“Compost of Newborns” was an experiment between the mushroom Ganoderma applanatum as the main protagonist, the artist Chrismaria Pfeifer and Prof. Benz. Together they were prepared to go beyond scientific rules and try out new, exciting forms of cooperation. Other agents were added: carbon emissions from a Daimler car, wood from “her” maple trunk as a substrate for our Ganoderma and ...yes... the hair of the artist. The fungus surprised us all. Ganoderma connected in a specific way with all the different substances, no matter how toxic they might have been, and created with its mycelium a network that connected us all - humans, nature and technology.
The exhibition (including a joint artist talk) took place in April/May 2024 in the kunst [ ] klima Stuttgart project space.