New York Mythological society

New York Mythological Society

DESCRIPTION

The studio wall abuts our Archive, where local fungi specimens from the New York Mycological Society, texts, plant matter, and other media from our collaborating artists invite visitors both to the project space and online to engage with document as ally, within and beyond the exhibition’s bounds.

ARTIST BIO

The New York Mycological Society is a nonprofit organization of members who share an interest in mycology (the study of mushrooms and fungi) as well as in mycophagy (the eating of mushrooms). The present NYMS was reincarnated some 50 years ago by the composer John Cage and a small group of other mushroom lovers and students. The society engages its members in foraging walks, a Monday Night Study Group, and the Emil Lang Winter Lecture Series. Their frequently updated local species lists track forager / amateur mycologist findings in parks and other sites across the boroughs. Archival specimens provided courtesy of NYMS president Tom Bigelow. http://newyorkmyc.org

Exhibition Photography © EFA Project Space/Yann Chashanovski