Grybai, žmonės ir abipusiai virsmai. Apie tarprūšinės simbiozės galimybę
Mushrooms, humans and mutual transformations. On the possibility of the symbiosis of interspecies

Summary/Abstract: How is the symbiosis with other species possible? This article focuses on the artistic and scientific practices by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas as well as their proposed concept of “Zooethics” which aims to explore new ways of engaging human knowledge and research with other forms of life and to imagine designs, prototypes and interfaces for future interspecies ecologies. In the context of a few exhibitions (Vilnius, 2015, São Paolo, 2016), they elaborated an on-going lab project, entitled “Psychotropic House – Zooethics Pavillion of Ballardian Technologies”, examining the interactions of mycelium within different environments. By combining various theoretical approaches, including Bruno Latour, Paul Stamets, Catherine Malabou, Wolfgang Iser, and Gilbert Simondon, the present article analyses the possible synergic strategies between science and art, which, through the activation of fictional regimes, enable the perspective of the constitution of symbiotic milieu.

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