| Emerging Artists Showcase: École supérieure d'arts et médias de Caen-Cherbourg |
 Antonin Popelin Tout ira bien (everything will be alright) 
Variable dimensions. Concrete reinforcing bars, steel, plaster A set of two chairs and a wardrobe, both to the scale of a child body, seem to have been ripped off their original materials and replaced by concrete reinforcing bars and wire fence. This ambiguous set of furnitures induce a feeling of inquiétante étrangeté (disturbing strangeness, a concept developed by Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud). The absence of a body inhabiting the space underlines the weight of the plaster elements dispersed on the ground and the feeling of parasitism they convey, echoing the idea of a deserted space to which it is no longer possible to return. “You’ll be surprised to see what can collect in a mattress over the months, over the years. Every day, every night of our lives, we’re leaving little bits of ourselves, flakes of this and that, behind. Where do they go, these bits and pieces of ourselves?” — Raymond Carver, "Collectors", in Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1980) |
