Susie Vickery, Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist installed at Mundaring Arts Centre, 2019.
Museum of the Great Southern

Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist

Location

Museum of the Great Southern
Residency Road, Albany / Kinjarling

Dates

–

Tickets

Free

This exhibition has now finished. Please visit Exhibitions to see what’s on at the Museum.

An immersive and finely crafted embroidery and audio-visual installation by Susie Vickery takes the form of a cabinet of curiosities.

Charting the journey of the 18th Century French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière, who came to Western Australia in 1792 on the ship Recherche, captained by Bruni d’Entrecasteaux. 

Susie Vickery presents an alternative history of Labillardière’s journey, with the botanist gradually shedding his European preconceptions as he encounters a rich and ancient land. 

This exhibition invites viewers to reflect on our relationships with home and history and to imagine an alternative future for the Australian environment at a time of accelerating climate crisis. 

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This project has been made possible through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost managed by the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, supported by Royalties for Regions and delivered by ART ON THE MOVE. The Act-Belong-Commit Engagement Program presented by ART ON THE MOVE is sponsored by Healthway promoting the Act-Belong-Commit health message.