Camille Exhibition: Art Invites Itself into Medicine
On the initiative of the student health association "Montpellier Artistic Project" (MAP), whose aim is to stimulate the cultural interest of students at the University of Montpellier, the installation "Camille" by Sète-based artist Sylvain Fraysse transforms the former dissection room of the historic building (1957-2017) of the Faculty of Medicine into a monumental and ephemeral work of art, on the suggestive theme of anatomy, illustrated by the scene of Camille in Jean-Luc Godard's film "Contempt."
The exhibition runs from March 22 to April 18, 2023. The opening took place on March 21 in the presence of the artist, Philippe Augé, President of UM, Isabelle Laffont, Dean of the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine, Amal Qobaa, Student Vice President of the UM, Patricia CARETTE, President of the Occitanie Montpellier Regional Contemporary Art Fund (Frac OM), and Amance LAGRANGE, President of the student association "Montpellier Artistic Project (MAP)".
The result of close collaboration with the Occitanie Montpellier Regional Contemporary Art Fund (Frac OM), MAP perpetuates the historical uniqueness of the Faculty of Medicine, which has always been oriented towards art and humanism. This project has also provided the impetus for the renovation of this former dissection room, whose 23 marble tables are listed as historical monuments. Opened to the general public for the first time with this exhibition, this room is set to become a new exhibition space in the future museum offering of the historic campus of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montpellier.
