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Semester 3 Project "FIX THE BODY” - I have based this project on the idea of humans evolving/mutating with other objects and plants/animals such as fungi,crustaceans, and lighters.

Lighterhead

Artist Research : Johanna Reich

Johanna Reich explores art through a variety of mediums through painting, video, performance, photography, sculpture and holographic projections.

Johannas work is interesting to me as she uses her own body, something I found very inspiring for this project in particular.

Artist Research : Xiaojing Yahn: Lingzhi Girl, 2017, cultivated lingzhi mushrooms, mycelium, wood chips.

This piece is based on nature having power over humans, Xiajing Yahn used actual lingzhi mushrooms, a process I find extremely intriguing, they had to have controlled conditions to be able to create this.

“When I create my lingzhi sculptures, I first put woodchips and lingzhi spore mixtures into the mold I created. With the control of humidity, temperature and light, lingzhi mycelium starts to grow. Once the lingzhi mycelium had bound the wood chips into the mold’s shape, I removed the mold and put the bonded mixture into a small greenhouse to let it keep growing. After a few weeks, the body of the roots began to grow and created their own transformative sculpture.” - Xiaojing Yahn