A leader in passive fire protection, Innovative Fire Systems (IFS) has decided to actively promote the contemporary art world, defending values that it shares with the Palais de Tokyo: a passion for innovation, creativity and audacity.
The Blind Leading the Blind, a monumental sculpture by Peter Buggenhout, was specially created for the reopening of the Palais de Tokyo on 12 April 2012, with the support of IFS.
IFS’ contribution also consists in providing highly specific materials (such as fire protection boards, foams, coatings, etc.) to protect The Blind Leading the Blind from the ravages of time, enabling Peter Buggenhout to give free rein to his talent.
The artist works in the opposite direction to an archaeologist, playing on the new life breathed into common materials or industrial waste, which are reassigned and transformed.
The Blind Leading the Blind overhangs the main staircase at the Palais du Tokyo, a place for art, artists and the public, so safety standards are paramount.
Making buildings safe is our primary concern. Human vulnerability and foreseeing improbable situations lie at the heart of the research and innovative fire protection systems developed by IFS to protect property, individuals and the public.
Under the partnership between IFS and the Palais de Tokyo, IFS gave the artist Florence Nief carte blanche, inviting her to give concrete expression to foresight in REGARDS exhibition, held in one of the private spaces of Palais de Tokyo, the “Upper gallery”, and which visitors of the museum were invited to explore.
Through the eyes of Florence Nief, our “doubles” in the form of transformed Barbie dolls and mannequins move through a disjointed world of IFS’ salvaged materials (such as intumescent paint,fire protection foam) and reassigned objects, where probability, choice and foresight dominate.
IFS is making the improbable tangible with the professional input of Peter Buggenhout and Florence Nief who are looking at vulnerability and foresight respectively.
Contemporary art is at the heart of our dynamic, original new cultural policy, focussed on revealing our core business: “protecting against the improbable”.
“Protecting against the improbable” lies in offering an unprecedented range of innovative solutions using high-quality products which are able to meet all the demands of ground-breaking architects for their original public and private building concepts.
For ten years, IFS’ core business has been devoted to passive fire protection in three separate industries:
– Public and private buildings, mainly in France
– Road and rail tunnels across Europe
– Petrochemical and gas production sites, mainly in the Middle East
REGARDS Exhibition from 7 to 11 June 2012 in the private spaces at the Palais de Tokyo.
A leader in passive fire protection, Innovative Fire Systems (IFS) has decided to actively promote the contemporary art world, defending values that it shares with the Palais de Tokyo: a passion for innovation, creativity and audacity.
The Blind Leading the Blind, a monumental sculpture by Peter Buggenhout, was specially created for the reopening of the Palais de Tokyo on 12 April 2012, with the support of IFS.
IFS’ contribution also consists in providing highly specific materials (such as fire protection boards, foams, coatings, etc.) to protect The Blind Leading the Blind from the ravages of time, enabling Peter Buggenhout to give free rein to his talent.
The artist works in the opposite direction to an archaeologist, playing on the new life breathed into common materials or industrial waste, which are reassigned and transformed.
The Blind Leading the Blind overhangs the main staircase at the Palais du Tokyo, a place for art, artists and the public, so safety standards are paramount.
Making buildings safe is our primary concern. Human vulnerability and foreseeing improbable situations lie at the heart of the research and innovative fire protection systems developed by IFS to protect property, individuals and the public.
Under the partnership between IFS and the Palais de Tokyo, IFS gave the artist Florence Nief carte blanche, inviting her to give concrete expression to foresight in REGARDS exhibition, held in one of the private spaces of Palais de Tokyo, the “Upper gallery”, and which visitors of the museum were invited to explore.
Through the eyes of Florence Nief, our “doubles” in the form of transformed Barbie dolls and mannequins move through a disjointed world of IFS’ salvaged materials (such as intumescent paint,fire protection foam) and reassigned objects, where probability, choice and foresight dominate.
IFS is making the improbable tangible with the professional input of Peter Buggenhout and Florence Nief who are looking at vulnerability and foresight respectively.
Contemporary art is at the heart of our dynamic, original new cultural policy, focussed on revealing our core business: “protecting against the improbable”.
“Protecting against the improbable” lies in offering an unprecedented range of innovative solutions using high-quality products which are able to meet all the demands of ground-breaking architects for their original public and private building concepts.
For ten years, IFS’ core business has been devoted to passive fire protection in three separate industries:
– Public and private buildings, mainly in France
– Road and rail tunnels across Europe
– Petrochemical and gas production sites, mainly in the Middle East
REGARDS Exhibition from 7 to 11 June 2012 in the private spaces at the Palais de Tokyo.