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ECAL is located in Renens, in the heart of the Lausanne agglomeration. With a population of more than 20,000, Renens is the capital of the West Lausanne district and one of the most important cities in the canton of Vaud. Until the end of the 19th century, Renens was only an agricultural village. It was then transformed into a real industrial city, thanks in particular to the railway. At the …
Mission The ECAL Representative Council defends a democratic vision of the institution in which all members feel represented. We hope to promote fluid and transparent communication with the various actors of the institution, so that the problems and ideas of each are heard, debated and can participate in the life and vision of the school. The Representative Council, in addition to its legal obl…
What is the students' office (BDE) ? The students' office (in french, Bureau Des Étudiant.e.x.s, BDE) is a structure within the school that relies entirely on the students. It is a meeting point between the students, the associations and the management. It is independent from the school and tries to represent the students to the management. The association is elected every year by the students at …
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful learning and working environment for our students and staff members, regardless of their sex, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, age or any other characteristics that rightly or wrongly place individuals in a social group. Egality & inclusion at ECAL As an art university, we encourage our students to look at cultural pro…
Independent art spaces All stars Art et Fiction Ateliers Bellevaux Bureaucracy Studies Circuit Dim Sun La Love Machine La Placette L’imprimerie Locus Solus Sillicon Malley standard/deluxe Tunnel Tunnel Urgent Paradise Vitrine 13 Valentin 61 The independent spaces also show a great vitality and often welcome artists and designers who have graduated fr…
Find housing Due to the relatively difficult housing situation in Lausanne and its surroundings, it can take several months to find a studio/apartment or a room. Students are therefore advised to make their arrangements well in advance, and if possible as soon as they are admitted. The price of renting a studio/apartment or a room usually starts at CHF 600/month. In addition, most agencies and …
12.02.2026 — Online registration Online registration until 12 February 2026. The registration will only be considered subject to payment of the registration fee of CHF 150.- non-refundable. 13.02.2026 — Personal portfolio submission Candidates must submit before 13 February 2026 4:00 pm, a personal dossier. The personal dossier can be sent via post but must be in ECAL's possession by February 13rd…
Necessary qualification Maturity certificate Professional Maturity certificate Specialized Maturity certificate (MSCI-MSMU-MSOP-MSSA-MSTS) Equivalent foreign certificate* * Access to Foundation Year application procedure is open to foreign secondary diploma education holders as long as the title is equivalent to one of the Swiss required title. ECAL eval…
Annual costs (in Swiss francs CHF)Domiciled in Vaud (cf. point 1) 1'000.-Domiciled in a canton having ratified the Convention C-FE (cf. points 1&2) 20'300.-Domiciled in another canton (cf. points 1&3) 20'300.-Domiciled abroad (cf. points 1&4) 20'300.-* If a reduction is granted 8'120.-YEARLY COST Registration fee (for all) 150.-Contribution to study fee (for all including MSAD students) 550.-** Su…
The ECAL offers six Bachelor's degree courses (Visual Arts, Cinema, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Media & Interaction Design, Photography) and five Master's degree courses (Visual Arts, Cinema, Product Design, Photography, Type Design). It also offers a Propaedeutic Year which prepares students for entry into its departments and two Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & C…
Exhibition "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020",09–17.12.2021,Hall Kudelski, ECAL The "Most Beautiful Swiss Books" competition, launched on the initiative of the Federal Office of Culture, aims to distinguish the best graphic achievements in the field of books and to encourage and promote the quality of publishing. The winning publications will be exhibited at numerous book fairs and in a tour of exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, including a stop at ECAL from 8 (opening at 7pm) to 17 December 2021. The winning publications of the 2020 edition are 19 in number. They were chosen from among 370 submissions to the competition, on the recommendation of the jury. The works have been carefully examined in terms of graphic and typographic design, printing and binding quality, and attention to the materials used. Opening on Wednesday 8 December 2021 from 7pm to 9pm Exhibition from 9 to 17 December 2021 Monday to Friday, 11 am to 5 pm. ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens This event is subject to current health regulations.
