Fungal Futures presents the work of an international group of artists and designers who develop innovative materials and applications using mycelium.
Fungal mycelium consists of a dense network of interlocking filamentous cells, called hyphae. The mycelium can break down plant matter and convert the breakdown products while extending its network of hyphae. This fungal behavior can be used to create biomaterials with novel properties. The materials may consist of a mixture of waste stream and mycelium (composites) or can be completely 'pure'. Such fungal materials represent attractive alternatives to traditional synthetics as they are 100% natural, fully compostable, and resulting from waste streams.
Through an open call, artists and designers were invited to participate in the project as part of the Myco Design Lab. The projects on show as part of Fungal Futures have all been developed as part of innovative research processes that operates at the intersection of design and science. The creatives, working in direct consultation with scientists, have adopted and developed unorthodox novel methodologies and techniques, as part of their practice.
Fungal Futures presents the work of designers and artists who were involved in the NWO project, Mycelium Design, as well as projects of selected invited creatives working along the same principles. The exhibition aims to demonstrate the generation of a near future in which fungal organisms will be one of the main actors leading towards a responsible social development.
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