Résultats pour “Adoptable character art (CA113) (139) Bylenimal” (1153)
"Lake ECAL": Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Stéphanie Moisdon,21.05.2021,Instagram Live: @ecal_ch Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Stéphanie Moisdon "Lake ECAL" Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Stéphanie Moisdon Friday 21 May 2021 3pm (CEST) on Instagram Live @ecal_ch (https://www.instagram.com/ecal_ch) Hans Ulrich Obrist is the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Prior to this, he was curator and head of the Migrateurs programme at the Musée d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since his first show World Soup (The Kitchen Show) in 1991, he has curated more than 350 exhibitions: his recent shows include It s Urgent at Luma Arles (2019-2021) and Enzo Mari at Triennale Milano (2020). Obrist also writes columns for Das Magazin and Weltkunst. In 2011, he received the CCS Bard Award for Curatorial Excellence and in 2015 was awarded the International Folkwang Prize, and most recently he was honoured by the Appraisers Association of America with the 2018 Award for Excellence in the Arts. Obrist s recent publications include Ways of Curating (2015), The Age of Earthquakes (2015), Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects (2015), Mondialité (2017), Somewhere Totally Else (2018), The Athens Dialogues (2018), Maria Lassnig: Letters (2020), Entrevistas Brasileiras: Volume 2 (2020) and the forthcoming Remember Nature (2021). Stéphanie Moisdon is an art critic, curator, head of the Master in Fine Arts at ECAL and co-director of the Consortium Museum in Dijon. Together with Eric Troncy, she is also the co-founder of Frog magazine and regularly contributes to various publications such as Artforum, artpress, Beaux Arts Magazine, Purple or Self Service. She has organised numerous exhibitions and curated, among others, the European Biennial Manifesta 4 in Frankfurt (2001) and the 9th Lyon Biennial (2007), whose artistic direction she shared with Hans Ulrich Obrist. Since 2006, she has also directed an alternative and itinerant academic institution, L Ecole de Stéphanie. She is author of several monographs such as Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (2002), Marnie Weber (2011) or Jean-Luc Verna, Les roches noires (2017). Photo : Nicolas Trembley – Graphic Design : ECAL/Arthur Seguin – Font: Larish Neue, Radim Peško
ECAL Masterclass: Gisèle Vienne,11.05.2021,Online, Zoom ECAL Masterclass: Gisèle Vienne – Artist, choregrapher and theater director, Les Lilas A l occasion de la présentation de la pièce L Etang au Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne du 4 au 12 mai 2021 et dans le cadre du Master Arts Visuels de l ECAL. Gisèle Vienne Artiste, chorégraphe et metteuse en scène Mardi 11 mai à 14h30 (CEST) Retransmission sur Zoom: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/96033478188 Nº du webinaire: 960 3347 8188 Gisèle Vienne est une artiste, chorégraphe et metteuse en scène franco-autrichienne. Après des études de philosophie et de musique, elle se forme à l Ecole Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette. Elle travaille depuis régulièrement avec l écrivain Dennis Cooper notamment. Depuis 20 ans, ses mises en scènes et chorégraphies tournent en Europe et sont présentées régulièrement en Asie et en Amérique, parmi lesquelles I Apologize (2004), Kindertotenlieder (2007), Jerk (2008) This Is How You Will Disappear (2010), Last Spring: A Prequel (2011), The Ventriloquists Convention (2015) et Crowd (2017). En 2020, elle crée avec Etienne Bideau-Rey une quatrième version de Showroomdummies au Rohm Theater Kyoto, pièce initialement créée en 2001. Gisèle Vienne expose régulièrement ses photographies dans des musées dont le Whitney Museum de New York, le Centre Pompidou de Paris ou encore le Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires. Elle a publié deux livres Jerk // Through Their Tears en collaboration avec Dennis Cooper, Peter Rehberg et Jonathan Capdevielle en 2011 et un livre 40 Portraits 2003-2008 en collaboration avec Dennis Cooper et Pierre Dourthe en 2012. Son travail a fait l objet de plusieurs publications et les musiques originales de ses pièces de plusieurs albums. Son dernier spectacle L Etang, d après le texte Der Teich de Robert Walser, a été créé en résidence au TNB à Rennes en novembre 2020. Modération: Stéphanie Moisdon, responsable du Master Arts Visuels
Option Cinéma Travaux réalisés dans le cadre d une collaboration avec "Rencontres du 7e Art" Bertrand Blier par Rémi Molleyres 1 09 Jean Dujardin par Pol Barrelet et Bruna Ribeiro 1 18 Marthe Keller par Matteo Friberg et Esteban Sandoz 1 15 Travaux réalisés dans le cadre d une collaboration avec "Rencontres du 7e Art"Bertrand Blierpar Rémi Molleyres1 09 Jean Dujardinpar Pol Barrelet et Bruna Ribeiro1 18 Marthe Kellerpar Matteo Friberg et Esteban Sandoz1 15
Spring workshops: online conferences,03–07.05.2021,Online, Zoom Biannual workshops: a series of online lectures with renowned personalities from the world of art and design On the occasion of ECAL s biannual workshop week for Bachelor students (May 3-7, 2021), we are pleased to share with you a series of online lectures with renowned personalities from the world of art and design (Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography). Monday 3 May from 1pm to 2pm Jessica In – Architect, designer, creative coder, London jessicain.net Workshop BA Media & Interaction Design + BA Graphic Design Laureline Galliot – Designer de produit, peintre 3D, Paris laurelinegalliot.com Workshop BA Industrial Design Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/98368296743 Webinar ID: 983 6829 6743 Tuesday 4 May from 1pm to 2pm John Armleder & Gabriele Garavaglia in conversation – Artists, Geneva + Zurich Workshop BA Fine Arts Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/96523448070 Webinar ID: 965 2344 8070 Wednesday 5 May from 1pm to 2pm Anouk Kruithof – Artist, Brussels anoukkruithof.nl Workshop BA Photography RAUC (Robotics Aesthetics and Usability Center) – developers PATHOS platform, ETH Zürich asl.ethz.ch Workshop BA Media & Interaction Design + BA Graphic Design + BA Industrial Design Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/98244207520 Webinar ID: 982 4420 7520 Wednesday 5 May from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Zach Lieberman – new media artist, New York City zach.li Workshop BA Media & Interaction Design Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/91854514740 Webinar ID: 918 5451 4740 ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens Visual: ECAL/Guillaume Pavia & Laura Trummer
The Sources of Jan Tschichold s The New Typography Jan Tschichold s essay Die neue Typographie (The New Typography, 1928) is a game-changing book, acclaimed as the curtain raiser of modern graphic design. While it takes the form of a critical essay and an operative manual, its sources have been understudied because of their difficult identification. This project aims to reconstruct the body of sources that Tschichold drew on to understand the broader cultural context of the book, through an international conference on its impact and a travelling exhibition. The year 2018 marked the 90th anniversary of the publication of Jan Tschichold s Die neue Typographie (The New Typography). After almost a century, Tschichold s game-changing book, together with the typographic movement that stemmed from it, still attracts the interest and curiosity of graphic design historians and practitioners. The book has entered the historiographical canon and its appeal has not faded. Yet, The New Typography is a victim of its own success: it enjoys the benefits of canonisation, while suffering some side effects. Having reached an almost mythical status, The New Typography is often taken for granted and rarely questioned or closely scrutinised. This paradox is the starting point of the present research project. Jan Tschichold (Leipzig 1902 – Locarno 1974) was a German-born, Swiss-naturalised typographer, type and book designer, teacher, typography theorist and critic. In the 1920s he became one of the leaders of the New Typography movement. His conversion to the Modernist cause was mediated by the Bauhaus lesson. This was learnt first through a visit to the Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar in the summer of 1923, and encouraged in the following years through acquaintance and friendship with key exponents of the Modernist movement such as László Moholy-Nagy and El Lissitzky. With the Nazis rise to power in 1933, Tschichold escaped Germany and took refuge in Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life with the exception of two stays in England, in 1937 and between 1947 and 1949. Published in Berlin in 1928, Tschichold s The New Typography is a manifesto. It follows an earlier statement published in October 1925 in a special issue of the trade magazine Typographische Mitteilungen, entitled “Elementare Typographie.” It was intended as a textbook for graphic designers, printers, typesetters and typographers. The term “New Typography” was first used by László Moholy-Nagy in the Bauhaus exhibition catalogue of 1923. The New Typography, also known as “elementary” or “functional” typography, is the manifestation of Modernism in graphic design and printed communication. Its rules included the privilege for sans-serif typefaces, non-centred page layouts, photography and photomontage, standardised paper sizes, and the active use of white space. After the war, Tschichold gradually distanced himself from the New Typography. He condemned the rigidity of the movement from both a political-moral and a strictly typo- graphical perspective. The research project relies on the hypothesis that, despite being broadly considered a pivotal and game-changing book that paved the way to modern graphic design, The New Typography deserves further and closer scrutiny. Building on the hypothesis that bibliographic sources are among the so-far overlooked and neglected aspects of The New Typography which are waiting to be identified, discussed and contextualised, the research project employs them as a means to open the black box in which Tschichold s book has been kept until now. Once the bibliographical references (books, magazines, grey literature) have been identified, the project investigates what they can tell us about the lineage in which The New Typography was rooted and the kind of discourses and networks it stemmed from. The focus on the sources aims to provide a more complex alternative to the worn-out rhetoric of the “pioneers” of graphic design.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Matthieu Cortat Davide FornariResearch teamChiara Barbieri Martin SøbergPeriodMay 2019 – June 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne HES–SO, Fonds stratégique RCDAVDisseminationWebsite die-neue-bibliographie.ch Conference Jan Tschichold s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes, 26 April 2023, ECAL/École cantonale d art de Lausanne
