Fungi Futures - an evening of learning about mycelium and the wood wide web
£3 to £8
An evening of imaging radical futures with guest speaker Maymana Arefin @fungi.futures
The evening will introduction to the mycelium threads that connect fungi and social justice. How mycelial mutual aid and the ‘wood wide web’ can inform us on community building. This based on Maymana's award winning MSc dissertation called “Mapping Alternative Futures through Fungi”.
Before and after the talk, guest mushroom farmer James of Old Friends Fungi Farm @oldfriendsfungifarm will be available to discuss mushroom farming, the theory behind the farm name and the connection to community. As well as bringing many types of mushrooms and tinctures for sale.
Be prepared to nerd out about mushrooms :)
Refreshments available
Doors at 7pm
Talk at 8pm
fungi.futures
Maymana Arefin (she/they) is a multidisciplinary British-Bengali artist, writer and facilitator based in London.
Her practice spans mediums such as poetry, clay work, collage and painting in response to themes of ecology, grief, embodiment and the power of collective imagining.
Through leading nature immersions, plant and fungi workshops, her work focuses on deep rest and healing and restoring our communion with our non-human kin. As an experienced workshop leader, she is a calm and caring presence that is committed to co-creating safe, embodied spaces as part of our work to dismantle the structures that harm us.In 2020, Maymana founded @fungi.futures, a space to map radical alternative futures guided by her joy and passion for fungi. Through leading nature immersions, plant and fungi walks, her work focuses on deep rest and healing and restoring our communion with our non-human kin.Maymana’s award-winning MSc research on how the mycelial networks of fungi may be used as a metaphor for mutual aid seeks to re-imagine an unjust world through a politics of hope. She is strongly committed to justice – in all of its forms – and believes that in order to realise this, we must prioritise care.
Age restriction: 17
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