localhost:2026 – Break the loop
20–22.03.2026
Lausanne

Organized by METAA (Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association), the event brings together artists and designers who challenge conventional uses of digital technologies and explore new critical and creative approaches.

This year’s program expands to include two days of workshops at Pyxis – Digital Exploration, conferences and audiovisual performances at Espace Amaretto, as well as talks by the recipients of the METAA Release Candidate Award, graduates of Media & Interaction Design Bachelor at ECAL and Media Design at HEAD.

Break the loop is the theme of the 2026 edition. In music as in code, the loop is a fundamental structure, comforting in its predictability. Central to creation, it resides in repeated gestures, processes, and methods. Breaking the loop is about interrupting what runs on autopilot, questioning habits and reliance on automation. It is opening practices to differing paths more in tune with the rhythm of the living.

ECAL is a partner of the event and notably supports the workshop given by Vera van de Seyp. The designer and artist is the ECAL resident at La Becque during the spring semester of 2026 and will give a lecture at ECAL on March 19.

ECAL Conference – Vera van de Seyp, 19.03.2026, 18:00, IKEA Auditorium, ECAL

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The ECAL Media & Interaction Design department is pleased to welcome Vera van de Seyp for a talk about her practice as a computational designer, artist, and educator.