Launch of AIZI – a unique database of Chinese characters,08.12.2021,www.aizi.ch Developed by a team composed of both designers (ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne) and engineers (EPFL – The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), the AIZI research project offers a unique database of Chinese characters – consisted of 93,876 entries – in order to help type designers draw Chinese typefaces: www.aizi.ch www.aizi.ch Despite being used by some 900 million native speakers, the Chinese writing system currently relies on a small number of digital typefaces, in print or on screen. This is partly due to the quantity of characters. There is no official figure, but some dictionaries reach up to 106,230 glyphs, with the Unicode standard featuring “only” 20,902 glyphs. A Chinese scholar knows over 13,000 and being able to read a mere quarter of this figure is nothing to be ashamed of in contemporary China. For a designer, creating a Chinese typeface can easily take more than a year and represents a far greater investment, both in time and money, than a Latin (or Greek, or Cyrillic) one. These practical difficulties also limit foreigners interest in Chinese type design, as the task seems insurmountable. Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) help Chinese type design overcome its current limitations? Is it possible to teach a Machine Learning programme about the rules of Chinese composition and design in order to enable it to create the thousands of glyphs required for a typeface? “The initial idea behind the AIZI research project was to define a reduced set of basic “seed” characters that could be used as training data for an AI system, with the ultimate goals of democratising the design of Chinese typefaces and access to script for beginners and foreigners and to expand the stylistic range for a writing system that is largely dominated by traditional brush-based calligraphic shapes. Eventually, this could lead to greater quality in the production of fonts for Chinese script”, explains Shuhui Shi, who launched the project as part of the ECAL Master Type Design. Rooted in traditional structures, the system that has been developed analyses and rationalises the construction of glyphs and has resulted in a database – available in open access on www.aizi.ch – that could be used to train AIZI algorithms as well as any other future AI tools. The database contains 93,876 entries and is geared towards type designers, providing them with the reference needed to draw a set of Hanzi, even if they do not speak or read Chinese. AIZI was developed by a team composed of both designers (ECAL) and engineers (EPFL). As part of the ECAL Master Type Design programme, Shuhui Shi, initiator of the project, was in charge of the design part in collaboration with Kai Bernau, under the supervision of Matthieu Cortat. The Machine Learning process and algorithms were developed by Wei Wang, under the supervision of Mathieu Salzmann from the EPFL Computer Vision Laboratory. Information Shuhui Shi – Head of project, ECAL: shuhui.shi.ss@gmail.com Matthieu Cortat, Head of Master Type Design, ECAL: matthieu.cortat@ecal.ch – www.ecal.ch Mathieu Salzmann – Senior Researcher, Computer Vision Laboratory, EPFL: mathieu.salzmann@epfl.ch – www.epfl.ch/labs/cvlab/
Exhibition of the Encouragement Award winners – City of Renens 2021,02.12.2021,La Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens Pour la 9e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué le Prix d encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l ECAL. Mayara Yamada, étudiante en Master Arts Visuels, et Jamy Herrmann, étudiant en Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, se sont ainsi distingué·e·s par la qualité de leur travail. Là où le mot température est devenu synonyme de changements climatiques, d épidémies fiévreuses, d incendies et de tensions politiques, il est ramené à sa représentation la plus concrète. Une énergie créatrice de lumière et de vie. Depuis 2020, le rapport au corps a été marqué par un changement profond et sa chaleur est devenue taboue. Il est temps de mettre en valeur la possibilité de se réchauffer et de se rapprocher, de célébrer nos êtres bouillonnants en ravivant les foyers qu ils sont. Il est peut-être temps de s enflammer à nouveau. Vernissage & Performance: Jeudi 02 décembre 2021 à 18h Création sonore en collaboration avec Cigarra Sur inscription (places limitées): lfdt@fermedestilleuls.ch Exposition 03 ー 19 décembre 2021 Mercredi ー Dimanche 11 : 00 ー 18 : 00 La Ferme des Tilleuls rue de Lausanne 52 1020 Renens www.renens.ch www.fermedestilleuls.ch Visual: Jamy Herrmann & Mayara Yamada
"Dream House" exhibition by La Monte Young – Marian Zazeela – Jung Hee Choi,26.11.2021–28.01.2022,Gallery l elac, Renens DREAM HOUSE by La Monte Young – Marian Zazeela – Jung Hee Choi. DREAM HOUSE La Monte Young – Marian Zazeela – Jung Hee Choi 26.11.21-28.01.22 – l elac gallery The "Dream House" is a sound and light environment by composer La Monte Young, visual artist Marian Zazeela and artist/musician Jung Hee Choi. This seminal installation and multi-sensory experience was originally conceptualized in 1962 and first presented in 1969. Since then, the "Dream House" has been realized in permanent installations and also shorter term iterations such as this Swiss premiere version at the ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne. With sounds composed by Young and Choi in a setting of the visual works of Zazeela and Choi, it is highly conducive to introspection and meditation. Opening reception 25.11.21, 18h-20h Dates Wednesday to Friday, 13h-20h Saturday, 13h-17h Or by request : dreamhouse@ecal.ch Closed 24.12.21-09.01.22 l elac gallery Av. du Temple 5, 1020 Renens www.visioncreationnewsound.ch www.ecal.ch With the support of :Réseau de Compétences Design & Arts Visuels (RCDAV) from HES-SO, Leenaards Foudation, Sandoz Foundation, Hirslanden Group, Ruinart, MAC-Lyon. This installation is part of the 200th anniversary of the ECAL (1821-2021) and the research project "Phantom Power". Visual: Notter+Vigne
