2025

Medium:
Spatial interactive audiovisual installation consisting of a vertically oriented 98-inch display, a computer system, and a keyboard interface.

Installation view:
Oktogon National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 2025

Work Description:
MetaAnswer is an interactive digital oracle made up of several thousand short videos, each containing a single sentence. When a visitor asks a question, the archive comes to life, weaving together fragments of language and imagery into new combinations. Each response is probabilistic—never repeating and always evolving into something different. What emerges is not a fixed answer, but a fleeting vision, a dance of memory, chance, and inquiry. The past and present converge as the recorded fragments respond to the immediacy of the visitor’s question, creating a living performance that defies repetition. Meaning remains provisional, open, and interpretive.

MetaAnswer exists at the intersection of technology and myth, blending machine-generated combinations with the human longing for prophecy. Like ancient oracles, it communicates in fragments, offering not definitive solutions but possibilities—horizons for reflection and imagination. In this way, the work transforms an archive into an experience, turning a static record into a dynamic field of visions.

Credits:
Performer: John Thomas
Software Development: Julian Besems, Architectural Researcher and Digital Designer
Theoretical Contribution: Sanja Cvetnić, Art Historian
Camera/ Cinematography: Ivan Slipčević
Photo: Ivan Buvinić