{"id":2697,"date":"2017-06-23T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T14:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a-demeure.org\/production\/george-trakas-a-lamelouze-gard\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T16:35:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T16:35:29","slug":"george-trakas-in-lamelouze-gard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-demeure.org\/production\/en\/george-trakas-in-lamelouze-gard\/","title":{"rendered":"George Trakas in Lamelouze (Gard)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Du sec \u00e0 l’eau (Dry to Wet)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The village of Lamelouze, situated in the Galeizon valley north of Al\u00e8s, is part of the C\u00e9vennes National Park. Many professional and cultural associations are located there, with whom the municipality keeps a close partnership.<\/p>\n

In 2009, the commune invited the Sentiers<\/em> association to carry out artistic experiments on 14 hectares of communal land, situated between the 11th<\/sup> century church of Sainte-C\u00e9cile and the Galeizon river. The former landowner had begun a forestry operation and created an arboretum.<\/p>\n

On the initiative of several residents, the Sentiers<\/em> association and the Lamelouze Commune asked Georges Trakas to design a practical work for this space, which offers the only public access to the river. The request is part of a desire to enhance the land and its landscape, and its quality as a common space in the geographic and social organisation of the commune so that it is \u201crecognised\u201d by all \u2013 Lamelouze residents as well as occasional users.<\/p>\n

After a visit in August 2015, George Trakas wrote, \u201cI felt the project was destined for me. The commission appealed to me and it was right, because I fell in love with the locals and their history.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a second stay during summer 2016, acting on his initial intuitions and observations, George Trakas proposed a path to access the Galeizon as well as a simple installation between the arboretum and the river.<\/p>\n

A study book combining texts and drawings was published by Captures \u00e9ditions. It retraces the artist\u2019s reflection \u2013 related to his career and works \u2013 his approach guided by the human dimension of places. The selection of George Trakas\u2019 drawings and technical data for the creation of Du sec \u00e0 l\u2019eau <\/em> (Dry to Wet) offers a pragmatic and poetic approach to the commissioned work.<\/p>\n\n\t\t