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Zero Gravity
Squint Opera
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ZERO GRAVITY
client: Squint Opera
The scenario: gravity has become a commodity. The power to harness, control, compartmentalise and subsequently charge the public for their use of a force we previously took for granted is in the hands of a few morally questionable companies.
The effect is the extreme polarisation of society. The gap between the rich and poor grows ever greater as the companies become richer. Families unable to pay their gravity bills are cut off and resort to desperate measures as they struggle to survive. The longer they are subjected to zero gravity, their muscles atrophy and their bones wither.
The rich choose to pay for more than a natural level of gravity, physically altering their bodies into muscular, compact forms and creating a new ideal, a new notion of beauty.
The cities become very different places. The new iconic buildings tease gravity, standing impossibly tall and challenge traditional perceptions of architecture. In stark contrast, great swathes of the city lie abandoned in zero gravity, reflecting the hugely increased death rate amongst the poor.
In a series of four stills created for Design Week Squint/Opera explore this parallel world of extremes. Cutting through social classes, the images are snapshots into a world in which even the natural forces have become tradable commodities.