/Why Fungi?/Today, posthumanist theories predicting human-machine integration are popular. But what if humanity's path forward lies elsewhere? Fungi have existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years, have survived all global catastrophes, and already form complex ecosystem networks resembling a nervous system. Recent paleontological findings suggest fungi may have existed as far back as 2 billion years ago, long before the emergence of multicellular organisms.
/What does the interactive installation explore?/The installation invites us to consider what a new type of communication might be like if it is based not on language, but on biological and spatial signals. Interaction with the system occurs through:
- Body position in space
- Voice volume
- Movements of the mouth and eyebrow muscles
Users place their heads inside mushroom caps, which become the interface for communication with an artificial intelligence. Through real-time interaction with the AI, participants influence a visualization displayed on large screens.
/How does the interaction work?/By engaging with the neural network, the user controls the generation processes:
- Input Signal – selects the visual stream (noise, video, 3D, patterns)
- Prompt – describes the intelligent fungi being created by the AI
- Generation Steps – controls the level of image detail
- Noise Variation – alters the initial noise from which the AI constructs the image