Name: Walkabout of ‘The Secret Life of Plants’ with Prof Isabel Hofmeyr
Start: 2025-08-23T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-23T11:30:00+02:00
Location: Corner Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Drive, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa

$Walkabout of \u2018The Secret Life of Plants\u2019 with Prof Isabel Hofmeyr$

Join Professor Isabel Hofmeyr for a walkabout about of her exhibition and a short archival herbarium pressing demo.
Saturday 23 August at 10:00
‘The Secret Life of Plants in the Barnes Road Herbarium’
The exhibition was made in a studio in the Barnes Road Herbarium. This exhibition explores and presents imperial technologies of illustration, herbarium sheets and eco-printing where realistic renditions are disrupted by the secret chemical lives of leaves - revealing the biochemistry of the leaf not visible to the human eye. We witness the death of a leaf in the birth of the image.
Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Exhibitions runs until 6 September 2025.
This walkabouts is free thanks to WISER and Prof Hofmeyr.
Spaces are limited, please RSVP to secure your spot.
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Please bring ID to get onto campus

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Corner Yale Road & Enoch Sontonga Drive, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 Jorissen St, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa