Jérôme trudelle
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Jérôme Trudelle’s suspended installation is made up of thousands of shards of archeological glass and antique windows, artefacts of unknown origin shorn from their original context. The work’s overall configuration evokes domestic architecture, creating a sort of mise en abîme of the Maison Hazeur in which the work is exhibited. The artist’s engravings on the glass surfaces are based on archives recounting the history of Place Royale, a location occupied by New French colonists as far back as the 17th century and transformed repeatedly over time by bombardments, occupations, fires, demolitions, reconstructions and more.
The ghostly images etched on glass appear to have exploded from their frames in illegible bursts. An amalgam of real and fake artefacts embodying Place Royale today, these patched-together scraps of the past reflect the fragmented collective memory of an environment steeped in history. With its sensitive, dynamic approach to temporal space and fragmentary objects, Resurgence evokes the archaeological act of bringing buried remains to the surface.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jérôme Trudelle’s installations use a system of suspended materials that allows him to create sculptures directly in the exhibition space. His work gathers a multitude of salvaged or fabricated objects in dynamic midair configurations suggestive of potential movements and narrative constructions. These signature “chronosculptures” represent the deployment of elements through time in a way that re-energizes suspended materials.
Jérôme Trudelle holds an MFA from Université Laval and is the recipient of a Première Ovation grant for emerging artists and the Prix Videre Relève in visual arts. His work has been exhibited at the Musée des plaines d’Abraham and integrated into a permanent installation for the municipality of Boischatel.
Made possible with the support of the Cultural Development Agreement between the Quebec government and Ville de Québec.
This project is presented in collaboration with archaeologist Rachel Archambault and project manager Émile Prince.
Acknowledgments: Artéfactuel, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, and Ville de Québec for the out-of-context artefacts, Menuiserie Authentique for donating glass and Alexandre O. Petit, Sylvie Carbonneau, Raquel Fletcher and Richard Lepage for donating windows and wooden frames. Many thanks to the participating volunteers.
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