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Art, body, science got born as the artistic residency of Leonardo Montecchia at the University of Montpellier, in 2015. He created and facilitated these workshops to explore the question of movement. This specific theme is questioned through various exercises of body practice and directed by artists and researchers.
In 2022, one day of Art, body and science was dedicated to the body, to movement and to artistic and scientific exploration of the issue of health. Here, movement is used as a conduit for knowledge: the body becomes a space for experimentation, experience and reflection on the following questions: is movement a tool for healing or well-being?; does physical activity reduce fatigue?; mobile or immobile sickness: what difference(s)?
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Art, body, science days in evolution and transformation: In 2016, 4 such workshops had been offered in the first semester. During the 2017-2018 academic year, these meetings were renewed and requested by the staff of the University of Montpellier as well as by students, for numbers of 10 to 25 people per meeting. In addition to that, two meetings were relocated to Paris in March 2018. By mutual agreement between the art & culture department and Leonardo Montecchia to continue to develop these encounters, a new format has been implemented for the 2018-2019 academic year as a full day of experience. The number of meetings is reduced to two per semester, but they are spread out over one day, hence the name "Research/Movement Days". Thanks to these changes, the topics covered are more in-depth and the fields of research cross more, thanks to an increase in the number of speakers.