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ECAL Milano 2014: "Delirious Home",08–13.04.2014,Spazio Orso 16, Milan At the 2014 Milan International Furniture Fair from 8 to 13 April at Spazio Orso 16, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents “Delirious Home”. The exhibition features a series of objects presenting a playful interpretation take on the concept of the “smart home”. They were made by Bachelor students in Industrial Design and Media & Interaction Design at the ECAL. A project directed by Alain Bellet and Chris Kabel. Images HD “ With Delirious Home, ECAL students teach us to take control of the latest techniques and appliances we thought controlled us. The students demonstrate their artful mastery of electronics, mechanics and interaction, developing a new kind of esthetic which goes further than just a formal approach,” explain Alain Bellet and Chris Kabel, the heads of the project. The “Delirious Home” exhibition presents with humour and originality a selection of projects arising from fruitful collaborations between Bachelor students in Industrial Design and Media & Interaction Design at the ECAL. For one semester, students worked in groups to concoct friendly mirrors that reflect only our image when we look at them: hypersensitive cactuses that like it when we give them a caress, two armchairs that invite you to enjoy a lively and meaningful “tête-à-tête”, a series of food domes that celebrate taste sensations with mellow sounds when they re opened, a group of containers that defies the laws of gravity, a clock that imitates your gestures, a very accommodating curtain, a fan that amplifies your breath, and a spoon able to follow a cup wherever it goes. (Brochure with text and explanations) Private viewing Tuesday 8 April, From 6.30 pm to 9 pm. Exhibition open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 8 pm Spazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16 20121 Milan www.orso16.com www.ecal.ch
Exhibition «ECAL Photography» in Shanghai,20.03–10.05.2014,10 Corso Como Shanghai After the Gallery Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, the Gallery l elac in Lausanne and the Gallery 10 Corso Como in Milan, the exhibition «ECAL Photography» is presented in 10 Corso Como at Shanghai. Information about the exhibition and the book «ECAL Photography» edited by Hatje Cantz 10 Corso Como Shanghai Everyday 10am to 10pm 1717 West Nanjing Road 200040 Shanghai China http://www.10corsocomo.com
Pro Helvetia invites ECAL to participate at Grafik 14,14–16.03.2014,Grafik 14, Zurich Dans le cadre de Grafik 14 qui se tient à Zurich du 14 au 16 mars 2014, l ECAL a été invitée par Pro Helvetia pour faire partie du projet «Mobile. In Touch with Digital Creation». Cette exposition regroupe cinq écoles (ECAL, HEAD, ZHdK, EPAC, SUPSI) et met en valeur des travaux de filières en Design Interactif, Media Design ou Game Design. A cette occasion, l ECAL propose le projet de Marc Dubois, étudiant en 3e année du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, ainsi que 4 vidéos de projets d étudiants déjà diplômés du même programme. Sous forme interactive Titre: Open B( )ll + Collidem Auteur: ECAL/Marc Dubois Lien: https://vimeo.com/88093081 Vidéos Titre: Rewind Auteur: ECAL/Pauline Saglio Lien: https://vimeo.com/74715354 Titre: Mecadro Auteur: ECAL/Sylvain Meltz Lien: https://vimeo.com/74714327 Titre: Little Boxes Auteur: ECAL/Joëlle Aeschlimann LIen: https://vimeo.com/45704273 Titre: Full Turn Auteur: ECAL/Benjamin Muzzin Lien: https://vimeo.com/74735651 Grafik 14 du 14 au 16 mars 2014 de 11h à 20h Maag Halle Hardstrasse 219 8005 Zürich http://www.grafik-schweiz.ch http://www.prohelvetia.ch/mobile/#51
Consécration de l ECAL lors du palmarès des «Plus beaux livres suisses 2013» Le palmarès du concours des «Plus beaux livres suisses» organisé par l Office fédéral de la culture (OFC) est une véritable consécration pour le Bachelor Design Graphique et le Master Art Direction de l ECAL, puisque onze professeurs et neuf diplômés de l ECAL ont été primés. Deux livres réalisés par l ECAL ont également été récompensés: «Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe: Déambulations dans La Foire aux atrocités» et «30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter. TM RSI SGM 1960-90». A noter qu à l occasion du concours des «Best Book Design from all over the World», Diego Bontognali, professeur en Bachelor Design Graphique, est le lauréat de la Goldene Letter, soit la distinction suprême dans un concours international. Ludovic Balland, professeur dans le même programme à l ECAL, est lui récipiendaire de la Goldmedaille. L exposition «Les plus beaux livres suisses 2013» sera notamment présentée à l ECAL en automne 2014. Palmarès avec uniquement les diplômés (en bleu), professeurs et intervenants (en rouge) de l ECAL: Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe. Déambulations dans La Foire aux atrocités Herausgeber: Julien Fronsacq, ECAL / Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Gestaltung: David Keshavjee, Julien Tavelli, Maximage, Lausanne/Zürich Druck: ECAL, Lausanne Verlag: ECAL, Lausanne ISBN: - 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter TM RSI SGM 1960-90 Herausgeber: Louise Paradis, mit Roland Früh und François Rappo, ECAL Lausanne Gestaltung: Robert Huber and Louise Paradis, Lausanne Druck: Kösel GmbH & Co. KG, Altusried-Krugzell (DE) Verlag: Lars Müller Publishers GmbH, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-03778-334-4 Art Therapy for Conceptual Artists Autorin: Neke Carson Gestaltung: Urs Lehni, Rollo Press, Zürich Druck: Tallinna Raamatutrükikoda, Tallinn Verlag: Rollo Press, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-90621-301-9 Atelier Bow-Wow. A Primer Herausgeber: Laurent Stalder, Cornelia Escher, Megumi Komura, Meruro Washida Gestaltung: Bruno Margreth, Cornel Windlin, Zürich / Berlin Druck: Printmanagement Plitt, Oberhausen Verlag: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln ISBN: 978-3-86335-302-5 A-TYPICAL PLAN. Projects and essays on identity, flexibility and atmosphere in the office building Herausgeber: Jeannette Kuo, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Gestaltung: Samuel Bänziger und Larissa Kasper, St.Gallen Druck: Kösel GmbH & Co. KG, Altusried-Krugzell Verlag: Park Books, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-90602-709-8 Pierrette Bloch Herausgeber: Musée Jenisch Vevey Autoren: Diverse Gestaltung: Gavillet & Rust/Piguet, Genève Druck: Musumeci S.p.A., Quart Verlag: JRP | Ringier Kunstverlag AG, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-03764-329-7 Cinematography. Robby Müller Autorinnen: Linda van Deursen, Marietta de Vries, Amsterdam Gestaltung: Mevis & van Deursen, Amsterdam Druck: robstolk, Amsterdam Verlag: JRP | Ringier Kunstverlag AG, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-03764-341-9 Marcel van Eeden. Tales of murder and violence Autor: Marcel van Eeden Gestaltung: Elektrosmog, Marco Walser, Selina Bütler, Zürich Druck: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg, Altenburg (DE) Verlag: Stroom, Den Haag ISBN: 978-9-07379-977-6 Learning from Warsaw Herausgeber: Nele Dechmann, Nicola Ruffo, Agnieszka Sosnowska Gestaltung: Atlas Studio, Martin Andereggen, Claudio Gasser, Jonas Wandeler, Zürich Druck: Drukarnia Argraf, Warszawa Verlag: Kodoji Press, Baden; Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warszawa ISBN: 978-3-03747-056-5 Meret Oppenheim. Worte nicht in giftige Buchstaben einwickeln Herausgeber: Lisa Wenger, Martina Corgnati Gestaltung: Bonbon, Valeria Bonin und Diego Bontognali, Zürich Druck: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg, Altenburg Verlag: Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-85881-375-6 Pierre Schwerzmann Autoren: Pierre Schwerzmann, Catherine Othenin-Girard (Nyon); Marco Costantini (Genève); Thomas Huber (Berlin) Gestaltung: Pierre Schwerzmann, Nyon; Olivier Weber, (Lausanne); Izet Sheshivari, Genève Druck: Courvoisier-Attinger Arts Graphiques SA, Biel/Bienne ; Dr. Paper et Mr. Tee, Timotei Keller, Genève Verlag: Boabooks, Genève ISBN: 978-2-94040-923-5 Keiichi Tanaami. No More War Autor: Keiichi Tanaami, Tokyo Herausgeber: STUDIOLO, Fredi Fischli, Niels Olsen, Zürich Gestaltung: Teo Schifferli, Zürich Druck: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg, Altenburg (DE) Verlag: Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich ISBN: 978-3-90592-940-9 www.swissdesignawards.ch/beautifulbooks
Meat Marcel and Suzanne are curious as to what human flesh tastes like. They decide try it out. Fiction / 8min Synopsis Marcel and Suzanne are curious as to what human flesh tastes like. They decide try it out. Workshop "One painting, one scene" Félix Vallotton retrospective at the Grand Palais This year s workshop had the particularity of confining us to a single location: the Château de la Sarraz, and of having a relationship - whatever it may be - with the work of Félix Vallotton. The films made in collaboration with the theater students of La Manufacture were sometimes inspired by this and sometimes opposed to it. Two films illustrate these possibilities in their own way. Commentary Meat has its origin in a still life by the painter. The precision of Christophe Saber s text, its restrained actors, its formalist and pictorial cutting, its contrasting light create a film that comes as close as possible to the graphic work of Félix Vallotton s illustrations. Several shots could be part of the series of famous black and white engravings. The film gives the cruel impression that even humor is a blade... splitting the flesh. Hippolyte Girardot / Actor, director
Souvenir items for The Olympic Museum To mark the reopening of The Olympic Museum, the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has been working on designing souvenir items for the Museum shop, created by Bachelor of Industrial Design students after a workshop with Hector Serrano, a Spanish designer based in Valencia. Two of these projects are set to go on sale in the Museum shop shortly. The aim was to create a collection of souvenirs which reflect the spirit of Olympism and The Museum in a contemporary, fun way. Using his experience in this area, Spanish designer Hector Serrano gave the students some tips on what makes a successful souvenir item. The students came up with around 30 proposals, which were submitted to a jury composed of Olympic Museum and IOC employees. Projects Little Audience, ECAL/Camille Ringenbach “Moo Box” containing different sounds (applause, shouts and cries of disappointment by spectators) to create your own mini Olympic audience. Pop-up Sculptures, ECAL/Emil Hjorth-Rohde These postcards show delicate athlete figures achieving Olympic exploits. Olympic Matches, ECAL/Cyrille Verdon This detachable matchbox (available in summer and winter versions) contains a list of Summer and Winter Games Olympic torches, recalling dates and countries, but also the torch display at The Olympic Museum. By playing with the Olympic torch and match flames, you can light the Olympic flame for Rome, Beijing, London, etc. P.S., ECAL/Pierre Bouvier The “P.S.” series of animated postcards offers mini games based on the graphics of Olympic sports arenas. First, ECAL/Renaud Donadey A series of sculptures immortalising the movement of athletes whose performances have gone down in Olympic history. Made of silver-plated brass, these easy-to-assemble objects can be displayed on a desk or bookcase. The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book, ECAL/Paul Tubiana The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book presents various disciplines of the Olympic Games. Stadium, ECAL/Marceau Avogadro Wooden ball game symbolising a never-ending athletics race Sparkling Ceremony, ECAL/Clara Dalbéra Light the rings up and celebrate the olympics by making your own opening ceremony at home!
