A microretreat. The Center for the Living Things is an ephemeral institution born of a reflection on the correlations between objects and nonhuman organisms. The specimens collected by the artist are abandoned objects that have become the habitats of various organisms. During the walk, the collected specimens will become part of the Botanical Garden, and will be handled in exactly the same way as the other plants in the garden.
Can an activity as mundane as a walk help us experience the city and its institutions in a different way? A series of excursions will be the opportunity to discuss and to look at the environment multidimensionally, both critically and affirmatively. Artists, experts and enthusiasts from various walks of life will take us on a series of expeditions to discover a new vision of the city. These loosely defined excursions will identify the various problems and possibilities that usually go unnoticed.
Micro-expeditions and microretreats
Can an activity as mundane as a walk help us experience the city and its institutions in a different way? A series of excursions will be the opportunity to discuss and to look at the environment multidimensionally, both critically and affirmatively. Artists, experts and enthusiasts from various walks of life will take us on a series of expeditions to discover a new vision of the city. These loosely defined excursions will identify the various problems and possibilities that usually go unnoticed.