2022 Edinburgh Fringe

Kan's Metaverse 4/20 explores contrived elitism and the consequences of an academic upbringing against a lockdown backdrop. It recounts the story of an Eton-schooled cannabis dealer, whom the artist investigated in Spring 2020. He would sit for seven hours a day in his bathtub and read conspiracy posts by tofologist, Abbie Richards. As the psychedelic effect peters out, the performance ends indefinitely: spectators are left in a liminal state. Will the narrator sabotage her wellbeing to unshackle this troubled, racially ignorant character following an empathetic drive? Or will she leave him wallowing in his cannabis addiction and depression?