2nd Summer Holiday Workshop 2011 Main Theme: The relation between Sense-Perceptional Qualities and Interpretation ( Environmental Aesthetics)
| Place: | Lieurac France |
| Start date: | Saturday 13, August 2011 |
| End date: | Saturday 20, August 2011 |
| Times: | 7.30 - 21.30 Last day ends 12.30 |
| Price: |
2nd Summer Workshop (13-20 August) will focus on Sense-Perceptional Qualities & Interpretation (Environmental Aesthetics) within the landscape.
See http://regarding-landscapes.com/workshop-summer-sense-perception-conciousness.html
During this week we could explore the following questions and thoughts;
What do you see within the landscape and why do you experience some things as beautiful? Or is that just in your mind?
We will explore the senses and what they reveal to us and their relation to our thinking and feeling within the context of the landscape.
What do your sense organs tell you?
In how far is what you observe determined by the way you think?
Why do you enjoy certain landscapes and is this only a subjective experience?
Why is walking in nature a health giving activity?
In which way are you related to the landscape from the viewpoint of the above aspects?
Provisional program
Detailed Program (pdf)
Day 1) Arrival and introducing each other. Settling in and have a swim. Evening meal. Evening session 'What is landscape?
Day 2) Introduction to 'Legible Landscape'. Excursion and practice session around the area of Lac Montbel, a large artificial lake with good views all around over the foothills of the Pyrenees. Evening session 'The plant and its environment'
Day 3) Excursion through the Gorges de la Frau (a botanical paradise) to Comus and have practice session in an isolated valley in the mountains. Evening session: Presentation "Background to 'Legible Landscape'
Day 4) Excursion to Plateau du Sault or Montaillou and practice session. Evening session:Other Phenomenological approaches to landscape.
Day 5) Excursion to Col de Pailheres (2000m, by car!), a high plateau in the middle of the Pyrenees or we can go to the 'End of the World' around Lake Soulcem, which lies deep into the mountains. In both places we could join the horses and cattle. Evening session 'Aesthetics as a new way of acquiring knowledge based on experience'.
Day 6) Excursion to Puivert, a small village with a 'Troubadour' castle on the edge of a fairly high plateau with a pattern of agriculture fields, or we can go to Roquefixade, a small village on the edge of a fairly high ridge with a castle ruin, overlooking a vast pastoral landscape. Have 'Practice' session. Evening session:Presentation 'History of Landscape Painting'
Day 7) Excursion to Carcassonne, a restored medieval town, situated among the vineyards. Go out for a meal and return via Fanjaux, small village over looking a vast valley, stretching from Bordeaux to Narbonne
Day 8) Evaluation and small excursion to Montsegur with coffee before we say "bye, bye" to each other.
Costs; Max 400 euros, this workshop is ideal for students and young people as we will be camping. Tents provided. If we are with a large group, we will either give a reduction or provide somebody to cook for us.
We planned to camp on a small peaceful camping near a lake, but if required we can acquire a holiday house or an auberge/hotel, which will be resp 100 to 150 euros/pp extra. We need to know in advance what is needed, so please inquire early.
Lieurac
For further Information
Adriaan Luijk
Le Fort
09300 Lieurac
France
Tel; 0033 (0)5 61 05 27 60
Email: adriaan(a@)regarding-landscapes.com
