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Hello, citizens of Acity!
Today’s work, Exception, was written based on the core theories of the German political theorist Carl Schmitt: the Sovereign and the State of Exception. Schmitt defined the sovereign as "he who decides on the exception." This means that the true master is the one with the absolute decisiveness to suspend normal rules and declare a state of emergency. This project visualizes the moments of absolute power navigating the boundaries of the law, set against a control room filled with numerous monitors and cold, mechanical systems.
In the video, the walls of monitors represent the eyes of world surveillance, and the key in Luna's hand symbolizes the power to open and close the system's boundaries. While she appears to be within the prison system, she is not bound by its rules; instead, she occupies a position that operates and suspends those very rules. The stark contrast between the red warning lights and the cold blue lighting visualizes the urgency of her decisions, projecting the image of an absolute sovereign who becomes the law herself and declares the exception.
The line "I don’t follow the code... I am the code" in the lyrics is a declaration of the essence of Schmitt’s philosophy. Furthermore, the repeating cry of State of Exception demonstrates the overwhelming charisma of a designer who halts the existing order to establish a new sovereign will.
The face of the true master revealed only when the rules vanish. Following the gaze of the designer who paused the system to become the code itself, I hope you feel the energy of subjective decisiveness that breaks the frames of daily life. I wish you a time of pleasant contemplation.

Original Audio-Visual Project by Acity
Directed & Edited by Acity
Music: Produced by Acityartmedia
Lyricist: Acity

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00:02Crimson light, blurring into blue
00:10I hold the key, I make the roll
00:25A wall of screens, watching every single movement in the room
00:33Flicking through cold blue lights, into a sudden crimson gloom
00:41They think I'm bound inside this grid, trapped in the frame
00:46But I'm the one who stops the flow and flips the whole game
00:50No need for heavy words, I'm making a scene
00:54One subtle touch overrides the entire machine
01:00Red warning flashing through the grid
01:03Rewriting every action that they did
01:06Turning the key, opening what was hit
01:11Deciding the moment on my own lid
01:163, 2, 1, override
01:19I pause the game, state of exception
01:23Flipping the grid with a quiet direction
01:27I pause the game, state of exception
01:31Ruling the grid with my own perfection
01:35The red warning light turns into my sign
01:39The ultimate choice in this domain is mine
01:45State of exception
01:51State of exception
01:53State of exception
01:53State of exception
01:54When everyone freezes right in front of the book
01:57I step back to reset the whole system with one look
02:01Shutting down the daily routine for a second or two
02:04Redrawing boundaries under the red light's hue
02:08Not just a part of a network
02:11Not just a part of a network
02:11I commend how it flows beyond the frozen screen
02:15When my true power grows
02:18Red warning flashing through the grid
02:22Rewriting every action that they did
02:25Turning the key, opening what was hit
02:29Deciding the moment on my own lid
02:343, 2, 1, override
02:37I pause the game, state of exception
02:41Flipping the grid with a quiet direction
02:45I pause the game, state of exception
02:49Ruling the grid with my own perfection
02:53The red warning light turns into my sign
02:57The ultimate choice in this domain is mine
03:03State of exception
03:10Rules are made for the normal day
03:18I decide when the normal fades away
03:26I don't follow the code
03:31I am the code
03:32X is granted
03:35I pause the game, state of exception
03:39Flipping the grid with a quiet direction
03:43I pause the game, state of exception
03:47Ruling the grid with my own perfection
03:51The red warning light turns into my sign
03:55The ultimate choice in this domain is mine
04:01State of exception
04:06I am the who
04:11System paused
04:14I step through
04:16PIN

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