As part of today's VDF collaboration with Lucy McRae, the artist and designer has unveiled a conceptual survival raft that comforts the sole occupant as they drift into the unknown.
Consisting of an orange inflatable raft and a matching outfit for the voyager, the artwork explores how to reconcile the human urge to explore new frontiers with the fear of the unknown.

Equipped with an air pump, the raft can inflate to create a bubble around the occupant or deflate to gently embrace the voyager.
"Through the machine, her body becomes a sort of seed vault and storage facility; a touch conservationist, preserving the sense that's under threat," said the Australian, who describes herself as a "body architect".
"This raft, created especially for Real Feelings while a real pandemic takes over the world and potentially changes the way we live forever, is perhaps her most solitary work yet, leaving but a small spark of survival possible," wrote Angelique Spaninks for the exhibition catalogue.
The raft is part of a series of works that McRae describes as "prototypes to test the body when confined, or deprived of physical contact."
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