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Terremoto (Earthquake) is one of Tere Recarens’s most significant works. As in much of the artist’s production, irony, playfulness, surprise, absurdity, and the challenge of transgressing the norm accompany this installation. In this large-format installation, interaction and perplexity force the viewer to take sides. “I have built an unstable floor with wooden boards. On it, I have placed shelves and various pieces of furniture, on top of which I have arranged a large number of fragile objects. When visitors walk on the boards, everything trembles. Some are afraid of breaking the objects, while others enjoy the unexpected freedom,” the artist explains. Created in 1994 and presented for the first time in Marseille that same year, the artist wrote in her notes: “A 12-second earthquake, 7.0 on the Richter scale. Luckily, there were no injuries.” Beyond the direct interpellation of viewers, who were obliged to position themselves in front of the artwork and within the context of the exhibition, the installation mirrored the unstable nature of the surrounding world. The artist places us in the position of the passerby, a real and, at the same time, metaphorical representation of our relationship with the world.