Student Work/ Invisible Landscape: Toronto’s Hidden Natures
As part of a series of selected projects from this past summer’s 2B studio (ARC 293), Alexandra Sermol proposes SHROOMS R US, a proposal that addresses ground and runoff water contamination in the Don River Valley. This intervention focuses on remediation through the production of mushrooms; within which a network of cells, called mycelium, filter heavy metals and other contaminants out of ground water. The system engages a sectional relationship of the site, enabling proximities, movements and growing environments.