Du sec \u00e0 l\u2019eau is a study book made by artist George Trakas in response to a commission issued by inhabitants\u00a0of the Lamelouze commune in the southern French region of Gard (north of Al\u00e8s).<\/p>\n
In response to the request to focus in particular on the accessibility of the river Galeizon to its inhabitants\u00a0and casual users, Trakas gives us a proposal to plot places and their history, paying attention to technical\u00a0details, but also to his perception of the Lamelouze community. His drawings are accompanied by texts\u00a0that evoke meetings made during his visit to Lamelouze in July 2016: the Vitez family, the forest enthusiasts\u00a0such as G\u00e9rard Boit and the Sentiers association with which a natural link around dance is established.<\/p>\n
Trakas\u2019 personality is revealed throughout the narrative thread: his generous approach, his artistic work,\u00a0between a cinematic and a choreographic approach \u2013 a recall of New York experiences in the 1970\u2019s\u00a0with dancers such as Simone Forti (invited to France by Sentiers in 2004), Yvonne Rainer, Deborah Hay and\u00a0Steve Paxton.<\/p>\n
Born in 1944 in Quebec, Trakas has lived and worked in New York since 1963. He was awarded a grant from the American\u00a0Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2017, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1982 and was named Doctor of Humane Letters by Emory\u00a0University in 2010. Trakas was a professor of Sculpture at Yale University for thirteen years. He participated in Documenta 6 and 8\u00a0in Kassel (1977 and 1987) and in the 39th Venice Biennale in 1980.<\/p>\n
Among his most notable emblematic, perennial works are, in the United States, Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Newtown Creek Water\u00a0Treatment Plant, Brooklyn, New York; Beacon Point, Dia Beacon; Berth Haven, Seattle, Washington; Source Route, Atlanta, Georgia;\u00a0Rock River Union, ArtPark, Lewiston, New York; Rhodes\u2019 Bridge, Katonah, New York; Isle of View, Amherst, Massachusetts,\u00a0and in Europe, Reconnections, Bellmulet, Ireland; Self Passage, Louisiana Museum, Denmark; Sentiero dell\u2019amore, Collezione Gori, Italy ;\u00a0Le Pont de l\u2019\u00c9p\u00e9e, centre d\u2019art Le Creux de l\u2019Enfer, Thiers and Quai des Trois-Dents, Pilat Regional Nature Park),\u00a0with art3\/Valence, France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[63],"product_tag":[],"product_author":[115],"class_list":["post-1072","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-artist-books","product_author-george-trakas-en","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"product_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captures-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_author?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}