Gina Fischli encountered groups of animal sculptures arranged somewhat like a shop window display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York: large dioramas created in the 1930s exhibiting stuffed wild animals in their natural habitat. Works including hamsters, dogs, and other subjects were created in her studio in London when the artist, taken surprise by the lockdown, felt as if she herself had been stuck in a diorama for weeks, isolated from the outside world. She created the animals, made of plaster and covered with remnants of clothing left by friends, as substitutes for human company; they store personal experiences and memories. Dreamy Dog refers to her own dog, and CHO Cell Line (The Hamster That Keeps On Going) commemorates the loss of a loved one; CHO is an acronym for Chinese Hamster Ovary, in reference to a cell line that can be endlessly reproduced. This tissue serves as the basis for modern cancer therapy. It was originally extracted from a Chinese dwarf hamster in 1957, and has since been multiplied in vitro in many laboratories worldwide.