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ECAL Research Day 2019: Technology and Research in Art and Design

Technology and Research in Art and Design Friday 8 November, 10.30–19.30 IKEA Auditorium, ECAL, Renens www.researchday.ch Résumé The symposium explored the links between technology and research, with artists, designers and scholars in these fields from all over the world, in discussion with ECAL faculty members.  Keynote speeches, conversations, exhibitions and concerts marked the overlapping territory of research and technological innovation. Program Welcome , Alexis Georgacopoulos, director, ECAL Introductory notes , Davide Fornari, head of R&D and professor, ECAL Moderation by Arijana Walcott, emerging technology consultant, co-founder and COO, DART LABS, Zurich Data Materialization Natalie D. Kane, curator of digital design, Victoria and Albert Museum, London in conversation with Patrick Keller, professor, ECAL Keynote: How Can Type Influence How We Design Written Communication? Bianca Berning, font engineer, Dalton Maag, London introduced by Kai Bernau, professor, ECAL, and co-founder, Atelier Carvalho Bernau, The Hague Artists Residencies for Innovation Hugues Vinet, innovation and research director, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris in conversation with Nicolas Henchoz, director, EPFL+ECAL Lab The Aesthetics of Sustainability Christian Kaegi, founder, Qwstion, Zurich, and Fabrice Aeberhard, founder, Viu, Zurich in conversation with Thilo Alex Brunner, professor, ECAL, and art director, ON shoes, Zurich Keynote: Humanising Machines: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Art and Design Christian Mio Loclair, art director and founder, Waltz Binaire, Berlin introduced by Pauline Saglio, head of BA Media & Interaction Design and professor, ECAL Keynote: Designing Citizenship in Unstable Times Ala Tannir, co-curator of the 22nd Milan Triennale Broken Nature and independent architect, New York introduced by Davide Fornari, head of R&D and professor, ECAL Audio performance curated by Thibault Walter, professor, ECAL The Invisible Other. Chapter 1. Vibrancy. When the Divinity Manifests. For visual obstructions, time-based media, light and signal refractions By Mario de Vega, sound artist, Mexico City/Berlin in partnership with La Becque | Artist Residency, La Tour-de-Peilz Throughout the day, exhibitions in the Kudelski Hall, l’elac Gallery and EPFL+ECAL Lab: • 100 beste Plakate 18 • ECAL Diplômes 2019 • Smartphone Peripheral Companions curated by Alain Bellet • Soft Machines curated by Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan and Skylar Tibbits, in collaboration with the MIT Department of Architecture and its Design Minor/Design Major Program. On the occasion of the symposium, ECAL launched the book Technology and Research in Art and Design edited by Davide Fornari and published by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Technology and Research and Art and Design In collaboration with EPFL+ECAL Lab Supported by HES-SO Media partner: Creative Applications Network

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