Exhibition: Arne Hendriks

Mycelium Pigeon Towers

by Arne Hendriks

17 Oct 2021
24 Oct 2021

The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic, is now going to Eindhoven! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms. This ongoing experiment investigates questions such as: Can we build structures to house feral pigeons? What is the best design to build a tower with mycelium? And how long does it take for the bricks to grow together?

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Aya building the mycelium tower - The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic moves to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.  Caroline Aravicius

With: Aya Koné

During Dutch Design Week, you can see one of the pigeon towers taking shape as it is being built. You also get the chance to participate in the building process at several moments during the week.

In describing the project, Hendriks states: "We are building a pigeon tower with the waste material of oyster mushroom grower John Verbruggen from Erp. Such a tower attracts enormous biodiversity, edible fungi grow on it, and the tower gives a nice picture of the cycle." It's temporary, living architecture for non-human life."

Hara Hachi Bu Village

The building of the pigeon tower is part of Mediamatic's contribution to Hara Hachi Bu Village, organized by MU. In this village, a temporary collective of artists, designers, musicians and tinkerers practice stepping back to make room for the other and for other forms of thinking, feeling, designing and making.

Hara haha bu means: Eat until you are 80% full. So don't eat until you can't eat anymore, but eat until you are no longer hungry. It is the advice people give each other at the beginning of a meal on the Japanese island of Okinawa. It's an invitation to reserve a little space, for the other person, for example.

Information

Inhuman Carnaval at Dutch Design Week
Mycelium Pigeon Towers
17th-24th of October 2021, 10:00-18:00
Hari Hachi Bu village, Ketelhuisplein, Eindhoven 

Free entrance

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Aya building the mycelium tower - The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic moves to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.  Caroline Aravicius

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The mycelium tower - The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic moves to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.  Caroline Aravicius

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The pigeon tower - The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic moves to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.  Caroline Aravicius

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The mycelium tower - The building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic moves to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.  Caroline Aravicius

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Aya building the mycelium tower - Aya building of mycelium pigeon towers, a collaborative project between Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic moves to Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week! These structures are an experiment to build with living mycelium waste from oyster mushroom farms.  Caroline Aravicius, Arne Hendriks

With: Aya Koné