Multi-species entanglements: Sculpting with Mycelium

225 East Redwood Avenue,Fort Bragg CA 95437

01 October, 2022

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Multi-species entanglements: Sculpting with Mycelium Saturday, October 1st 1PM to 3PM Suggested donation: $20 Sculpting and forming with living mycelium! The process of cultivating and working with living mycelium, various substrates and nutrients are discussed and demonstrated. Each participant creates a mycelium form that they can take home with them and observe its growth over several days as it transforms into a functional object, along with a kit of materials they may later explore. In this workshop, artist Tosca Terán introduces participants to the fantastic potential of mycelium for collaboration at the intersection of art and science. Participants will learn how to cultivate mycelium affordably as a bio-material and turn their kitchens and closets into safe, mini-Mycelium bio-labs. Suggestions and inspirations for working with mycelium and various armatures (3D printed, hand-knit/crocheted, wood structures, etc.) will be discussed. From industrial design, art, fashion, and architecture - the possibilities are seemingly endless! Allergens? The fungal mycelium and mushrooms being worked with during these workshops are gourmet and/or medicinal species. Nitrile gloves and particulate masks are worn while working with the living organisms to protect them from contaminants while they are in a vulnerable state. About the artist-in-residence: Tosca Terán describes herself as an interdisciplinary, human holobiont whose work is a confluence of art, ecology, and craft. Her works have been featured at The Harwood Museum, SOFA New York, The Toronto Design Exchange, MOCA Toronto, The Ontario Science Centre, Music Works, Vector Festival, DubLab's Sound Science, SONICA21, Glasna Music Magazine, The Mushroom UK, NAISA (New Adventures In Sound Art), Ars Electronica, The Venice Film Festival VR, AMAZE/Berlin, and The Raindance Film Festival. Her Mycelium Martian Dome Project was cited by NASA Ames Research center's Mycotecture Off-Planet. Awarded funding support and residencies from the Goethe-Institut Montreal, The Canada Arts Council, BigCi Environmental Award Australia, Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and Coalesce Centre for Biological Art at SUNY Buffalo for her immersive, nonhuman, often fungal, biodata projects. Tosca feels that one of the most dangerous diseases of humankind is the inability to imagine the world from another person, animal, and/or plant's perspective. Her work in nonhuman bio-sonification, fungal bio-materials, and immersive environments strive to overcome these biases. www.nanotopia.net www.toscateran.com Instagram: @MothAntler Tosca Terán and Andrei Gravelle are interdisciplinary artist, musicians. Together they envision Nanotopia. Tosca is representing Nanotopia over her residency at the Larry Spring Museum. https://nanotopia.bandcamp.com/ Instagram: @nanotopia_net