“The Traveling Plant: A Peripatetic Tour of the Nelson Mandela Garden in Paris above ISEA2023” by Eva-Maria Lopez
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- The Traveling Plant: A Peripatetic Tour of the Nelson Mandela Garden in Paris above ISEA2023
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Guided tour, Nelson Mandela Garden, May 17
The Traveling Plant: The Veridical Travel Around the World of A True Imaginary Plant
The Traveling Plant is a collective project created in 2020 by Annick Bureaud, Tatiana Kourochkina, Marta de Menezes, Claudia Schnugg and Robertina Šebjanič, and further developed with the following seed organisations Leonardo/Olats (Paris), Quo Artis (Barcelona and Treviso), Cultivamos Cultura (Lisbon), Sektor Institute (Ljubljana) and the initial support of the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation.
The Veridical Travel Around The World of A True Imaginary Plant traces the voyage of a plant —real, artificial or fictitious— around the world, telling its own story, the stories of other plants and living creatures (other than human and humans) it encounters, of whom and what it meets.
It is the umbrella title for a series of new artworks and events taking place in different times and locations around the world under the direction of the diverse participating organisations and curators
The Peripatetic Tour of the Nelson Mandela Garden in Paris above ISEA
May 17th 2023, 12:00 – 13:15 CET
Free by registration
Location
Paris, France
Zone: Continental
Altitude: Low (Plains)
Eco-system: Gardens / Building
Venue
Nelson Mandela Garden
Les Halles
All. Jules Supervielle
75001 Paris
Climate: Temperate
Humidity: Moderate
Light: Gardens / Building
Soil: Concrete & pavement – Woodchips – Unknown
Vibrations: Noisy (many)
Organiser
Leonardo/Olats
Nature of the event
A guided tour of the Nelson Mandela Garden leaded by artist Eva-Maria Lopez as part of the artistic programme of ISEA2023 in Paris
Event Space: Outside
Humans around: Many
Curatorial statement
The Traveling Plant has been selected for ISEA Paris and is thrilled to discover the Nelson Mandela Garden, laying right above the ISEA venue, at the very centre of the City. Under the guidance of artist Eva-Maria Lopez and with the active participation of ISEA attendees and free audience, in the now traditional art and science methodologies of fieldtrips and walkspaces, The Traveling Plant is walked through five Stations to uncover a new understanding of this specific designed urban environment. Eva-Maria Lopez is reading the garden through some selected plants and areas, bringing to the forefront stories —historical, economical, political and botanical— that the plants are embodying. The Tour is part of her project The Gentlemen in my garden.
Curators
The Traveling Plant Team: Annick Bureaud, Tatiana Kourochkina, Marta de Menezes, Claudia Schnugg, Robertina Šebjanič
Participants
Eva-Maria Lopez
Annick Bureaud, Tatiana Kourochkina, Claudia Schnugg, Robertina Šebjanič
ISEA audience members
Passers-by
Commissioned projects
The Gentlemen in my garden, by Eva-Maria Lopez
Name of the plants
Local name: Magnolia
English name: Magnolia
Latin name: Magnolia soulangeana
Local name: Oiseau de paradis, Strelitzia
English name: Bird of paradise, Strelitzia
Latin name: Strelitzia reginae ‘Mandela’s Gold’
