Metamorphis

Extended Reality | WebXR | Installation

Metamorphis is an extended reality experience that delves into the themes of time, communication, and transformation from a personal storytelling perspective that challenges Western views of linear time. Metamorphis derives from the biological process of metamorphosis, where organisms transform from one state to another.

The experience consists of three sub-worlds that are in dialogue with the speculative fiction super-genre: Metamorphis, set in 2026, depicts the first interaction between Luca (a fictionalized version of myself), and L, an artificially intelligent being resembling a former version of myself. Cuir AI, the second sub-world set in 2022, portrays Luca's failed attempts to communicate with AI image generators to create a museum of queer Latinx representation. The third sub-world, Hain, set in 2051, takes Luca's character back to ancestral knowledge to seek meaning in the nearly extinct nineteenth-century Selk'nam tribe's rituals.

These virtual worlds pose various questions to the viewers. They seek to explore how intergenerational trauma impacts one's life, how symbolic systems can either limit or expand communication with natural or artificial beings and if speculation and ancestral rituals can offer hope in finding meaning to continue one's expansion.

I was awarded a residency with New Art City to develop the experience between October and November of 2022 which is permanently available on NAC's website, and via build as well. For physical exhibitions, please check this technical rider and/or contact me.