Vital Signs exhibition at Michaelis Galllery

Vital Signs: the environment, loss and sustainability opened in the Michaelis Gallery on Tuesday, 17 September.

Vital Signs is a group exhibition showcasing work by Michaelis School of Fine Art teaching staff with a thematic focus on ecologies, climate crisis and sustainability. The show is curated by Associate Professors Fritha Langerman and Svea Josephy.

In the context of the planetary crisis: rapid climate change, the possibility of mass extinction and environmental apocalypse, water scarcity, reduction of habitat, conservation failures and mismanagement, the detrimental impact of humanity on the environment and the unfair distribution of "resources”, Vital Signs raises awareness and presents an eco-critical mode of curating. 

This exhibition aims to not only show staff work but also to shine a light on teaching and other practices on this campus which work with notions of sustainability, care and restorative interventions including the Pavilion Prototype 2 and the Sustainable Photographic Garden. 

The exhibition is open weekdays at the Michaelis Galleries, Hiddingh Campus, 10:00-15:00, 17 September - 17 October. Closed on weekends and public holidays.