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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Dear Spectrites,</span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Sometimes you have the
opportunity to be able to
experiment your ideas. Sometimes you have the opportunity to
work with wonderful
creative people you always dreamt to work with.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Today, I am truly and
deeply happy to release the <i>"Theater
of Vegetal Appreciation"</i>, at the intersection of online
and on site,
of digital and paper, and with pop ups!</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">All infos below</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">All the Best</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Annick Bureaud</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font
color="red"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Avenir Book";" lang="EN-US">Theater of Vegetal
Appreciation</span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font
color="red"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.olats.org/theater-of-vegetal-appreciation/">https://www.olats.org/theater-of-vegetal-appreciation/</a></span></font></p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Avenir
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">If
you look closely, you
will see the snail on the cut up page on the box and discover it
again in one
of the story, in pictures, writing and pop up. You can also
discover it online together
with all the stories that compose <i>Theater of Vegetal
Appreciation.</i></span></p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Avenir
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Theater of Vegetal Appreciation*</span></i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> is a
hybrid publication on paper and online that is part of the
"Roots &
Seeds XXI. Biodiversity Crisis and Plant Resistance" project. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">It is based on the contributions —notebooks
sketches and writings—,
podcasts, photographs and exchanges produced by the participants
to the
workshop "Cartography of a Garden" that took place in the near
suburb
of Paris on September 30th and October 1st 2021, cut,
reassembled and woven
together in stories.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">The online publication is available on the
Leonardo/Olats website for
all to browse and read in a free and hypertexted way: </span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.olats.org/theater-of-vegetal-appreciation/">https://www.olats.org/theater-of-vegetal-appreciation/</a></span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN"><b>The printed publication
</b>takes the form of a box containing 9 booklets that unfold to
reveal the stories
that can be read in a combinatory manner. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN">This publication, designed
by Etienne Mineur, is shown during exhibitions and special
events. Its debut is
at<b> Ars Electronica Sept 7 -11 2022.</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN">Come and see us!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://rootsandseedsxxi.eu/roots-seeds-xxi-closing-event-in-ars-electronica-7th-11th-september-2022/">https://rootsandseedsxxi.eu/roots-seeds-xxi-closing-event-in-ars-electronica-7th-11th-september-2022/</a></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Credits & Captions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">General concept and editor: Annick Bureaud</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Paper publication concept and realisation:
Etienne Mineur</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Online publication: Jérôme Foubert</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Professional photographer to the workshop:
Quentin Chevrier</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Card deck graphic designer: Perrine Serre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Podcasts sound designer: Jean-Yves Leloup</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">*Title borrowed from Laura Cinti's
contribution</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Contribution material from: Karine Bonneval
(Bo), Annick Bureaud (Bu),
Lucie Campagnolo (Ca), Quentin Chevrier (Ch), Laura Cinti (Ci),
Kim Doan Quoc
(Qu), Eva Figueras Ferrer (Fi), Teresa Garnatje Roca (Ga),
Lauranne Germond
(Ge), Tatiana Kourochkina (Ko), Loïc Le Noan (Len), Kristina
Maurer (Ma), Marit
Mihklepp (Mi), Sophie Nadot (Na), Cyrille Prestianni (Pr), Mar
Redondo Arolas
(Re), Meredith Root-Bernstein (Ro), Marc-André Selosse (Se),
Perrine Serre
(Se), Jean-Luc Soret (So), Anaïs Tondeur (To), Joan Vallès Xirau
(Va).</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">"Roots & Seeds XXI. Biodiversity Crisis
and Plant
Resistance" is an international cooperation project between Quo
Artis (ES)
as lead partner, Ars Electronica (AT), Leonardo/Olats (FR),
University of
Barcelona (ES) and in collaboration with the Botanical Institute
of Barcelona.
It is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European
Union.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US">Leonardo/Olats received the support of the
Daniel and Nina Carasso
Foundation.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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EN-US" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US" lang="EN-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.olats.org/roots-and-seeds-xxi/">https://www.olats.org/roots-and-seeds-xxi/</a> -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://rootsandseedsxxi.eu/">https://rootsandseedsxxi.eu/</a></span></p>
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