WE ARE ALL CONNECTED
2013
A video interview with the scientists daughter, Irina Rudzite.
A rare photograph from 1970ies showin the scientist working on his theory. There is petri dish with fungal material in his right hand.
This project is a reconstruction of the Memorial room of little-known scientist.
The life-long work of Rudzitis was a theory according to which all the greatest minds of the world are interconnected with ties invisible to us.
Under the microscope while researching his „trophies“ that are nails, prothesis, clothing etc. of the greatest people, Rudzitis came to the conclusion that the certain type of funghi spores can be found on belongings of these people.
In 1970-ies after long research he came forward with unusually brave theory that all the greatest minds of the world are lead by these funghi spores of which are to be found on their clothing and belongings.
According to the researcher the geniuses are contacting each other via these emitted spores and were even able to contact deceased talents whose emitted spores are still in the air. Rudzitis was confident that the most talented persons are lead by certain type of mushroom that has inhabited their minds. Enormous amount of information that the talent requires he receives from other geniuses through spores. Subsequently, the talent never operates on his own, he is a part of huge network of the collective mind or that is closed to us. Rudzitis thought that this collective mind is unknown mushroom colony.
An artist tried to grow microorganisms from these spores and tried to infect himself with spores of the „talent funghi“ thus getting into a circle of the great minds.
There are several evidences of him trying to get infected but it is unclear if he succeeded. After a series of experiments he quit everything and retreated to the country side where he spent his time in silence and solitude.
A central map showing Rudzitis theory on how all the greatest minds of the Earth are interconnected.
A space which I was provided and had to transform. It was terribly dirty and messy.
A room transformed.
Assistants adding bio material to petri dishes.
process of recreating the memorial room. It took 7 people and more than a week to make this scheme.
Another rare photograph: Rudzitis in the process of infecting himself with fungus.
