TAMAYA SAPEY-TRIOMPHE, THOMAS MOPIN VIERS

Tamaya Sapey-Triomphe and Thomas Mopin Viers are transforming the Fondation’s Agora into a futuristic public square. For the ‘Square Analogue’, they are imagining a myth that generates a temporal and spatial rendezvous. Their approach to the future is to create an architectural event around a shared resource in a space that can be generated ephemerally, lightly and flexibly. It’s about thinking about the common future, in terms of space, goods and time. Every leap year, during the first weekend in spring, the water in all the underground tunnels on planet Earth is transformed thanks to the energy of the buds, which come back to life after long months of hibernation, mixed with the snow from similar mountains, which melts very slowly. This will be the case on 23 and 24 March, during the Super Kids Party! Unfortunately, this natural event is nowhere to be seen in the big cities, where we have gradually lost our direct connection with such spring phenomena. The Square Analogue is a landscape surrounding the fountain, with observation tables and chairs, where visitors of all ages are invited to make collective offerings to celebrate this natural event that is still far too little known by the general public.