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Arnaud Claret – La librairie magique Mention Excellent “La librairie magique” features an optimised reading experience for dyslexic children thanks to a website. The project offers modular personalisation of the texts using the “Dyslexia Variable” font as well as many specific functions to meet their needs. In order to provide ideal reading comfort, the site enables users to adjust the form, the differentiation of letters between them and the layout of the texts. It opens up a new path to provide these children with better access to reading and to help them enjoy it.
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.
Lou Rais – A Continent to Be Shaped “A Continent to Be Shaped” is a journey through alternative teaching in architecture. The book is an atlas from the archives of EASA, an alternative school created by students in Liverpool in 1981. Forty years of workshop data from authors across the continent have been systematically edited in a non-chronological journey, revealing the students local ideologies and issues. No architecture is shown in order to stimulate the reader s imagination, the archive is revived and extended with laser-cut silhouettes then modulated into an umpteenth construction.
Bruno Jolliet – New York Urban Atlas “New York Urban Atlas” is a project on the different ways in which urban density is physically transcribed in New York City. The book follows the principle of administrative residential areas by exploring the various neighbourhoods in the form of illustrations. Throughout the chapters the reader is led to explore urban materiality from an analytical angle with environmental factors relating to the illustrations. Map information provides insight into the various neighbourhoods explored in the book. “New York Urban Atlas” is a project on the different ways in which urban density is physically transcribed in New York City.The book follows the principle of administrative residential areas by exploring the various neighbourhoods in the form of illustrations. Throughout the chapters the reader is led to explore urban materiality from an analytical angle with environmental factors relating to the illustrations.Map information provides insight into the various neighbourhoods explored in the book.
Final Jury Master Cinema 2020 The diploma Jury of the Master Cinema 2018-20. The diploma Jury of the Master Cinema 2018-20: Ael Dallier Vega (editor, Paris); Jacques Kieffer (sound engineer, Zürich); Stéphane Batut (filmmaker and scriptwriter, Paris); Aline Schmid (producer, Genève)
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/
"Thek it and Hang it" installation,02.06.2020–18.04.2021,Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy As part of the exhibition "Le temps et moi" at the Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy, "Thek it and Hang it" installation created at the instigation of artist Miriam Laura Leonardi. Installation created at the instigation of artist Miriam Laura Leonardi by Djellza Azemi, Ana-Francesca Balan, Tudor Ciurescu, Peilian Li, Cyane Findji, Ernest Gachet, Tennessee MacDougall, Christian Schulz and Stefan Tanase, students from the Bachelor Fine Arts at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. As part of the exhibition "Le temps et moi" at the Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy, from 2 June 2020 to 18 April 2021. Inspired by the notions of time and memory, the American artist Paul Thek (born in Brooklyn, 1933 - 1988) proposed to its students to design "something to put over a child s bed". A group from ECAL took up the same topic to imagine and create this installation. The time here is upside down: a cradle has been dismantled, its bars soaked in wax, then sunk one s teeth into, before being put back together as a mobile. Common in children s rooms, especially above cribs, mobiles entertain infants and stimulate their sight. The bed protecting the child here becomes a fragile distraction, suspended in the room covered with soft carpet topped with blue. On the floor, the night light is a bulb covered by hair. And by way of a lullaby, you can get carried away by a poem more disturbing than soothing in the earphone... Thanks to Philippe Decrauzat, Stéphane Kropf, Charly Mirambeau, Gina Proenza and Paul Thek as well as the Roman Museum team. Dates and times From 2 June 2020 to 18 April 2021 Normal: 11:00-18:00 Closed on Mondays, except July-August and public holidays. Closed on 24, 25, 31 December and 1st January. Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy Chemin du Bois-de-Vaux 24 1007 Lausanne Website Image ECAL/Jimmy Rachez
Ethical Fighter Ethical fighter is a mini-game that questions our ethical conscience in the face of reality. At each turn, the player is confronted with two different humanitarian projects, based on real-time data from the website https://www.globalgiving.org/. The player must guess the amount raised by each of the two randomly selected projects. However, the player only has the actual total sum of the two projects added together, so it s up to him to divide them up and guess. Once the player has validated his or her answer, he or she discovers the real sums that each of the two projects has raised, and can click on a link to help finance it or them.
ECAL at Visions du Réel 2020,17–24.04.2020 ECAL Masterclass: Claire Denis - Director, Paris + Selection in various competitions of Bachelor Cinéma students, and of several ECAL graduates. On the occasion of its Documentary Film Festival organised online this year, Visions du Réel pays tribute to Claire Denis, a significant, radical and adventurous filmmaker, by awarding her the Sesterce d or Prix Raiffeisen Maître du Réel, She is a prominent figure in contemporary filmmaking, having directed over 30 feature-length films including six docu-mentaries. A selective retrospective is devoted to her work, and she will give an online masterclass during the Festival in collaboration with ECAL and The Cinémathèque Suisse. Online masterclass on Wednesday 29th April 2020 at 3pm on www.visionsdureel.chModerated by Emilie Bujès, Artistic Director of Visions du Réel, and Lionel Baier, Head of the ECAL Cinema Department. ---- In addition, two Bachelor Cinema films are in competition in the Opening Scenes Section, which highlights first films or student films presented in world premieres. Broadcast online thanks to the link below from 17th to 24th April 2020. "Le Prix du bonheur" by ECAL/Rodrigo Muñoz – 18min Facing exorbitant fees for sessions with his therapist, Rodrigo Muñoz finds a great economical use of resources in this self–dramatization which portrays the account of his depression. In confronting the pecuniary dimension of the day-to-day, Rodrigo ironically seizes upon film as a process of emancipation. https://online.visionsdureel.ch/film/le-prix-du-bonheur/ --- "The Last One" (L ultima) by ECAL/Nikita Merlini – 16min Elena is the last one. Following her brother s departure from Ticino, she remains alone with her mother in their large lakeside house. For her, it is not yet time to go but, already, she is imagining with nostalgia what she will foresake, carried away by her desire for discovery. Nikita Merlini captures the traces of what she leaves behind her in her gentle journey into adulthood. https://online.visionsdureel.ch/film/the-last-one/ --- Also participation of several ECAL graduates in various competitions: International competition: "Il mio corpo" by Michele Pennetta (MA Cinema ECAL/HEAD graduate) - 80 min https://online.visionsdureel.ch/film/il-mio-corpo/ International competition (short and medium-length films): "Trio" by Benjamin Bucher & Agnese Làposi (BA Cinema graduates) - 23 min https://online.visionsdureel.ch/film/trio/ National competition: "Heidi en Chine" by François Yang (BA Cinema graduate) - 82 min https://online.visionsdureel.ch/film/heidi-en-chine/
ECAL Instagram Live: Jean-Luc Godard,07.04.2020 ECAL Instagram Live: Jean-Luc Godard, fillmmaker, Rolle ECAL Instagram Live: Jean-Luc Godard, cinéaste, Rolle (Suisse)En conversation avec Lionel Baier, responsable du Département Cinéma de l ECAL, sur la thématique «des images en temps de Coronavirus»Mardi 7 avril à 14h30 CEST sur @ecal_ch (https://www.instagram.com/ecal_ch/?hl=fr)A ses débuts critique à La Gazette du cinéma puis aux Cahiers du cinéma, Jean-Luc Godard réalise des courts métrages avant de tourner son premier long métrage en 1959: «A bout de souffle». Ce film devient l œuvre phare du cinéma de la Nouvelle Vague, dont Godard est désormais l un des représentants emblématiques. Les années 1960 sont marquées par une œuvre prolixe («Le Petit Soldat», «Le Mépris», «Pierrot le fou», «La Chinoise»…).Les évènements de Mai 68 confirment un changement dans sa façon de concevoir le cinéma et ses films deviennent des étendards politiques. L advenue de la vidéo engendre la création de grandes séries essayistes, «6X2» et «France, Tour, Détour, Deux Enfants».Métamorphosés, le narratif, les acteurs professionnels, les mythes et archétypes reviennent à partir de 1979 avec «Sauve qui peut la vie», «Détective» et «Prénom Carmen», film pour lequel il reçoit le Lion d or à la Mostra de Venise en 1983. S ensuit une période d investigation expérimentale sur les formes de l Histoire comme «Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro» ou «Histoire(s) du cinéma».Depuis les années 2000, Jean-Luc Godard continue son exploration infatigable du septième art avec «Eloge de l amour», «Film Socialisme» ou «Adieu au langage» (Prix du jury au Festival de Cannes en 2014). Jean-Luc Godard a reçu la Palme d or spéciale du jury au Festival de Cannes 2018 pour «Le Livre d image».(Biographie publiée à l occasion de «Jean-Luc Godard – Parcours Livre d image» au Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers en 2019)ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de LausanneAvenue du Temple 5, CH – 1020 Renens
