Love, Death + Fungi

Explore the fusion of fungi and design at the MAD Festival 2024 in Bern. Talks, discussions, a workshop, and a mushroom-themed apéro offer insights into sustainable materials and art. Get inspired!

A horse's skull and a curved concrete element are depicted against a dark purple background, with the words ‘Death and Fungi’ in glossy colour above.

Discover the captivating intersection of fungi and design at the MAD Festival 2024, hosted by Master Design students from the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB.

This one-day event at the Kornhausforum in Bern features talks, panel discussions, and a workshop. Discover how to grow mushrooms, explore their historical significance, and learn about mycelium's role in sustainable materials and visual art. End the day with a mushroom-themed apéro. Join us to inspire, educate, and catalyze change!

You can join us for the entire festival or drop in for individual sessions – whether it’s a workshop, keynote, or the apéro, you’re welcome at any time!

The festival will be held in English and will be free of charge.

Programme

10 am–11.30 am Workshop

Johanna Dobrusskin
Grow your own Edible Mushrooms

12 am–1 pm Lunch break

1.30 pm–2.15 pm Keynote

Federica Tamarozzi
Fungi: Cultural Roots and Imagination

2.30 pm–3.15 pm Entrepreneurship x Fungi

Mycrobez
Mushrooming Solutions: Mycelium Composites for a Sustainable Future

3.30 pm–4.15 pm Film and Photography x Fungi

Chris Harker, photographer
Entangled life: Fungal Networks and the Reimagining of our Place in the Biosphere

Annina Boogen, Nina Calderone, co-creators of the short film Dead Trees
Dead Trees: Capturing the Invisible

4.30 pm–5.15 pm Keynote

Dr. Artemis Diana Treindl – Scientist, SwissFungi
Biodiversity and Conservation of Fungi

5.30 pm–6 pm Tasting

Lorenzo Falcone, PilzChef
Gourmet Fungi

Factsheet

Love, Death + Fungi MAD Festival 2024