Continuing a long-standing investigation into the “transformative power of plants,” this programme will focus on citrus fruits. Their bitter-sweet flavour and medicinal properties have shaped not only countless recipes and dishes, but also landscapes and imaginations. By tracing this history through a series of iconographic and culinary vignettes, from antiquity to the very contemporary, this conference will show that citrus fruits, their cultivation and marketing, as well as their symbolic appropriation by political powers, have played a key role in two inseparable phenomena: colonization and the destruction of ecosystems. Samir Boumediene is a researcher in the history of knowledge, the arts, and the environment. His book, The Colonization of Knowledge: A History of Medicinal Plants in the New World (1492–1750), published in 2016, focuses on the European appropriation of American medicinal plants.
Limited to 10 people.
Registration required: ifa-galerie-stuttgart(at)ifa.de
Both events will be held in English.
The event has two parts:
On September 14, the first part (Shared preparation of the citrus tasting) will take place from 11:00 to 14:00 and the second part (Lecture and citrus tasting) from 16:00 to 18:00.
Wednesday – Sunday: 12.00 – 18.00
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and holidays.
Free admission
Thw ifa Galleries in Stuttgart und Berlin present contemporary art from a global point of view. The work of the ifa Galleries is based on seeing the world from a diversity and plurality of perspectives, discovering new stories, and shaping emancipatory processes, interactions, and artistic spaces. Our focus is on long-term relationships with artists, partners, and visitors, and our exhibitions and education programmes are developed through practices of collaboration that trace global entanglements and piece them together in new forms of narrative.
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D-70173 Stuttgart
