BIRDS, WE’RE CURIOUS FANS
Recently landed: Birds, we’re curious fans
In preparation for Saturday’s sold out panel at the Melbourne Museum, Bird’s Eye View: Perspectives on the Art and Science of Ornithology, as part of Melbourne Rare Book Week, with Dr Karen Rowe, Curator of Birds, Museums Victoria, and Rebecca Carland, Senior Curator, History of Collections & Scientific Art, Museums Victoria, moderated by John Kean, whose publications include The art of science: remarkable natural history illustrations from Museum Victoria, 2013 and Dot Circle and Frame: the making of Papunya Tula art, 2023, we thought a great deal about birds and our understanding of them. Historically, humans have used animals, in particular birds, to lay out our ideas and hopes, as a symbol of freedom, and beauty to treasure.
Continuing reading on Marginalia.
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22nd of July, 2024
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, Looking for green, remaining hopeful, 2024, artists’ book, photographed by Tim Gresham
