Mycorama is a dynamic, processual project at the Malakoff Art Center, launched in February 2024 by Anouck Durand-Gasselin. This innovative initiative aims to cultivate an edible mushroom farm using recycled cardboard. It represents a step into the new era of mycelial consciousness, as described by Christine Aventin, Vinciane Despret, and Juliette Salmed in Demeurer en mycélium. Mycorama transforms waste into consumable goods, fostering a unique garden where mushrooms are grown, maintained, cooked, and tasted by a diverse group of participants, including the public and local officials. The project blurs the boundaries between art and agriculture, creating an immersive experience that engages all senses and highlights the life processes within an artistic context. Installed for three years, Mycorama not only challenges conventional art spaces but also envisions future developments with the help of the COAL prize, focusing on photographic archives and the addition of an incubator.
Anouck Durand-Gasselin
Initially a photographer, Anouck Durand-Gasselin began her research in the forest with a simple cue and a walk. In 2007, she discovered a natural phenomenon: the sporulation of mushrooms. Her encounter with the Fungi marks a decisive turning point. Between poetry, science and myciculture opens up the possible space of a decentrement and a dialogue with a species other than human.
A graduate of the Ecole supérieure des Beaux-arts Toulouse in 1999, Anouck Durand- Gasselin has taken part in numerous exhibitions: most recently, the Centre d’art nouricier and Couper les fluides projects at the Malakoff Art Centre, the collective exhibition La mort en ce jardin organized by the association Fertile (Paris), and the biennial Cacophonies Sur le sentier des lauzes (07). In 2022, he will take part in the Biennial of Art and Design in Saint-Etienne, and in 2019 he will exhibit his work in China at the Academy of Sciences in Dunhuang, in partnership with the Musee De L’homme. La Galerie ALB diffuses his work through personal exhibitions,such as Tamoshitake in 2016 and Collections supported by CNAP in 2012, as well as through numerous group and solo exhibitions, including Paris Art Fair in 2015 and Fotofever in 2019.
Anouck Durand-Gasselin is also a teacher and in charge of silver practice at the Sorbonne’s Ecole Des Arts and at the Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès 2. She has been president of the association Sur le sentier des lauze since 2020.
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