Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology
This article wants to establish the blob and with it other amorphous structures not only as a symptom for life in networked times, but also as a way of thinking with blobs in queering ontological, biological and disciplinary spheres. In their emergent state, they are quasi-objects in nucleo and onto...
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| description | This article wants to establish the blob and with it other amorphous structures not only as a symptom for life in networked times, but also as a way of thinking with blobs in queering ontological, biological and disciplinary spheres. In their emergent state, they are quasi-objects in nucleo and ontological beings in the process of unfolding, of spreading and coming into existence. In its amorphous form the blob questions scientific, philosophical as well as aesthetic categories and shall therefore be explored from these different perspectives.
In a comparative analysis of art works as well as texts from different scientific disciplines such as biology and anthropology, amorph objects reveal their world-building and connecting abilities across species and spheres. They can be understood as natural media of linking and cultivation.
Drawing from queer theory the abject culture of these phenomena asks for a reevaluation of these attributions and towards an appropriation of the dangerous qualities ascribed to slime and fungi. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5bccc7aa7d0e4204bb879e14011a52e12025-08-20T01:55:12ZengUniversitat de BarcelonaJournal of Global Studies and Contemporary Art2013-86522022-12-018123124910.1344/regac2022.8.41423Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a MediamycologyMaja-Lisa Müller0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-3323Bielefeld UniversityThis article wants to establish the blob and with it other amorphous structures not only as a symptom for life in networked times, but also as a way of thinking with blobs in queering ontological, biological and disciplinary spheres. In their emergent state, they are quasi-objects in nucleo and ontological beings in the process of unfolding, of spreading and coming into existence. In its amorphous form the blob questions scientific, philosophical as well as aesthetic categories and shall therefore be explored from these different perspectives. In a comparative analysis of art works as well as texts from different scientific disciplines such as biology and anthropology, amorph objects reveal their world-building and connecting abilities across species and spheres. They can be understood as natural media of linking and cultivation. Drawing from queer theory the abject culture of these phenomena asks for a reevaluation of these attributions and towards an appropriation of the dangerous qualities ascribed to slime and fungi.https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/REGAC/article/view/41423/muller_blobs_slime_fungimediamycologyblobsqueer ecologynetworksontogenesis |
| spellingShingle | Maja-Lisa Müller Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology Journal of Global Studies and Contemporary Art mediamycology blobs queer ecology networks ontogenesis |
| title | Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology |
| title_full | Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology |
| title_fullStr | Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology |
| title_short | Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology |
| title_sort | blobs slime and fungi the queer potential of a mediamycology |
| topic | mediamycology blobs queer ecology networks ontogenesis |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/REGAC/article/view/41423/muller_blobs_slime_fungi |
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