Step into the underground world of Mycelia, an immersive and interactive light installation that beautifully simulates a mycelium network. Mycelium is the root-like system that mushrooms grow from and it is essential to the survival of all ecosystems.
Light dances across the threads of mycelium, representing the energy and information exchange that occurs across them. Mycelia’s glowing web of mycelium contains three buttons (representing the nodes that the mycelium threads grow out from) that when pressed, send a pulse of information across the network.
There are secrets to be discovered by experimenting with the length of time and order that the buttons are pressed.
Designed as an entertaining and educational piece of art, Mycelia is accompanied by information panels that provide facts about the role of mycelium in nature and scientific discovery.
Our intention in making this piece of art is to educate others on the amazing and under researched fungi kingdom with a joyful and inspiring experience.