Meta-Evolution

META-Evolution is an interactive audio/visual installation that delves into the porous boundaries between bodies, technology, and the environment. Developed from 2002 to 2003 at Griffith University, Gold Coast, the work was exhibited at the Whitebox Gallery, Gold Coast, and Metro Arts, Brisbane in 2003, and was later selected for the Fresh Cuts exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane, in 2004.

The installation features three video projections that incorporate an augmented live camera feed, capturing and integrating the movements of gallery viewers into the visual display. This interactive component blurs the line between observer and artwork, making the audience an active participant within the work. Complementing the visual experience, a dynamic three-channel audio system responds and shifts throughout the installation, creating an immersive environment that mirrors the constantly changing relationship between human presence, technological interfaces, and environmental spaces.

META-Evolution invites viewers to reflect on the interconnectedness and fluidity between physical bodies and digital spaces, suggesting that the boundaries between organic and technological entities are not fixed but continually reshaped through interaction and perception. The work highlights how technology both mediates and transforms our experience of self and environment, prompting contemplation of the evolving nature of human identity in an increasingly integrated world.

PROJECT DETAILS:

Svenja Kratz, Divided Together, 2016. Mixed Media: LED lights, laser engraved acrylic, clay, acrylic. Series of Two. 1005 x 550 x 50mm; 550 x 550 x 50mm.