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LOCATION:Braamfontein Campus East
DESCRIPTION:The Barnes Road Herbarium, in Brixton, houses the studio where this exhibition was made.This exhibition explores and presents imperial technologies of illustration, herbarium sheets and eco-printing where realistic renditions are disrupted by the secret chemical lives of leaves - revealing the biochemistry of the leaf not visible to the human eye. We witness the death of a leaf in the birth of the image. Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor Emeritus at the 91心頭利 and was Global Distinguished Professor at New York University from 2013 to 2022. She has worked extensively on print culture and book history and has combined these with environmental and oceanic themes.
Walkabouts with Isabel:
Join Professor Emeritus, Isabel Hofmeyr, for a walkabout of her exhibition and a short archival herbarium pressing demo.
23 August | 10:00
6 September | 10:00 Spaces are limited. RSVP to tammy.hodgskiss@wits.ac.za
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Barnes Road Herbarium, in Brixton, houses the studio where this exhibition was made.
This exhibition explores and presents imperial technologies of illustration, herbarium sheets and eco-printing where realistic renditions are disrupted by the secret chemical lives of leaves - revealing the biochemistry of the leaf not visible to the human eye. We witness the death of a leaf in the birth of the image.
Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor Emeritus at the 91心頭利 and was Global Distinguished Professor at New York University from 2013 to 2022. She has worked extensively on print culture and book history and has combined these with environmental and oceanic themes.
Walkabouts with Isabel:
Join Professor Emeritus, Isabel Hofmeyr, for a walkabout of her exhibition and a short archival herbarium pressing demo.
23 August | 10:00
6 September | 10:00
Spaces are limited. RSVP to tammy.hodgskiss@wits.ac.za