Exhibition "Glowstone",21.04–07.05.2021,Gallery l elac From 22 April to 7 May 2021 at the Galerie l elac, the exhibition "Glowstone" presents projects by students of the ECAL Master Fine Arts programme, initiated during a workshop organised extramuros at Espace Sébeillon by artist Neïl Beloufa. The students first action upon arriving at the satellite space has been to rename it "Flowstone". As a defining guideline for their proposal, the group then opted for horizontal modes of production in the making of their projects: the founding of collectives, the absence of a unique organizing figure. In the aftermath of the workshop, Flowstone morphed into a space where the production of ongoing projects cohabited with a series of ephemeral performances and shows. "Glowstone" presents an archive of the off campus experience alongside projects launched at Flowstone, at times modified for the context of their current exhibition at Gallery l elac. A variety of projects, often created by at least four hands, can be discovered in the gallery: paintings, sculptures, video installations and sound pieces echo each other - all plunged in a cleverly orchestrated play of light. Students César Axel Aguilar Rodríguez – Djellza Azemi – Lorenzo Benzoni – Tudor Ciurescu – Benjamin Fanni – Simone Nicola Filippo – Luca Frati – Ange-Frédéric Koffi – Peilian Li – Ines Maestre – Julie Magnenat – Valentina Parati – Leonardo Pellicanò – Jodie Rudaz – Christian Schulz – Stefan Tanase – Sunna Margrét Thórisdóttir – Mayara Yamada Dates From 22 April to 7 May 2021, from Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm Galerie l elac Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens Visual: ECAL/César Axel Aguilar Rodríguez
Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspires the ECAL/HEAD Master in Cinema,21.04.2021,Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL), Geneva A l occasion de la réouverture de la Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL) à Genève à partir du 21 avril 2021, les étudiant·e·s du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD présentent une série de films dans le cadre du Parcours Rousseau. A l occasion de la réouverture de la Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL) à Genève à partir du 21 avril 2021, les étudiant·e·s du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD (Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne/Haute école d art et de design Genève) présentent une série de films dans le cadre du Parcours Rousseau, lequel a été scénographié par l architecte zurichois Tristan Kobler du bureau Holzer Kobler et co-scénarisé par deux spécialistes de Rousseau – Martin Rueff et Guillaume Chenevière. Ce parcours perpétue et actualise la pensée du du célèbre philosophe suisse, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, en la confrontant aux défis de notre époque: éducation, nature et environnement, laïcité, citoyenneté, bonheur. De septembre 2020 à janvier 2021, quinze étudiant·e·s du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD – cinq en Réalisation, trois en Scénario, quatre en Son, trois en Montage – ont relevé le défi majeur de faire dialoguer de manière cohérente la dimension historique et littéraire de Jean-Jacques Rousseau avec une approche personnelle et créative par le biais d objets filmiques (documentaire, fiction, film de montage, film d archives...). Chacun·e a participé à la conception, réalisation, post-production des films – en mélangeant les équipes et les rôles (réalisation, montage, son, scénario…). Onze oeuvres sont ainsi à découvrir dans le cadre du parcours. CITATIONS VIVANTES Réalisation et image: Marie Chemin Montage: Jiahui Huang Son: Léa Celestine Bernasconi VISAGES MULTIPLES Réalisation: Marie Chemin Montage: Jiahui Huang SANS TITRE Réalisation: Rokhaya Balde& Balthus Kiss Montage: Antoine Flahaut BANANA Réalisation: Valentina Shasivari Montage: Selin Dettwiler NATURE MORTE Réalisation: Valentina Shasivari Image: Selin Dettwiler Montage: Antoine Flahaut Son et montage son: Marine Maye & Yatoni Roy Cantu DAENA Réalisation: Leopold Helbich Image: Matthias Joulaud Montage: Jiahui Huang & Leopold Helbich RETOUR EN VILLE Réalisation: Michail Galanopoulos Scénario: Victor Comte Caméra: Matthias Joulaud Montage: Selin Dettwiler Son: Massimo Del Gaudio VILLE CONTRE NATURE Réalisation: Michail Galanopoulos Montage: Antoine Flahaut LES CHARMETTES (OU LE BONHEUR) Réalisation et montage: Matthias Joulaud LES IGNIFUGES Réalisation, image et montage: Matthias Joulaud PROMENADES Réalisation: Matthias Joulaud Son: Massimo Del Gaudio & Marine Maye & Yatoni Roy Cantu Horaires: Mardi–Dimanche, 11h–17h30 Maison de Rousseau et de la littérature (MRL) Grand-Rue 40 1204 Genève http://www.m-r-l.ch
Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspires the ECAL/HEAD Master in Cinema On the occasion of the reopening of the Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL) in Geneva on April 21, 2021, students of the ECAL/HEAD Master s degree in Cinema are presenting a series of films as part of the Parcours Rousseau, which was designed by the Zurich architect Tristan Kobler of the Holzer Kobler office and co-written by two Rousseau specialists - Martin Rueff and Guillaume Chenevière. On the occasion of the reopening of the Maison de Rousseau et de la Littérature (MRL) in Geneva on April 21, 2021, students of the ECAL/HEAD (Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne/Haute école d art et de design Genève) Master s degree in Cinema are presenting a series of films as part of the Parcours Rousseau, which was designed by the Zurich architect Tristan Kobler of the Holzer Kobler office and co-written by two Rousseau specialists - Martin Rueff and Guillaume Chenevière. This journey perpetuates and updates the thought of the famous Swiss philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, by confronting it with the challenges of our time: education, nature and environment, secularism, citizenship, happiness. From September 2020 to January 2021, fifteen students of the ECAL/HEAD Master of Cinema - five in Directing, three in Scriptwriting, four in Sound, three in Editing - have taken up the major challenge of bringing together in a coherent way the historical and literary dimension of Jean-Jacques Rousseau with a personal and creative approach through filmic objects (documentary, fiction, montage film, archive film...). Each participant took part in the conception, direction and post-production of the films - mixing teams and roles (direction, editing, sound, script...). Eleven works are thus to be discovered within the framework of the course. CITATIONS VIVANTES Réalisation et image: Marie Chemin Montage: Jiahui Huang Son: Léa Celestine Bernasconi VISAGES MULTIPLES Réalisation: Marie Chemin Montage: Jiahui Huang SANS TITRE Réalisation: Rokhaya Balde& Balthus Kiss Montage: Antoine Flahaut BANANA Réalisation: Valentina Shasivari Montage: Selin Dettwiler NATURE MORTE Réalisation: Valentina Shasivari Image: Selin Dettwiler Montage: Antoine Flahaut Son et montage son: Marine Maye & Yatoni Roy Cantu DAENA Réalisation: Leopold Helbich Image: Matthias Joulaud Montage: Jiahui Huang & Leopold Helbich RETOUR EN VILLE Réalisation: Michail Galanopoulos Scénario: Victor Comte Caméra: Matthias Joulaud Montage: Selin Dettwiler Son: Massimo Del Gaudio VILLE CONTRE NATURE Réalisation: Michail Galanopoulos Montage: Antoine Flahaut LES CHARMETTES (OU LE BONHEUR) Réalisation et montage: Matthias Joulaud LES IGNIFUGES Réalisation, image et montage: Matthias Joulaud PROMENADES Réalisation: Matthias Joulaud Son: Massimo Del Gaudio & Marine Maye & Yatoni Roy Cantu ----- Horaires: Mardi–Dimanche, 11h–17h30 Maison de Rousseau et de la littérature (MRL) Grand-Rue 40 1204 Genève http://www.m-r-l.ch
