Public Talk – Royal Drawing School, London

Botanical minds: Gina Buenfeld-Murley and Gemma Anderson in conversation with Claudia Tobin

10th March 2021, 7pm: Online with Zoom

Exploring the exhibition ‘The Botanical Mind: Art, Mysticism and the Cosmic Tree‘ at Camden Art Centre, curator Gina Buenfeld and artist and researcher Gemma Anderson discuss the relationship between botanical life, visual art and the imagination with Claudia Tobin. Drawing on indigenous traditions from the Amazon rainforest; alternative perspectives on Western scientific rationalism; and new thinking around plant intelligence, philosophy and cultural theory, the exhibition and its online counterpart investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. As the Royal Drawing School develops its sustainable and green drawing programmes, this is an opportunity to discuss different ways of thinking about and understanding plant life through drawing.

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