Objects with Love,10.03–03.07.2020,Gallery l elac, Renens Awarded with the 2019 Swiss Design Grand Prix, journalist and stylist Connie Hüsser has always been fascinated by young talents and design. She loves the handmade, the colourful and the unexpected. She carefully brings these objects together in a presentation made with unrestrained fantasy. After the 2018 Interior Biennial in Kortrijk (BE) and Design Miami / Basel 2019, Connie Hüsser presents at the Gallery l elac an evolving selection of projects created by international and contemporary designers. UPDATE: Reopening from 10 June – until 3 July ---- ECAL has decided to exceptionally extend the opening of the exhibition "Objects with Love" by Connie Hüsser, which was closed prematurely due to the measures related to COVID-19. The exhibition will thus be open from 10 June to 3 July at Gallery l elac. HD IMAGES Atelier Polyhedre, Dimitri Bähler, Yasmin Bawa, BNAG, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Harvey Bouterse, Tobias Brunner, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, De Intuïtiefabriek, Earnest Studio, Hilda Hellström, Jochen Holz, Connie Hüsser, Jenna Kaës, Simon Klenell, Sigve Knutson, Julian Komosa, Tomas Kral, Stina Löfgren, Jonas Lutz, Philippe Malouin, Sabine Marcelis, Helle Mardahl, Christian Neuenschwander, Jenny Nordberg, Oyyo, Fredrik Paulsen, POOL, Bertjan Pot, Jakob Robertsson, Eric Roinestad, Nick Ross, James Shaw, Soft Baroque, Studio Furthermore, Falke Svatun, TAF Studio, David Taylor, Kim Thomé, David Timmis, Alissa Volchkova, Wang & Söderström, Ward Wijnant and more … Dates From 10 June to 3 July 2020, from Wednesday to Friday, from 13 h to 17 h Gallery l elac Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens www.objectswithlove.ch
Multiple Choices Pick a subject, an editorial style, and a medium – either book or digital. Pick a subject, an editorial style, and a medium – either book or digital.
Interferences – Forty-Four Excuses for Participation and a Zero This project is both a book and a portable server programmed to open a WiFi network. Your smartphone becomes a sound device by producing an assigned frequency and creating small ephemeral communities. Programming ECAL/Callum Ross
ECAL x RBM by Flokk: The Future of School Seating Innovative architecture, technology and design are shaping the future of education, challenging the norms for those creating learning spaces more than ever before. Danish furniture manufacturers RBM by Flokk have embarked on a semester-long design project with students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (Switzerland). “What a great challenge for the students to collaborate with an important brand in order to create future experiences based on their experiences from the past! Back to school and to the future!” says Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL. Based around the title, The Future of School Seating, the 1st year Master Product Design students worked with course leader and designer Camille Blin, assisted by Margo Clavier, to explore alternatives to today s traditional school chair, specifically for children aged 6–12. “We tasked the students at ECAL to reimagine traditional school chairs and to design a product that fits seamlessly into the operating culture of future learning environments. We know that ways of teaching and learning are more diverse than ever before and we are excited to show off some great concepts from the ECAL 1st year Master Product Design students – the next generation of super talented designers,” explains .ystein Austad, Design Manager, RBM by Flokk. Located inside Konstnärshuset, a stunning and historical art gallery based in Central Stockholm,Education Reimagined invites visitors to experience an interactive exhibition of inspiring concepts presented by the students themselves. Visitors to Stockholm Design week can enjoy a fascinating glimpse into how young designers envision education spaces of the future.
ECAL x RBM by Flokk: The Future of School Seating,04–07.02.2020,Konstnärshuset, Stockholm On the occasion of the Stockholm Design Week from 4 to 7 February 2020, ECAL students reimagine the school chair of the future with RBM by Flokk. Poster with explanations HD images on demand Innovative architecture, technology and design are shaping the future of education, challenging the norms for those creating learning spaces more than ever before. Danish furniture manufacturers RBM by Flokk have embarked on a semester-long design project with students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (Switzerland). “What a great challenge for the students to collaborate with an important brand in order to create future experiences based on their experiences from the past! Back to school and to the future!” says Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL. Based around the title, The Future of School Seating, the 1st year Master Product Design students worked with course leader and designer Camille Blin, assisted by Margo Clavier, to explore alternatives to today s traditional school chair, specifically for children aged 6–12. “We tasked the students at ECAL to reimagine traditional school chairs and to design a product that fits seamlessly into the operating culture of future learning environments. We know that ways of teaching and learning are more diverse than ever before and we are excited to show off some great concepts from the ECAL 1st year Master Product Design students – the next generation of super talented designers,” explains .ystein Austad, Design Manager, RBM by Flokk. Located inside Konstnärshuset, a stunning and historical art gallery based in Central Stockholm, Education Reimagined invites visitors to experience an interactive exhibition of inspiring concepts presented by the students themselves. Visitors to Stockholm Design week can enjoy a fascinating glimpse into how young designers envision education spaces of the future. Special events Late night mingle from 5pm-10pm on Thursday 6th February. RSVP here! Dates 4th – 7th February Tuesday 10.00 -18.00 Wednesday 10.00 – 18.00 Thursday 10.00 – 17.00 Friday 10.00 -16.00 Address Konstnärshuset Smålandsgatan 7 111 46 Stockholm http://konstnarshuset.org
"Making FASHION Sense" exhibition with ECAL graduates,16.01–08.03.2020,HEK, Basel On the occasion of the exhibition " Making FASHION Sense " at HeK - Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel until 8 March 2020, two ECAL alumni presents several projects. This exhibition showcases the radical transformation of fashion through technology. Robot arms and mixed reality, holograms and drones have all paraded down international catwalks. «Making FASHION Sense» focuses on the impact of technology upon creative processes in the fashion industry, as well as on artistic paths leading towards increasing sustainability: Fashion which makes sense. With "BASE" (2019), presented for his BA Media & Interaction Design diploma, the Swiss designer Alfatih introduces a concept of fashion for digital spaces, and thereby an alternative fashion economy. The project includes a collection of filters for Instagram/Snapchat, a series of garments that can be used for avatars in the game Grand Theft Auto, as well as an interactive installation/performance presenting the concept of the brand BASE. “Active Shoes” (2019) by ECAL BA Industrial Design graduate Christophe Guberan belongs to a series of “active textiles”, which uses technology to radically questiontraditional production processes. By printing on stretch fabrics of varying layer thicknesses, he develops self-assembling designs which reconfigure themselves in preprogrammed shapes. Information: HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel) Freilager-Platz 9 4142 Münchenstein/Basel www.hek.ch
Body City Mapping of the Body City show Unique creation imagined for Lausanne en Jeux ! - the animation program of the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 - Body City is a show where arts and urban sports meet in an impressive open-air setting, on the central square of Lausanne. "Bodies in fusion with the city", it is from this strong image that Nicolas Musin conceived and realized Body City, a contemporary show questioning the relationship of the young generations to the city. On an open-air stage representing a city in constant mutation, more than 50 performers aged between 9 and 30 will cross their disciplines, bringing together arts and urban sports such as skateboarding, BMX, rollerblading, scooter, parkour and dance. A poetic and spectacular journey in the heart of Lausanne, where video, sound and light are mixed together! Imagined within the framework of Lausanne en Jeux, this show is above all a work of youth supported by art schools and training centers for urban disciplines established in the agglomeration of Lausanne. Thus, Body City has brought together different actors from Lausanne such as students from ECAL (video design), HEMU (composition of the original music and recording of the soundtrack), dancers from the Ecole-Atelier Rudra Béjart (dance and percussion), JDSEvents (hip hop, breakdance) as well as the riders from La Fièvre and the plotters from X-Trem Move. The mapping of the show was created by the students of the Visual Communication Department (BA Graphic Design, BA Photography, BA Media & Interaction Design) under the direction of Vincent Jacquier, Angelo Benedetto, Jean-Vincent Simonet and Mitch Paone while the editing was done by Amaury Hamon and Clément Lambelet.
