{"id":25133,"date":"2025-04-19T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/?p=25133"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:28:27","slug":"understories-undergrowth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/understories-undergrowth\/","title":{"rendered":"Understories: Undergrowth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25133\" class=\"elementor elementor-25133\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"ob-is-breaking-bad elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc95f15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc95f15\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_bbad_use_it&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_bbad_sssic_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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The heat, now contained, allows the inside to stay molten, flowing forward.<br \/><br \/><strong>The Moray Dance<\/strong> by Francesca Lally &#8211; A rotoscoped underwater ballet, a sinuous manifesto. The eels have been watching us, and this is what they have to say.<br \/><br \/><strong>Shrooms\u00a0<\/strong>by the Ghouls Next Door &#8211; Two friends conduct a ritual in hopes of making a meaningful connection with the spirit realm.<br \/><br \/><strong>Tiny Worlds<\/strong>\u00a0by Karen Lefkovitz &#8211; utilizes macro photography to reveal hidden worlds, which are a gateway to larger questions about human perception.<br \/><br \/><strong>What is Mycelium<\/strong>\u00a0by Alan Powell &#8211; Mushroom Talk\/Dance<br \/><br \/><strong>Alda and the Fungi\u00a0<\/strong>by Mar\u00eda Teresa Rodr\u00edguez &#8211; For over two decades, Dr. Alda Rodr\u00edguez has harnessed the power of soil fungi to combat pests and diseases in plants and livestock. These microscopic allies are at the heart of her mission to eliminate agrotoxins from our food and to regenerate our soil and ecosystems.<br \/><br \/><strong>Ice Cocoon<\/strong>\u00a0by Kathleen Sweeney &#8211; explores winter wandering in open sensory symbiosis with nature, a rewilding search for refuge within breathing cycles of bird song, coyote calls, snow, ice and melt. \u201cIce Cocoon\u201d seeks, scans and discovers, traversing woodland transitions, a metaphoric metamorphosis in cycles of seasonal transformation.<br \/><br \/>Credits Featuring footage from Phytography workshop led by Craig Scheihing, with contributions from Termite TV and OKSG participants.<br \/>Sound mix by: Lorne Peart, Adam Cooper-Ter\u00e1n, with contributions from the PhillyCAM Sounds from the Understory workshop.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PHILLYCAM PRESENTS UNDERSTORIES<\/strong><\/h2><p>Coordinating producers\u00a0Joy Waldinger (J. 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