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Undisciplined Ethnobotany2–3 June 2026Orangerie du Jardin des Plantes, Montpellier, FrancePresented as part of Undiscipl...
17/06/2026

Undisciplined Ethnobotany

2–3 June 2026
Orangerie du Jardin des Plantes, Montpellier, France
Presented as part of Undisciplined Ethnobotany, the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnobotany (SEB)

The exhibition brought together artists, designers and researchers whose work explores plant-human relationships through film, photography, sound, installation, textile and participatory practices. Rather than treating plants as objects of study, the exhibition approached them as co-creators of social, cultural and ecological worlds.

Julia Mensch — Colorado

Inês Quente — For Every Algae Its Place

Shuang Xu — Root Carriers

Lucie Benoit — Listening Bodies: Sound as Method, Encounter, and Transformation in Ethnobotanical Fieldwork

Camila Chebez, Ana Tomas Danuka & Barbara Mączka — Subtropical Ghosts and Memory Potions: Towards Brewing an Affective Archive of Yerba Mate

Anna Tüdős — What Does Asparagus Do? – Making Ethnobotanical Knowledge Felt

Emílie Rážová — Leaky Pocket

Felipe Castelblanco —
Behind the Night / Detrás de la Noche
Borrachero Dreams and the Quantic Plant
The Devil’s Breath

Scenography:

Artistic Committee: Beatriz Manteigas (Quinta das Relvas - faculdade de belas-artes, universidade de lisboa) Denise Bianco (Central Saint Martins) (MO.CO.Montpellier Contemporain), Vincent Porcher (CNRS), Guillaume Odonne (CNRS), Tara Lasrado (Arvae), Linsey Rendell (Critical Media Lab HGK Basel FHNW ), (HAENKE - chair).

Photography Audrey Viste + film stills

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This work received support from: the French government, managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) as part of the investment programme France 2030 under the reference « ANR-21-EXES-0005 » ; from the Occitanie Region; and from the ExposUM Institute of the University of Montpellier.

FIELD NOTES | Exploring the lesser-known stories and histories behind permaculture as part of gathering at our favourit...
10/06/2026

FIELD NOTES | Exploring the lesser-known stories and histories behind permaculture as part of gathering at our favourite place .

𝒜 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑜𝒹𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓍 𝓈𝓎𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓈, 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝓉-𝒷𝒶𝓈𝑒𝒹, 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒, 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝒶𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒾𝑒𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓊𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈, the concept of permaculture was developed in the 1970s by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.

Ethics sit at its heart, typically articulated through the principles of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share.

But as the framework became institutionalised through the Permaculture Design Course (PDC), many practitioners and scholars have pointed out that permaculture synthesised practices and forms of ecological knowledge long developed by Indigenous, First Nations and other traditional communities around the world. While early permaculture texts did recognise these influences, such acknowledgements often became less visible as the movement expanded.

So this has prompted renewed conversations about attribution, knowledge justice and the importance of recognising the communities whose land-based practices informed many of permaculture’s core ideas.

And it wouldn’t be a better occasion to unpack all this with as well as and its friends and members from all over the world: .amaro , Rutger, Teresa, Hilde, Bogdan, Mojisola, .singapore .soberania .pt and many more! 👯‍♀️

So lovely to meet friends old and new, and to be part of the conversation, even if for a brief moment. 💚

Many thanks for having us and for your ongoing support and laughs! Obrigado a Dalila too 💚

A small surprise awaits you on the open day hihi 🌱🔍

𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓲𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓔𝓽𝓱𝓷𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓪𝓷𝔂 departs from the premise that ethnobotany does not belong exclusively to the domain of science...
03/06/2026

𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓲𝓹𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓔𝓽𝓱𝓷𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓪𝓷𝔂 departs from the premise that ethnobotany does not belong exclusively to the domain of science, nor to the authority of institutional knowledge production. To insist on the presence of art and design is therefore not an act of undisciplinarity, but a recognition that these practices, too, participate in the study of how humans relate to the vegetal world, and how these relations shape cultures, economies, cosmologies, and futures.

