Awake: The Dark Night of the Soul
A sad alien eats a magic mushroom trying to escape from all his problems but he suddenly starts a psychedelic trip to self knowledge.
A poem, drawings, interviews, anthropology conferences, and fungal forays. "do i know you, mushroom?" is an assemblage that reaches toward the feeling of going on a mushroom foray — the textures, the journey, the contemplations on life and our interconnectedness, and the great wonder of fungi.
Morgaine Lee is a documentary filmmaker, artist, and recent MA anthropology graduate from Simon Fraser University, in Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh territory. Morgaine's filmmaking is informed by her background in anthropology, her interest in fungi and multispecies world-making, and collaborative experimentation.
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