VideoArt Festival Locarno (1980–2001) – Symposium Online,30–31.03.2021,Online, Zoom Fondé par le galeriste Rinaldo Bianda, le VideoArt Festival Locarno constitue un événement pionnier en Europe dans la présentation et la théorisation de l art vidéo. Founded by the art dealer Rinaldo Bianda, the VideoArt Festival Locarno (1980-2001) was a pioneer platform for the presentation of the video art in Europe. Its series of colloquium and round tables organised by theorist and museum director René Berger made it a central platform for the theoretical exploration of the impact of video and, more broadly, of technology, on perception, as well as of the emergence of ‘technoculture and the reorganisation of knowledge. Concluding the research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and based at ECAL, this colloquium seeks to revisit the VideoArt Festival and critically address its history and its role in championing and shaping video and new media art in Europe, through discussions and presentations with its protagonists as well as by experts in the field. Programme Mardi 30 mars 10h-10h15 Introduction François Bovier, Adeena Mey 10h15-11h15 Le laboratoire du VideoArt Festival: 20 ans d anticipation du vingt-et-unième siècle Marco Maria Gazzano 11h30-12h15 Video / Art / Festival: Quel(s) objet(s)? Quel(s) modèle(s)? Maud Pollien 14h-16h Table ronde Lorenzo Bianda, Robert Cahen, Marco Maria Gazzano, Barbara London, Biljana Tomic Mercredi 31 mars 10h-10h45 The Contingencies of Care: On the Conservation of Video and Media Installations Hanna Hölling 10h45-11h30 What s Technology Got to Do with It? Barbara London 11h45-12h30 Vilém Flusser and René Berger: Cybernetics and Video Art in the 1970s Martha Schwendener 14h-15h30 Discussion 15h30-15h45 Conclusion François Bovier, Adeena Mey Traduction simultanée anglais et français disponible / Live translation in English and French available Symposium organisé par / organised by ECAL/François Bovier, Adeena Mey & Maud Pollien, dans le cadre d un projet de recherche soutenu par le Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique / as part of a research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation www.videoartfestival.ch
Masterclasses ECAL: Milio Rau,03–20.03.2021 ECAL Masterclasses : Milo Rau – Playwright, theater director, Theatre NT Gent director En partenariat avec le Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains de Genève (FIFDH) pour le 3 mars à 18h. En partenariat avec le Festival international de cinéma documentaire «Cinéma du réel» à Paris pour le 20 mars à 14h Né en 1977, le metteur en scène, cinéaste et essayiste suisse Milo Rau est l une des figures artistiques les plus sollicitées et controversées de sa génération. Pour Milo Rau, l art est avant tout un «sport de combat» et une confrontation à la violence politique qui traverse l histoire récente. Avec les membres du NTGent qu il dirige et de l International Institute of Political Murder qu il a fondé en 2007, il se livre à des recherches historiques minutieuses avant de s emparer de son sujet. En mêlant Histoire, Art et Politique, Milo Rau met en oeuvre un processus de création unique, qui entremêle les niveaux de lecture pour provoquer l intime, la compassion, la solidarité et l éveil politique. C est ainsi qu il évoque «Les Derniers Jours des Ceausescu» (2009), donne à entendre la «Déclaration de Breivik» (2012), convoque les génocidaires rwandais avec «Hate Radio» (2012) ou provoque le réel dans «Le Tribunal sur le Congo» (2015, adapté au cinéma en 2018). Milo Rau vient de mettre en scène «La Clémence de Titus» de Mozart à l Opéra de Genève. Son tout dernier film «Le Nouvel Evangile» est présenté en sélection officielle au FIFDH et sera distribué en Suisse dès mars 2021. Ces Masterclasses exceptionnelles sont données à l ECAL dans le cadre d un Atelier documentaire pour les étudiant·e·s de 2e année en Bachelor Cinéma. Modérations: Lionel Baier, cinéaste et responsable du Département Cinéma de l ECAL Lien pour le 3 mars: FIFDH YouTube Lien pour le 20 mars: Lien Zoom
Workshops Propédeutique Exposition de travaux d étudiant·e·s à l elac (l espace lausannois d art contemporain) à l occasion d une semaine de workshops en Année Propédeutique. Exposition de travaux d étudiant.e.s à l elac (l espace lausannois d art contemporain) à l occasion d une semaine de workshops en Année Propédeutique.Option Arts VisuelsCaterina de Nicola«Tie Dye» Réflexion et atelier questionnant la production de bannières et de banderoles.Option CinémaCarmen Jaquier«Direction d acteur»Atelier sur le casting, le jeu et la mise en scène.Option Design IndustrielAdrien Rovero«Hands On» Réflexion et développement d un objet mettant en évidence sa fonction de préhension.Option Design GraphiqueGiliane Cachin et Clément Rouzaud«Time Capsule, Symbolic Message for a Brighter Future» Création de systèmes visuels autour du symbole.Option Media & Interaction Design Laura Perrenoud«Beyond the Map» Réinterprétation artistique et algorithmique d un paysage permettant de générer une image sous forme de lignes vectorielles et dessinée avec l Axidraw (plotter à dessin). Option PhotographieBenoît Jeannet«Mécaniques de la réalité construite»Manipulations, détournements et expérimentations autour de la photographie, élaboration d un procédé singulier permettant de produire des images contrariant le réel.Photos© ECAL/Jimmy RachezAffiche© ECAL/Pauline Perret
Words form language – Typography forms meaning This research focusses on ways explored in typography to use letters as means of expression in order to emphasize the semantic, phonetic or visual qualities of language. Even though the typographer s work conventionally is to layout a given text in the most readable or accessible way, to guarantee the least interference possible between the text and the reader, there is a task beyond that: Typographers may put forward the distinct qualities and ideas of a text by translating it into a coherent visual form, a form that communicates a specific idea. As such typography is concerned with the meaning of words and their arrangement within a given surface. This research focusses on ways explored in typography to use letters as means of expression in order to emphasize the semantic, phonetic or visual qualities of language. From the liberated language of the Futurists to the experiments of the Dadaists, and the “New Typography” in the 1920s and into the heyday of Swiss modernist typography, we have seen a constant investigation into experimental uses of typography. But when speaking of typographic design and its influence on language, the voice of the concrete poets is often overlooked. As a poetic movement that emerged in the beginning of the 1950s in several European countries and South America, concrete poetry established itself internationally before fading into oblivion by the end of the1970s. This research tries to contextualize concrete poetry within the field of typography with a particular focus on the work of Swiss-Bolivian poet Eugen Gomringer, one of the key figures of the movement.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (researcher) (researcher) (supervisor)PeriodNovember 2017 – March 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion (Graphic Culture Research Grant) Swiss Design Network (Workshop Grant)DisseminationConferences January 29, 2020: Launch of the series Visual archives, with Giliane Cachin, Davide Fornari, Sarah Klein, Robert Lzicar, Simon Mager, Andrea Wiegelmann, Zurich, Never Stop Reading. November 14, 2018: Josef-Müller Brockmann Prize Ceremony, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich. November 6, 2019: JRC Pre-Conference, HEAD Geneva Publication Simon Mager, Words Form Language, Zurich: Triest Verlag, 2021. Press The Bulletin of Graphic Culture Research Grant 2020, DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion, 2020.
HERE AND THERE A new educational model for a post-pandemic world The global pandemic has forever changed how we work, learn and play, making virtual communication the primary form of human interaction. Here and There is a new digital pedagogy that enables students to create networked physical interfaces with limited material resources and tools, while being away and stripped from a traditional in-person studio and workshop setting. Initiated during a week-long workshop in Cambridge (USA) in March 2020, it brought together students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design from ECAL and students from MIT s Undergraduate Design Minor and Bachelor of Science in Art and Design programs. During the 2020 spring quarantine, a series of open source software and hardware tools were developed to allow students to build electronic objects from simple and readily available materials. These objects were then dynamically routed and connected to each other to physically augment video chatting and to allow students to extend their virtual reach into each other s tangible spaces. For the first phase of this project, students had to imagine, design and implement two interfaces, whose design and behavior allowed and suggested a new form of communication between two people, in two separate places. Notions of remote presence, simultaneous actions, shared experience and telepresence were explored, fundamentally expanding the ways through which we interact and communicate. Open to other academic institutions and the public at large, we plan to continue improving the software routing interface, the techniques for documentation and sharing prototypes, as well as the remote interfaces that we hope will help foster a more human and connected post-pandemic world. A collaboration between ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and MIT Department of Architecture www.hereandthere.io Tutors Pauline Saglio, Head BA Media and Interaction Design, ECAL Gael Hugo, Interaction Designer, Associate Professor, ECAL Marcelo Coelho, Lecturer, MIT Department of Architecture & Head of Design, Formlabs Teaching assistants Pierry Jaquillard, Ous Abou Ras, Benjamin Hoyle, Thaddeus Lee, David Allen White ECAL students Ivan Chestopaloff, Basil Dénéréaz, Nora Fatehi, Paul Fritz, Sébastien Galera Larios, Rayane Jemaa, Dorian Jovanovic, Lisa Kishtoo, Valentine Leimgruber, Valerio Meschi, Ignacio Pérez, Michael Pica, David Reitenbach, Malik Sobgoui MIT students Violetta Jusiega, Nikodimos Sendek, Leslie Yan, Katie Bacher, Justin Christensen, Ailing Zhang, Hassaam Ali, Teis Jorgensen, Chenlu Wang Hub prototyping and development Alain Bellet, Gaël Hugo Web design and development Pietro Alberti, Clio Hadjigeorgiou, Pierry Jaquillard, Sébastien Matos Images Gianni Camporota Coordination Skylar Tibbits, Associate Professor in Design Research and Design Program Director, MIT Department of Architecture Cécile Vulliemin, Strategic Partnerships - R&D, ECAL Hosted at the MIT International Design Center; supported by the General Board of Higher Education State of Vaud and its Summer University program.
