Screening of the film Learning from Artemisia at Institut d’art contemporain de Villeurbanne Rhône-Alpes along side works by Abdessamad El Montassir, Laura Huertas-Millán and Pauline Julier.
THE MEASURE OF THE WORLD, revolves around the ghosts of Western Enlightenment thinking and the relationship between science, truth-finding and the consequential creation of worldviews. With the work of fifteen artists, the exhibition forms a conversation starter for the NATURECULTURES year program and presents a first counterpoint to the current crises that bear witness to the perverse reality of modernism. Participating artists: Karl Blossfeldt, Madison Bycroft, Filipa César & Louis Henderson, Laura Huertas Millán, Esther Kokmeijer, Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner, Claudia Martínez Garay, Pedro Neves Marques, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Uriel Orlow, Andrew Pekler & Kiwi Stefanie Menrath, Erik Peters, Jol Thoms
This show looks into plants as sources and carriers of knowledge, and explores more precisely how the unique knowledge flora is transmitted for centuries. Curated by Clelia Coussonnet and Tereza Jindrová.