EXPOSéS, SHOOT YOUR FLOOR! – A photographic journey from single fired tiles to internet
Novoceram, French ceramics manufacturer since 1863, presents an online competition and a photo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Centre « The Consortium » of Dijon, both celebrating the extraordinary evolution of ceramic technology in recent decades and the changes that it has led to our everyday scenarios.ù
Novoceram, French ceramics manufacturer since 1863, presents « ExPosés, Shoot your floor!« , a multi-channel event, that begins with a an online contest on the Facebook page of the company and continues with a photography exhibition in the spaces of the Centre for Contemporary Art « Le Consortium » in Dijon (France) where the images and the content posted by fans are staged between the artworks of the great masters of contemporary art, exposed throughout the building.
The exhibition combines photographs with ceramic materials of last generation to approach the topic of the extraordinary evolution of ceramic technology which occurred over the last decades and analyze how it has affected our everyday scenarios.
Taking part in the online contest is simple: participants must send an original picture of their selves on their old tiled floor. The author of the photo who gets the most votes wins a tablet iPad 2 Wifi 16 Go blanc Apple while the author of a second image chosen by the internal jury of Novoceram wins a GPS GPS TomTom XXL Classic Europe.
The best photos of the contest take stage at an exhibition in the spaces of the centre « Le Consortium » among other photographs by Roe Ethridge, installations by Valérie Snoebeck, and other important pieces of contemporary and modern art by masters such as Fernand Léger, Gustave Courbet, Jean Lurçat and other important artists collected in the exhibition « Le Monde comme volonté et comme papier peint ».
To follow the backstage and all the secrets of » ExPosés, Shoot your floor! » and to (re)discover all the other Novoceram events, visit the website or the Facebook page.
SYNTHETIC INFORMATION
NAME :ExPosés, Shoot your floor!
CONTEXT :Corporate event
TYPOLOGY :Photography exhibition and Photography contest online
SURFACE : 2000 m²
INSPIRATION :The evolution of ceramic technology and the changes that it lead to our everyday scenarios
PROJECT SHEET :https://www.novoceram.com/projects/exposes-le-consortium
ADDRESS :Le Consortium
37 Rue de Longvic, 21000 Dijon (France)
DATES :From 28th of May to 3rd of June 2012
OPENING TIMES : From 18.00 to 24.00
THE COMPANY
The story of Novoceram started in 1863 in Saint-Vallier-sur-Rhône. With its 4 million m² of annual production, 42 million Euros of sales, a production site surface of 120,000 m² and 170 employees, the company is one of the leading producers of ceramic tiles in France. Novoceram adopts a constant and coherent environmental policy that has enabled it to obtain ISO 14001 certification for its Environmental Management System and ISO 50001 certification for its Energy Management System. Novoceram has been part of the group Gruppo Concorde, one of the major producers of ceramic cladding in Europe, since 2000.
INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWS
Our press office, the whole Novoceram team and Management are at your disposal for any further information or for an interview about the booths, the products or the company. Do not hesitate to contact us at: pressoffice@novoceram.fr.
