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The Mushroom Speaks (Aberdeenshire)
Sat 1 April | 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Film Synopsis: The Mushroom Speaks
An enchanting exploration of what mushrooms can teach us about being in the world: in solidarity, adaptability, and ways of imagining otherwise.
What does it mean to think radically through networks, through mycelium, through enmeshed and attuned connectivity with the more-than-human world? What can we learn from mushrooms’ resilience and adaptability, and their worldmaking power even amidst devastation? Narrated by a silent mushroom, this wondrous documentary in conversation with scientists, mycologists, foragers and mushroom lovers is an optimistic experiment in relating to each other and the world around us differently – and finding hope and possibility even in the ruins.
Content notes: References to the consumption of mild altering substances & hallucinations
Access notes: Mainly bright images; considerable visual storytelling; no abrasive sounds or flashing images.
WATCH, READ, THINK, ACT
Our friends at Lighthouse Books have put together specially-curated reading lists for a selection of films, inviting us to delve deeper into the issues explored in our line-up. Here you’ll find a list of books recommended by Jessica relating to The Mushrooms Speaks which explore ideas of entanglement and resilience in ecology, communities and beyond.
PLAY TRAILERBeyond the Screen
Dive into the world of mycelium with a live performance from Aberdeen-based artist Saoirse Horne (Lamium), who will present a score for mycelial meditation and connection, in collaboration with – and in honour of – the mushroom. Saoirse gathers live electric impulses of conversation between Oyster bodies, translated through a digital synthesiser, and in chorus with digitally foraged samples of fungal noise.
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