SUMMER EXHIBITION

ARBORETUM – OUR WORLD MADE OF WOOD

DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET

Wood has been a close companion of humans since the beginning, in all cultures, nomadic or sedentary, and from the North to the South Pole. Our idea of wood may have changed over time, but since time immemorial we have lived in symbiosis with wood and continuously developed its possibilities for our purposes.

This exhibition explores how we have used wood, what wood can do and how we perceive it. Boisbuchet’s own history, as the name suggests, is also based on wood. Today, this place is in many ways an arboretum: a living collection of different woods and therefore of ways to shape the world.

Curating: Kester Farrell, Mathias Schwartz-Clauss
Installation: Paul Eaton, Julie Eaton, Julian Gresham, Jean Haag, Sasha Leon, Étienne Mareschal
Graphics: Digvijay Shukla
Communication: Pablo Sevilla

Thanks to:

Philippe et Léo d’Hémery et le Domaine de l’Abrègement, Bioussac
Gilles Ebersolt
la Fondation de l’entreprise Martell
Guillermo Gil
The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU)
Luce Leclerc et l’association Dame Forêt, Saint-Maurice-des-Lions
Olivier Leroi
Étienne Mareschal
Eric Orvain
ICD Institute for Computational Design and Construction / Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
Samy Rio
Louis Segré et Gamory Cycles, Saint-Maurice-des-Lions
Franca Spielmann
Deidi von Schaewen
Alexander von Vegesack
Hadrien Venat et l’antiquaire La bonne Étoile, Confolens

With the kind support of