Hubris Botanique
Overview
Intro
As part of a unique collaboration between Château d'Oron and the Musée Suisse du Papier Peint de Mézières, artist Sève Favre is developing a two-part project based on plant species.
Through this double project, the artist proposes a critical and poetic re-reading of plant life: no longer as a simple décor or resource, but as a living memory, at once witness, actor and revealer of past and present power dynamics.
The exhibition at Château d'Oron examines Europe's fascination with exotic plants, through the accounts of naturalists and the archives held in the castle's library. This "hubris", or scientific and aesthetic excess, led to the extraction, reclassification and appropriation of plants from elsewhere, often to the detriment of indigenous knowledge.
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Event dates
- 05 September 2026
- 06 September 2026
- 12 September 2026
- 13 September 2026
- 19 September 2026
- 20 September 2026
- 26 September 2026
- 27 September 2026
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