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ECAL Milan 2014: ECAL & Camper present the film "Training",09.04.2014,Cinema Arlecchino, Milan For the Milan International Furniture Fair 2014, Camper, the Majorcan shoe brand, and the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present an exceptional multidisciplinary project at the Arlecchino Cinema on Wednesday 9 April (from 9 pm to midnight). Students of the Master Product Design have made a shop, under the supervision of Bethan Laura Wood, which has been used as the set for “Training”, a short film directed by Jan Czarlewski, a graduate of the ECAL Bachelor Cinema. Images HD The projection of this fiction film is accompanied by a documentary by Arthur Touchais, who is also a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema. All communication materials for this event (graphic design and photography) have been undertaken by former students of ECAL. “ The basic idea was to create a full-size Camper shop in the Studio Cinema of ECAL,and shoot a short film,” explains Ramón Úbeda, the person in charge of the project at Camper. “We wanted this project to be multidisciplinary and for it to bring together many of the different skills taught at the ECAL, especially the Cinema option, that makes this school a unique training centre of its kind.” The first stage was having the students of the Master Product Design create a mock-up of a shop. Under the supervision of the British designer Bethan Laura Wood, they have created an original set, an authentic design piece with two-way mirrors – a special effect that is vital to the script – and shaped like a huge shoe box. “ What is there to film in a Camper shop? To discover the film s concept we were inspired by the company philosophy: humour and jokiness”, reveals Jan Czarlewski, director of this short film lasting around 12 minutes. With that in mind, the film could only be a comedy. The story is about the first day at work of a young stammering, awkward and stressed salesman, who is trained by the shop manager, who is himself an anxious person… This short fictional piece is accompanied by a documentary by Arthur Touchais, narrating the process of putting together the whole project, from making the shop to creating the communication materials, done by Romain Collaud, graduate of the Bachelor in Graphic Design at the ECAL. (Brochure) Wednesday 9 April Screenings open to public (free entrance) From 9 pm to midnight (every 30 minutes) Cinema Arlecchino Via S. Pietro all Orto 9 20121 Milano www.ccqm.it/5553 www.camper.com Poster: ECAL/Romain Collaud
ECAL Milano 2014: «Avant-garde Retro» with Cassina,08–13.04.2014,Showroom Cassina, via Durini 16, Milan During the Milan International Furniture Fair from 8 to 13 April 2014, Cassina presents a selection of projects by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne at its showroom in via Durini 16. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Maralunga sofa, designed for the Italian brand by Vico Magistretti, the students from the Master Product Design programme have developed new sofa projects based on this icon s chassis. The project was directed by Alexis Georgacopoulos and Tomas Kral. Images HD As a tribute to the 40th anniversary of Maralunga sofa, Cassina challenged 20 international sudents from the ECAL Master Product Design programme to design the sofa of the future starting from the Maralunga chassis. The brief? Simple, comfort first and foremost. The students got their initial inspiration for the project during a visit to the Cassina factory in Meda where they were able to get a feel for the history of the brand and observe production techniques. Following this visit, various workshops with the ECAL Director, Alexis Georgacopoulos, and the designer Tomas Kral were organised, as well as two analysis meetings with the Cassina R&D Centre, which resulted in 20 integrated projects. The work entailed a semester of study, research and development and led to some surprising proposals. During the Milan International Furnitue Fair 2014, Cassina will showcase the two winning prototypes, one by Qiyun Deng, a Chinese girl born in 1983, and the other by Jin Eum, a Korean girl born in 1987, together with models chosen from 6 other projects. A special display dedicated to the world of Maralunga will also on show at the historic Cassina showroom in Milan. Exhibition open 8, 10 April From 10 am to 7 pm 9, 11, 12, 13 April From 10 am to 9 pm Showroom Cassina Via Durini 16 20122 Milano www.cassina.com
Exhibition and book "Ecal Photography" The exhibition offers a selection of works produced by 58 young talents during their Photography Bachelor curriculum at ECAL. All these images were chosen by exhibition curator Nathalie Herschdorfer, who has developed several internationally acclaimed projects around emerging photography, as well as by Milo Keller, head of the Photography programme at ECAL, and Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL director. The scenography of the exhibition is created especially by Swiss designer Adrien Rovero. The “ECAL Photography” book (296 pages, 385 images) supports this event. This book is produced by art publishers Hatje Cantz, with a worldwide reputation for their catalogue of publications on photography. An art school is an image factory. New generations of artists are constantly emerging, joining the marathon of exhibitions and publications from the very first years of their creative lives. In this context, the art school has become a particularly attractive place for ambitious young artists. This book features a selection of works by photography students from one of the world s top art universities: ECAL, in Lausanne, Switzerland, an institution commited to training artists, graphic designers, industrial designers, typographers, filmmakers, interaction designers, and photographers. Here, students create freely, question the traditional genres, explore new territories, and experiment with and beyond their media. The works revealed by the “ECAL Photography” exhibition and collected in the eponymous book are bound to trace the beginnings of innovative practices in photography. Publication « ECAL Photography » - 296 pages / 385 images / French and English, 26,5 . 35 cm / 50 Euros / ISBN 978-3-7757-3725-8 . Edited by ECAL (under the supervision of Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL, Nathalie Herschdorfer, independent curator and art historian, and Milo Keller, Head of Bachelor Photography), 2013 Art Direction by Julien Gallico & Olga Prader - With interviews from visiting artists and photographers at ECAL realized by Nathalie Herschdorfer including Adam Broomberg, Brice Dellsperger, Jason Evans, Thomas Mailaender, Paolo Roversi, Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs et Joachim Schmid. Published by Hatje Cantz: www.hatjecantz.de
Meat Marcel and Suzanne are curious as to what human flesh tastes like. They decide try it out. Fiction / 8min Synopsis Marcel and Suzanne are curious as to what human flesh tastes like. They decide try it out. Workshop "One painting, one scene" Félix Vallotton retrospective at the Grand Palais This year s workshop had the particularity of confining us to a single location: the Château de la Sarraz, and of having a relationship - whatever it may be - with the work of Félix Vallotton. The films made in collaboration with the theater students of La Manufacture were sometimes inspired by this and sometimes opposed to it. Two films illustrate these possibilities in their own way. Commentary Meat has its origin in a still life by the painter. The precision of Christophe Saber s text, its restrained actors, its formalist and pictorial cutting, its contrasting light create a film that comes as close as possible to the graphic work of Félix Vallotton s illustrations. Several shots could be part of the series of famous black and white engravings. The film gives the cruel impression that even humor is a blade... splitting the flesh. Hippolyte Girardot / Actor, director
Night s dream A night party like others. Julie is looking for her friend Sara. Fiction / 7min Synopsis A night party like others. Julie is looking for her friend Sara. Workshop "One painting, one scene" Félix Vallotton retrospective at the Grand Palais This year s workshop had the particularity of confining us to a single location: the Château de la Sarraz, and of having a relationship - whatever it may be - with the work of Félix Vallotton. The films made in collaboration with the theater students of La Manufacture were sometimes inspired by this and sometimes opposed to it. Two films illustrate these possibilities in their own way. Commentaire Night s Dream is inspired exactly by one of the painter s paintings: pictorially first (frontal staging) and in the choice of characters (two women, one asleep, the other sitting on the same bed). From this silent painting, staging a secret that is not told, he creates a situation of speech, even of vaudeville. Josua Hotz adds a protagonist who will modify the rigid framework of the painting. The characters are embodied in their reality, their fragility (it is the same actress who plays both roles and it is interesting to see the difference in "acting"), and the image, nuanced, moving, takes us into an impressionist world, the opposite of Vallotton s art. In the end, the film conceals a poetry, an incongruity a thousand miles from its starting point. Hippolyte Girardot / Actor, director Night s dream on Swissfilms.ch
