Sean Redwod MFA Applied Craft + Design Thesis 2023
I created a portable and modular structure that will engage viewers (or “Travelers”) with a multi-sensory experience that will include haptic, visual, hearing, and taste. This sensorial adventure will facilitate an entertaining and educational understanding surrounding lost or minimally accessed sacred fungal knowledge (Mycognosis). (McCoy, 2016) This lost knowledge will focus on Amanita Muscaria, a significant psychoactive fungus with which we, as humans, have had prolonged global contact since we were nomadic tribes. (Feeney, 2020) The primary goal will be to tell a story that dispels the rampant misrepresentation of Amanita Muscaria, commonly known as “Fly Agaric,’ and even more widely known as the “Mario Mushroom,” and illustrate how we have been significantly impacted by its presence and use worldwide throughout our numerous histories.