Terra Myco - Malavika Bhatia

Workshop participants collaborating at a table with papers and notes — Participants exploring concepts during the Terra Myco workshop

Group gathered around a table examining documents with a fungal specimen — Collaborative examination of fungal specimens and documentation

Outdoor foraging session with participants examining collected specimens — Field exploration and specimen identification in the outdoor component

Terra Myco: Foraging in the Mycocene

Speculative Workshop

Bengaluru, India | October 2023

for CARBON at Science Gallery, Bengaluru

This multi-format workshop was rooted in the exploration of 'Creatures of Carbon' as a part of Science Gallery, Bengaluru's first in-person exhibition, CARBON. It introduced participants to the concept of the Anthropocene, ie the age of mankind, and the role that fungi play in it.

Participants were then led to view our world through the lens of a hypothetical 'Mycocene', ie, the age of fungi.