{"id":921,"date":"2022-08-18T16:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/?post_type=exhibit1&#038;p=921"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:29:22","slug":"fungal-figures","status":"publish","type":"exhibit1","link":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/futurecade\/fungal-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Fungal Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Professor Katie Field, School of Biosciences, and artist Alex Ekins have explored links between people and fungi, the basis and endpoint of life on Earth. The result is a life-size wooden figure of the human form, seeded with fungi to grow out of the sculpture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fungal Figures\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=v2uht-12c5de6-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=fb0584&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=654771\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div class=\"credits-block \">\n    <h2 class=\"title\">Credits<\/h2>\n    \n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/academic-staff\/katie-j-field\">Professor Katie Field<\/a>, <strong>School of Biosciences<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collaborators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexekins.co.uk\/\">Alex Ekins<\/a>, Artist<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"related-content\" style=\"--background-image-tablet-var: url(); --background-image-desktop-var: url(); --background-image-wide-var: url()\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <h2>Accompanying talks &#038; activities<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"content-carousel swiper-container\">\n            <ul class=\"content-carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <li class=\"content-carousel__item swiper-slide\">\n                        \n<a href=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/spiegeltent\/fungal-figures\/\" class=\"grid-list__item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Fungal-Figure-for-web-610x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"picture of a wooden humanlike form\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Fungal-Figure-for-web-610x340.jpg 610w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Fungal-Figure-for-web-800x446.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>    <div class=\"grid-list__content\">\n                <div class=\"date\">22nd Sep 11:30am<\/div>        <h3>Fungal Figures<\/h3>        Professor Katie Field and artist Alex Ekins will explore the ideas behind their collaboration on a sculpture seeded with fungi    <\/div>\n<\/a>                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n            <div class=\"swiper-nav\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1185,"template":"","events_category":[11],"class_list":["post-921","exhibit1","type-exhibit1","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","events_category-exhibit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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