Territoires Valence

Territoires Valence — from 11.02 to 26.02.2017

In collaboration with Maïa Boumpoutou

The topic "territory" is a topic that has been imposed on all second-year Graphic Design students from ESAD in Valence, France for the past 20 years. Although the title of the subject has evolved slightly over time, the principle has remained the same: choosing a peculiar spot in Valence and conducting a graphic survey of the area. This exercise imposed on us by Photography in Graphic Design teacher Gilles Rouffineau is a way for students to travel the city, observe it and make it their own.

Over the years, this didactic project has given rise to a collection of books, photos, sketches, videos and digital contents, hence producing a combination of documents that all together bear witness to the city’s architectural, sociological and ecological evolution. As a consequence, we decided to contact former ESAD students to unveil the vast variety of past projects to the public in the form of an exhibition.

This exhibition also aimed to show that graphic design may also be used to tackle mundane, everyday subjects such as the city we live in. The analytical, aesthetic and poetic potential of design on themes that might otherwise appear trivial seemed to us worth putting emphasis on.

Our goal with this exhibition was to offer new looks on the city of Valence and on the work that one can achieve at a School of Arts in Graphic Design such as ESAD.
— Planning (definition and management of an exhibition project, communication strategy and sources of funding)
— Design (research on content, identification of needs, museum communication)
— Scriptwriting (scriptwriting and creation of content, space, course, scenography)
— Production and manufacture (reproduction of exhibits, manufacturing of furniture)
— Graphic production (communication, catalogue and photo book)
— Promotion of the exhibition (street communication)
— Installation (indoor installation, installation of audiovisuals and interactive materials, installation of lighting)
— Presentation from 11 to 16 February 2017 (vernissage and exhibition maintenance)
— Dismantling (management of withdrawal and return of loans, refurbishment of the room)

2017

Territoires Valence

Zero waste

Zékli 2015/2016