Souvenir items for The Olympic Museum,07.01.2014,Olympic Museum, Lausanne To mark the reopening of The Olympic Museum, the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has been working on designing souvenir items for the Museum shop, created by Bachelor of Industrial Design students after a workshop with Hector Serrano, a Spanish designer based in Valencia. Two of these projects are set to go on sale in the Museum shop shortly. HD PICTURES ECAL Director Alexis Georgacopoulos is pleased to present the projects produced by second-year Bachelor of Industrial Design students for The Olympic Museum. In December, The Museum reopened after a makeover that will allow it to offer its visitors new experiences after 20 years of existence. To celebrate this event, The Olympic Museum invited the ECAL to work on a series of souvenir items for its shop. The aim was to create a collection of souvenirs which reflect the spirit of Olympism and The Museum in a contemporary, fun way. Using his experience in this area, Spanish designer Hector Serrano gave the students some tips on what makes a successful souvenir item. The students came up with around 30 proposals, which were submitted to a jury composed of Olympic Museum and IOC employees. Two of the proposals (by Camille Ringenbach and Emil Hjorth-Rohde) were selected, and will be on sale soon at the Museum shop. www.olympic.org Projects (videos and descriptions) Little Audience, ECAL/Camille Ringenbach “Moo Box” containing different sounds (applause, shouts and cries of disappointment by spectators) to create your own mini Olympic audience. Pop-up Sculptures, ECAL/Emil Hjorth-Rohde These postcards show delicate athlete figures achieving Olympic exploits. Olympic Matches, ECAL/Cyrille Verdon This detachable matchbox (available in summer and winter versions) contains a list of Summer and Winter Games Olympic torches, recalling dates and countries, but also the torch display at The Olympic Museum. By playing with the Olympic torch and match flames, you can light the Olympic flame for Rome, Beijing, London, etc. P.S., ECAL/Pierre Bouvier The “P.S.” series of animated postcards offers mini games based on the graphics of Olympic sports arenas. First, ECAL/Renaud Donadey A series of sculptures immortalising the movement of athletes whose performances have gone down in Olympic history. Made of silver-plated brass, these easy-to-assemble objects can be displayed on a desk or bookcase. The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book, ECAL/Paul Tubiana The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book presents various disciplines of the Olympic Games. Stadium, ECAL/Marceau Avogadro Wooden ball game symbolising a never-ending athletics race Sparkling Ceremony, ECAL/Clara Dalbéra Light the rings up and celebrate the olympics by making your own opening ceremony at home! Information ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple, Renens Case postale 555, 1001 Lausanne Tel.: +41 (0)21 316 99 33 Fax: + 41 (0)21 316 92 66 Email: ecal@ecal.ch www.ecal.ch
Exhibition "ECAL Photography" at ECAL,12.12.2013–15.02.2014,Gallery l elac, Renens From 13 December to 15 February 2014, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents the “ECAL Photography” exhibition in the Gallery l elac at Renens. The exhibition offers a selection of works produced by 58 young talents during their Photography Bachelor curriculum at ECAL. All these images were chosen by exhibition curator Nathalie Herschdorfer, who has developed several internationally acclaimed projects around emerging photography, as well as by Milo Keller, head of the Photography programme at ECAL, and Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL director. The scenography of the exhibition is created especially by Swiss designer Adrien Rovero. The “ECAL Photography” book (296 pages, 385 images) supports this event. This book is produced by art publishers Hatje Cantz, with a worldwide reputation for their catalogue of publications on photography. HD Images An art school is an image factory. New generations of artists are constantly emerging, joining the marathon of exhibitions and publications from the very first years of their creative lives. In this context, the art school has become a particularly attractive place for ambitious young artists. This book features a selection of works by photography students from one of the world s top art universities: ECAL, in Lausanne, Switzerland, an institution commited to training artists, graphic designers, industrial designers, typographers, filmmakers, interaction designers, and photographers. Here, students create freely, question the traditional genres, explore new territories, and experiment with and beyond their media. The works revealed by the “ECAL Photography” exhibition and collected in the eponymous book are bound to trace the beginnings of innovative practices in photography. Exhibition « ECAL Photography » Exhibition opens from 13 December 2013 to 15 February 2014 from Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5pm Closed from 21 December 2013 to 7 Januray 2014 Galerie l elac 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens +41 (0)21 316 99 33 After the Gallery Azzedine Alaïa (Paris) in November 2013 and the Gallery l elac, the exhibition will be presented in Milan at the Galleria Carla Sozzani from 11 January to 15 February 2014 Publication « ECAL Photography » - 296 pages / 385 images / French and English, 26,5 . 35 cm / 50 Euros / ISBN 978-3-7757-3725-8 . Edited by ECAL (under the supervision of Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL, Nathalie Herschdorfer, independent curator and art historian, and Milo Keller, Head of Bachelor Photography), 2013 - Art Direction by Julien Gallico & Olga Prader - With interviews from visiting artists and photographers at ECAL realized by Nathalie Herschdorfer including Adam Broomberg, Brice Dellsperger, Jason Evans, Thomas Mailaender, Paolo Roversi, Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs et Joachim Schmid. - Published by Hatje Cantz: www.hatjecantz.de Information ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple, Renens P.O. Box 555, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland +41 (0)21 316 99 33 ecal@ecal.ch / www.ecal.ch
Exhibition and book "ECAL Photography",15.11–15.12.2013,Gallery Azzedine Alaïa, Paris From 15 November to 15 December 2013, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents the “ECAL Photography” exhibition in the gallery of famous fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa in Paris. The exhibition offers a selection of works produced by 58 young talents during their Photography Bachelor curriculum at ECAL. All these images were chosen by exhibition curator Nathalie Herschdorfer, who has developed several internationally acclaimed projects around emerging photography, as well as by Milo Keller, head of the Photography programme at ECAL, and Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL director. The scenography of the exhibition is created especially by Swiss designer Adrien Rovero. The “ECAL Photography” book (296 pages, 385 images) supports this event. This book is produced by art publishers Hatje Cantz, with a worldwide reputation for their catalogue of publications on photography. HD Images An art school is an image factory. New generations of artists are constantly emerging, joining the marathon of exhibitions and publications from the very first years of their creative lives. In this context, the art school has become a particularly attractive place for ambitious young artists. This book features a selection of works by photography students from one of the world s top art universities: ECAL, in Lausanne, Switzerland, an institution commited to training artists, graphic designers, industrial designers, typographers, filmmakers, interaction designers, and photographers. Here, students create freely, question the traditional genres, explore new territories, and experiment with and beyond their media. The works revealed by the “ECAL Photography” exhibition and collected in the eponymous book are bound to trace the beginnings of innovative practices in photography. Exhibition « ECAL Photography » Exhibition from 15 November to 15 December 2013 Every day from 10am to 7pm Galerie Azzedine Alaïa / 18, rue de la Verrerie / 75004 Paris Métro Hôtel de Ville The exhibition will then go on tour in Milan, from 11 January to 15 February 2014, in Galleria Carla Sozzani Publication « ECAL Photography » - 296 pages / 385 images / French and English, 26,5 . 35 cm / 50 Euros / ISBN 978-3-7757-3725-8 . Edited by ECAL (under the supervision of Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL, Nathalie Herschdorfer, independent curator and art historian, and Milo Keller, Head of Bachelor Photography), 2013 - Art Direction by Julien Gallico & Olga Prader - With interviews from visiting artists and photographers at ECAL realized by Nathalie Herschdorfer including Adam Broomberg, Brice Dellsperger, Jason Evans, Thomas Mailaender, Paolo Roversi, Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs et Joachim Schmid. - Published by Hatje Cantz: www.hatjecantz.de Information ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple, Renens P.O. Box 555, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland +41 (0)21 316 99 33 ecal@ecal.ch / www.ecal.ch Galerie Azzedine Alaïa Contact : Sylvie Grumbach, 2e BUREAU +33 (0)1 42 33 93 18 alaia@2e-bureau.com / www.2e-bureau.com
Istanbul In & Out The first year Bachelor Cinema class of ECAL went round Istanbul during a whole week, accompanied by the director Kaveh Bakhtiari. The first year Bachelor Cinema class of ECAL went round Istanbul during a whole week last October. Eleven students walked throughout the city, accompanied by the director Kaveh Bakhtiari and Lionel Baier, head of the cinema departement.Five Istanbulian postcards around the theme «IN and Out» were filmed. Is Turkey outside of Europe or is it definitely the suburbs of Asia?A collaboration with RTS and Le Temps. In the context of the Summer University program sponsored by the Board of Higher Education of the Canton of Vaud
ECAL Conference: Freitag Bros.,06.11.2013,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conference: Freitag Bros. - Founders and creative directors Freitag, Zurich Freitag Bros. Fondateurs et directeurs créatifs Freitag, Zurich Holistic design – A sustainable Freitag brand perspective Mercredi 6 novembre 2013 à 18 h Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Daniel et Markus Freitag, graphistes de formation, ont développé en 1993 leur premier sac de messager en bâches de camion, chambres à air de vélos et ceintures de voitures recyclés. Aujourd hui, ce classique du design suisse est décliné en une cinquantaine de modèles pour une production de 400 000 unités par an.
