CHICORY UNPACKED is an art and science film essay by Marille Hahne and Jill Scott and inspired by an artist-in-residence experience in four labs of the CHIC EU Project. In this experience we learnt about biochemical research into the health and medicinal benefits of plants. The major example in this film is based on chicory (Cichorium Intybus), and the film can also be seen as an analogy for other plants with similar health and medical compounds. The film consists of three parts: “Cultivating Plants”, “Understanding Plants” and “Editing Plants” and each section can be watched separately. In both, art and science, communication about the future of plants and food needs unique ways to inform the audience about the health benefits of secondary compounds. This creative film approach encourages the understanding of what we eat, biochemistry research, our microbiome, and the medicinal and health potentials of plant molecules in the future.
