Phylogenetic Grafting

Erik Nordenhake Gallery 21.12.2018-02.02.2019

Group installation consisting of three sculptures by three different artists.

“I see the mycelium as the Earth’s natural Internet, a consciousness with which we might be able to communicate. Through cross-species interfacing, we may one day exchange information with these sentient cellular networks. Because these externalized neurological nets sense any impression upon them, from footsteps to falling tree branches, they could relay enormous amounts of data regarding the movements of all organisms through the landscape.” ― Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, 2005

Participating artists:
Lars Englund, Erland von Hofsten and Tove Kjellmark

“It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers.
They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control."
― Alan Turing, lecture on Intelligent Machinery: a Heretical Theory, 1951