Laurent Terras
The Associate Artists program has only existed since 2023, but when publishing our archives online (in 2025), we chose to include former Residents of Astérides and Triangle France who, living in Marseille, would today be considered as such.
Laurent Terras is an Astérides Resident in 1998 and 2004 and a Triangle France Resident in 1999 and 2000. The archives of Triangle-Astérides do not allow for the determination of the exact dates or the duration of these residencies.
Laurent Terras was born in 1971 in Nîmes (FR), he lives and works in Serilhac (FR)
Laurent Terras offers, within his artistic production, a succession of micro-universes questioning the societal system. Built around illusion, his deceptively naïve installations exploit a simple and playful imagery. A decoy, the flashy and alluring aspect of this first reading eventually reveals its inconsistencies.
Much like “board games,” Laurent Terras’s work uses the sharp weapon of manipulation. By adopting the common language of the media, he deceives his interlocutor while simultaneously revealing the futility of their perceptions.
Laurent Terras questions the world. Each of his pieces, each of his stories, is born from a heterogeneous profusion of materials. Elements in perpetual motion, representations and sounds conveying a latent violence—the discourse of this everydayness is muted, foggy, complex.
Text by Lydia Scappini
Laurent Terras’ work in on display during the exhibitions Christophe Berdaguer & Marie Péjus, Madeleine Berkhemer, Ingrid Mourreau, Géraldine Pastor-Lloret, Véronique Rizzo, Laurent Terras, 1998 ; Fictionary, 2000 ; Véhicule, 2002 ; Trabendo, 2003; Après avoir tout oublié [After having forgotten everything], 2015.