Let's Become Fungal! draws on the world of mycology to reframe how artists and communities across Latin America and the Caribbean are building non-hierarchical, multispecies systems of collaboration and exchange — with the mycelium as both model and metaphor.
About This Book
Fungi do not operate through command structures; they distribute, adapt, and thrive through interdependence. Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez takes this biological logic as a framework for examining innovative art practices emerging from Latin America and the Caribbean — practices grounded in symbiosis, decentralisation, non-monetary exchange, and mutual dependency. The result is a book that sits at the intersection of ecology, art theory, and political imagination. For practitioners and thinkers interested in multispecies collaboration and bottom-up methodologies, it presents a genuinely alternative vocabulary for understanding how creative communities might organise and sustain themselves.
Key Features
- 320 pages of illustrated art practice documentation, theoretical writing, and case studies drawn from Latin American and Caribbean contexts
- Author: Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez; Illustrator: Rommy González
- Published by Valiz, ISBN: 9789493246287
What You'll Discover
- How mycelium's rhizomatic network functions as a working metaphor for decentralised, non-hierarchical human systems
- Art and ecological practices from Latin America and the Caribbean rooted in multispecies collaboration and symbiotic alliances
- Models of non-monetary resource exchange and mutual dependency as alternatives to market-driven creative economies
- The convergence of mycology and contemporary art practice as a site for rethinking collective behaviour and environmental entanglement
About the Author
Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez is the author of this work, which draws on her research into art, ecology, and alternative modes of collaboration. Illustrations are by Rommy González. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 320
- Dimensions: 24 x 17 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789493246287
- Publisher: Valiz
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Artists, ecologists, cultural theorists, and design researchers interested in multispecies thinking, decolonial practice, and non-hierarchical models of collaboration.