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NEXT:
True Belief (Belle-If)
during ARTORAMA Art Fair, Marseille, France
A group exhibition about fiction, memory, and the persistence of stories.
Opening: Thursday, August 28, 2025, 7 PM
Venue: Agent Troublant, 7 rue Pastoret, Cours Julien, 13006 Marseille
Opening Hours: August 29–31, 2025, 2–7 PM or by appointment
Press Contact: Lara Rocho | lara.rocho@web.de | +49 177 623 785 0
Social Media: @erratum_projects, @agent_troublant
From August 28 to August 31, 2025,
Erratum Projects – the curatorial platform of artist
Katya Quel – and Agent Troublant, a gallery run by artist Lou Jelenski and co-curator Lara Rocho, present the group exhibition “True Belief (Belle-If)” featuring artistic positions from Marseille and Berlin.
Off the coast of Marseille lies the Château d’If, once one of France’s most feared prisons. Its
isolation and strong currents made escape nearly impossible. Over 3,500 Huguenots and political
prisoners – including Gaston Crémieux, a leader of the Paris Commune executed there in 1871
– were held on the island. The fortress was a place of exile and class division: the wealthy could
buy private cells with windows and fireplaces, while the poor were crammed into dark, airless
dungeons.
In the 19th century, Alexandre Dumas set part of The Count of Monte Cristo on the island,
imagining a prisoner who survives, escapes, and returns transformed. Over time, fiction blurred
into history: tour guides began speaking of Dantès as if he had truly lived. A cell was named after
him. The myth became part of the monument.
“True Belief (Belle-If)” begins at this moment – when a repeated story becomes real enough to
be remembered. This group exhibition brings together emerging artists exploring memory, belief,
repetition, and how we construct what we call truth. Positioned at the threshold between history
and invention, the works reflect on how stories become anchored – in architecture, language, and
collective memory – and how, in a time shaped by simulation and fabrication, belief often travels
faster than reality.
Featuring works by:
Chloé Inès Berrady, Ana Castillo, Naomi Citlali, Ix Dartayre & Léon Heitz Zambo,
Delphine Dénéréaz, Caroline Douville, Evangeline Font, Lou Jelenski, Laura Largillier,
Kiana Hubert Low, Titouan Makeeff, Maïlys Moanda, Prune Phi, Maëlle Poirier, Katya Quel,
Lara Rocho, Clémentine Taupin, Caroline Vergote