Souvenir items for The Olympic Museum,07.01.2014,Olympic Museum, Lausanne To mark the reopening of The Olympic Museum, the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has been working on designing souvenir items for the Museum shop, created by Bachelor of Industrial Design students after a workshop with Hector Serrano, a Spanish designer based in Valencia. Two of these projects are set to go on sale in the Museum shop shortly. HD PICTURES ECAL Director Alexis Georgacopoulos is pleased to present the projects produced by second-year Bachelor of Industrial Design students for The Olympic Museum. In December, The Museum reopened after a makeover that will allow it to offer its visitors new experiences after 20 years of existence. To celebrate this event, The Olympic Museum invited the ECAL to work on a series of souvenir items for its shop. The aim was to create a collection of souvenirs which reflect the spirit of Olympism and The Museum in a contemporary, fun way. Using his experience in this area, Spanish designer Hector Serrano gave the students some tips on what makes a successful souvenir item. The students came up with around 30 proposals, which were submitted to a jury composed of Olympic Museum and IOC employees. Two of the proposals (by Camille Ringenbach and Emil Hjorth-Rohde) were selected, and will be on sale soon at the Museum shop. www.olympic.org Projects (videos and descriptions) Little Audience, ECAL/Camille Ringenbach “Moo Box” containing different sounds (applause, shouts and cries of disappointment by spectators) to create your own mini Olympic audience. Pop-up Sculptures, ECAL/Emil Hjorth-Rohde These postcards show delicate athlete figures achieving Olympic exploits. Olympic Matches, ECAL/Cyrille Verdon This detachable matchbox (available in summer and winter versions) contains a list of Summer and Winter Games Olympic torches, recalling dates and countries, but also the torch display at The Olympic Museum. By playing with the Olympic torch and match flames, you can light the Olympic flame for Rome, Beijing, London, etc. P.S., ECAL/Pierre Bouvier The “P.S.” series of animated postcards offers mini games based on the graphics of Olympic sports arenas. First, ECAL/Renaud Donadey A series of sculptures immortalising the movement of athletes whose performances have gone down in Olympic history. Made of silver-plated brass, these easy-to-assemble objects can be displayed on a desk or bookcase. The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book, ECAL/Paul Tubiana The Olympic Sports Pop-Up Book presents various disciplines of the Olympic Games. Stadium, ECAL/Marceau Avogadro Wooden ball game symbolising a never-ending athletics race Sparkling Ceremony, ECAL/Clara Dalbéra Light the rings up and celebrate the olympics by making your own opening ceremony at home! Information ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple, Renens Case postale 555, 1001 Lausanne Tel.: +41 (0)21 316 99 33 Fax: + 41 (0)21 316 92 66 Email: ecal@ecal.ch www.ecal.ch
Exhibition "ECAL Photography" at ECAL,12.12.2013–15.02.2014,Gallery l elac, Renens From 13 December to 15 February 2014, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents the “ECAL Photography” exhibition in the Gallery l elac at Renens. The exhibition offers a selection of works produced by 58 young talents during their Photography Bachelor curriculum at ECAL. All these images were chosen by exhibition curator Nathalie Herschdorfer, who has developed several internationally acclaimed projects around emerging photography, as well as by Milo Keller, head of the Photography programme at ECAL, and Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL director. The scenography of the exhibition is created especially by Swiss designer Adrien Rovero. The “ECAL Photography” book (296 pages, 385 images) supports this event. This book is produced by art publishers Hatje Cantz, with a worldwide reputation for their catalogue of publications on photography. HD Images An art school is an image factory. New generations of artists are constantly emerging, joining the marathon of exhibitions and publications from the very first years of their creative lives. In this context, the art school has become a particularly attractive place for ambitious young artists. This book features a selection of works by photography students from one of the world s top art universities: ECAL, in Lausanne, Switzerland, an institution commited to training artists, graphic designers, industrial designers, typographers, filmmakers, interaction designers, and photographers. Here, students create freely, question the traditional genres, explore new territories, and experiment with and beyond their media. The works revealed by the “ECAL Photography” exhibition and collected in the eponymous book are bound to trace the beginnings of innovative practices in photography. Exhibition « ECAL Photography » Exhibition opens from 13 December 2013 to 15 February 2014 from Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5pm Closed from 21 December 2013 to 7 Januray 2014 Galerie l elac 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens +41 (0)21 316 99 33 After the Gallery Azzedine Alaïa (Paris) in November 2013 and the Gallery l elac, the exhibition will be presented in Milan at the Galleria Carla Sozzani from 11 January to 15 February 2014 Publication « ECAL Photography » - 296 pages / 385 images / French and English, 26,5 . 35 cm / 50 Euros / ISBN 978-3-7757-3725-8 . Edited by ECAL (under the supervision of Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL, Nathalie Herschdorfer, independent curator and art historian, and Milo Keller, Head of Bachelor Photography), 2013 - Art Direction by Julien Gallico & Olga Prader - With interviews from visiting artists and photographers at ECAL realized by Nathalie Herschdorfer including Adam Broomberg, Brice Dellsperger, Jason Evans, Thomas Mailaender, Paolo Roversi, Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs et Joachim Schmid. - Published by Hatje Cantz: www.hatjecantz.de Information ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple, Renens P.O. Box 555, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland +41 (0)21 316 99 33 ecal@ecal.ch / www.ecal.ch
New–Old–New During this one week workshop, the designer Andreas Engesvik invite the students to go back in time and find an object that interested them. The goal was to create an interpretation of it, translate the original conceptual idea into a new expression but within the same category.
X Media Lab at ECAL,27–29.09.2013,ECAL, EPFL+ECAL Lab Présenté par l Office fédéral suisse de la Culture, Pro Helvetia, l EPFL et l ECAL ainsi que de nombreux partenaires, X Media Lab Switzerland "Transmedia" aura lieu cette année en Suisse romande, à Lausanne. Les producteurs transmedia d Avatar, Pirates des Caraïbes et Hotweels; le concepteur narratif des jeux video Company of Heroes, Lord of the Rings et Batman; les créateurs de documentaires en ligne de la Digital House of Culture du Brésil; le Tribeca Film Institute et le gagnant du MIPTV Content 360 Award seront tous présents. X Media Lab Switzerland "Transmedia" est l événement transmédia à ne pas rater en Europe cette année. Il consiste en un Public Pro-Day, journée de Conférences (27 Septembre); un week-end de masterclasses (28-29 Septembre); et des sessions de mentoring pour les projets du Lab, sélectionnés par les Mentors internationaux de X Media Lab "Transmedia" (28-29 Septembre). Vous pouvez consulter la liste de mentors et speakers de classe mondiale à l adresse suivante : http://www.xmedialab.com/events/2013/xml-switzerland-2013/ Et si vous avez un projet transmedia que vous souhaiteriez soumettre afin d obtenir des sessions de mentoring lors du Lab, vous pouvez le faire ici : http://www.xmedialab.com/project-application/ Aujourd hui le transmédia est l argument le plus en vogue dans le film, la télévision et les média interactifs. Nous vous offrons une opportunité d être sur le devant de la scène. Soyez les premiers à avertir vos membres de cet évènement de niveau international, et venez nombreux pour profiter de ces compétences d exception !
Une vingtaine d écaliens aux Design Days,26–29.09.2013 Lors de la 5e édition des Design Days qui se déroule du 26 au 29 septembre 2013 à Genève de nombreux diplômés de l ECAL présentent leurs projets. Design Studio Renens (Pavillon Sicili) Le Design Studio Renens, créé à lʼinitiative de Christophe Marchand, a pour but de promouvoir le potentiel créatif des jeunes issus de l ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d Art de Lausanne) auprès de l économie réelle. http://www.designstudiorenens.ch ----- Les espaces du design (Pavillon Sicili) 4e édition de la sélection de design suisse du magazine Espaces contemporains. Dans le cadre des Design Days sont dévoilés les coups de cœur de la rédaction durant l année 2012-2013. ACE (Camille Blin, Emmanuel Mbessé, Arnault Weber) Lampes Lampe, Poutre, Suspension et Grue, ACE design team et Béatrice Durandard pour ACE design www.a-c-e.ch Big-Game (Grégoire Jeanmonod, Elric Petit, Augustin Scott de Martinville) Tirelire Bank, Big-Game pour Praxis www.big-game.ch - www.praxis-design.com b-k-s Dimitri Bähler, Linn Kandel et Ismaël Studer Tapis Fanions www.b-k-s.ch - www.dimitribaehler.ch - www.linnkandel.com - www.in-studer.ch Michel Charlot Lampe U-turn, Michel Charlot pour Belux www.michelcharlot.com - www.belux.ch Tomas Kral Bureau Homework, Tomas Kral pour Super-ette www.tomaskral.ch - www.super-ette.com Albert Schrurs Tables Totems par Allegory www.allegory.ch Christine Urech et Simone Hölzl (ECAL) Table et tabouret Niù, Christine Urech et Simone Hölzl pour Felma www.christineurech.ch - www.felma.ch Daniel Wehrli (ECAL) et Philipp Schuler Portemanteau edu par Daniel Wehrli et Philipp Schuler - www.danielwehrli.ch - www.philippschuler.ch - www.woodaward.ch ----- Verbier Mountain Climbers (Pavillon Sicli) Verbier Mountain Climbers est né à l initiative de trois jeunes entrepreneurs genevois qui ont proposé à des designers suisses de détourner d anciennes télécabines de la station valaisanne. Anoush Abrar: Levitation ECAL/Baker Wardlaw: Vending Machine Nicolas Le Moigne: Transformers Adrien Rovero: Rock www.mountainclimbers.ch ----- Moyard (Pavillon Sicli) En avant-première, Moyard présente la première collection de meubles issue de sa collaboration avec les designers Olivier Rambert et Singal Mösch (diplômé de l ECAL). www.moyard.ch ------ Aussi au Pavillon Sicli: Allegory Après avoir travaillé pour de grandes marques internationales, Albert Schrurs (diplômé de l ECAL) fonde son studio Allegory, en 2010. www.allegory.ch Francis Chabloz Inspiré tant par son parcours d ébéniste que par ses recherches en design industriel, Francis Chabloz a développé la collection Across en s appuyant sur des entreprises de la région, notamment des fournisseurs de bois. www.labelobjet.com DAXI (Luciano Dell Orefice) Nouveau label qui se présente pour la première fois au public, DAXI présente dix objets made in Italy destinés au bureau qui sont dévoilés en avant-première aux Design Days. Signés par le designer Luciano Dell Orefice (diplômé de l ECAL). www.changetosimple.tumblr.com Marlo & Isaure Indépendamment de leurs carrières respectives de designers, Marlo Kara (étudiant à l ECAL) et Isaure Bouyssonie (diplômée de l ECAL) s associent pour fonder un label d auto-édition. www.marlo-isaure.com Matthieu Girel Diplômé de l ECAL, ce jeune designer travaille aujourd hui sur divers projets de mobilier et scénographie en tant qu indépendant installé au Design Studio Renens. www.matthieugirel.com ----- Autres lieux: NOV Gallery (Carouge) Sous l égide du designer Christophe Marchand, promoteur de l initiative, NOV expose en exclusivité les créations de mobilier, objets et photos en édition limitée, numérotées, et signées des membres du Design Studio Renens. www.novgallery.com Nicolas Le Moigne Dans le cadre du parcours céramique carougeois présenté par Teo Jakob du 28 septembre au 6 octobre 2013. www.teojakob.ch www.parcoursceramiquecarougeois.ch
Tiphanie Mall – Ramsdorf 1 This work consists in two different approaches of what photography can go through as a representative tool. On the one hand there is a book with a selection of images from the CERN archive from 1960 to 1983. On the other, there are different photographic experiences around the medium s own materiality and metaphysicality. One becomes the signifier of the other and their layers of representation never stabilize. This work consists in two different approaches of what photography can go through as a representative tool. On the one hand there is a book with a selection of images from the CERN archive from 1960 to 1983. On the other, there are different photographic experiences around the medium s own materiality and metaphysicality. One becomes the signifier of the other and their layers of representation never stabilize.Tiphanie Mall
Charlotte Hauser – Extra Omnes Extra Omnes I worked around the Conclave, the moment when the new Pope is elected. More than the religious symbols, I was interested in the media coverage of this event. Once the doors of the Sistine Chapel close, there is nothing to do but wait. Still, about 5000 journalists were in the Vatican, sent there for an extensive live coverage. While waiting for the famous white smoke, they had to generate a steady flow of information, they had to fill the blank. I chose to show this mass of information, collecting articles, tweets, and transcriptions of TV and radio broadcasts, produced only during the 26 hours of the Conclave. By organizing them in a loose chronological order, I wanted to see how these bits of information evolve within minutes, how they repeat themselves, and how they comment on each other. The images, descriptive or distorted, evoke the heavy atmosphere of the event and a feeling of vertigo. At once solemn and ordinary, the book plays on subtle contrasts and becomes a metaphor of white noise. Extra OmnesI worked around the Conclave, the moment when the new Pope is elected. More than the religious symbols, I was interested in the media coverage of this event. Once the doors of the Sistine Chapel close, there is nothing to do but wait. Still, about 5000 journalists were in the Vatican, sent there for an extensive live coverage. While waiting for the famous white smoke, they had to generate a steady flow of information, they had to fill the blank. I chose to show this mass of information, collecting articles, tweets, and transcriptions of TV and radio broadcasts, produced only during the 26 hours of the Conclave. By organizing them in a loose chronological order, I wanted to see how these bits of information evolve within minutes, how they repeat themselves, and how they comment on each other. The images, descriptive or distorted, evoke the heavy atmosphere of the event and a feeling of vertigo. At once solemn and ordinary, the book plays on subtle contrasts and becomes a metaphor of white noise.
