Circle of elements

CONTEXT Degeneration and regeneration is an eternal cycle in which fungus plays a central role. Fungal metabolism converts old material in essential elements, the building blocks for the future. In this cyclic movement a sphere evolves into a spine-like figure, gets overgrown in fungus, decays and regresses into its neutral beginning form.

LINK TO PRACTICE I bear a profound fascination for fungus: essential for survival as it can be life threatening. Fungus is omnipresent, highly adaptive to its environment and at the same time transforms its surroundings. Fungus is the perfect metaphor for coping and transition in suffering, as it is a metaphor for the manipulation of reality by the artist and the connection we experience with other organisms around us.