Smartphone Peripheral Companions The research project Smartphone Peripheral Companions explores new forms of interaction with the data flows passing through our smartphone, questioning the status of total object that this device has acquired. So much of contemporary culture and interactions is taking place through interfaces; interfaces are part of cultural expression and participation. Therefore, questioning the impact of the mechanisms underlying current smartphone interfaces is also a societal interest. The research team conducted a number of reflections around a broad vision of the issues related to the use of smartphones and the data flows that pass through them. In order to also collect contributions from smartphone users, they set up an online participatory platform, voluntarily moving away from the usual form of the scientific questionnaire. By imagining, designing and prototyping new objects or apparatuses, this project aims to offer proposals for re-appropriation, re-extraction of certain features locked in the smartphone, thereby allowing a different, more customizable access to data or functions. Consequently, fostering a shift from the glowing rectangle to a more detached and focused interaction, away from the screen. The main results of the project include a series of 5 to 10 objects offering alternative access to some data transiting through the smartphone. These semi-functional prototypes are documented and presented as images and films on the project website as well as made available for exhibition. A kit of tools and instructions to reproduce some of them, together with an ever-growing, participative collection of anonymous testimonies from smartphone is also accessible online.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (research assistant) (research assistant) Andreas Sonderegger Visiting lecturerJesse HowardStudents, , , , , , , , Emily Groves, , , , , , , , , , , Periodseptember 2018 – february 2020Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationWebsite smartphone-confessions.worldPartnerEPFL+ECAL Lab
Tokyo summer university In Summer 2019, thirteen students of ECAL Master in Photography supervised by Milo Keller, traveled to Japan to develop thirteen personal projects in collaboration with Taisuke Koyama and TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. From still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals, students artworks explore a wide variety of aspects of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformations in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on concrete aspects of the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate particularities of Japanese culture such as food in a family setting, the desire to generate humanoid robots, the confusion of child and adult worlds in manga, Pichinko Gambling , the reinvention of Ikebana and the rising stars among young girls. Finally, works seek to visualise more abstract concepts such as loneline In Summer 2019, thirteen students of ECAL Master in Photography supervised by Milo Keller, traveled to Japan to develop thirteen personal projects in collaboration with Taisuke Koyama and TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. From still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals, students artworks explore a wide variety of aspects of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformations in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on concrete aspects of the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate particularities of Japanese culture such as food in a family setting, the desire to generate humanoid robots, the confusion of child and adult worlds in manga, Pichinko Gambling , the reinvention of Ikebana and the rising stars among young girls. Finally, works seek to visualise more abstract concepts such as loneline
Award Innovation by Design Challenge,19.11.2019,ECAL, Renens Dans le cadre de la semaine mondiale de l entrepreneuriat, la Municipalité de Renens a le plaisir de vous convier, le mardi 19 novembre 2019, à la soirée de remise des Prix Innovation by Design Challenge. 19h00 : Mot de bienvenue du Syndic Jean-François Clément 19h10 : Présentation du bateau novateur SYRA By PUBLIAZ par Yves Detrey et Nils Frei, navigateurs renommés, champions du monde en 2019 de la série GC32 avec l équipage d Alinghi. Infos : www.syra-foilers.com 19h30 – 20h10 : Pitch des différents projets retenus et vote du public 20h10 – 20h30 : Témoignage d Insolight, participant à l édition 2018 de l Innovation by Design Challenge 20h30 – 20h40 : Remise des prix 20h45 : Clôture et buffet dînatoire Le nombre de places étant limité, nous vous remercions de bien vouloir nous faire part de votre inscription d ici au vendredi 15 novembre 2019 : www.renens.ch/inscription par téléphone au 021 632 71 05 ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 Renens
Zone Grise For their first workshop at ECAL, the first year Bachelor Photography students were given the opportunity to work with the Swiss photographer duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs. After receiving 20Kg of clay each, they began their plastic exploration with the creation of a mask, a recognizable and anthropomorphic form. By gradually moving away from figuration, the clay, gradually transforming into an image, has been the founding element of formal, intuitive and experimental explorations. The results have been published in the form of a book and an ephemeral installation in a closed and fragile space where the frenzy of creation seems frozen in time. For their first workshop at ECAL, the first year Bachelor Photography students were given the opportunity to work with the Swiss photographer duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs. After receiving 20Kg of clay each, they began their plastic exploration with the creation of a mask, a recognizable and anthropomorphic form. By gradually moving away from figuration, the clay, gradually transforming into an image, has been the founding element of formal, intuitive and experimental explorations. The results have been published in the form of a book and an ephemeral installation in a closed and fragile space where the frenzy of creation seems frozen in time.
