CONTAGION shares a multiplicity of voices and perspectives – contemporary and historic, artistic and scientific, individual and collective – to support better understanding of what we are all living through. 

COVID-19 has been with us for more than a year. The pandemic has upended our lives and illuminated longstanding challenges. In these unsettled times – much more so for some than for others –  trustworthy evidence about what is happening changes rapidly. What we have retrieved from this, our very own moment, and in history, are works backed by research that put into relief the reciprocity, empathy, care and knowledge that can develop across disciplines and across experiences at different scales.

CONTAGION examines the transmission of emotions, behaviours, ideas and diseases, their fascinating and sometimes frightening spread and why all of this matters to the lives we hope to lead and the futures we can imagine. 

Despite uncertainties, throughout the planning and making of this exhibition our goal has remained constant: to create an inspiring and informative public platform that encourages the asking of better and more relevant questions.

We encourage you to sign up to see the exhibition with our mediators and hope that you will find at least one thing to carry away with you in your hearts and your minds. 

- Danielle Olsen and Jahnavi Phalkey, Curators of CONTAGION