Lectures and launch book TM SGM RSI,16.10.2013,ZHDK, Zurich ECAL invites you to celebrate the launch of its new publication "30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter" with a conference at the ZHDK. Programme 6.30 pm Introduction by the authors of the book 7.00 pm Panel discussion Gilles Gavillet (graphic designer, Geneva) April Greiman (artist-designer, Los Angeles) Jonas Voegeli (graphic designer, Zurich) Moderator Roland Früh 8.15 pm Cocktail 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter by Louise Paradis with Roland Früh and François Rappo. Edited by ECAL, published by Lars Müller Publishers. www.lars-mueller-publishers.com www.ecal.ch Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Vortragssaal Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zurich www.zhdk.ch
Julien Savioz – Warming by the Devil s Fire Warming by the Devil s Fire recounts the life of Robert Johnson. Considered today as one of the fathers of early Blues Music, he died in fact anonymously in 1938 at the age of 27 and fell into oblivion. It was only during the 60 s that white folk and rock musicians rediscovered his 2 albums and started being interested in his life. In 30 years though, his story had been told so many times and in so many different ways that it had turned into a tale. Theories, white fascination and romantic visions completed the myth, to which – as a European fan – I decided to contribute by telling my own version. Warming by the Devil s Fire recounts the life of Robert Johnson. Considered today as one of the fathers of early Blues Music, he died in fact anonymously in 1938 at the age of 27 and fell into oblivion. It was only during the 60 s that white folk and rock musicians rediscovered his 2 albums and started being interested in his life. In 30 years though, his story had been told so many times and in so many different ways that it had turned into a tale. Theories, white fascination and romantic visions completed the myth, to which – as a European fan – I decided to contribute by telling my own version.
Thomas Hervé – Moondog We ve Never Seen Before Moondog We ve Never Seen Before is a biography as a tribute. The book revolves around the life of a multi-talented artist : Moondog. Visual products run the diversity of his works such as poems, lyrics and instruments. Beyond the formal aspect of the biography, this project allowed me to question the limits of this genre. How far may an author revise and/or interpret the life of his subject ? For the sake of transcription, it was interesting to me to confront my universe with this singular artist s. www.hervethomas.com Moondog We ve Never Seen Before is a biography as a tribute. The book revolves around the life of a multi-talented artist : Moondog. Visual products run the diversity of his works such as poems, lyrics and instruments. Beyond the formal aspect of the biography, this project allowed me to question the limits of this genre. How far may an author revise and/or interpret the life of his subject ? For the sake of transcription, it was interesting to me to confront my universe with this singular artist s.www.hervethomas.com
Leo Haddad – Age of fire Hugo is sixteen. He has to spend his easter holidays at his country house, with his mother. He ll meet Céline again, his childhood friend. It s been a long time since they haven t seen each other. She s changed, and him as well... Fiction / 25min Synopsis Hugo is sixteen. He has to spend his easter holidays at his country house, with his mother. He ll meet Céline again, his childhood friend. It s been a long time since they haven t seen each other. She s changed, and him as well... Commentaire Age of fire has the spontaneity and freshness of the beautiful age with its innocence, its wounds and its laws. Or how, suddenly, as one enters adult life, conditioning and education become barriers. Léo Haddad explores this frontier, questioning it until it subtly cracks. In the places of childhood, the director, close to his actors, stretches a fragile thread between two worlds that had given the illusion of being similar and that during the vacations discover themselves to be completely different. Elsa Amiel / Réalisatrice
Mélanie Rappo – Burns Juliette lives in a small country town. The eighteen year old adolescent is about celebrate their three and a half year anniversary with her boyfriend. Her hopes of a perfect date are shattered and make way for a violent break up. Fiction / 16min Synopsis Juliette lives in a small country town. The eighteen year old adolescent is about celebrate her "three and half year" anniversary with her boyfriend. Her hopes of a perfect date are shattered and make way for a violent break up. Commentaire Melanie s film resembles her and that surely is what attaches me to it in the first place. It s so devious the way movies make you discover who you are, who you thought you weren t and ultimately who you would like to be. Melanie is a discreet and stubborn woman, secretive and proud, shy and intense. It s hard to know where she s taking you, but she holds your hand. Burns tells in its own way the dark side of the love relationship when you are a girl who is not "obvious" and that you would like to love normally, bourgeoisly. The heroine is a princess; she lives in a castle with a pet except that everything is messed up: the dog runs away and the mother says slimy and disgusting things with her mouth. The princess loves a prince, but he is also a mess: he says disgusting things with his slimy mouth, but he kisses so well. The beauty of the film - and its difficult bet - is not to explain much and especially not to link, for example, the death of a hedgehog and the undressing, a knife on the skin and the word caress instead of the word blow. And we remain locked up like the princess in the dungeon of love. Hippolyte Girardot / Actor, director
Carina Freire – The little prince in the land that passes by Stéphane Lambiel is a famous figure skater and a two-time world champion. Today, he goes from galas to galas on a weekly basis. The little prince in the land that passes by draws an intimate portrait of this young man by showing the life behind the stardom status. Synopsis Stéphane Lambiel is a famous figure skater and a two-time world champion. Today, he goes from galas to galas on a weekly basis. The little prince in the land that passes by draws an intimate portrait of this young man by showing the life behind the stardom status. The idea for this documentary came to me when I met Stéphane Lambiel. I was moved by the much more humble image of him that he let me see that goes beyond his glimmering branded image. With my little camera in hand, I decided to follow him while he was on tour in Russia and east-europe while remaining in the shadows of the ice rink, in a corner of hotel rooms and cars. Commentaire What can you do with your life when you have been a double world champion figure skater and have retired at the age of 25? Carina Freire, in The Little prince in the land that passes by, reveals with modesty and rigor the wanderings of Stéphane Lambiel, a former champion, who skates in galas and skating shows all over the world. A sharp, lively, sometimes funny film, which forcefully mixes grace and prosaic. Frédéric Mermoud / Director
Brother and Sister Ismail and his sister are driving back from the airport. The young man has just arrived in a new country, Switzerland, whilst his sister has been here for a couple of month. Fiction / 14min Synopsis Ismail and his sister are driving back from the airport. The young man has just arrived in a new country, Switzerland, whilst his sister has been here for a couple of month. Ismail is the ‘little one , Jade is the older who seems to have authority. The car wanders and gets lost in the city. Suddenly, an incident occurs, putting an end to the harmless teasing between the two. The situation threatens Ismail s manhood. The tension rises and puts the brother and sister relationship to the test. Commentaire On the theme of the city, Christophe Saber has filmed a nocturnal huis clos through an eternal fraternal conflict. The accuracy of the actors performance as well as the purity of the direction make this film an intense and deeply human moment of cinema. Sébastien Lifshitz / Director
Kaspar Schiltknecht – Bonne Espérance The routine life of Stéphanie, a support worker, ill at ease with herself, but totally dedicated to her work, is overturned by her experience with Tamara, a “white trash Lolita” who is at war with the entire world. Fiction / 19min Synopsis A support worker in a hostel for young women at risk, Stéphanie s whole life revolves round her work. Her commitment is shaken when Tamara, a 16 year old runaway, is brought back by the police. Trying to deal with the institution s tight surveillance and hostility of the other girls, Tamara tries to make friends with Stéphanie, who becomes increasingly unsettled by the girl s desire for closeness. Commentaire Bonne Espérance tells with intelligence and finesse the story of the meeting of two women that everything should have opposed. Kaspar Schiltknecht succeeds, with gentleness and grace, in filming the ages, the states of the body, the desires for freedom and guilt, the beauty and the unattractive, and reveals a young actress with a confounding naturalness who seduces her educator almost in spite of herself. Frédéric Mermoud / Director
I ve got a power This is the testimonial of a friendship between the director and his friend Mirko, with whom he spent his childhood playing with "Playmobil"-figures in a fantasy world. Documentary / 19min Synopsis This is the testimonial of a friendship between the director and his friend Mirko, with whom he spent his childhood playing with "Playmobil"-figures in a fantasy world. Today their lives are very different: the first studies cinema, the second finds himself in a socially and psychologically delicate situation. This film is the opportunity to remember their past games and to find the essence of their deep relationship. It is the resurrection of a long lost friendship.
