Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Colour attracts, warns, conceals. It bursts across the surface of butterfly wings, magnifies flower petals, takes hold of tree bark and transforms certain foliage as the seasons pass. But what do we r... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS The root is first and foremost thought of as that which slips away. It escapes the eye as much as it resists definition. A plant organ, of course, through which the plant anchors itself, absorbs and e... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Even in the most ordinary experience of life, energy never appears as a concept. It first manifests itself as a sensation: the momentum running through a body in motion, the vigour of a plant breaking... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Animals have never ceased to inhabit our imagination, thought, science and art. Our relationship with them is a story without beginning or end, made of shared daily life, feigned ignorance and shared ... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS If, since Antiquity, the vine has held a singular place in the landscapes, imaginations and symbolism of human societies, it is because it is not a plant like any other. Through its climbing growth, t... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS There are words that resonate within us like ancient echoes, ancestral reminiscences: “forest” is one of them. The forest is not merely a collection of trees, a teeming ecosystem, a green lung; it is ... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Where children's stories grow, at the edge of a clearing or behind a bramble hedge, a garden may appear. An enclosed, ordered, sometimes rewilded space, it is the place where the marvellous takes root... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Subtle and powerful, scent is an invisible imprint that shapes our memories, our emotions and our perception of the world. From the delicate fragrance of the undergrowth after rain to the sweetness of... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Far from being limited to recipes and repetitive gestures, gastronomy is a cultural expression in its own right, reflecting the universal need to feed oneself and the desire to belong to a group, and ... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Themes Two days to reflect on nature One theme for two days of intellectual delight with exceptional guests. Three lectures, a round table, informal discussion sessions, a meeting with an artist, a vi... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS No one doubts the perfection of flowers, so much does the eye delight in contemplating them, so much do they mark our mythologies and our coats of arms, inhabit nature and the garden, serve pharmacy a... 11 Jul 2026
Conversations under the Tree ALTAIS, Administrator ALTAIS Human interest in the sounds of nature goes back to the origins of humanity. The oral traditions of early societies bear witness to it, abounding as they do in birdsong, rustling leaves and murmuring ... 11 Jul 2026
