ULTRAMONO SYNTHSPA (MINISTRY OF SYNTHETIC WELLNESS)
SYNTHSPA, Virtual world (desktop application), 2026.
SYNTHSPA, Virtual reality world published on VRChat, 2026.
3D sculpting and rendering, AI generative image processing, sound compositions: Tanja Vujinovic
Production: Tanja Vujinovic / Ultramono
Consulting: Mika Pi (software engineering), Ultramono community
SYNTHSPA
ULTRAMONO SYNTHSPA imagines a near-future environment where the language of wellness has merged with technological governance. Within SYNTHSPA, wellness is administered. Optimization, balance, and maintenance become operational procedures applied simultaneously to bodies and identities.
What begins as a system designed to improve human life gradually transforms into a self-regulating ecosystem in which human presence is only one variable among many.
The project unfolds through operational zones. The SYNTHSPA virtual worlds extend the installation into immersive online environments where visitors can navigate the technological ecosystem of the project. These spaces translate the visual and conceptual elements of the work into explorable architectures composed of calibration corridors, observation platforms, hybrid habitats, and signal-responsive environments.
Within these worlds avatars, system organisms, and fragments of the SYNTHSPA infrastructure coexist alongside the video works and sound transmissions. The environments function as navigable zones of the larger SYNTHSPA complex, allowing visitors to experience the system from within.