Instagram has been reshaping the way we experience public spaces, distorting and reorganizing our understanding of the physical. “Metapolis Cube” explores the impact of social media on public spaces, mainly focusing on the in-between space between virtual and physical experience. The recently viral "Instagram pier" in Hong Kong at the informal Public Cargo Working Area and the formal Kennedy Town Promenade has become an effective method to revitalize the previously unapproachable harbourfront.

Drawing from internet big data, the exhibit constructs a forensic mapping of social media’s impression on the public space in question. Combining both the physical ‘cloud’ model of images and the 3D LED display on the flow and
density of data, exploring the interconnection between the physical, mental and the virtual.