Instructor: Nathan Su
Collaborators: Haowen Jiang, Sanya Vithalkar, Sung-Yen (Sky) Lee

 

This speculative project imagines a future in which traditional physical assets such as currency, art, and stock have lost their value. As a result, the New York Stock Exchange is abandoned and left to decay. Years later, it is revived as a virtual marketplace for NFTs, where people from around the world gather to trade digital art, sound, and code.

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The reimagined exchange functions both as an auction house and a gallery. It hosts a wide range of digital assets, now considered valuable cultural artifacts. Users can access the space through virtual reality headsets, allowing them to experience immersive bidding sessions and interactive exhibitions from any location.

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The project questions the future of value, space, and human presence by transforming a historically symbolic site into a virtual destination for collective digital experience.