British artist Simon Patterson has transformed the house where Wilfred Owen spent his last night - La Maison Forestière in Northern France - into a 'commemorative space' to pay tribute to the poet Photography: Simon Patterson

1918年，英国战争诗人威尔弗雷德欧文(WilfredOwen)在奥尔斯村附近的拉米森森林(laMaisonForestière)度过了他的最后一个夜晚。英国艺术家西蒙·帕特森(SimonPatterson)将这栋房子改造成了一个“纪念空间”。以文字作品闻名的1996年特纳奖提名人，于2004年首次被里尔的组织ArtConnexion接触。帕特森说：“我对这个项目忧心忡忡；我想知道我做的是不是对的，我是否会走遍别人的工作。”“但是我觉得很感激，因为那是威尔弗雷德·欧文斯。”像许多英国孩子一样，帕特森在学校学习诗人，并在这个项目中阅读了欧文的数百封信、诗歌和作品片段。他和法国建筑师吉恩-克利斯朵夫·丹妮丝合作，把这座破旧的房子夷为平地，建造了一间双高的房间，并把整栋建筑变成白色。一条白色的圆形走廊，刻有欧文最后一封信的摘录，把房子和地窖连接起来。从道路上看，这座房子看起来像一件艺术品，它的形式充满了象征意义。帕特森说：“屋顶就像一本开着的书；白色呼应着一具被漂白的骨骼。”然而，这位艺术家决定，完成后的建筑应该是“活物，而不是纪念碑”。他解释说：“我们不得不离开地窖，所以我们专注于房子，想把它变成诗歌的场所。”英国演员肯尼斯·布拉纳赫和法国演员菲利普·卡佩尔被要求录制欧文最优秀的20首诗，这些诗也被投影在墙上长达一小时的循环中。他最著名的作品，“大熊”，于1992年制作，改写了伦敦地下地图，取代了斯塔蒂的名字。

Working with French architect Jean-Christophe Denise, the former Turner Prize nominee gutted the decrepit house to create one double height room and rendered the whole building white

The curved walkway carves out an amphitheatre-like space, designed for on-site poetry recitals and readings

From the road, the house looks like an artwork, its form loaded with symbolism. 'The roof resembles an open book; the white echoes the bleached bones of a skeleton,' says Patterson

The facade of La Maison Forestière (The Forresters House)

Inside, the walls are covered in glass panels, etched with fragments of unfinished or abandoned works...

... and the manuscript of Owen's most famous poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est', taken from the British Library

British actor Kenneth Branagh and French actor Philippe Capelle were called upon to record 20 of Owen's best poems, which are also projected onto the walls on an hour-long loop

The cellar where Wilfred Owen spent his last night, which has been left untouched

Before the transformation: the facade of the then disused building

Before the transformation: the interior

Under construction: the amphitheatre-like structure takes shape

Under construction: the circular walkway is engraved with extracts from Owen's final letter to his mother

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