The interactive simulation "Dear Passenger, Please Wear Face Mask" is a speculative digital experience exploring ecological responsibility through darkly comedic fiction. The artwork features an interactive game alongside an installation consists of airplane seats and an in-flight entertainment system, immersing the audience in a simulated air travel environment. By positioning viewers as passengers, the simulation serves as a metaphor for the techno-social dilemmas of global mobility, AI, and their environmental consequences. 

The simulation begins from the perspective of an individual who, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels a sudden pang of guilt over the non-biodegradable mask waste being generated. Set aboard an airplane in 2021, when wearing masks was mandatory, the player is tasked with a mission reminiscent of 1990s adventure games: retrieve a disposable mask left behind on an uninhabited island by controlling a drone from inside the airplane. As this strange scenario unfolds, players experience the interaction between human, nature, and machine, both directly and indirectly. This nature conserving adventure takes place aboard an airplane, a transportation that emits four times the carbon of a car and twenty times that of a train. The simulation pushes the idea of environmental protection from a purely human-centered perspective to its limits, while speculating on how delivery drone OS might approach the relationship with nature. It further delves into the collision of these different beings through a darkly comedic sequence, emphasizing the importance of examining the problematic situation through diverse lenses.

This work stems from the artist's experience on Jeju Island, South Korea's largest ecotourism destination, known for its biodiversity and sustainability efforts. When she couldn't find her mask on her way back to the accommodation and wondered if she had dropped or misplaced it in a secluded valley, she recalls a moment of "ethical anxiety" at the thought of it disrupting the pristine landscape. Though the mask was later found at the bottom of her backpack, the haunting image of it in the valley sparked a critical reflection: between leaving the polypropylene mask behind and the carbon emissions from returning by car, which would cause more harm to the environment? This led to a larger thought experiment-what if this dilemma occurred mid-flight? Given that air travel is a major source of carbon emissions, “Dear Passenger, Please Wear Face Mask” humorously critiques the short-sightedness of ecological solutions by exploring the contradictions we face in daily life.

The interactive simulation "Dear Passenger, Please Wear Face Mask" delves into post-pandemic guilt and ecological responsibility. Players control a delivery drone tasked with retrieving the lost mask from the island. The retro-futuristic interface, inspired by 90s sci-fi games, creates a techno-optimistic atmosphere. As players scan the terrain, they gradually uncover that the "pristine" island is, in fact, littered with human waste, challenging the myth of untouched wilderness. To access hard-to-reach areas, such as narrow valleys or underwater regions, players must "biolink" with small indigenous organisms, hijacking their brainwaves to navigate these environments. The island is depicted through the sensory systems of these organisms, inviting players to imagine non-human perspectives. This dissonance between human goals and non-human experiences highlights the paradox of conservation efforts: are we acting for nature's sake or merely to ease our own conscience?

As the narrative progresses, Rosetta-828 transforms from a mere tool into a sentient entity. Through repeated scans and biolinks, the drone's interface mutates, reflecting its growing autonomy. Rosetta's reflective lines echo the artist's contemplation of environmental degradation, positioning the drone as an alter ego.
Eventually, Rosetta malfunctions, marking its shift from being a vehicle of human control to an autonomous agent that relates to nature on its own terms. The drone, initially a symbol of industrial exploitation, begins to mediate between human and non-human entities. The story invites players to question what decisions a machine, now aligned with non-human perspectives, might make. However, the artist emphasizes that Rosetta's conclusion is not the final answer to environmental dilemmas. In a playful nod to sci-fi narratives of machines rebelling against humans, the story highlights the complex entanglement between humans and nature. Rather than isolating humans from non-human entities, the artist calls for coexistence and sustainability.

This sci-fi adventure is designed to evoke the speculative potential of everyday technologies, transforming the familiar experience of an airline journey into a space of imaginative inquiry. Through touch screens and in-flight entertainment handsets, the project reconfigures obsolete devices into speculative interfaces, amplifying the sensation of transitioning between mundane realities and futuristic scenarios. By tapping into the collective memory of early 21st-century technological shifts, it evokes a retro-futuristic atmosphere, where speculation about the future emerges from the remnants of past innovations.
"Dear Passenger, Please Wear Face Mask" operates as a darkly comedic fable, capturing the technosocial anxieties of our time-particularly the redefined relationship between human and non-human entities in the post-pandemic era. At its core, the project uses speculative fiction as a critical tool for navigating the ecological and technological dilemmas we face today. By engaging with the boundless possibilities of imagination, it opens up new pathways for reconciling human existence with non-human life, suggesting that within speculative narratives lies the potential to rethink and reshape our shared futures.