Opening at the Espace des Arts on the theme “Photography at school” – info-chalon.com

Organized by the Nicéphore Niepce Museum in the EDA exhibition space, this exhibition will be presented to the public from June 28 to July 9.

Held Tuesday 27 June from 6:15 pm in the exhibition space of L’Espace des Arts, National Scene Chalon-sur-Saône, the opening of the exhibition “Photography in School” produced by students of primary schools or colleges and also by young people in day hospitals.

event occurred in attendance Gil PlaterettMayor of Châlons-sur-Saône, Mn Benedict MosnierThe fourth deputy in charge of culture, Nicholas RoyerDirector of the Emirates Diving Association Veronique Avon My advisor, rep for commercial animation, Brigitte Chappard Director and curator of the museum, assist himEmmanuel VillarMuseum liaison officer, Lauren Fallon, The museum’s public service chief…

For information: This exhibition allows in particular to present the productions of the classes participating in Parcours Photo: the pupils of the Jean Lurçat School and the pupils of the College of Doisneau. CM1/CM2 students from the Jean Lurçat School benefited from a week-long art workshop led by the photographer Sebastien Lopati. This photographer takes an entertaining look at his environment, looking for comical details and loves to display images in public space, to give a new reading of a place. It also explores self-representation in the practice of portraiture. Using old photographs from the museum, Sébastien Loubatié asked students to isolate characters and bring them back on stage in their everyday environment to create comic, poetic, or fantasy scenes, bringing these faceless characters to life. The college’s fifth grade students benefited from an art workshop led by the photographer Thierry Ardoin By Tendance flow. This photographer is currently interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is suggesting that students create images using this tool. The students took the Stable Diffusion platform and tried to create works that matched their expectations using “claims” (a word that defines a written arrangement intended for AI). The exhibition also makes it possible to highlight projects proposed by the museum’s mediators during the school year, in the classes of the Jean Lorcat School and at CP in partnership with artist Foley Avahunko from the School of Media. Art du Grand Chalon, at Le Devoir College as part of the photography club and with young people, day hospital patients of the ELIPS unit of the Center Hospitalier de Sevrey”.

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