Exhibition “Les Hautes Herbes: inventory of emergencies”

Opening reception, meet-and-greet, exhibition at the Science Library, Triolet campus – Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier.
Opening reception and coffee and pastries on Monday, January 20, at 5:30 p.m.
Meet Caroline MUHEIM and Serge MULLER, Professor Biology and Ecology at the Faculty of Sciences, at 6:30 p.m. – BU Sciences screening room.

Exhibition at the Science Library, Pharmacy-PACES Library, Medicine Library in Nîmes

"Les Hautes Herbes: inventory of emergencies," the exhibition of the "Nourrir" project

Come and discover botanical illustrations, herbariums, and screen prints of edible and medicinal plants growing in the heart of the Triolet campus, created by artist Caroline MUHEIM as part of her NOURRIR project during her artistic residency in 2018-2019!

The botanical illustrations, drawn in watercolor and ink, constitute a sufficiently comprehensive and accurate inventory to enable a student who so desires to feed and care for themselves, and thus potentially survive by consuming the plants listed within the scope of their university studies.
This inventory was compiled in collaboration with researchers and students from the university studying biology and pharmacy.

The screen printing plates are printed with inks made from extracts and juices of plants found locally: iris, oak gall, walnut husks, madder, etc.

The subjects of these screen prints are the large edible and medicinal plants that grow on campus: borage, tin laurel, plantain, fennel, etc.

You can also watch the video Marcher dans les flaques (Walking in Puddles), created over the course of a year from 365 photos taken on a cell phone during the artist's trips to and from campus. Designed as a stroll through the days, this video is accompanied by a text that recounts his wanderings, step by step, through light, water, the seasons, and the geometry of gardens.

The Hautes Herbes exhibition is organized in partnership with the Joint Documentation Service.

• Learn more about the NOURRIR project