Substrates 2023-24-25
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- Pubblicato Sabato, 03 Gennaio 2026 15:58
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A new group of work from the series Substrates (2022 - Ongoing)
Composed of dehydrated organic material, Substrates is a group of artworks that draws inspiration from the essential volumes of minimalism, projecting them ideally into a post-human dimension of nature reclaiming spaces and materials. The essential monoliths of the 1960s are here corrupted by the growth of mycelium and fungi, which chromatically, formally, and in the composition of the material that constitutes them, modify them. Fungi have always played a fundamental role in ecosystem transformation, converting inorganic matter into organic material, living symbiotically with other life forms, and acting as connectors among plants. In these artworks, their process of continuous transformation is crystallized at a specific moment through dehydration. They represent an attempt at a visual exploration of the processes that constantly occur in nature, hidden from the human gaze, underground, or of which we only perceive a small part—the fruiting body.
Francesco Fossati, Substrato Rosa 01, 2024, substrato, micelio e funghi disidratati, 23 x 20 x 17 cm
Francesco Fossati, Substrato 11 (Substrate 11), 2023, dehydrated substrate, mycelium and mushrooms, 44 x 50 x 23 cm
Francesco Fossati, Substrato Reishi 01, 2025, substrato, micelio e funghi disidratati, 22 x 23 x 16 cm
Francesco Fossati, Substrato 10 (Substrate 10), 2023, dehydrated substrate, mycelium and mushrooms, 43 x 46 x 33 cm
Francesco Fossati, Substrato Cardoncello 08 (Eryngii Substrate 08), dehydrated substrate, mycelium and mushrooms, 30 x 25 x 17 cm
Francesco Fossati, Lions Substrate, 2024, dehydrated substrate, mycelium and mushrooms
Francesco Fossati, Substrato Cardoncello 05 (Eryngii Substrate 05), 2023, dehydrated substrate, mycelium and mushrooms, 36 x 21 x 20 cm
Francesco Fossati, Substrati, 2025, installation view at MUDI Museo Diffuso di Lentate sul Seveso IT, photos Cosimo Filippini