The aim of the experimental research is to investigate the physical interaction bet-ween different natural materials (paper, wood, bioplastic, PLA, hemp, organic waste) and the selected biomatter mycelium, in a series of fine art and graphic design surfaces, within an object; beyond the visual unity, harmonious appearance, how does the directed symbolisation, the natural scent process of mycelium and the artificially generated, consciously added scent affect our consciousness? How is the message influenced by the flavour of the consumable sub-elements? In what way does the tactile difference in form and surface guide communication?
In addition to visuality, we can also connect to the message through other perceptions, and we can use other forms of engagement such as functional participation, tactile „compulsion”, the experience of sound, or the impression enhanced by scent or even taste. All of these relate to each other as a whole, interweaving the idea in a complex way, interpreting the message, interactively engaging in interpretation. Like the mycelium, which, through its structural system, binds and structures the material basis offered to it. By tactile sensation, by feeling out the form, by stroking the special surfaces, by inhaling the scent of natural materials, we gain additional information that we cannot deprive ourselves of.
Fungi are living organisms that were the first on our planet to find the ability to interconnect, to take over spaces, to take over surfaces, to connect or disrupt almost anything in their path. This metaphorical symbiosis with the environment can form a closed system, but it never ends. At any time it can be connected to, carried on, lived on in a biometrically offered cycle. Living matter dictates, but humbly embraces and gives way to all other living organisms, systems on Earth, including humans. It is a theory whose intricacy is intangible, a totality that gives emptiness in the universe and whose existence needs defending.
