A talk on how microbes and human well-being are connected through soil ecologies, building materials, and urban planning—and how acknowledging processes of decay can inform healthier, more resilient cities. It will also explore how the mushrooms grown during The Habitable Skin can serve as an example, helping us think about eating and working toward resilient local food systems. After the lecture, Madland, MYCO, and Bygaard will serve a snack of mushrooms harvested from the exhibition.

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Madland is a food policy hub and community by and for the micro-level. Together, they rethink and transform food systems with social responsibility—eating and working toward resilient local food systems and global justice. They gather, cross-pollinate, and create a platform for an ecosystem of food system changemakers, collectively engaging, inspiring, and sparking both curiosity and action.

Through their program of events, media, and education, they offer insight, perspective, and vision. Follow along at https://madland.dk/

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About Living With Other Species: An Evening School

The city is buzzing with life, yet we often overlook everything but the human. Living With Other Species is a six-part evening school—with talks, film screenings, and city walks—exploring how to plan for and live alongside other species in the cities of the future. Moving across scales from regional planning to the secret lives of bats, ants, and microbes, we shift our gaze to imagine new forms of interspecies cohabitation.

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Drawing is made by Studio Coquille.