I Visited the Metaverse and All I Got Was This Postcard

By Laura Ó Reilly

“I VISITED THE METAVERSE AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS POSTCARD” offers a wry commentary on the boundless possibilities—and inherent limitations—of the metaverse. Interdisciplinary artist Laura Ó Reilly transforms a traditional souvenir into a reflection on our current tech-hype era, capturing the surreal experience of navigating nascent virtual realms. Ó Reilly's postcard novelty embodies our collective state of techno-transit, where we constantly straddle interconnected worlds yet never truly arrive in either "real" or "virtual" realities, creating a sense of perpetual placelessness. With each purchase, you can send a message at www.lor.earth/postcard to be added to The Rose Library inside Voxels Metaverse.

Laura Ó Reilly (b. 1986, raised in NYC) is an American interdisciplinary artist and community builder working between Brooklyn and Ireland. She explores the cycle of seasons through diverse mediums, including poetry, ephemera, photography, moving image, paint, fiber, lore, clay, code, and 3D web spaces. Ó Reilly has exhibited internationally and is an alumna of the New Museum’s creative tech incubator, NEW INC. She holds a BA in New Media from SUNY Purchase and a certificate in Systems Thinking from MIT. @lor.earth

2024; each unique in an open series; 4” x 6”; archival ink and aluminum leaf on handmade cotton paper; stamped by the artist.