Polder
When asked about the definition of the word “polder,” Tatiana Trouvé explains: “This term contains the idea of a reclaimed space and a completely artificial space. The polder is set up where there should be nothing.” The experience proposed by the polder is therefore to extract oneself from the present space and to project oneself into a mental space, a past, an imaginary space. The polders always have a strong link with the architecture in which they are embedded. Through the use of construction pipes, Tatiana Trouvé tends to show what is usually camouflaged and thus to produce what she calls “X-rays of architecture,” seeking to capture the soul and interiority of buildings. With its impossible weight machines that cannot function, Polder seems to be modelled on the gym, while others are drawn from offices or music rooms. A hybrid space, it is too big to be a model, but too small to be usable, causing the viewer to feel permanently out of step with the strange environment they enter.
Text written by Marianne Tricoire as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
MAMCO - Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Genève, Genève (Suisse)
from 25 Jun to 21 Sep 2014
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 13 Sep to 03 Nov 2007
Tatiana Trouvé
Born in 1968 in Cosenza, Italie
La pratique de Tatiana Trouvé s’articule autour des notions de mémoire et d’archives. L’artiste cherche notamment à sauver de l’oubli des éléments banals, des documents administratifs et des objets divers qui constituent le cœur de notre quotidien. Nourrie d’influences littéraires, son œuvre protéiforme à mi-chemin entre la sculpture, l’architecture et la maquette matérialise son expérience intime tout en montrant l’absurdité de la société contemporaine et du monde du travail.
Née en 1968 à Cosenza (Italie), Tatiana Trouvé a été formée aux Pays-Bas ainsi qu’à la Villa Arson de Nice avant de se lancer dans son principal projet artistique : le Bureau d’activités implicites (BAI). Elle a remporté le prix Marcel Duchamp en 2007. Elle vit et travaille à Paris.