ECAL MIlano 2013: "Savoir-Faire",08–14.04.2013,Spazio Orso 16, Milan The “Savoir-Faire” exhibition showcases a selection by ECAL Director Alexis Georgacopoulos, featuring projects in Product and Industrial Design, Art Direction, Photography, Graphic Design and Media & Interaction Design by ECAL Bachelor and Master students. Following a successful experience at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last year, ECAL offers, for the second time, an exhibition which introduces photography, graphic design, art direction and interaction design amidst “traditional” product & industrial design works. “At ECAL there is no single way to create, although we do take to heart such values as precision, professionalism, innovation – and even humour. Our outmost objective is to develop different skills specific to each programme, but also to integrate this diverse know-how in the cross-disciplinary fashion which has established our school s reputation. With this exhibition we wanted to show that our students “know how” to contribute with passion to each field developed at ECAL”, says ECAL Director Alexis Georgacopoulos.
Low-Tech Factory,21.03–21.04.2013,Hôtel Droog, Amsterdam ECAL presents "Low-Tech Factoy" at the Droog Hotel in Amsterdam. On this occasion, Alexis Georgacopoulos, and Chris Kabel, professor at ECAL, will participate in a debate (April 21 at 7pm) to answer this question: "Why are so many young designers making machines these days?" Low-Tech Factory is a project by ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, Switzerland. In a workshop led by Chris Kabel and Thomas Kral, students from Bachelor in Industrial Design and Master in Product Design created a series of simple but sophisticated machines that not only create an experience, but actually produce finished goods—hats, mirrors, bags, toys, lamps and popcorn. With this project, the theme of auto-production is raised. Recently we have seen countless designers make their own machines. And while it often seems the machine becomes more important than the result, in this case, the design of the machine and its resulting product are in balance. The exhibition presents six machines with videos. At the opening on March 21st, the designers will demonstrate the machines themselves. The question—why are designers making so many machines—still remains. With this question, we will enter into a debate on March 21st with Alexis Georgacopoulos, director of ECAL, Chris Kabel, Joanna van der Zanden and Joris Laarman. The evening will be moderated by Tracy Metz. ----- Students projects "Oncle Sam" by ECAL/Laurent Beirnaert, Pierre Bouvier, Paul Tubiana The "Oncle Sam" machine processes grains one by one, focusing on the transformation of corn into popcorn. An explosion that usually occurs en masse is here isolated so that the spectacle can be enjoyed. Satisfaction is at once visual and gastronomic. "Rocking-Knit" by ECAL/Damien Ludi, Colin Peillex "Rocking-Knit" is a new interpretation of the rocking chair. It offers its user productive moments of relaxation. The to-and-fro movement of this armchair knits hats for the winter and requires no exertion whatsoever. "Stamp" by ECAL/Anaïs Benoit Dignac, Arthur Didier, Edrris Gaaloul "Stamp" is a production line that converts simple plastic trellis into portable lamps. The steps in the manufacturing process are carried out along a rail: the plastic is heated, shaped, and finally crimped over an inexpensive bulb. The result of this ingenious production is a portable lamp complete with a graphic lightweight shade. "Swing" by ECAL/Léonard Golay, Camille Rein "Swing" is a giant punch that transforms pieces of stretch tarpaulin into extendable openwork sacks. The items are produced by the weight of the user who, gyrating, executes a production movement resembling a dance step. "Animal Growth" by ECAL/Eleonora Castellarin, Moises Hernandez Through the use of simple hand tools, this fun worktop breaks down the production process of animal toys manufactured from expanded foam. Cutting, gluing, filling and observing the animals takes shape before your very eyes. "Marbelous" by ECAL/Anurag Etchepareborda, Flora Fixy Using a surface transfer method known as “marbling”, the Marbelous transforms simple objects by coating them with a thin layer of marbled motifs. With a few drops of paint, surprising colour effects are transferred to metallic mirrors, giving your reflection an unexpected impression.
Multimodal Publishing The sphere of mass media is deeply transformed by the irruption of network technologies. Thus, the editorial field of magazines faces an increasing phenomenon of fragmentation and differentiation. New editorial projects and new “communities of readers” appear, characterized by an unprecedented and innovative structure of diffusion and reception. These media are a paradox : they are at the same time products of high editorial complexity while being based on a restricted editorial structure. In this context, Multimodal Publishing aims at : developing new forms of magazines able to take part, even to anticipate the changes of the considered media ; characterizing the new design space authorized by this new press magazine mainly influenced by its various actors ; revealing and describing the new competences to be developed in a specific way, for and on behalf of the designers. Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Pierre Fantys (project leader) Research teamFrançois Rappo Erol Gemma (assistant)Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)PartnersWorkshops direction: Jop van Bennekom, Maxime Buechi, Jason Evans, Jörg Koch, Erwan Frotin, Ian Party, Paolo Roversi, Maurice Scheltens, Christian Schwartz, Yorgo Tloupas, Gerard Unger. Interviews and and theoretical contributions : Michel Guerrin, Angelo Cirimele, Lionel Bovier, Stéphanie Moisdon.Period2009 – 2013DisseminationWebsite www.ma-ad.ch/maad-project/mock-up-x36 Publication Mock up x36 Edited by l ECAL, 2013
Atrocity Exhibition John Graham Ballard s literary technique influenced by Surrealism, his explicit or indirect references to artworks or artpractices and the relationships the author had with the british Pop artists attest that The Atrocity Exhibition has an affinity with the discipline of contemporary art. The aim of this research project was to design the parameters of an exhibition dedicated to The Atrocity Exhibition. The student-researchers inquired into the status of exhibitions - such as documentary, historical or thematical – and into more recent experimental displays. They decided to conceive an exhibition that articulated documentary restitution and creation. The few selected documents were used to blur the notions of context and reference in order to echo with the ambiguous media criticism in Ballard s work. The display structure created for the exhibition points towards devices as eclectic as contemporary commercial fairs, world s fairs or the Independent Group s Pavilions, in an elliptic and entropic gesture involving oblivion, decay, mutation and sedimentation. A book gathers all the lectures by invited experts, the interventions by the professors and the results of the sudents research in the conception of this exhibition. Main applicant Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL) Julien Fronsacq (project leader) Andreas Hochuli (assistant) Students of Master en Arts Visuels de l ECAL Partners Circuit, centre d art contemporain, Lausanne Maison d Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-Bains Period From February 2012 to February 2013 Publication Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe Déambulations dans La Foire aux atrocités Published by ECAL with the support of HES-SO Edited by Julien Fronsacq Funded by the HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland) John Graham Ballard s literary technique influenced by Surrealism, his explicit or indirect references to artworks or artpractices and the relationships the author had with the british Pop artists attest that The Atrocity Exhibition has an affinity with the discipline of contemporary art.The aim of this research project was to design the parameters of an exhibition dedicated to The Atrocity Exhibition. The student-researchers inquired into the status of exhibitions - such as documentary, historical or thematical – and into more recent experimental displays. They decided to conceive an exhibition that articulated documentary restitution and creation. The few selected documents were used to blur the notions of context and reference in order to echo with the ambiguous media criticism in Ballard s work.The display structure created for the exhibition points towards devices as eclectic as contemporary commercial fairs, world s fairs or the Independent Group s Pavilions, in an elliptic and entropic gesture involving oblivion, decay, mutation and sedimentation. A book gathers all the lectures by invited experts, the interventions by the professors and the results of the sudents research in the conception of this exhibition. Main applicant Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL)Julien Fronsacq (project leader)Andreas Hochuli (assistant) Students of Master en Arts Visuels de l ECALPartners Circuit, centre d art contemporain, LausanneMaison d Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-BainsPeriod From February 2012 to February 2013PublicationAtrocity Exhibition Archive ParadoxeDéambulations dans La Foire aux atrocitésPublished by ECAL with the support of HES-SOEdited by Julien FronsacqFunded by the HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
