The Abyss Watchers No.1 reassembles discarded screen pieces of VR headsets and reasserts fragmented video footage of human models. Fathoming the profound engagement and intervention of digital media in our lived experience, this work offers a prophetical rendering of the futuristic Frankensteined species. The pair of eyes that commands the viewer’s self-awareness in consciousness unveils the rich facets of genuine human emotions, delineating the frailty of Artificial Intelligence in failing yet to emulate human emotions and contingency. Tinted in a wash of red light, the eyes are submerged in the apocalyptic ambiance referencing Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); its theatricality further complicates the ambiguous boundary between virtuality and reality.? ?