Compost of Newborns

by Christina Maria Pfeifer in Collaboration with Prof. Dr. J. Philipp Benz and Ganoderma applanatum

Opening on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7:30pm with a performance and introduction by Luzi Gross (Cultural scientist, Art educator, Curator). The exhibition is on until May 17, 2024.

The exhibition is a sci-fi experiment with the fungus Ganoderma applanatum as its main agency. In reference to Stuttgart, the artist has brought the exhaust soot of a Daimler E-Class, her hair, and wood from a forest in relation with the finest hyphae of the fungus. In the laboratory, the fungus has woven a new kind of microbiome that emerges as a multispecies from fungi, tree, car and humankind. The artist repeats the experiment in a performance with the participation of visitors at the opening.

Further Composts of Newborns will emerge during the exhibition period under the climatic conditions of the project space.