Speculative Species Evolution is an ongoing art and research project that explores how life might evolve in the near or distant future under the influence of artificial intelligence, human intervention, and the ecological pressures of the Anthropocene. At the core of the project is an inquiry into how emerging technologies—particularly generative AI and computer vision—can be used not to classify or understand existing life, but to imagine entirely new forms of it.
Through a combination of AI-generated imagery, evolutionary theory, and collaborative speculation, the project investigates both controlled evolution (such as synthetic biology, selective breeding, and bioengineering) and alternative evolution—hypothetical biological trajectories shaped by climate change, pollution, extraterrestrial environments, or post-natural ecosystems. One line of inquiry engages with xenobiology, imagining non-carbon-based life forms such as silicon- or glass-based organisms, while another considers hybrid entities, fusing organic life with machines, robotics, or data systems.