PHOTOGRAPHY
Pratique photographique
Studio project with Matthieu Gafsou
During one week, the students worked with a 4x5'' camera or technical camera.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Pratique photographique
Studio project with Olivia Schenker
During one semester, the students made a very short film on the theme of "Simulations". They acquired fundamental notions in the narrative, visual, and conceptual development of a video production.
PROJECTION
PROJECTION ECAL - LEVIATHAN,
25.05.2023, 18:00,
Auditoire IKEA, ECAL
Filmed on a fishing boat off the coast of Boston, Leviathan pushes the boundaries of what can be filmed. The projection of this documentary that warns of the threats of intensive fishing as much as it reveals the stunning beauty of the ocean's entrails, will be followed by a meeting with its co-director, Verena Paravel.
EXHIBITIONS
Fantastic Smartphones at Mapping Festival,
18–28.05.2023,
Genève
Under the spotlight, the Fantastic Smartphones exhibition continues its tour and is presented at the Mapping Festival from May 18 to 28, 2023 in Geneva.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Vampire week
Workshop with Jean-Vincent Simonet
Development of techniques which transform the perception and relationship of an image corpus: erasure, transformation, displacement, loss of the sensation of reality.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Frontiere di Sabbia
Workshop with Florian Amoser
"Frontiere di Sabbia" is an exhibition of the students of the Master of Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, in collaboration with the Biennale dell’Immagine di Chiasso. The collection of projects you will see has been created with drones: aircraft originally developed for warfare that have been transformed into civilian and popular forms. In just a few years, these devices have undergone a dizzying technological evolution and achieved considerable commercial success. Used for a variety of purposes - recreational and professional, political and subversive - these “unmanned aerial vehicles” can be easily purchased and controlled remotely, like in a video game. The opportunities offered by civilian drones combine with multiple negative consequences: the confusion between reality and simulation, privacy violations, and the use for illegal and violent actions. From a photographic perspective, drones offer infinite viewpoints for exceptional, vertical, and total vision. Equipped with all-round sensors, they fly autonomously on programmed routes and are able to monitor the territory and its inhabitants. The “Frontiere di Sabbia” exhibition, presented in the Ex Saceba building, a cement factory located a few kilometers from the border, recalls the past of these places where materials were produced to build houses, bridges, and highways, but also walls and barriers. By diverting from predetermined and automated paths, a new generation of image creators questions us about our perception of our limits: human, political, and technological.
EXHIBITIONS
MMMAD 2023 × ECAL,
13–31.05.2023,
Hyper House, Madrid
From May 13 to 31, 2023, Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students will present a selection of 9 virtual reality projects during the MMMAD - urban digital art festival in Madrid.
LECTURES
Spring workshop: lectures,
08–10.05.2023,
Auditoire IKEA, ECAL
On the occasion of the workshop weeks in the Bachelor programs, ECAL invites international artists and designers to present their work from May 8 to 10, 2023.
OTHER
Festival HYPER OUEST: Alva Noto's concert,
04.05.2023,
Auditoire IKEA, ECAL
From April 27 to May 7, ECAL will participate in Hyper Ouest festival, which will take place in the municipalities of western Lausanne, and will open its doors for the concert of the German artist Alva Noto.
EXHIBITIONS
Festival HYPER OUEST: HYPER LAB,
28.04–07.05.2023,
Espace Veillon, Bussigny
From April 27 to May 7, ECAL is taking part in Hyper Ouest festival, which will be held in the municipalities of western Lausanne. Bachelors Media & Interaction Design, Graphic Design and Photography students will present the Hyper Lab exhibition in the former Veillon halls. Opening: Thursday, April 27th.
EXHIBITIONS
Unpacking Tschichold’s Library,
27.04–26.05.2023,
Galerie l'elac, ECAL
From April 27 to May 26, ECAL presents Unpacking Tschichold’s Library at gallery l'elac. An exhibition in the form of a library presenting the books mentinoned in Jan Tschichold's seminal publication The New Typography (1928). Opening on Wednesday, April 26.
LECTURES
Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes,
26.04.2023,
Auditoire IKEA, ECAL
On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, ECAL welcomes scholars from the fields of art and design history and print culture for an international conference aiming to provide a better understanding of the cultural context of Jan Tschichold's book and the typographic movement that emerged from it.
LECTURES
ECAL AT VISIONS DU REEL: Masterclass and films,
21–30.04.2023,
Théâtre de Marens, Nyon
As part of the film festival Visions du Réel (April 21 to 30) in Nyon, Lucrecia Martel will give a masterclass on Tuesday, April 25, organized in partnership with La Cinémathèque suisse. Four films from ECAL Cinema Department students and alumni will also be part of the programmation.
EXHIBITIONS
ECAL Milano 2023: U.F.O.G.O.,
18–23.04.2023,
Spazio Orso 16
On the occasion of the Milan Design Week (17-23 April 2023), ECAL presents U.F.O.G.O., an exhibition that provides a solution for a better integration of wind turbines in our landscapes.
