For over thirty years, Swiss artist Cornelia Hesse Honegger has scoured the surroundings of nuclear power plants worldwide to observe and chronicle the consequences of "low-level" radioactivity, as well as nuclear disasters, such as Chernobyl and Fukushima, on local fauna and flora. A direct descendant of the naturalists, she studies insects under a microscope, precisely inventories her samples and paints watercolors of mutant organisms that she encounters, freaks that result from human folly. Her work is striking, as much for the delicate brushwork as for the implication that "low-level" radioactivity—emitted by regularly functioning nuclear plants—has significant effects on living organisms. The scope of her practice is political and makes her a whistleblower.
matali crasset
The exhibition features work from four geographical locations: La Hague (France), Three Mile Island (USA), Chernobyl (Ukraine) and Gösgen (Switzerland).
With the support of Pro Helvetia, Swiss arts foundation.
Dates
2 to 4 June
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
7 to 11 June
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
12 to 16 June
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
14 to 18 June
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
21 to 25 June
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
28 June to 2 July
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
5 to 9 July
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
19 to 23 July
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
26 to 30 July
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
2 to 6 August
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
2 to 6 August
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
9 to 13 August
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
16 to 20 August
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
23 to 27 August
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
30 August to 3 September
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
6 to 10 September
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
13 to 17 September
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
20 to 24 September
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
27 September to 1 October
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
4 to 8 October
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
11 to 15 October
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
18 to 22 October
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
1 to 5 November
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
8 to 12 November
Les Abattoirs, Musée — Frac Occitanie Toulouse
