Interview

Taichung musician Nick Tsai creates music by channeling the subtle bioelectrical currents of common flora through modular synthesizers, transforming their unpredictable signals into otherworldly soundscapes. Through his Plant Sonification project, he also runs workshops that let participants experiment with the technology, challenging “plant blindness” and fostering a deeper connection with the living world. White Fungus editor Ron Hanson spoke with Tsai about his work.

Nick Thurston is a writer and editor who makes artworks, mining the gray zones between poetry and contemporary art. From 2006 to 2018, he was part of the influential collective Information as Material, the first British imprint dedicated to conceptual writing, a form of avant-garde poetics described as a “fusion or (con)fusion of art and literature.” Thurston’s work—spanning experimental books, exhibitions, artist’s publications, and interventions—explores topics including the rise of the transnational far right, libraries as sites of care and resistance, and “document practices,” the creative re-use of already public materials. In 2026, he released his artist’s publication “Always More” (The Everyday Press), a loose-leaf broadsheet collection of poems. White Fungus editor Ron Hanson interviewed Thurston about “Always More” and his larger body of work.

台中高美濕地向來以令人屏息的「天空之鏡」夕陽美景，以及豐富的生物多樣性聞名。然而，這處深受喜愛的自然景點正承受著過度觀光所帶來的日益沉重壓力。在這篇深度訪談中，《白木耳》（White Fungus）雜誌編輯榮恩與東海大學濕地生態學者林惠真教授，深入談論高美濕地脆弱的生態系統、她長期以來對這片濕地的監測研究，以及為了保護這片珍貴自然環境所必須採取的行動。

Taichung’s Gaomei Wetlands are famed for their breathtaking ‘sky mirror’ sunsets and rich biodiversity. Yet this beloved destination is under growing pressure from heavy tourism. In this in-depth interview, White Fungus editor Ron Hanson talks with Tunghai University wetland ecologist Professor Hui-Chen Lin about the fragile ecosystem, her long-term monitoring, and what must be done to protect it.

In 2016, amid Hungary’s sharp illiberal shift under Viktor Orbán, White Fungus published a roundtable discussion on the state of the country's contemporary art scene. The conversation featured Gábor Rieder, art critic and former editor-in-chief of Flash Art Hungary; Dávid Fehér, art historian and associate curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; and Áron Fenyvesi, writer and curator at Trafó Gallery, Budapest. First published in issue 15 of White Fungus, the discussion is now available online.

台灣聲音藝術家許雁婷創作沉浸式作品，探索自然力量與人造環境之間的相遇——從莫拉克颱風的滂沱暴雨，到台北「鐵匠街」的金屬節奏，以及成龍濕地日常生活的聲響。她的聲景模糊紀錄、虛構與聲音想像之間的界線，引領觀眾以嶄新的方式體驗記憶、場所與生態。在本次對談中，《白木耳》（White Fungus）編輯榮恩與許雁婷談論其創作實踐，以及聲音的虛構可能性。