For the third edition of Jardin d’Hiver, Trojans Collective designed a scenography conceived from the earliest stages of the project, as a spatial and narrative extension of its curatorial intent.

The MCBA invited curator Élise Lammer to imagine DECORAMA, a group exhibition in which ornament and decoration become critical tools to question taste, class, and gender. 

A space that interacts with the artworks
The scenography does not merely dress the exhibition: it extends it, questions it, and at times, disturbs it.
Each spatial gesture becomes a narrative element: a cut-out window in a partition frames a painting; peepholes pierce the walls to create unexpected viewpoints; some works are first discovered from behind.

These sightlines were carefully designed to allow each gaze to pass through multiple scenographic layers, revealing dialogues, contrasts, and tensions between the various spatial interventions.

Deconstructing the white cube
Far from the usual invisibility of scenography in museum contexts,
DECORAMA embraces a series of bold, material choices: a lowered ceiling at four meters to bring the white cube closer to a domestic scale; unfinished walls revealing their edges or metal structures; and blind spots created by the placement of partitions, forming deliberately “lost” zones.

Color, illusion, and spatial narration
Sharp angles, bold color contrasts, and disjointed partitions: the scenography plays with exhibition codes to reveal their underlying norms. It embraces its own artifice, asserts its subjectivity, and actively contributes to the construction of meaning.

By asserting its material presence, the décor is no longer a backdrop—it becomes central to the exhibition’s discourse.

Participating artists
Elie Autin
Caroline Bachmann
Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Sebastián Dávila
Sarah Margnetti
Julie Monot
Stéphane Nabil Petitmermet
Guillaume Pilet