Pierre Girardin – Have you ever had an acoustic dream ? Have You Ever Had an Acoustic Dream ? My book is based on the studies of R. Murray Schafer, who invented the notion of soundscape in the seventies. I started by doing some of his listening exercises in different environments and then decided to use binary possibilities to create a form of concrete visual soundscape. A website is dedicated to the project, where we can listen these landscapes www.haveyoueverhadanacousticdream.com Have You Ever Had an Acoustic Dream ?My book is based on the studies of R. Murray Schafer, who invented the notion of soundscape in the seventies. I started by doing some of his listening exercises in different environments and then decided to use binary possibilities to create a form of concrete visual soundscape. A website is dedicated to the project, where we can listen these landscapeswww.haveyoueverhadanacousticdream.com
Exhibition of the Master Fine Arts in Francfort,19.09–13.10.2013,basis, francfort Gallery basis, based in Francfort, is delighted to be presenting the exhibition "Practicalities (La vie matérielle)", a collaboration between the Master in Fine Arts at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne and Willem de Rooij s class at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, from September 19 to October 13, 2013 (opening September 18, 7pm). "If it s true that every book must have a raison d être, this isn t a book," Marguerite Duras wrote of La vie matérielle, which she published in 1987. This autumn at Basis Practicalities (La vie matérielle) considers the utopian reach as well as the material bounds pertaining to art produced in the art school s realm. How may a showcase of works by art students be formulated? Can it be an exhibition and function as such? Could one articulate its raison d être anew? This project results from a one-year exchange program initiated by artist Willem de Rooij in collaboration with curator and art critic Stéphanie Moisdon. Conceived by students and recent graduates of the Master Fine Arts directed by Moisdon at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, Practicalities is the second part of a twofold exhibition program. It echoes and completes Influence at 1m3, whose display introduced to a Lausanne audience works by artists studying under de Rooij s professorship at Städelschule Frankfurt. Ways of making and displaying art vary from one territory to another. As Practicalities stands at a threshold between two localities, it acknowledges the constraints and liberties one experiences here and there as an artist not yet fully concerned with commercial strategies or institutional demands. ECAL - Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne; Master in Fine Arts (www.ecal.ch): Sophie Ballmer, Jenny Baumat, Julien Berberat, Géraldine Bize, Grégory Corthay, Sylvain Croci-Torti, Anaïs Defago, Lucile Dupraz, Agnès Ferla, Matthias Gabi, Andreas Hochuli, Benjamin Husson, Marine Julié, Emil Michael Klein, Miguel Meneses, Cécile Mestelan, Nathalie Perrin, Kyung Roh Bannwart, Natacha Steiner, Matthias Sohr, Aymeric Tarrade, David Weishaar Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule; Willem de Rooij class (www.staedelschule.de): Artun Alaska Arasli, Max Arnold, Alexander Bacon, Patrick Alan Ban-field, Zuzanna Czebatul, Inga Danysz, Tobias Donat, Buck Ellison, Elif Erkan, Nik Geene, Henrik Olai Kaarstein, Theresa Kampmeier, Lutz Krietenbrink, Jannis Marwitz, Melanie Matthieu, Ruairidh MacLeod, Daniel Murnaghan, Bonny Poon, Esper Postma, José Montealegre Reinoso, Louise Ronk-Senges, Daniel Stempfer, Joao Teixeira, Alexander Tillegreen, Luke Thompson, Colin Whitaker, Phillip Zach basis e.V. Gutleutstraße 8-12 60329 Frankfurt am Main Tuesday–Friday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Saturday, Sunday 12 noon–6 p.m. www.basis-frankfurt.de
Sylvain Meltz – Mecadro Mecadro is a construction game available on computer and online (sylvainmeltz.com/mecadro), that allows you to create a “machine“ based on simple mathematical and geometric principles (translations, rotations, trigonometry…) to product complex drawings. The game introduces the user to programming through a graphic interface: he has to experiment, think in a certain way, observe and contemplate a more or less expected result. During my 4 years at ECAL, the hidden beauty of mathematics and geometry has been one of the most interesting discoveries: with a simple formula, a point can become a moving, independent and complex object. Programming took a significant part in my studies and introduced me to a certain reasoning and creative “behaviour” : to experiment, to research, to alter… Sylvain Meltz
Charlotte Krieger – Cherry Queen “My short film attempts to articulate the life of my cousin Sabrina between her native United States and Switzerland where she is studying. The film focuses on issues of beauty, fantasy and uprooting. Following Sabrina enabled me to construct a filmic tension between fiction and non-fiction, that emphasizes the game that Sabrina sometimes played with the camera. By establishing an intimate relationship withmy subject, I tried to recreate the transience, the waiting that impregnate her daily life. Sabrina s own ideal construction, based on stereotypes of beauty and youth, and oscillating between control and drifting, fascinates me.“ My short film attempts to articulate the life of my cousin Sabrina between her native United States and Switzerland where she is studying. The film focuses on issues of beauty, fantasy and uprooting. Following Sabrina enabled me to construct a filmic tension between fiction and non-fiction, that emphasizes the game that Sabrina sometimes played with the camera. By establishing an intimate relationship withmy subject, I tried to recreate the transience, the waiting that impregnate her daily life. Sabrina s own ideal construction, based on stereotypes of beauty and youth, and oscillating between control and drifting, fascinates me. Charlotte Krieger
Thomas Hervé – Moondog We ve Never Seen Before Moondog We ve Never Seen Before is a biography as a tribute. The book revolves around the life of a multi-talented artist : Moondog. Visual products run the diversity of his works such as poems, lyrics and instruments. Beyond the formal aspect of the biography, this project allowed me to question the limits of this genre. How far may an author revise and/or interpret the life of his subject ? For the sake of transcription, it was interesting to me to confront my universe with this singular artist s. www.hervethomas.com Moondog We ve Never Seen Before is a biography as a tribute. The book revolves around the life of a multi-talented artist : Moondog. Visual products run the diversity of his works such as poems, lyrics and instruments. Beyond the formal aspect of the biography, this project allowed me to question the limits of this genre. How far may an author revise and/or interpret the life of his subject ? For the sake of transcription, it was interesting to me to confront my universe with this singular artist s.www.hervethomas.com
Practicalities (La vie matérielle) Exhibition at Basis e.v., Frankfurt , from September 19 to October 13, 2013. "If it s true that every book must have a raison d être , this isn t a book," Marguerite Duras wrote of La vie matérielle , which she published in 1987. Practicalities (La vie matérielle) considers the utopian reach as well as the material bounds pertaining to art produced in the art school s realm. How may a showcase of works by art students be formulated? Can it be an exhibition and function as such? Could one articulate its raison d être anew? This project results from a one-year exchange program initiated by artist Willem de Rooij in collaboration with curator and art critic Stéphanie Moisdon. Conceived by students and recent graduates of the Fine Arts Master directed by Moisdon at ECAL/ Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, Practicalities is the second part of a twofold exhibition program. It echoes and completes Influence at 1m3, whose display introduced to a Lausanne audience works by artists studying under de Rooij s professorship at Städelschule Frankfurt. Ways of making and displaying art vary from one territory to another. As Practicalities stands at a threshold between two localities, it acknowledges the constraints and liberties one experiences here and there as an artist not yet fully concerned with commercial strategies or institutional demands. Exhibition at Basis e.v., Frankfurt, from September 19 to October 13, 2013."If it s true that every book must have a raison d être, this isn t a book," Marguerite Duras wrote of La vie matérielle, which she published in 1987. Practicalities (La vie matérielle) considers the utopian reach as well as the material bounds pertaining to art produced in the art school s realm. How may a showcase of works by art students be formulated? Can it be an exhibition and function as such? Could one articulate its raison d être anew? This project results from a one-year exchange program initiated by artist Willem de Rooij in collaboration with curator and art critic Stéphanie Moisdon. Conceived by students and recent graduates of the Fine Arts Master directed by Moisdon at ECAL/ Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, Practicalities is the second part of a twofold exhibition program. It echoes and completes Influence at 1m3, whose display introduced to a Lausanne audience works by artists studying under de Rooij s professorship at Städelschule Frankfurt. Ways of making and displaying art vary from one territory to another. As Practicalities stands at a threshold between two localities, it acknowledges the constraints and liberties one experiences here and there as an artist not yet fully concerned with commercial strategies or institutional demands.
