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Jun 2023
41m 41s

Mushroom Sculptures with Chris Ritson

Alex Dorr
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Normally people put posters or paintings on their wall but Chris Ritson is opening up the possibility for people to put living mushroom art in their home. Bioart is the process that people work with biology to make art, and Chris takes it a bit further by making self destructive bioart art, meaning it's meant to naturally decompose in your garden at the end ... Show More
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