Gilles Clément

Artistic Creation

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08 Dec
09 Feb
Lectures
Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.
 
 
 
 
24 May
01 Jun
Seminar
From 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
 
 
 
 
Gilles Clément, Professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage (ENSP) in Versailles.

My professional practice integrates a global approach that includes design and creation of landscapes and gardens, writing and publication of related texts, and educational programs on this practice. The latter include conferences and exhibits, but also a "landscape project"-based course in an educational context, more specifically at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage in Versailles.

During my time at the Collège de France, I will present a synthesis of my teaching by referring to field experiences through a series of images directly related to the theme under discussion. As a result, this will be an image-based course...

 
 
 
 

Lectures

Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.

First lecture: December 8, 2011

Last lecture: February 9, 2012

The last lecture will start at 5:00 p.m.

 
 
 
 
December 8
The Garden in Movement.
Design in situ. Do the most by disturbing energies already present the least.
December 15
The Planetary Garden.
The dawn of ecology and sharing a common good.
January 5
Third landscape
Abandoned spaces, welcoming diversity that has been eliminated everywhere else.
January 12
Sharing the signature.
The role of art.
January 19
Form and information.
Formal composition and biological composition.
January 26
Reading nature.
Classification, logical ordering; communication, cultural choices.
February 2
Economics and landscapes.
From natural genius to the recyclable town: landscape as the reflection of an economic model.
February 9 at 5 p.m.
Cosmology and landscape.
The impact of the imagination on shaping, management, and the poetics of the planetary garden.
 
 
 
 

Seminars

Economies / cosmologies face rising ecology

Thursday, May 24, 2012. From 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Collège de France - Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre
11, place Marcelin-Berthelot - Paris 5e
Philippe DESCOLA, Professor at Collège de France
Frédéric POUSIN, Researcher at the ENSP of Versailles
Gilles TIBERGHIEN, Philosopher

 

Friday, June 1, 2012. From 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Musée du quai Branly - Théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss
37, quai Branly - Paris 7e
Thierry LAVERNE, Landscape designer
Nicolas GILSOUL, Landscape designer, Architect (France and Belgium)
Cyrille MARLIN, Landscape designer (Japan and France)

 
 
 
 

Inaugural lecture

Gardens, Landscape, and “Natural Genius”

December 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

Collège de France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre
11, place Marcelin Berthelot
75005 Paris