RESIDENCE
A FIVE-WEEK RESIDENCY AT UNDERGROUND ATLANTAIn October 2025, M.E.A.T. and L42i participated in a joint artist residency at Underground Atlanta.
The project was lasted five weeks and was titled ‘Immersive Open Studios’. The effort focused on displaying many immersive installations and creating a shared space for artist to perform in experimental formats.
Below is a walkthrough and a breakdown of the installations that were on display.
Blending nostalgic interface aesthetics with real-time graphics shaders and reactive sound, DesktopXP explores the boundary between operating systems and living systems, between control and play, between user and artwork.
NUMINA
Originally developed for Meraki by an emerald vision, NUMINA invites audience members to recall memories through a series of prompts.
As each prompt is answered, NUMINA develops a unique profile of the user. At the end of the experiment the user’s Numina, the spirit or divine power presiding over them, is revealed.
A more in depth write up of this project can be found here.
SURVEIL
An installation that uses computer vision to interpret human gesutures and create sound.
You don’t watch the screens, the screens watch you.
A more in depth write up of this project can be found here.
It is happening again
It is happening again is an ambient room where audience members can manipulate the sound of the space by using an FX pad.
A white horse sits in the back of the room.
The horse beckons the audience to reshape the soundscape based on one’s own impulses.
From observation to creation.
BUFFER
BUFFER drifts in an endless loop, a machine trying to read what it cannot understand. Spinning through fragments, collapsing back into color and noise, it waits without resolution, echoing the quiet desperation of seeking meaning in broken transmissions.
HR Confessional Booth
A confessional space to relieve yourself from the 9-5 lifestyle with the backdrop of Human Resources training videos.