INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE / MEDIA ART
MUNDOMÁGICX: THE MODEL NATION
INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE
X-REALITY LAB, MOZARTEUM UNIVERSITÄT
2026
PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 2026!
MUNDOMÁGICX: THE MODEL NATION is an interactive XR performance by STUDIO NOCLIP, presented as a historically authentic reconstruction of a lost attraction originally intended for the Chilean miniature theme park, Mundomágico. Founded in 1983 under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, Mundomágico—now abandoned and in ruins—once offered an idealized, miniature version of Chile aimed at promoting a national identity that concealed deeper cultural and economic contradictions. "The Model Nation," a fictional attraction claimed to have been halted by the park's economic collapse, is brought to life as a fully immersive experience.
Participants collaboratively navigate and modify a virtual miniature park, shifting between playful exploration and active re-curation modes. Gradually, neoliberal and nationalist ideologies embedded in the original plans reveal themselves as absurd contradictions, destabilizing the gameplay to surreal extremes. “The Model Nation” is not a stable reconstruction, but a world in translation—a simulation constantly negotiating between
memory, ideology, and technological mediation.
CONCEPT, ARTISTIC DIRECTION, LEVEL DESIGN, UNREAL ENGINE DEVELOPMENT, 3D PRINTINGDiego Muhr
CONCEPT, CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTION, DRAMATURGY, SOUND DESIGNAlicia Reyes
CONCEPT, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTRobin Plenio
MINIATURE CONSTRUCTIONAntonia Janosch
3D MODELLING, LIDAR SCANNING, LEVEL DESIGNNicolás Tracio Fuentes
INTERACTION DESIGN & CONSTRUCTIONMiro Wallner
UI DESIGN, GAME MECHANICSChiara Kanya
XR CONSULTING, UNREAL AUDIO DEVELOPMENTKonstantina Orlandatou
Premiere in September 2026 at X-Reality Lab, Mozarteum University, Salzburg.
In collaboration with Ars Electronica, Linz and Kampnagel, Hamburg