I ve got a power This is the testimonial of a friendship between the director and his friend Mirko, with whom he spent his childhood playing with "Playmobil"-figures in a fantasy world. Documentary / 19min Synopsis This is the testimonial of a friendship between the director and his friend Mirko, with whom he spent his childhood playing with "Playmobil"-figures in a fantasy world. Today their lives are very different: the first studies cinema, the second finds himself in a socially and psychologically delicate situation. This film is the opportunity to remember their past games and to find the essence of their deep relationship. It is the resurrection of a long lost friendship.
Anna Bitzer – Firefighter, astronaut, ballerina... What happened to your childhood dream? This book questions the whys and wherefores of what the so called Generation Y thinks about life, work and inspiration. How are we supposed to act? I spoke to 14 people from different backgrounds, with different ambitions and dreams on a linguistic and visual level. The answers are surprising, inspiring and simply frank. The whole publication uses "Oskar" a font family I drew especially for this project which is serious but special at the same time. When all this comes together you discover a complex collection of 14 different lifes in interviews and conversations. Firefighter, astronaut, ballerina... What happened to your childhood dream? This book questions the whys and wherefores of what the so called Generation Y thinks about life, work and inspiration. How are we supposed to act? I spoke to 14 people from different backgrounds, with different ambitions and dreams on a linguistic and visual level. The answers are surprising, inspiring and simply frank. The whole publication uses "Oskar" a font family I drew especially for this project which is serious but special at the same time. When all this comes together you discover a complex collection of 14 different lifes in interviews and conversations.
Diplomas Sophie Ballmer , Travaux de nuit Different figures follow each other and progressively build a small theatre of art history. The shapes are deformed, reduced to a simple representation, and pass before our eyes, mobilizing commonplaces and stereotypes. This game plays with a tradition that needs to be discussed. The exploration is light, uninhibited, and the path gets intriguing when it joins document research with knowledge criticism. Travaux de nuit is a subjective overview that shows its operating system, emphasizing the way the journey is made. Grégory Corthay , Personne Explore the variety of media to experience the range of perceptions. Translate and face toward the horizon of emptiness welcoming the native return of an origin. The taste of travel narrative and stroll contributes to a significant cosmogony around notions of landscape, our presence within its conquest and reveals visions of legends, traditions and innovations. Sylvain Croci-Torti , Uncomfortably Numb In my work the canvas is used to reproduce and reinterpret different influences, from TCS (Swiss Automobile Club) to EMI. The long and painstaking preparation of the canvases contrasts with the quick, efficient and radical gestures with which the paint is applied. Just like a punk song played on a fancy Gibson. Lucile Dupraz , Higher Than It Is Wide Higher Than It Is Wide is a lecture performance paced to a stream of pictures, all of which portray the same sitter. Handling these visuals as I speak, I weave together threads of descriptive and technical language while forming narrative patterns. These take the audience through thoughts occurring to an image maker, those formed by a viewer, and transcriptions of camera or computer processes. Wishing to address the act of looking by means of spoken words I chose a hybrid medium for a composite task. I thus saw the photograph s mute, frozen likeness evolve to richer nuances, by dint of its translation into gestures and phrasings uttered live. Sophie Ballmer, Travaux de nuitDifferent figures follow each other and progressively build a small theatre of art history. The shapes are deformed, reduced to a simple representation, and pass before our eyes, mobilizing commonplaces and stereotypes.This game plays with a tradition that needs to be discussed. The exploration is light, uninhibited, and the path gets intriguing when it joins document research with knowledge criticism. Travaux de nuit is a subjective overview that shows its operating system, emphasizing the way the journey is made.Grégory Corthay, PersonneExplore the variety of media to experience the range of perceptions. Translate and face toward the horizon of emptiness welcoming the native return of an origin. The taste of travel narrative and stroll contributes to a significant cosmogony around notions of landscape, our presence within its conquest and reveals visions of legends, traditions and innovations.Sylvain Croci-Torti, Uncomfortably NumbIn my work the canvas is used to reproduce and reinterpret different influences, from TCS (Swiss Automobile Club) to EMI. The long and painstaking preparation of the canvases contrasts with the quick, efficient and radical gestures with which the paint is applied. Just like a punk song played on a fancy Gibson.Lucile Dupraz, Higher Than It Is WideHigher Than It Is Wide is a lecture performance paced to a stream of pictures, all of which portray the same sitter. Handling these visuals as I speak, I weave together threads of descriptive and technical language while forming narrative patterns. These take the audience through thoughts occurring to an image maker, those formed by a viewer, and transcriptions of camera or computer processes.Wishing to address the act of looking by means of spoken words I chose a hybrid medium for a composite task. I thus saw the photograph s mute, frozen likeness evolve to richer nuances, by dint of its translation into gestures and phrasings uttered live.
Toys The goal of the project "jeux et jouets” was to develop a toy for kids by considering artisanal and semi artisanal production methods. The reflection is driven by the needs of a kid but also taking in account the decision maker ( The parent who buys or the person who offers). The students were particularly attentive to develop a justifying innovation, through the typ of the game or toy, production method, aesthetics or another point of view.
17 prizes for ECAL at Basle A l occasion des Swiss Art Awards / Swiss Design Awards présentés à Art Basel du 11 au 16 juin 2013, 17 diplômé·e·s et/ou professeur·e·s de l ECAL ont été primé·e·s par l Office fédéral de la culture (OFC) et ses partenaires. Les ancien·ne·s écalien·ne·s remportent 8 récompenses sur les 20 attribuées dans le cadre des Prix fédéraux de design. Ils·elles repartent également avec deux Prix Kiefer Hablitzel et deux Prix fédéraux d art, ainsi qu avec le prix de la Fondation Georg et Josi Guggenheim. Prix fédéraux de design Emile Barret (diplômé Bachelor Photographie) Michel Charlot (diplômé Bachelor Design Industriel) Guillaume Chuard (diplômé Bachelor Design Graphique), Renato Zülli (diplômé Bachelor Design Graphique) Lucien Gumy (diplômé Bachelor Design Industriel) Marie Lusa (diplômé Bachelor Design Graphique) Jeanne-Salomé Rochat (diplômée Bachelor Arts Visuels), Florian Joye (diplômé Bachelor Photographie), Florence Tétier (diplômée Bachelor Photographie) Julien Tavelli (diplômé Bachelor Design Graphique) Lukas Wassmann (professeur Photographie) Nadja Zimmermann (diplômée Bachelor Design Graphique) Prix fédéral d art Tatiana Rihs (diplômée Bachelor Design Graphique) Sebastian Stadler (diplômé Bachelor Photographie) Prix Kiefer Hablitzel Camilo Paravicini (diplômé Bachelor Arts Visuels) Guillaume Pilet (diplômé Bachelor et Master Arts Visuels) Prix de la Fondation Georg et Josi Guggenheim Adrien Missika (diplômé Bachelor Photographie) Pour la première fois depuis 13 ans, les deux expositions Swiss Art Awards et Swiss Design Awards auront à nouveau lieu en même temps, ce qui permettra au public suisse et international de découvrir les tendances les plus intéressantes de l art et du design suisses. Ces deux concours fédéraux sont les plus importantes plateformes promotionnelles nationales ; elles permettent aux designers et aux artistes de présenter leur œuvre à un large public. L Office fédéral de la culture organise chaque année le concours d art depuis 1899 et le concours de design depuis 1918. Les expositions sont ouvertes du 11 au 16 juin 2013, tous les jours de 10 à 20h, dimanche à 19h ; entrée libre. www.swissdesignawards.ch www.swissartawards.ch
Collaboration with Christofle 2013 For this collaboration with Christofle the students of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship had the opportunity to work on the notion of "bi-material" in order to introduce a new secondary material to the Christofle silver. In developing Pli for this collaboration with Silverware brand Christofle Virginie Garcia wanted to highlight the knowhow of the silversmith by contrasting the refined, high-end aspect of silver with the industrial, rational universe of everyday tools. The PLI (FOLD) tray re-interprets a simple assembly technique, allowing for 2D elements to be transformed into 3D. A flattened and painted steel tube creates a subtle junction with the folded sheet of silver. The brightly coloured handle re-inforces the contrast between craftsmanship and industry, and brings a contemporary twist to the silver. Shaggy, by Chia-Yun Lee, is an office accessory created in the same manner as a paintbrush; the sides of the silver base are pressed together to pinch and hold the hairs which make up the brush. It is therefore possible to freely arrange one s pens, business cards or other office belongings between the hairs of this playful object. The idea behind Kilo, designed by Fabien Gerlier for Christofle, is to discover and highlight the contrast of two opposing materials: cast steel and silver. The first, industrial and heavy, is produced by sand-casting, which leaves the steel with a grainy and slightly imperfect surface. In contrast the silver is a noble material, delicate and entirely hand-worked to achieve a near-perfect surface. The Kilo table centre is thus comprised of a cast steel base echoing the iconic shape of measuring weights, and a highly polished silver platter. Narcisse, by Virgile Thévoz, is a tray which plays with colour by using the reflective properties of silver. A simple powder-coated steel grid reveals - at the bottom of the tray - a different colour reflection from the one on the top face and suggests a surprising effect with it s graphical coloured effect. For Cleaving Silver by JinSik Kim, Silver and stone are brought together in this project to create a series of containers of different shapes. The large, heavy stone brings stability, while the thin and delicate silver creates volume. The reflections of the stone in the metal create surprising compositions and mixes of colour which contrasts with their radical forms.
