Botanical Hubris

Description

With this double project, the artist proposes a critical and poetic reinterpretation of the plant world: no longer as mere decoration or resource, but as a living memory that is also a witness, actor, and revealer of past and present power dynamics. The exhibition at Schloss Oron questions European fascination with exotic plants based on reports from naturalists and archives stored in the castle library. This "Hybris," or scientific and aesthetic excess, led to the extraction, reclassification, and appropriation of plants from other countries, often at the expense of indigenous knowledge. Note: This text was translated by software for machine translation and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

Highlights

• Exhibition by Sève Favre at Schloss Oron
• Critical reinterpretation of the plant world
• Addressing European fascination with exotic plants

General Information

The exhibition "Botanical Hubris" at Schloss Oron presents a two-part project by artist Sève Favre. It questions the historical and current relationship between humans and plants and sheds light on the impacts of European power dynamics on the plant world.

Location

Au Château 1, 1608 Oron-le-Châtel, Switzerland

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