Collection d art de la Banque Cantonale Vaudoise A catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition “Contemporary… Is It? The BCV Art Collection”. It offers a look at the BCV art collection, a major player in the art scene in the canton of Vaud. Through the eye of photographers Michal Schorro Florence and Prune Simon Vermot, the reader is invited to discover the works in unusual contexts, ranging from workshops, meetings with artists, spaces of the banks, places of the artworks creation, to the status of art objects and collectibles. The visual essay provides a unique glimpse into the artistic creation in the canton of Vaud and the active support of the BCV. It is thus, by its content and by the point of view of photographers, a reference light on the artist s life here and now. In addition to the two photographers, the graphic design and realization of the catalogue was coordinated by Katharina Tauer and Simon Ladoux, students of the Master Art Direction, supervised and guided by François Rappo, Anouk Dulguerov, Robert Huber and Alexis Georgacopoulos. Published by BCV and co-published with the Hermitage Foundation, the exhibition catalogue is prefaced by Sylvie Wuhrmann, Director of Fondation de l Hermitage, and Olivier Steimer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BCV and President of the Commission of the art collection BCV. It brings together contributions from Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser, co-directors of the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris, and Catherine Girard-Othenin, curator of the art collection BCV and curator of the exhibition. A catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition “Contemporary… Is It? The BCV Art Collection”. It offers a look at the BCV art collection, a major player in the art scene in the canton of Vaud. Through the eye of photographers Michal Schorro Florence and Prune Simon Vermot, the reader is invited to discover the works in unusual contexts, ranging from workshops, meetings with artists, spaces of the banks, places of the artworks creation, to the status of art objects and collectibles. The visual essay provides a unique glimpse into the artistic creation in the canton of Vaud and the active support of the BCV. It is thus, by its content and by the point of view of photographers, a reference light on the artist s life here and now. In addition to the two photographers, the graphic design and realization of the catalogue was coordinated by Katharina Tauer and Simon Ladoux, students of the Master Art Direction, supervised and guided by François Rappo, Anouk Schneider Agabekov, Robert Huber and Alexis Georgacopoulos. Published by BCV and co-published with the Hermitage Foundation, the exhibition catalogue is prefaced by Sylvie Wuhrmann, Director of Fondation de l Hermitage, and Olivier Steimer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BCV and President of the Commission of the art collection BCV. It brings together contributions from Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser, co-directors of the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris, and Catherine Girard-Othenin, curator of the art collection BCV and curator of the exhibition.
ECAL Conference: Eames Demetrios,13.12.2012,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conference: Eames Demetrios – Eames Office Director, Los Angeles Eames Demetrios, Directeur Eames Office, Los Angeles
ECAL Masterclass: Noémie Lvovsky,08.11.2012,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Masterclass: Noémie Lvovsky – Director, screenwriter and actress, Paris Masterclass ECAL (novembre 2012) Noémie Lvovsky Réalisatrice, scénariste et comédienne, Paris Jeudi 8 novembre 2012 14h – 17h Masterclass modérée par Lionel Baier Auditoire IKEA, ECAL 18h15 Autour de « Camille redouble » Rencontre et discussion avec Noémie Lvovsky en présence de l un des acteurs du film, Michel Vuillermoz Cinétoile, Prilly 18h45 Projection de «Camille redouble» Cinétoile, Prilly Cinétoile Chemin du Viaduc 1 1008 Prilly www.cinetoile.ch
Grand voyage à Lisbonne The students of each Master s program undertake a "Grand Voyage" to discover the territory of a filmmaker. In 2012, they went to Lisbon with the director Teresa Villaverde and the sound engineer Vasco Pimentel. The students of each Master s program undertake a "Grand Voyage" to discover the territory of a filmmaker. In 2012, they went to Lisbon with the director Teresa Villaverde and the sound engineer Vasco Pimentel. During two weeks of complete immersion, the students went to meet these filmmakers and their territory. In places they have often filmed, the neighborhoods of Intendente and Moraria, Teresa Villaverde and Vasco Pimentel explained their working method, from the location scouting to the first shootings. They also discussed the different technical constraints inherent to filming (sound, image). The students worked as a team in these neighborhoods, sketching a story in "real life" situations. These films were entirely shot, edited and presented on location.
Conférences ECAL: Giulio Cappellini,28.09.2012,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conférence: Giulio Cappellini – Cappellini artistic director, Milan A l occasion des Design Days 2012 organisés par le magazine Espaces contemporains du 27 au 30 septembre www.designdays.ch Giulio Cappellini, Directeur artistique Cappellini, Milan
Jan Czarlewski – Stammering love Tim is 23 years old. He stammers a lot. His friend is a charmer. For Tim, seducing a girl is difficult. Fiction / 20min Synopsis Tim is 23 years old. He s intelligent, rather good looking, but he stammers. Seducing a girl is an ordeal. Encouraged by his friend, he will try and reach for the brass ring – Victoria, a pretty girl he met boxing. However, he has trouble stringing two words together… Commentaire The bodies and their defects, their weights, their dysfunctions, their failures. Watching Jan s film is a physical experience. We breathe with this character and suffer with him. We are the young girl who listens, the one who tells him "you want to", the friend who encourages him. And the relationship that is gradually established with the boxer brings us closer to this last unique and untranslatable scene. A scene of cinema. Hippolyte Girardot / Actor, director Festivals 2012 Winterthur - Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Compétition 2012 Locarno - Suisse - Festival del film Locarno, séction pardi di domani (concorso Nazionale) - Pardino d argent (pardi di domani concorso nazionale) 2012 Genève - Suisse - Cinéma Tous Ecrans-Féstival international du cinéma et de télévision, Compétition Suisse 2013 Angers - France - Festival premier plan d angers 2013 Clermont-Ferrand – France - Festival international du court métrage, Compétition 2013 Nijmegen - Pays-Bas - "the Breaking Shorts Student Competition at the Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen" 2013 Kustendorf – Serbie - Kustendorf International Film & Music Festival - Golden Egg Award
Caroline Cuénod – Des yeux partout This ageless woman who tracks every CCTV camera in the city, would she aggree to go to Monaco? Documentary / 47mn Synopsis Lonely and a bit wild, Clarissa can not stand to be constantly observed by CCTV. From Geneva to Middlesbrough via Monaco, she faces everywhere this society filming every single move constantly. Under the eye of surveillance cameras and the one of the camera director, Clarisse reveales herself little by little ... Comment When Caroline Cuénod spoke to me about her film project, I immediately felt her sensitivity and intelligence. She has a clear vision of what she is looking for and, at the same time, shows a lot of open-mindedness and listening. Little by little, I saw her film being made, finding itself, until this very beautiful end... Eyes everywhere expresses a great desire for cinema. Solveig Anspach / Director Festivals & Awards 2013 Nyon, Festival Visions du Réel
Spare time Two young women live together in a brothel. The camera captures their daily life in their hours away from work. Documentary / 22min Synopsis Two young women live together in a brothel, between arguments and tenderness. Invited into their intimacy, the camera captures their daily life behind closed doors, where hope is their only breathable substance in this strange heavy atmosphere. Commentaire Cinema as an answer to voyeurism and moralization, as the art of taking a position in space, of observing and doing justice to the people we film. The result speaks for itself: we will not soon forget these two girls whose race across Europe once crossed Myriam s. Dominique Marchais / Director Festivals 2013 Tampere – Finland - Tampere Film festival 2013 Solothurn – Suisse - Journées du Cinéma suisse de Soleure 2013 Kustendorf – Serbie - Kustendorf International Film & Music Festival 2013 Creteil – France - Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil - compétition internationale courts-métrages 2012 Amsterdam - Pays-Bas - IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, compétition pour Best Student Documentary
