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World Wide Web, 2026
Porcelain, wool, horsehair, wire, and digital technology.
dimensions variable
World Wide Web is a site-specific installation created in the former Winn Park Emergency Fire Relay Station, a building once dedicated to receiving and transmitting urgent messages. The work reflects on communication as a network of relationships, drawing connections between technological systems and the mycelial webs that have connected living organisms worldwide for millions of years.
A felted root system wraps around discarded e-waste, integrating and composting outdated technology. Together, these materials evoke visible and invisible webs of connection, from telephone lines and digital infrastructure to fungal networks beneath the forest floor. The installation invites viewers to contemplate their relationship with these overlapping webs and what the primordial mycelial network might reveal about communication, relationships, and reciprocity.
Mary Duman is an artist and educator whose mixed-media installations examine how humans might live more harmoniously within the living systems that sustain us. Working with clay, textiles, and found materials, she draws inspiration from current events and her experiences hiking in the forest. In response to climate change and growing instability, her recent installations ask what mycelial networks can teach us about symbiosis, interdependence, and resilience.
She received her MFA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento, and was a resident artist at Cobb Art and Ecology Center. She is currently a resident artist at Verge Center for the Arts and will be a resident artist at the American Museum of Ceramic Art next spring.
@marydumanart | www.maryduman.me