ECAL Light House

During a week of collaborative work, first-year students in the Visual Communication department at ECAL were given the ambitious task of creating a complete audiovisual experience, designing a light and sound architecture based solely on five original musical compositions. Using a central totem-like screen installation and projections on the surrounding walls, enhanced with lasers, they created a visual environment, broadcast in real time, which was presented as a performance to the public at the end of the week. The aim was to construct a universe capable of fully utilizing the space and the various stage elements, inviting the audience to move around and experience the live performance in its entirety. Five cross-functional creative groups, each with a different sound base, were supervised by Jean-Vincent Simonet and Léonard Guyot to produce images and test them throughout the week on the device, which was developed, set up and operated by a sixth group under the supervision of Florian Pittet, Matthieu Minguet and Achille Masson.

Workshop, Transversal project (2026) with Jean-Vincent Simonet, Léonard Guyot, Florian Pittet (Sigmasix), Vincent Jacquier, Julien Gurtner

Courses: BA GRAPHIC DESIGN, BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN, BA PHOTOGRAPHY
Assistants: Achille Masson, Matthieu Minguet, Dorian Pangallo
Students: Melissa Appelon, Marc Auderset, Olivia Bindon, Baptiste Boulanger, Suriya Brambilla, Marta Casemi, Alizée Clavien, Ethan Degano, Andrea Domínguez Formet, Mathias Dugenne, Lila Gomez Gaillet, Juliana Granato, Xenia Grange, Bérangère Gremion, Salomé Huwiler, Rebecca Indermühle, Kevin Jeangros, Nolan Latorre, Zachary Ramelet, Gabrielle Richard, Théo Rizzo, Anastassia Siebold, Baptiste Sultana, Margaux Tinguely, Thelma Von Muralt, Malik Ahmed, Diego Buccelloni, Davia Ciccoli Trannoy, Nora Dizeko, Rocio Hernandez, José Pardo Pariente, Philippe Strässle Zuniga, Luna Tavernier, Ava Barbieri, Célia Bigler, Cecília Bueno, Fiona Caballero, Justine Diep, Shiva Gisiger, Inès Hayoz, Carla Katsuva-Sivahera, Chloé Loichot, Pierre Mahé, Magali Monin, Nora Neves, Noé Pizzera, Théo Previdoli, Antoine Soulié, Céleste Tarbourdeau, Elisa Vareilhes
Know-how: Imagemaking, Motion design, Moving images

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