eL PeNsAMIeNTo De LAs PLANTAs: UNA APROXIMACIÓN ECOSISTÉMICA A LA PRODUCCIÓN ARTÍSTICA

Plastic pollution is a growing problem that includes all production chains. Terrestrial and marine environments receive on a daily basis tons of plastic waste that escapes from recycling processes and is inserted into the environment creating ecosystems beyond-organic. Research into degradation methods using microorganisms takes center stage and expands into the sphere of contemporary art. In this article we present the development of two projects that include biodegradation processes using fungi as proposals for the creation of hybrid materials, while performing an intelligent task as a survival mechanism. The mycelium that we cultivate in a substrate of sawdust and plastic waste metabolizes the inorganic material and continues a life cycle that manifests itself as emergent and resilient. The material resulting from this process is used in the construction of sculptures in the form of trees that demonstrate symbiotic relationships of interspecies collaboration and develop the notion of post-natural ecosystems, extending the assumption of seven kingdoms in nature to an eighth that includes all that artificial material created by humans.