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unnamed, and still: A lichen-led artwork about language, borders and (artificial?) intelligence. Two years into this project and I'm still learning.

If anyone would like to buy a unique drawing or support the work, see more at https://lichen.shanefinan.org

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An ink drawing of a crustose lichen that looks like a map of a country with county borders. The words 'and you can own us' are hand-written in a computer-like font
A second ink drawing, the same lichen but this time with dark borders on either side and crack-like features. Text this time reads 'a pioneer prothallus binding i'
Another lichen drawing, with a dark river-like shape surrounded by cracked crustose forms, with the text reading 'all of the others have gone so quiet'
A fourth drawing, very minimal, just pen this time. A delicate shape in the centre forms an X-like image that looks like the cracks in a pavement. The words read 'can we name you?'

fuscidea needs a name

info about an interactive artwork from the perspective of a lichen
lichen.shanefinan.org
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In logic systems, there is often an 'either/or', some binary that leads down one path or another. If we structure data to be symbiotic, and a little unpredictable, what might that produce?

I'm still coding with #lichen, following a map that I can barely read any more: https://lichen.shanefinan.org

fuscidea needs a name

Fundraiser for new interactive artwork from the perspective of a lichen
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I've been trying out some of these lichen drawings with black acrylic paint. I think it interferes with the clear voice a little, but then again it's their voice not mine.

They have so many voices, and they are so different, and I'm not sure how much I'm even involved in this process any more or if I'm just doing what they tell me.

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#lichen #art is already over 10% funded!

https://lichen.shanefinan.org/
https://ko-fi.com/fionnain

Support comes from a living community, appearing from unexpected quarters (online and offline). Thank you to everyone who has shared/bought/thought/talked about this so far.

*Current so-called #AI systems are built using 'neural nets', imitating the human brain. This project learns from prothallus, areole and thallus, considering intelligence from a species where a border is a connection, not a division.*

fuscidea needs a name

Fundraiser for new interactive artwork from the perspective of a lichen
lichen.shanefinan.org
#AI #art #lichen

The first batch of unique lichen drawings are nearly done.

Massive thanks to folks who have shared and supported so far. Ye will all be on the credits when I get the final artwork finished. Lichen needs a voice and ye are part of that.

https://lichen.shanefinan.org

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Pen drawing on paper of a crustose lichen, minimalist with strange shapes resembling maps. The words 'do you think that the edge is an end?' are visible in drawn type
Another lichen drawing, this one saying 'what word to call us by'
A third lichen drawing. This one says 'we are waiting to be improved'

fuscidea needs a name

Fundraiser for new interactive artwork from the perspective of a lichen
lichen.shanefinan.org
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#Moss and #lichen in a sandstone seam 😀 #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #BlueMountains
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Climate change threatens 771 endangered plant and lichen species #climate #ClimateChange #endangered #species #plants #lichen https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230726171300.htm

Climate change threatens 771 endangered plant and lichen species: Despite the risk, very few of these species have recovery plans that directly address climate change

All plants and lichens listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act are sensitive to climate change but there are few plans in place to address this threat directly, according to new research.
ScienceDaily
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A look at a small patch of Cladonia lichens on the ground

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Gotta love the term "threshold of lichenisation" - sounds dramatic. Cool study!

Alcobiosis, an algal-fungal association on the threshold of lichenisation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-29384-4

#symbiosis #lichen #algae #fungi

Alcobiosis, an algal-fungal association on the threshold of lichenisation - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Alcobiosis, an algal-fungal association on the threshold of lichenisation
Nature
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"The dark edges between the thalli are called the prothallus, and are where the fungal partner is present without the algal partner" — Dr. Mike Simms, Lichenologist, personal correspondence.

The searching fungi draws borders on stone.

Pen and ink drawing of 'Fuscidea cyathoides', growing on quartzite, Inishowen peninsula, Ireland, as part of an art-research residency with Artlink Fort Dunree, throughout 2022

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