Seed 2065

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Seed 2065 is a radical futurist art experiment, starting from the premise that we live in the post-anthropocentric world of 2065: humans are no longer considered exceptional, but are engaged in repairing the damage to relationships between humans and non-humans, and between humans and the Earth. 

For Seed 2065's first exhibition at the Handbag Factory gallery in 2025, I created an installation called "The Clothing Consumers", using discarded synthetic clothes to tell a story about futuristic fungi.

The Clothing Consumers: 

Otidea Nylonea, Cantharellus Acetatus, Hydnellum Hypoviscosus, Trametes Elastanii, Polyporus Polyesterus.

Synthetic textile from discarded fast fashion clothing, mycelial sculpture, deadstock fabric, fabric ink, cotton thread dyed with hawthorn

Before the Rupture, humans understood mycoremediation (fungi’s ability to break down oil and plastic) but it never occurred to them to thank the beings that were cleaning up some of our worst mistakes. Now, scientists and former fashionistas work for newly-discovered fungi species that have an appetite for our old synthetic clothing, creating feasting areas where these beings can thrive. We are so fortunate that they choose to feed on our appalling excesses, so it is our work to nourish them.