Phantom Power Phantom Power questions the social configurations of the non-audible narratives of aural practices in performances and public sound installations. How does a performance or an installation acquire substance? How does it come to matter to the people who experience it? And do we account for it? The research project Phantom Power attempts to answer these broad questions by means of a descriptive study of three public performances and sound installations organised at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Each case has been chosen for the specificity of what the invited artists (Leif Elggren, Arto Lindsay, Marja-leena Sillanpää, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela) call upon: electronic voice phenomena (EVP), the interiority of sound, and transport through sound. All three are the object of an ethnographic approach using original methodology: for each event, one day is devoted to the experience of performances and installations, followed by a discussion between the public and the artists, monitored by guest researchers (Vinciane Despret, Salomé Voegelin and Juliette Volcler). The next day 1st-year BA students in Fine Arts re-enact the performances in front of the artists themselves. In other words, the chosen methodology offers a collective conceptual analysis on the first day and a collective analysis through practice on the second day. This is meant to help produce a field survey account of sound and of the narratives and the relational modes of existence of the works. Phantom Power is a research project initiated by the BA in Visual Arts department at ECAL. It questions the social configurations of the non-audible narratives of aural practices in performances and public sound installations.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) (project leader)Research teamVisiting lecturers Vinciane Despret, Leif Elggren, Arto Lindsay, Marja-leena Sillanpää, Salomé Voegelin, Juliette, Volcler, La Monte Young, Marian ZazeelaPartnersInstitut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts Besançon / Franche-ComtéPeriodfebruary 2021 – january 2023Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPerformance 29 April 2021: Leif Elggren and Marja-leena Sillanpää Exhibitions From 25 November 2021 to 31 January 2022: Dream House by La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (sound and light environment) May 2022: Parade by Arto Lindsay Talks 29 April 2021: Vinciane Despret, Leif Elggren, Marja-leena Sillanpää and the 1 BA AV students 1 December 2021: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Yung Hee Choi, Salomé Voegelin and the 1 BA AV students (online) 2 December 2021: Branden W. Joseph May 2022: Arto Lindsay, Juliette Volcler and the 1 BA AV students Website visioncreationnewsound.chStudentsECAL 1st-year BA students in Fine Arts (class of 2020-21 and class of 2021-22)
Furniture under pressure The potential of shape memory materials in furniture design. In response to the climatic, technical and aesthetic challenges posed in the field of industrial design by the transportation of goods, the Furniture under pressure project exhaustively investigates the possibilities of flat-packing offered by materials capable of occupying a fraction of their volume and then reconfiguring themselves in one piece, without mechanical assembly. This research-creation focuses on a specific case study, the chair. Over the last decade, the rapid development of new communication technologies has brought consumers and sellers much closer together. Physical sales outlets are constantly decreasing while online sales are increasing. Although still relatively unaffected by this change, furniture sales are no exception. In view of this development, thinking in terms of objects occupying as little space as possible for a time – known as flat-packing or flat-shipping – is of interest in terms of logistics and transport. By favouring an empirical approach to design research, focused on the use of the intrinsic properties of innovative materials rather than on the elaboration of complex mechanisms or assemblies, Furniture under pressure aims to bring to light a type of solution that is radically different from the DIY model of furniture, exemplified by IKEA. Indeed, the aim is to experimentally evaluate the opportunities offered by "smart" materials capable of reconfiguring themselves, under certain conditions, into a state occupying a fraction of their initial volume, and then recovering it, whether due to their natural compressibility (sponges, synthetic foams, rubber), their shape memory properties (metal alloys, polymers) or their ability to fold, whether naturally (fabric, paper) or through engineering work (folding, CNC cutting and milling, 3D printing). Inspired by Gaetano Pesce s famous Up5 armchair, the aim of the Furniture under pressure project is to identify and select a large number of materials with potential for producing a seat that can be transported in a small volume and return to its original shape once unpacked. More advanced and concrete exploration of the characteristics and possibilities of these materials will lead to the identification of at least five concrete candidates for real implementable production, from which prototype seats will be developed and their compression, packaging and expansion tested and documented. The prototypes will have to meet a specific objective: they will have to be able to be delivered in a standard Post Office box and installed in one piece without manual assembly of different parts. At the same time, the knowledge gathered will be shared through an online catalogue presenting the materials studied and their properties, as well as the results of the tests carried out. The inventory will constitute a virtual material library for use by designers.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research Team (researcher) (researcher) (designer-researcher) (designer-researcher) (designer-researcher) Florian Fischbacher (head of communication) (graphic designer) (photographer/videographer) (research assistant)Periodfebruary 2021 – november 2022 Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic Funds HES-SO (RCDAV)Lecturers and researchersJamie Paik Mariana Popescu Skylar TibbitsStudents1st-year MA students in Product Design, ECAL, class of 2020-2021
Automated Photography The Automated Photography research project (2019–2021) is conducted by Milo Keller in the framework of the MA in Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It is a continuation of the research project Augmented Photography, equally conducted at ECAL (2016–2017), which aimed to question the mutability of the digital image, transformed both in its physical materiality and in its virtual expression. For the past twenty years, many photographers have been integrating images produced autonomously by machines into their work. We are now witnessing a paradigm shift in the process of creating photography. From photographic capture in the strict sense we move towards practices involving appropriation, automated and computational processes: a phenomenon which reflects a conception of space that is increasingly less built on the equivalence between the human eye and the machine. The Automated Photography research project (2019–2021) is conducted by Milo Keller in the framework of the MA in Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It is a continuation of the research project Augmented Photography, equally conducted at ECAL (2016–2017), which aimed to question the mutability of the digital image, transformed both in its physical materiality and in its virtual expression. Automated Photography focuses on a specific aspect of these changes, which are omnipresent in contemporary visual culture: the automation of capture systems (smartphones, lidar, UAVs, satellites, space probes), the automation of image processing (machine vision analysis, facial recognition), and the increasing automation of image production and post-production (CGI, photogrammetry, artificial intelligence). Automated Photography has a dual objective. On the one hand, it plans to develop a critical theory of the automated image, in order to confront the students of the MA in Photography with its multiple implications (social, political, technical and aesthetic). On the other hand, it proposes to respond to the profound changes in the photographic profession, which must constantly adapt to technological developments. By combining an analytical and a theoretical perspective with considerations resulting from the practical experiences with these technical devices, the project aims to take advantage of the crossroads of these different fields. The synthesis is based on a practical process by applying these technologies, on an aesthetic outlook by analysing the visual qualities of these devices and their creative potential, and on a theoretical approach by assessing the practical results in their cultural, social and political context.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (researcher) (researcher) (research assistant) (research assistant) (graphic designer)Visiting lecturersMarco de Mutiis Simone C. Niquille François Zajega Kurt Caviezel Lauren MoffattStudents, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Periodseptember 2019 – february 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)Dissemination Publication Milo Keller, Claus Gunti, Florian Amoser (eds.), Automated Photography, Lausanne: ECAL / London: Mörel Books, 2021 (with contributions by Morehshin Allahyari, Nora Al-Badri, Ariel Caine, Alan Butler, Paolo Cirio, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Lauren Huret, Lisa Messeri, Fabien Siouffi, Jules Spinatsch, Jon Uriarte, Alan Warburton), Website automated-photography.ch/
Hans Emmeneger - Fondation de l Hermitage During the retrospective organized by the Hermitage Foundation, photography students from ECAL/École cantonale d art de Lausanne pay tribute to this little-known artist. Without having seen his works beforehand, they explore his universe through the analysis of reproductions and some biographical elements. Throughout the semester, students delve into the mysteries of Emmenegger s work, pondering what his paintings could reveal under an X-ray scanner or how he would have used photography if given the opportunity. They employ contemporary techniques such as analog and digital photography, video, and 3D software to offer personal and poetic interpretations of his work. Their creations, presented as part of the retrospective, provide fresh perspectives on Emmenegger s oeuvre and invite viewers to discover this mysterious artist through the eyes of ECAL students. Exhibition at the Fondation de l Hermitage, Lausanne June 25 to October 31, 2021
Carhartt WIP × ECAL Earlier this year, Carhartt WIP (for Work in Progress) teamed up with ECAL, inviting Bachelor Photography students to interpret in their own way some of the emblematic pieces of the American clothing brand, which develops its own collections from the original Carhartt work clothes. The students, led by art director Nicolas Poillot, produced an editorial report, which was included in the latest issue of "WIP Magazine" published by Carhartt WIP and some of whose images will be exhibited at the ECAL on the occasion of the launch of this book.
ECAL e-Xmas Concert 2020,17.12.2020,www.ecal.ch ECAL e-Xmas Concert 2020 Join us online for the traditional Christmas Concert of the Bachelor Fine Arts students. Live on Thursday 17 December from 7pm to 10pm on www.ecal.ch (access from the homepage of the website) Line up Two Mixing Iced Rats (QuickTime Music) Fascination for Organs (Cover Band Exp.) – No Salad Records Sunna Margrét (Pop Exp.) – No Salad Records Purple Monkey Dishwasher (Pop Exp.) – No Salad Records Marara Kelly (DJ Set Switzerland Tour – Techno Baile Funk, Brésil)
TEXTMODE Modes of display and use of text as creative material: raster, ASCII art, emoticons and poetry. Projects created in the first year Bachelor Media & Interaction workshop TEXTMODE given by Andreas Gysin. Workshop assisted by Paul Lëon.
