Fritha Langerman

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Subtle Thresholds: the representational taxonomies of disease

Fritha Langerman at South African Museum

'[Cholera] like any other disease, has in itself no meaning: it is only a micro-organism. It acquires meaning and significance from its human context, from the ways in which it infiltrates the lives of people, from the reactions it provokes, and from the manner in which it gives expression to cultural and political views.'

(Arnold, 1986)

Fritha Langerman’s 'Subtle Thresholds' at the IZIKO South African Museum aims to re-contextualise the politics of disease within a scientific lattice. As Langerman’s use of the above quotation suggests, the exhibition causes the viewer to approach disease from a different entry point, essentially undertaking a reconstruction of their pre-existing knowledge of the subject.

25 July 2009 - 01 March 2010

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Subtle Thresholds: the representational taxonomies of disease

Fritha Langerman at South African Museum

Curated by Fritha Langerman, the project comprises digital prints, cut steel, objects found and made, museum specimens and medical paraphernalia and examines the representation of disease.

Opening event: 11am  25 July

25 July 2009 - 01 March 2010