Collective Network
My sculpture takes the form of a mushroom-like figure. Mushrooms emerge across its body, while fine thread-like structures run along its surface and between them. It embodies and guards this invisible system — a physical manifestation of the living fabric of nature.
My work originates from the hidden systems of nature, from the fabric that truly holds the living world together. Mycelium — the underground network of delicate fungal threads — connects plants and trees, enabling the flow of water, nutrients, and information. This sensitive yet remarkably resilient structure operates through reciprocity: every connection matters, and every intervention reverberates throughout the whole.
Nature's system does not function through exploitation but through balance. If mycelium were driven by self-interest, the forest would collapse. Yet the fabric of our world is now strained, fraying, and deteriorating. Successive ecological, economic, and social crises reveal the limits of our systems.
The solution
WThe motif of thread and network functions simultaneously as warning and possibility. The model of mycelium suggests that survival depends not on individual dominance, but on conscious, collective functioning. The question is not whether we are interconnected — but how we choose to live within that connection.