ECAL e-Xmas Market 2020,08–18.12.2020,www.ecal-shop.ch ECAL e-XMAS Market 2020 ECAL e-XMAS Market 2020 will be online until 17 January 2021. We will process orders until 22 December and then start again deliveries from 4 January 2021. Happy Holidays! ---- Treat yourself with original creations and support the work of our students and alumni through our online Christmas market. Until 18 December, ECAL s online shop will be regularly updated with new projects. Visit www.ecal-shop.ch Books Editions Jewellery Leather goods Photographs Posters Publications Scarves Skateboards T-Shirts Vinyl discs and more... In order to benefit from your purchases as quickly as possible, we strongly encourage you to collect items directly at ECAL (select "Pickup at ECAL" in the shop). ECAL e-Xmas Concert 2020 Live Christmas concert by the Bachelor Fine Arts students Online on Thursday 17 December from 7pm to 10pm www.ecal.ch Visual: ECAL/Arthur Seguin Font: Radim Pesko
Charlotte Therre – Coppia Prix Manufacture De Bethune This project is a study of shapes inspired by the world of Swiss watchmaking and mechanical arts and, more particularly, the precision that certain machining techniques can achieve. The aesthetics of the pieces come directly from the research of explored compositions and the resulting assembly cut-outs. The four pairs of jewellery are designed to be worn separately and are worn intuitively and non-invasively. The production combines both companies and craftspeople specialised in the field of jewellery. therrecharlotte@gmail.com https://www.tiel.ch
Seungkyun Hong – Mirage “Mirage” is a series of surrealistic mirrors designed to depict the various aspects of a person s personality. Different geometries made from the angles between two reflective surfaces and a horizontal plane symbolise the varied characters of each person. At the same time, the obtuse angles enable viewers to get an overall view of the object placed on the plane. info@carsonhong.com https://www.carsonhong.com The gradient mirror effect achieved by screen printing dramatically underlines the illusory floating shape. In this way, “Mirage” provides a whimsical vision through a combination of reflection and transparency.
Nayoung Kim – The Form Between Dog and Wolf This project raises the fundamental question of the relationship between what (we think) we see and what (we think) we know about the reading process and type design. By revealing ambiguous “grey areas” that lie halfway between two characters, it ironically questions what makes an “a” an “a”, a “b” a “b”, etc. Hence, a single “grey” character can be used to represent several letters at the same time, demonstrating the gradual abstraction of the letterforms and putting us in a position where we are no longer sure about what we are reading and what we know. doodlerkim@gmail.com https://nayokim.com
Benoît Brun – Karak “A first cut into the sheet… There s no turning back now. It s like choreography. I draw a curve, turn the sheet and continue in the opposite direction. Wow! An interplay of characters and counters appears as if I was creating the yin and yang sign! Well, let me continue back to my first cut. Hmm on reflection, this ‘a looks like a large fellow leaning forward and looking at his belly…” "Karak" is a typeface composed of five styles, which are the result of original material experimentation. It is a journey that recalls the innocence and creative impulse of our youthful days. hello@benoitbrun.com www.benoitbrun.com
Ketsia Stocker – Europa (production) Pedro, working in Switzerland, must take one cow to the slaughterhouse at the same time his mother dies in Spain. ketsia.stocker@gmail.com Fiction / 26min Synopsis Pedro, a Spanish worker, lives far from the world on his employer s farm in Switzerland. His mother is in hospital in Spain. Before leaving he has to do one last job: take one of his boss s cows, Europa, to the slaughterhouse. While trying to contact his brother Pedro has a car accident and arrives late to deliver the cow. At that moment, his brother calls him to tell him that his mother has died. His world collapses and he begins a journey in which his only companion will be this cow, next to which he will start to accept the loss. Student s statement As my major is Production, my diploma project was to produce a short film. Drawn by the film project of filmmaker Lucas Rubio, I decided to work together with him. I assisted him in the development of the scenario as well as in the preparation for shooting, selecting sets and the film crew. We had to overcome a few challenges during shooting: the weather conditions made logistics difficult and the cow, a central character, required special attention, adding more constraints to the project.
Sarah Rathgeb – Stray (direction) Joana has just moved in with her boyfriend and her dog Boris. This is an important step in their relationship, a life-changing step.In their new apartment they have everything they need for their future together: except a mattress. sarah.rathgeb@hotmail.com Fiction / 17min Synopsis Joana (30) has just moved in with her boyfriend Timo and their dog Boris. It s an important step in a relationship, a life-changing step. In their new apartmentthey have everything they need: exept a matress. Joana decides to go out and buy one. Confronted with the choice of a new mattress, doubts arise. Joana is no longer sure what she really wants. She begins to have doubts about her decision, her relationship and the world around her. Moments later, she s sitting in the delivery truck with her dog and Antonio, the mattress salesman. Joana doesn t seem to be in a hurry to get home. As it turns out, Antonio doesn t seem to be in a hurry either. He also finds himself facing a major change in his life. His mattress shop is about to close and his future also seems to be full of doubts and uncertainties. Little by little, both of them realize the similarities of their situation. They both find themselves at a point in their lives where they don t know what to do. But if they don t know what to do or where they want to go, one thing unites them, following the dog s example, they will follow their instincts. Student s statement The universe depicted in the film is an absurd one that reveals how we can feel like strangers in the world we live in. We feel humankind s constant plight, torn between hope and despair. The characters run away from all their problems in their own way and avoid getting involved in other people s problems. Existential crises are a central theme of our time. Nowadays, there is constant doubt about the possibility of establishing any meaningful relationship with the world around us.
Maya Bellier – Strike the Pose In performing arts, there is often, by convention, some distance, an invisible screen that separates the audience from the actors in the performance. Yet these respective positions have changed over time. Bauhaus artists actually aimed for total theatre, where the entire venue would be the stage. Strike the Pose is a participatory VR experience that begins from the moment we wait. A re-interpretation of Oskar Schlemmer s “Triadic Ballet”, this complete and inclusive work invites all participants to enter through their acting into a total composition, both physical and digital.
Leila Farra – Traces “Traces” is a collection of paintbrushes made out of rattan and horsehair. The idea behind this research was to experiment with the tools. Movement, the design of the handle and the hair position influenced the result. The first tests on paper led to experiments on fabric, resulting in a series of painted textiles whose patterns stem directly from the brushstrokes. This project enabled me to immerse myself into two ancestral crafts, wickerwork and paintbrush manufacturing, which I was then able to merge to create a collection between art and design.
Nikita Merlini – Rondinella Staying with her mother after the fire, Sofia dreams of freedom. But the smell of smoke doesn t leave.. Fiction / 24 min / Mention Very good Synopsis After their house burns down, 18-year-old Sofia and her mother Carla have to live together in a small room at « The Little Swallow Hotel ». Sofia explores the building and meets new inspiring people. A thousand opportunities seem to open up for her. Carla, on the other hand, has to get used to the idea of her daughter leaving. In this closed-door environment, mother and daughter try to find a new balance in their relationship. Comment A mother and her daughter in a hotel room, a few meters from what was their house... gone up in smoke, taking their common past with them. The film, like a parenthesis in this place of transit that is "La Rondinella", where strangers meet and make memories, spaces of intimacy, a place where Sofia and her mother seek to rebuild, with the fragility and awkwardness that characterize the love that binds a daughter to her mother. Nikita invests the enclosed space by the character, Sofia, formidably interpreted by Elena Stoll, who bewitches us by her presence, her face at the same time babyish and feminine, and with whom Nikita continues his collaboration. Sofia draws us into her boredom, her expectations, her encounters, her solitary wanderings, but above all into her impulse for life and renewal. For Rondinella is also the portrait of this youth, full of dreams and obstacles. Nikita Merlini directs a sensitive, delicate, hypnotic film that seizes time. This vulnerable time. The time of childhood. The time of emancipation. The time of suffocating, yet unfailing love. Elsa Amiel / Director
Coline Confort – Imperial (direction) At dawn, a cannon shatters the silence. The horses gallop across the beaten ground. Eva, 21, wants to join the Imperial HorseGuards, a historical reenactment of a Napoleonic regiment reserved for men. Documentary / 22 min Synopsis At dawn, a cannon shatters the silence. The horses gallop across the beaten ground. Eva, 21, wants to join the Imperial HorseGuards, a historical reenactment of a Napoleonic regiment reserved for men. In search of romance, she conceals her identity so that she can set her foot in the stirrup //(climb into the saddle), defying a 200-year-old ban. In this world of powder and smoke, Eva finally finds herself as she had always dreamed: ‘a handsome soldier beside a beautiful princess. Comment There are films that take a long time to be found, others that are born of an obviousness. One cannot say which is preferable. One cannot tell by looking at a film if its trajectory was eventful or peaceful. What counts is its impact on the present and the trace it leaves. Imperial has known versions of the script very different from the finished film. But these variants have nourished Coline s reflection, and this documentary carries within it all the others that were not made. Like layers. As if it had taken all these detours to finally manage to tell us a simple story, one of those that always thrill us, a story of desire and love. We can notice the great maturity in the management of the duration of the shots, the beauty of the frames and the attention given to the light. The almost feverish look at her character, while at the same time a great determination in the way she accompanies her. Eva s trajectory is simple and fluid in its accomplishment, and this simplicity (so difficult to achieve) is movingly beautiful. As can be the look of Eva on a young girl who is enough to put "a little glitter in her life". Laurent Larivière / Director
Fanny Mersmann – Le petit bout manquant rencontre le grand O Film animation, in my artistic work and research, was initiated by my interest in flip-books and children s books throughout art history. Inspired by stories like El Lissitzky s “About 2 Squares” and Niele Toroni s “L Histoire de Lapin Tur”, I decided to work on how to recount a painting or an artistic approach through children s stories.
