This exhibition evokes a garden of knowledge anchored by three familiar figures from nature – a velvet ant, a flower and a bird. These entities represent a parliament of beings, each carrying symbolic and metaphorical weight that encourage us to reimagine what intelligence means.
Drawing from the University of Melbourne’s classics, biology, and art collections, alongside new commissions and performances; the exhibition co-mingles historic and contemporary art to envision intelligence as living, continually evolving, interconnected and interdependent.
Guest curated by Professor Dr Chus Martínez, Head of the Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Switzerland.
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Location 
Potter Museum of Art
Masson Rd
Parkville 3010
Price and bookings
This is a free event
Booking not required
Contact details
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