Abstract
The aim of this article is to make a proposal on a multi-dimensional space model for perceiving present decentred reality, in exchange for an organic society model. Further, I would like to revise the meaning of spectator sports for the present urban population.
For both of these two purposes, the following two axes are crucial.
1. the progress of the virtualization of reality and the fragmentation of personality (or the advent of the self which is composed of a contingent assemblage of inter-subjective roles) owing to the development of information technology, in opposition to the desire for authenticity and integrated identity.
2. the reinforcement of consumer culture and individualism because of the globalization of economy, in opposition to yearning for commitment and community.
Each of these two axes is formed out of two dimensions. Present urban space is divided into these four dimensions and, at the same time, supported by the interrelationship among these four, which occurs as a result of a multi-dimensional bypass. It seems to be appropriate for the topological construction (or movement) of this interrelationship to use a metaphor of Klein bottle, because an expressive action can easily be connected with an inverse effect in its field.
This paper will depict the present formation of urban space by means of the analysis of the spectators' praxis, which simulates the mechanism mentioned above.
