FESTIVAL VIVACES ! #7
Does the beauty of plants have a meaning?
de 10h30 à 19h
Since 2018, the Vivaces! Festival has been the highlight of autumn in Paris, bringing plants to life. For novice, amateur or enlightened gardeners, and all those curious about nature.
Each year, around its perennial plant market, the Festival offers a different take on the plant world and its interactions with the rest of the living world in the form of a “discovery trail”, illuminated by nurserymen, naturalists, artists, gardeners and scientists.
This 7th edition will be decked out in the marvels of the plant world, and will ask the question: does the beauty of plants have a meaning? Many of us are fascinated by plants. They can stir our emotions, amaze us or stimulate our senses. But what does the beauty of living things mean? Are the colours, smells, shapes and textures just there to make our eyes sparkle? What role do these attributes play in the lives of plants, insects and birds? In 2024, the Festival Vivaces! will be penetrating the secrets of plant beauty and celebrating their genius.
Based on a proposal by Pépins production
PROGRAM
10:30 AM to 7:00 PM – The Gardeners’ Market featuring a selection of hardy perennial plants offered by nurserymen and growers from the Paris Basin, chosen for their production methods and plant selection, gardening advice, the Park Bookstore, and the Bistrot La Timbale.
7:45 AM to 6:00 PM, meetings, walks, and artistic interventions.
11:00 AM · Philosophical walk
Why do humans find beauty in nature? A philosophical walk led by Alexandre Lacroix, director of Philosophie magazine and author of Devant la beauté de la nature (Éd. Allary). The meeting will be followed by a book signing.
From 2:00 PM · Workshops *
A discovery tour of the beauty secrets of plants, with scientific and artistic workshops accessible to everyone, sensory experiences, naturalist walks, and many surprises.
A Fête de la science event
2:30 PM · Natural sciences
Surprise interventions in the heart of the garden on “Revelations on the Beauty of Plants,” by Alexis Peaucelle, research officer at INRAE, focusing on cellular dynamics and plant architecture.
From 3:00 PM · Musical performance
Music meets plants! With selected excerpts from Virtuoses de Nature by Nicolas Frize, featuring 4 flutes, 4 clarinets, 1 soprano, and 10 sound actors.
Every 20 minutes
3:30 PM · Walk
A walk with noses in the wind. A meeting between Sarah Bouasse, a specialist in odors and Hirac Gurden, a research director in neuroscience, followed by a signing of their books at the Park’s bookstore stand.
5:00 PM · Café philo
Philosophy Café: Should beauty have a meaning? But what is beauty? A workshop for reflection, for adults and children from 8 years old, led by Yasmine Bargache, actress and philosophy workshop mediator.
A workshop for collective reflection. Adults, children-parents from age 8.
6:00 PM · Dialogue between art and natural sciences
In Marlène Bourderon’s paintings, with Alexis Peaucelle and Elodie Dubuisson: testimonies from scientists in front of the artist’s canvases The Waves of Flowers and In the Darkness of Plants.
* From 2 PM: Workshops
► Central Desk: Collection of the 2024 Vivaces Passport
At each stop, present your 2024 Vivaces Passport and request a new visa. After 7 visas, receive a gift with support from the naturalist La Salamandre.
Part 1: The Beauty Secrets of Plants
Colors, tastes, and scents of plants: From toxicity to palatability, signals for predators and pollinators. Flower morphology: The yin and yang of flowers and insects. Leaf drawings: Reading the lines of shapes, rosettes, and veins. Plant profiles/Portraits: Forms, elegance, asymmetries, balances, sizes of giants. Underground architectures: Root forms and the function of branching based on environments. Portraits of plant cells: Impact of environments, external stress, and gardening practices on plant cells. Led by Marlène Bourderon and Elodie Dubuisson. Travel reflections: Written, oral, and physical expressions of discoveries and emotions encountered. Facilitated by Stéphane Schler.
Part 2: Face-to-Face with Plants
The gardener’s psychology booth: A psychological test to find your companion plant with advice from Pépins production gardeners—no appointment needed! The pure nature fragrance counter: by Aurélie Dematons, Bureau du parfum. The beauty of plants in near-haikus: To write and hang in the garden, with Françoise Faury. Inspired by randomly drawn words, everyone is invited to write a concentrate of beauty.
► Return to the central desk. Presentation of the Vivaces Passport and collection of the gift.
Program subject to changes.
In co-production with La Villette, the association Pépins Production hosts the festival with the commitment and passion of its volunteers.
Practical information
Jardins passagers
Metro
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin station
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de Pantin station
Bus
Bus 75, 151 - Porte de Pantin stop
- Petite restauration sur place
- Plusieurs offres de restauration dans le parc avant ou après le spectacle, à découvrir ICI.
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