Through film, image-making, textile, sculpture, sound, and embodied practices, the presented works approach plants as co-creators of our shared, entangled social, political, and ecological worlds. Rather than treating them as objects of inquiry through an extractivist gaze, the works position artistic practice itself as a research methodology: capable of producing situated forms of knowledge, affective infrastructures, and alternative modes of attention to plant-human relationships.

Conceived spatially by Heim+Viladrich, the exhibition unfolds as a porous and materially attentive environment. Based in Montpellier, the studio’s practice moves between object design, architecture, and scenography, often foregrounding local material ecologies, vernacular gestures, and forms of reuse that question extractive notions of production. Their intervention for the Orangerie works with the site as a living condition. In this sense, the scenography enters into dialogue with the artworks, proposing exhibition-making itself as a form of ecological and situated practice.

2-3 June 2026 at the Orangerie,

Featuring works by
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Part of 2026 🌱

Heirloom Futures: Towards Decolonial Practices in Materia Medica Collections 3 June 202614:30-16:00h | Round table wit...
01/06/2026

Heirloom Futures: Towards Decolonial Practices in Materia Medica Collections
3 June 2026
14:30-16:00h | Round table

with guests speakers:
Cassandra Quave (Emory University)
Alia Hijaab (University of British Columbia)
Kenneth Otero Walker (New York Botanical Garden)
Mark Nesbitt (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

moderated by Alexandra Strelcova (Haenke)

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This debate brings together researchers working at the intersection of ethnobotany, pharmacognosy, archival studies, and critical heritage practices to examine the epistemic tensions embedded within herbaria and materia medica collections. Hosted within the historic Droguier of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montpellier, the roundtable asks how these collections might move beyond their colonial and extractive foundations toward more participatory, relational, and community-centred forms of stewardship. Moderated by Alexandra Strelcova (Haenke), the discussion will bring together Cassandra Quave (Emory University), Alia Hijaab (University of British Columbia), Kenneth Otero Walker (New York Botanical Garden), and Mark Nesbitt (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Together, we will explore how historical collections may become living sites of repair, cultural continuity, biodiversity preservation, and more-than-human knowledge exchange. Organised in collaboration with Haenke and the Droguier Chair, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montpellier.

As part of “Undisciplined Ethnobotany” ~ 2026 annual meeting held in Montpellier.

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Mapping plant knowledge in European arts and culture sectorONLINE SESSION14 MAY, 17:00–18:30 CESTRegister here: https://...
11/05/2026

Mapping plant knowledge in European arts and culture sector

ONLINE SESSION
14 MAY, 17:00–18:30 CEST
Register here: https://tally.so/r/q4b1a5

As part of Free Radicals, we’re hosting an online public session dedicated to discussing plant knowledge, more-than-human ecosystems, and how these perspectives could shape future cultural and environmental policies across Europe.

The session is open to artists, designers, curators, researchers, cultural workers, gardeners, foragers, institutions, and anyone interested in how humans relate to other forms of life.

The conversation will also help shape the Free Radicals toolkit, a collaborative resource currently being developed through the project.

It also forms part of a larger Europe-wide survey mapping how artists, designers, curators, and cultural institutions currently engage with plant knowledge and more-than-human perspectives in their practice. More on that here: https://tally.so/r/q4d0lY

Feel free to share this with anyone it might resonate with!

Free Radicals is a two-year research project exploring the intersections between plant biodiversity and artistic practice, co-funded by Creative Europe and Ministerstvo kultury.

www.freeradicals.space

🌱 𝕋ö𝕣ö𝕜𝕓á𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕚 𝕫á𝕣𝕥𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕥-𝕤é𝕥𝕒 𝕍𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒 𝕃𝕚𝕫á𝕧𝕒𝕝, 𝕍𝕚𝕘𝕧á𝕣𝕚 𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕣á𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕝 é𝕤 𝕒 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕒 𝕆𝕜𝕥𝕒𝕥ó𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕝Varga Liza építészmérnök és Vigv...
19/04/2026

🌱 𝕋ö𝕣ö𝕜𝕓á𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕚 𝕫á𝕣𝕥𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕥-𝕤é𝕥𝕒 𝕍𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕒 𝕃𝕚𝕫á𝕧𝕒𝕝, 𝕍𝕚𝕘𝕧á𝕣𝕚 𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕣á𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕝 é𝕤 𝕒 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕒 𝕆𝕜𝕥𝕒𝕥ó𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕝

Varga Liza építészmérnök és Vigvári András szociológus és etnográfus mindketten jól ismerik a zártkertek világát.

Liza 2024-es diplomamunkájában a törökbálinti zártkertek világát, elsősorban a zártkertekben megjelenő közösségi jelenlétet, valamint az informális környezet alkotói folyamatokra gyakorolt hatását vizsgálta.
András 2022-ben szerzett doktori fokozatot az ELTE Szociológia Doktori Iskolában. Doktori kutatását a zártkertek átalakulásából írta, amelyet a lakhatási és térbeli-társadalmi egyenlőtlenségek perspektívájából vizsgált. Kutatásának eredményeit magyar nyelven a 2023-ban megjelent Zártkert-Magyarország című monográfiájában összegezte.

A Mandala Oktatókert egy Törökbálinton működő, közösségi alapú tanulókert, amely a permakultúra és a fenntartható életmód gyakorlati bemutatására épül. A kert célja, hogy egyszerű megoldásokon keresztül ösztönözzön szemléletváltásra és közösségi kapcsolódásra.

A sétán Liza és András segítségével a résztvevők jobban megismerkedhetnek a zártkertekkel, és azzal, hogy az ilyen területen élők miért, hogyan választották ezt az életformát. A séta a Mandala Ökokertben ér majd véget, ahol a kert vezetője, Carrick Orsolya nem csak a permakulturáról és a kertről mesél, de a kert legjavából összeállított kóstolóval várja majd a résztvevőket.

Regisztráljon: https://tally.so/r/XxYEYY

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A Walk Through the allotment gardens of Törökbálint with Liza Varga, András Vigvári, and the Mandala Educational Garden

Sunday, 26 April 2026, from 11am

Registration: https://tally.so/r/XxYEYY

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Garden Stories is part of Free Radicals, a two-year research project exploring the intersections between plant biodiversity and artistic practice, co-funded by Creative Europe and Ministerstvo kultury České republiky.

17/04/2026

𝓖𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼: reclaiming Budapest’s urban commons

Urban foraging, allotment gardens, and alternative food systems take root at the centre of our next living lab.

25-26 April 2026
Margaret Island + Törökbálint in Budapest

with designer and forager Gaja Pegan Nahtigal, sociologist Andras Vigvári, architect Líza Varga, and permaculture garden Mandala Oktatókért. Come watch the ground shifting.

Convened by Pro Progressione

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PROGRAMME:

Day 1 – Urban Foraging with Gaja Pegan Nahtigal

Saturday 25 April 2026 from 11am
Margaret Island, Budapest

Day 2 – A Walk Through the allotment gardens of Törökbálint with Liza Varga, András Vigvári, and the Mandala Educational Garden

Sunday, 26 April 2026, from 11am

Törökbálint, Budapest

Register here: https://tally.so/r/XxYEYY

More information here: https://freeradicalstoolkit.substack.com/p/garden-stories-reclaiming-budapests

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Garden Stories is part of Free Radicals, a two-year research project exploring the intersections between plant biodiversity and artistic practice, co-funded by Creative Europe and Ministerstvo kultury České republiky.

