Decay: An Experiment in Mycoremediation
Decay is a body of work about fungi, fashion, and the ecological principle of decay through the lens of social change. The work culminated in a play space located at Corpus Arts, a queer literacy center, for the month of October 2019. The play space included 3 species of oyster mushrooms growing as interspecies companions, material experiments and artistic works, literary resources, and a zine that provided information and acted as a guide through the space. Two workshops on how to grow your own mushrooms using accessible materials were hosted in the space as well. Below is a PDF of the zine, an artist statement, a thesis talk, and a thesis paper. Note: The zine was created from master copies on a xerox machine, so if you would like your own physical copy please contact rowanwillow.world@gmail.com.