Event
Flimies (small acts of care)
4Cose
7 Vyner Street, London E2 9DG, UK
1C Enterprise House
2 Tudor Grove, London E9 7QL, UK
Practice in Dialogue @ The Old Police Station
114 Amersham Vale, London SE14 6LG, UK
DKUK Salon
191 Queen's Rd, London SE15 2NG, UK
Saturday 19 October, 12pm–6pm, Sunday 20 October, 12pm–6pm

The garden at SLBI, Sophie Huckfield
Referencing the South London Botanical Institute’s collections, botanical library & herbarium, GU Womxn have made a collective ‘flimsy’ – a short publication which is framed by a research day at SLBI in July. Taking the form of a flimsy (a temporary holding folder for the specimens, made of archival paper material equivalent to a sheet of newsprint), the work is formed of individual and collective memories, thoughts and responses which link our experience at the SLBI with wider discussions around the complex practice of botany, its historical lineage, social impact and practical applications. Contemplating ideas in relation to knowledge-making & feminist ethics of care, we have considered what we may adopt, question or resist from the herbarium.
Echoing the interwoven & interdependent ecologies discussed within the work, the flimsy will be distributed amongst ALW venues,discreetly installed upon a bespoke structure which references the pressing mechanisms historically used in the herbarium.
Flimsies (small acts of care) will be open at DKUK on Saturday 19 Oct only.
Artists
GU Womxn (for this project: Emily Hawes, Sophie Huckfield, Laura Onions, Larissa Shaw, there are approximately 20 members)
Venue/event info
Accessible
Under 16s
Website
7 Vyner Street, London E2 9DG, UK
2 Tudor Grove, London E9 7QL, UK
114 Amersham Vale, London SE14 6LG, UK
191 Queen's Rd, London SE15 2NG, UK