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CULTURAL STUDIES

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Valiz

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Paperback, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 336 pgs / 50 color / 80 bw.

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Catalog: FALL 2023 p. 19   

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Let's Become Fungal!

Mycelium Teachings and the Arts: Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists and Mycologists

By Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez. Illustrations by Rommy González.

Let's Become Fungal!

Twelve lessons in fungal activism, Indigenous knowledge and collaboration for artists, gardeners, educators and anyone intrigued by the fascinating life and inspiring metaphors of the mycelium and the mushroom

The enormous popular interest in the world of fungi and the mycelium testifies to its tremendous resonance as a metaphor for new ways of thinking, new systems and behaviors. Taking its inspiration from this world, Let’s Become Fungal! looks at a range of Indigenous practices from Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia that are rooted in multispecies collaboration, symbiosis, alliances, non-monetary resource exchange, decentralization, bottom-up methods and mutual dependency—all suggestive of the behavior of the mycelium.
Each of the book’s 12 chapters offers teachings on collaboration, decoloniality, nonlinearity, toxicity, mobilization, biomimicry, death and being nonbinary, while also examining the world of fungi. Let’s Become Fungal! shows how fungi can inspire artists, collectives, organizations, educators, policymakers, designers, scientists, anthropologists, curators, urbanists, activists, gardeners, community leaders, farmers and others to become more fungal in their ways of working and being.
Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez (born 1984) works as a curator and researcher on art and ecology, and is based in Mexico City. She has founded and directed many international initiatives at the intersection of art and ecology, including the Green Art Lab Alliance (Asia, Latin America and Europe) and the Nature Research Department, the Van Eyck Food Lab, and the Future Materials Bank at the Jan van Eyck Academie (NL).


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FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 5/10/2024

Artbook at MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and Juan Ferrer on 'Let's Become Fungal!'

Artbook at MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and Juan Ferrer on 'Let's Become Fungal!'

Friday, May 10 at 3 PM, Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore presents a conversation between writer and curator Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and artist and curator Juan Ferrer in celebration of Let’s Become Fungal! Mycelium Teachings and the Arts: Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists and Mycologists, featuring an ambient DJ set with music, words and sounds from the Museo del Hongo's Collection and Archive. Join in person or livestream on Instagram.
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LACY SOTO | DATE 5/5/2024

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth LA Bookstore presents Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and David Horvitz on 'Let's Become Fungal'

Artbook at Hauser & Wirth LA Bookstore presents Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez and David Horvitz on 'Let's Become Fungal'

Join Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore Sunday, May 5 at 3PM in collaboration with David Horvitz’s Garden and author Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez to celebrate Let’s Become Fungal! Mycelium Teachings and the Arts: Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists and Mycologists with a book-signing, readings and more! 🌱🍄
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CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 1/25/2024

Hot Book Alert! 'Let's Become Fungal' is back in stock!

Hot Book Alert! 'Let's Become Fungal' is back in stock!

Featured spreads are from Let's Become Fungal! Mycelium Teachings and the Arts, a staff favorite illustrated reader whose subtitle—Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists and Mycologists—explains much of what makes it so special. A passionate paean by Mexico City-based curator and researcher Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez to mycological activism and Indigenous fungal knowledge spanning Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia, this 336-page paperback includes redolent illustrations by Berlin-based Chilean artist Rommy González and chapters that touch on collaboration, decoloniality, nonlinearity, toxicity, mobilization, biomimicry, death and being nonbinary—all through the auspices of the world of fungi. Read up, and resist the demand for purity, embrace mystery and surprise, de-zombify and re-train your senses and find your fungal alter ego! continue to blog


FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 1/25/2024

Hot Book Alert! 'Let's Become Fungal' is back in stock!

Hot Book Alert! 'Let's Become Fungal' is back in stock!

Featured spreads are from Let's Become Fungal! Mycelium Teachings and the Arts, a staff favorite illustrated reader whose subtitle—Based on Conversations with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers, Artists, Curators, Feminists and Mycologists—explains much of what makes it so special. A passionate paean by Mexico City-based curator and researcher Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez to mycological activism and Indigenous fungal knowledge spanning Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia, this 336-page paperback includes redolent illustrations by Berlin-based Chilean artist Rommy González and chapters that touch on collaboration, decoloniality, nonlinearity, toxicity, mobilization, biomimicry, death and being nonbinary—all through the auspices of the world of fungi. Read up, and resist the demand for purity, embrace mystery and surprise, de-zombify and re-train your senses and find your fungal alter ego! continue to blog


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