dynamic fungal installations
about co-existence,
environment, transformation,
demise and reconstruction,
identity, coping and manipulation
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ADORATTION of the Universe: the Leuven Altarpiece
Living together is hard. This quest deserves an altarpiece to contemplate its complexity.
The altarpiece was integrated into an industrial space and invited you, not to dwell on our relationship with the strictly vertical, the supernatural, but to appreciate our relationship to the natural, to each other. It did not provide answers, but raised more. Questions about the role and place we occupy alongside so many other things. During the exhibition, certain panels were overgrown by fungal colonies in the greenhouse, which were then added to the ensemble. Towards the finissage, the central altarpiece was planned to be covered in genetically transformed fungus, as showcase for the ultimate mutual manipulation, but freezing conditions prevented this from happening.
1 Altarpiece consisting of 7 panels and 7 bows (7 x 4,1 x0,05 m when assembled)
Fungal strains - agarose - linnen canvas
Living together is hard. This quest deserves an altarpiece to contemplate its complexity.
The altarpiece was integrated into an industrial space and invited you, not to dwell on our relationship with the strictly vertical, the supernatural, but to appreciate our relationship to the natural, to each other. It did not provide answers, but raised more. Questions about the role and place we occupy alongside so many other things. During the exhibition, certain panels were overgrown by fungal colonies in the greenhouse, which were then added to the ensemble. Towards the finissage, the central altarpiece was planned to be covered in genetically transformed fungus, as showcase for the ultimate mutual manipulation, but freezing conditions prevented this from happening.
1 Altarpiece consisting of 7 panels and 7 bows (7 x 4,1 x0,05 m when assembled)
Fungal strains - agarose - linnen canvas