Lorenz Noelle – Footwear – Be on the Way Driven by the motivation to try things out, to make things with my own hands and with the curiosity to explore a subject under many different angles, I carried out physical research on the topic of footwear. Shoes are objects that are extremely functional and closely related to human use but at the same time they create multiple expressions through their material, character and social identification. Process-oriented, every idea that came up was consistently realised – the strongest designs were developed further. mail@lorenz-noelle.com https://www.instagram.com/slippers_lab
Enabled by Design Enabled by Design is a joint research project between EPFL and ECAL, funded by Gebert Rüf Stiftung, which aims to foster collaboration between young entrepreneurs involved in technological projects and designers. Over recent years, EPFL has identified a genuine need for design expertise to successfully transform laboratory technologies into products that are available to users. Design is now a crucial resource in innovatory projects because of its user focus, strategic vision, iterative methodology and creativity. Collaboration with designers offers added value to products/services and allows the young entrepreneurs to reduce uncertainty, validate market opportunities and communicate a coherent and persuasive message to potential customers and investors. The research team has created a web-based platform to create links between entrepreneurs and designers seeking to collaborate on technological projects. The platform offers different design missions (UX/UI, industrial design, graphic design, video, animation and photography), displays the findings from a variety of collaborative projects and provides a series of tools and articles to facilitate collaboration. There is currently a design center within the EPFL Startup Unit which offers this service to start ups on an ongoing basis and seeks to transform emerging technologies into usable products.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) (project leader)Research teamIsabel Casado PartnerEPFL/Federal Polytechnic University of Lausanne, Enable programmePeriodmarch 2019 – december 2020Supported byECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Gebert Rüf StiftungDisseminationPublication medium.com/enabled-by-design Website enabledbydesign.ch Press N.a., Supporting entrepreneurs from lab to market, in Startupticker.ch, 6 September 2019 Tiago Peres, How to build a good prototype, in Technologist.eu, 2 January 2019
Margot Sparkes – At Night There Is No Sun « Through various forms of projection, At Night There Is No Sun takes us into an almost enclosed mise-en-scene that reveals the contradictory emotions of a character stifled by the grip of a seemingly smooth and rectilinear urban environment. The fantasy of a promising lifestyle clashes with the emptiness of everyday life – a fake environment in which uncertainty, injunctions, detachment and pretence are interwoven.» The satire of an idealised society with mechanical behaviours, “At Night There Is No Sun” seeks to emphasise through nonsense, the irrationality of a world in disarray.
Sarah Coppet – A un autre soleil A un autre soleil addresses reflections on the transmission of land and stories, and on the relationship between France and the West Indies. The film relates a family story that takes place in the south of Martinique: the sale by one of the heirs of a major piece of land that leads to the family home being lost. Gathered in a stark environment in France, the West Indian characters take hold of this story and seek to tell it.
ECAL Diplomas 2020 – Website,30.10.2020,www.ecal-diplomes.ch Together with the 2020 diploma exhibition which takes place at ECAL from 30 October to 18 December, discover online all the projects of the graduates through numerous images, videos, texts and a 3D virtual visit of the exhibition on: www.ecal-diplomes.ch www.ecal-diplomes.ch Bachelor Fine Arts Cinema Graphic Design Industrial Design Photography Media & Interaction Design Master Fine Arts Cinema Product Design Photography Type Design Master of Advanced Studies Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Design Research for Digital Innovation (EPFL+ECAL Lab) ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens www.ecal.ch
ECAL Diplomas 2020,30.10.2020–29.01.2021,ECAL, Renens We are pleased to invite you to the exhibition of a selection of ECAL s Bachelor and Master 2020 diploma works and to discover the website with all the works of the graduates and also offering a virtual tour of the exhibition: www.ecal-diplomes.ch Through editions, photographs, typographies, paintings, interactive installations, films and design objects, this exhibition provides a unique opportunity to discover works from the different Bachelor and Master programmes. On this occasion, ECAL publishes for the first time a website presenting all the projects of the graduates, illustrated by numerous texts, images and videos: www.ecal-diplomes.ch Bachelor Fine Arts, Cinema, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Media & Interaction Design, Photography Master Fine Arts, Cinema, Product Design, Photography, Type Design Master of Advanced Studies Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship, Design Research for Digital Innovation (EPFL+ECAL Lab) ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 CH-1020 Renens
Emerige Award to Loucia Carlier Congratulations to Loucia Carlier, a BA and MA in Fine Arts graduate from ECAL, who won the 7th Emerige Revelations Scholarship This scholarship offers her a workshop and professional support for one year, as well as 15,000 euros to produce her first solo exhibition at the Art Concept Gallery, Paris. The Emerige Revelations Scholarship is a programme aimed to support the young French scene in partnership with an internationally renowned gallery. Each year, after a selection process lasting several months, 12 artists are chosen to exhibit collectively under the curatorship of Gaël Charbau. The finalists as well as Loucia are exhibited until November 14th at the Villa Emerige, 7 rue Robert Turquan, 75016 Paris. Also read the article in Madame Figaro: https://madame.lefigaro.fr/.../je-naurais-pas-mise-sur-moi-a-.../je-naurais-pas-mise-sur-moi-a-.... http://revelations-emerige.com/edition-en-cours/
ECAL Masterclass: Danielle Lessovitz,27.10.2020,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Masterclass: Danielle Lessovitz – Screenwriter and film director, Brooklyn/New York ECAL Masterclass Danielle Lessovitz, screenwriter and film director, New York Tuesday 27 October 2020 at 6 pm, IKEA Auditorium At 6.30pm, screening of the "Port Authority" movie Within the framework of the ECAL Residency program at La Becque, Danielle Lessovitz, American filmmaker, has been invited to teach in the Cinema Department of ECAL for the fall semester 2020-2021.During her stay at the artist residency located in La Tour-de-Peilz, she will simultaneously work on various her future film projects. Born in 1982, Danielle Lessovitz is a screenwriter and film director based in Brooklyn, (New York). She studied documentary film at Northwestern University and fine arts at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She currently works as a professor at Rutgers University. Her practice varies between filmmaking and artistic or video installations. Her projects typically focus on marginalized communities and she often stars non-professional actors. She is a part of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. She directed her first short film, Batteries, in 2009. In 2017, she co-wrote and co-produced the film "Mobile Homes", which was showcased in Cannes at la “Quinzaine des Réalisateurs”. In 2019, she directed her first feature, "Port Authority", which was executive-produced by Martin Scorsese and presented as a world premiere at Festival de Cannes as part of the “Un Certain Regard” official selection. On the occasion of this Masterclass, Danielle Lessovitz will be in conversation with Jasmin Basic, Coordinator of the Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD (discussion will be held in English). The Masterclass will be followed by a screening of Port Authority at 6.30pm. The film in set in the ballroom scene of Harlem and narrates the encounter between a young white man and a group of Afro-Americans queer dancers.
ECAL: Jardín Popular,08.10–14.11.2020,QWSTION Lausanne ECAL: Jardín Popular Visit for a maximum of 4 people at the same time. Thank you for your understanding! UPDATE: The exhibition will be presented from 8 October (until 14 November) at the QWSTION showroom in Lausanne and during the Design Days from 5 to 14 November 2020. Opening on Thursday, 8 October, from 4pm to 7pm Schedules Tuesday to Friday, from 12am to 6pm and Saturday from 12am to 5pm. The opening reception and the exhibition will take place according to the sanitary standards in effect. QWSTION Lausanne Rue du Tunnel 7 1005 Lausanne www.qwstion.com On the occasion of the Abierto Mexicano de Diseño in Mexico City (9 to 13 October 2019), ECAL presents a collection of garden furniture and accessories in enamelled steel — popularly know in Mexico as Peltre — conceived by second-year Bachelor Industrial Design students, under the guidance of Swiss designer Francisco Torres. Palacio de la Autonomía Lic Primo Verdad 2 Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, 06060 Ciudad de México CDMX, Mexique www.fundacionunam.org.mx/palacio-de-autonomia https://abiertodediseno.mx/ Download PRESS KIT Popularly know in Mexico as Peltre, enamelled steel tableware can be seen on every tables, from the local street corner canteen, to the latest fashionable restaurant, Grandma s dishes or the family picnic set. Peltre s lightweight, smooth, durable and heat resistance surface as for many decades made it perfect for kitchenware, but other products applications are less common nowadays. Seeing an opportunity to challenge this industry and seek new fields of applications, second-year Bachelor Industrial Design students of ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne are proposing a fresh take on garden furniture and accessories that takes full benefits of enamelled steel qualities. Being scratch resistant, weatherproof and easy to clean, the enamelled products are keeping it up against the elements. Under the guidance of Swiss designer Francisco Torres, students conceived a range of objects from a simple watering cans, sturdy solar lanterns, playful rocking toy cows, divers plant supports, basic and compact garden tools, multipurpose low tables and resounding cowbells for the backyard menagerie. The exhibited objects where enamelled in Mexico by the skillful craftsmen of Delta Porceltech, in Polotitlán City, Mexico. Credits Project Tutors Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard Francisco Torres Assistants Benoit Chastenet de Gery Anthony Guex Leonel López Students Louis Bétin Bérengère Bussioz Olivia Dall Omo Alice Dermange Charlotte Krzentowski François Lafortune Martin Stricker Exhibition Antony Guex Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard Photography Anthony Guex Many thanks to all the craftsmen who made this project a reality, most notably Stéphane Berger, Philippe Martin, Pascal Pittet and the apprentices of Lausanne City C-FOR! Training Centre, Lionel Bussioz, master boilermaker and welder, and a very special thank you to Raúl and Mario Domínguez, Rogelio Serda, Laura Romero and their team of artisans at Delta Porceltech for their kind welcome and generously sharing their know-how.