FILM STUDIES
Fiction film workshop with Thierry de Peretti
Studio project with Thierry de Peretti, Claire Mathon, Marion Monnier
The 2022 fiction film workshop was lead by Thierry de Peretti.
FOUNDATION YEAR
Cours de couleurs
Sélection de divers projets menés sous la conduite de Clelia Bettua et Luc Aubort.
FOUNDATION YEAR
Option Design Graphique
PP – Option Courses with Robert Huber
Création d'un monogramme typographique
FOUNDATION YEAR
Dessin créatif
Sélection de dessins créatifs selon divers consignes
PHOTOGRAPHY
Accrochage Photographique
Studio project with Laurence Bonvin
Reclaiming Water invites you to create projects related to the element water, whatever its form, solid, liquid or gas. The oceans cover 71% of the earth's surface and we are 65% water. Water is a vital element, it is synonymous with life and can also be a disruptive and destructive element. Who owns water? Is it a common good or a marketable resource? Access to clean water is already a problem in many regions and will become one of the major global issues of this century. Here, glaciers are melting and gradually disappearing, and there, rising oceans are threatening the habitability of certain islands and coasts. Floods and flash floods cause human and material losses and reshape the landscape. Human activity in the home, industry and and mining activities lead to pollution of surface and ground water. In the medium term, drinking water will be the most sought-after and most precious raw material. The issue of water reveals many questions of environmental injustice. Reclaiming Water is an invitation to question yourself and to produce images in relation to the countless issues related to water. In our regions, the issue of water takes on particular forms linked in particular to the melting of glaciers, the increasing scarcity of snow and an exceptional abundance of this natural resource. On the one hand, what is still true today will not necessarily be true tomorrow. On the other hand, in other parts of the world, water is already a political, social, economic and human issue. How can we visually address these issues?
PHOTOGRAPHY
Essais photographique
Studio project with Matthieu Gafsou
The "documentary practices" course focuses on the treatment of a theme related to ecology in a broad sense. Each student Each student is free to appropriate the subject in his or her own way, as long as a documentary approach is used. By documentary we mean a logic of relation to reality, to something that is anchored in a here and now. It can be a very specific and concrete starting point (a permaculture garden, Extinction Rebellion activists, documentation of polluted sites, meeting people working with animals) or a broader and more multiple approach, or even a personal one.
PARTNERSHIP
DEDON BY NATURE: NEW COLLECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH ECAL
In collaboration with DEDON, acclaimed designer Sabine Marcelis and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship students present DEDON by Nature: Lighting the Future, an innovative digital exhibition of a nature-inspired light concepts collection. To be discovered on studio.dedon.de
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
ECAL AT SOLOTHURN DAYS 2023: 19 NOMINATIONS
On the occasion of the 58th Solothurn Film Festival, which takes place from January 18 to 25, 2023, ECAL Film Department presents several films by students and graduates.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Hochparterre's Die Besten 2022 prize awarded to an ECAL graduate
Every year, the magazine Hochparterre awards the best projects in architecture and design with its Die Besten prize. This year, congratulations to Noémie Soriani, who wins the competition with her Bachelor Industrial Design Matalàs project.
ANNOUNCEMENT
ECAL LAUNCHES A NEW CLASS: CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Concerned about the quality of its teaching, ECAL ceaselessly strives to meet the needs of its students. This is why a new continuing education programme has been launched : Creative Leadership.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE OF THE CITY OF RENENS 2022
For the 10th consecutive year, the City of Renens awards the Encouragement Prize to ECAL students. Lea Sblandano, student in Bachelor Photography, and Luis Rodriguez, student in Master Product Design, received the 2022 award for the quality of their work.
PARTNERSHIP
Heidi.news and ECAL present 10 short films
In collaboration with Heidi News, Bachelor Cinema students present 10 short films illustrating a series of articles on the theme of food, and made during their first semester of study.
PARTNERSHIP
ECAL×JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: Under Your Smell
The exhibition Under Your Smell offers a hypnotic and immersive experience in Jean Paul Gaultier's headquarters by imagining new definitions of beauty and body expression. Under the direction of Florence Tétier and Nicolas Coulomb, 3rd year Bachelor Photography students brought to life the brand's iconic perfumes through an immersive photographic experience.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The ECAL Manual of Style – How to best teach design today?
ECAL presents "The ECAL Manual of Style - How to best teach design today?" - a book and an exhibition which propose a comprehensive presentation of the revered Swiss design institution’s fascinating teaching methodology, via design luminaries’ perspectives as well as a collection of its most innovative student’s projects.
PARTNERSHIP
ECAL×On : interdisciplinary collaboration to rethink the brand's universe
Following a collaboration with the Swiss avant-garde brand On, ECAL is proud to present the interdisciplinary work carried out jointly by the 2nd year students of the Product Design, Photography and Type Design Masters.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Three ECAL diploma projects win the James Dyson Award 2022 (Swiss)
Three ECAL graduates - Yoosung Kim in Master Product Design, Anaïs Lehmann and Lucie Herter in Bachelor Industrial Design - have won the James Dyson Award 2022 for their diploma projects.
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