Biological Hermeneutics at Chetham’s Library

Name: Biological Hermeneutics at Chetham's Library
Start: 2017-07-29T10:00:00
End: 2017-08-26T16:30:00
Location: Chetham’s Library

Creative Tourist Last Updated 10 August 2017

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Biological Hermeneutics

Chetham’s Library, Manchester

29 July-26 August 2017

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This summer, Chetham’s Library presents the work of transdisciplinary artist Sarah Craske. Biological Hermeneutics is based on a 300-year-old copy of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, discovering and making visible the microbial life that has silently accrued through the centuries upon its pages. Going beyond one specific book, the show is also a speculative presentation of Biological Hermeneutics as an established and respected transdiscipline, within the historic walls of Chetham’s Library.

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