Video Series: Fungi, Art, and the War on Drugs

This talk by Angel Schatz (@forage.atx) is about mushrooms in art. It focuses on the "war on drugs" at the start of colonialism, into the '60s and '70s, and into the modern use in contemporary art, movies, video games, and more. You will see how the spiritual was replaced with the material and the collective consciousness was replaced with individualism and art as a commodity grew out of this paradigm. This event was a part of our on going lecture series, if you appreciate the content, we hope that you can support our mission by donating or becoming a CTMS member at centraltexasmycology.org.

VIDEO REFERENCES

Disney Mushroom Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJYN1d3f2dc

PBS Prototaxites Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G64DagHuOg

Matango Japanese Horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=sVyRYjJoZfc

One Step Beyond : ABC 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UuHrm2tHvE

Wormwood: MKUltra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b01DL8DTUGM

Last of Us: Cordyceps Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2TDx5Iqmd4

Hannibal: Amuse Bouche Episode Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvJPEJCV9sY

Mycelial Network Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XaBtvH7os0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii0VFoup-wk

Entangled Life

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBiudpflFRI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link