Elie Jules is a young man, he is twenty one years old. His grand father is about to die. He is afraid to loose him. He decide to go and find a Rabin his grandfather used to know. During this travel, Jules mourns and grows up. Fiction / 16min Synopsis Jules is a young man, he is twenty one years old. His grand father is about to die. He is afraid to loose him. He decide to go and find a Rabin his grandfather used to know. During this travel, Jules mourns and grows up. Comment Leo Haddad has drawn on his personal memories to create a moving account of the difficult process of learning about death. Through the unexpected encounter between a teenager and a rabbi, the film questions Jewish spirituality with finesse and humor. Sébastien Lifshitz / Director
In your arms A mother and daughter, two Portuguese immigrants. An evening watching series. The atmosphere becomes suffocating. Fiction / 11min Synopsis Katia and her mother, Piedade, two Portuguese immigrants. An evening watching series. Piedade wants to take care of her daughter, but she has other plans. The atmosphere becomes suffocating. Commentaire Katia and her mother, Piedade, two Portuguese immigrants. An evening watching series. Piedade wants to take care of her daughter, but she has other plans. The atmosphere becomes suffocating. Sébastien Lifshitz / Director
Jeremy Rosenstein – Resurrection A retired couple are given the mission to create a short religious film. This amateur filming will mark the rebirth of desire within their relationship. Fiction / 20min Synopsis Henri and Annette, a retired couple, live in a suburban house. Since her hip fracture, Annette is depressed. Henry doesn t know how to give his wife her zest for life back. During the meeting of the seniors of their parish, the pastor presents different projects to animate the next Easter Sunday. Henry and his wife were given the task of creating a video celebrating the Resurrection. Henri and his wife isolate themselves and start shooting a short film in which they play the only roles. This amateurish, makeshift filming marks the rebirth of desire within their couple. Commentaire With Resurrection, Jeremy offers a daring look at the couple. A journey to the land of intimacy and flesh where aged and tired bodies move on the ground of desire, play and freedom. Far from the conventions. Elsa Amiel / Director Festivals 2012 Genève - Suisse - Cinéma Tous Ecrans-Festival international du cinéma et de télévision, Compétition Suisse - Reflet d Or du meilleur court suisse 2012 Winterthur - Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Programmé dans la journée des écoles
Nathan Hofstetter – Radio-active A film about my illness and my stay at a psychiatric hospital. Documentary / 27min Synopsis "I couldn t say exactly how it started. What I do remember is being on a film set, sleeping less and less, feeling the anxiety rise; then, one morning, watching television with the strong feeling that it was me who was going to marry Kate Middletone and not Prince William. This is called a psychotic decompensation. But that I learned later. " Radio-active, tells "from within" the territory of this disease. Commentaire Following a psychotic decompensation, Nathan spends a season in hell. From inside his head, itself encircled by the walls of the hospital, he tells us about a world where reality no longer has a place. Radio-active is not a testimony, it is a journey into illness, a simple and demanding form, an exploratory film. Lionel Baier / Director Festivals 2012 Locarno – Suisse - Festival del film Locarno, séction pardi di domani (concorso Nazionale) - Pardino d oro (pardi di domani concorso nazionale) 2012 Winterthur – Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Programmé dans la journée des écoles 2012 Florence – Italie - Festival dei Popoli, séléction officielle compétition internationale
Natalia Ducrey – Sunburn It is summer. Three sixteen-year-old girls spend a few days together at the home of one of them. Fiction / 26min Synopsis The story of three teenage girls and their friendship, in the middle of the summer vacations that never end. The story of Amélie and her friends Caro and Sasha who take advantage of Amélie s parents absence to take over their big house. Each in her own way tries to assert herself, to test the others, to seduce the boys. For Amélie, this bittersweet journey and her story with the handsome Mathieu, will be the opportunity to detach herself from her friends and discover her femininity... Comment Sunburn captures with strength, gentleness and harshness a few days in the life of a young girl, in the middle of summer; a young girl that Natalia Ducrey watches with great accuracy, who beautifully captures her heroine s first love affections, her first benders, her slow entry into the skin of a young woman. Frédéric Mermoud / Director Festivals Genève – Suisse - Cinéma Tous Ecrans-Féstival international du cinéma et de télévision, Compétition Suisse - 2ème prix Winterthur - Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Compétition - Meilleure Camera
Florine Bonaventure – Adventice 01 — An Issue About Architecture and Nature “Adventice is an editorial project which concentrates on the confrontation of different topics, highlighting the tension between conflicting subjects. Each issue focuses on a specific matter. Authors such as writers, photographers, designers and biologists explore the given theme. Adventice 01 is centered on the parallel between nature and industry and was published with a print run of 1000 copies. Three fonts were specifically drawn for this issue. Although we worked with many people during the entire process, we had to take different roles. We were in turn: author, editor, graphic designer, type designer, translator, lithographer, etc. In addition to being a great human adventure, Adventice introduced us to the real world of production.” Florine Bonaventure “Adventice is an editorial project which concentrates on the confrontation of different topics, highlighting the tension between conflicting subjects. Each issue focuses on a specific matter. Authors such as writers, photographers, designers and biologists explore the given theme. Adventice 01 is centered on the parallel between nature and industry and was published with a print run of 1000 copies. Three fonts were specifically drawn for this issue. Although we worked with many people during the entire process, we had to take different roles. We were in turn: author, editor, graphic designer, type designer, translator, lithographer, etc. In addition to being a great human adventure, Adventice introduced us to the real world of production.”Florine Bonaventure
ECAL Conference : Megaforce,09.05.2012,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conference : Megaforce – Directors, Paris A l occasion d une semaine de workshop dans le cadre du Département Communication visuelle, l ECAL reçoit les réalisateurs de clips vidéos pour Kid Cudi, Metronomy ou encore Madonna Megaforce, Réalisateurs, Paris
ECAL Milano 2012: "Too Cool For School",17–22.04.2012,Spazio Orso 16, Milan “Too Cool For School” presents projects in Industrial and Product Design, Photography, Graphic Design and Media & Interaction Design produced by students on Bachelor and Master programmes. “The Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan has become a flagship event not only for product design but also in fields such as photography, graphic design and interactive design. In the professional world, as at the ECAL, these different disciplines cross paths and give rise to innovative and unexpected creations! Such transdisciplinarity between different fields has existed for many years at the ECAL and, through this exhibition, we wanted to illustrate the richness and excellence of projects carried out by our students,” explains Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of the ECAL. As well as elements of Industrial and Product Design normally present in Milan, this year the ECAL is presenting projects in Graphic Design, Typography, Photography, and Media & Interaction Design. Works at Bachelor to Master s level range from the design of fonts to photographic portraits, interactive installations and the design of objects.
ECAL Milano 2012: "Hydro-Fold",17–22.04.2012,SaloneSatellite, Milan At the 15th anniversary of the SaloneSatellite and at the invitation of its Director Marva Griffin, the ECAL presents “Hydro-Fold”, a project by Christophe Guberan, a third-year Bachelor student of Industrial Design. “Hydro-Fold”. Invited by its Director Marva Griffin to the 15th anniversary of the SaloneSatellite, on the theme “Design Technology”, the ECAL presents an installation by Christophe Guberan, a third-year Bachelor student of Industrial Design. “The idea is to give shape to paper through the simple use of water, adapting an existing printer to control the phenomenon. This experimental approach allowed me to explore new avenues of research,” explains Christophe Guberan. Indeed, this project is based on a totally new experimental process which, using a printer, a simple sheet of tracing paper and water, creates a transition from 2D to 3D, generating tiny volumes in just a few minutes.
