This is the first program in the On Time: Giving Form to the Fleeting exhibition lecture series.

This conversation will explore Redeat Wondemu’s year-long study of Hillwood’s gardens and how photographs act as vessels of preservation. In dialogue with curator Wilfried Zeisler and gallerist Adrian Ferguson, Wondemu reflects on analog and historical processes, film, tintype, and early printing methods, and how they shape our understanding of beauty, fragility, and time. Together, they examine the tension between what an image can hold and what inevitably changes in nature, as seen in the seasonal works featured in the exhibition.

HYBRID PROGRAM

This lecture will be presented in the theater in the Ellen MacNeille Charles Visitor Center and will be livestreamed via Zoom. Visitors can submit questions for the speaker from any location.

IN-PERSON TIMELINE

5:30–6:30 p.m. | Explore Hillwood

• Enjoy Hillwood’s mansion, gardens,  greenhouse, and exhibition, On Time: Giving Form to the Fleeting, on view in the dacha
• Find the perfect memento from your visit at the museum shop.

6:30–7:30 p.m. | Lecture