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