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MushroomFootBalm
Amanda Heidel, balm making performance (reishi mushroom foot balm), 2019, dimensions and time variable, participation optional
I feel a sense of urgency to prepare for a future of uncertainty. I am worried about the environmental obstacles we are facing, emanating from a culture that has become reliant on convenience and immediacy. This cultural paradigm has become enmeshed with the natural world and as a result we are harming the planet and have become disconnected from everything around us. I have developed a relationship with the mushroom which has been leading me deep down into the Earth in preparation for enacting an intertwined paradigm shift that must take place in order for life to survive. My fungal entangled preparations are to enable myself to live in this shift while attempting to find footing in the present.
MushroomFootBalm
Amanda Heidel, balm making performance (reishi mushroom foot balm), 2019, dimensions and time variable, participation optional
I feel a sense of urgency to prepare for a future of uncertainty. I am worried about the environmental obstacles we are facing, emanating from a culture that has become reliant on convenience and immediacy. This cultural paradigm has become enmeshed with the natural world and as a result we are harming the planet and have become disconnected from everything around us. I have developed a relationship with the mushroom which has been leading me deep down into the Earth in preparation for enacting an intertwined paradigm shift that must take place in order for life to survive. My fungal entangled preparations are to enable myself to live in this shift while attempting to find footing in the present.