SYMBIOSIS DRESS takes inspiration from icelandic fungi that survive through entanglement. crepidotus versutus, arrhenia lobata, and the hair ice of exidiopsis effusa live in constant exchange with their hosts and environment. placed on the body, these forms extend that exchange—folding the human into the cycle of symbiosis.

the work was created in collaboration with silklab and fiorenzo omenetto’s team as an effort to bridge scientific research with the world of art and embodied experience. by carrying the silk-based bio-reactive dyes out of the lab and into a wearable form, the piece reveals the function of the technology as well as the beauty and emotional resonance it carries. this project is a deliberate act of interdisciplinary exchange — science, art, and body woven together into a shared experience.

SYMBIOSIS DRESS is brought to life in iceland in collaboration with french photographer kévin pagès. shot along the reykjanes peninsula, the bio-reactive garment meets the volcanic terrain — wet rock, sulfuric soil, spontaneous rain. in this setting the exchange is stretched beyond body and garment as a dialogue emerges between body, garment, and landscape. like the icelandic fungi symbioitically exisitng in the environment, body and garment become a living presence in conversation with place.