As Entanglements with Fungi enters its final weeks at WAMA, this is a last chance to experience an exhibition that brings ecological art, multispecies thinking and environmental imagination into sharp focus. Set within the extraordinary landscape of Gariwerd, the exhibition invites visitors to explore the hidden networks and atmospheric ecologies that shape life on Earth, and to consider how deeply human existence is entangled with the more?than?human world.
Fungi sit at the heart of this exhibition: neither plant nor animal, yet essential to the health of ecosystems. They are nature’s vital connectors, forming multispecies entanglements with plants, animals, waterways and soil. Through installation, sound, sculpture and sensory encounters, the artists illuminate these unseen systems, revealing how fungi sustain biodiversity, support food systems, influence medicine and quietly maintain ecological balance.
Across the gallery, works draw attention to environmental change and the fragile ecological systems that underpin life. Visitors are invited to imagine the underlying structures that connect forests, soils, waterways and atmospheric ecologies, and to sense the world through perspectives other than human. This shift toward more?than?human awareness is central to the exhibition’s ecological storytelling, encouraging us to rethink our place within the delicate networks that support life.
At a time when human activity is disrupting these systems, from habitat destruction to climate pressures, Entanglements with Fungi offers a moment to pause, reflect and reconnect. It asks us to consider what is at stake when the organisms that sustain ecosystems become threatened or misunderstood.
With the exhibition closing on August 30, these are the final days to experience this thoughtful and timely exploration of fungi, ecology and multispecies futures. If you haven’t yet visited, now is the perfect moment to immerse yourself in the intricate entanglements that shape our world.
Exhibiting artists
- Chris Drury (UK)
- Chris Henschke
- Gracia Habey and Louise Jennison
- Vicki Hallett
- Sam Leach
- Alison Pouliot (mycologist and photographer)
- Felicity Spear
- and myself
WAMA For Art and Nature
Address: 4000 Ararat-Halls Gap Road, Halls Gap, Victoria, 3381
Exhibition dates: Exhibition runs to August 30, 2026. Gallery is open Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
WAMA at Gariwerd (the Grampians) is a bridge between nature and culture. Further details about the exhibition can be found WAMA website.
Installation photographs by Tim Gresham.