These pieces are part of an ongoing exploration into speculative evolution, where ancient life reawakens and adapts to a world reshaped by time, technology, and environmental extremes. Inspired by Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms in Nature, I imagine a reality where extinct species (like ammonites) develop biomechanical appendages, not through human intervention alone but as a natural response to their changing surroundings in the year 5084.
In this future, radiation acts as a catalyst for reanimation, triggering a new kind of intelligence in these long-dormant fossils. Their copper limbs, reminiscent of neural networks and deep-sea tendrils, allow them to move, sense, and interact with their environment. But their evolution is not solely organic—human intervention, through AI and future technologies that we have yet to realize even exist, plays a role in shaping these beings. Like Earth’s most intelligent creatures, organisms evolve ways to learn and adapt, merging organic pasts with metallic futures.
I designed these sculptures to be interactive, allowing them to be positioned in different ways, reinforcing the idea that these creatures are not static relics but living, evolving beings. Through these works, I invite viewers to question the permanence of extinction and the potential for life, no matter how ancient, to find a way forward.
These pieces are part of an ongoing exploration into speculative evolution, where ancient life reawakens and adapts to a world reshaped by time, technology, and environmental extremes. Inspired by Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms in Nature, I imagine a reality where extinct species (like ammonites) develop biomechanical appendages, not through human intervention alone but as a natural response to their changing surroundings in the year 5084.
In this future, radiation acts as a catalyst for reanimation, triggering a new kind of intelligence in these long-dormant fossils. Their copper limbs, reminiscent of neural networks and deep-sea tendrils, allow them to move, sense, and interact with their environment. But their evolution is not solely organic—human intervention, through AI and future technologies that we have yet to realize even exist, plays a role in shaping these beings. Like Earth’s most intelligent creatures, organisms evolve ways to learn and adapt, merging organic pasts with metallic futures.
I designed these sculptures to be interactive, allowing them to be positioned in different ways, reinforcing the idea that these creatures are not static relics but living, evolving beings. Through these works, I invite viewers to question the permanence of extinction and the potential for life, no matter how ancient, to find a way forward.
To accompany the sculptures, I created a stop-motion video that captures their movement and adaptability, paired with an original soundtrack. This audiovisual element brings the imagined world of these beings to life, offering a glimpse into their reawakened existence.
Flor Fabela 