There Will Be Blood Sonya Dyakova wanted to do something about conveying music through typography. She have watched recently a Paul Thomas Anderson film ‘There Will Be Blood , and found it very moving and inspiring. The film features an original orchestral score by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, and she felt the music had integral and powerful role in the film. On day one the students and I watched the film together. Afterwards, I have asked them to create a poster for it. The poster had to embody the essence of the story and ‘weave in the feeling that the sound made. Design is about telling a story, and I wanted to the audience to be able to get the story, or an essential aspect of the story, from looking at the poster. One of the tasks of the designer is to extract essence and communicate it in the most clear voice through tools that we know — typography, colour, image making, printing techniques. All elements of the poster had to have a reason and purpose. She have asked the students to create a list of words, while the film was fresh in their mind, which were reflecting the story. From these words she wanted them to start making visual elements that would make up the poster. She asked the students to use printing press, using wood and metal to create printing plates. Which, in turn, instructed the look of the poster to some degree. The number of layers was limited by the number of students and time they had — any project has constraints, and so did this one. The result was a healthy variety of approaches: some posters were abstract, some more figurative. She tried to push the students not to be afraid of the obvious. Alan Fletcher s words are always in her mind: “What distinguishes designer sheep from designer goats is the ability to stroke a cliché until it purrs like a metaphor”. Sonya Dyakova wanted to do something about conveying music through typography. She have watched recently a Paul Thomas Anderson film ‘There Will Be Blood , and found it very moving and inspiring. The film features an original orchestral score by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, and she felt the music had integral and powerful role in the film. On day one the students and I watched the film together. Afterwards, I have asked them to create a poster for it. The poster had to embody the essence of the story and ‘weave in the feeling that the sound made. Design is about telling a story, and I wanted to the audience to be able to get the story, or an essential aspect of the story, from looking at the poster. One of the tasks of the designer is to extract essence and communicate it in the most clear voice through tools that we know — typography, colour, image making, printing techniques. All elements of the poster had to have a reason and purpose. She have asked the students to create a list of words, while the film was fresh in their mind, which were reflecting the story. From these words she wanted them to start making visual elements that would make up the poster. She asked the students to use printing press, using wood and metal to create printing plates. Which, in turn, instructed the look of the poster to some degree. The number of layers was limited by the number of students and time they had — any project has constraints, and so did this one. The result was a healthy variety of approaches: some posters were abstract, some more figurative. She tried to push the students not to be afraid of the obvious. Alan Fletcher s words are always in her mind: “What distinguishes designer sheep from designer goats is the ability to stroke a cliché until it purrs like a metaphor”.
New Handwriting Tools Job Wouters aka Letman, well known for its lettering artworks, took out of his suitcase pencils and markers, as well as strange utensils much different than a typical pen and asked to his students to create, produce or divert objects from their original function to turn them into new handwriting tools. Students brought back plastic fans, water hoses, electric toothbrush, treadmills, and other uncommon objects to generate their very own handwriting machines. After a lot of trial-and-error experimentation, specific gestures and choregraphies, these newly constructed DIY machines brought about a unique aesthetic and a variety of proportion in the letter forms they produced. The results included experimental videos, books, posters, and photographs. In conclusion, the project facilitated a fun and productive week. Job Wouters aka Letman, well known for its lettering artworks, took out of his suitcase pencils and markers, as well as strange utensils much different than a typical pen and asked to his students to create, produce or divert objects from their original function to turn them into new handwriting tools. Students brought back plastic fans, water hoses, electric toothbrush, treadmills, and other uncommon objects to generate their very own handwriting machines. After a lot of trial-and-error experimentation, specific gestures and choregraphies, these newly constructed DIY machines brought about a unique aesthetic and a variety of proportion in the letter forms they produced. The results included experimental videos, books, posters, and photographs. In conclusion, the project facilitated a fun and productive week.
ECAL Conférence: Richard Hollis,23.04.2013,Auditoire IKEA, ECAL, 17h30 ECAL Conférence: Richard Hollis – Graphic designer, London Richard Hollis, Graphiste, Londres A l occasion de l exposition « Richard Hollis » réalisée par Emily King, historienne du graphisme, pour la Gallery Libby Sellers à Londres et présentée du 23 avril au 17 mai 2013 à l elac (galerie de l ECAL). Richard Hollis, né à Londres en 1934, s est imposé comme une figure majeure du graphisme anglo-saxon. Ses collaborations avec des artistes (Steve McQueen, Bridget Riley), des critiques d art (John Berger) et des institutions (la Whitechapel Art Gallery) furent l occasion de publications remarquables. Parmi ses nombreuses réalisations, on peut noter le livre « Swiss Graphic Design : The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920 – 1965 ».
One week workshop held by the dutch designer Floris Hovers about games. The starting point of the project was the favorite game of the student childhoods. After analysing and observing them, they were asked to imagine all kinds of games and toys only with on constrain to have fun!
Lights of Harcourt In the wake of a collaboration initiated in 2011, Baccarat and ECAL are pursuing their joint reflection in 2013 around the iconic Harcourt range. Under the supervision of designer Camille Blin, five pairs of students in the Product Design Master and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship designed the “Lights of Harcourt” collection for Baccarat — a panorama of intriguing, contemporary lamps. “From molten matter to the end-product, via crystal cutting, we sought to light up — in the literal and figurative sense — the qualities of this material rife with a unique historical past”, Camille Blin explains. Questioning all aspects of the glassmakers know-how and reinterpreting the 6-facet motif of the famous Harcourt glass, each project diverts the Baccarat emblem from its original function to delve into the magical mysteries of crystal. You discover a tribute to the sculptures of Ettore Sottsass with a modular lamp with multi-faceted effects. In the subtly playful dance-hall spirit, a traditional light bulb is robed in facets, mounted as a garland or magnified on a lamp stand. Hinting at the surrealist universe of Salvador Dali, a project diverts the crystal s properties to turn it into a coat with a bevelled lining which wraps around a metal structure. Enshrined in a crystal goblet, a spotlight allows you to freely position the light. Available in an infinite variety of colours, another concept focuses on the refraction phenomena displayed by crystal. Boasting the obvious look of a child s masterpiece, a lamp makes the traditional Harcourt hexagon at its heart beat with emotion. In the wake of a collaboration initiated in 2011, Baccarat and ECAL are pursuing their joint reflection in 2013 around the iconic Harcourt range. Under the supervision of designer Camille Blin, five pairs of students in the Product Design Master and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship designed the “Lights of Harcourt” collection for Baccarat — a panorama of intriguing, contemporary lamps. “From molten matter to the end-product, via crystal cutting, we sought to light up — in the literal and figurative sense — the qualities of this material rife with a unique historical past”, Camille Blin explains. Questioning all aspects of the glassmakers know-how and reinterpreting the 6-facet motif of the famous Harcourt glass, each project diverts the Baccarat emblem from its original function to delve into the magical mysteries of crystal. You discover a tribute to the sculptures of Ettore Sottsass with a modular lamp with multi-faceted effects. In the subtly playful dance-hall spirit, a traditional light bulb is robed in facets, mounted as a garland or magnified on a lamp stand. Hinting at the surrealist universe of Salvador Dali, a project diverts the crystal s properties to turn it into a coat with a bevelled lining which wraps around a metal structure. Enshrined in a crystal goblet, a spotlight allows you to freely position the light. Available in an infinite variety of colours, another concept focuses on the refraction phenomena displayed by crystal. Boasting the obvious look of a child s masterpiece, a lamp makes the traditional Harcourt hexagon at its heart beat with emotion.
ECAL MIlano 2013: "Lights of Harcourt" with Baccarat,09–14.04.2013,Palazzo Morando, Milan On the occasion of “Highlights“ organized by Baccarat, “Lights of Harcourt” displays a collection of lamps produced by ECAL students in the Product Design Master and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship. This collaboration with Baccarat is the outcome of a workshop with designer Camille Blin. In the wake of a collaboration initiated in 2011, Baccarat and ECAL are pursuing their joint reflection in 2013 around the iconic Harcourt range. Under the supervision of designer Camille Blin, five pairs of students in the Product Design Master and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship designed the “Lights of Harcourt” collection for Baccarat — a panorama of intriguing, contemporary lamps. “From molten matter to the end-product, via crystal cutting, we sought to light up — in the literal and figurative sense — the qualities of this material rife with a unique historical past”, Camille Blin explains. Questioning all aspects of the glassmakers know-how and reinterpreting the 6-facet motif of the famous Harcourt glass, each project diverts the Baccarat emblem from its original function to delve into the magical mysteries of crystal. You discover a tribute to the sculptures of Ettore Sottsass with a modular lamp with multi-faceted effects. In the subtly playful dance-hall spirit, a traditional light bulb is robed in facets, mounted as a garland or magnified on a lamp stand. Hinting at the surrealist universe of Salvador Dali, a project diverts the crystal s properties to turn it into a coat with a bevelled lining which wraps around a metal structure. Enshrined in a crystal goblet, a spotlight allows you to freely position the light. Available in an infinite variety of colours, another concept focuses on the refraction phenomena displayed by crystal. Boasting the obvious look of a child s masterpiece, a lamp makes the traditional Harcourt hexagon at its heart beat with emotion. www.baccarat.com
Collaboration with Charles Schambourg This new collaboration with the Maison Charles Schambourg, a small company in Brussels specialising in woven leather, the students had the opportunity to create a variety of objects out of this natural material. For Spine, by Virginie Garcia, the aim was to conceive an object which clearly shows the properties of this unique textile. Spine is a basket whose structure is created by folds in a single piece of woven leather, inspired by origami, and thin strips of spring steel. For Lampe, Josephine Choquet wanted to work on the elasticity and flexibility of woven leather. Like the hoop, or tambour, used in embroidery, the leather is stretched in a brass structure allowing for a smooth, clean surface. The oblique light given off by the neon tube at the base, reveals the beauty of the texture created by the weave. JinSik Kim chose to draw animal shapes in order to return to the leather s origin while highlighting its visual and tactile properties. Bearing in mind the endless size, colour and weave options that the woven leather brings, this series was designed with pure and relatively abstract lines whilst maintaining a varied and playful quality. For Hesychia Petra Kuon was interested in woven leather s qualities relating to sound and sound proofing. Thanks to this natural material and the fine weaving the Brussels Maison Charles Schambourg are able to produce, these modules can efficiently absorb sound. Thanks to a simple symmetrical frame, it is possible to create any composition with the colourful gradient design of the modules. The Set de tables project by Leslie Landucci aims to highlight the sculptural qualities of woven leather by using it in a 3-dimensional manner. This collection of tables takes its reference as much from ancient woodworking techniques as it does from the world of sports and even the graphic qualities of traditional boiled sweets.
