A rhizome is a term for a free growing network, without a centre, seen for example in the root systems of fungi. The artists propose a rhizome as a metaphor for our understanding of evolution. It emphasises the entangled and chaotic way the world develops, in contrast to the idea of the classic Pedigree of Man family tree, with its linear development. Rather than evolution being considered survival of the fittest and towards higher complexity, a rhizome is a relational network. There are no dead ends, only relations. Rather than a tree as a symbol for life and evolution with dead ends and a central passageway, could the future be inspired by the philosophy of fungal networks and intelligence?

The work consists of glass cells with species of fungi embedded in petri dishes, spreading throughout the room like a rhizome. It focuses on the patterns and diversity, which are the reasons why fungi are among the organisms that are best at adapting to new environments. Perhaps we can learn from them in the future. Can fungi guide us towards a new beginning of decentered, entangled, queer, relational co-evolved polyphonic futures with other-than-human species? Can fungi help to bring us out of humanist ideologies into affirmative speculative futures of the unknown?