{"id":2095,"date":"2020-04-07T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/?post_type=oeuvre&#038;p=2095"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:34:54","slug":"l-observatoire-tadashi-kawamata","status":"publish","type":"oeuvre","link":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/oeuvre\/l-observatoire-tadashi-kawamata\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Observatoire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/72340410\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Lavau, following the intensive public works of digging the channel and filling the Loire, the river withdrew, leaving a large swampland behind. Tadashi Kawamata offers a new view of the river by creating a trail leading to an observatory. At 40 cm (15 inches) off the ground, and 800 metres (half a mile) long, without any handrail, this walkway, which is linked to the village, allows visitors to experience a true immersion in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pathway of Tadashi Kawamata&#8217;s artwork is no longer accessible. After welcoming the public for nearly 18 years, this part of the artwork unfortunately can no longer be restored and will be dismantled soon. <em>The Observatory <\/em>remains open: you can now reach this viewpoint over the landscape and the river by taking a nearby paved pat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To design his projects, Tadashi Kawamata begins with an attentive study of a given site (history, geography, lifestyle). He often constructs a bridge \u2013 a link between past and present, between one population and another \u2013 which he builds out of wood, his fetish material. He then creates a working community, a .melting pot. of people from the village and foreign students, which is just as important as the work itself, for its creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kawamata.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"587\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kawamata.gif\" alt=\"Kawamata\" class=\"wp-image-969\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tadashikawamata.com\/\">www.tadashikawamata.com<\/a> \u2014 A round-trip route of approximately 2 km leads from the car park to the <em>Observatory<\/em>. Surfaces may be slippery depending on weather conditions. Access is via a spiral staircase. A tactile experience is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is an elevated viewpoint on the first floor of the observatory, featuring an open-work railing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work created has been designed as part of the public procurement of the ministry of Culture and Communication \u2013 DRAC (Regional Direction of cultural affairs) of the Pays de la Loire, in collaboration with Le Conservatoire du Littoral and le Plan Loire grandeur nature, thanks to financial support from the EDF Fondation for the EDF group, Official Partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lavau, following the intensive public works of digging the channel and filling the Loire, the river withdrew, leaving a large swampland behind. Tadashi Kawamata offers a new view of the river by creating a trail leading to an observatory. At 40 cm (15 inches) off the ground, and 800 metres (half a mile) long, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":408,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre\/2095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oeuvre"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/408"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre\/2095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre\/2095\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estuaire.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}