2024
Interference Spores 2.0 comprises a vitrine containing tubes of living mycelium, sensors, neon-like lights, and two screens. It was showcased as part of the Radical Matter exhibition at Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIL), Vienna.
Mycelium utilises neural-like spikes in electrical activity [1] to share and process information throughout its network of hyphae. Within the installation, the internal electrical communication of the mycelium are detected, visualised on the screens, used to control attached lights, and broadcast signals that disrupt WIFI networks. Throughout the exhibition, the mycelium was allowed to grow, mushroom, and spore, disrupting the installation's geometry.
Interference Spores 2.0 is an ongoing research project by Shira Wachsmann and John Wild aimed at rethinking artificial intelligence with mycelium.
[1] See Adamatzky, A., Petrova, I. and Gandia, A., 2023. Fungal Gray Matter. In Unconventional Computing, Arts, Philosophy (pp. 423-433).
Mycelium utilises neural-like spikes in electrical activity [1] to share and process information throughout its network of hyphae. Within the installation, the internal electrical communication of the mycelium are detected, visualised on the screens, used to control attached lights, and broadcast signals that disrupt WIFI networks. Throughout the exhibition, the mycelium was allowed to grow, mushroom, and spore, disrupting the installation's geometry.
Interference Spores 2.0 is an ongoing research project by Shira Wachsmann and John Wild aimed at rethinking artificial intelligence with mycelium.
[1] See Adamatzky, A., Petrova, I. and Gandia, A., 2023. Fungal Gray Matter. In Unconventional Computing, Arts, Philosophy (pp. 423-433).
