Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter is hosting an exhibition titled Living Labyrinths that explores the cultural and artistic significance of fungi. The show features diverse installations, including a sound piece generated by mycelium electricity and a map of the human body's internal fungal ecosystem. Curators note that the exhibition reflects a growing public interest in fungi, driven by recent scientific literature and the region's damp climate.
- ▪The exhibition Living Labyrinths at RAMM in Exeter highlights the cultural world of fungi through contemporary art and historical specimens.
- ▪Musician Jason Singh created a soundscape by using biofeedback sensors to translate electrical signals from mycelium into audio.
- ▪Artist Gemma Anderson-Tempini produced Myco-Mother, a map of her personal mycobiome painted with ground sandstone and soil from Devon.
- ▪The show includes watercolor studies by Beatrix Potter, recognizing her lesser-known expertise as a mycologist.
- ▪Curator Lara Goodband attributes the rising interest in fungi to the success of the book Entangled Life and the local affinity for the subject in south-west England.
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Gemma Anderson-Tempini’s Myco-Mother was painted with ground-up sandstone and soil she gathered. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The GuardianView image in fullscreenGemma Anderson-Tempini’s Myco-Mother was painted with ground-up sandstone and soil she gathered. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The GuardianFungiCan a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungiExeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiomeSteven MorrisWed 30 Sep 2026 00.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFor one of the installations, a musician spent hours in woodland “collaborating” with fungi to create a soundscape inspired by the electricity they emit.Another is a kinetic sculpture of an extinct fungus that honours Beatrix Potter not for her…
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