ECAL × Chillon — Reliques du futur
17.09.2026–24.04.2027
Château de Chillon

What will the traces left behind by our era look like?

In this temporary exhibition, Chillon Castle invites ECAL to take a contemporary look at its rooms, objects, inscriptions and atmospheres. Students from the Bachelor Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography, as well as the Master Type Design, explore this living heritage, capturing its forms, images, letters and motifs.

From this fruitful collaboration, the students imagine "Relics of the Future" that blend heritage and innovation. Drawing on their observations of the site and historical documents, they have gathered images, shapes, materials, and references related to the castle to inform the development of their projects.

Each ECAL department thus offers a different approach:

• "Resonating Patterns", Graphic Design Bachelor
  The castle’s shapes, patterns, painted decorations, coats of arms, and traces serve as the starting point for printed compositions — whether fragmented or reassembled.
   
• "Life in the Castle", Photography Bachelor
  The spaces of Chillon are transformed into narrative scenes where characters, props, and imagined situations offer a personal interpretation of the site.
   
• "Parallel Chronicles", Media & Interaction Design Bachelor
  Animated sequences develop a visual universe where the past, future, and imagination interplay.
   
• "Scripta Manent", Type Design Master
  Through inscriptions carved in stone, students explore the letter as a trace, bridging ancient references and contemporary typography. 

Through these contemporary and sensitive works, created especially for the occasion, the exhibition "Relics of the Future" invites the public to rediscover Chillon Castle as a living heritage and a source of inspiration for the creators of tomorrow.
 

Visual © Benoît Brun