Through his artworks, Tadashi Kawamata tries to create or recreate the link between humans and places. His works are almost always ephemeral and made of wood, leeching off of already existing architecture in its tiniest interstices, invading landscapes to better reveal them. Through the very simplicity of his fetish material and its infinite building potential, he shines a light on the identity of these places, as well as the fragility of precariousness of the human world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Nantes, Tadashi Kawamata designed the Belv\u00e9d\u00e8re de l\u2019Hermitage. This work is made entirely of wood, and opens onto a long, narrow footbridge that is slightly sloped and surrounded by high fences. In doing so, it offers a framed perspective of the sky and river. This rectilinear and stable path continues to extend without the fences, then hangs, cantilevered above the cliff. From this dizzying height, visitors step towards the void and discover the unobstructed view of the city and river.
Literally inside the landscape, they see a chaotic mess of beams underneath the planking that clings to the side of the cliff and is reminiscent of the round, delicate shape of a swallow\u2019s nest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to blend in with the landscape, Kawamata has chosen two types of wood: Bilinga, an exotic wood for the supporting structure, and pressure-treated grey larch for the deck, fencing and meshing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The footbridge is 2.8 metres wide and 36 metres long, 10 metres of which hang over the cliff almost 20 metres off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tadashi Kawamata was born in 1953 in Hokkaido, Japan. He lives and works in Tokyo and Paris. He is represented by Galerie Kamel Mennour (Paris). Tadashi Kawamata has created in situ works worldwide, one of which is L\u2019Observatoire in Lavau-sur-Loire, a permanent work and part of the Estuaire Nantes Saint-Nazaire collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This work also gives visitors the chance to follow the green line all the way to Chantenay and discover the six newly constructed belv\u00e9d\u00e8res by Nantes M\u00e9tropole. You can also go from the nearby Mus\u00e9e Jules-Verne, the Plan\u00e9tarium, and Square Marcel-Schwob to Delphine Coindet\u2019s piece at the Parc des Oblates, or even Galerie Le Rayon vert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Completed thanks to the support of GALEO, Project Partner.
Project management: Nantes M\u00e9tropole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 15\/01\/2020 to 19\/03\/2020 : from 9h30 AM to 17h45 PM
From 20\/03\/2020 to 22\/10\/2020 : from 9h30 AM to18h45 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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