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  • Maurizio Montalti 5 dec 2011

    Bodies of Change

    Installation

    The growth of a new burial practice by employing fungi in performing the role of main “disassemblers” within the cyclical processes of growth and decomposition.

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  • Bodies of Change Installation Process

    Building the installation

    This is the first in a series of articles tracking the construction process and growth of the Bodies of Change installation.

  • Bodies of Change Mushroom Growth

    The mushrooms overtaking the body

    In the third installment of this series, we catch up with the mushroom growth that has been spreading over the mycelium shroud in the last six weeks.

  • Bodies of Change Growth

    Week 1 of growth

    In the second installment of this series, we watch the strange growth that has shown up on the mycelium shroud and it's not exactly what we were expecting!

  • Clean Room

    Lab installatie

    Een clean room is een hele zuivere werkomgeving. Dat betekent dat er heel weinig verontreinigende deeltjes zoals stof, bacteriën en sporen in de lucht zweven. Wij hebben onze eigen clean room gebouwd.

  • Artworks in the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition

    September 2011 - July 2012

  • Lizan Freijsen 1 okt 2011

    Fungi

    Fotografische installatie

    Uitvergrote petrischaaltjes waarin schimmels groeien vormen de basis van dit werk. De bezoeker wordt geconfronteerd met de schoonheid van verval en verandering. Wat normaal onzichtbaar is voor het...

  • book: Jay Dayva 1 jan 2003

    I

    The mystical mushroom enlightenment poems

    This artistic, illustrated volume is filled with information and insights, in a highly-enjoyable format. From the informative introduction, to the collection of 16 poems, this very unique book is one...

  • The Mold Fight Begins!

    Our first mold battle

    Our newest installation at the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition is a tiny agar-filled stadium where we will host mold fights. The first fight will be between our visitor Marco's bacteria and the...

  • Mold That Eats Plastic

    This mushroom loves having plastic for dinner

    A little mushroom is making big headlines after it has been found to break down plastic faster and more effectively then its fungal and bacterial predecessors.

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  • book: Nina Lovering Marshall 1 jan 1905

    Mushroom Book

    A popular mushroom guide

    A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties.

  • Yann Seznec, Patrick Hickey 1 jan 2010

    The Secret Sounds of Spores

    Installation

    Hidden under every mushroom, invisible to the naked eye, thousands of spores fall and are blown away by the tiniest current of wind. Shining a laser underneath a protected mushroom makes these spores...

  • project: 5 dec 2011

    Mycological Material Research

    Artists and designers experiment and play with a new form of myco-material

    We were the first in the Netherlands to get our hands on this new batch of myco-material from Ecovative . Together with some local artists and designers we are conducting material research of our own.

  • project: 1 jan 2012

    Coffee Grinds Mushroom Growing Infographic

    Growing oyster mushrooms on used coffee grinds

    Rather then sending our used coffee grinds to the landfill, we're taking them on a much shorter journey down to the Urban Mushroom Farm in the Mediamatic Bank.

  • Mediamatic Bank in Duintjer CS Maurizio Montalti 1 jan 2011

    The Ephemeral Icon

    Infusing life to trigger a process of final dissolution

    A design-research project looking at the study and the application of a fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, to synthetic, toxic materials: Plastics.

  • book: David Arora

    Mushrooms Demystified

    This is the be-all and end-all of mushroom books

    Truly an encyclopedia of mushroom facts and lore, lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, literally everything you need to know about mushrooms, edible or not.

  • Urban Mushroom Farm

    Part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition is an urban mushroom farm set up in the Mediamatic Bank. Find out what kinds of mushrooms we're growing, how we're growing them, and why they're so...

  • Grow Your Own Billboard

    Mycologist Patrick Hickey's living billboard for the film Contagion.

    Viral marketing has taken on a whole new meaning with this living billboard made from fungus and bacteria.

  • book: John M. Allegro 1 jan 1970

    De Heilige Paddenstoel en het Kruis

    Paddenstoelen en religie

    De Heilige Paddenstoelen en het kruis is een studie naar de aard en de oorsprong van het christendom binnen de vruchtbaarheidscultussen van het oude Nabije Oosten.

  • Trametes versicolor

    Turkey tail / Elfenbankje

    Dry and leathery to the touch, the turkey tail is too tough to eat (although slugs and squirrels happily feast on the colorful mushroom). It enjoys the company of dead or dying trees, which it helps...

  • book: Terence McKenna 1 jan 1992

    Food of the Gods

    The search for the original tree of knowledge

    For the first time in trade paperback, the critically acclaimed counterculture manifesto by the wildly popular McKenna. This book tells you about the history of drugs in the East and West; from the...

  • Michel Blazy 1 jan 2007

    Mur de Double Concentré de Tomate

    Installatie

    In deze installatie maakt Michel Blazy het proces van verval en beschimmeling zichtbaar. Een muur bedekt met tomatenpuree verandert langzaam in een mysterieus schimmellandschap. Blazy creëert een...

  • book: Paul Stamets 1 jan 2005

    Mycelium Running

    How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

    Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text...

  • book: J.Baier, B. Vancura 1 jan 1995

    Giftige Paddestoelen

    Leren kennen en determineren

    Het lange witte boek zit vol met illustraties van giftige paddestoelen. Je kunt op een eenvoudige manier lezen hoe je 160 gevaarlijke soorten kunt herkennen. Ben je van plan om de natuur in te gaan...

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