Urban Foraging with Gaja Pegan NahtigalMargitsziget, BudapestSaturday, 25 April 202611-15 CETAs part of Garden Stories |...
08/04/2026

Urban Foraging with Gaja Pegan Nahtigal
Margitsziget, Budapest
Saturday, 25 April 202611-15 CET
As part of Garden Stories | Fedezd fel Budapest biodiverzitását! hosted by Pro Progressione

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Gaja Pegan Nahtigal is a Slovenian artist, educator, and forager. She draws inspiration from nature, its cycles of growth and decay, resilient weeds, and the often spontaneous ecosystems that emerge in urban settings. Through her work, she seeks to bridge the gap between human-made and natural ecosystems, preserving their intertwined complexity and raw beauty.

During her workshop in Budapest, she will guide participants through Margitsziget, introducing the edible, medicinal, and foragable plants that can be found in spring in our immediate urban surroundings. Plants gathered during the walk will then be used to make something together with the participants on site, as as picnic—but what exactly that will be will only be revealed during the foraging itself.

Sign up: https://tally.so/r/XxYEYY

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔?As part of Free Radicals, we are developing a toolkit for individuals and institutions wit...
28/03/2026

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔?

As part of Free Radicals, we are developing a toolkit for individuals and institutions within the European creative and cultural sectors, designed to help shape practices that support plant biodiversity.

By shifting attention from plants as passive objects toward plants as participants in shared ecological worlds, we seek to cultivate more attentive cultural practices, and in doing so contribute to futures that support planetary health and the flourishing of the many forms of life that inhabit it.

With this in mind, we are tracing how artists, designers, curators, and institutions engage with plant knowledge.

Would YOU like to help shape Free Radicals, the toolkit we’re currently developing, and other related materials?

We’ve developed a short and simple survey that aims to explore how artists, designers, curators, and institutions engage with plant knowledge across Europe (and beyond). By filling out this survey, you help us develop effective tools and resources that will support planetary health and the flourishing of the many forms of life that inhabit it.

More info & link here: https://tally.so/r/q4d0lY

Many thanks in advance!

𝙄𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞Seeding Kinships | Tuesday 10 March, 6-7pm CET~~~In this session, we enter into co...
04/03/2026

𝙄𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞
Seeding Kinships | Tuesday 10 March, 6-7pm CET

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In this session, we enter into conversation with Lucia Pietroiusti, whose curatorial practice has long unfolded in the charged space between ecology, institutions, and transdisciplinary artistic work. Moving across research, programming, and public outreach, her approach to the museum space is, rather than a venue for exhibition, one of a living ecosystem in its own right. Her work asks what it might mean for an institution to develop a sense of environmental belonging – not as a slogan, but as a gentle yet confident reorientation of its very purpose.

Together, we will reflect on how ecological thinking has shaped art organisations over the past decade, and how curating can shift between the practical �and the speculative, between systems change and world-making. At a time when cultural institutions face instability and backlash, this conversation invites us to consider how art can help transform systems and rehearse other ways of worlding through careful, collective attention.

Lucia Pietroiusti stewards research and experimentation in art, ecology and systems. She is Head of Research & Emergence at Hartwig Museum, Amsterdam, opening in 2028 and the Curator of the 6th Autostrada Biennale (Prizren, Kosovo, 2027). She founded Serpentine’s General Ecology project (2018-2025); edited The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish (2025, with Filipa Ramos), and curated Sun & Sea by Rugile Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė (58th Venice Biennale and tour, 2019-2025). Pietroiusti is Chair of the Board at Forma, London.

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“Seeding Kinships” is an online series of public lectures and conversations curated by Haenke as part of Free Radicals. Fortnightly on Tuesday evenings (CET) from 20 January to 31 March 2026. ��More information and registration: https://tally.so/r/KY5GOz��

Free Radicals is a two-year research project exploring the intersections between plant biodiversity and artistic practice, co-funded by Creative Europe and Ministerstvo kultury České republiky.

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