Fermynwoods Podcast 22 - Tosca Terán

This episode of the Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Podcast with artist Tosca Terán draws from fungal mycelial communication research to create a soundscape which the artist herself describes as ‘perhaps a bit ominous with a dash of science fiction’.

Working with the bio-electrical activity of living mycelium, in Forest UnderSound = Ways of Knowing, Tosca reveals the ethereal fungi frequencies of the oyster mushroom, pleurotus ostreatus.

Threading control voltages throughout what Tosca affectionately refers to as a 'Myco-Synth' the mushroom becomes a conduit for pulsating waves, coursing through intricate patch cables to construct a mesmerizing drone.

Thanks to Spencer Graham for providing the field recording from Fermyn Woods that was interpolated into this work.

More at: https://fermynwoods.org/fermynwoods-podcast-22-tosca-teran

The accompanying visual is a video response to the episode, by artist Sapphire Goss.