Walkabout of ‘The Secret Life of Plants’ with Prof Isabel Hofmeyr

Join Professor Isabel Hofmeyr for a walkabout about of her exhibition and a short archival herbarium pressing demo.

Saturday 23 August at 10:00
‘The Secret Life of Plants in the Barnes Road Herbarium’

The exhibition was made in a studio in the Barnes Road Herbarium. 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 University of the Witwatersrand.

Exhibitions runs until 6 September 2025.

This walkabouts is free thanks to WISER and Prof Hofmeyr.
Spaces are limited, please RSVP to secure your spot.
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Please bring ID to get onto campus

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