Life-saving machines
From April 30 to May 22, the Faculty of Medicine is hosting the exhibition "The Lifesaving Machines" by Austrian artist Reiner Riedler, as part of the16th edition of Boutographies.
A leading figure in contemporary photography, Reiner Riedler is once again setting up shop in Montpellier after a remarkable visit in 2006.
Acclaimed worldwide for his series "Fake Holidays," which questioned our consumerist relationship with tourism, the Austrian photographer returns this year with a work devoid of artifice. A sober yet powerful spotlight on the machines that are indispensable to the practice of medicine. Machines of yesterday and today take on an unexpected dimension under the photographer's gaze, whose shots draw the eye to the unique aesthetics of these inanimate heroes. The guest of honor at Boutographies offers a backlit portrait of medical practice, coupled with a reflection on illness and the contemporary condition of the human body. It also questions the increasingly indispensable role of machines in the practice of medicine.
Focus on Les Boutographies
For the second consecutive year, Les Boutographies is taking over La Panacée, a contemporary culture center housed in the former royal college of medicine. For three weeks, the cream of international photography will gather in Montpellier for an edition that this year gives pride of place to the German-speaking world. Open to both documentary work and the visual arts, Les Boutographies offers viewers a comprehensive overview of contemporary photographic creation. In addition to the main event at La Panacée, a dozen "off-site" exhibitions can be discovered in galleries associated with the event. Alongside the exhibitions, meetings, screenings, and readings will punctuate a festival that has made openness to all horizons its trademark since its inception in 2001.
www.boutographies.com
“The lifesaving machines” by Reiner Riedler
April 30 to May 22 – Every day from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Free admission
Faculty of Medicine – 2 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine – 34000 Montpellier