The Ambassador & me A son, a father. The first one holds a camera; the second one holds the title ambassador. The camera trembles, the ambassador remains. Documentary / 16min Synopsis His Excellency, the plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Belgian Crown sacrificed his entire life for his country. His dedication came with a price; he never really had time for me, his son. In admiration, I always longed to be like him. However, I feel like I am quite the opposite. I thus, decide to come to Brussels to try to make up for lost time. Commentaire A son, a father. The first holds a camera, the other is an ambassador. A great game of evasions where the son, by dint of (voluntarily) getting his feet wet, manages to draw a portrait of his father (and his own, as a result...). Sensitive and uncompromising, in the little game of who loses wins, the sprinkler ends up (fortunately!) being sprinkled... Jean-Stéphane Bron / Director Festivals 2012 Solothurn – Suisse - Solothurner Filmtage 2012 Vienne – Autriche - VIS Vienna Independent Shorts.Best short 2012 Vidreres – Espagne - Festival Curt. Doc 2012 Trieste – Italie - festival de Maremetraggio 2012 Hambourg – Allemagne - Hamburg International Short Film Festival - Special Mention 2012 Cracovie – Pologne - Cracow International Film Festival Londre - Angleterre - London International Documentary Festival Timisoara – Roumanie - Festival Timishort Film Festival 2012 Vienne – Autriche - La Nuit du court métrage du Festival du film francophone 2012 silver spring – USA - Silverdocs AFI 2012 Hambourg – Allemagne - Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2012 Angers – France - Festival premier plan d angers - GRAND PRIX DU JURY FILMS D ECOLES EUROPEENS Mention speciale EFA Intragna – Suisse - Film Festival Centovalli 2012 Prizren – Serbie - Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren 2012 Lussas – France - Etats généraux du film documentaire Lussas 2012 Belo Horizonte – Brésil - Belo Horizonte International Short Film 2012 Bern - suisse - Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Shnit 2012 Ghent – Belgique - Flanders International Film Festival Ghent 2012 Huy - Belgique - Festival international des Ecoles de Cinéma 2012 Kiev – Ukraine - Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist 2012 Suisse - Nominations pour le Prix du Cinéma Suisse «Quartz 2012» séction «Meilleur court métrage» 2011 Locarno – Suisse - Festival del film Locarno, séction pardi di domani (concorso Nazionale) - Pardino d oro (pardi di domani concorso nazionale) - Prix du cinéma e Gioventù / meilleur court métrage 2011 Winterthur – Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Programmé dans la journée des écoles 2011 Florence – Italie - Festival dei Popoli, séléction officielle compétition internationnal - Special Mention 2011 Amsterdam - Pays-Bas - IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, compétition pour Best Student Documentary
Jean-Guillaume Sonnier – Another Game Starting with a role play and then falling in love, Benoît is going to lose everything… Fiction / 19min Synopsis Looking for a flat to rent, Benoît is staying temporarily at a hotel. Having seen that flats are more easily rented to couples than singles, Benoît comes up with the plan to have Jeanne, his neighbour, act as his girlfriend. Through this role play, Benoît will fall under the charm of this young lady who is keen on horse betting, and will let himself be led into an amorous bet that will ruin him. Comments Another Game is a modest and playful film, an elegant cross between a young skater with a broken leg and a mysterious young woman who bets on the racetrack. With its contrasting black and white and lively dialogue, the film pays homage to the lightness of 1960s cinema and brilliantly affirms its belief in romance. Frédéric Mermoud / Director Festivals Vukovar – Croatie - VUKOVAR FILM FESTIVAL Londre – Angleterre - International student film festival london Zurich – Suisse - Jugendfilmtage Larissa – Grèce - Mediterranen festival of new film Bratislava – Slovaquie - Festival international du film francophone de Bratislava Solothurn – Suisse - Solothurner Filmtage Tampere – Finland - Tampere Film festival Edinburgh – Angleterre - Edinburgh International Film Festival Dresden – Allemagne - FilmFest Dresden - Prix ARTE du court métrage Tbilisi - Géorgie - Tbilisi International Student Film Festival Ouroux en Morvan – France - Festival PARTIE(S) DE CAMPAGNE Piacenza – Italie - Concorto film festival Istambul - Turquie - Istanbul International Short Film Festival (compétition St Petersbourg – Russie - St.Petersburg Film Festival - prix "best actor" pour Swann Arlaud dans "A quoi tu joues" Uppsala – Suède - Uppsala International Short Film Festival Miskolc – Hongrie - CineFest International Film Festival, Miskolc Bern – Suisse - Shnit International Shortfilmfestival 2012 (compétition national SWISS MADE) Edinburght - Royaume-Uni - EIFF-Edinburgh International Film Festival de Edinburgh en compétition TbilisiGeorgie – Tbilisi - International Student Film Festival Locarno – Suisse - Festival del film Locarno, séction pardi di domani (concorso Nazionale) - Prix Action Light du Meilleur Espoir Suisse Genève - Suisse - Cinéma Tous Ecrans-Féstival international du cinéma et de télévision - Compétition Suisse
Vincent Weber – La noyée Celine, 46, lives in a beach resort in southern France. One night, her son appears on her front doorstep. Kevin has run away from his father s house. Over the weekend they will try to get to know each other, not without difficulty. Fiction / 13min Synopsis Celine, 46, lives in a beach resort in southern France. One night, her son appears on her front doorstep. Kevin has run away from his father s house. Over the weekend they will try to get to know each other, not without difficulty. Comment La noyée is the brutal and unexpected encounter of a teenage runaway with his mother, whom he has not seen for a long time. A brief and beautiful encounter in a deserted seaside resort, during which the characters search for each other, tear each other apart, and tame each other in silence and with a stripped lyricism. Frédéric Mermoud / Director Festivals France - Concours ARTE Online - Prix du jury professionnel Solothurn - Suisse - Solothurner Filmtage - Prix Upcoming Talents: Prix de la relève SSA/SUISSIMAGE
Gregor Frei – Bricks & Blocks Rudy is on the ropes. What keeps him living is the friendship with Martin. One day, he has to take care of an apprentice. Fiction / 19min Synopsis Rudy is on the ropes. Alone at the building yard, alone at home – what keeps him living are ball games in the evening and the team play with his friend Martin. When Asim, a bright and sprouting apprentice, appears at the building yard, this friendship gets tested. Rudy must take a decision. Comment Bricks and Blocks is not afraid to assert a certain taste for classicism, in order to subtly carve out the friendship that develops between a grumpy tiler and a young boy of Yugoslav origin in the middle of an immersion course on a building site. At once a story of friendship, love and filiation, the film offers a beautiful space to the actors and the characters they embody. Frédéric Mermoud / Director Festivals Cork – Ireland - Cork Film Festival - Short Film Competition Solothurn – Suisse - Solothurner Filmtage Zurich - Suisse - Jugendfilmtage Bienne – Suisse - Festival du film français helvétique - Prix du bilinguisme Winterthur – Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Programmé dans la journée des écoles Bern – Suisse - Shnit int. Shortfilmfestival
The Girls Grave Sissi and Victoria are sisters. Whereas the younger is slowly emerging from the world of childhood, the elder tries in vain to be grown up. In the room that they share, Sissi is preparing for her gymnastic compétition and Victoria has boys coming and going... Fiction / 17min Synopsis Sissi and Victoria are sisters. Whereas the younger is slowly emerging from the world of childhood, the elder tries in vain to be grown up. In the room that they share, Sissi is preparing for her gymnastic compétition and Victoria has boys coming and going... Comment The Girls Grave plunges us, for one day, into the intimacy of two sisters. An impressionistic, sensitive and carnal evocation of two female figures. A film of sensations on the transformation of the body and the birth of desire. A powerful universe that imprints its visions on the spectator. Frédéric Mermoud / Director Festivals Solothurn – Suisse - Solothurner Filmtage Barcelone – Espagne - Mecal International Short Film Nijmegen - Pays-Bas - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Breaking Shorts competition at Go Short Locarno – Suisse - Festival del film Locarno, séction pardi di domani (concorso Nazionale) - Pardino d argent (pardi di domani concorso nazionale) Genève – Suisse - Cinéma Tous Ecrans-Féstival international du cinéma et de télévision, Compétition Suisse - Reflet d Or du meilleur court métrage suisse Winterthur – Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Compétition
