Category: Fungus Garden
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Termite TV at Dark, Projection in the Park
Situated in a quiet, dark corner of Penn Treaty Park, about 20 people gathered over 2.5 hours to watch, participate, listen and project images on different surfaces in the park. The central installation, Be Here Wow, offered a looping 45minute soundtrack of guided meditations crowd-sourced from 15 artists throughout the county. Light textures were projected…
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Fungus Garden: Second Thursdays at the Mound 1400 N. American St. #412 November 13th 6pm – Video Mixing & Live Projection
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Fungus Garden at the Mound
One way of looking at Fungus Garden: The Macrotermitinae (family Termitidae) cultivate symbiotic fungi (Termitomyces). The termites construct spongelike “fungus gardens,” or combs, possibly of fecal matter rich in the carbohydrate lignin. The fungi grow on the combs, and the termites consume both fungi and combs. The fungi break down the fecal matter used to…