Glottogenesis, referring to the origin and development of language, is a predominantly spoken-word interactive XR opera where performers and audiences collaboratively use language and vocalization to evoke, shape, and modulate elements within a virtual realm. The installation features a singing chamber with multiple voice inputs, dynamically analyzing language and sound in real time to create an ecosystem that is both embodied and ephemeral. Glottogenesis functions as both an immersive audiovisual installation and an activatable instrument, allowing for fluid, interchangeable roles between spectators and creators, while merging existing language with nascent language in the making.

Tansy Xiao is an artist, curator, and writer based in New York. Undertaking interdisciplinary collaborations involving human participants, technological systems, and non-anthropogenic organisms, Xiao creates theatrical installations with non-linear narratives. Her work explores the immense power and inherent inadequacy of language through the assemblage of stochastic audio and recontextualized objects. She finds solace in the unknown, ludicrousness in the authorities, and absurdity in the geopolitical demarcations that separate and differentiate people.  Xiao�s work has been shown at Queens Museum, New Media Caucus, Piksel Festival, Sound Scene at Hirshhorn Museum, IRCAM Forum, Technarte, NARS Foundation, HASTAC Conference, UKAI Projects, The American Society for Theatre Research, University of Porto, Osaka University of Art, Taipei Digital Arts Festival, WIP Arts and Technology Festival, New Adventures in Sound Art, Pelham Art Center, among 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.

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