CONVERGENT EVOLUTION

Toronto-based artist Alex McLeod constructs hyperrealistic 3-D environments using CGI technologies. In CONVERGENT EVOLUTION, a green and white-striped spherical form splits apart into gooey, rhizomatic microcosms. Palpitating with energy, these liquid forms stretch and pull amongst themselves, only to abruptly recoil back into a singular shape. McLeod stages otherworldly scenes that oscillate between hybrid spaces of the real and virtual; the organic and the manufactured. CONVERGENT EVOLUTION is part of a larger body of work of looping short videos, which often employ seductive polished surfaces and floating geometric abstractions rendered in candy-coloured palettes. 

Commissioned for The Banff Centre in conjunction with residency, Convergence: Electronic Music + Visual Art. CONVERGENT EVOLUTION will be projected from dusk to dawn from the third floor of the Kinnear Centre, and will be viewable from both within and outside the building.