Incubator

AUArts Alum Sahar Te presents a mushroom "Incubator" that demonstrates alternative-adaptive models of community care and growth.

As the seasons change and decay of our prolonged year catalyzes. Installed in the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Loft Gallery (VAC), AUArts Alum Sahar Te, BFA '17, Media Arts (with the fabrication and sculptural hand of Nicolas Fleming) situate "Incubator", a mushroom incubator that demonstrates and teaches alternative-adaptive models of community care and growth.

Encouraging others to bear witness and internalize the processes of mushroom growth and prosperity, Te proposes that we adopt mycelial systems of progress and knowledge proliferation to mobilize radical systemic change.

Through the mushroom incubator, Te will introduce the public to systems of care and support as inspired by mushrooms as collaborative organisms; as problem solvers; as adaptive and conscious communicators; and as hosts to networks of exchange. How can we adopt their methodologies; and how can we resist ideas of how community organizing ought to be, and participate in a dialogue with the community to facilitate this change?

Workshop: There will be an Incubator Workshop at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington in Ontario on September 9th. Details: Incubator

Artist Talk: AUArts Assistant Professor and Alum August Clintberg, BFA ’01, Drawing, leads a virtual discussion studying the phenomenon of artist-run restaurants—the subject of his Ph.D. thesis and a remaining area of ongoing research in his practice. This is a live virtual session on September 9, 6:30-9:30 pm, registration is required. Register: Artist Talk