Fungal Entanglement: A Lichen Journey, was a participatory performance led by the Lichen Likers art research group. We gathered people on the Ohio State University campus and took them on a journey to visit lichens and learn about their lifestyles. We brought the entire fungal entanglement to the Biological Sciences Greenhouse for an Earth Day art exhibition, In a Hotter House, that included work by the Lichen Likers, students in the Art & Science course (co-taught by faculty members Iris Meier and Amy Youngs), and seven invited local artists.
Credits:
Fungal Entanglement artists: Anna Arbogast, Madison Blue, Alex Buchan, Xiuer Gu, Elias Marquez, Jiara Sha, Doo-sung Yoo, and Amy Youngs.
In a Hotter House exhibition curated by Doo-sung Yoo and Amy Youngs
Artists: Skylar Albright, Anna Arbogast, Marcia Armstrong, Madison Blue, Alex Buchan, Madalyn Bunjevac, Al Dilorenzo, John Cairns, Ben Chang, Megan Fabro, Andie Goodes, Taylor Green, Xiuer Gu, Brennan Jones, Olga Kisseleva and Lilia Chak, Eric Homan, Bethany Marple, Elias Marquez, Andrew Mehall, Caroline Mosholder, Zoe November, Ivan David Ng, Takahiro Okubo, Dev Patel, Noor Quadri, Bakhahang Rai, Mural Remix, Jonathan Riles, Ken Rinaldo, CG Ryan, Bella Saraceni, Lily Schumacher, Sabrina Sedlacko, Jiara Sha, Avery Stratman, Kaika Wakabayashi, Thomas Winningham, Andrew Wood, Uriah Wright, Doosung Yoo, Amy Youngs, Barry Yuan, and Danny Zhang.
Video: Jordan Sommerlad
Music: “Aurora”, by Anemoia. creative commons license cc by-nc-sa
Project support: The Ohio State University’s Humanities Institute, the Living Art and Ecology Lab of the Department of Art, the Biological Sciences Greenhouse, and the Department of Molecular Genetics.