{"product_id":"alison-turnbull-psyche-or-the-butterfly-an-expanded-field-guide-2018","title":"Alison Turnbull, PSYCHE Or, the butterfly - an expanded field guide, 2018","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2017 artist Alison Turnbull travelled to Chocó, Colombia at the invitation of Más Arte Más Acción to study butterflies in the Pacific rainforest, working alongside Dr Blanca Huertas, butterfly expert and Senior Curator in Lepidoptera at the Natural History Museum, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePsyche is the ancient Greek word for both butterfly and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePSYCHE Or, the butterfly – An expanded field guide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Alison Turnbull's observational record, both literal and imaginary, of the expedition. Comprising a wide variety of idioms - drawings, photographs, notes, fragments and literary sources - this book of butterflies is a field guide in the broadest sense. The collection includes\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Mimic Net\u003c\/em\u003e, an essay by writer and mythographer Marina Warner and an illustrated fold out guide to the butterflies of the region by Dr Huertas.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePSYCHE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a bilingual Spanish\/English publication translated by Erna von der Walde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis publication is the culmination of a series of events including Alison Turnbull's exhibition\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf Mimicry Minded\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat Matt's Gallery and her BBC Radio 4 programme\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterflies in Colombia\u003c\/em\u003e. This project was developed in partnership with the British Council.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt’s Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42180511564000,"sku":"","price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/6334\/0000\/products\/AT_Psyche_2018_Cover.jpg?v=1639062205","url":"https:\/\/checkout.mattsgallery.org\/products\/alison-turnbull-psyche-or-the-butterfly-an-expanded-field-guide-2018","provider":"Matt’s Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}