Writer Clara Che Wei Peh speaks to artist Ye Funa about AI and artifice in a world reshaped by filters and COVID-19. "The omnipresence of Meitu’s instant “beautification” effects are seen across China’s online platforms and increasingly, in the permanently physically altered faces of people as well, blurring the boundaries between the Internet and real-life, and extending the influences of the virtual realm infinitely. Beauty + Save the World was a response to this changing reality."