New collaboration ECAL/Vacheron Constantin,06.03.2013,Auditorium Leenaards, ECAL With the generous support of Vacheron Constantin, ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, featuring among the world s top ten universities of art and design, is resuming the former MAS in Luxury Industry and Design, henceforth provided as the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship. Under this new heading, the programme intends to highlight various types of know-how and give young industrial designers the opportunity to investigate, over the course of a year, sectors of excellence as diverse as the arts & crafts, fine watch-making, tableware or specific techniques using noble materials. The contribution of such as prestigious manufacture as Vacheron Constantin, which has shone over the watchmaking industry for more than 250 years and is actively involved in promoting outstanding craftsmen, is a token of the richness of this curriculum and ensures its continuity. Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Switzerland is a privileged country in terms of know-how in the field of luxury. Building on this tradition, this Master of Advanced Studies is for the holders of a Bachelor or Master s degree wishing to further their knowledge in industrial design and investigate sectors of excellence as diverse as fine watch-making, tableware or specific techniques using noble materials. Through collaborations with prestigious brands – some with a century-old heritage – and workshops provided by major actors on the international scene, students experiment all production stages: from designing an object to its completion, via 3D rendering or photography. They also have the benefit of brand identity analyses and conferences delivered by experts in the field, as well as tours of luxury goods manufacturers. Many projects are singled out by partner companies to be produced, exhibited and published in the international press. After one year at ECAL, the students are able to submit a varied portfolio to the highest professional standards. Highly sought after by international agencies and world-leading companies, they also often have the opportunity of simultaneously establishing their own business. Graduates are frequently offered internship opportunities right at the end of their curriculum – often leading to steady employment. Head Nicolas Le Moigne Professors Thilo Brunner, Alexandre Gaillard, André Vladimir Heiz, Tomas Kral, Xavier Perrenoud, Julien Wegmüller, Cédric Widmer Visiting Professors Ronan Bouroullec (Paris), Pierre Charpin (Paris), Ligia Dias (Paris), Jaime Hayon (Valence), Nicolas Le Moigne, Luca Nichetto (Venice), Christian Schwamkrug (Zell am See), Alexander Taylor (London), Bethan Laura Wood (London)... Qualification Requirements College of higher education degree (Bachelor or Master level) in 3D design or related field Entrance Exam By portfolio Duration 1 year Online application : 3 May 2013 Application file submission : 8 May 2013 Interviews : 3 to 7 June 2013 Annual Tuition Fees CHF 8,000 Credits 60 Qualification Awarded Master of Advanced Studies HES-SO in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship Vacheron Constantin Founded in Geneva in 1755, Vacheron Constantin is the world s oldest watch manufacturer engaged in uninterrupted activity for over 250 years. Founders of the very spirit of technical and precious Fine Watchmaking, the men and women of Vacheron Constantin continue to design, develop and produce exceptional timepieces true to the brand s three fundamentals: perfectly mastered techniques, inspired and harmonious aesthetics, and an extremely high level of finishing. Pursuing its longstanding ties with the world of art and culture, Vacheron Constantin is committed to fostering Artistic Crafts that play such a key role in contemporary creativity, while highlighting the excellence achieved by combining these talents with those of Design. The brand is also a privileged partner of a number of cultural institutions such as the Opéra National de Paris, the French Institut National des Métiers d Art, the Barbier-Mueller Museum Cultural Foundation and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Atrocity Exhibition John Graham Ballard s literary technique influenced by Surrealism, his explicit or indirect references to artworks or artpractices and the relationships the author had with the british Pop artists attest that The Atrocity Exhibition has an affinity with the discipline of contemporary art. The aim of this research project was to design the parameters of an exhibition dedicated to The Atrocity Exhibition. The student-researchers inquired into the status of exhibitions - such as documentary, historical or thematical – and into more recent experimental displays. They decided to conceive an exhibition that articulated documentary restitution and creation. The few selected documents were used to blur the notions of context and reference in order to echo with the ambiguous media criticism in Ballard s work. The display structure created for the exhibition points towards devices as eclectic as contemporary commercial fairs, world s fairs or the Independent Group s Pavilions, in an elliptic and entropic gesture involving oblivion, decay, mutation and sedimentation. A book gathers all the lectures by invited experts, the interventions by the professors and the results of the sudents research in the conception of this exhibition. Main applicant Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL) Julien Fronsacq (project leader) Andreas Hochuli (assistant) Students of Master en Arts Visuels de l ECAL Partners Circuit, centre d art contemporain, Lausanne Maison d Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-Bains Period From February 2012 to February 2013 Publication Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe Déambulations dans La Foire aux atrocités Published by ECAL with the support of HES-SO Edited by Julien Fronsacq Funded by the HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland) John Graham Ballard s literary technique influenced by Surrealism, his explicit or indirect references to artworks or artpractices and the relationships the author had with the british Pop artists attest that The Atrocity Exhibition has an affinity with the discipline of contemporary art.The aim of this research project was to design the parameters of an exhibition dedicated to The Atrocity Exhibition. The student-researchers inquired into the status of exhibitions - such as documentary, historical or thematical – and into more recent experimental displays. They decided to conceive an exhibition that articulated documentary restitution and creation. The few selected documents were used to blur the notions of context and reference in order to echo with the ambiguous media criticism in Ballard s work.The display structure created for the exhibition points towards devices as eclectic as contemporary commercial fairs, world s fairs or the Independent Group s Pavilions, in an elliptic and entropic gesture involving oblivion, decay, mutation and sedimentation. A book gathers all the lectures by invited experts, the interventions by the professors and the results of the sudents research in the conception of this exhibition. Main applicant Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL)Julien Fronsacq (project leader)Andreas Hochuli (assistant) Students of Master en Arts Visuels de l ECALPartners Circuit, centre d art contemporain, LausanneMaison d Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-BainsPeriod From February 2012 to February 2013PublicationAtrocity Exhibition Archive ParadoxeDéambulations dans La Foire aux atrocitésPublished by ECAL with the support of HES-SOEdited by Julien FronsacqFunded by the HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
Seminar on History of contemporary ideas Séminaire d histoire des idées contemporaines avec François Cusset, philosophe et historien des idées. François Cusset (né en 1969) est un historien des idées, professeur de civilisation américaine à l université de Nanterre. Ancien élève de l École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, ancien responsable du Bureau du livre français à New York. Il a été chercheur associé au CNRS (Laboratoire « Communication et politique ») et professeur à l Institut d études politiques de Paris. Il a publié « Queer Critics » (PUF, 2002), « French Theory » ( La Découverte, 2003), « La décennie, le grand cauchemar des années 80 »(La Découverte, 2006),« Contre-Discours de Mai: ce qu embaumeurs et fossoyeurs de 68 ne disent pas à ses héritiers » (Actes Sud, 2008), et son premier roman, « À l abri du déclin du monde » (P.O.L.) en 2012. 9.10.2012 - Première séance: Aux origines de la pensée critique (de Kant à Adorno) La pensée critique, inaugurée par Kant et son projet de "critique du présent", se prolonge chez Nietzsche, avec son soupçon radical face à l histoire et à la morale, puis dans un genre très différent chez les penseurs de l Ecole de Francfort, créée au coeur des sombres années 1930: au croisement de Marx et de Freud, autrement dit de la critique sociale et des théories de l inconscient, et tout en en critiquant les limites, des théoriciens mélancoliques et atypiques comme Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno et Max Horkheimer développent une pensée critique globale et rigoureuse de l industrie culturelle, des formes nouvelles de la domination, ou de l histoire à sens unique -- autant de théories critiques incontournables dans lesquelles l histoire intellectuelle contemporaine puise l essentiel de ses sources. 13.11.2012 - Deuxième séance: Culture et pouvoir (de Williams à Bourdieu) Il est un point sur lequel la théorie critique, dans la filiation de l Ecole de Francfort, se démarque du marxisme orthodoxe de ses origines: la culture, qui n est plus seulement un reflet direct de la domination économique, mais une sphère partiellement autonome, avec ses modes de pouvoir, de contrainte, de résistance, d autant plus cruciaux à saisir que la culture au sens large (des médias aux loisirs) est alors en passe de devenir le coeur du nouveau capitalisme mondialisé. C est tout le programme des "cultural studies", nées en Grande-Bretagne dans les années 1960 autour des travaux de Raymond Williams et Richard Hoggart, et prolongées aux Etats-Unis et même en France sous la forme d un dialogue fécond avec d autres théories critiques de l art et de la culture, comme celles de Fredric Jameson et de Pierre Bourdieu. 11.12.2012 - Troisième séance: Vers les sociétés de contrôle (Foucault, Lyotard, Deleuze) Si leurs perspectives philosophiques restent divergentes, les oeuvres majeures de Michel Foucault et Gilles Deleuze, mais aussi dans une moindre mesure de Félix Guattari et Jean-François Lyotard, ont en commun leur insistance sur les nouvelles modalités de la domination et de la circulation du pouvoir: moins par la discipline des corps et plus par le contrôle des comportements, moins par la contrainte extérieure et plus par l intériorisation (subjectivation), moins par la loi et plus par la norme, moins par l extériorité du souverain et plus par l affectivité et les désirs. Ces oeuvres fournissent quelques outils théoriques indispensables à une compréhension de notre présent: la "microphysique du pouvoir", les "machines désirantes", les "dispositifs pulsionnels", etc. 8.01.2013 - Quatrième séance: Textes et identités Face à un pouvoir bienveillant et panoptique, et à ses violences symboliques, les nouvelles résistances se développent. Elles ont trait, de plus en plus, à l affirmation d une position minoritaire et à la mise en avant, fût-ce sur un mode critique, des singularités identitaires: si l essor des pensées de la minorité, qu elle soit sexuelle, culturelle ou postcoloniale, participe au renouvellement intellectuel des cinquante dernières années, c est aussi parce que ces résistances ont lieu à même les discours, à même les textes et les signes -- dont la supposée neutralité est écartée pour de bon, et dont les effets réels sur les sujets vivants et leurs conditions de vie (les effets "performatifs") sont explorés en détail, comme chez Judith Butler ou Gayatri Spivak. Séminaire d histoire des idées contemporaines avec François Cusset, philosophe et historien des idées. François Cusset (né en 1969) est un historien des idées, professeur de civilisation américaine à l université de Nanterre. Ancien élève de l École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, ancien responsable du Bureau du livre français à New York. Il a été chercheur associé au CNRS (Laboratoire « Communication et politique ») et professeur à l Institut d études politiques de Paris. Il a publié « Queer Critics » (PUF, 2002), « French Theory » ( La Découverte, 2003), « La décennie, le grand cauchemar des années 80 »(La Découverte, 2006),« Contre-Discours de Mai: ce qu embaumeurs et fossoyeurs de 68 ne disent pas à ses héritiers » (Actes Sud, 2008), et son premier roman, « À l abri du déclin du monde » (P.O.L.) en 2012. 9.10.2012 - Première séance: Aux origines de la pensée critique (de Kant à Adorno) La pensée critique, inaugurée par Kant et son projet de "critique du présent", se prolonge chez Nietzsche, avec son soupçon radical face à l histoire et à la morale, puis dans un genre très différent chez les penseurs de l Ecole de Francfort, créée au coeur des sombres années 1930: au croisement de Marx et de Freud, autrement dit de la critique sociale et des théories de l inconscient, et tout en en critiquant les limites, des théoriciens mélancoliques et atypiques comme Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno et Max Horkheimer développent une pensée critique globale et rigoureuse de l industrie culturelle, des formes nouvelles de la domination, ou de l histoire à sens unique -- autant de théories critiques incontournables dans lesquelles l histoire intellectuelle contemporaine puise l essentiel de ses sources. 13.11.2012 - Deuxième séance: Culture et pouvoir (de Williams à Bourdieu) Il est un point sur lequel la théorie critique, dans la filiation de l Ecole de Francfort, se démarque du marxisme orthodoxe de ses origines: la culture, qui n est plus seulement un reflet direct de la domination économique, mais une sphère partiellement autonome, avec ses modes de pouvoir, de contrainte, de résistance, d autant plus cruciaux à saisir que la culture au sens large (des médias aux loisirs) est alors en passe de devenir le coeur du nouveau capitalisme mondialisé. C est tout le programme des "cultural studies", nées en Grande-Bretagne dans les années 1960 autour des travaux de Raymond Williams et Richard Hoggart, et prolongées aux Etats-Unis et même en France sous la forme d un dialogue fécond avec d autres théories critiques de l art et de la culture, comme celles de Fredric Jameson et de Pierre Bourdieu. 11.12.2012 - Troisième séance: Vers les sociétés de contrôle (Foucault, Lyotard, Deleuze) Si leurs perspectives philosophiques restent divergentes, les oeuvres majeures de Michel Foucault et Gilles Deleuze, mais aussi dans une moindre mesure de Félix Guattari et Jean-François Lyotard, ont en commun leur insistance sur les nouvelles modalités de la domination et de la circulation du pouvoir: moins par la discipline des corps et plus par le contrôle des comportements, moins par la contrainte extérieure et plus par l intériorisation (subjectivation), moins par la loi et plus par la norme, moins par l extériorité du souverain et plus par l affectivité et les désirs. Ces oeuvres fournissent quelques outils théoriques indispensables à une compréhension de notre présent: la "microphysique du pouvoir", les "machines désirantes", les "dispositifs pulsionnels", etc. 8.01.2013 - Quatrième séance: Textes et identités Face à un pouvoir bienveillant et panoptique, et à ses violences symboliques, les nouvelles résistances se développent. Elles ont trait, de plus en plus, à l affirmation d une position minoritaire et à la mise en avant, fût-ce sur un mode critique, des singularités identitaires: si l essor des pensées de la minorité, qu elle soit sexuelle, culturelle ou postcoloniale, participe au renouvellement intellectuel des cinquante dernières années, c est aussi parce que ces résistances ont lieu à même les discours, à même les textes et les signes -- dont la supposée neutralité est écartée pour de bon, et dont les effets réels sur les sujets vivants et leurs conditions de vie (les effets "performatifs") sont explorés en détail, comme chez Judith Butler ou Gayatri Spivak.
