Substantialis Corporis Mixti
07.05.2010 - 14.05.2010 | Bohemian National Hall, Czech Center, New York, USA
On the occasion of the Eighteenth Session of the Commission
on Sustainable Development, Safe Planet: the United Nations Campaign for Responsibility on Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes presents
Substantial Form of the Blended Body
THE SYNERGIES EXHIBITION OF THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS
The exhibition’s title, Substantialis Corporis Mixti, is taken from the medieval chemistry essay,
De Mixtione Elementorum (“On the mixture of the elements”, circa 1272), by Thomas Aquinas.
The exhibition explores how the aggregation of imperceptible bodies (aggregatione corporum insensibilium), including toxic chemicals or produced as byproducts of consumer waste, impact the nature of our bodies and the natural world.
The United Nations Safe Planet Campaign promotes human bio-monitoring as a method of assessing the toxic chemical burden increasingly borne by the life of our planet.
Artists: Anila Agha, Barbara Benish, Brian Collier, Santiago Cárdenas Arroyo, Christopher Edgar, Chris Jordan, Floyd Newsum, Lynn Randolph, Milos Sejn, Sharon Sprung
Curator: Mark Cervenka
Works from Milos Sejn: Grass (1967); Being The Maple Brook, The Giant Mountains (27. 7. 2000); Devils Lake, Bohemian Forest (19. 5.2001)
Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 10am-5pm
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