Andréa Spartà, “Room Temperature” at La Centrale, Ruoms

“Room Temperature” by Andréa Spartà at La Centrale, Ruoms, 10/01/2025 – 15/02/2025.

Exhibition Text:
The site is near the Chauvet Cave. The animals painted in overlapping layers appeared to move as the flickering light of a fire’s flame danced across the irregular walls. One can imagine it.

I found the fountain on a Chinese site. I ordered the opalescent white version but received the white and wood imitation version. I wanted to return it, but I kept it.

The poorly translated comments said things like, “It’s beautiful in the house,” and “The constant murmur soaks the ground. Some animals drink, others less.”

The printed words are four titles used by Marc Camille Chaimowicz before his disappearance.

No one says rapture anymore. No one says someone was raptured to mean they disappeared as if carried away by joy.

The curtains are drawn. The light turned off.