Higurashi book launch In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master s in Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on aspects specific to the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic Village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate distinctive Japanese culture such as home-cooked food, the appetite for designing humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, pachinko gambling, the reinvention of ikebana and young girls as ‘rising stars. Finally, the works seek to visually represent more abstract concepts such as loneliness, emptiness and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size and power, offers a challenging, fascinating and extremely stimulating complexity to the eyes of the thirteen photographers. Higurashi has been presented at Espace Commines in Paris in November 2021, inside the exhibition Automated Photography during Paris Photo. Head of Photography Milo Keller Invited Teacher Taisuke Koyama Assistants Florian Amoser Calum Douglas Graphic Design Thomas Le Provost Typefaces Craft by ECAL/Benoit Brun & Raphaël De la Morinerie ITC Garamond Std Head of Culture and Communications Embassy of Switzerland in Japan Jonas Pulver DGES/Summer University Maxline Stettler Photography Students Emidio Battipaglia Robin Bervini Jasmine Deporta Anja Karolina Furrer Alessia Gunawan Christian Harker Jung-Ting Hu Johanna Hullár Philipp Klak Doruk Kumkumoglu Igor Pjörrt Jelly Luise Gedvile Tamosiunaite Publisher ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne higurashi.zone Higurashi is available at ecal-shop.ch . In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master s in Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on aspects specific to the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic Village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate distinctive Japanese culture such as home-cooked food, the appetite for designing humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, pachinko gambling, the reinvention of ikebana and young girls as ‘rising stars. Finally, the works seek to visually represent more abstract concepts such as loneliness, emptiness and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size and power, offers a challenging, fascinating and extremely stimulating complexity to the eyes of the thirteen photographers. Higurashi has been presented at Espace Commines in Paris in November 2021, inside the exhibition Automated Photography during Paris Photo.Head of PhotographyMilo KellerInvited TeacherTaisuke KoyamaAssistantsFlorian AmoserCalum DouglasGraphic DesignThomas Le ProvostTypefacesCraft by ECAL/Benoit Brun& Raphaël De la MorinerieITC Garamond StdHead of Culture andCommunications Embassyof Switzerland in JapanJonas PulverDGES/Summer UniversityMaxline StettlerPhotography StudentsEmidio BattipagliaRobin BerviniJasmine DeportaAnja Karolina FurrerAlessia GunawanChristian HarkerJung-Ting HuJohanna HullárPhilipp KlakDoruk KumkumogluIgor PjörrtJelly LuiseGedvile TamosiunaitePublisherECAL/University of Artand Design Lausannehigurashi.zoneHigurashi is available at ecal-shop.ch.
Innovation by Design Challenge 2021 – Awards night,10.11.2021,ECAL, Renens Dans le cadre de la Semaine mondiale de l entrepreneuriat, la Municipalité de Renens a le plaisir de vous convier à la soirée de remise des prix d Innovation by Design Challenge. Dans le cadre de la Semaine mondiale de l entrepreneuriat, la Municipalité de Renens a le plaisir de vous convier à la soirée de remise des prix d Innovation by Design Challenge, qui fêtera sa 5e édition le mercredi 10 novembre 2021 à l Auditoire IKEA à l ECAL. 19h00 Ouverture du challenge et mot de bienvenue du Syndic Jean-François Clément 19h10 Témoignage de Alexandre Perez, CTO de Pneumoscope, un dispositif médical qui facilite le diagnostic et le suivi des maladies respiratoires. Participant de la 3e édition d Innovation by Design Challenge. 19h20 Pitch des cinq équipes et vote du public 19h40 « Design Experimentations for Companies » – Présentation de Christophe Guberan, Designer de produit, chercheur, intervenant à l ECAL et MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 20h00 Remise des prix 20h10 Clôture de l édition 2021 Inscription: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-by-design-challenge-tickets-195081703627 Cet événement est soumis aux normes sanitaires en vigueur. Live Streaming: innovationbydesignchallenge.ch ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens Visual: Pierre Benoit
Fantastic Smartphones at the KIKK Festival,04–07.11.2021,Namur, Belgium After the Milan Design Week and the Galerie l elac, the KIKK Festival in Namur (BE) hosts the exhibition "Fantastic Smartphones" from 4 to 7 November 4. This event presents a series of interactive installations developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, investigating in a critical and offbeat way our relationship with smartphones and the way they influence our daily behavior. DATES AND TIMESFrom the 4 to the 7 november 2021ADDRESSLe Pavillon Esplanade la Citadelle 5000 NamurSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGN
