MUTATIS MUTANDIS

Mutatis Mutandis was an exhibition of new work from Susumu Mukai & Will Sweeney held at Undercover Basement, the collaboration space inside the flagship store of the prestigious Japanese fashion brand by Jun Takahashi, Undercover.
The main body of work was a collaboration based around a narrative involving a distant island overun by mutated plants and funghi. Also featured are several solo projects from the artists and a special collaboration with Jun Takahashi who created a 3D piece inspired by the drawings by S.Mukai and W.Sweeney. Limited Alakazam! x Undercover collaboration t-shirts were designed by Jun and Will, and were sold exclusively at Undercover Store.

About Makagongo Island

In 199x, ninety-nine percent of the population of Makagongo Island was destroyed by parasitic plants and lethal mushroom spores during the conflict between Makagongolese government forces and rebel Guerrila groups in which experimental chemical weapons were used in an effort to flush out the rebels.
Over generations, those who survived developed their own culture under the psychotropic effect of the deadly spores. The people on the island hold annual festivities when the vegetation on the island releases its spores, the hallucinogenic effect of which is regarded as a Spiritual communion. During this festival, the Makagongolese adorn their bodies and clothing with fetishistic objects and wear elaborate masks to enhance the narcotic effects of the mushroom. Music is performed and special food and drink is consumed.