Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere

Candice Lin, Memory (Study #2), 2016, detail. Distilled communal piss of the people hosting the work, glass jar, Lion’s mane mushrooms in substrate, plastic. 9.5 x 13 x 9 in.  (24 x 33 x 23 cm). Image courtesy the artist, Commonwealth and Council and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo: Ruben Diaz. 

Nour Mobarak, Reproductive Logistics, 2020. Trametes versicolor, apple wood pellets, kraft paper, watercolor, hair, sperm, acrylic, resin, 65 1/2 × 75 × 12 1/2 in. (166.4 × 190.5 × 31.8 cm). Courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York. Photo: Stephen Faught