SYNC SCREEN

For a week, the first-year visual communications students worked on an installation consisting of 15 screens, accompanied by a 360° sound system developed by EPFL+ECAL Lab. This chandelier, five metres in diameter and suspended from a height of three metres, served as a support for their experiments. Using music specially composed and spatialised for the occasion, the students explored the dynamics of sound both visually and in movement.

Workshop, Transversal project (2024) with Charlotte Krieger, Jean-Vincent Simonet, Florian Pittet (Sigmasix), Vincent Jacquier, Julien Gurtner, Matthieu Minguet, Cédric Duchêne, EPFL+ECAL Lab, Giacomo Bastianelli

Courses: BA GRAPHIC DESIGN, BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN, BA PHOTOGRAPHY
Assistants: Jamy Herrmann, Achille Masson
Students: Clara Hoya, Teo Grajqevci, Caroline Romao, Finn Brigatti, David Zwicker, Léna Voélin, Dalia Spichtig, Laurine Gigandet, Siméon Dubuis, Colas Ravey, Eliott Mouissat, Jonathan Vögele, Lucca Vogel, Léa Isoard, Vittorio Franzolini, Gabriel Polgar, Rosalie Girard, Nadia Laprés, Darina Komm, Andreas Abbaszadeh, Mattias Koskinen, Antoine Genoud, Karim Kaba, Shiny Vallenas, Clara Besson, Carolina Crivelli, Morea Gërxhaliu, Daniel Rocha, Maxime Manera, Joanna Metz, Shana Meinecke, Lee Eggenschwiler, Joe Bionda, Simon Cossy, Rose Graf, Louise Tapponnier, Salomé Billato, Aline Savioz, Clea Dunand, Korakot Unasit, Nyria Graber, Maeva Chanson, Steve Bouillant, Janine Agbayani, Amélie Matthey, Auriane Nicollier, Yann Müller, Brikeld Hoxha, Alice Gillioz, Farah Mirzayeva, Sandra Texeira
Know-how: Imagemaking, Sound, Motion design, Moving images

Alexandre Carruzzo , Maxime Manera , Shana Meinecke , Joanna Metz , Daniel Rocha

Vittorio Franzolini , Léa Isoard , Noa Jetzer , Gabriel Polgar

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Laurine Gigandet , Lara Niklas , Dalia Spichtig , Léa Verboux , Léna Voélin

Janine Agbayani , Steve Bouillant , Maeva Chanson , Amélie Matthey , Auriane Nicollier

Finn Brigatti , Teo Grajqevci , Clara Hoya , Caroline Romao , David Zwicker

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Clara Besson , Carolina Crivelli , Morea Gërxhaliu , Karim Kaba , Shiny Vallenas

Laurine Gigandet , Lara Niklas , Dalia Spichtig , Léa Verboux , Léna Voélin

Alexandre Carruzzo , Maxime Manera , Shana Meinecke , Joanna Metz , Daniel Rocha

RESPONSIBLE: Vincent Jacquier
SPEAKERS: Charlotte Krieger , Jean-Vincent Simonet , Florian Pittet (Sigmasix)
COORDINATION: Julien Gurtner
DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY: Cédric Duchêne , Matthieu Minguet , Florian Pittet (Sigmasix) , EPFL+ECAL Lab
ASSISTANTS: Achille Masson , Jamy Herrmann
MUSIC: Giacomo Bastianelli

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BACHELOR PHOTOGRAPHIE

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