Fungal Futures Exhibition

Some possibilities of mycelium as a future material.

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Fungal Futures

Exhibition at Utrecht University

Oude Hortus, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht | March 24 - May 16 2016 A collaborative project between Utrecht University, Officina Corpuscoli and Mediamatic.
Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

The Art of Growing Mushrooms

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sep 2016
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It is said that the mushroom, and especially Mycelium has the potential to replace all sorts of (harmful) materials like plastics and batteries. Here at Mediamatic we are interested in the cultural...

Afbeelding: Megan Bishop

Fungal Futures Exhibition - The Catwalk of the…

Aniela Haitink's mycelium dress stands at the end of an unconventional catwalk, lined with palm trees and exotic plants inside the Oude Hortus greenhouse.
Afbeelding: Megan Bishop

Fungal Futures Exhibition Mycelium Dress

This dress by Aniela Hoitink appeared at the end of a futuristic catwalk, lined with palm trees.
Afbeelding: Megan Bishop

Fungal Futures Exhibition Mycelium Pots

Mycelium pots made by Maurizio Montalto tackles the notion of environmental sustainability and waste production.
Afbeelding: Hugo Freijanes

Clean Lab manager Ramon

Ramon lays out the spent beer grains into a shaped panel ready to experiment with creating mycelium-based insulation.
Afbeelding: Megan Bishop

Ramon and Claudia in the clean lab

Claudia watches Ramon cultivate mycelium from the other side of the laminar flow hood.
Afbeelding: Maurizio Montalti

the ephemeral icon - visualization steps

Visualizing the steps of degradation of a plastic chair, leading to its final burial as a mass of organic nutrients

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