Let's Become Fungal! : Mycelium Teachings and the Arts

Ostendorf-Rodríguez, Yasmine. Let's Become Fungal! : Mycelium Teachings and the Arts. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz, 2023.

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Abstract (English)

"There is a growing interest in fungi and mycelium as a material, the ever-branching connecting threads of the fungal world. The entanglements and how this rhizomatic network functions is not just a fascinating ecological system and material, but carries a profound usefulness as a metaphor for our potential new systems, ways of thinking and behaviors.

Let’s Become Fungal! takes its inspiration from the world of art and mycology and shares innovative practices from Latin America and the Caribbean that are rooted in multispecies collaboration, symbiosis, alliances, non-monetary resource exchange, decentralization, bottom-up methods and mutual dependency­—all in line with the behavior of the mycelium.

Every chapter is phrased as a question. They do not lead to answers, but to twelve teachings addressing for instance collaboration, decoloniality, non-linearity, toxicity, mobilization, biomimicry, death, and being non-binary. Simultaneously it ventures deeper into the world of fungi. The teachings from the fungus may inspire artists, collectives, organizations, educators, policy-makers, designers, scientists, anthropologists, change-makers, curators, urbanists, activists, gardeners, community-leaders, farmers, and many others, to become more fungal in their ways of working and being." -- Publisher's website

Types: Monographs
All Contributors: Ostendorf-Rodríguez, Yasmine (Author); Ostendorf-Rodríguez, Yasmine (Interviewer); Sanchez, Francisca Alvarez (Interviewee); Caycedo, Carolina (Interviewee); Davis, Annalee (Interviewee); Errazuriz, Maya (Interviewee); Ferrer, Juan (Interviewee); Fraiji, Lilian (Interviewee); Furci, Giuliana (Interviewee); Muriente, Sofia Gallisa (Interviewee); [et alii]
Dossier: 700 - ART ET NATURE / ART AND NATURE
Collation: 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9789493246287
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Valiz
Keywords: MEMORY; NATURE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNICATION; SECURITY; TIME
Copyright Statement: Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
Notes:

Bibliography : pages 322-323.
Index : pages 330-335.
Includes biographical notes.

Deposited by: Artexte Catalogueur
Date Deposited: 08 Mar 2024 21:00
Last Modified: 22 May 2024 16:14
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/35553
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