{"id":93,"date":"2024-04-26T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/2024\/04\/26\/stephane-thidet-installations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:02:44","slug":"stephane-thidet-installations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/2024\/04\/26\/stephane-thidet-installations\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00e9phane Thidet Challenges Physics and Social Norms in His Site-Specific Installations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cRideau\u201d (2020), in situ installation at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Graslin, Nantes, France, water, pumps, pond installation in situ. Photo \u00a9 Martin Argyroglo, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal. All images shared with permission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paris-based artist\u00a0St\u00e9phane Thidet<\/a> invites viewers into wondrous worlds that skew perceptions and distort the laws of physics: a small wooden boat appears to arise from hard planks, flat stones nest inside a bookcase where paper tomes once stood, and water cascades from a Nantes theater making it impossible to enter without being drenched. Crafted with familiar materials and subject matter, Thidet\u2019s site-specific installations and sculptures twist common scenes into unexpected territories.<\/p>\n

Explore an archive of the artist\u2019s work on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cChair\u201d (2009), chairs, wood shavings, and sawdust, variable dimensions. Photo \u00a9 St\u00e9phane Thidet, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLa Crue\u201d (2010), poplar wood, nails, variable dimensions. Photo \u00a9 Galerie Aline Vidal courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal Collection MAC VAL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cRideau\u201d (2020), in situ installation at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Graslin, Nantes, France, water, pumps, pond installation in situ. Photo \u00a9 Martin Argyroglo, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSans titre (Je crois qu\u2019il y avait une maison, il me semble y avoir v\u00e9cu)\u201d (2010), bookcase and white stones, 239 x 187 centimeters. Photo \u00a9 St\u00e9phane Thidet, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal Collection CNAP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIl n\u2019est pas de nouveau monde\u201d (2023), wood and steel, 300 x 550 x 400 centimeters. Photo \u00a9 Cit\u00e9 internationale de la langue Fran\u00e7aise, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article St\u00e9phane Thidet Challenges Physics and Social Norms in His Site-Specific Installations<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRideau\u201d (2020), in situ installation at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Graslin, Nantes, France, water, pumps, pond installation in situ. Photo \u00a9 Martin Argyroglo, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Aline Vidal. All images shared with permission Paris-based artist\u00a0St\u00e9phane Thidet invites viewers into wondrous worlds that skew perceptions and distort the laws of physics: a small wooden boat appears […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,238,239,212,240,241],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}