PHOTOTROPIA, plant art and medicine" exhibition

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  • Dates : October 16 to 26, 2018
  • Opening hours: 09h00 - 17h00
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Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm.
Exceptional opening Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 10am to 5pm.
Maison des relations internationales Nelson Mandela - 14 Descente en Barrat, 34000 Montpellier.


The exhibition features botanical plates and old books from the University's collections, set against works by nine contemporary German and Austrian artists who question the relationship between nature, culture and the power of change through plants.

Two conferences are organized to coincide with the exhibition:

Monday, October 22, 2018 at 2:30pm
"Non-drug therapies: experience with a community
equatorial"
By Christian Larroque and Nicole Bec, researchers Institut du Cancer de Montpellier.

Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 2:30 pm
"Effect of plants on health, what is the current knowledge?"
By Pr. Florence Cousson-Gélie, scientific director of Epidaure, prevention department of the Montpellier Cancer Institute.