On Tour On the occasion of the 2010 editions of the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse, the ECAL has made a photographic and editorial project about competitive cycling. Conducted in collaboration with La Vaudoise Assurances and Les Editions Infolio "On Tour" was primarily to explore the forms of convergence between creative photography, sports sponsorship and the world of publishing. Students in photography, under the direction of their teachers, were immersed in the world of Tours to produce views likely to exceed the stereotypes usually associated with this type of sport s events. According to their sensitivities, they were especially encouraged to inspire from innovative approaches offered by a growing number of contemporary photographers. In parallel with this prospective approach in terms of artistic and documentary photography, the goal was also to take account of recent redefinitions in the field of branding and communication and to generate original contributions, interviews and essays, on this issue. The results of this project are multiple: Production of an archive of thousands of images. Publication of "On Tour: Tour de Romandie & Tour de Suisse 2010," 3000 copies Publication of "Off Tour, compte-rendu d étapes", 500 copies, (interviews & essays) Exhibition at ECAL Edition of postcards Acquisition of photographs by La Vaudoise Assurances Press articles On line publication (La Vaudoise Assurances website) Main applicantsECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Pierre Fantys (project leader)Research teamFrançois Rappo (artistic direction) Nicolas Faure, Joël Tettamanti (photographers, coaching) Philippe Keanel (in charge of theoretical essays) Joël Vacheron (in charge of "Off Tour") Elise Guillod (assistant) Cédric Raccio (assistant) Erol Gemma (assistant) Robert Huber (assistant) Students of the department of visual communication / photography ECALPartnersLa Vaudoise assurances InfolioDuréeapril 2010 – september 2012 Supported byECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublication On Tour, Tour de Romandie & Tour de Suisse en 2010 © 2010, Infolio éditions, CH-Gollion / www.infolio.ch ISBN: 978-2-88474-621-2
Jan Czarlewski – Stammering love Tim is 23 years old. He stammers a lot. His friend is a charmer. For Tim, seducing a girl is difficult. Fiction / 20min Synopsis Tim is 23 years old. He s intelligent, rather good looking, but he stammers. Seducing a girl is an ordeal. Encouraged by his friend, he will try and reach for the brass ring – Victoria, a pretty girl he met boxing. However, he has trouble stringing two words together… Commentaire The bodies and their defects, their weights, their dysfunctions, their failures. Watching Jan s film is a physical experience. We breathe with this character and suffer with him. We are the young girl who listens, the one who tells him "you want to", the friend who encourages him. And the relationship that is gradually established with the boxer brings us closer to this last unique and untranslatable scene. A scene of cinema. Hippolyte Girardot / Actor, director Festivals 2012 Winterthur - Suisse - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Compétition 2012 Locarno - Suisse - Festival del film Locarno, séction pardi di domani (concorso Nazionale) - Pardino d argent (pardi di domani concorso nazionale) 2012 Genève - Suisse - Cinéma Tous Ecrans-Féstival international du cinéma et de télévision, Compétition Suisse 2013 Angers - France - Festival premier plan d angers 2013 Clermont-Ferrand – France - Festival international du court métrage, Compétition 2013 Nijmegen - Pays-Bas - "the Breaking Shorts Student Competition at the Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen" 2013 Kustendorf – Serbie - Kustendorf International Film & Music Festival - Golden Egg Award
Caroline Cuénod – Des yeux partout This ageless woman who tracks every CCTV camera in the city, would she aggree to go to Monaco? Documentary / 47mn Synopsis Lonely and a bit wild, Clarissa can not stand to be constantly observed by CCTV. From Geneva to Middlesbrough via Monaco, she faces everywhere this society filming every single move constantly. Under the eye of surveillance cameras and the one of the camera director, Clarisse reveales herself little by little ... Comment When Caroline Cuénod spoke to me about her film project, I immediately felt her sensitivity and intelligence. She has a clear vision of what she is looking for and, at the same time, shows a lot of open-mindedness and listening. Little by little, I saw her film being made, finding itself, until this very beautiful end... Eyes everywhere expresses a great desire for cinema. Solveig Anspach / Director Festivals & Awards 2013 Nyon, Festival Visions du Réel
Karin Bachmann – Er/Ich Erich is my enemy, because his political policies are against foreigners. He s a strange to me, so am I xenophobic like him? Documentary / 40mn Synopsis Erich Hess is my enemy because of his political policies against foreigners. Erich Hess is a stranger to me… So am I xenophobic like him? An absurd idea. But in the field of political ideologies many things seem absurd to me, when I examine them. So I head out, camera in hand, into enemy territory, in the world of the Young UDC. Comment Erich Hess, the president of the young Swiss "UDC", is a hard right politician, and he is my enemy. He tries to expel all foreigners from Switzerland, I am committed to the undocumented. He wants to close my autonomous cultural center, I want to ban his party. He thinks I m a terrorist, and indeed, I would love to terrorize him. He is a stranger to me, so... am I xenophobic, like him? This is an absurd idea. But in the field of political ideologies many things seem absurd to me. So I took my camera and went to meet him. Festivals & Awards 2013 Nyon, Festival Visions du Réel, compétition internationale 2012 Prix de Berne – meilleur court métrage, 2012
Laurence Favre – Nwa-Mankamana Subjective exploration of a Swiss missionary s archives (films and letters) in South Africa. Documentary / 28mn Synopsis In 1947, Marie Tinguely leaves her homeland to go work in a hospital for the Swiss mission in the South African bush. After her death, the films shot over 25 years as a missionary, as well as some of the letters she wrote are found in a family apartment. I decide to explore them. Festivals and Awards 2013 Nyon, Festival Visions du Réel, compétition internationale
Justine Bannwart – Le Frelon Helvétique "While trying to find a diploma subject, I watched a documentary about an ancestral sport: the Hornussen. A Swiss national sport, it s mostly played in the German part of Switzerland and pratically unknown in the French part. Often qualified as the Swiss farmers sport it s sometimes deprecated by the public because of its festive characteristics. My diploma project led me to meet the followers of this sport and to learn more about my own culture. In order to share my experience with the public I created a publication for an Hornussen s retrospective at the Swiss Sports Museum. Mixing technical information and graphics about the game and more personal illustrations inspired by Swiss Poya naïve paintings, the object gives this traditional sport a contemporary look." Justine Bannwart
Matthieu Minguet – knot(e) “knot(e) is a device that offers a new way of using objects that we connect to our mobile devices. The prototypes, shown in the form of a rope, harness themselves to revisit the new node as input data. As an extension of a conventional listening device, it allows the user to generate visual and sound compositions. The intersection of the rope amplifies the signal. Conversely, the absence of knots and curves restores the application to its original position. Each prototype has its own forms, colours, atmospheres and sound effects. During the writing of my thesis, I was led by my interest in the theories of John Maeda and Hiroshi Ishii. The former describes the idea of “ tangible bytes ” and proposes to reduce the separation between digital information and physical space. Inspired by the work of Ishii, one of Maeda s theories questions the importance of simplicity of language in the human / machine interaction. This project allowed me to explore new types of interactions around a physical object.” Matthieu Minguet
Une étudiante gagne le Grand Prix Design Parade 7 Après avoir déjà remporté dans ce cadre des prix en 2006, 2008, 2009 et 2011 (Adrien Rovero, Michel Charlot, Antoine Boudin et Brynjar Sigurdarson), l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne continue sa moisson à l occasion de Design Parade 7 (Festival international de design) présenté à la Villa Noailles (Hyères). Pour l édition 2012, c est Julie Richoz, diplômée en Bachelor Design Industriel depuis quelques jours, qui est devenue la lauréate du Grand Prix. Outre Julie Richoz, le jury avait sélectionné quatre autres écalien·e·s (Fanny Dora, Maxence Loisson de Guinaumont, Lili Gayman, Giorgia Zanellato) parmi les 10 candidat·e·s en compétition (sur 75 pré-sélectionné·e·s et plus de 140 dossiers envoyés par des designers de 16 pays différents). Julie Richoz (née à Yverdon-les-Bains en 1990) Après une enfance passée à La Rochelle, elle retrouve son pays d origine en intégrant l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne en 2008, où elle se forme au design industriel pendant 4 ans. En 2010, elle dessine «Fierzo» pour Alessi. Il s agit d un cadre d affichage pour le bureau qui sera exposé dans différents salons, de Milan à Tokyo, en passant par Bruxelles. Elle intègre, en 2011, l équipe du Chocolate Center of Excellence de Nestlé. Ce stage lui permet de se sensibiliser au design culinaire. L année suivante, elle participe à l exposition «Too Cool for School» de l ECAL à l occasion du Salon international du Meuble de Milan en présentant un projet de recherche sur la couleur. En 2012, Julie Richoz est sélectionnée pour présenter son travail à Design Parade 7 dans le cadre de la Villa Noailles à Hyères en France. www.julierichoz.ch Les projets présentés par Julie Richoz Prenant comme point de départ l observation d un système ou d une matière qui la fascine, Julie Richoz s en réapproprie l essence pour créer des objets d une simplicité ludique et ingénieuse comme l illustre les séries Arrotolare et Bouleau. Arrotolare Inspirée par la gestuelle du ramasse-miette en métal roulé, le set de bureau Arrotolare collecte d un seul mouvement tout ce qui repose sur le bureau. A mi-chemin entre le pot et le plateau, les contenants se posent autant à l horizontal qu à la verticale et en se présentant de face ou de dos ils cachent ou dévoilent leurs contenus. S associant les unes aux autres, les différentes pièces du set s enlacent pour former un ensemble. D une facture simple, chaque objet est usiné dans une plaque de métal découpée et courbée puis fermée par un bouchon de plastique. Bouleau La série Bouleau s inspire d une pince de serrage en métal. Bien que fabriquée dans un matériau rigide, la découpe crénelée de la pince la rend élastique. En transposant celle-ci au bois, on obtient une souplesse similaire. La corbeille et le plateau Bouleau sont constitués d une parois en multiplis de bouleau souple, un anneau et un fond en aluminium. Toutes les pièces sont maintenues ensemble grâce à l élasticité du bois. Au-delà de ses atouts fonctionnels, la découpe de la pince transposée au bois façonne l esthétique de la série. Thalie (travail de diplôme Bachelor 2012) La série Thalie se construit sur un dialogue entre un processus industriel et une mise en forme artisanale. Elle se compose d un plat, d un bol à fruit et d une corbeille à pain. En prenant pour référence les ouvrages manuels tels que le crochet ou le tricot, j ai amené le métal dans une dimension proche du textile. L usinage chimique a permis de découper les patrons de mes paniers en acier ressort avec une grande finesse, ces formes sont ensuite mises en volume manuellement par un fil d acier qui court le long des tiges métalliques. Ainsi se façonnent des formes irrégulières et sensuelles à partir d un dessin au départ très mécanique. Le jury était composé de: • François Azambourg, designer, Paris – président du jury • Fernando Amat, Vincon, Barcelone • Lionel Blaisse, auteur, Paris • Giulio Cappellini, Cappellini, Milan • Paloma Canizares, PCM, Madrid • Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, designer, Paris • Raymond Guidot, auteur, Paris • Didier Krzentowski, Galerie kreo, Paris • Inga Sempé, designer, Paris • Brynjar Sigurdarson, designer, Lausanne Le jury du concours décerne le Grand Prix Design Parade qui est doté de: • un séjour de recherche d un an à Sèvres – Cité de la céramique • un séjour de recherche d un an au CIRVA (Centre International de Recherche sur le Verre et les Arts plastiques) à Marseille, pour la réalisation d un vase en 3 exemplaires qui fera partie des collections du CIRVA et de la villa Noailles • une bourse d aide à la création de 5 000 euros offerte par la Galerie kreo pour la réalisation d un projet libre. Ce projet pourra être édité par la Galerie kreo • une exposition personnelle à la villa Noailles lors de Design Parade 8, en juillet 2013 Information: http://www.villanoailles-hyeres.com/design-parade-7/
