Large exhibition in Plérin, France.

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Last June, during the Saint-Brieuc signing session, the director of "Bulles à Croquer" festival proposed a big and amazing project: a Pepper&Carrot exhibition on the scale of a supermarket for the fall 2023. Of course I accepted!

So over the last monthes, the Bulles à Croquer comic festival and E. Leclerc Plérin teamed up to create a very large exhibition. I could hardly believe it at first 😅 and I quickly felt a bit overwhelmed by the size of the exhibition. Not by the amount of work: Bulles à Croquer almost handled everything on their own, but it felt a bit surreal to get many of my artworks printed in big dedicated exhibition. 😇

The exhibition starts today and there are a large number of giant prints of Pepper&Carrot (illustrations and comic pages) that were made to decorate the hall of the supermarket (dozens of illustrations and comic pages). The exhibition aims to immerse visitors in the world of Pepper & Carrot and my illustrations.

I only have two photo samples right now done during the preparation, but I'll try to take more when I visit on start November. It's about 700km from my home, so I haven't visited it yet.

Update : I have received new photos from the ongoing exhibition! It's a total of 70 huge prints that have been displayed in the supermarket. 🤩 I made a montage to share them with you:


The cover of the third comic book, a large print on the floor.


The hall (click to enlarge).


Montage of the artworks on pillar (click to enlarge).


Various places (click to enlarge).


Comic pages, and the info at entrance. (click to enlarge).

About my participation to the exhibition, many illustrations required quality upgrades to the source files and some remakes. For example, check out the new A2 size high quality of "Powerfull", a 7000px large upscale done without AI for the upscaling; but with GMIC upscaling filters and manual overpainting. This will be printed and sold at the event, a high quality numbered print.

All my updates were merged in the gallery https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/artworks/artworks.html with their sources, so it will benefit future projects as well.

DATES:

  • From today until 11 November 2023: The exhibition.
  • Saturday 28 October: a potion magic contest for kids (8 to 12y/o), by chief Jean-Jacques Monfort, restaurant Brut.
  • Friday 3 November: I'll be around for a drawing workshop and digital painting demonstration.
  • Saturday 4 November: I'll be also there for a book signing session.

The event is free and organised by Bulles à croquer, but a registration is necessary for the activities, please register at webmestre@bullesacroquer.net

ADRESS:
E. Leclerc
Zac du Plateau, 2, rue du Grand Quartier
22190 Plérin

LINKS:

(PS: poster and big map under to locate roughly Plérin in France).


97 comments

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

I have received new photos from the ongoing exhibition! It's a total of 70 huge prints that have been displayed in the supermarket. :blobaww: I made a montage to share them with you:

A montage of photos: the entrance with two human sized printed device, the first one introce my work and the exhibition in French, and the second one is a game contest. Other four photos on the right are comic pages of Pepper&Carrot printed in large within the supermarket. A montage of photos of huge print of my artworks in a supermarket; above the cash register, above fish part of the supermarket, on the hall. A single photo of the main hall, with three print visible in the distance. Photo of pilar of the supermarket going to the roof with my artworks printed on them. 223 ★

link Craig Maloney ☕ Contributor - Pepper&Carrot admin, - Reply
craigmaloney@octodon.social

That's awesome to see! congratulations!

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@craigmaloney 😍 Thanks!

link et konsept fra BAR   - Reply
forteller@tutoteket.no

Wow, that's amazing! Well deserved! :)

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@forteller Thanks

link Nayala   - Reply
daughterofrao@weirder.earth

that's big, give it a few years and you will be at the olympics or something...

link Lucas Treffenstädt   - Reply
lucas@treffenstaedt.de

Hmm, a 16 hour train ride... Maybe a bit too long to justify by looking at some cool art. Sounds awesome, though!

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@lucas Thanks! Oh yes, I wouldn't recommend a long travel like that to see the exhibition; maybe it worth a 1h30 car travel, but not more. I hope it will give ideas to more events; the Creative Commons license of the artworks allow them to do that and it also protect them from copyright infringements (the printed version in France starts to be more popular in the comic bubble afaik than the webcomic version).

