Country
USA
Premiere
Los Angeles
Honey Fungus is a 9-minute interactive VR experience led by a queer mycelial guide. Viewers embark on a sci-fi journey of ecological self-discovery, following the fungal reproductive cycle through a series of embodied vignettes. Descending as a spore into fertile soil, they encounter fungal-human hybrids, touch spores that release custom AI-generated eco-erotic poetry—drawn from Smithsonian field notes and amateur erotica—and spread mycelium through a living chamber of earth. The journey culminates in an ecstatic emergence into the global weather system. Blending science and sensuality, Honey Fungus dissolves boundaries between human and non-human life, inviting radical intimacy, care, and ecological reimagining.
Jonah King is a new media artist and filmmaker exploring human/nonhuman relations and speculative futures. Through emerging technologies: artificial intelligence, virtual reality, motion capture, and digital avatars, my multifaceted world-building projects examine how ecological intimacies influence individual and social identity.