Gus Lederman

mycomimic (audio play excerpt)

Scenes 3 and 4 of "mycomimic" produced as an audio play. Best listened to with headphones.Written by Gus LedermanProduced by Elysse ShirleyVoice Acting by Tessa Shirley, Elysse Shirley, Gus LedermanAdditional Voices by Syd Jinjoe, Riley OughEditing Support by Al Starkey, Jack Phoenix, Steve Lederman

“"mycomimic" is a play about looking to mycelium networks to build more interconnected communities. Lured in by a chorus of worms, the human character, HOST, travels into the mycelium to shed their human form, decompose and join the collective network. They're confronted by a veiled lady (phallus indusiatus) mushroom who interrogates their perceptions of self, life and death. The work centers themes of interconnectivity, biomimicry and the deconstruction of the individual. ”