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link elly   - Reply
elly@donotsta.re

@lucas If you'd ever plan one in (or near) Strasbourg, I'd gladly come (as well as many people living in Germany) 😊

link Alfred R. Baudisch   - Reply
alfredbaudisch@mastodon.gamedev.place

Oh my, this is so cool!

link gee Ⓐ⚑   - Reply
gee

ouahou, la classe 😍

link okr   - Reply
okr@mastodon.social

oh wow, the scale of the prints! Congrats!

link Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 Z?   - Reply
mdhughes@appdot.net

Today a supermarket, tomorrow the Louvre!

link Nartagnan ⏚   - Reply
nartagnan@mstdn.fr

C'est trop la classe :blobaww:

Ça me fait super plaisir de voir littéralement une "Place Pepper et Chaosah" avec ton dessin comme un pavement sur le sol.

Mes félicitations, c'est complètement mérité.
Bravo à toi.

link G'MIC 🎩🐯   - Reply
gmic@piaille.fr

Awesome!

link katherine montalto   - Reply
katherine_montalto@mastodon.cloud

so cool!

link Moini   - Reply
Moini

Congrats! That must be so exciting 😃 - have fun in Plérin!

link Mireia ||*|| 🐝🌾   - Reply
Mireiavam@mastodont.cat


👏👏👏

link pboulch   - Reply
pboulch@mastodon.libreon.fr


Ça donne envie de faire un détour rien que pour venir la voir !

link Tiny Shop   - Reply
tinyshop@mastodon.gamedev.place

Congratulations! This is well deserved!

link *Quiet   - Reply
ntd_quiet@mastodon.online

joli travail!

link Jookia   - Reply
jookia@social.tchncs.de

You've made it big time! :D

link Kirtai   - Reply
kirtai@tech.lgbt


Very very cool :)

link MHunt   - Reply
mhunt@socel.net

That's great David !

link Rakurri   - Reply
Rakurri@mastodon.art

Wow, many congratulations! 🤩👏 This is wonderful and well deserved. Glad to see your art displayed to more people like this ❤️

link Rolf Steinort   - Reply
rstein@social.tchncs.de

Congratulations! Must be stunning to see the big prints.

link Prayag   - Reply
prayag_suthar@mastodon.social

That's wild, congrats! 😮 It must be surreal to see your own artworks in that GINORMOUS size, on the floor and on a banner!

link der.hans   - Reply
lufthans@mastodon.social

that is awesome and simply amazing!

I want to get in that little red car and drive around Pepper and Carot Land!

link Lykrast   - Reply
lykrast@octodon.social

:blobaww:

link #:idle: Don T3rr0rz0n3 :vf:   - Reply
t3rr0rz0n3@xarxa.cloud

oooh! I love it! ❤️

link Nayala   - Reply
daughterofrao@weirder.earth

if it were reachable with the 49 euro ticket, we'd go there, just to see it, too bad it's in france

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@daughterofrao Thanks and no worry; even within France itself, it's a bit difficult to reach this destination (it's a mall, so a bit outside of the city; and taking a train to the nearest train station is still far away). It was designed as a local event for the customer of the supermarket and as a cultural attraction to the surrounding.

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link Stacey   - Reply
Vidyala@gamepad.club

Your art is making this supermarket look SO COOL. I wish I could go there. Congratulations on such an awesome exhibition :D

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link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Vidyala Thanks!

link Maria Liv ✏️   - Reply
MariaLiv@toot.io

Congratulations! 🎉 Gorgeous pictures! 💛 💗 ❤️

link Ertain   - Reply
Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com

Looking good, David.

link Craig Maloney ☕ Contributor - Pepper&Carrot admin, - Reply
craigmaloney@octodon.social

That is incredible. So magnificent. I'm gobsmacked.

link Kuroichi Neko   - Reply
Zveryok@octodon.social

Magnifique! Those are looking pretty great! People who went into supermarket to buy food might find it a surprise for themself!

link Arne Babenhauserheide   - Reply
ArneBab@rollenspiel.social

that is pretty awesome! And well deserved!

link Diane   - Reply
alienghic@octodon.social

That's amazing!

link masukomi   - Reply
masukomi@dice.camp

a) congrats b) i really hope you got paid for that.

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@masukomi Thanks! Yes, I'll receive a flat fee that was part of the budget of the event. The workshop, the digital painting demo will be also paid, and all my travel and accomodation as well. This association does the things well, I saw that when I joined their comic event in Saint-Brieuc last June.

link Evan   - Reply
etchlings@wandering.shop

why don’t OUR supermarkets have amazing fantasy art displays!? That’s so cool. Congrats on such a vibrant show.

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@etchlings Thanks! And I agree, I want to see more exhibition like that in place with a lot of visitors 🙂

link nunux   - Reply
nunux@mastodon.social

Bravo, vraiment magnifique, vous méritez ces honneurs!

