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Calling Mycelium! (2025)
Mycelium and bacteria are ancient yet present. They build tree wide networks, penetrate
human-made buildings, and consume plastics. To find a strategy against climate change, we
need to work together with non-human actors and our ecosystem.
With reference to future archaeologies, I allow mycelium to grow on obsolete technology, such
as a cheaply produced broken tamagotchi. These mycelium objects speculate a
post-catastrophic future where a symbiotic relation develops between fungus network and
human waste, e.g. plastic and obsolete technology, creating a hope for future coexistence.
*Golden Rishi mycelium strand and Blue Oyster mycelium strand are used.