{"id":8981,"date":"2024-07-03T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T11:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/?p=8981"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:00:15","slug":"und-du-so-james-beatham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/und-du-so-james-beatham\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions for the artist James Beatham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8981\" class=\"elementor elementor-8981\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b38a35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b38a35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4281b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f4281b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODk5OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2F0by52aXNpb25cL21hZ2F6aW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvZHJhd2luZy0xLTIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2-1536x1083.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-8998\" alt=\"Schwarz-Wei\u00df-Zeichnung von James Beatham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-1-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fe5ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fe5ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Drawing 1<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91bfa9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91bfa9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Aside your artistic work, what was the most notable side job you\u2019ve ever worked in?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I worked as a pot washer in Montreal. It was very long hours, late at night, and very grimy. I had just read George Orwell&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Down and Out in Paris and London<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> though and, because of that, I completely romanticized the experience. I suppose it\u2019s notable because thinking about it, it was objectively awful, but there\u2019s still some part of the memory that I look back fondly on.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><b>In which moments do you regret being an artist?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I regret being an artist when I go see some terrible show at a respected art institute. It makes advancing as an artist feel like a completely opaque endeavor. Seeing work you think is shit being celebrated by the established art world is dizzying in that it undermines any sense that you could strive towards making your art better and will see progression as a result of this. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a438ab2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a438ab2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e457420 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e457420\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1742aca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1742aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTAxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2F0by52aXNpb25cL21hZ2F6aW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvQ2hhaW4tUG90LTIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1281\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-9010\" alt=\"Eine bemalte Vase des K\u00fcnstlers James Beatham vor wei\u00dfem Hintergrund\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2.jpg 1281w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chain-Pot-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f7be2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e2f7be2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-943208c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"943208c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODk4OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2F0by52aXNpb25cL21hZ2F6aW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvR2hvc3QtcG90LnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-8989\" alt=\"Eine bemalte Vase des K\u00fcnstlers James Beatham vor grauem Hintergrund\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot.png 1200w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ghost-pot-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba4321 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ba4321\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c32fe2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c32fe2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Chain Pot <\/em>and <em>Ghost Pot<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d7646 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0d7646\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fdbebb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fdbebb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Can one tell you\u2019re an artist?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the matted paint in my hair and shifty look in my eye.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><b>What work of art were you last moved by?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been listening to <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/plzmakeitruins.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-head-hurts-but-the-heart-knows-the-truth-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> by Headache a lot recently. The lyrics are kind of goofy and funny but the whole thing still manages to feel meaningful. It\u2019s both irreverent and serious at the same time. I think that makes it able to touch on something that is generally difficult to articulate.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfee30 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dfee30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198bd00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"198bd00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ccfb4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ccfb4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/YOLO-Carbon-Princess.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODk5NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2F0by52aXNpb25cL21hZ2F6aW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvWU9MTy1DYXJib24tUHJpbmNlc3MucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/YOLO-Carbon-Princess.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-8995\" alt=\"Ein bunt bemalener Teppich des K\u00fcnstlers James Beatham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/YOLO-Carbon-Princess.png 864w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/YOLO-Carbon-Princess-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/YOLO-Carbon-Princess-768x667.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ef792 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c3ef792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a59f3ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a59f3ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Mining-Fountain\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODk5MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2F0by52aXNpb25cL21hZ2F6aW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvTWluaW5nLUZvdW50YWluLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain-683x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8991\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Mining-Fountain.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dc435 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dc435\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8292faf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8292faf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>YOLO Carbon Princess <\/em>and <em>Mining Fountain<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6335d87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6335d87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c678bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c678bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Which exhibition did you like recently?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/modernart.net\/artists\/ron-nagle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Nagle<\/a><\/span> at Modern Art in London.<br \/><br \/><\/span><b>What was the funniest reaction to your art?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I went back to visit my secondary school some years after graduating and I found out that they had hung an old piece of my work up on the wall upside down.<br \/><br \/><\/span><b>What profession would you have liked to pursue in another life?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineering. Seems like a really nice blend of technical and practical knowledge with artistic, creative thinking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dcee47 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dcee47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTAwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2F0by52aXNpb25cL21hZ2F6aW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wN1wvZHJhd2luZy0yLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1249\" src=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-9002\" alt=\"Rot-schwarze Illustration des K\u00fcnstlers James Beatham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-2-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-2-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/ato.vision\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drawing-2-768x799.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b262ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b262ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Drawing 2<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ed829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85ed829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Which taste of art drives you away?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really don\u2019t like art that is overtly trendy. It seems very insincere.<br \/><br \/><\/span><b>Which trend have you deliberately ignored?<br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of the virtual in everyday lived reality has become the focus of a lot of contemporary art. Much of this work is consciously presented in a virtual aesthetic, using 3D renderings in order to announce its virtualness. I think this trend confuses the appearance of the virtual over the actual experience of it. 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