In GAIA, Liliana Barros imagines a speculative future beyond the human species—a poetic vision of posthuman evolution unfolding in a barren yet luminous world. Inspired by the Greek goddess of the Earth, GAIA draws on mythology and posthumanist thought to explore emergence, transformation, and collective survival.

Against the backdrop of a solitary, metallic black mountain—at once ancient and futuristic—creature-like beings awaken and begin to move, feel, and form community. Barros' choreography oscillates between the primal and the futuristic, tracing a journey from raw isolation to cohesive organism. The work pulses with mystery and motion—an endless becoming shaped by forces older and newer than humanity itself.

© Christian Kleiner