ECAL Lecture: Shirana Shahbazi,13.11.2019,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conference: Shirana Shahbazi – Artiste, Zurich A l occasion d une semaine de workshop avec les étudiants en Bachelor Photographie. Shirana Shahbazi, Artiste, ZurichMercredi 13 novembre 2019 à 18h, Auditoire IKEA, ECALNée en 1974 à Téhéran et installée à Zurich depuis 1997, Shirana Shahbazi est reconnue internationalement pour la polysémie de ses clichés qui invitent à décomposer le geste photographique. Elle crée en partant de ses images des mises en page ou des installations sans compromis, dans lesquelles affleure sa conscience politique. Elle a fait l objet de nombreuses expositions personnelles, notamment au New Museum à New York (2011), au Fotomuseum Winterthur (2011), à la Kunsthalle Bern (2014), au KINDLZentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst à Berlin (2017), à la Galerie Peter Kilchmann à Zurich (2017), à l Istituto Svizzero de Milan (2018) ou au Kunsthaus Hamburg (2018). Ses œuvres font partie d importantes collections comme celles de la Tate Modern à Londres, du MoMA et du Musée Guggenheim à New York. Elle estlauréate du Grand Prix suisse d art/Prix Meret Oppenheim 2019 remis parl Office fédéral de la culture (OFC). Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne5, avenue du TempleCH-1020 RenensTél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33Mail : ecal@ecal.ch
Best Film Award from Swiss Film Schools to Nora Longatti On the occasion of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Nora Longatti won the prize for the Best film from Swiss film schools with "Bloc B", a film made as part of the ECAL Cinema Bachelor s degree The jury was convinced by its "bold and original production" and its cinematographic language. The award, worth CHF 5,000, was offered by SRG SSR. https://www.kurzfilmtage.ch/EN
ECAL Research Day 2019: Technology and Research in Art and Design Technology and Research in Art and Design Friday 8 November, 10.30–19.30 IKEA Auditorium, ECAL, Renens www.researchday.ch Résumé The symposium explored the links between technology and research, with artists, designers and scholars in these fields from all over the world, in discussion with ECAL faculty members. Keynote speeches, conversations, exhibitions and concerts marked the overlapping territory of research and technological innovation. Program Welcome , Alexis Georgacopoulos, director, ECAL Introductory notes , Davide Fornari, head of R&D and professor, ECAL Moderation by Arijana Walcott, emerging technology consultant, co-founder and COO, DART LABS, Zurich Data Materialization Natalie D. Kane, curator of digital design, Victoria and Albert Museum, London in conversation with Patrick Keller, professor, ECAL Keynote: How Can Type Influence How We Design Written Communication? Bianca Berning, font engineer, Dalton Maag, London introduced by Kai Bernau, professor, ECAL, and co-founder, Atelier Carvalho Bernau, The Hague Artists Residencies for Innovation Hugues Vinet, innovation and research director, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris in conversation with Nicolas Henchoz, director, EPFL+ECAL Lab The Aesthetics of Sustainability Christian Kaegi, founder, Qwstion, Zurich, and Fabrice Aeberhard, founder, Viu, Zurich in conversation with Thilo Alex Brunner, professor, ECAL, and art director, ON shoes, Zurich Keynote: Humanising Machines: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Art and Design Christian Mio Loclair, art director and founder, Waltz Binaire, Berlin introduced by Pauline Saglio, head of BA Media & Interaction Design and professor, ECAL Keynote: Designing Citizenship in Unstable Times Ala Tannir, co-curator of the 22nd Milan Triennale Broken Nature and independent architect, New York introduced by Davide Fornari, head of R&D and professor, ECAL Audio performance curated by Thibault Walter, professor, ECAL The Invisible Other. Chapter 1. Vibrancy. When the Divinity Manifests. For visual obstructions, time-based media, light and signal refractions By Mario de Vega, sound artist, Mexico City/Berlin in partnership with La Becque | Artist Residency, La Tour-de-Peilz Throughout the day, exhibitions in the Kudelski Hall, l elac Gallery and EPFL+ECAL Lab: • 100 beste Plakate 18 • ECAL Diplômes 2019 • Smartphone Peripheral Companions curated by Alain Bellet • Soft Machines curated by Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan and Skylar Tibbits, in collaboration with the MIT Department of Architecture and its Design Minor/Design Major Program. On the occasion of the symposium, ECAL launched the book Technology and Research in Art and Design edited by Davide Fornari and published by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Technology and Research and Art and Design In collaboration with EPFL+ECAL Lab Supported by HES-SO Media partner: Creative Applications Network Technology and Research in Art and DesignFriday 8 November, 10.30–19.30IKEA Auditorium, ECAL, Renenswww.researchday.chRésuméThe symposium explored the links between technology and research, with artists, designers and scholars in these fields from all over the world, in discussion with ECAL faculty members. Keynote speeches, conversations, exhibitions and concerts marked the overlapping territory of research and technological innovation.ProgramWelcome, Alexis Georgacopoulos, director, ECALIntroductory notes, Davide Fornari, head of R&D and professor, ECALModeration by Arijana Walcott, emerging technology consultant, co-founder and COO, DART LABS, ZurichData MaterializationNatalie D. Kane, curator of digital design, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londonin conversation with Patrick Keller, professor, ECALKeynote: How Can Type Influence How We Design Written Communication?Bianca Berning, font engineer, Dalton Maag, Londonintroduced by Kai Bernau, professor, ECAL, and co-founder, Atelier Carvalho Bernau, The HagueArtists Residencies for InnovationHugues Vinet, innovation and research director, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Parisin conversation with Nicolas Henchoz, director, EPFL+ECAL LabThe Aesthetics of SustainabilityChristian Kaegi, founder, Qwstion, Zurich, and Fabrice Aeberhard, founder, Viu, Zurichin conversation with Thilo Alex Brunner, professor, ECAL, and art director, ON shoes, ZurichKeynote: Humanising Machines: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Art and DesignChristian Mio Loclair, art director and founder, Waltz Binaire, Berlinintroduced by Pauline Saglio, head of BA Media & Interaction Design and professor, ECALKeynote: Designing Citizenship in Unstable TimesAla Tannir, co-curator of the 22nd Milan Triennale Broken Nature and independent architect, New Yorkintroduced by Davide Fornari, head of R&D and professor, ECALAudio performance curated by Thibault Walter, professor, ECALThe Invisible Other. Chapter 1. Vibrancy. When the Divinity Manifests. For visual obstructions, time-based media, light and signal refractionsBy Mario de Vega, sound artist, Mexico City/Berlin in partnership with La Becque | Artist Residency, La Tour-de-PeilzThroughout the day, exhibitions in the Kudelski Hall, l elac Gallery and EPFL+ECAL Lab:• 100 beste Plakate 18• ECAL Diplômes 2019• Smartphone Peripheral Companions curated by Alain Bellet• Soft Machines curated by Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan and Skylar Tibbits, in collaboration with the MIT Department of Architecture and its Design Minor/Design Major Program.On the occasion of the symposium, ECAL launched the book Technology and Research in Art and Design edited by Davide Fornari and published by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne.Technology and Research and Art and DesignIn collaboration with EPFL+ECAL LabSupported by HES-SOMedia partner: Creative Applications Network
