Mushroom Vessels Workshop:
Growing Mycelium to Heal our City
with John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi
2.21.26
12pm - 3pm
'vienna', a new release on Small Forms Records w FIM Basel Concert March 2023 Hypersurface is a NYC-based trio consisting of Drew Wesely (guitar/objects), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Carlo Costa (percussion). Hypersurface explores timbral, durational, and formal aspects of improvisation with lenses focused on their instruments' acoustic particularities alongside employing tiles, railroad spikes, ceramic plates and other objects to expand them further. In coming together Carlo, Drew and Lester wanted to create a music that puts emphasis on the erasure of sonic boundaries, embracing the liminal spaces between their instruments, their sounds and the greater sonic environment. Timbre, gesture, duration, particles, layers… a real time tapestry of its own. The trio has given performances throughout the United States and Europe in a diversity of concert settings from clubs to large halls and galleries; with each utilizing the acoustics to follow potent musical pathways. Kamau Amu Patton is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work examines history and culture through engagement with archives, documents, stories, and sites. Patton’s projects are dialogic and take form as expanded field conversations. http://kamaupatton.com
Come work with the healing power of fungi to make your own vessel out of mushroom "roots" -- aka mycelium -- at our DIY loft in Greenpoint. Participants will learn how to grow and shape mushroom substrate into functional items such as bowls, boxes, insulation and more. These vessels can be used, displayed or eventually even reintroduced to the ground to help nourish our community's soils. Afterward, engage in a roundtable conversation to learn how mycoremediation (using fungi to heal damaged ecosystems) can directly impact our lives and communities in meaningful ways. Mushroom snacks and fungal tunes included. Work share and sliding-scale tickets available first come first serve.