"100 beste Plakate 20" exhibition,26.10–11.11.2021,Hall Kudelski, ECAL We invite you to discover the 100 most beautiful posters of 2020 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), selected in the 2021 competition. We invite you to discover the 100 most beautiful posters of 2020 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), selected in the 2021 competition. An exhibition organised by 100 Beste Plakate e. V. in collaboration with ECAL. Opening on Tuesday 26 October 2021 from 6 to 8 pm at ECAL (Hall Kudelski). Exhibition from 27 October to 11 November 2021. Monday to Friday, 11 am to 5 pm. Scenography Team Maria Fechner, Berlin, system created by C2F, Lucerne Catalogue Bueronardin, Vienna This event is subject to health regulations. ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 CH - 1020 Renens www.100-beste-plakate.de
Fantastic Smartphones at the elac gallery,06–22.10.2021,Gallery l elac, Renens After the Milan Design Week and before the KIKK Festival in Namur (BE), the Gallery l elac hosts the exhibition "Fantastic Smartphones" - a series of interactive installations developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, investigating in a critical and offbeat way our relationship with smartphones and the way they influence our daily behavior. In the context of this exhibition, ECAL also proposes a lecture by Dries Depoorter, a Belgian multimedia artist who humorously addresses themes such as privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance and social networks through interactive installations, applications and online games. www.driesdepoorter.be Thursday 14 October 2021 6pm at ECAL (IKEA auditorium) On this occasion, you will be offered scratch tickets made by Dries Depoorter and you can win up to 25 000 followers for your Twitter or Instagram account! This exhibition is part of the 200th anniversary of the ECAL (1821-2021). These events are subject to the sanitary norms in force.STUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGNDATES AND TIMESFrom the 7 to the 22 of october 2021 1pm to 5pmADDRESSElac gallery Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 RenensVERNISSAGEWednesday 6 october 2021, 6pm to 8pm
Fantastic Smartphones Fantastic Smartphones – a series of interactive installations developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, investigating in a critical and offbeat way our relationship with smartphones and the way they influence our daily behavior. See the press room Behind the derision-filled title Fantastic Smartphones, alternative accessories, interactive installations and machine performances highlight the excesses relating to our use of these devices. By imagining innovative ways of interacting with our smartphones or by delegating our repetitive actions to machines, this exhibition takes a critical look at a society that has become addicted to an object that seems to have become indispensable : the “smart” phone.Is this object, which was initially perceived as an extension, still a source of pleasure or has it become a source of alienation? Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students provide answers to this question through a series of installations that address different aspects of this issue in an original and immersive way. Visitors will be able to discover how to save time when using a dating app; cheat on their personal health data through bots; illustrate the time lost away from their phone; engrave their name on a Wall of Fame to evaluate the value of their actions on social networks; attend a discussion between two smartphones; scroll to infinity in a mesmerising way; discover neologisms relating to new digital behaviours; free themselves from digital addictions; discover what really happens in the cloud thanks to a visual allegory; or witness the strange choreography of a robotic arm that takes pictures of itself with a selfie stick.STUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGN
Nicolas Bernklau – Resial / Strength in Fragility Strength in Fragility is a dialogue between fashion (Anna Deller-Yee, RCA) and type design (Nicolas Bernklau, ECAL). To find the intersections of the two design fields, shapes are explored and brought to life: from 2D to 3D, shape to object, printable to wearable. A publication showcases a common shape pool made up of type letterings as a foundation for the development of fashion silhouettes, woven materials and prints around themes of individuality, strength and vulnerability. To enhance the feeling of the project, the accompanying sans serif typeface family Resial was designed. Resial balances the functionality of condensed Swiss/German typefaces from the early 20th century and idiosyncrasies found while researching Latin typefaces in the Japanese graphic context.
Natalia Mimran – Misfits Misfits is a tribute to unrealised ideas and failed attempts and to round pegs in square holes. Discarded works and experimentations collected at ECAL during the last two years have been reworked to make this monolith. While the visual identity of the gathered material has been erased and the evidence of their physical existence fossilised, reframing their position reveals a hidden potential, as if energy was released during changes in the state of matter. The static presence does not drown out the voices, which are transformed instead into a new hybrid identity.
Stéfanie Kay – Helia Most people spend almost 90% of their time indoors, lit by artificial lights which, unlike the sun, do not change colour or intensity during the day, thus disturbing the circadian rhythm. Helia follows the user throughout the day – from waking up to falling asleep – varying its light intensity and colour and thus improving the user s concentration, productivity, quality of sleep, mood, etc. Thanks to its modular head, Helia can be used to create either ambient or work light. The project, carried out in collaboration with the EPFL+ECAL Lab, turned out to be a very rewarding experience. Mixing different skills in one project was both interesting and instructive.