ECAL Research Day 2019: Technology and Research in Art and Design,08.11.2019,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL hosts a Research Day – The symposium will explore the links between technology and research, with artists, designers and scholars in these fields from all over the world, in discussion with ECAL faculty members. Technology and Research in Art and Design ECAL hosts a Research Day on Friday 8 November, from 10.30 to 19.30. The symposium will explore the links between technology and research, with artists, designers and scholars in these fields from all over the world, in discussion with ECAL faculty members. Keynote speeches, conversations, exhibitions and concerts mark the overlapping territory of research and technological innovation. Admission is free upon registration through the online RSVP form until 28 October 2019 at www.researchday.ch Due to the limited number of seats in the auditorium, the maximum number of participants is 350. ---- 10:00 – 10:30 Registration 10:30 – 11:00 Welcome Alexis Georgacopoulos Director, ECAL Introductory notes Davide Fornari Head of R&D and Professor, ECAL Moderation Arijana Walcott Emerging technology consultant, Co-founder and COO, DART LABS, Zurich 11:00 – 11:45 Conversation: Data Materialization Natalie D. Kane Curator of digital design, Victoria and Albert Museum, London in conversation with Patrick Keller Professor, ECAL 11:45 – 12:30 Keynote speech: How Can Type Influence How We Design Written Communication? Bianca Berning Font engineer, Dalton Maag, London introduced by Kai Bernau Professor, ECAL, and Co-founder, Atelier Carvalho Bernau, The Hague 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch break (offered by ECAL to the guests) 13:45 – 14:15 Conversation: Artists Residencies for Innovation Hugues Vinet Innovation and research director, IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, Paris in conversation with Nicolas Henchoz Director, EPFL+ECAL Lab 14:15 – 15:15 Conversation: The Aesthetics of Sustainability Christian Kaegi Founder, Qwstion, Zurich Fabrice Aeberhard Founder, Viu, Zurich in conversation with Thilo Alex Brunner Professor, ECAL, and Art director, ON shoes, Zurich 15:15 – 16:15 Keynote speech: Humanising Machines: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Art and Design Christian Mio Loclair Art director and Founder, Waltz Binaire, Berlin introduced by Pauline Saglio Head of BA Media & Interaction Design and Professor, ECAL 16:15 – 16:45 Coffee break 16:45 – 17:45 Keynote speech: Designing Citizenship in Unstable Times Ala Tannir Co-curator of the 22nd Milan Triennale Broken Nature and independent architect, New York introduced by Davide Fornari Head of R&D and Professor, ECAL 17:45 – 18:00 Closing remarks, panel discussion Alexis Georgacopoulos Davide Fornari Arijana Walcott 18:00 Cocktail 18:30 Audio performance (Studio Cinema) curated by Thibault Walter Professor, ECAL The Invisible Other. Chapter 1. Vibrancy. When the Divinity Manifests. For visual obstructions, time-based media, light and signal refractions by Mario de Vega Sound artist, Mexico City/Berlin in partnership with La Becque | Artist Residency, La Tour-de-Peilz Throughout the day, exhibitions in the Kudelski Hall, l elac Gallery and EPFL+ECAL Lab: 100 beste Plakate 18 ECAL Diplômes 2019 Smartphone Peripheral Companions curated by Alain Bellet Soft Machines curated by Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan and Skylar Tibbits, in collaboration with the MIT Department of Architecture and its Design Minor/Design Major Program. On the occasion of the symposium, ECAL launches the book Technology and Research in Art and Design edited by Davide Fornari and published by ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. ECAL Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Tél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33 Mail : ecal@ecal.ch
ECAL Conference: Skylar Tibbits,07.11.2019,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conference: Skylar Tibbits, Founder of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab & Associate Professor of Design Research in the MIT Department of Architecture, Cambridge (MA – USA) ECAL Conference Skylar Tibbits, Founder of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab & Associate Professor of Design Research in the MIT Department of Architecture, Cambridge (MA – USA) https://selfassemblylab.mit.edu/ https://architecture.mit.edu/ Thursday 7 November at 5.30 pm, IKEA Auditorium, ECAL Skylar Tibbits is the founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which focuses on self-assembly and programmable material technologies for novel manufacturing, products and construction processes. He is also Associate Professor of Design Research in the MIT Department of Architecture. He has designed and built large-scale installations as well as exhibited in galleries around the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in NY. His work has been published extensively, for example in Wired and Fast Company. He is the co-editor of the book Being Material (MIT Press, 2019) and Editor-In-Chief of the journal 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. In collaboration with the MIT Department of Architecture and its Design Minor/Design Major program Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Tél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33 Mail : ecal@ecal.ch
ECAL at OFFPRINT Paris,07–10.11.2019,Beaux-Arts de Paris, 14 rue Bonaparte 75006 From 7 to 10 November 2019 during Paris Photo, ECAL presents a selection of its books on the occasion of OFFPRINT Paris. ECAL publishes about ten books every year through ECAL Editions or in collaboration with famous publishing houses such as JRP/Ringier, Lars Müller Publishers, Triest Verlag, Novembre Magazine or RVB Books. Beaux-Arts de Paris, 14 rue Bonaparte 75006 Thursday: 17:00 – 21:00 Friday: 13:00 – 21:00 Saturday: 11:00 – 19:00 Sunday: 11:00 – 18:00 http://offprint.org/
Design Preis Schweiz for two graduates Congratulations to Carolien Niebling, MA Product Design graduate, who won the "Research" award» with her ECAL diploma project (The Sausage of the Future) on the occasion of the Design Preis Schweiz. And also to Damien Regamey, BA Industrial Design graduate, won the "Product – Investment Goods" award with a precision machine used in watch production, which was developed and manufactured by Lecureux SA. www.designpreis.ch
ECAL (celebrates Halloween) at the Capitole,31.10.2019,Cinéma Capitole, Lausanne We are pleased to invite you to the screening of the Bachelor 2019 diploma films of the Cinema Department of ECAL on Thursday 31st October 2019 . Free admission! Start of the session at 7 pm XX Virus, Kimyan Fluckiger (Workshop Fantastic directed by Yann Gonzalez), 13 Les enfers, Adèle Beaulieu, 14 30 Still Working, Julietta Korbel, 17 Suze, Korlei Rochat with Alan Dupasquier (Image Specialisation), 18 Alma nel Branco, Agnese Làposi, 25 Entracte (Trick or Treat) Dans ces rues, Léonard Vuilleumier, 24 Sous les écailles, Colombe Rubini, 18 Belle Dune - See You Later, Alligator, Leonard Sinclair with Maxime Beaud (Image Specialisation), 23 La nuit des chauves-souris, Moreno Cabitza, 14 50 On this occasion, launch of the book ECAL Cinéma 2019, retracing a year of Cinema at ECAL. Cinéma Capitole Avenue du Théâtre 6 1002 Lausanne www.lecapitole.ch www.cinematheque.ch www.ecal.ch
"100 beste Plakate 18" exhibition,29.10–15.11.2019,Gallery l elac, ECAL We invite you to discover the most beautiful posters from 2018 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), selected and presented at the competition in 2019. An exhibition organized by 100 Beste Plakate e. V. in collaboration with ECAL. HD IMAGES Opening on Tuesday 29 October 2019 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the l elac Gallery. Exhibition from 30 October to 15 November 2019. Monday to Friday, 1 pm to 5 pm Scenography Team Maria Fechner, Berlin, system created by C2F, Lucerne Catalog Megi Zumstein & Claudio Barandun, Hi, Zurich l elac Gallery Avenue du Temple 5 CH - 1020 Renens www.100-beste-plakate.de
Empowerment Summit at ECAL,03.10.2019,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL Empowerment Summit à l ECAL – Business risks & opportunity in a data-driven economy Empowerment Summit à l ECAL – Business risks & opportunity in a data-driven economy 3 October 2019 – 09:00–18:00 Auditorium IKEA, ECAL, Renens Register and programme: www.empowerment.foundation/empowerment-summit-2019 Welcome to the Empowerment Summit 2019. If you are here, you already understood how much the data-economy is game-changing. Today is a good day to take the next step. Thanks to our world-renowned experts you ll get your head around all the necessary notions to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence while avoiding its traps. Generate revenue using data, respect privacy, avoid scandals… and gain competitive advantage. Enjoy this inspiring day! ECAL 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Visual: ECAL/Amaury Hamon
