StrataSpore used mushrooms as both metaphor and material to discuss infrastructure, networks, and latent potential. The process cultivated “spores” of knowledge about local ecosystems and urban sustainability. The collaborators combined elements of task and performance-based art, experiential learning, cooking, mushroom hunting and identification, and experimental design practice.
StataSpore
2009 // iLAB Residency
Sites: Areas conducive to mushroom growth and collection in NYC such as parks, wetlands, and markets in Chinatown
Principal Collaborators: Athena Kokoronis, Caroline Woolard, Chris Lee Kennedy, Gary Lincoff, Kate Cahill