Fungal Memories: Flourishing in Decay

I’m happy to contribute this essay to Asia Art Archive in their LIKE A FEVER online publishing platform. It is part of the series What Time Tells, “an ongoing series on time and the problems we face today.” My contribution considers what we might learn from fungus and mould in dealing with what Berlant has called the “crisis ordinariness.” Having lived in the especially humid climate of Macao for so many years, I’ve had to learn a few things about managing materials and memories.

Special thanks to Paul C. Fermin for his insightful comments and working with me on the edit. And a big thank you to Crystal Wai Man Chan for contributing her BioArt work for the piece too.