Saline Shock! Orleans House Gallery – Until 26 November
As part of the Orleans House Gallery’s Emerging Artists Programme, Josie Rae Turnbull presents Saline Shock! which imagines a future of zoonotic epidemics where infectious disease has jumped from non-human animals to humans (think Lyme disease, Salmonella). The Horseshoe crab has been around for 400m years, but it is now in decline as its blood provides a valuable medical product critical to maintaining the safety of many vaccines and drugs. Josie Ray Turnball envisions what could happen if we take this too far.
Orleans House Gallery is a contemporary art gallery set in beautiful gardens overlooking the River Thames in Twickenham. At its heart is the lavish Baroque Octagon Room. With a year-round programme of exhibitions, live events and educational experiences, a wild wood to explore, a shop and the Stables Café where you can enjoy a cup of coffee and delicious light refreshments, we have something for everyone. Entry to the gallery is free.
Orleans House Gallery is managed by Richmond Arts Service which is part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its mission is to build community through creativity. It fosters creativity and enjoyment of the arts, enables people to reflect on their lives and develop new ways of seeing the world. They bring thought-provoking art to the Borough and cultivate a network of individuals, organisations and programmes that nourishes the arts, local organisations and communities.
Stables Gallery, Tues-Sun: 10am – 5pm
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