Through works that challenge the norms of performance, merit and productivity, Thomas Tudoux examines our relationship to work, time and rest. His practice, at the crossroads of art and social sciences, unfolds in the form of works to be lived in school, work or retirement.
In a society where being overwhelmed is valued, where activity, performance and the ability to exceed one’s limits have become signs of success, rest appears as a time to be justified, even as a lost time. With a research team, Thomas Tudoux proposed an unprecedented experiment: six random winners received funding for two full months to put everything on hold.
Based on their first-person narratives, this exhibition takes the form of a contemporary fable in which the highway becomes a metaphor for active life. Who can afford to put everything on hold? What are the economic and social conditions that make rest possible?