# Communicating Ideas

My goal for the realization of the video wasn’t just to document what I had done, but to find a way to communicate the materiality and complexity of the experiment in a more atmospheric and engaging way. I wanted to build a small “system”, both visual and sonic, that could speak about the relationship between mycelium and red mud without relying too much on explanation.

The video focuses on very close, detailed shots of the petri dishes where I experimented with different combinations of mycelium and red mud. I wanted to highlight the textures, growth patterns, and material reactions as clearly as possible, almost like offering the viewer a magnifying glass. It’s not a scientific video, but it’s meant to invite the viewer to look closely, to question what they’re seeing, and maybe to imagine new possibilities.

To support this, I decided to include only a few short phrases throughout the video, enough to give people a minimal sense of context or direction.

For the audio, I wanted to reflect the two different “worlds” involved in the experiment: the industrial and the organic. I combined recordings of metal work (loud, sharp, and at times uncomfortable) with more natural, subtle sounds related to fungi or forest environments. These two types of sound were mixed together in a way that suggests a kind of dialogue or tension between them. Just like in the petri dishes, the industrial and the biological interact, not always smoothly, but in a way that opens up questions.

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