Fruiting Bodies
w/Maoyi Qui
Sound installation in 4 chapters, 12'55''
May ‘22
The installation is a sonic exploration of the interconnectedness of taste, desire, and decay. It draws inspiration from mycelium structures as a means to distribute and disturb communication channels between learned experiences, interactive reactions, and conclusions regarding contemporary food consumption, cravings, and taste.
Formally, the site-specific installation is a choreography of interwoven networks of cables embedded into the landscape of the botanical garden in Bergamo. Four sonic chapters are accessible via a multi-point splitter for headphones. Earbuds dressed in fungi shapes leak sonic content into the space. The audience is invited to connect and disconnect from the extended structures while noticing the surrounding environment.
Text: Ioana Lupascu
Sound Composition: Maoyi Qui
Voice: Lacey Verhalen, Nash Caldera, Afrang Malekian
Photos by Maoyi Qui
* The project text takes inspiration from the following texts: T is for Taste, Colleen C. Myles, musings food feminism fermentation, Bubbling Bodies and Queer Microbes : Dispatches from the Foundation for Fermenting Fervor by Stephanie Maroney & SE Nash, Something That's Dead by Jessica Bebenek. * Photos by Maoyi Qui
audio installation, food, collaboration
Formally, the site-specific installation is a choreography of interwoven networks of cables embedded into the landscape of the botanical garden in Bergamo. Four sonic chapters are accessible via a multi-point splitter for headphones. Earbuds dressed in fungi shapes leak sonic content into the space. The audience is invited to connect and disconnect from the extended structures while noticing the surrounding environment.
Text: Ioana Lupascu
Sound Composition: Maoyi Qui
Voice: Lacey Verhalen, Nash Caldera, Afrang Malekian
Photos by Maoyi Qui
* The project text takes inspiration from the following texts: T is for Taste, Colleen C. Myles, musings food feminism fermentation, Bubbling Bodies and Queer Microbes : Dispatches from the Foundation for Fermenting Fervor by Stephanie Maroney & SE Nash, Something That's Dead by Jessica Bebenek. * Photos by Maoyi Qui
audio installation, food, collaboration
