Un projet d'envergure débute actuellement à l'abbaye de Bon-Repos, à Saint-Gelven. Les 27 élèves de cycle 3 de l'école publique de Gouarec sont les principaux acteurs de la résidence pédagogique de Peter Johnson, photographe caurélois.
Il va leur prodiguer ses conseils avertis pour réaliser une exposition de photographies de l'abbaye et de son environnement, qui sera exposée à l'abbaye, puis à la galerie Trémel de Gouarec, la mairie, la maison Saint-Joseph pour finir à l'IUFM de Saint-Brieuc.
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The cloisters Bon Repos
Prints applied to canvas 80 cms x 80cms |
« Rencontre Artistique : un autre regard sur le patrimoine »
“Lets replace the eyes of the artist, by the eyes of 27 children.”
An artist, in collaboration with a group of childen, will create two photographic art works. One will be virtual, a Microsoft Photosynth, The second material, a photographic mosaic. Both works will examine the heritage of The Abbey Bon Repos and its site.
"In a place one photograph captures an instant of time in space and is mono-directional".
In the same place, several photographs each capturing instances of time, in different spaces will, when put together, create an image that will be multi-directional.
Using a group with equipped cameras will give the artist an opportunity to explore place, time and space, replacing his eyes with those of the group.
The digital images collected from the group’s participation will result in two or three works.
One virtual which will make use of technology freely available on the Internet, Mirosoft’s “Photosynth” this will create a three dimensional model of the Abbey Bon Repos. It will remain on the Internet, accessible to the public on “Bing Maps” When linked to the Abbey’s web site it will serve as a virtual tour and be a useful tool of discovery and communication.
In all, three Photosynths of the Abbaye Bon Repos were created, they can be seen here
The Photosynths
The second material, photographic mosaics "Les Cloîtres"
Prints applied to four canvases 40 cms x 40 cms
"The exterior, no rules" Prints applied to perspex 1m x 1m
"The Site of Bon Repos"
Prints applied to perspex 1m x 2m
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Anna, one of the series of 9 photos
from the the large mosaic 1m x 2m
containing 270 similar mosaics. |
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On Monday the 2nd April 2012 27 children spaced at intervals of 10 metres took a series of nine photographes, they were moved forward ten metres and repeated the series. This was to be repeated ten times. The result was over 3000 photos which I had to sort, assemble by series of 9 for each of the 27 childen, and then print on to water colour paper, The mosaics were then cut out and glued by the children to the perspex in vertical lines. Each vertical line recreates the path each child took as they moved across the site.
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| the site at l'abbaye de Bon-Repos, Saint-Gelven. inks on paper applied to perspex 1mx2m |
Peter Johnson
