Las Mitocondria Brings 'Botànica Domèstica / Herbario Nuovo' to Universitat de València's La Nau

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• 'Botànica Domèstica / Herbario Nuovo' runs until 22 November at the Centre Cultural La Nau of the Universitat de València
• The exhibition occupies the Sala Oberta and the cloister of La Nau in Valencia
• Las Mitocondria comprises visual artist María Ángeles Vila Tortosa and choreographer Alicia Herrero Simón, collaborating since 2008
• The project stems from historic herbaria in the Universitat de València collections, notably Castore Durante's 16th-century 'Herbario Novo'
• Illustrations of the 'Herbario Novo' have sometimes been attributed to Isabella Parasole, without definitive confirmation
• Vila uses charcoal, pastel, engraving, monotype and writing to reinterpret the treatise's plants
• The performance 'Radicum', directed by Alicia Herrero Simón, involves 30 women of different generations
• The project is inspired by the 'Wood Wide Web' concept of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard
• The performance is produced with the Conservatori Superior de Dansa de València Nacho Duato, Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny d'Alcoi, Institut de Dansa Educocreativa i Social and Ajuntament de Xàtiva
• Works include 'Musa', 'Ombilico di Venere', the video 'Cuidados' (2019) and 'Erbario domestico' with over one hundred plant elements
• A seminar on magical-medicinal plants takes place on 17 November at La Nau
• The seminar is organized by the Associazione Internazionale Aromas Itinerarium Salutis, responsible for the 'European Route of Historic Pharmacies and Medicinal Gardens', a Council of Europe Cultural Route