PART OF THE WHAT ON EARTH PROJECT
PEREGRINATIONS OF A CITIZEN BOTANIST:
Being a Disquisition into his Travels in the Region of Nouvelle Hollande (including Habillements)
Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist is an interactive installation by Susie Vickery which takes the form of a cabinet of curiosities, charting the journey of the 18th Century French botanist, Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière. The exhibition examines Australia’s current relationship with the environment and presents an alternative view of history. Following Labillardière’s fictional progression as he sloughs off his European apparel and takes on the flora of the land, the installation and asks the question: ‘What if settlers had chosen to learn from the environment rather moulding it to fit a European model of agriculture?’
TUE - FRI 10AM - 5PM, SAT & SUN 11AM - 3PM
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Exhibition catalogue >
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ARTIST TALK | SUN 29 SEP 12PM & 1.45PM AS PART OF THE WHAT ON EARTH OPEN DAY >
ARTIST TALK SAT | 19 OCT 11.30AM - 12.15PM >
Opened Fri 13 Sep by Duncan Ord , Director General Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries. Thanks to the generosity of Giniversity visitors got into the spirit with delicious botanical gin at the opening.
Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist forms part of a wider celebration of the botanical world under the banner What On Earth with events and exhibitions at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Midland Junction Arts Centre, Mundaring Arts Centre and Kings Park Festival.
Image: Susie Vickery, Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist (detail), 2019, linen, silk, embroidery
