Exhibit
Saturday, September 21st
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Other Dates
1750 13th St
Boulder, CO 80302
Boulder, CO 80302
MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi
— a multimedia Bio-Art installation by Iván-Daniel Espinosa
September 19 - October 6, 2024
@ Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA)
Free admission
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MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi is a multimedia Bio-Art installation that incorporates mycology, sculpture, electroacoustic soundscapes, and dance to bring to life the fascinating world of mycelium fungi. Drawing from his research in subterranean bioacoustics, Espinosa’s installation features an eight-foot-tall myco-sculpture (“myco” from the Greek word for fungus), which represents the vast underground inter-plant networks of mycelium fungi that connect to the root system of thousands of plants and trees made up of fungal colonies with fruiting mushrooms of different species. Musical soundscapes are created in real time by hooking up the fungi to bio-sensor and bio-sonification devices that convert the mycelium’s electrical and textural activity into Live sounds. The installation is further activated by dancers performing a choreography in the style of Butoh (舞踏, Butō) inspired by the vibrant ecosystems of fungi and their shapeshifting movement through time and space.
This interdisciplinary artwork creates an immersive experience that demonstrates a deeply intimate relationship to nature, where the distinctions between human and non-human worlds disintegrate in slow and attentive bodily practice. With every mushroom cap and stem, this artwork generates new thinking that bridges worlds we know with worlds we don't know, offering imagination, language and artistic possibilities that contribute toward building kinship with the earth.
more info at: www.bmoca.org/2024/mycomorphosis-present-box
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Iván-Daniel Espinosa is a Latino dance choreographer and installation artist that creates interdisciplinary artwork engaged with ecology, mushrooms, climate change, and interspecies performance. Iván-Daniel has presented his ecology-themed stage performances and installation art nationwide at renowned venues such as La Mama Experimental Theatre in NYC, the historic Judson Memorial Church, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle International Butoh Festival, Houston Fringe Festival, and at numerous academic conferences including the College Art Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UCLA Center for Performance Studies and York University School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design in Toronto, Canada.
He is a current PhD student in Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Colorado Boulder and he also holds a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Iván-Daniel's PhD dissertation research examines the intersections of performance and mycology, focusing on the relationships between human bodies and mycelium fungi networks through the lenses of choreography, Butoh dance and performance studies.
Cost
Free 
