China has built an artificial island on Mischief Reef in the sea of Southeast Asia. The island is within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, but China uses it to claim sovereignty over the area. Other powerful countries, such as the United States and Japan, have also expanded their territory through artificial islands and used them as military bases.
If artificial islands can function as territories, wouldn’t it be possible to create territories in digital space as well? Can this island with the thinnest height be called an island? This work began with the question.
The stones that make up the island were 3D scanned, and symbols extracted from the flag of the country where the stones were scanned are placed on the texture map and serve as labeling.Dowon Yoo
