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Culture – Leisure | Touch, smell, taste these savages among us: festival of discoveries on the site of Bataville

Would you like a herbal tea? “I was told that I could eliminate 10% of the public”, jokes Thomas Ferrand, artist-botanist who takes his listeners on a walk entitled Wild Crossings. You will be able to follow it again this Sunday, August 30 at 10:30 a.m. on the Bataville site. The bucolic walk to the glory of weeds is included in the program of the Antipodes Festival , at the initiative of the Autonomous factory of actors , throughout the weekend.

In an old life, Thomas Ferrand was putting on shows. For five years, he has devoted himself to botany and takes amateurs on a discovery of local wild plants, to touch, smell and taste. Hops, sweet clover, blackthorn, with your feet in the grass, near the buildings of the old shoe factory, you will observe that “everything that goes with the mower or the brush cutter constitutes an immense heritage of plants that seem insignificant to us and are in fact remarkable treasures ”.

Under your soles

The 30-something works with chefs to adapt wild flavors to our culinary traditions. For two years, he ate wild plants every day in the Jura. “There are tropical flavors like pineapple, mango, grapefruit, cloves. The goal is to realize that you don’t need to go to South America or Asia to look for plants. There is everything you need under our soles. “Elderflowers, for example, are excellent in pies with apples. On the road to Lunéville, you have the tansy, yellow, which looks like the heart of a daisy. It is known to be toxic but I find it very good in chocolate shortbread cookies. “

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In the eyes of the Senegalese

From these wild crossings to that of the Atlantic Ocean, there are only two floors to climb. Sebastien Leban , independent photojournalist, captivates the eyes on the subject of the environment. He exhibits around thirty photographs of Saint-Louis and its sensitive waters. Senegal. His work consists of immortalizing and showing the consequences of climate change on the earth and the populations. After trips to the United States, Africa, the Netherlands, the Maldives, he plans to go to Bangladesh and the Mer de Glace.

The thirty-something works for the press and a dozen titles such as The world , Release , Point , L’Express … He grew up between Thionville and Florange. In Moussey, young people know his approach well. He stayed there last year in residence to educate middle school students in the media. Take a detour through these colors of Senegal. The subject is strong, serious, but poignant in beauty, emotion, hope in the eyes of children.

The Antipodes Festival continues this Sunday, August 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Bataville site.

Find the photos of Sébastien Leban on his website https://www.sebastienleban.com


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