JOKE VDH
P001 → PINK MUSHROOM PLAYING SYNTH VIDEO 2022
4:40 min, variable measures Based on “The Camille Stories: The Children of Compost” by Donna Haraway, a new science fiction story is told representing four characters.The symbiont with insects, the symbiont with water, the one with the Sun and the universe and the Pink Mushroom who symbolised hope on earth, staying with the trouble, resisting the apocalyptic thinking of having to flee to another planet.
The video work came to life at Movimento (PT) in collaboration with Gato Oleatorio, a collective making specified on play, non competitive work processes, co-creation, collaboration and sharing.
presented in an installation with sound performance, growing mushrooms and plants,
small coloured lightboxes with prints from analogue photos of mushrooms and trees.
Videostills © Joke Van den Heuvel