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TOSCA TERÁN
interdisciplinary, ecofeminist,
human holobiont
Growing up a first-generation Mexican-American woman, I have certainly experienced both privilege and discrimination.
Often perceived as European from my mother's Scandinavian/German heritage I have always felt more in tune with my father's blood and family's culture.
Feeling both of this world yet not of this world. Seen yet, not seen.
I often describe myself as an interdisciplinary, human holobiont whose work is a confluence of art, ecology, and craft.
My work has been featured at The Harwood Museum, SOFA New York, The Toronto Design Exchange, MOCA Toronto, The Ontario Science Centre, Music Works, Vector Festival, Studio Art & Craft Canada, SONICA21, Glasna Music Magazine, The Mushroom UK, NAISA (New Adventures In Sound Art), Ars Electronica, Raindance Immerive and Venice Immersive.
I am grateful for the awarded funding support and residencies I have received from the Goethe-Institut, The Canada Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, Dames Making Games, and California Arts.
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Statement
My research is a collaborative effort with the More-Than-Human organisms I touch, caress, and grow. Having ‘minds’ of their own, my work explores sculptural forms with living mycelium, bio-sonification and building immersive sound and virtual environments. My fascination with mycelium (the root structure of mushrooms) is compounded by several factors: fungi are neither plants nor animals, and they can help clean up ecological disasters.
My works incorporating real-time, nonhuman bio-sonification illicit strong emotional and empathic responses towards nonhuman organisms.
Sound Works: https://www.nanotopia.net
https://www.nanotopia.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nanotopia
Instagram: @MothAntler @nanotopia_net
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My Work
Increasingly, my practice employs temporal and narrative explorations of self/identity through bioart experiments alongside collaborative mixed reality experiences.
I enjoy creating immersive environments, unnatural History Dioramas, and performative, wearable structures. COVID-19 restrictions have enabled further sound developments and fungi cultivation.
Creating artworks designed to raise awareness of environmental and societal issues. Often, these works express scientific data obtained through collaborations with scientists, physicists, and engineers, taking the form of sound art, bio-art, and design.
I started sharing my artistic collaborations with Algae, Physarum polycephalum, and Mycelium in 2016, translating biodata from nonhuman organisms into music.
I feel very fortunate and grateful to have collaborated with the artists, coders, and developers I've met through this journey so far!