Grant for fungal art project
ETH PhD researcher Tiziano Derme and ETH sound architect Nadine Schütz receive the ArTS Production Grant 2024, which is awarded by Ars Electronica together with Pro Helvetia. Their installation combines sound and fungal growth and will be on displayed in Linz in September.
The architect and media artist Tiziano Derme and the sound architect, artist and researcher Nadine Schütz will receive the external pageArTS Production Grant 2024, which is awarded by Ars Electronica and supported by Pro Helvetia. The grant supports artistic creation at the nexus of art, technology and society. The pair's work was selected from 90 entries from 17 countries. “The groundbreaking project convinced the jury with an transdisciplinary outstanding proposal,” wrote the jury.
Tiziano Derme is a PhD researcher at Benjamin Dillenburger's chair in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich and is a visiting scientist at Empa, where he studies enzymatic processes with filamentous fungi. Nadine Schütz received her PhD in landscape acoustics from ETH Zurich in 2017 under Professor Christophe Girot. Since 2018 she has been an invited composer at the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music in Paris.
The art project of Derme and Schütz is called “LivingRoom”. The immersive experiment explores the relationship between sound and fungal growth. The installation revolves around a fungal enzymatic material process enhanced by audible acoustic signals. The grown space combines temperature, humidity, air and sound. The art installation will be exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival, which takes place from September 4th to 8th in Linz.