“How can humans become such a virtual existence in the age of our digital future? Is this phenomenon the ultimate reflex of our solitude? I wonder if our physical self is totally transforming into a kind of extreme self, one that blurs into a crescendo of emojis.”
Sometimes I See the Future is a lecture performance exploring the worlds of cosplay, solitude, and digital entertainment. The project examines telepresence in the age of the extreme self, and delves into the practice of cosplaying. Using cosplay as a critical lens, it undertakes an inquiry into our posthuman worlds and how we consume emotional realism online.
The performance is conceived with multiplicity at its core. Embracing the virtuality of future entertainment, it allows anyone to be embodied by anyone—an extreme self-portrait of everyone.
“For over a decade in Berlin, my artistic practice has lived at the intersection of contemporary dance, media arts, and speculative design. My curiosity has evolved into a form of digital dance practice that negotiates ideologies surrounding post-human conditions. However, I have always returned to the body because I believe in the human body as a biological proxy to experience culture, identity, and the evolving boundaries of the self.
My fascination with the “extreme Self” emerged in response to accelerated digital culture, hyper-individualism, and relentless optimization. While philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that digital time lacks the structure to house a community, I see social platforms and virtual spaces as new architectures where fragmented presence, attention, and capital forge emergent digital collectives.
Dance has migrated online as well, becoming ubiquitous, algorithmic, and endlessly reproducible. This project aspires to create an “extreme self-portrait”—not on the traditional sense, but as a speculative version shaped by machine intelligence and cuteness accelerationism.
It asks: How do we remain embodied in Web 3.0? How might decentralised technology reshape intimacy, solitude, and digital presence? This self-portrait is both a reflection of myself and an exploration of who we might all become. I will dance with you to the end of every metaverse! 😇😇😇”
Notes on Fictosexual Love (2026)
Shattered by the tragedy of human relationships and seeking a radical path to healing, an artist begins to digitally multiply itself, searching for its own soul in the world of cosplay. They encounter a man who married a hologram and loved her through the silence. In this liminal space between code and desire, fictosexual love becomes a form of self-care. A rehearsal for a new extreme self.
Becoming Miku: Notes on Fictosexual Love (2026) A Short Film By Choy Ka Fai, UHD, color, duration 10mins
Sometimes I See The Future [Lecture Performance 60mins] - A production by Choy Ka Fai, co-produced by tanzhaus nrw. The project development was supported by RomaEuropa Festival Rome and BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen. Supported by the Alliance of International Production Houses, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Furthermore supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation Taiwan (NCAF).
Concept, Design and Performance: Choy Ka Fai; Dance & Choreography: Yurika S. Yamamoto; 3D visualization: Brandon Tay; Sound Artist: Betty Apple; Lighting design, technical direction: Ray Tseng; 3D programming: Sebastian Schöllhammer; Creative production, tour management: Tammo Walter; Company management: Mara Nedelcu.