Project Overview:

MetaPersonæ_Archetype-1.1 is a short theatrical performance featuring 8-channel surround sound, lights, visual art, and physical performance. It crafts fixed media with the object-based audio system, interactive lighting design, and a UnrealEngine video game. This work was presented in 2023-2024 Electric LaTex electronic music festival on January 27th, 2024.

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.

Project leader: Fiona Xue Ju

Director: Fiona Xue Ju

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

Visual, 3D designer: Luba Liubvina

Performed & recorded on Jan. 27th, 2024 in Studio Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Building, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.