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During a two months period at AIR GinDS, at the ‘Batterij aan den Sloterweg’, Noortje de Brouwer, Gloriya AvgustJ, Kotryna Buruckaité, Veniamin Kazachenko, Ezra Babski and Jonathan Vervoort came together to create a site-specific, networked installation that unfolds across the various subterranean ‘nodes’ of the former bunker on the old defense line of Amsterdam.

The exhibition's title “Entering two doors simultaniously” finds its inspiration in mycelia, the root-like fungal networks that play a crucial role in natural ecosystems by transferring life-sustaining nutrients and information between organisms. Just as mycelial organisms defy singular or plural definitions by virtue of their rhizomatic structure, as temporary residents, we aimed to dissolve the boundaries between our individual practices in a mycelium-driven experiment in symbiosis. While our artistic sensibilities might be distinct, our work is porous, emerging collectively.

Jonathan Vervoort presented his first experimental animated video painting. The videowork draws inspiration from mycelia root systems, mushroom spores, and the time related frame work the historic bunker site has to offer.










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