![]() The films are looped until they are nearly erased. They are not only meant to be seen and heard, but inhaled as well. These films present media and matter as vibrant and spontaneous. Spores magnified are narrowly elliptical, smooth. These colors, shapes and sounds are only palpable, like the spores themselves, when experienced en masse.Įach of the films in the series features different audiovisual movements provided by different mushroom species, including: bellas, shaggy manes, lion’s manes, chanterelles, oyster mushrooms, and more – producing prints ranging from intense Rorschachs made of melted black ink, to delicate white, brown, blue, grey, pink and yellow arrangements that shadow the shapes of the gills that they rain down from.Īs they are played, a maelstrom of slowly-shifting-shapes is produced where form is in constant flux. Stalk (if present) short, thick white base is hairy off-center, solid. Hundreds of individual mushroom spore prints make up each film (and billions of spores comprise each print) – each with their own unique shape and coloring.ĭuring projection kinetic forces disperse the spores – accentuating and de-saturating the films’ colors and sounds. Along with color, smell and other physical markers, they are used as a testing mechanism for field identification. Like fingerprints, no two spore prints are exactly alike. As the projector loops the film, playing its deteriorating images and sounds, the film is digitally recorded and then archived. ![]() Mushroom spores (their reproductive unit) are placed on film (a reproductive unit) to produce an audiovisual loop. This series is a study of organic, modern and contemporary technologies that explore cycles of creation, destruction and archival permanence. Edible mushrooms are grown and harvested to create 16mm sound films and derivative materials – collectively known as the Spore Print Film Series. ![]()
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