The space curvature

This photograph was taken in the Lauragais region (Tarn, Occitanie). It shows a field whose slope reflects the local relief. It's an opportunity to examine the curvature of our Earth, its division into parcels whose contours and curvature define the main axis of ploughing, sowing and harvesting. Read more ...

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The space curvature

Within a space of limited size - a museum, an art gallery, it is customary to stand straight, to look straight ahead and to move in a straight line - precisely where our gaze is fixed. Increase the surface area of the space in which you evolve - dive in the heart of nature for example, and you will measure the constant adaptation that the curvature of space imposes on our body, on our mind as well : beachfront, looking straight ahead amounts to gaze the sky, to probe the void in some sort; in mountain areas, remaining constantly right sometimes requires a real balancing act; in all cases, moving in a straight line supposes to marry the local curvature of space, that is, to follow arcs of circles. This size increase is accompanied by the loss of our usual, societal markers. For this reason, men have divided the world into plots whose contours and curvature define the main axis of plowing, sowing and harvesting - i.e., a set of meridians always parallel ...

The division of the Lauragais into parcels

Photo Infos

Photographic conditions : Sigma DP3 Quattro - F/16 - 1/10 sec - ISO 100
Development tool of the photograph : SIGMA Photo Pro 6.3.3
Optimization of the display : 180 px/in + MozJPEG

Keywords : the local space curvature, dividing the world into plots, meridians and parallels, Lauragais, Tarn

Associated PhotoGraphism

This photograph of a field in the Lauragais region (Occitanie) under a threatening sky led to the creation of a photographism entitled « Si Turner m'était conté ... ». This photographism offers a diffuse vision of this flamboyant landscape, similar in many ways to some of William Turner's paintings.

This photographism is an integral part of an exhibition entitled « PhotoGraphism : Crossed Views » which was presented to the public on three occasions: in 2019 at the Galerie Dominique C. of the Château d'Auriac sur Vendinelle and at the Château des Ducs de Joyeuse in Couiza, in 2021 at the GET Cultural Center in Revel.

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