Leenaards scholarships: three graduates rewarded The Leenaards Foundation has awarded its 2020 cultural grants The ECAL was doubly honoured with two of the eight scholarships awarded to two of its alumni: Shirin Yousefi, a graduate of the Bachelor and Master Fine Arts, and Giliane Cachin, a graduate of the Bachelor Graphic Design, each received a scholarship of CHF 50,000 Presentation film of Shirin Yousefi Presentation film of Giliane Cachin In addition, Jean-Stéphane Bron, a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema, was awarded the Cultural Prize 2020, endowed with CHF 30,000. Self-portrait of Jean-Stéphane Bron Finally, the work of Pierre Keller, director of the ECAL from 1995 to 2011, was honoured with a posthumous Cultural Prize of CHF 30,000. This sum will be used to finance the Pierre Keller Prize, which has been awarded since September 2020 to an ECAL graduate whose work is distinguished by a particularly committed character (first laureate: Tara Ulmann, Bachelor Photography). Presentation film on Pierre Keller, directed by Stéphanie Serra and Bruno Deville. https://www.leenaards.ch/culture/bourses-culturelles/
ECAL Talent Days 2020,07–09.09.2020 ECAL Talent Days 2020 – Meetings between professionals and graduates The first edition of the « ECAL Talent Days » took place on 7, 8 and 9 September 2020, on our campus at ECAL and online. For professionals Dedicated to any types of institution, organisation or company, this event offered to meet with the creative talents of tomorrow. It offered the opportunity to look for expert profiles or simply foster links with the 2020 graduates and therefore discover their skills in graphic and type design, photography, media & interaction design, industrial design, fine arts or cinema, addressing contemporary themes such as the use of technologies, sustainability and a variety of other societal challenges. To facilitate the meetings between professionals and graduates, an online platform was set up and is now open. Are you interested in knowing more? Please get in touch with us: talentdays at ecal.ch For the 2020 graduates Dedicated to the 2020 graduates, this event offered the opportunity to foster links with professionals from all horizons, be it through job openings, the development of collaborations or simply to extend one s network. In collaboration with EXECAL, the Association of Former Students and Friends of ECAL, and with the support of TalentWerk. ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, Av. du Temple, CH-1020 Renens talentdays at ecal.ch
Awards & Grants 2020 Awards and Grants – 2020 Graduates PROMOTIONS BACHELOR - Prix 2020 Bourses Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux – CHF 10 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant-e-s sur le point d accomplir leur année de diplôme. Le choix a été effectué en fonction de leur talent et de leur sens de la créativité. Remises par Mme Diane Redard, secrétaire Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux Valentine Leimgruber (CH) 2MID – CHF 10 000.- Peilian Li (CN) AV – CHF 10 000.- Prix Pierre Keller – CHF 5 000.- En mémoire de Pierre Keller, directeur de l ECAL de 1995 à 2011. Un prix décerné pour un travail de diplôme particulièrement engagé. Remis par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos,directeur de l ECAL Tara Ulmann (CH) PH – CHF 5 000.- Prix Fondation USM – CHF 5 000.-et CHF 20 000.- Un prix d encouragement à l innovation qui récompense des projets d étudiant-e-s diplômé-e-s en Design Industriel Remis par Mme Susanne Friedli, en représentation de la Fondation USM et M. Manojlo Jelic, USM Sales Manager de la Suisse Romande Projet Bambino CHF 5 000.-: Bérengère Bussioz (FR) DI Clémence Buytaert (FR) DI Projet Infinity CHF 20 000.-: Martin Stricker (CH) DI Theo Luvisotto (CH) DI Résidence swissnex San Francisco MID Award En collaboration avec swissnex San Francisco et soutenue par la DGES, résidence attribuée à un-e lauréat-e diplômé-e en Bachelor MID, qui soutient le développement du travail de diplôme, notamment à travers un programme de mentorat et un séjour professionnel à San Francisco(USA). Remis par Mme Chantal Ostorero, directrice générale de l enseignement supérieur Maya Bellier (FR) MID Bourses Fondation Walter + Eve Kent - CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant-e-s particulièrement talentueux-euses dans le domaine de la peinture et de la sculpture. Remises par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Walter + Eve Kent Laetitia Khiara (CH) 2AV – CHF 5 000.- Iacopo Spini (IT) 2AV – CHF 5 000.- Prix La Foncière – CHF 3 000.- Un prix décerné par la Foncière, un fonds de placement immobilier, à un-eétudiant-e méritant-e pour le travail accompli durant l année en Photo. Remis par M. Arnaud de Jamblinne, directeur général à la Foncière Margot Sparkes (CH) PH – CHF 3 000.- Prix d excellence du domaine Design et Arts Visuels de la HES-SO - CHF 2 500.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e de l ECAL qui s est distingué-e par l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Remis par M. René Graf, Vice-recteur Enseignement de la HES-SO Kylan Luginbühl (CH) MID – CHF 2 500.- Prix Ernest Manganel – CHF 2 000.-x3 Un prix décerné par le jury de la Fondation Ernest Manganel à des étudiant-e-s diplômé-e-s en Arts Visuels, pour récompenser la pertinence de leurs recherches et la qualité très professionnelle de leur travail de diplôme. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Manganel Djellza Azemi (CH) AV – 2 000.- Romane de Watteville (CH) AV - 2 000.- Christian Schulz (CH) AV – 2 000.- Prix de la Ville de Renens - CHF 2 000.- x2 Deux prix d encouragement décernés à des étudiant-e-s en 2e année Bachelor Communication Visuelle qui se sont distingué-e-s par la qualité de leur travail. La possibilité est offerte aux lauréat-e-s d exposer leur travail dans un lieu de Renens. Remis par M. Jean-François Clément, Syndic de la Ville de Renens Caroline Perrenoud (CH) 2CVph – CHF 2 000.- Amanda Puna CVdg (CH) – CHF 2 000.- Prix Eyes On Talents - CHF 2 000.- Un prix décerné par l agence Eyes On Talents basée à Paris à un-e étudiant-e en Design Industriel. Ce prix récompense un projet de design au fort potentiel de production et commercialisation. Le-la lauréat-e bénéficiera également d un accompagnement et suivi médiatique dédié. M. Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Responsable Bachelor Design Industriel au nom de l agence Eyes on Talents Martin Stricker (CH) DI – CHF 2 000.- Prix BG Ingénieurs Conseils - CHF 1 500.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e auteur-e d un projet s inscrivant dans la prise en compte du développement durable, notamment par ses aspects économiques, environnementaux et sociaux. Remis par Mme Denise Gomes chargée de la communication de la société BG Ingénieurs Conseils Aurore Péry (CH) DG – CHF 1 500.- Prix Group Roca/Laufen - CHF 1 000.-x2 Pour l originalité et le caractère des projets développés dans le cadre de leur diplôme, le groupe ROCA/Laufen décerne deux bourses de CHF 1 000.- Remis par M. Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, responsable du Bachelor Design Industriel François Lafortune (FR) DI – CHF 1 000.- Emilie Stoll (FR) DI – CHF1 000.- Prix METAA - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué-e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Mme Joelle Aeschlimann, présidente de METAA : Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association Aurélien Pellegrini (CH) MID – CHF 1 000.- Prix Profot (Trépieds photo) Un prix destiné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Bachelor Photographie qui a réalisé un excellent travail de diplôme. Remis par Milo Keller au nom de Pro Studio et Digital Imaging Profot en Suisse romande Anouk Maupu (FR) PH - Trépieds Photo Prix du Risque - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e particulièrement talentueux-euse dans le domaine des Arts Visuels. Remis par M. Stéphane Kropf, responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels Dac Hanh Nguyen (CH) AV – CHF 1 000.- Prix BCV - CHF 1 000.- Un prix decerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Design Graphique qui s est distingué-e par la qualité d ensemble de son travail. Remis par M. Angelo Benedetto, responsable du Bachelor Design Graphique Lou Rais (CH) DG – CHF 1 000.- Prix Visarte Vaud - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décernéà un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Arts Visuels qui s est distingué-e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Mme Patricia Glave, vice-présidente de Visarte Vaud Christian Schulz (CH) AV – CHF 1 000.- Prix de l ECAL - CHF 1 000.- x3 Un prix décerné à des étudiant-e-s diplômé-e-s qui se sont distingué-e-s par l excellence de leur travail tout au long de leur cursus à l ECAL. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Thibault Villard( CH) CI – CHF 1 000.- Evan Kelly (CH) MID – CHF 1 000.- Niki Paltenghi (CH) DG – CHF 1 000.- Prix EXECAL - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e qui s est distingué-e par la qualité de son mémoire de Bachelor. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, Présidente EXECAL Bérengère Bussioz (FR) DI – CHF 1 000.- Prix de l Année Propédeutique - CHF 1 000.- x2 Un prix décerné à deux étudiant-e-s de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL qui se sont distingué-e-s par l excellence de leur travail et qui ont obtenu les meilleurs résultats de leur volée. Remis par M. David Monnet, responsable de l Année Propédeutique Lea Sblandano (CH) PPph – CHF 1 000.- Antony Gallay (CH) PPdi – CHF 1 000.- PROMOTIONS MASTER - Prix 2020 Scholarship Baccarini Foundation,in memory of Pierre Keller – CHF 10 000.- A scholarship awarded to a deserving student to support the continuation of his/her studies at the ECAL, in memory of Pierre Keller, member of the Baccarini Foundation and Director of the ECAL from 1995 to 2011. Presented by Mrs Rita Rielle, Mr Yann Hess and Mr Blaise Hofmann, members of Baccarini Foundation Nicolas Bernklau (DE) TD – CHF 10 000 De Bethune Award – CHF 6 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship for the quality of his/her work. Presented by Mr Pierre Jacques, CEO at De Bethune Charlotte Therre (CH) MAS DLC – CHF 6 000.