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professor 

2023

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This work includes a hollow hemispherical mycelium structure, growing and combining with disposable masks as the brim, which emphasizes a bizarre opening—creating a paradox of positive and negative body. The mycelium is supported by an akimbo but balanced aluminum shelf, secured with hair and metal adhesive, offering spatial dynamics.

This body opens toward the space between mycelial growth and the viewer's gaze, along with the distinctive scent of living mycelium.

Influenced by botanical aesthetics, this ethereal sculpture sits on its reed-like structure, manifesting an elegy for life persisting amid capitalist postmodernity and environmental crisis.

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Material:mycelium, mask, aluminum rods, wire, hair, wig

Size:20in*16in*16in

 

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