Quarantine Conversations with Zhaira Costiniano from Ro2 Art

Zhaira Costiniano, the Assistant Director at Ro2 Art Gallery is conducting Quarantine Conversations and asked our NFI archivist Brad Ford Smith to speak a bit about his involvement with the Nomadic Fungi Institute. The interview posted on the Ro2 Art website not only gives a nice introduction to the workings of NFI but it's also illustrated with wonderful photo documents and drawings.

Click Quarantine Conversations to see the full interview.

From A Distance : Virtual Galley Exhibition at RO2 Art

From A Distance is the first virtual gallery exhibit by Ro2 Art Gallery and it includes four original NFI ink drawings that document nomadic fungi growing on slabs of Goodrich steel belted redial tires. These drawings are part of the documentation of resent lab tests at NFI which were so successful that NFI is publishing a lavishly illustrated handbook Spore Garden to celebrate. Stay tuned. Until then visit the From A Distance exhibit at Ro2 Art.

Click From A Distance to see the virtual exhibition.

This Town Has Been Mapped A Catalog of Hobo Sign Language

Once again the Nomadic Fungi Institute has teamed up with the White Rock Zine Machine.
This Town Has Been Mapped is an important handbook of hobo signs pulled from the journals of Dr. Graybones. These signs are how transient people who travel by rail communicate. These signs tell you where to go for good food, good pay for day labor, and places to avoid. Dr. Graybones traveled the rails from 1944 -1957 keeping a detailed catalog of the hobo sign language making this handbook an invaluable tool for anyone thinking about a live on the rails.

This valuable handbook is available for a limited time at Ro2 Art in Dallas Texas.

Roadside Snacks Closes At The Art Car Museum

As November 18th rolls closer in the unstoppable march of time, the staff at NFI have elected to post this short documentary video of the NFI Lab Sample: Orange Monte Carlo to commemorate the closing of the Roadside Snacks exhibition at the Art Car Museum in Houston.

This exhibition has been a pivotal event in the NFI public outreach initiative, with an overwhelming response by public at large. NFI is most grateful to the Art Car Museum for inviting us to be part of their twenty year anniversary. The staff at ACM have been so helpful and receptive to the challenges of displaying a pseudoscience based exhibition in their wonderful museum. Our hats are off to you all.

On a side note: This is the first video that NFI has posted using the Blogger Video link so let's see if it works....

The Nomadic Fungi Summer Tour

If you feel like you're seeing Nomadic Fungi everywhere you look, Your Right!


NFI has two exhibitions running simultaneously this summer. Roadside Snacks is on display at the Art Car Museum in Houston, Texas as part of their 20 year celebration. And Nomadic Fungi: Germination To Propagation is on display at the Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas as part of their State Fair of Texas celebration of nature and art.

Roadside Snacks
Art Car Museum
140 Heights Blvd.
Houston TX 77007
June 3rd - Nov 28th 2018
Open Wed - Sun 11:00am - 6:00pm

Nomadic Fungi: Germination to Propagation
Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park
3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Dallas Tx. 75210
Aug 11th - Oct 28th 2018
Open daily from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Nomadic Fungi: Germination to Propagation Exhibition

The newest exhibition by NFI opens at the Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park on Saturday, Aug 11th 1:00- 4:00pm. The exhibit will run from Aug 4th - Oct 28th.

In the honored tradition of State Fair sideshow barkers ...

Step right up and see giant fungi eat cars right before your very eyes! These remarkable oddities of nature will thrill and chill you with their voracious appetite for automobiles. See the future of our civilization disappear as these mutated mushrooms eat car after car after car. Will anything stop these carnivore fungi before it's too late? Are we doomed to return to the days of horse drawn wagons? Is your car at this very moment being infiltrated by this sly predator?  Or is your car already being consumed from the inside?

The Nomadic Fungi Institute is thrilled to present:

Nomadic Fungi: Germination to Propagation

Nomadic Fungi are a mutated species that have functionally adapted to feed on automobiles. They have the capacity to infiltrate cars and extract nutrients directly from them by rapidly biodegrading materials made from oil, plastic and synthetic rubber. These voracious fungi constitute a serious threat to our nation’s transportation system and ultimately to the American way of life. This exhibition at the Texas Discovery Gardens brings together the most comprehensive collection of information currently available about the growth and propagation of nomadic fungi.

For the full Press Release and photographs please visit the NFI Press Page

Press Release - Image Library

Opening Saturday Aug 11th 1:00- 4:00pm.

Runs from Aug 11th - Oct. 28th, 2018.

Texas Discovery Gardens

Fair Park

3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Dallas TX. 75210

214-428-7476

TDG is open daily from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Roadside Snacks Opening Night

Roadside Snacks, the newest exhibition by the Nomadic Fungi Institute drew a horde of curious supporters as part of the Art Car Museum's 20th year celebration.












The founder of the Institute, Dr. B F Smith was in attendance to answer questions about the exhibit and the characteristics of Nomadic Fungi. Below are snippets from his impression of the opening event:

I was most encouraged by the number of interested responses ... there were loads of questions with some people coming back two even three times with more queries. It seemed most people were curious how exactly nomadic fungi might impact their lives.             

Yes, I think some people were initially taken aback upon encountering a science based exhibition at an art museum. But once they started looking and reading they quickly realized the significance of the exhibition.



It was gratifying to witness so many people taking time to closely examine the the NFI lab samples and read the documentation.

Overall, I felt the opening at the Art Car Museum was quite exciting. And as the exhibit shows through August, I hope it will continue to increase public awareness of nomadic fungi.

My sincere thanks to the Art Car Museum for providing NFI with this opportunity.






















Roadside Snacks will be on display at the Art Car Museum from June 11th- Nov 28th 2018.


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