Description
“At first glance, this watershed already had a metaphorical resonance for us, beyond geographical reality, like a giant ridge extending across France, a ridge from which the Atlantic and the Mediterranean meet. would reveal on the horizon. But neither the line nor the horizon are so clear in reality. It is this relationship between the feeling of being there and the desire to see that we wanted to materialize with the Mires. » Gilles CLEMENT and the Landscape Workshop THERE IS
Fleet Firm Sights
When it spreads out on the horizon, moving away on several successive planes where juices and mountain ranges mingle, the watershed is only readable by geographers. Because it allows you to see and be seen, Gilles Clément, assisted by the landscape workshop IL Y A (Marion Soulairol and Vincent Prévost), imagined a perception device playing on optics.
Located on six belvedere sites, places chosen for the unique and original point of view they offer, the Mires offer an original immersion in the landscape and allow us to better understand the role of the line in its formation.
Inspired by surveyors' survey techniques, the device is designed as a poetic transposition of measuring instruments as well as a diversion from the classic orientation table. It consists of a sighting scale, topped by a frame at eye level, and a set of sights with an average height of 7 meters, whose colored pointers at the top point to the passage of the line. Worked in raw chestnut wood, these elements assume their own presence which beckons in the landscape, while being intimately linked to their context.
Production: 2017-2018. Manufacture of Stones and Wood (Largentière). Installation: Leyris Company (Payzac)
Landscape workshop THERE IS
The IL Y A landscape workshop, based in Nîmes, operates in the fields of land planning, from gardens to large landscapes. It brings together two landscape designers, Marion Soulairol and Vincent Prévost, from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles-Marseille.
Marion Soulairol followed artistic training in applied arts and fine arts, then in landscape planning techniques. His approach to space is mainly anchored in Mediterranean landscapes and combines his plastic sensitivity with careful observation of the human and plant components of the site.
Vincent Prévost, for his part, studied philosophy, then practiced stone cutting, before turning to the landscape which he experiences like an open-air workshop. His career leads him to be interested in both morphological and conceptual aspects of lived and shaped space.
Where to find them?
The Mires sites are accessible by car (with a small pedestrian approach) except that of Pra Clauzel (Saint Laurent les Bains Laval d'Aurelle) on the GR(c)7.
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From North to south :
Mont Chiniac: in the heart of St-Agrève. Parking can be done at the top of Mont Chiniac.
La Roche Pointue: on the D274 linking Croix de Peccata to the village of Chaudeyrolles. Access possible via the GR(c)7
Ferme de Flotte: at the foot of Mont Gerbier-de-Jonc. The site is accessible on foot from the end of the Gerbier-de-Jonc car park: the signposted access path is located opposite the D116 towards Sainte Eulalie. topoguide)
Pra Pouzol: on the GR(c)7. Access on foot from the D289 between Burzet and Sagnes-et-Goudoulet.
Suc du Montat (St Etienne-de-Lugdarès): access on foot from the D239 between Bez and Croix de Bauzon. Signposted access. Les Mires are located on a slope hosting an electric relay (antenna visible from a distance) on the opposite side of Col du Pendu.
Pra Clauzel: access on foot via the GR(c)7 from the village of Saint Laurent les Bains Laval d'Aurelle or from Notre-Dame des Neiges Abbey. topoguide
Opening
All year, every day.
Prices
| Free access. |
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