"Workbays Village" exhibition in collaboration with Vitra,02.10–21.11.2019,Fire Station, Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein Following a workshop led by Camille Blin and Erwan Bouroullec in 2017, Master Product Design students from ECAL present “Workbays Village”, a project inspired by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec s customizable office partitioning systems manufactured by Vitra. Introduction by Erwan Bouroullec and opening reception on Tuesday 1 October 2019, from 6pm to 8pm at the Fire Station on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. The exhibition will be open from 2 October to 21 November 2019, from Monday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm. Vitra Campus, Fire Station, Zaha Hadid, 1993 Charles-Eames-Strasse 2 79576 Weil am Rhein www.vitra.com DOWNLOAD IMAGES HD DOWNLOAD POSTER With Workbays, which they created for Vitra a few years ago, the French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, who regularly collaborate with ECAL, have developed a micro-architectural system that redefines the working environment and breaks with the typical rigid planning structure of offices. Thus Workbays create distinct areas where individuals or groups can retreat from the general office environment to carry out specific activities. The units come equipped with everything users need: work surfaces, seating, optional storage and power connections. The structure of Workbays consists of slim aluminium profiles and organically shaped wall elements made of pressed polyester felt. “The ECAL students suggested we devised new typologies for these working environments, adding novel features and supplying them with new accessories”, says Camille Blin, the designer and professor who headed the project. So the Master Product Design students worked for a full semester under the watchful eye of Erwan Bouroullec and invented new structures that call to mind Japanese 0capsule hotels, a prototyping workshop, a gym, a bar, a garden or a resting area. For each of these spaces, the students created specific and original objects, ranging from Bluetooth loudspeakers to miniature lamps reminiscent of stadium ones, desk pads-cum-bags, a semi-standing stool, a cable-covering carpet, in & out wastepaper baskets, multi socket trays or a desk partition with vases and drawing pins. A 3D animation film specifically created by TRAUM Inc. presenting these unusual Workbays can also be seen at the exhibition. Opening reception on Thursday 29 June 2017 from 6.30 pm to 21 pm at the Port des Créateurs Exhibition from 30 June to 2 July, from 10am to 6pm during the Festival. Then until 24 September, from Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 7pm. Le Port des Créateurs Place Savonnières 83000 Toulon www.villanoailles-hyeres.com www.ecal.ch www.vitra.com
Leenaards Grants: Gina Proenza & Alfredo Aceto Congratulations to Gina Proenza and Alfredo Aceto, graduates of ECAL in BA Fine Arts, who each obtained a grant of CHF 50,000.- awarded by the Leenaards Foundation in Lausanne. Alfredo Aceto s presentation: https://vimeo.com/359031523 Gina Proenza s presentation: https://vimeo.com/359032125
Prix du rayonnement and Prix culturel vaudois won by graduates Fragment.in (composed of Laura Perrenoud, David Colombini and Marc Dubois - graduates BA Media & Interaction Design) and Yann Gross (graduate BA Photography), were awarded with the Prix du rayonnement (CHF 20 000.-) and the Prix culturel vaudois (CHF 20 000.-) by the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture. Presentation films: https://www.fvpc.ch/laureats/videos
Talk given by Camille Henrot Camille Henrot, Plasticienne, New York www.camillehenrot.fr Née en 1978, Camille Henrot vit et travaille à New York. L artiste française développe une pratique variée qui mêle film, dessin, sculpture et installation. En puisant ses inspirations et ses sujets dans la vie quotidienne et dans la littérature, la mythologie, le cinéma et l anthropologie, l oeuvre de Camille Henrot reconsidère avec acuité les typologies d objets et les systèmes de pensées établis. En 2013, dans le cadre de la Smithsonian résidence à Washington DC, elle réalise le film Grosse Fatigue , avec lequel elle remporte le Lion d argent à la Biennale de Venise. Lauréate du Prix Nam June Paik 2014 et du Edvard Munch Art Award 2015, Camille Henrot a également participé aux Biennales de Lyon, Berlin et Sydney et a bénéficié d expositions personnelles dans des lieux prestigieux tels que le Schinkel Pavillon à Berlin, la Kunsthalle de Vienne, le New Museum à New York ou encore au Palais de Tokyo à Paris pour une carte blanche en 2017. Ses prochaines expositions majeures auront lieu à Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2019) et à la National Gallery of Victoria de Melbourne (2020). Camille Henrot, Plasticienne, New Yorkwww.camillehenrot.frNée en 1978, Camille Henrot vit et travaille à New York. L artiste française développe une pratique variée qui mêle film, dessin, sculpture et installation. En puisant ses inspirations et ses sujets dans la vie quotidienne et dans la littérature, la mythologie, le cinéma et l anthropologie, l oeuvre de Camille Henrot reconsidère avec acuité les typologies d objets et les systèmes de pensées établis. En 2013, dans le cadre de la Smithsonian résidence à Washington DC, elle réalise le film Grosse Fatigue, avec lequel elle remporte le Lion d argent à la Biennale de Venise. Lauréate du Prix Nam June Paik 2014 et du Edvard Munch Art Award 2015, Camille Henrot a également participé aux Biennales de Lyon, Berlin et Sydney et a bénéficié d expositions personnelles dans des lieux prestigieux tels que le Schinkel Pavillon à Berlin, la Kunsthalle de Vienne, le New Museum à New York ou encore au Palais de Tokyo à Paris pour une carte blanche en 2017. Ses prochaines expositions majeures auront lieu à Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2019) et à la National Gallery of Victoria de Melbourne (2020).
ECAL Conferences: Camille Henrot,18.09.2019,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Conferenc: Camille Henrot, – Artist, New York Conférences ECAL (septembre 2019) Dans le cadre du Master Arts Visuels de l ECAL. Camille Henrot, Plasticienne, New York www.camillehenrot.fr Mercredi 18 septembre à 18 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Née en 1978, Camille Henrot vit et travaille à New York. L artiste française développe une pratique variée qui mêle film, dessin, sculpture et installation. En puisant ses inspirations et ses sujets dans la vie quotidienne et dans la littérature, la mythologie, le cinéma et l anthropologie, l oeuvre de Camille Henrot reconsidère avec acuité les typologies d objets et les systèmes de pensées établis. En 2013, dans le cadre de la Smithsonian résidence à Washington DC, elle réalise le film Grosse Fatigue, avec lequel elle remporte le Lion d argent à la Biennale de Venise. Lauréate du Prix Nam June Paik 2014 et du Edvard Munch Art Award 2015, Camille Henrot a également participé aux Biennales de Lyon, Berlin et Sydney et a bénéficié d expositions personnelles dans des lieux prestigieux tels que le Schinkel Pavillon à Berlin, la Kunsthalle de Vienne, le New Museum à New York ou encore au Palais de Tokyo à Paris pour une carte blanche en 2017. Ses prochaines expositions majeures auront lieu à Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2019) et à la National Gallery of Victoria de Melbourne (2020). Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Tél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33 Mail : ecal@ecal.ch
Belle Dune - "See You Later, Alligator..." A police investigation in Belle Dune, a small seaside resort in the north of France. This graduation film is a pilote of a series. A short film by Léonard Sinclair, photographed by Maxime Beaud Fiction / 18 min Synopsis The mutilated corpse of an English tourist is found in a tree, close to a small seaside resort in the north of France. Lieutenant Angela Jumcaucourt starts to investigate. Jérôme Montpied, a solitary young man from Belle Dune with few prospects, is profoundly changed by this macabre incident. It is as if he had found a new lease of life. Comment At Fort-Mahon Plage, the dunes are beautiful, but danger lurks. Thus begins episode 1 of season 1 in which Lieutenant Angela Jumcaucourt investigates the murder of a tourist whose mutilated body was found in a vacant lot. Tumultuous seaside atmospheres, anonymous letters, ghostly Cadillac, everything here contributes to the suspense and strangeness. Leonard Sinclair, with his meticulous direction, plays with the codes. As a good forensic scientist, he dissects genre films to better lose us and surprise us. Like a Bruno Dumont who has watched too much David Lynch s films or a Tati lost in a Yves Klein s painting, Léonard has fun to blur the tracks, very sandy by the way. Each sequence is constructed to distill its share of micro-details like so many potential clues, until transforming the film into a role-playing game both playful and totally addictive. There is something hypnotic about following this endless quest and we want more. In this seaside labyrinth, where nothing is ever totally stable, the fantastic is likely to appear at every slip of the whodunit. In the end, the only thing to watch out for is not so much the hypothetical episode 2 as the future of this talented young filmmaker. Raphaël Sohier / Sound editor
