Selections from the Spore Print Film Series on view April 21 – June 3, 2023 at Western New York Book Arts Center

Spore Print Film #22 – 16mm sound film loop, 2:22 minutes / 3408 frames, 2022

Coprinus comatus, Agaricus campestris, Hericium erinaceus mushroom spores + matter, misc. plant matter, 16mm film

Spore Print Film #18, 05:34 minutes / 8,036 frames, 2016

Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus djamor and Pleurotus citrinopileatus mushroom spores + matter, displayed in pre-projection state on 16mm film in 26 ½” W x 50 ¾” L oak wood frame

Spore Print Film #21: Excerpt 1 –  05:34 minutes / 8,036 frames, 2020

Coprinus comatus and Agaricus campestris mushroom spores + matter, displayed in pre-projection state on 16mm film in 26 ¾” W x 50 ¾” L oak wood frame

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Spore Print Film #21: Excerpt 2 – 05:34 minutes / 8,036 frames, 2020

Agaricus campestris mushroom spores + matter, displayed in pre-projection state on 16mm film in 26 ¾” W x 50 ¾” L oak wood frame

Spore Print Film #20: Excerpt 1 –  00:47 minutes  / 1,140 frames , 2018

Agaricus campestris mushroom spores + matter, displayed in pre-projection state on 16mm film. 12” W x 18” L

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Spore Print Film #20: Excerpt 2 –  00:47 minutes  / 1,140 frames , 2018

Agaricus campestris, Lactarius indigo, Cantharellus cibarius mushroom spores + matter, displayed in pre-projection state on 16mm film. 12” W x 18” L

Lawyer's Wig Ink

Coprinus comatus ink + mushroom spores in glass jar w/ cork

*Much gratitude to Neil Terry for making the frames out of repurposed wood from our house, and to curator Laura McGough and the Western New York Book Arts Center staff. And thank you to Chris Dymond for the inspiring and productive exchanges.