Residency time: 15 April - 13 May
Show time: 22 - 31 May during Vruchtbare Grond festival
We asked Elvy Tremor some questions:
What does your work aim to say?
Our work tries to challenge traditional boundaries within art by creating complex multi-support installations that blur the lines between object and sculpture, art and experience, as well as music and alternative narration. By doing so, we invite the viewers to consider the total hybridity of artwork as a remedy to the external world's rigidity.
Where do you find inspiration?
We draw inspiration from multiple sources, alternative narratives are central to both our duo and personal practices. Valentine wrote her thesis on “Speculative Installations,” a type of artwork capable of communicating stories and creating rich “fictional worlds” without relying solely on text. She borrows the concept of “Environmental Storytelling” (JENKINS), used in game design, to explain how visual artists act as “narrative architects.” Léonore focuses on how myths can reshape our understanding of the world. By rehabilitating hybrid figures in Occidental fairy tales, she represents beings whose fluidity challenges dualities such as beauty/monstrosity, male/female, and nature/culture. She also borrows certain aesthetics from pop culture, ensuring her work remains accessible and engaging for a broad audience.
Tell us about your favorite medium.
We work primarily with multi-support installations, where different media merge into a single interactive experience. In our practice, sculptures can function as pedestals, paintings extend onto walls as patterns, and objects interact to form new narratives. This fluid approach allows us to break away from conventional artistic formats and create spaces where meaning is constantly shifting and evolving. Fabric, nonetheless, takes a great part of our material range. Whether stretched on a canvas and painted or sewn and stuffed as a cushion, our textile-works play a great role in the accessibility of our installations. It invites the viewers to touch, grab, play and fully experience the artwork, rather than only staring at it.
