual practices and interactions with the architecture, developed as a tool for anti-natalist indoctrination.

Dropping Out in the Mojave Wilderness National Preserve

Isolation is essential in reinventing life, free of the forces that shape society. The site is one of the loneliest; it is digitally off-grid as hills and mountains are obstacles between cell towers.

Desert as Tabula Rasa; Architecture as Memento Mori

The architecture is a framework where social reinvention happens. The mesh structures act as a memento mori: a skeletal, ghostly reminder of the obsolete place of humans in the world.

Architecture and Uniforms

Uniforms, such as these wearable beds, have been used in communes throughout history. The open air architecture requires architecture to be worn as attire for comfort as well as for ritual.

Architecture and Uniforms

Column formation, group garment.

Architecture and Uniforms

A collection of structures and uniforms worn in the fictional commune of Moros.

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