Isa Melsheimer Matsutake, 2018-2020
Isa Melsheimer's glazed ceramics are modelled on rare Japanese "Matsutake" mushrooms. The mushroom--the most valuable in the world--is the point of departure for Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's best-selling book examining the relation between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, entitled "The Mushroom at the End of the World".