A journey into the living knowledge of the forest

​'A journey into the living knowledge of the forest' begins with a seed and unfolds as a sensorial journey through the greenhouses of Zurich's Botanical Garden, exploring the dialogue between Indigenous and scientific ways of knowing the forest.

Developed through an ongoing collaboration between the Cámara-Leret research group at the University of Zurich, Indigenous communities of the Amazon—Armando Nacimiento and Victoria Angel Ruiz of the Tikuna people from San Martín de Amacayacu—and artists Antoine Bertin and Cristina Tarquini, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on what it means to know a forest—and what is lost when this knowledge disappears.

The project will be introduced during Lange Nacht der Museen on Saturday 5 September 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland, offering a first encounter through a public conversation and special preview.

The immersive audio walk through Zurich's Botanical Garden will open to the public from 6-13 September 2026.

'A journey into the living knowledge of the forest' is supported by the Agora grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation.