Lost in translation

Lost in Translation will explore how the experience of exploration and discovery can be translated for those to understand back at ‘home’ and how new places and knowledge have been made familiar historically through using systems society understands.

This new seminar series will investigate key questions around the history of art, science and exploration, and what this means today, drawing on George Stubbs’s ‘Kangaroo’ and ‘Dingo’ paintings recently acquired by the National Maritime Museum. In conversation with artists, scientists, explorers and museum professionals, consider the nature of 18th-century exploration and how these histories can be experienced in a modern museum setting.