Mupia-Mupia is a Luba term that translates to "new and shiny". Maurice Mbikayi draws on this term as a concept working through the metamorphosis of ages, shape, form, power style, human and racial subjectivity through time.
The artist has used obsolete technological parts, specifically computer pieces as a source material, transforming and reshaping these computer parts into fashionable items reminiscent of a "cyber-citizen".