CAMP

2024
2-channel video, no sound, Full HD, 11m 27s

  • CAMP | Pavel Checkulaev
  • CAMP | Pavel Checkulaev
  • CAMP | Pavel Checkulaev
  • CAMP | Pavel Checkulaev
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https://youtu.be/olQnNDFxyG8

“CAMP — Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform”
Fallout 76

In the late 1960s and early 70s, my grandparents and their children would go camping in a handmade kayak or catamaran on almost every vacation they took. Persistence, curiosity, the desire for adventure and the challenges of “primitive” life motivated my ancestors. At the campsites they set up tent, made a fire, picked mushrooms and berries, swam, and then set off again.

Today, new experiences also beckon me. But instead of camping, I get comfortable in front of a monitor or put on a VR helmet and live the experience in the virtual space of video games. I'm surviving in a postapocalyptic world, seeking adventure on a tropical island, or catching fish in a fishing simulator. I experience emotions in virtual reality, exploring worlds, setting up camps or founding entire settlements. But the thirst for impressions drives me forward all the time, deeper and deeper into virtual spaces.

Special thanks to Margarita Mayorova for help in production.