Break it Down
Moulds break things down, absorbing materials for energy and new growth. Their capacity to metabolise almost anything has made them a critical part of earth's history.
In the Anthropocene moulds have adapted to live with industrially produced materials, petrochamical products, and chemically altered environments. These conditions have transformed their microbiology and their ecological relations with humans.
What does this legacy mean for people living with mould in damp homes; for people trying to produce food and meat for global markets; for people managing fungal infections that are increasingly resistant to anti-fungal drugs; for people living with toxic pollution; as well as for those scientists, microbiologists, engineers and designers developing solutions to these challenges?
Planet Mould examines these questions in different global contexts - putting filamentous fungi at the centre of debates about planetary health and regenerative futures.Planet Mould Breakdowns coming soon