This exhibition-linked salon at Sophienholm looks at mushrooms through two lenses: science and aesthetics. Neuroscientist and psychiatrist David Erritzøe, a researcher based in the English health system, speaks on his work exploring how psychedelic mushrooms might be used positively in psychiatry. Architect and exhibition curator Alexander Ottenstein, a keen mushroom forager, brings the artistic perspective.
The evening plays on the long tradition of mushrooms as both symbols of decay and danger and of intoxication, freedom and wonder. The organisers promise more than words, and the salon is hosted by Barbara Læssøe Stephensen.
