Silex Day

Sunday, September 20: VAREILLES (89) – Silex Day #7. From 3 pm to 8 pm at the Maquis de Vareilles. Program: 3 pm: Silexophone. Musician Gonzalo Campo will perform a 20-minute set on this unique instrument, which he designed and created with the help of Daniel Buthod-Ruffier in 2020 for the first Silex Day. He has since been developing its artistic and technical possibilities. 3:45 pm: Presentation of Silexomancy. Madame Catharina Silexia and her assistant Aurilex. Very exceptionally, for this 7th Silex Day, we will welcome renowned silexomancer Madame Catharina Silexia, a clairvoyant and crystal reader. She will answer all your questions, as well as some you haven’t even thought of. “Flint is powerful, the path of flint is long and sometimes sharp,” she said, before plunging back into deep meditation… 4:15 p.m.: Conference “Do Paleontologists Like Flint?” Jérémie Bardin, the silica in flint / the great silica cycle on Earth. The relationship between silicon and the living world. Theories on flint formation and how it relates to life. Exceptional fossilizations due to silicification and their contributions to understanding the living world. Jérémie Bardin, paleontologist at Sorbonne University and new resident of the Pays d’Othe. 5:15 p.m.: Silexomancy Session. 5:45 p.m.: Silexophone. 6:30 p.m.: Silexomancy Session. Exhibitors: Marianne Olry (jewelry), Philippe Duval (Le Musée Doux Dingue, sculptures), Dominique Masse (paintings), Photo Club de Villeneuve l’Archevêque (photos). Didier Guye’s delicious edible flints, and of course your collections, creations, and favorite flints that you’re dying to show us! Contact: contact@lemaquisdevareilles.fr – +33 (0)3 86 88 31 15