Throughout the exhibition SPORA. Rotting Unconscious fungal hyphae grew through the pages, remodelling pulp, ink and thoughts until edible fruiting bodies sprouted from the spines of the books related to the unconscious – transforming the underground exhibition space of the ifk Arkade into a living, rotting library. On the day of the finissage, the artists will harvest and cook the mushrooms, which will then be tasted together.

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Co-founded by Charlotte Janis and Roberto Dell’Orco, the collective SPORA engages with fungi through artistic, participatory, and research-driven approaches and activates a wide range of formats that foster intergenerational and transdisciplinary exchange. Most recently, they transformed Hegel with fungi for the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart.