AMETHYST DECEIVERexhibition & zine launch 20 MAY 18H-22H - Atelier Concorde Ana Sofia Sá, Inês Teles, Irit Batsry, Juliana Matsumura, Natalie Woolf, Nina Fraser, Tiago Rocha Costa, Pedro Faria Cont. 21-29 MAY everyday / 15h-19h Curator: the icing room Zine production: Nina Fraser Sponsor/NFT's: Incubadora DAO
The amethyst deceiver is a purple mushroom that grows wild in forest areas across UK and Europe. Although it is safe and non-toxic, it's often mistaken for the highly poisonous and commonly found lilac puff. A simple mis-recognition between the toxic and benign, still, this reminds us of the constant presence of the wood wide web’s darker, more poisonous side. If fungus is a communicator, it’s also a parasite, an infiltrator…and this duality provides our entry point. Taking fungus as a communicator-parasite, AMETHYST DECEIVER explores the visualisation of conflicts between nature and modern civilisation, referring to subjects of ecology, hybridity, distortion and materiality that intertwine the artists’ individual practices.
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» I wanted to have a meltdown but (2022) Page from a national geographic magazine (1970 edition) ironed with beeswax 30 x 40 cm
» mycelium dependents (2022) Collage, beeswax 30 x 40cm
» we deliquesce upon mountains of myrrh and hills of spices (2022) Analogue Collage on board, mirror laminate 29 x 27 cm
» AMETHYST DECEIVER limited edition zine (2022) Mushroom inspired art, research, images, text, smears and spores, collected during the process of creating the exhibition Featuring: Ana Sofia Sá, Inês Teles, Irit Batsry, Isobel Atacus, Juliana Matsumura, Natalie Woolf. Nina Fraser, Pedro Faria, and Tiago Rocha Costa Edition /76
