Nicholas Mangan at Galería Plan B – WERETHINGS

WERETHINGS is a collective exhibition curated by Mihnea Mircan in Plan B Gallery in which Nicholas Mangan participates along with 16 more artists.
The exhibition presents Termite Economies Phase 3 (Neural Nest) by Nicholas Mangan, a sculpture that combines a brain scanner and a sample of a termites nest. It is believed that termites are capable of generating complex organizational solutions, termites mounds can be understood as highly receptive and controlled structures of their surroundings with complex systems of distribution of tasks, communication and command approaching the image of a collective brain. Contemporary design has taken them as a model for possible wireless communication systems or as learning modes for neural machines.
Photo: Trevor Good, courtesy de Plan B Cluj, Berlin