The Mycelium Network spans the globe.
As a group of artists, technologists and scientists, our works coalesce in forming expanded reality installations and theatrical performances of both live and VR/AR theatre.
We are sound artists, actors, creative technologists and scientists, puppet makers and educators.
Tosca is the node that connects us. Her research and work as a GEM member (Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence) SUNY at Buffalo, along with working with Aerospace engineer Dr. Valeria La Saponara and the Cahto water protectors in Bio and Myco-remediation measures, our project-based work focuses on the intelligence of the interstitial that forms the living webs around us.
To see, hear and feel the invisible. Healing our connections within the shared environment.
Moving beyond thinking of ourselves as isolated individuals
Tosca Terán aka Nanotopia - Nano
Interdisciplinary artist
Fungi wrangler
Tosca is working with artists, scientists, programmers and various fungi towards bringing the Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience project to reality. A Bioart related residency with the Coalesce Centre for Biological Art Tosca worked with SEM, Confocal and AFM microscopy captures to better inform the Holobiont and Symbiotic 3D final VR/AR production. ​ Sculpting 3D assets, collecting biodata, cultivating mycelium, composing world soundscape with various fungi, developing AR didactic information, installation layout, sensor circuitry, holobiont aesthetics. ​ Follow Tosca on Threads @mothantler or Instagram and watch the Symbiogenesis production unfold. ​ Tosca's Mycelium bio-sonification collaborations can be found here, https://soundcloud.com/nanotopia ​ Sonic work as Nanotopia can be found here, https://nanotopia.bandcamp.com/ ​
Brendan Lehman aka Neurochems
Neuroscientist/Biodata coder
The literal ROCK, OG
Brendan has been collaborating and working with Tosca since 2020.
Biodata streams into Unity.
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Resonite + festival Myco-crew
Rixx aka Sven Steffens
Creative technologist, Engineer.
Working with Nano and Neurochems within Resonite. Building systems, creating working with Tosca on level design and physical installation tech set-up.
Selen Lun
IRL and Virtual actor.
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Creative technologist with XR Eventist
Andrei Gravelle aka Nanotopia
Audio engineer, digital technician, musician
Consulting for installation spatial audio layout & set-up
Ontario crew, NY and California
Penelope Walcott
Sound Designer
Working with us on field recordings & the spatial audio Installation.
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Peter Henderson
New media artist, graphic design
Developing AR output with Tosca for the IRL installation
Leif Blomquivst
Engineer
Consulting on Arduino sensor code
Annabelle Paulino aka HungryAlld
Marketing & public relations
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Wade J. Sigurdson, Ph.D
Director
Confocal Microscope and Flow Cytometry Facility
UB Buffalo
Valeria La Saponara, Ph.D
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, Davis
Myco-remediation & communication research
Acknowledgments:
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for their support.
EEG devices generously provided by Muse™
Micro Cilia scent emitters provided by HapticSOL
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Main Cast and Credits:
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Main Creator:
Tosca Terán
Art Direction:
Creative Director: Tosca Terán
Screenplay: Tosca Terán
Lead Developer:
VR Supervisor: Tosca Terán
Lead Programmer/Technical Director: Sven Steffens aka Rixx
Developers:
Rixx, Raptoranim, Neurochems, Nanotopia
VFX:
Rixx, Raptoranim, Nanotopia
Lead Designer:
Tosca Terán
Level Designers:
Nanotopia, Rixx
3D Artists:
Tosca Terán, Rixx, Raptoranim, Ä°smail Burak Çendik
Music:
Nanotopia & Ganoderma lucidum
Sound Design:
Nanotopia: Tosca Terán, Andrei Gravelle
Technical Team:
Rixx, Neurochems, Raptoranim
Deployment: Rixx
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Testers:
Cataena,
Claire Correia,
Andrei Gravelle,
Isaac Kay,
Hilary Martin,
Riko Okuni,
Penelope Walcott
PR and Marketing:
Annabelle Paulino
Main Cast:
Michael Barngrover, Selen Lun, Sebastian Jure San Martin, Tosca Terán
Production:
Nanotopia + The Mycelium Network
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Main Creator’s VRography:
Mycelia (2021): Special invited performance Venice 2021, Spirit of Raindance Award 2021
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Call to Journalists:
We invite journalists to preview "Symbiosis-Dysbiosis: Sentience" and cover this groundbreaking installation. Interviews with Tosca Terán and key team members are available upon request.
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Visuals and Media:
High-resolution images, videos, and a complete media kit are available for press use. Please contact us for access.
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Call to Action:
Experience "Symbiosis-Dysbiosis: Sentience" at the Venice Film Festival and immerse yourself in the complex, interconnected world of the human holobiont. Secure your tickets and prepare to engage in a groundbreaking exploration of our environment.
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Contact Information:
For more information, please contact: Tosca Terán nanotopian@gmail.com
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Annabelle Paulino, annabelle@themetamovie.com, (646) 496-2753