Mauro Tittoto – Manifesto Carlo Scarpa “The link between architecture and graphic design is subject long investigated. The ambition of finding an answer is the quest that drives this book - the possibility to create a key between these two worlds. The result is a translation method from architecture to a graphics system starting from a manifesto, summarising the main points. The pleasure of giving visual examples for each rule of the manifesto contributes to book content, creating a coherent visual world. The search for the graphic translation is also an invitation to the graphic designers themselves, who determine their own style, their identity through the search for the book s form.” Mauro Tittoto “The link between architecture and graphic design is subject long investigated. The ambition of finding an answer is the quest that drives this book - the possibility to create a key between these two worlds. The result is a translation method from architecture to a graphics system starting from a manifesto, summarising the main points. The pleasure of giving visual examples for each rule of the manifesto contributes to book content, creating a coherent visual world. The search for the graphic translation is also an invitation to the graphic designers themselves, who determine their own style, their identity through the search for the book s form.”Mauro Tittoto
Boris Meister – Above the Cloud Above the Cloud is an atlas about archeology on the social networks, death and digital marks left in distress on the internet. “I try to serve this complex subject and, above all, to explain it by creating a coherent object, both in its structure, its images and its layout. I play with the general idea of the atlas and I use different languages (associations of images, illustrations, data visualisation) to create an "atmosphere" favorable to the understanding of the subject, and, in the end, make a book "object" which might have several levels of interpretation. This is a work of graphic design, art direction, editorial research and a statement of my opinion on the status of the printed book. By providing special care to the finish of the object and its materiality (a cover made of glass, mixed paper, ...) I would like to create something simple but captivating and intriguing. This way, I want to say how I see a media (the book) whose status is now more than ever under debate.” Boris Meister
Silke Koeck – Olympic Dance “Being interested in the analysis of body language, I realised that dance expresses this topic in a very open and free way. At the same time I became fascinated by the spirit of the Olympic Games and decided to create a choreography as a celebration. While any language acts as a code that is interpreted by people, I created codes for the choreography and the space. The dance integrates intimate and familiar information about the Olympic Games and turns it into visible movement, static positions and coordinations in space. The book consists of a combination of illustrations, written instructions and pictures that make this a guidebook for the dance. As a result, the dance itself becomes partly controlled and directed, partly subject to interpretation and chance.” Silke Koeck “Being interested in the analysis of body language, I realised that dance expresses this topic in a very open and free way. At the same time I became fascinated by the spirit of the Olympic Games and decided to create a choreography as a celebration. While any language acts as a code that is interpreted by people, I created codes for the choreography and the space. The dance integrates intimate and familiar information about the Olympic Games and turns it into visible movement, static positions and coordinations in space. The book consists of a combination of illustrations, written instructions and pictures that make this a guidebook for the dance. As a result, the dance itself becomes partly controlled and directed, partly subject to interpretation and chance.”Silke Koeck
Louisa Gagliardi – Sion: microcosme, systèmes d influences Sion, capital city of Valais is a small town with 30,000 inhabitants. Despite its size, the art scene is very prolific. Artists, museums, galleries, auctions, monuments, studios and residencies, all the institutions are in place. Add to that the mountains, soccer clubs, wine makers, banks, politicians and superstars and you ll get a very original artstic scenery. The aim of this book is to show how such a place works, with influences systems, networking, alliances, sponsorship, cronyism and so on… Whereas the past 4 years have given me all the tools to realise a coherent book graphic design-wise, this work also allies serious research with a strong content which, to me, was still something to achieve. Having spent the first 20 years of my life in Sion, with an artist mother and an architect father, I allow myself a sometimes acid, sometimes fun commentary on a small but very proud art scene. Louisa Gagliardi Sion, capital city of Valais is a small town with 30,000 inhabitants. Despite its size, the art scene is very prolific. Artists, museums, galleries, auctions, monuments, studios and residencies, all the institutions are in place. Add to that the mountains, soccer clubs, wine makers, banks, politicians and superstars and you ll get a very original artstic scenery. The aim of this book is to show how such a place works, with influences systems, networking, alliances, sponsorship, cronyism and so on…Whereas the past 4 years have given me all the tools to realise a coherent book graphic design-wise, this work also allies serious research with a strong content which, to me, was still something to achieve. Having spent the first 20 years of my life in Sion, with an artist mother and an architect father, I allow myself a sometimes acid, sometimes fun commentary on a small but very proud art scene. Louisa Gagliardi
Ruslan Gaynutdinov – Sona “During the first half of 3rd year at ECAL, I made an installation project based on the visualization of sound. I am interested in how the spectator is immersed in the interactive piece in the presence of this ele- ment. I decided to continue my research on the themes of sound and atmosphere. Sona is an experimental game on iPad inspired by the classic “ Simon game ”. The universe is composed of enigmatic sound paintings that the spectator must solve through simple interactions. The game is played with headphones to focus attention on the sound. This project allowed me to study in detail the acoustic phenomena and how we store and perceive sounds. The immersion and sound have become essential elements for me in an interactive project.” Ruslan Gaynutdinov
Julien Mercier – Made in Switzerland in China After discovering the existence of a replica of the village of Interlaken in China, I decided to go on site to document a phenomenon: the copy of Swiss (and extensively occidental) culture. Located in the middle of the mountains, one premise appeared: every single detail there was to see, from the Alphorn statues to the pigeons were the results of an intelligent, total design. In parallel, I decided to talk about the copy and this village immersively, adopting some similar processes and using Chinese means of production. A font was produced, hand copied by a Chinese copy artist, before being redigitsed, in order to obtain the copy of a classic Swiss font, whose shapes were renewed by this particular creative process. It finally takes the form of a book as well as an installation, showing the original outputs and documenting the whole process, many of which having involved a third party. Every one of these constitutive elements and the reason for their presence have a lot to do with the way they were produced. Copies, enriched by the justification of their own existence and by a new cultural context. Just like the village of Interlaken, in China. Julien Mercier After discovering the existence of a replica of the village of Interlaken in China, I decided to go on site to document a phenomenon: the copy of Swiss (and extensively occidental) culture. Located in the middle of the mountains, one premise appeared: every single detail there was to see, from the Alphorn statues to the pigeons were the results of an intelligent, total design. In parallel, I decided to talk about the copy and this village immersively, adopting some similar processes and using Chinese means of production. A font was produced, hand copied by a Chinese copy artist, before being redigitsed, in order to obtain the copy of a classic Swiss font, whose shapes were renewed by this particular creative process. It finally takes the form of a book as well as an installation, showing the original outputs and documenting the whole process, many of which having involved a third party. Every one of these constitutive elements and the reason for their presence have a lot to do with the way they were produced. Copies, enriched by the justification of their own existence and by a new cultural context. Just like the village of Interlaken, in China.Julien Mercier
Anna Schudel – Parkin Not Dal Mot In the Swiss Alps, far away in the lower Engadine, there is an arcane garden which is home to many peculiar installations produced by Swiss artist Not Vital. Lying on a steep ground its nature is primal and raw, yet has a taste of enchanted romance. Entering the park is like stepping through a gate that separates the rational from the surreal. This particular nature, combined with the architectural sculptures, gives the visitor a fevered, dreamlike experience. The editorial project transcribes this place into an object, which allows the reader to make a virtual visit. Parkin Not dal Mot consists of a story book with local tales and lyrics of cultural value and a smaller guide presenting the artwork and the garden. Furthermore, it refers to its strong themes - art, surrealism, momentariness, nostalgia and the force of nature. It is my personal interpretation of Parkin Not dal Mot and a wish to share it with others. Anna Schudel In the Swiss Alps, far away in the lower Engadine, there is an arcane garden which is home to many peculiar installations produced by Swiss artist Not Vital. Lying on a steep ground its nature is primal and raw, yet has a taste of enchanted romance. Entering the park is like stepping through a gate that separates the rational from the surreal. This particular nature, combined with the architectural sculptures, gives the visitor a fevered, dreamlike experience. The editorial project transcribes this place into an object, which allows the reader to make a virtual visit. Parkin Not dal Mot consists of a story book with local tales and lyrics of cultural value and a smaller guide presenting the artwork and the garden. Furthermore, it refers to its strong themes - art, surrealism, momentariness, nostalgia and the force of nature. It is my personal interpretation of Parkin Not dal Mot and a wish to share it with others.Anna Schudel