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L ECAL at Biennale dell immagine Chiasso,17–19.09.2021,Palestra CPC, Chiasso On the occasion of the Biennale dell immagine Chiasso, the 2nd year students of the Master Photography programme will present, from 17 to 19 September, "Exquisite Corpse" - a series of Virtual Reality (VR) projects at the Palestra CPC. Moreover, during the opening night on 17 September from 6pm at Spazio Officina (Via Dante Alighieri 4 - Chiasso), ECAL will be in charge of the visual and sound ambiance thanks to its crew of VJs and DJs. Students: Emma Bedos Alexey Chernikov Mahalia Giotto Clemens Fischer Nikolai Frerichs Hikaru Hori Augustin Lignier Sophie Schreurs Alisa Strub Yang Su Exhibition 17 September from 6 pm to 10 pm 18 and 19 September from 10am to 6pm Palestra CPC Via Serafino Balestra 1 6830 Chiasso www.biennaleimmagine.ch
Semaine de la mobilité du senior-lab,16–22.09.2021,En ligne – www.senior-lab.ch Du 16 au 22 septembre 2021, en coïncidence avec la Semaine européenne de la mobilité, le senior-lab organise une série de conférences en ligne pour aborder la thématique de la mobilité des seniors de différents points de vue. Dans l esprit d un living lab, cet événement sera l occasion d échanger avec les différentes parties prenantes qui ont un rôle à jouer dans le développement de la mobilité des seniors. Des professionnel·le·s des entreprises de transport, des représentant·e·s des collectivités publiques ou encore des chercheur·e·s apporteront leur propre regard sur cette thématique d actualité. Et comme pour l ensemble des activités du senior-lab, les seniors seront au cœur de l événement à travers un panel qui interagira directement avec les intervenant·e·s. Jeudi 16 septembre, 17h00-18h15 – Le regard des collectivités publiques. Vendredi 17 septembre, 13h00-14h15 – Le regard du milieu académique. Mardi 21 septembre, 17h00-18h15 – Le regard du milieu économique. Mercredi 22 septembre, 17h00-18h30 – Le regard des seniors et des associations. Programme complet à venir Inscription nécessaire (délai: 14 septembre 2021) Le senior-lab (SL) est une plateforme interinstitutionnelle et interdisciplinaire de recherche appliquée et de développement, dédiée aux questions de qualité de vie et d autonomie des seniors. Elle se démarque par sa méthodologie et son approche participative de création de solutions innovantes, avec et pour les seniors. Le SL a été fondé en 2018 par trois HES vaudoises : L Institut et Haute Ecole de La Santé la Source – La Source La Haute Ecole d Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud – HEIG-VD L Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne – ECAL
Fantastic Smartphones at the Milan Design Week,05.09–07.11.2021,SPBH Space, Milan ECAL presents a series of extraordinary projects and installations developed by Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students, investigating our relation with smartphones and the way they impact our day-to-day behaviour DATES AND SCHEDULESPress Preview : 5 september, 9am - 11am Schedules : 5 - 9 september, 11am - 8pm 10 september, 11am - 4pmADDRESSSpazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16 20121 MilanoSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEHEADS OF PROJECT , TEACHERS, (AATB), Jesse Howard , , , , , , (Moniker)ASSISTANTS, , , , COORDINATION & DEVELOPMENT, , Pascal Ospelt, , SIGMASIX, EXHIBITION DESIGN
(Re-)Viewing Paik – 2021 (Re-)Viewing Paik is a joint research initiative between Switzerland and South-Korea that involves Prof. Patrick Keller from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO), Dr. Sang Ae Park from the Nam June Paik Art Center and archives (NJPAC) in South Korea, and Dr. Christian Babski from fabric | ch, an architecture and information technology collective based in Lausanne. The main long-term objective of this joint and interdisciplinary research, based on the archives of Korean artist Nam June Paik (1932–2006), is to establish novel types of online exhibition curating and design, which must take shape digitally at any viewer s (visitor s) place or housing, and to virtually populate it, in an autonomous way. The results of this initial joint work, which will take the form of a functional "demo" (proof of concept), will be used in parallel to formulate a more detailed research project which will then be submitted to a national funding agency. This research combines new artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques (AI/ML) and automated rule-based design, or computational design (CD), with augmented reality displays (AR) on personal smart phones or tablets, in order to set up personal digital museums, "viewing rooms" and galleries. These latter are then experienced in an immersive way (both AR, VR and projections are possible), respecting a relationship of scale between the viewer and the artworks, from any remote location and from the viewpoint of the visitor, while being autonomously tailored to it. (Re-)Viewing Paik thus offers an innovative and personalized form of remote exhibition, while the research results remain dedicated to both curators ("tool side", or server side) and online visitors ("exhibition side", or client side). In particular, they are linked to the valorization of media art forms and archives, which are naturally adapted to digital screens and displays, while they nevertheless seek a versatile and immersive potential in the ways they are presented to the public. The Nam June Paik archives, located in Yongin (Seoul Capital Area), are an exceptional and almost perfect case study for these objectives, as the main purpose and relevance of the research is to provide access to a selected part of the Nam June Paik archives (and later, by generalizing, to the entire archive or to any type of digital art, or digitized art content). This is unique opportunity for a practice-based research, and for importing innovative insights into the algorithms of the automation tool to be further elaborated, temporarily entitled Atomized (algorithmic) Functioning.