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MODA Spring 2023 Issue
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Spread Design
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WHPK Signal Issue 2
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Spread Design
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Mycoporn
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8.5” x 5”
“Mycroporn” is a book archiving my visual research on the online mycology community, inspired by Paul Stamets’ work on how the internet is an “inevitable consequence of a previously proven, biologically successful [mycelium] model.”
I explored various online identification databases and forums, such as mushroomexpert.com and mushroomobserver.org, and found that the online mycology community's structure is nodal, like the mycelium: individuals continually consult one another and form a cloud-based, neural network. I sought to establish a link between a community’s structure and how they come to resemble their subject of interest, drawing parallels in between heuristic community distribution graphs, the online mycology community, and mycelium nodes. I weaved long lists of technical information drawn from taxonomy databases throughout the visuals to contrast the unorganized, rhizomatic configuration of the visuals.
“Mycroporn” is a book archiving my visual research on the online mycology community, inspired by Paul Stamets’ work on how the internet is an “inevitable consequence of a previously proven, biologically successful [mycelium] model.”
I explored various online identification databases and forums, such as mushroomexpert.com and mushroomobserver.org, and found that the online mycology community's structure is nodal, like the mycelium: individuals continually consult one another and form a cloud-based, neural network. I sought to establish a link between a community’s structure and how they come to resemble their subject of interest, drawing parallels in between heuristic community distribution graphs, the online mycology community, and mycelium nodes. I weaved long lists of technical information drawn from taxonomy databases throughout the visuals to contrast the unorganized, rhizomatic configuration of the visuals.
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Vestigial Industry
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8.5” x 5”
“Vestigial Industry” is a six page photography zine I produced in 2020 that compiles ten 35mm prints. From rusting pipes to unfinished buildings and dead leaves, each photo focuses on themes of decay, grime, and abandonment that mark industrial structures and products. Zoomed in details of electrical wires and chains are juxtaposed with larger construction sites, as each photo represents a small artifact and detail of the larger city structure.