- Scholarship Walter + Eve Kent Foundation -CHF 5 000.- x2 Two scholarships awarded to particularly talented students in the fields of painting and sculpture, to support the continuation of his or her studies at ECAL Presented by Mr Alexis Georgacopoulos, board member of Walter + Eve Kent Foundation Cesar Axel Aguilar Rodriguez (MX) 1AV– CHF 5 000.- Jodie Rudaz (CH) 1AV– CHF 5 000.- Award for excellence in the field of Design and Visual Arts of HES-SO - CHF 2 500.- A prize awarded to an ECAL student who has distinguished himself/herself by the excellence of his/her diploma work. Presented by Mr René Graf, Vice-rector of Education at HES-SO Raphaël Meyer (CH) CI – CHF1 250.- Malou Briand (FR) CI – CHF 1 250.- BG Ingénieurs Conseils Award - CHF 1 500.- A prize awarded to a graduate student, author of a project that takes into account sustainable development, in particular its economic, environmental and social aspects. Presented by Mrs Denise Gomes in charge of communication at BG Ingénieurs Conseils company Yu-Ying Wu (TW) DP – CHF1 500.- David Rust Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded by In Rust We Trust to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her typographic work. The winner is offered the opportunity to publish a visual that will be used to collect donations for the Design against Canceraction (led by the association). Presented by Mr Angelo Benedetto, founding member of the association in Rust We Trust Benoît Brun (FR) TD – CHF 1 000.- Prix Jacqueline Veuve - CHF1 000.- A prize awarded to a student in Cinema who has distinguished herself during the year by the quality of her achievements or technical work. Presented by Mrs Rachel Noël, Bachelor Cinema Coordinator Ketsia Stocker (Master, production) by Europa CI – CHF 1 000.- Prix Elinchrom (voucher CHF500.- voucher CHF 1 000.-) A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master s degree in Photography who has carried out an excellent diploma project. Presented by Mr Thomas Beinke, Team Leader Sales & Marketing of Elinchrom Alessia Gunawan (IT) PH – voucher CHF 500.- Robin Bervini (CH) PH – voucher CHF 1 000.- BCV Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a Master s degree student in Product Design who has distinguished himself/herself by the overall quality of his or her diploma work. Presented by Mr Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Design Fabien Roy (CH) DP – CHF 1 000.- ECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- x2 A prize awarded to graduate students who have distinguished themselves by the excellence of their work throughout their studies at ECAL. Presented by Mrs Jasmin Basic, Master Cinema Coordinator Vuk Vukmanovic (RS) CI – CHF 1 000.- Johanna Hullàr (HU) PH – CHF 1 000.- EXECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her Master s thesis. Presented by Mrs Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary Sophie Wietlisbach (CH) TD – CHF 1 000.- Abréviations: AV: Arts Visuels CI: Cinéma DI: Design Industriel DG: Design Graphique DP: Design de Produit MAS DLC: Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship MID: Media & Interaction Design PH: Photographie TD: Type Design
DESIGN MANAGEMENT FOR START-UPS The research project Design management for start-ups focused on the integration of design in innovation processes. Its objective was to promote the use of design within mainly technological start-ups and to create tools and methodologies to foster collaboration between designers and entrepreneurs. The research project Design management for start-ups focused on the integration of design in innovation processes. Its objective was to promote the use of design within mainly technological start-ups and to create tools and methodologies to foster collaboration between designers and entrepreneurs. The approach took into account all design practices (industrial design, visual communication, media & interaction design, strategic design) and relied on the ecosystem of technological start-ups in the region. The study allowed for reflection at four levels: understanding the contribution of the different design disciplines in the innovation process; the analysis of the opportunities and constraints faced by entrepreneurs; the development of a set of tools for awareness raising and management of design-oriented innovation projects; supporting the strategic development of a start-up. The project enabled the development of a set of specific design management tools adapted to collaborations between technology start-ups and designers and to gather them on the website designstarterkit.chMain applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (researcher) Noemie Délèze (Ra&D collaborator), HEIG-VD (interaction designer) (web developer) (photographer)PartnersNéode The Ark Innovaud Fri UpPeriodseptember 2018 – september 2020Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublication Daphna Glaubert, Luc Bergeron, Le design comme accélérateur de projets technologiques en phase d incubation précoce, Sciences du Design, 2020 Website designstarterkit.ch Associated project innovationbydesignchallenge.ch
Sidonie Bays – Jeux Réunis “Jeux Réunis” is a graphic novel that leads us to explore a world in which platform cooperativism is the answer to all our basic needs. This illustrative project highlights the principles of a sharing economy through visual symbols and metaphors. Caught up in the game, the reader embodies a character who, following the discovery of a cooperativism platform, drifts off into a daydream. The aim is then to explore the areas of tension between fiction and everyday scenes in order to understand the ties between the inhabitants of Syn, the city of sharing.
Human Rights Photography Prize to a graduate of ECAL The Act On Your Future Foundation is very pleased to announce the names of the two winners of the fifth edition of the Human Rights Photography Prize on the theme "No Planet B: Human Rights in Times of Ecological Crisis": Lowena Poole for "Stop Time By Smashing Clocks" (RCA/Royal College of Art, London) and Romain Roucoules for "Global Solutions" (ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne) The Jury thus wished to reward two artists at the beginning of their careers with different profiles and approaches. The prizewinners receive a contribution of CHF 10,000 to be shared between them in order to enable them to produce an exhibition following on from the prize-winning projects. Their work as well as the projects of the other finalists will also be included in the retrospective book that the Foundation will publish to mark the five-year anniversary of the competition. The exhibition of the winning projects and the book will be presented at the Centre de la photographie Genève (CPG) from 27 October to 15 November 2020. Global Solutions par ECAL/Romain Roucoules Following the Brazilian presidential elections, the Amazonian rainforest, an environmental icon forgotten for some twenty years, is returning to the forefront and once again crystallises the general concerns. This project, presented in the form of an installation, brings together modern simulacres from different backgrounds. Distant consequences, close causes. Between collective memory and collective forgetfulness, Global Solutions questions the way we perceive distant realities, observed through the prism of technological tools. http://www.romainroucoules.com/
ECAL at Sculpture Garden, Geneva – Le cours de l eau,18.06–30.09.2020,Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva On the occasion of the Geneva Biennial: Sculpture Garden organized by artgenève and the MAMCO (curator of the exhibition: Balthazar Lovay) until 30 September 2020, students in 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design from ECAL present a Bisse project in the Parc des Eaux-Vives. No doubt you have already walked, or dreamt of walking, along a Bisse in Canton Valais. A Bisse is a historical irrigation channel, many of which run through the idyllic Alpine landscape. Perhaps it was this romantic notion that inspired the National Exhibition of 1896 to recreate and display a “Mazot”, a typical wooden Alpine hut, albeit conveying a rather stereotypical idea of Switzerland. This larch wood hut, which could be considered as a forerunner of the circular economy, has been given a new lease of life for passersby to admire in the Eaux-Vives park. Is it a decorative object? Is it nostalgic? Or maybe folklore? The 2nd year Bachelor Indus-trial Design students at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, under the supervision of programme director Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard and their professor Adrien Rovero, have chosen to recreate the architecture of a traditional Bisse. This construction is also made of larch wood and includes several surprising features, starting with a viewing platform, a map of Lake Geneva, a water mirror and a simple bench to sit and contemplate a basic element: the flow of water. This project brings us closer to nature and makes sense in today s world where traditional values and local sourcing are being revived. Students Gwenaëlle Auvry, Clara Bertière, Théo Blanchard, Thomas Blaser, Lucie De Martin, Elie Eliez, Marine Fondin, Souhaïb Ghanmi, Mariko Ito, Stéfanie Kay, Marina Kottler, Julien Lindt, Manon Novelli, Margot Paquette-Greenbaum, Eugénie Perrin, Julie Racaud, Jillian Reichlin, Luca Scalea, Alan Schopfer, Noémie Soriano, Celestin Tanari, Xiangnan Wu Acknowledgements ECAL Model Workshop: Sandro Bolzoni, Jonathan Bloch, Fabio Della Casa, Bastien Favre, Pascal Ospelt Assistants Amandine Gini, Benoît Chastenet de Gery, Victor Jacquard Landscaper Gaétan Genetti Parc des Eaux-Vives 1207 Genève www.sculpturegarden.ch
EXAM - Dynamic Identity Dynamic identity for the fictional art museum EXAM (Experimental Art Museum) proposed by Jamy Herrmann as part of the Dynamic Display course led by Angelo Benedetto.
ESAP - Dynamic Identity Dynamic identity for the fictional art space ESAP (Espace d Art Prélaz) proposed by Elodie Anglade as part of the Dynamic Display course led by Angelo Benedetto.