I can't fish, but I’m a good fisherman

Chelsea College, London, UK; October 4, 2023

I entered a gallery space set up in my suit: there are my usual desk and chair, the clutter from my desk: some books, pill bottles, food, a lamp, a laptop and a VR set with a large monitor attached to the device. I went to my desk, took off all my clothes and stuffed them into a desk drawer, put on my VR glasses and took control of my character in the game, changed the character from a virtual suit to a very flashy outfit and started playing a game called "VR fishing". In this game, I travelled to a beautiful beach in Korea and started fishing. I caught 6 fish in less than 20 minutes, then I changed back into the suit in the virtual and closed the game, and I started to put the suit back on in the real world and left. But I've never personally been to Korea and I've never caught a fish.

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Photo by Mali Liu