Working hard these days with @ollyneedham and @joaku_sotavento on the “Ritual device for fungal humus cultivation / Everyone should be a musician, a dancer and a fungus farmer (at the same time)”, a device for cultivating and biosonifying saprophytic fungi. It functions as an interactive installation, where a soundscape interprets the blooming of the fungi crop. Simultaneously, the performative actions of the audience — detected through their presence and touch on the surrounding soil — are musically integrated in real time.
An art project developed during the @rootsandseedsxxi residency, exploring the future of biodiversity and sustainable food systems.
This project will be exhibited at @arselectronica Festival for Art, Technology & Society, PANIC yes/no (3-7 Sept. 2025) at POSTCITY, Linz.
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Concept and Art Direction: Santiago Morilla
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Production: Tilling Roots and Seeds project, co-funded by the @creative.eu, with the support of @quoartis Foundation, the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia, and the Barcelona City Council.
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Physical Computing, Interactive Desing and Software Development: Joaku de Sotavento & Fernando Fernández
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Music, Field Recordings and Soundscape Design: Santiago Morilla and Joaku de Sotavento
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Hardware Design and Construction: Santiago Morilla, Olly Needham and Nicholas Burridge
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Fungi Suppliers (collaborators): @funginatur and All Seasons Boletus
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