EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists
Jan Mun
Jan Mun creates social sculptures working with digital and living media. Informed by the transformative role of fungi in decomposition, Mun's work invites us to reconsider societal conventions, reshaping them into more porous, accessible forms. Engaging with discourses such as interspecies breeding and environmental health, her art provokes reflection and action, offering fresh perspectives on entrenched issues. Her social art practice takes the form of interactive installations, photography, performance, and bio-art, developed with communities through research, chance, and collaboration.
Long-term projects include:
-ProfileUS: Invasive Species – A series of social sculptures and interactive installations that examine the biopolitics of the East Asian female migration in the United States. This project looks at the interconnections made by humans and other species that have migrated to the US and are adapting to their new or established environments through the lens of art, technology, and biopolitics.
-The Fairy Rings: Mycoremediation and Greenpoint Bioremediation Project (gBP) – As the Artist in Residence of Newtown Creek Alliance, work explores the use of biological agents to remediate toxins in creative cleanup and collaboration with local partners and communities surrounding Newtown Creek.
