Negpos looks at the city of Nîmes following the stories of water

Laurence Charrié explore l'étrangeté des circuits de l'eau.

A collective exhibition presented by the NegPos gallery, the result of long-term work around the city of Nîmes.

With its group Regards sur la ville, the NegPos photo gallery has been carrying out long-term work on Nîmes and its evolution for years, both artistic and documentary. With "Histoire d'eau", the photographers focus on this vital and structuring element, discreet and capricious. 

It all starts at the Fontaine gardens, with the photos of Marcelle Boyer, who scrutinizes the details, the reflections, the transparencies, for almost abstract compositions. It suggests the millennial presence of man observing the nourishing source…

"A novel of the future"

Since then, the water paths have taken more modern routes. With his severe black and white panoramas, Fabrice Jurquet explores the hydraulic projects carried out to protect the city from flooding. In these gigantic and strange environments, he seeks "a romance of the future" of a city which reconnects with the monumental constructions of Antiquity. 

Water sometimes takes lesser-known paths. Gérard Jeanjean follows his arrival in Nîmes via the Bas-Rhône canal, playing with geometries in a tradition of objectivist photography. This water then ends up in the fields for irrigation. Chantal Auriol scrutinizes the emergence of pipes in the middle of the greenery, curious commas punctuating the shrinking agricultural landscape. Pipes, tubes, valves allow this water to travel, thanks to systems that Laurence Charrié photographs to highlight its strangeness. 

Patrice Loubon looks at the forgotten story of "The Girl with the Kid" by Marcel Courbier.

Patrice Loubon takes a step aside. He also turns to the gardens of La Fontaine, to unearth the forgotten story of "The Girl with the Kid”, through a photo taken by his grandfather, a 3D print, the work of Gérard Lattier, archives or the photos of Hervé Collignon during his last mutilation. Admired, Marcel Courbier's sculpture represented a young girl, who had been shorn and executed during the Liberation for collaboration.  

Until January 31. Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. Negpos, 1 cours Nemausus, Nîmes. Free. 09 75 20 95 89.

Exhibition, meeting and screening

The NegPos gallery continues its research around architecture and urban planning with ArtXiNîmes #2. Until January 31. Opening Wednesday January 10, 4 p.m. NegPos Makerspace, 34 Newton Drive. 

Negpos also offers a series of meetings with Patrick Zachmann, photographer at Magnum, for "Un pezzo di papà". This sensitive film is a dialogue between the black and white photos of one of Patrick Zachmann's first reports (1982) on Andrea Mormile, a Neapolitan anti-mafia police officer and murderer. by the Camorra, and the color filmed images of his reunion with his family and the city of Naples 35 years later. Screening Saturday January 13, 11 a.m. at Sémaphore à Nîmes. Dedication to 5 p.m. and screening à 6:30 p.m. at Méjan à Arles. Then screening Sunday January 14, 3:30 p.m. at the Capitole à Uzès.