Meta/fauna presents shape-shifting creatures evolving in their ephemeral habitat. It portrays large animals hybridizing with fossilized plants, metallic structures, bleached bones, and the ghosts of those who have disappeared. Meta/fauna invites the audience to witness cycles of evolution and extinction through movement, stilts, design, light and sound.
Inspired by the writings of feminist cyborg Donna Haraway and extinction biologist Ben Kessler, we question the dichotomies between humans and other species, nature and culture. How can we move sensitively on damaged land? How do we orient through constant transmutations? With bodies composed of a multitude of “other” organisms (fungi, viruses, microbes), how do we blur the boundaries of the self? How can we embody the hugeness of geologic time?
