i am an old phenomenon

In-Venue

Two Rooms • 5 June - 11 July

Opens
5:30pm Thurs 4 June
Hours
11am-5pm Tues to Fri & 11am-3pm Sat
Where
16 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn
09 360 5900
https://tworooms.co.nz
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Artists
Ann Shelton
Theme
In-Venue
Systems of belief concerning the medicinal, magical and spiritual uses of plant materials were well established in the lives of European forest, nomadic and ancient peoples. However, these beliefs were forcibly supplanted as pagan practices were displaced across Europe and other continents in the wake of Christianity and the rise of capitalism. The images in i am an old phenomenon are part of the re-assemblage of fragments of this old knowledge and, in their ontology, invoke the persecution of wise women, witches and wortcunners who kept this knowledge safe but whose understanding of plants and their connection with reproduction, in particular, represented a threat to the new order.
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