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@nunux Merci!

link publius   - Reply
publius@mastodon.sdf.org

This is fascinating. I've never seen an art exhibition in a supermarket! That's definitely one way to get people to come and stay longer.

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@publius Yes, first time I see this as well. I'm really happy that my art will get seen by many eyes not usually exposed to my artworks.

link Zekounet   - Reply
zekounet@pouet.chapril.org


Epoustouflant !

La question à 100 balles, qu'est-ce qu'ils font de tous ces affichages en fin de campagne ? Tu les récupères ? :o

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link ⏚ ȺՀղöɾէհ 🍉 βօӀìçҽ ժմ βօղƓօûէ   - Reply
Aznorth

@zekounet
Ça donne envie d’aller leur piquer 😇

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link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Aznorth @zekounet Merci, alors j'en ai encore aucune idée. Je vais savoir ça en allant visiter la galerie en fin de semaine prochaine.

Je spécule qu'une partie des bâches doit être réutilisable (réimprimable?) ou bien que l'expo pourrai être réutilisé dans un autre contexte. (eg. le festival de BD de la ville en Juin). En tout cas, si jamais il y a des choses à récuperer, j'en informerai tout de suite mes reseaux avant que ça n'aille à la poubelle.

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link Sandymoon   - Reply
Sandymoon2974@mastodon.social

Eh ben ça, c'est vraiment trop la classe !! 😮

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Sandymoon2974 😍 Merci

link Ray Of Sunlight   - Reply
Ray_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.social

sadly i can't go, i don't have money, and i don't know french

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Ray_Of_Sunlight I hope one day I'll be invited to an exhibition closer to your area. No idea where it is, but sometime life and opportunities being super random it might make the trick. 🙂

link Ray Of Sunlight   - Reply
Ray_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.social

Uh....i'm in chile, and i don't think people know pepper and carrot over here

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Ray_Of_Sunlight Right. No Pepper&Carrot community in Chile as far as I know, and certainly not active enough to make an exhibition. Maybe with time 🙂

link Ray Of Sunlight   - Reply
Ray_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.social

Yeah, neededless to say, i smoked(not literally) the entire comic in 1 or 2 days, now i got pepper cancer xD

link Valvin (framapiaf) Contributor - Pepper&Carrot admin and dev, - Reply
valvin

<3 <3 <3 merci Bulles à croquer. Et après ils font un tournée nationale? :)

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@valvin 😆 haha.
Non, sérieusement, si ils m'annoncent que l'expo est en fait itinérante je serai :blobaww:

link kinou   - Reply
kinou

ça donne envie d’aller au supermarché. tes illustrations rendent vraiment bien

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@kinou Coucou et merci Kinou! 💜

link Nartagnan ⏚   - Reply
nartagnan@mstdn.fr

Connaissant un tout petit peu comment ça se passe après les conventions, je me demande :
tu sais ce que deviendront ces toiles ?

Parce que les gros éditeurs jettent massivement, mais là ce serait quand même super dommage.

Oui, ce pouet est carrément intéressé 😁

Et bonne convention à toi surtout ! Je te souhaite plein de belles rencontres !

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link Le Monolecte 😷🤬🐧   - Reply
Monolecte

@nartagnan

C’est vrai que j’ai un mur énorme…

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link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Monolecte @nartagnan Alors je ne sais pas, mais je demanderai fin de la semaine prochaine. Si jamais j'entends que des choses seront jeté, je rellaierai l'info sur mes reseaux avant que ça soit fait. 🙂

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link Le Monolecte 😷🤬🐧   - Reply
Monolecte

@nartagnan

Ce serait honteux !

Et prend des sous dessus… quand même !

link MF   - Reply
mf@mastodon.pirateparty.be

@nartagnan

Oui, woui, tout pareil.
En plus, je connais des bibliothécaires qui seraient intéresséEs 😉

link lebout2canap ⏚   - Reply
lebout2canap@mastodon.tedomum.net

Très impressionnant 😍.

link Cdrik ⏚🌻 :unverified:   - Reply
Bristow_69

C'est magnifique David 🤩🤩

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Bristow_69 Merci!

link Perrine DOUHERET   - Reply
pdouheret@mastodon.mim-libre.fr


C'est clair !
On rêverait de récupérer quelques illustrations à la fin de l'écho pour l'établissement ou la classe mais c'est bien trop loin de Lyon !

link Emily Hancock   - Reply
emilyhancock@mastodon.art

This is now the coolest supermarket. :artaww:

link stefan   - Reply
stefan@akko.lightnovel-dungeon.de

That moment when you just made it as an artist.

