PLACE FORJÉRÔME TRUDELLE

Jérôme Trudelle's suspended installation is composed of fragments of archaeological glass, pruned or out-of-context artifacts, and salvaged antique windows of unknown origins. The overall configuration evokes domestic architecture, a sort of mise en abîme of the Maison Hazeur in which the exhibition is housed. The artist's engraving on the glass surfaces is based on archives that recount the history of the Place, a district that dates back to the 17th century and has undergone numerous transformations over time: bombardments, occupations, fires, demolitions, reconstructions, etc.

The ghostly images etched on glass seem to have exploded from their frames in illegible shards. An amalgam of real and fake artifacts, like Place Royale today, these patched and intertwined parcels of the past evoke the fragmented collective memory of a living environment rich in history. With its sensitive, dynamic approach to temporal space and fragmentary objects, Résurgence evokes the archaeological gesture of bringing buried remains to the surface.