Artist in Residence at COIN South

For twelve weeks, I worked closely with the team, immersed in observation, listening, creating, and ongoing sharing within the office space. My research led me to compare organisation structures with organic structures and the question of how COIN South’s operations can be visually translated. I found similarities in mycelium, a network of fungal threads that grows underground. Mycelium acts as an ecological connective tissue. It needs to grow itself to connect to others, it finds its way through labyrinths and builds relationships between different organisms. The themes of connecting, developing, adapting, and problem-solving are central to the mycelium as well as to COIN South.

The digital drawings are an outcome of the Artist in Residence program at COIN South, the innovation network for Southland, NZ.

digital drawings, variable size, 2023