Born behind the stones From the photographs of my family and that of my boyfriend, I realize the portrait of two clans that everything opposes. And between the two: me. Documentary / 7min Synopsis Based on photographs of my relatives and my companion s relatives, I have portrayed two families that could hardly be more different. My parents were farmers in Portugal before immigrating to Switzerland in the 1980s. His parents are Swiss academics. And I am somewhere in between. Comment Born behind the stones, that is to say poor, in the Portuguese countryside. To leave for Switzerland, full of hope. To work hard, to rise socially. To want the best for your child. Let the years infuse and wait for your daughter (the director) to revisit the family album. With irony. Jean-Stéphane Bron / Director Festivals Nyon - Suisse - Visions du réel, Compétition First steps Creteil - France - Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil - section spéciale Les bonnes/Remue-ménage en images
Matthew Fenton & Haakon Spencer – Verities 01 Verities is an independent biannual publication of thought, observation and reflection, giving equal focus to visual arts and literature. Verities explores new ways of seeing the most ordinary and overlooked situations, revealing the arresting and irrational in the everyday. The ability to disorient and estrange through a subjects illumination makes for a potentially explosive catalyst that sits at the heart of Verities. In each issue artists and authors explore a new theme through artworks, photography, design, fashion, essays and short stories. Finding the new in the old and celebrating the old in the new, rescuing beauty from vulgarity, and pushing social issues to the fore. Verities makes intellectual content accessible, yet is not afraid to challenge its readers. Based in London with an international outlook this is a publication that is subjective in its authorship and honest in its approach. Taking on the mantle of producing a publication for the ultra observant. verities.co.uk Verities is an independent biannual publication of thought, observation and reflection, giving equal focus to visual arts and literature. Verities explores new ways of seeing the most ordinary and overlooked situations, revealing the arresting and irrational in the everyday. The ability to disorient and estrange through a subjects illumination makes for a potentially explosive catalyst that sits at the heart of Verities. In each issue artists and authors explore a new theme through artworks, photography, design, fashion, essays and short stories. Finding the new in the old and celebrating the old in the new, rescuing beauty from vulgarity, and pushing social issues to the fore. Verities makes intellectual content accessible, yet is not afraid to challenge its readers. Based in London with an international outlook this is a publication that is subjective in its authorship and honest in its approach. Taking on the mantle of producing a publication for the ultra observant.verities.co.uk
Vrai/Semblable Under the direction of filmmaker Emmanuel Salinger, students were asked to produce a fiction or documentary film of less than 10 minutes in length based on the document written in a writing workshop. Under the direction of filmmaker Emmanuel Salinger, students were asked to produce a fiction or documentary film of less than 10 minutes in length based on the document written in a writing workshop. The film had to feature a fictional or real-life actor who functions as a double of the author, even though he or she is a stranger. This character had to differ in many ways from the student (social background, age, political opinion) but share with him or her a fundamental truth (values, history, neurosis, etc.). Finally, the film had to highlight this common area without it being the main object of the film.
Cinema 3D Generally perceived as a simple way to immerse the spectator, 3D cinema is also often regarded just as a marketing argument. Consequently, studies on the implications of stereoscopy on cinematographic language are still very rare. Thus, the main goal of the project is to understand how 3D can be used in a film as an instrument for narration. Consequently, the general objective of the project is to study the influence of 3D on : the impact of images on the spectator the framing, cutting, montage and post-production of a film the creation of special effects. To this end, several particular objectives were defined : Enriching the state of the art related to 3D cinema in through readings, interviews, film analysis and meetings with experts. Making a synthesis and making accessible the theoretical basis necessary to the comprehension of 3D images. Experimenting in real or virtual images the formal and aesthetic aspects of 3D images (fixed image, movements of camera, montage, distance between centres, angulation,…). Studying more specifically how 3D can create emotion and not only feeling. Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Lionel Baier (project leader)Research teamSam et Fred Guillaume (directors) Renato Berta (chief operator ) Students from the department of Visual CommunicationPartnerAssociation Cine3DPeriod2008 – 2010Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationWebsite cine3d.ch/cine3d
Kwa Heri Mandima Childhood pictures, the departure from Zaire when I was 10, my friends Watumu, Angi and Amosi, the big shift from a culture to another, identity, memories and footage... Documentary / 11min Synopsis Through the rediscovery of archival images long kept at my grandparents home in Bordeaux, I tell the story of my childhood in Mandima, a small village in northeastern Zaire where I was born. Starting with a panoramic photo of the big departure, I observe and think back, photo after photo, to those first 10 years of this little boy who must, one fine day, leave for the city, for high school. Behind him, he leaves his friends and a whole culture. Life, its mentality, its rules, will have to be relearned. Comment Film about childhood with false innocence. 1 voice + photos. Cut, framed, reframed, revisited, assembled. Which tell us that getting on a (small) plane is not an easy thing. And that it is sometimes equivalent to a decisive step. Jean-Stéphane Bron / Director Festivals Brest, 27e Festival Européen du Film court de Brest Milano, 22nd International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond Duisburg, 36. Duisburger Filmwoche Kiev, 42nd Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist Lille, 12e Festival international du court métrage Ghent, 11. Courtisane Short film Festival for Short Mumbai, 12th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films Val-de-Marne, 22e Ciné Junior Festival international de cinéma jeunes publics en Val-de-Marne Almeria, 10. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Almeria, Competition, Poitiers, 34es Rencontres internationales Henri Langlois, Competition, Gonfreville l Orcher, 12e Festival Européen du Cinéma Gonfreville l Orcher, Competition - Prix du public du meilleur court métrage Milano, 21st International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond, Competition - Under 35 Prize Essonne, 13e Festival du Cinéma Européen en Essonne, Competition, Wiesbaden, 24. exground filmfest Wiesbaden St. Louis, 20th St. Louis International Film Festival Montréal, 14e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal, Competition Cork, 56th Cork Film Festival Recife, 4th Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Competition, - Best Image of the International Competition Uppsala, 30th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Competition Lille, 11e Festival international du court métrage, Competition Hamptons, 19th Hamptons International Film Festival Chemnitz, 16. Internationales Kinderfilmfest "Schlingel" Chemnitz, Chicago, 47th Chicago International Film Festival, Competition - Gold Plaque for Best Student Short Bern, 9. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Shnit Zürich, 7. Zurich Film Festival Paris, 10e Festival Silhouette Sao Paulo, 22nd Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Competition Gindou, 27es Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou Verona, 17th San Gio Video Festival Verona Belo Horizonte, 8th Fluxus International Film Festival on the Internet, Competition - Best Film by the Official Jury Palm Springs, 17th Palm Springs International ShortFest, Competition - Best Student Documentary Short Award Washington, 9th Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Documentary Film Festival Washington, Competition Tabor, Desinic, 9th International Short Film Festival, Competition, - Grand Prix 2011 - Best Documentary 2011 Lviv, 4th International Festival of Short Films Wiz-Art, Competition, - Audience Choice Lisboa, 8th International Independant Film Festival Lisboa, Competition, Leuven, 7th Docville International Documentary Film Festival Leuven, Toronto, 18th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto, Competition Bratislava, 13e Festival International du Film Francophone de Bratislava, Aspen, 20th Aspen Shortsfest, Competition - Best Documentary Clermont-Ferrand, 33e Festival international du court métrage, Competition Solothurn, 46. Solothurner Filmtage Leuven, 16th Leuven Kort Winterthur, 14. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Competition Locarno, 63. Festival del film Locarno - Pardino d oro (Concorso nazionale)