Subtle Thresholds (PLC)
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Title
Subtle Thresholds (PLC)
Is Part Of
Pathology
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Biological Sciences
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Fine Art
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Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research
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Centre for Curating the Archive
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Description
"Integrated into the PLC, these works speak to the specimens on display and provide interesting access points to the collection. The animal-faeces prints (which referenced ‘sites of contamination’ in the context of the SAM exhibition) resonate, for instance, with many of the specimens on display in the PLC, such as the heterotopic heart (also called a ‘piggy-back heart transplant’) created by Dr Chris Barnard in 1977, consisting of a baboon heart grafted onto a human heart for additional motoric support. In addition to their more ‘famous’ specimens, the centre also has an extensive intestinal worm collection and many organs affected by zoonotic diseases, such as a liver ravaged by malaria. This was not a conscious decision on the part of the artist-curator and illustrates how curation can draw attention to aspects of a collection and liberate new associations when brought into conversation with it" (Liebenberg 2021: 201).
Creator
Fritha Langerman
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Date Created
2011
Source
Pathology Learning Centre, UCT
Resonances
pathology
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Fritha Langerman
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Subtle Thresholds
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disease
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insider
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outsider
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specimen
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children
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Chris Barnard
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animals
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medicine chest
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Type
Photo
Installation
Contributor
Nina Liebenberg