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) Sang Ae Park (Nam June Paik Art Center)Research teamChristian Babski (fabric | ch), (lecturer and researcher)PartnersNam June Paik Art Center fabric | chPeriodoctober 2020 – september 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Swiss Bilateral Programme of SERI / Leading House Asia - ETHZ Nam June Paik Art Center fabric | ch
Pardino d oro to Nora Longatti at the Locarno Film Festival On the occasion of the Locarno Film Festival 2021, which ended this weekend, Nora Longatti won the Pardino d oro Swiss Life for the best Swiss short film (CHF 10 000.-) with her diploma film, "Strangers", in Bachelor Cinema. The jury was composed of Kamal Aljafari (filmmaker and artist), Marie-Pierre Macia (producer) and Adina Pintilie (filmmaker, artist and curator). Chute (Strangers), produced by ECAL and Golden Egg Productions In an anonymous city, a person collapses, pretending to lose consciousness. Strangers pass by, others embrace him. In solitary search of intimacy, blinded by a universe of indifference, her gaze, her body are wavering. A gracefully choreographed gesture. Trailer Film page
"Real Facts" exhibition at madd-bordeaux,14.07.2021–17.01.2022,madd-bordeaux At the invitation of the musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux), the 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students from ECAL, under the guidance of designers Erwan Bouroullec and Adrien Rovero, have given form to their observations and questions about the current agricultural situation. REAL FACTS – Paysans designers, un art du vivant ECAL × madd-bordeaux 14.7.2021—17.1.2022 "At the very beginning of our discussions with Constance Rubini, director of madd-bordeaux, we expressed the fact that we are not specialists. However, what is interesting about agriculture is that everyone has an image of it, and in a way everyone as a citizen has a certain point of view about how productive nature should be conducted. But in the end, most of the time, our understanding of what actually happens on a farm is non-existent or patchy," explains Erwan Bouroullec. The intention behind "Real Facts" was to use design and installations to bring to light a number of "facts" and testimonies, allowing us to question the reality of today s agriculture: women are 33% represented in the profession; farmers take a maximum of one week s holiday per year; there are more than a hundred certifications in France; agriculture is the world s 2nd largest market for service robotics; in France, one out of four fruits consumed is tropical; a mushroom doubles in size every 24 hours, etc... Students Dario Aguet, Masen Al-Saghir, Fanny Bichet, Louis Bosnjak, Marine Bouvard, Frederik Buchmann, Paul Carluy, Emma Casella, Yann Cistac, Alexandre Desarzens, Léon Félix, Guillaume Gindrat, Gabriel Hafner, Lucie Herter, Camila Hidalgo, Nima Kaufmann, Anaïs Lehmann, Timothée Lehmann, Kim Lissy, Alexandre Margueron, Lirjeta Maxhuni, Stéphane Mischler, Alex Nguyen, Jillian Reichlin, Anaïs Rochat, Theodore Simon, Constance Thiessoz, Sophie Van Der Bij, Laure Wasser ----- This project was made at the invitation of Constance Rubini, director of the madd-bordeaux, on the occasion of the exhibition "Paysans designers, un art du vivant" at the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux) presented from 14 July 2021 to 17 January 2022. With the support of the Prométerre Association, and as part of the Summer University programme of the Board of Higher Education – State of Vaud. More information www.madd-bordeaux.fr
Real Facts A collection of neophyte views on current agriculture through the prism of design. Invited by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux), second-year Bachelor of Industrial Design students at ECAL, under the guidance of designers Erwan Bouroullec and Adrien Rovero, have given form to their observations and questions about the current agricultural landscape. "Real Facts" is a collection of neophyte points of view on current agriculture, through the prism of design. This project was created at the initiative of Constance Rubini, director of the madd-bordeaux, on the occasion of the exhibition "Paysans designers, un art du vivant" at the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux) presented from 14 July 2021 to 17 January 2022. With the precious support of the Association vaudoise de promotion des métiers de la terre Prométerre, and in the framework of the Summer University programme of the Direction générale de l enseignement supérieur (DGES) - Canton de Vaud.
