PHILTH HAUS: LYLEX 1.0 will develop oyster mushrooms in sculptural encasements, fed with the blood from an anonymous body of a transgender person undergoing hormonal and dietary modulation therapies. 

Expounding on themes of exploitative globalization, wealth inequality, new age therapies— and the inherent privileging of certain bodily forms and functions over others— the modified mushrooms will be transformed into pills and powders, with branded jewelry and apparel available for sale throughout the exhibition. 

The entire exhibit / event spans multiple locations throughout LA, including programming.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

PHILTH HAUS is a collective of 6 member-clients currently represented by ANDRA. Each member-entity instructs ANDRA on how to produce art installations, performance, and sonics which ephemerally embody one or–less frequently–multiple collective members. This process gives sanctity to post-anthropomorphic materials, objects, and systems as capable of holding the intelligences of each entity. The collective’s methodology is a material activation of the immaterial and a process of transubstantiation. Recent materials have included hormonally active waste water, lithium carbonate, machine learning, blood, and music. Through this collective, each member hopes to transcend to a realm in which the planet and body are made one via globalized economies, identity semiotics, and biological contamination.