Hydrapangea
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
4th – 21st April 2014
Open: Daily 10am – 6pm
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2014
Hydrapangaea is a wunderkammer of objects contemplating the history of Glasgow’s collected archive of foreign curiosities collected through trade. The exhibition considers how modern technology and infrastructure has changed the way that knowledge and ideas are accessed. Spread across Glasgow Botanic Gardens, this group exhibition reflects on how foreign knowledge has been used as education and entertainment, shaping cultural identity.
"Sinéad O’Donnell Dunn will present a number of new site-specific ceramic objects made from composited clays sourced on the banks of the river Kelvin and will use glazes sourced from local minerals. The structure of these works will be informed by the negative shapes drawn and defined by the natural and artificial forms within the horticultural space. Alongside these objects, Dunn will place engraved plastic plaques labelling the interventions, using a composite of Latin biological classifications and Scots vernacular used to name Plantae."
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
4th – 21st April 2014
Open: Daily 10am – 6pm
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2014
Hydrapangaea is a wunderkammer of objects contemplating the history of Glasgow’s collected archive of foreign curiosities collected through trade. The exhibition considers how modern technology and infrastructure has changed the way that knowledge and ideas are accessed. Spread across Glasgow Botanic Gardens, this group exhibition reflects on how foreign knowledge has been used as education and entertainment, shaping cultural identity.
"Sinéad O’Donnell Dunn will present a number of new site-specific ceramic objects made from composited clays sourced on the banks of the river Kelvin and will use glazes sourced from local minerals. The structure of these works will be informed by the negative shapes drawn and defined by the natural and artificial forms within the horticultural space. Alongside these objects, Dunn will place engraved plastic plaques labelling the interventions, using a composite of Latin biological classifications and Scots vernacular used to name Plantae."