METAPERSONÆ_Archetype-1.0


Project Overview:

MetaPersonæ_Archetype-1.0 is a performance installation featuring 8-channel surround sound, lights, and physical performance. It crafts fixed media with the object-based audio system and interactive lighting design.

In this performance, the artist plays with the metaphor of uploading a physical being to a digital realm, an initial space where nothing yet exists. What is familiar transforms into the alien; original sounds evolve into a digital living entity, continuously deconstructing and morphing in real-time. Amidst this vastness and emptiness, "the body" becomes a living paradox. Is it a physical presence, a virtual avatar, or a combination of the two? The artist embodies both the question and its silent answer, existing simultaneously as void and potential. Liberated yet full of essence, they exist in a state of pure being.


Technical Rider:
Speakers *8 (immersive sound system - 8 channel ambisonics)
Lights - LED tube *6 / PAR *1 / LED Neon Flex *1
DMX dimmer pack (4 channels) *2, DMX light interface, Audio interface


Project leader: Fiona Xue Ju

Director: Fiona Xue Ju

Composer / Lighting Design / Curator / Performer: Fiona Xue Ju

Event management and concert operations: Treya Nash, Drew Farrar

Performed & recorded on December, 1st, 2023 in Digital Media Center, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.