Date | 6 June 14:00-16:00 | The Kitchen / Central Location |
Venue | The Kitchen / Central Location |
Price | Free |
Language | French |
Multidirectional dialogues: Small Seeds, Big Risks: GMOs 2.0 and the Challenge to Food Sovereignty
Alexandra Baumgartner (CH)
Climatologist and former Green National Councilor Valentine Python invites us to reflect on the promises — and dangers — of so-called “new generation” GMOs. Presented as miracle solutions to climate and food crises, these genomic techniques nonetheless raise many questions: do they truly serve sustainable agriculture, or do they reinforce an industrial model based on dependency and uniformity? How can we meet current seed needs in the face of the climate emergency, and navigate a landscape marked by increasingly complex challenges? This dialogue aims to deconstruct the narratives of technological innovation to refocus the debate on issues of diversity, peasant autonomy, and ecological justice — at the heart of food sovereignty.
Format & Participants
Guided tour of Alexandra Baumgartner’s photographic exhibition in Vevey with Valentine Python, Climatologist and scientific consultant. In French.
Alexandra Baumgartner is a Swiss-Italian visual artist whose research-led practice builds on photography and expands into sound, installation, performance, and gardening. Embracing complexity through diverse forms of storytelling, she explores the entangled relationships between humans and plants. Her work navigates the emotional and political realms of agro-biodiversity loss, resource management, food, and knowledge production. Alexandra develops long-term projects shaped by participatory experiences, site-specific interventions, and speculative thinking. Working closely with activists and practitioners, she co-creates transdisciplinary spaces for tasting, listening, learning, and sharing.
IG: @aaaalexandrabaumgartner
https://a-baumgartner.com/