ABOUT THE PROJECT
In September 2016, Fathomers began wayfinding a project with Phil Ross, whose mushroom innovations have long foretold of a fungal future for all of us. In devising a campaign of objects and/or events to bridge the worlds of science fiction, science fact, synthetic biology, ethics, and popular culture, our discussions took us from Los Angeles to San Francisco, from the apocryphal to the apocalyptic, from fashion to linguistics to Black Mirror to spam.
As an outgrowth of that research, Fathomers produced “Myco-Cosmos,” conceived and directed by Ross, in November 2017.
Clockwise: Mycelium arch, 2017. (photo: Philip Ross Studio) / Laraaji performing at Myco-Cosmos, 2017. (photo: Theo Jemison) / Stanford University workshop residency, 2016. (photo: Fathomers). At top of page: Myco-Cosmos, 2017. (photo: Theo Jemison).
ARTIST BIO
As an artist, Phil Ross has exhibited work at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Jurassic Technology; as a bioengineering scholar at Stanford University, he’s working to develop an internet of biological things. He’s also co-founder and CTO of MycoWorks, a start-up that turns mycelium (the threadlike, vegetative part of mushrooms) into building bricks and leather — where he’s poised to revolutionize the materials industry with bio-design.
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