An interactive exhibition about the relationship between humans, mushrooms, and the circularity of life.
Collaborators: Nutcha Pajareya (VR)
My Roles:
• Concept Development
• Research & Prototyping
• Exhibition Design
• 3D Modeling
• Branding
• Copywriting
Exhibition Concept
A Last Supper is an interactive exhibition that invites participants to engage in the process of growing mycelium vessels with their own recipes of food waste in a ritual format akin to ancestral offering ceremonies in China (供品 gong pin).
Through the experience, participants are encouraged to reflect on how things we consider to be at the end of their life can serve as a source for the growth of other life. Can these new relationships change our perspectives about our role within the planetary ecosystem?
Why Mycelium?
Mycelium is fascinating because it is an organism that grows life through decomposing other matter. In placing mycelium as the focal point of an offering ceremony meant for the deceased, the experience aims to look at the circularity of life and death through decomposition and recomposition.
The goal of this experience is to provide a relational innovation that sparks empathy and care within the participants in their relationship to waste, consumption, and interspecies collaborative survival.
VR Experience
This is a video recording of A Last Supper in VR, showcasing all of the available interactive features.
I placed the exhibition experience into virtual reality for the following reasons:
As a way to extend participation and education beyond a physical space through digitization
An exploration of communicating materiality through augmented sensing
This VR experience is available for download. Please get in touch with me if you want to try the experience on your headset.