"Ring my Bell" at Design Biennale Zürich,29.08–01.09.2019,Design Biennale Zürich On the occasion of the Design Biennale Zürich from 29 August to 1st September 2019, ECAL showcases “Ring my Bell”, an offbeat collection of interactive doorbells, presented last April at the Milan Design Week. www.ecal-ringmybell.ch HD Images Brochure with explanations Video on vimeo DONG! TRRRRRR! Or maybe even GLING! Or BLING!, MHHHH! And sometimes even BRAOUM! ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents an offbeat collection of interactive doorbells developed by first-year Bachelor Industrial Design students, under the joint guidance of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, and Mathieu Rivier, a Bachelor Media & Interaction Design graduate. This project is part of the “Sound & Vision” exhibition, shown for the first time, in collaboration with EPFL+ECAL Lab, at the 2019 Milan International Furniture Fair. Sound and object design are two notions that industrial designers rarely have the opportunity to combine. Nevertheless, most everyday objects potentially produce sounds. Just pull up a chair, open or close a drawer or even flip a switch and you will create sound. What do all these actions have in common? Movement, friction and interaction which draw on the basic laws of physics to create tones. With this in mind, the students have offered a fresh and original take on an everyday object, one that is unremarkable yet never silent—the doorbell. They have designed a range of mechanical and electrical doorbells that offer a unique, sometimes even thunderous, sound experience. Well-known chimes step aside and are replaced by a curious metallophone triggered by a punch card reminiscent of traditional mechanical music boxes. The former door knocker is now amplified by a vibrant dong! The familiar buzzer has been replaced by an energetic drum roll. The everyday doorbell has been replaced by a curious device that makes a sound like thunder. At last, where you might expect a ding-dong, there is now a stertorous mooing mhhhh! These are just some of the contraptions displayed. Come in and ring! Schedule Thursday (Opening Night): 17:00–21:00 Friday & Saturday: 12:00–21:00 Sunday: 12:00–19:00 Creative Lab Werkstadt Zürich www.designbiennalezurich.ch As part of the Swiss Game Design Lounge, two ECAL Bachelor Media and Interaction Design graduates will also present several projects initiated at ECAL during their studies. Mylène Dreyer: www.designbiennalezurich.ch/2019/scribb-incontroller-spher Charlotte Broccard:www.designbiennalezurich.ch/2019/tet Schedule Friday to Sunday: 10:00–17:00 Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich www.designbiennalezurich.ch
A film from ECAL won a Student Oscar "Bonobo", Zoel Aeschbacher s Bachelor Film diploma, won the 2019 Student Academy Awards (Narrative - International Film Schools) - the Oscars for students - presented on October 17th at the Academy s Samuel Goldwyn Theater Beverly Hills This film has been pre-selected amongst 1615 short films and has won the Gold medal in the Narrative – International Film Schools category, given on the occasion of these exclusive student Oscars. Thanks to this award, the film becomes eligible for Oscars also awarded by the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in February 2020. Produced by ECAL and Nouvelle Tribu, Bonobo s summary by Zoel Aeschbacher is as follows: Félix, Ana and Seydoux live in the same social housing without knowing each other. The three characters seem linked by one and only element: the building s dilapidated elevator, an infernal machine leading them to an inescapable tragic destiny. Released in 2017, this film has already received numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, the Up Coming Award at the Soothurner Filmtagel, the Spirit Award for Short Narrative at the Brooklyn International Film Festival and the Best Fiction Short at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/267475815
Morgan Carlier – Learning how to breathe under water ‘Shame has undergone a shift. In today s world, my 15-year-old brother is free to express his identity and does not seem to face the same difficulties I experienced during my own adolescence. Only ten years separate us and, through him, I project a nostalgia of youth that I once dreamed of. The book presents him not only as muse but also as an initiator by showing his vision of being a teenager. Together, we reflect on notions of identity, freedom of youth and the expectations of gendered behavior. The border between staging and documented is blurred, his gaze becomes intertwined with mine. ‘Shame has undergone a shift. In today s world, my 15-year-old brother is free to express his identity and does not seem to face the same difficulties I experienced during my own adolescence. Only ten years separate us and, through him, I project a nostalgia of youth that I once dreamed of. The book presents him not only as muse but also as an initiator by showing his vision of being a teenager. Together, we reflect on notions of identity, freedom of youth and the expectations of gendered behavior. The border between staging and documented is blurred, his gaze becomes intertwined with mine.
Alina Frieske – Abglanz Abglanz is a German word used to describe a ‘pale reflection or a ‘distant echo . The project investigates the value and accessibility of personal visual information online. Fragments of images taken from social media platforms are reconstructed into a new scenario. Thereby, the original meaning of the images is put into another context. The work becomes an allegory of display, questioning how we are reflected and recognized behind the screen. It is presented in a panoramic view in order to guide the attention through the collection at large. Abglanz is a German word used to describe a ‘pale reflection or a ‘distant echo . The project investigates the value and accessibility of personal visual information online. Fragments of images taken from social media platforms are reconstructed into a new scenario. Thereby, the original meaning of the images is put into another context. The work becomes an allegory of display, questioning how we are reflected and recognized behind the screen. It is presented in a panoramic view in order to guide the attention through the collection at large.
Pierre Keller: 1945-2019,08.07.2019,ECAL, Renens It is with great sadness that ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne announces the passing of Pierre Keller, its director between 1995 and 2011. “We do everything seriously, without ever taking ourselves seriously.” This was Pierre Keller s maxim when he worked at ECAL, and it allowed him to move a small school in the Canton of Vaud up the ranks of Schools of Art and Design worldwide to become a member of the global elite. A native son of Gilly, Pierre Keller graduated as a graphic designer in 1965 from what was then the Ecole des beaux-arts et arts appliqués in Lausanne (now ECAL), and, while working as a teacher, won fame as an artist, photographer, and representative of the Council of State of Vaud in the organisation of the 700th anniversary of the Swiss nation. In 1995, he returned to ECAL, this time through the front door, and became its new director. For more than 16 years, he moulded ECAL in his own image – one that was vibrant, original and creative. He tackled all manner of challenges and headed up a number of major projects which all contributed to placing the school on the world stage. Pierre Keller has mounted exhibitions in all four corners of the world, forged countless partnerships with leading brands and institutions and was the brains behind the iconic ECAL building that has stood in Renens since 2007 which he, in partnership with his architect friend Bernard Tschumi, designed throughout. He also strove, at all times, to ensure that his students received the very best. While he has won widespread recognition (Prix de Lausanne, the French Ordre des palmes académiques, the Design Prize Switzerland, and has been invited to deliver guest lectures at institutions such as EPFL in Lausanne and the Tecnológico de Monterrey), his greatest source of pride was clearly the opportunity he enjoyed to help hundreds of young artists and designers to fulfil their potential. For all these things, ECAL would like to say to you, Pierre, a big THANK YOU!
Bianca Maldini – Una volta qualcuno mi disse As evidenced by ancient Calabrian tales and popular beliefs, blood, symbol of absolute bonds, influences free will and life cycles. I left, looking for these stories, to find out that, what today is linked to childhood, comes from an ancient communion with nature that modernization is eroding. Combining images and words, I explored the boundary between fantasy and reality at the origins of myths. The project raises thoughts on the fascination for the ancestral and the dynamics of acceptance of the fantastic mixing anthropology and visual art. As evidenced by ancient Calabrian tales and popular beliefs, blood, symbol of absolute bonds, influences free will and life cycles. I left, looking for these stories, to find out that, what today is linked to childhood, comes from an ancient communion with nature that modernization is eroding. Combining images and words, I explored the boundary between fantasy and reality at the origins of myths. The project raises thoughts on the fascination for the ancestral and the dynamics of acceptance of the fantastic mixing anthropology and visual art.
