Tansy Xiao
LUCA (the Last Universal Common Ancestor)
Xiao’s project embraces the idea of collaborative agency, it will center around the creation of a non-anthropocentric virtual reality (VR) opera. Using Unreal Engine and the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol, I intend to integrate live neural and biometric information, collected via wearable tech seamlessly integrated into the attire of human participants, while also streaming data from unconventional sources such as slime molds and algae, to dynamically affect the visual and sonic elements of the virtual environment, generating a symbiotic virtual form that flourishes within the digital realm.
Tansy Xiao
Tansy Xiao is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York. Her nonlinear digital installations explore the immense power and inherent inadequacy of language. Xiao’s work has been shown at Queens Museum, Sound Scene at Hirshhorn Museum, HERE Arts Center, Piksel Festival, NARS Foundation, HASTAC Conference, UKAI Projects, New Adventures in Sound Art among many others. She has received grants and support from NYSCA Electronic Media & Film | Wave Farm, Brooklyn Arts Council, Foundation for Contemporary Arts and Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center.