Screening at the Swiss Culture Centre, Paris,12.07.2021 Screening of ECAL films at the Swiss Culture Centre, Paris. ECAL and the Centre culturel suisse. Paris present the films made during the "Selfportrait and violence" workshop led by Mio Rau (playwright and theatre director at NTGhent Theatre) and Giacomo Bisordi (playwright and director). You are welcome to join the screening of a selection of the films written and directed by 2nd year Cinema Bachelor students: • Giulia GOY, Casting di un padre (15 ) • Solène MERCIER, Ce qu on partage (15 30) • Laurine JOYEUX, Les quatre chambres (19 20) • Olivia CALCATERRA, Lovechild, So Happy Together (19 45) • Dario WILLOMMET, Elle habitait Varèse (9 50) Monday 12 July at 19h (followed by an apéritif) in the presence of the students. Obligatory reservation at: accueil@ccsparis.com Centre culturel suisse. Paris 38, rue des Francs-Bourgeois 75003 Paris www.ccsparis.com Image: Giulia GOY, Casting di un padre
Screening at the Swiss Culture Centre, Paris ECAL and the Centre culturel suisse, Paris present the films made during the "Selfportrait and violence" workshop led by Mio Rau (playwright and theatre director at NTGhent Theatre) and Giacomo Bisordi (playwright and director). Screening of ECAL films at the Swiss Culture Centre, Paris. ECAL and the Centre culturel suisse. Paris present the films made during the "Selfportrait and violence" workshop led by Mio Rau (playwright and theatre director at NTGhent Theatre) and Giacomo Bisordi (playwright and director).You are welcome to join the screening of a selection of the films written and directed by 2nd year Cinema Bachelor students:• Giulia GOY, Casting di un padre (15 ) • Solène MERCIER, Ce qu on partage (15 30) • Laurine JOYEUX, Les quatre chambres (19 20) • Olivia CALCATERRA, Lovechild, So Happy Together (19 45) • Dario WILLOMMET, Elle habitait Varèse (9 50) Monday 12 July at 19h (followed by an apéritif) in the presence of the students. Obligatory reservation at: accueil@ccsparis.com Centre culturel suisse. Paris 38, rue des Francs-Bourgeois 75003 Paris www.ccsparis.com
Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited The research project Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited is divided into three sub-projects: ‘Principles of Education , ‘Networks of Practice and ‘Strategies of Dissemination . This three-year project is the biggest research collaboration established in the design field since the SNSF began its activities. Swiss graphic design and typography are representative of Swiss culture, but have themselves also had an impact on this country s national identity. In the SNSF project Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited, seven universities engage in joint research into the status of Swiss graphic design from today s perspective. Coordinated by the Bern University of the Arts, researchers of the universities of applied sciences from Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, and Zurich, as well as from the University of Bern are participating. In the three sub-projects, mixed groups of researchers from the different institutions investigate into different aspects of Swiss graphic design – its teaching, its networks and its forms of publication. The result is a critical contribution to our understanding of the emergence and current self-perception of Swiss graphic design and typography. Above and beyond this, the project helps to consolidate ‘design history as a field of research and practice in Switzerland, and provides new, relevant findings for the international scholarly discourse on visual communication.Main applicantsHKB – Haute école des arts de Berne Arne Scheuermann Michael Renner Sarah Owens Peter J. SchneemannResearch teamCo-coordinators and researchers Robert Lzicar Researchers Chiara Barbieri Rudolf Barmettler Roland Früh Jonas Niedermann François Rappo Doctoral students Sandra Bischler Constance Delamadeleine Ueli Kaufmann Sara ZellerParticipantsFHNW HGK – Academy of Art and Design Basel HKB – Berne University of the Arts (Main applicant) University of Berne, Institute of Art History HEAD – Genève – Geneva School of Art and Design ECAL – Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne SUPSI – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland ZHdK – Zurich University of the ArtsPeriodOctober 2016 – June 2021Supported bySNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation)DisseminationPublication Davide Fornari, Robert Lzicar, Sarah Owens, Michael Renner, Arne Scheuermann, Peter J. Schneemann (eds.), Swiss Graphic Design Histories, 4 volumes, Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2021. With contributions from Chiara Barbieri, Rudolf Barmettler, Jonas Berthod, Sandra Bischler, Constance Delamadeleine, Davide Fornari, Roland Früh, Ueli Kaufmann, Sarah Klein, Robert Lzicar, Jonas Niedermann, Sarah Owens, Michael Renner, Peter J. Schneemann, Arne Scheuermann and Sara Zeller. Website sgdtr.ch
