Diana Policarpo: Nets of Hyphae (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9788867494378)

A multimedia investigation of the history of ergot and its feminist implications

Portuguese artist Diana Policarpo (born 1986) considers the cultural history of ergot, a fungus that was used to induce abortions as well as hallucinogenic states, through installations and video works that feature anatomical diagrams, shamanic drawings, reproductions of art and more.