"Dear fungus,
I am the daughter of people who crossed the sea to give me a better life. I am a sister who has learned to part and share. I am a mother of children whom I care for. I am a lover who tries not to let go in the overwhelming exhaustion. I am a friend who is too far gone. I am an artist trying to survive. One day I will sink into the earth and follow your web of mycelia or fly with spores in the wind.
But let me learn from you already: how can we build a network of care that is sustainable and without a fixed order, without a centre? A network that knows about our interdependence but does not exploit it? Which puts the ecosystems of life with its countless existences at the centre?
Let us be part of your knowledge, guide us, through your body and your movement."
Care is inherent in life and extends far beyond the human social fabric, forming the basis of a resilient ecosystem. To explore the workings of care, Simone Truong's project Fungi Care seeks to learn from fungus, which plays a unique role in the more-than-human community.
Fungus does not have a central brain and grows in different directions at the same time. In symbiosis with plants, it distributes food, conveys information and can thus be understood as "caretaker" of ecosystems. Fungi Care takes place in the Gemeinschaftsgarten Grünhölzli Altstetten, in the fading evening light. It gets darker and the participators hear all the more clearly the sounds of life in the underground, which are amplified by special microphones and accompany the performance auditorily.
Together with her collaborators Martina Buzzi aka Harmony, Mariana Grünig, Linda Zobrist and guests, Simone Truong seeks in this choreography to connect physically and conceptually with a community that encompasses more than just us humans. She wants to learn from fungus what healthy, balanced care means.
Fungi Care will take place in the Grünhölzli community garden, on a large meadow at the edge of the forest in the fading evening light. We recommend that you allow enough time for the journey and dress appropriately for the weather. In case of rain, the performance will take place at a covered location in the Grünhölzli.
"Dear fungus,
I am the daughter of people who crossed the sea to give me a better life. I am a sister who has learned to part and share. I am a mother of children whom I care for. I am a lover who tries not to let go in the overwhelming exhaustion. I am a friend who is too far gone. I am an artist trying to survive. One day I will sink into the earth and follow your web of mycelia or fly with spores in the wind.
But let me learn from you already: how can we build a network of care that is sustainable and without a fixed order, without a centre? A network that knows about our interdependence but does not exploit it? Which puts the ecosystems of life with its countless existences at the centre?
Let us be part of your knowledge, guide us, through your body and your movement."
Care is inherent in life and extends far beyond the human social fabric, forming the basis of a resilient ecosystem. To explore the workings of care, Simone Truong's project Fungi Care seeks to learn from fungus, which plays a unique role in the more-than-human community.
Fungus does not have a central brain and grows in different directions at the same time. In symbiosis with plants, it distributes food, conveys information and can thus be understood as "caretaker" of ecosystems. Fungi Care takes place in the Gemeinschaftsgarten Grünhölzli Altstetten, in the fading evening light. It gets darker and the participators hear all the more clearly the sounds of life in the underground, which are amplified by special microphones and accompany the performance auditorily.
Together with her collaborators Martina Buzzi aka Harmony, Mariana Grünig, Linda Zobrist and guests, Simone Truong seeks in this choreography to connect physically and conceptually with a community that encompasses more than just us humans. She wants to learn from fungus what healthy, balanced care means.
Fungi Care will take place in the Grünhölzli community garden, on a large meadow at the edge of the forest in the fading evening light. We recommend that you allow enough time for the journey and dress appropriately for the weather. In case of rain, the performance will take place at a covered location in the Grünhölzli.
| Artistic Direction, Choreography and Performance | Simone Truong |
| Musical Direction | Martina Buzzi aka Harmony |
| Project management and conceptual coworker | Linda Zobrist |
| Dramaturgy | Catalina Insignares |
| Produced by | Verein Overseas |
| Costume | Mariana Grünig |
| Collaboration text | Simon Froehling |
| Sound direction | Manolo Müller |
| Outside Eye | Anna Massoni |
| Photography | Flurin Bertschinger |
| Caretaker | Rebecca Beffa |
| … |
| Production | Vereins Overseas |
| Co-production | Gessnerallee Zürich |
| Supported by | Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Kulturförderung des Kantons Solothurn, Ernst Göhner Stiftung |
| Partner | Verein Grünhölzli |