Congrats on being featured (also in such a big print :blobcatwoah: )

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@stefan Thank you

link carrotcypher   - Reply
carrotcypher@fosstodon.org

You should be very proud of what you've accomplished! You will always have our support!

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@carrotcypher Thanks! Oh yes, I'm really proud, but I'm mostly thankfull of the honor that "Bulles à Croquer" (the org of the event) did to my artwork, and this totally remotely. It was done with a lot of care and the preparation took months for them. I'm so thankfull for their respect to the original material. All the crop are tastefull, the color looks correctly saturated and without weird balance. Very cool 🤩

link ogueki   - Reply
ogueki@masto.bike


Félicitations pour ton art et ton éthique :), comme quoi art libre ne veux pas forcément dire que ça reste confidentiel sur internet.

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@ogueki Merci! Oui, bien vrai. Le fait que mon éditeur en France n'est aucune redevance à prélever sur cette expo grace à la dispo des oeuvre en Creative Commons a été à mon avantage et à permis à l'équipe de bouger plus vite que si il avait fallu negocier avec l'éditeur.

link ogueki   - Reply
ogueki@masto.bike


C'est super :) j'aimerai aussi de mon côté publier en license libre "ma" musique, le problème c'est qu'il faut que tous les membres du groupe soit d'accord, pas évident à plusieurs..

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@ogueki Ha oui, là ça doit être compliqué, bon courage dans cette quête!

link Quiralta   - Reply
Quiralta@vis.social


That looks awesome David! 👏🏼 That supermarket feels magical now!! 🙌🏼 ✨ 😁

link Kaspi   - Reply
kaspi@rollenspiel.social

What happens to these big prints after the exhibition?

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@kaspi No idea yet, I'll ask next week when I'll visit. I'm also curious about it.

link Le Lapinours 🐰🐻   - Reply
Yahiko

Oooooh ! J'avais déjà vu tes œuvres au Leclerc Culturel de Plérin. C'est la classe ❤️.

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link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Yahiko Ha oui, je me souviens! l'expo à bien grandie depuis Juin 😺

link Le Lapinours 🐰🐻   - Reply
Yahiko

Je viens d'aller manger à la brasserie à l'entrée du magasin, j'ai vu quelques trucs.
C'est trop chouette 😍.

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link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@Yahiko :blobaww: Trop bien! Merci pour le retour. J'ai hâte de me rendre sur place fin de semaine prochaine.

link Marc Tapages 🐰⏚🚲🎺   - Reply
marctapages


Un peu de poésie chez Michel-Edouard 🤩
Ca doit faire quelque chose de voir tes oeuvres en tout grand.

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@marctapages Ha oui, ça fait franchement quelquechose. Ca me chamboule un peu. Je vais essayer de ne pas trop enfler des chevilles ou de la tête.

link Jazz   - Reply
ikeluther@vivaldi.net

Wouaaaaaaah
😍🤩🤩🤩🤩😍

link Océane   - Reply
oceane@peculiar.florist

@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Oh my God it's so cool!

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@oceane Merci 😊

link Mike   - Reply
ks_mikey@mastodon.fedi.bzh

j’ai passé deux nuits dans une caravane avec un pneu crevé au parking là en août - je suis voulu que votre exposition était en cours pendant l’été

Bonne chance

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@ks_mikey Du coup, avec la tempête qui vient d'annuler hier tous mes trains et m'empêche d'y aller, idem: j'aurai préféré l'été. 😅

Ca a du être une sacrée galère ce pneu crevé en plein été...

link Mike   - Reply
ks_mikey@mastodon.fedi.bzh

mais l’été cette année était tempétueux - à la côte trégorroise où se trouve le camping je visite chaque année, il y avait deux tempêtes nommées dans une semaine (Patricia et Anthony)

link David Revoy Author, - Reply
davidrevoy

@ks_mikey Ha ok, ça aurait pas été mieux. Ceci dit, l'équipe vient de me trouver un train qui va jusque Rennes, et de là je vais pouvoir rejoindre l'expo et le Leclerc Plérin pour ce week-end. Je vais gouter à ce que c'est qu'une tempête Bretonne :)

link Mike   - Reply
ks_mikey@mastodon.fedi.bzh

prenez soin de vous

La Bretagne - je l’aime bien, même la pluie et le vent

Et bonne chance avec l’expo - je m’excuse pour la manquer


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