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The project consists of large bioactive (self-contained ecosystem) terrarium with a "human powered" circuit incorporated into the top full of sculpted mushrooms and other whimsical elements. When a person (or group of people) touch two of the mushrooms, the circuit completes and triggers strands of light inside the terrarium. 

 

The structure of mycorrhizal communicates the idea that, much like the fruiting body is an appendage of the larger fungal structure, your personhood and relationships are an appendage of the larger, universal human experience.

 

Interpersonal relationships are like the mycorrhizal fungi that facilitate communication and nutrient transfer in tree systems. Though the forest looks to be full of individuals, the unseen relationships running under the surface are what sustains them.