Launch "Hola Mi Amol" by Karla Hiraldo Voleau,04.07.2019,nonante-neuf Croisière — Arles "Hola Mi Amol" by Karla Hiraldo Voleau – Presented for the first time at the Rencontres la Photographie in Arles, the first book co-published by ECAL and SPBH Editions to promote the work of emerging photographers. With the support of PRO HELVETIA. Download Press Kit This book is the result of Karla Hiraldo Voleau s diploma work, produced as part of the ECAL Master s Degree in Photography. Lecture/performance on Thursday 4 July 2019 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at nonante-neuf. Croisière 59 Boulevard Emile Combes 13200 Arles A special event hosted by Presence Switzerland with ECAL, NEAR, YET MAGAZINE. www.khiraldovoleau.com shop.selfpublishbehappy.com www.rencontres-arles.com
Aural Practices in Visual Arts The project is an investigation into the creative process of visual art through the concept of aurality, which explores sound, listening and auditory perception from a cultural perspective. It is about stepping beyond object culture to look at listening as part of the broader and richer cultural approach developed by studying the case of ECAL, its (human) actors and (non-human) agents. The aim of the project is to better integrate the issue of sound and listening in transmitting knowledge of art and artistic practices and to give students a starting point on which to develop critical and reflexive listening in their work. The results show in particular how actors influence sounds at ECAL. These acts of meaningful listening were observable thanks to a methodology involving artistic interventions using sound, in the form of disturbances of daily life in the school. The way in which the actors repair disturbances helps describe shared perceptions in action. Breaching experiments have given a detailed description of how the actors continuously define the meaning of the sounds or the absence of careful listening, depending on the interaction and the place in the school. The successive experiments, by confirming or diverging from the results of the one before, refine methods of privatising spaces by using audio equipment at the place of the group work. In short, the study shows the fertile ambivalence whereby no school sound is ever just a school sound. They are only sounds, of course, but the meaning that the actors attribute to them define part of the institution at any given moment.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) (professor) Anna Harris, Université de Maastricht (expert) Philippe Sormani, Institut Suisse de Rome, Université de Lausanne (expert)Visiting lecturersAmy Cimini, Bill DietzPeriodfebruary 2018 – july 2019Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV) Ville de RenensArtistsKevin Drumm, Christina Kubisch, Scott Arford, Randy H. Yau, Mario de Vega, Emmanuel Holterbach, Jason KahnDiffusionPublic events 15 March 2018: Kevin Drumm, Cinema Studio concert, ECAL. 1 May 2018: Unexpected, infrasound installation by Scott Arford and Randy H. Yau, Kudelski Hall, ECAL. 2 May 2018: Electrical Walk by Christina Kubisch, ECAL and the City of Renens. Infrasound, concert by Scott Arford and Randy H. Yau, Cinema Studio, ECAL. 5 and 6 November 2018: Action for mono signal amplified through bass amp and objects written and performed by Mario de Vega, Hall Kudelski, ECAL. 7 November 2018: Labyrinth Gives Way to Skin: Maryanne Amacher by Amy Cimini and Bill Dietz, IKEA Auditorium, ECAL. 8 November 2018: Listening session: Maryanne Amacher, by Amy Cimini and Bill Dietz, Cinema Studio, ECAL. Action for Custom Electronics, Tape and Objects written and performed by Mario de Vega, Cinema Studio, ECAL. Eliane Radigue s Feedback works by Emmanuel Holterbach, Cinema Studio, ECAL. 5 December 2018: Unknown visitor sitting in the shadows, wandering around the Fine Arts department, listening, written and performed by Jason Kahn, ECAL. Press reviews La Première, Paradiso, Radio Télévision Suisse Romande, Thibault Walter on Infrasound, 1 May 2018. Philippe Simon, A l ECAL, les murs murmurent, Le Temps, 1 May 2018 Rebecca Mosimann, Un bruit une fois identifié devient son, 24Heures, 28-29 June 2018, 20. Radio Paradiso, Radio Télévision Suisse Romande, Thibault Walter on Maryanne Amacher, 30 October 2018 Publications Articles Thibault Walter et al., Situation concert Kevin Drumm, Revue & Corrigée, October 2019. Thibault Walter, 4000 Hz drawing the Library, in the process of submission. Thibault Walter, Peindre les sons / écouter la peinture, in the process of submission. Thibault Walter, Ph. Sormani, Sound as an art school, in the process of submission. Conference Thibault Walter, Martina Sofie-Wildberger, Philippe Sormani, Literal Improvisation: Recovering The Electric Guitar Solo as a Collaborative Achievement in Multimodal Specifics, Panel Hybrid Studies and Contemporary Arts in the Making, IIEMCA in Mannheim, 3 July 2019. Award The project s three posters are among the 100 most beautiful posters of 2018. PartnersTechnology & Society Studies Department, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University Cave 12, Geneva Sonic Protest, Paris Technique pour la Musique et le Spectacle (TMS) Ville de RenensStudentsECAL BA Fine Arts students, academic year 2017–2018 1st year: , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 2nd year: , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , . ECAL BA Fine Arts student, academic year 2018–2019 1st year: .
Dominic Hawgood workshop We are living in a feedback loop between digital technologies and our perception of the world, and what surrounds are multitudes of constructed realities. Light fields, 3d scanning, and photogrammetry are advancing the potential of computational realism, drawing upon scientific principles, theories and techniques prior to the advent of photography. It was Leonardo da Vinci who originally conceived of the Plenoptic Function, and Michael Faraday who theorised light to have a field. What has had to happen is for technology to catch up, and the result is the rapid metamorphosing of lens-based media, and an explosion of a new kind of realism. We are living in a feedback loop between digital technologies and our perception of the world, and what surrounds are multitudes of constructed realities. Light fields, 3d scanning, and photogrammetry are advancing the potential of computational realism, drawing upon scientific principles, theories and techniques prior to the advent of photography. It was Leonardo da Vinci who originally conceived of the Plenoptic Function, and Michael Faraday who theorised light to have a field. What has had to happen is for technology to catch up, and the result is the rapid metamorphosing of lens-based media, and an explosion of a new kind of realism.
Sébastien Matos – Sokomplex Sokomplex pays tribute to the Sokoban puzzle video game series, first released in 1982. The main purpose was to push boxes onto target squares in a labyrinth. The contribution of a three-dimensional environment entirely composed of cubes now allows the use of brand new game mechanics, thus considerably varying the gameplay. This open universe makes it possible to move away from the well-known level system of “puzzle games”. Designed using web technologies, the game is available on a multitude of connected platforms. sokomplex.app
Maëlle Chenaux – Plug-in Plug-in allows you to discover and enjoy music content in an original way at any time and in any place. The consumption of sound is affiliated with the environment in which it is found, creating an intimate and individual listening context linked to common places. The ambiguity of the object will allow the most curious to discover its exclusive content, combining private speeches and public music. Designed to promote a musical event such as a festival, it offers a tangible and different way of sharing and communication.
Jules Boulaert – Mundaka Mundaka is a family of fonts inspired by the expressive and vernacular forms of Basque fonts. Originating from a pre-Antiquity language that remains the last living isolate and the oldest language in Western Europe, Basque typography embodies the local identity. Halfway between regionalism and global openness, Mundaka questions the notion of heritage and its cultural propagation in a globalised era. I found it very motivating to work in this cultural context and to get to grips with these specific fonts; this experience has given me ideas for the future. Mundaka is a family of fonts inspired by the expressive and vernacular forms of Basque fonts. Originating from a pre-Antiquity language that remains the last living isolate and the oldest language in Western Europe, Basque typography embodies the local identity. Halfway between regionalism and global openness, Mundaka questions the notion of heritage and its cultural propagation in a globalised era. I found it very motivating to work in this cultural context and to get to grips with these specific fonts; this experience has given me ideas for the future.
Federico Barbon – Alessandro Calabrese — The Long Thing I had the opportunity to collaborate with the Italian artist Alessandro Calabrese on a monograph of his latest work. In this work the artist used a flatbed scanner to create all the works that are part of this project. Initially I was faced with this gap between photographic production and manual photographic composition. I was spontaneously inspired to take over the artist s production codes to design the book. In fact the entire book is composed through the use a scanner by hand. I had the opportunity to collaborate with the Italian artist Alessandro Calabrese on a monograph of his latest work. In this work the artist used a flatbed scanner to create all the works that are part of this project. Initially I was faced with this gap between photographic production and manual photographic composition. I was spontaneously inspired to take over the artist s production codes to design the book. In fact the entire book is composed through the use a scanner by hand.