12 dead cities 4-6

KULAY - the puppet city
If a foreigner arrives Kulay, he will find nothing abnormal but a general city, while the native residences do not agree with it, who actually also recognize themselves as foreigner. In reality, nobody is real residence of the city, and everyone is foreigner. At the heart of this matter is that the city does not belong to its residence, or itself. The city, as well as its people and activities, are controlled by a certain kind of power, pushed forward or pulled back. Nobody knows what the power is though, they all agree with its existence. The root cause of Kulay’s death is that it has become a tool or background rather than a real city. The city exist for a purpose beyond itself, maybe just for another city. As a result, whether the city is remain alive or dead is not crucial anymore as the city does not won its life from tip to toe.

TIKYO - the rust city
It was once a vibrant and active city, at present appearing to be rusty and rigid as this place is overused. Everything runs over a limit will slip to its contrary, as the first abloom flower will fade first, and the higher one climbs up, the harder he/she will fall off. Tikyo is full of various of remains as proof of its power in the past, as well as abandoned autos, closed factories, bankrupted theaters and locked schools. They congest to each other and fill out this city left little space to breath. Tikyo die for not taking the responsibility to clean these stuff in time, but just put aside once used. It just focused on development if there still some space remains. While no more space available, it is already too late to clean up. Clearly, there is a limit of how many things one can eat before his/her stomach is not capable to digest. Glutton, nonetheless, is also a sin to city.

KONDO - the hostless city
The city of Kondo is a city just like the clothes in the shop window----beautiful though it might be, nobody will really wear it on his/her body. This city is set up for tourism, for photography, or for the proof of something far more important. This is a city which seems as in holiday forever, always few people in the square, few autos in the streets, few business in the stores, while there is only a few days like this in a normal city. However, it is not a decay city, as you can see architecture under construction, gardeners maintaining the landscape and cleaners sweeping the streets. Kondo is a prepared city, though has no idea of what to wait for. Kondo is another kind of city which is already dead when it is alive.