Camille Neff

Camille Neff is a scenographer, exhibition installer, and mount maker. She applies her expertise to the enhancement of artworks and collections. A graduate of the École Boulle, she works with her hands, seeking discreet and aesthetically pleasing technical solutions to showcase objects. She contributes to the materialization and realization of scenographic and museographic projects.

She has collaborated on numerous exhibitions, notably for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet, the MNHI, and the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine. In 2022, she co-founded Atelier MASC with three other partners— a company specializing in the production of museum supports, museum consulting, and preventive conservation.

The project

Title: Slithering Cures. Snakes and Venoms in South India. Giving Shape to the Multiple Conceptions of Snakes and Their Venom.

"Slithering Cures is a traveling exhibition that explores the diverse perceptions of snakes and their venom. It sheds light on the experiences of envenomation victims, the analyses of biologists and herpetologists, the role of pharmaceutical industries in the production of antivenom serums, and the expertise of marginalized communities specializing in venom collection for industrial use.

By bringing together these various actors in a collaborative investigation and restitution process (through objects, images, and sounds), the project seeks to make tangible the interactions between humans, animals, and the environment. It also aims to highlight the often-overlooked contributions of certain groups, particularly Adivasi communities in India and animal populations, within industrial societies.

Led by an international and multidisciplinary team, the project integrates expertise from molecular biology to anthropology, as well as visual arts and scenography."