Mycelium Sky explores the poetics of mycelium and its power to perform transformation, both as a system and as a material, in humans’ individual and collective spheres.
Fungi have a core role in most biospheres. They perform decomposition, making space for renewal. Mycelium, fungi’s root-like structure, forms an expansive ‘intelligence’ connecting many organisms. The hyphae, threadlike filaments structuring mycelium, generate and transmit information through their branch formations. Their tips produce electrical current as they forage and transfer nutrients.
Mycelium’s potential is increasingly researched in new areas (beyond nutrition and medicine) such as architecture, wearables, and the biodegradation of pollutants.
People will find an immersive shelter here, to be experienced both from outside and inside. Cellulose threads incarnate hyphae. The human craft and the organic interweave. Fibre provides a matrix for mycelium’s growth, which benefits from disturbance. Expressions emerge across these oscillating membranes, evoking recognition, empathy and sensitivity.
What remains through disintegration? Memory, stored in constellations of threads beneath the earth. Let us conceive an inversion and allow these palpable constellations to be the firmament we look towards.
