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The mushroom speaksMarion Neumann
(CH)
Projection, Fungi, Knowledge Sharing, Survival, Science open-source, Environmental Remediation, Food Future
The mushroom speaks explores the healing qualities of fungi and their ability to regenerate. This personal journey takes on a walk alongside parasites, symbionts and decomposers offering ideas of both interconnectedness and collaboration. Driven by a vision of resistance, the encounters seek possibilities of renewal and question what connects us when the world seems to be falling apart. With mushrooms and their allies, the film invites to imagine a myco-cultural (r)evolution. What if the fungus could help us address and radically change our relationship with this world?
Driven by her love of curious encounters, Marion Neumann is an intuitive filmmaker. Her work is rooted in personal experience, navigating between documentary and experimental approaches, weaving narratives between science, poetry, and contemporary social issues. Her work aspires to create a sense of wonder to reflect on ways of being in this world. THE MUSHROOM SPEAKS is her 2nd feature film. As a cinematographer, her illustrious collaborators include Jiska Rickels, Pauline Julier, Michel Favre, Nicolas Humbert, and Werner Penzel. Based in Geneva, she co-founded an artist collective and continues to work with fungi.