Awards & Grants 2021 Awards and Grants – 2021 Graduates PROMOTIONS BACHELOR - Prix 2021 Prix de l Année Propédeutique - CHF 500.- x3 Un prix décerné à trois étudiant·e·s de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL qui se sont distingué·e·s par l excellence de leur travail et qui ont obtenu les meilleurs résultats de leur volée. Remis par M. David Monnet, responsable de l Année Propédeutique Christophe Ascençao PPdi CHF 500.- Basile Avvanzino PPdi CHF 500.- Alexandra Cupsa PPdg CHF 500.- Prix EXECAL - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son mémoire de Bachelor. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, Présidente EXECAL Rayane Jemaa MID CHF 1 000.- Prix de l ECAL - CHF 1 000.- x3 Un prix décerné à des étudiant·e·s diplômé·e·s qui se sont distingué·e·s par l excellence de leur travail tout au long de leur cursus à l ECAL. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Adeline Vermot PH CHF 1 000.- Margaux Mandrou DI CHF 1 000.- Juri Römmel DI CHF 1 000.- Prix Visarte Vaud - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Arts Visuels qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Mme Patricia Glave, présidente de Visarte Vaud Virginie Sistek AV CHF 1 000.- Prix BCV - CHF 1 000.- Un prix decerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Design Graphique qui s est distingué·e par la qualité d ensemble de son travail. Remis par M. Angelo Benedetto, responsable du Bachelor Design Graphique Hugo Hectus DG CHF 1 000.- Prix du Risque - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e particulièrement talentueux·euse dans le domaine des Arts Visuels. Remis par M. Stéphane Kropf, responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels Mara Meier AV CHF 1 000.- Prix Elinchrom (Kit D Lite 4) Un prix destiné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Bachelor Photographie qui a réalisé un excellent travail de diplôme. Remis par Milo Keller au nom d Elinchrom Emeline Courcier PH Kit D Lite 4 Prix Profot (Kit D Lite RX One) Un prix destiné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Bachelor Photographie qui a réalisé un excellent travail de diplôme. Remis par Milo Keller au nom de Profot Axel Bruniau PH Kit D Lite RX One Prix METAA - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par une approche prospective et expérimentale lors de son travail de diplôme.. Remis par M. David Colombini, vice-président de l association METAA : Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association Paul FritzMID CHF 1 000.- Prix BG Ingénieurs Conseils - CHF 1 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e diplômé·e, auteur·e d un projet qui prend en compte le développement durable, en particulier ses aspects économiques, environnementaux et sociaux. Remis par Mme Anne-Claire Pliska, Directrice de la Planification Stratégique et de l Innovation de la société BG Ingénieurs Conseils SA Julie Neuhaus DGCHF 1 500.- Prix de la Ville de Renens - CHF 2 000.- Un prix d encouragement décerné à un·e étudiant·e en 2e année Bachelor Communication Visuelle qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son travail. La possibilité est offerte à le·la lauréat·e· d exposer son travail à la Ferme des Tilleuls à Renens. Remis par Mme Karine Clerc, Municipale à la Ville de Renens 2CVmid CHF 2 000.- Prix Ernest Manganel – CHF 2 000.-x3 Un prix décerné par le jury de la Fondation Ernest Manganel à des étudiant·e·s diplômé·e·s en Arts Visuels, pour récompenser la pertinence de leurs recherches et la qualité très professionnelle de leur travail de diplôme. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Manganel Lara Marino AV 2 000.- Eliot Möwes AV 2 000.- Virginie Sistek AV 2 000.- Prix d excellence du domaine Design et Arts Visuels de la HES-SO - CHF 2 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e de l ECAL qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Remis par Mme Christine Pirinoli, Vice-rectrice Recherche et Innovation de la HES-SO Keerthigan Sivakumar CI CHF 2 500.- Prix La Foncière – CHF 3 000.- Un prix décerné par la Foncière, un fonds de placement immobilier, à un·e étudiant·e méritant·e pour le travail accompli durant l année en Photographie. Remis par M. Arnaud de Jamblinne, directeur général à la Foncière Antoine Martin PH CHF 3 000.- Bourses Fondation Walter + Eve Kent - CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant-e-s particulièrement talentueux-euses dans le domaine de la peinture et de la sculpture. Remises par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Walter + Eve Kent Diogo Esteves 2AV CHF 5 000.- Léna Gelsomino 2AV CHF 5 000.- Résidence swissnex San Francisco MID Award En collaboration avec swissnex San Francisco et soutenue par la DGES, résidence attribuée à un·e lauréat·e diplômé·e en Bachelor MID, qui soutient le développement du travail de diplôme, notamment à travers un programme de mentorat et un séjour professionnel à San Francisco (USA). Remis par M. Michael Fiaux, Directeur opérationnel en charge des Hautes Ecoles, DGES Michael Pica MID Prix Pierre Keller – CHF 5 000.- En mémoire de Pierre Keller, directeur de l ECAL de 1995 à 2011. Un prix décerné pour un travail de diplôme particulièrement engagé. Remis par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos, directeur de l ECAL Rayane Jemaa MID CHF 5 000.- Prix BNP Double Clap – CHF 10 000.- Un prix qui met en avant les jeunes talents du cinéma issus de l ECAL et contribue à la réalisation d un film de diplôme Bachelor.. Remises par M. Jean Guillaume Sonnier, responsable production et diffusion Cinéma à l ECAL au nom de BNP Paribas Avril LehmannCI CHF 10 000.- MASTER GRADUATION - Awards 2021 EXECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her Master s thesis. Presented by Mrs Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary Silvio Rebholz DP CHF 1 000.- ECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- x2 A prize awarded to graduate students who have distinguished themselves by the excellence of their work throughout their studies at ECAL. Presented by M. Milo Keller, Head of Master Photography Manqin Zhang PH CHF 1 000.- Simone Nicola Filippo AV CHF 1 000.- BCV Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a Master s degree student in Product Design who has distinguished himself/herself by the overall quality of his or her diploma work. Presented by Mr Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Design Maxwell Ashford DP CHF 1 000.- Eyes on Talents Award (Professional support) Three prizes awarded by the Paris-based agency Eyes On Talents to graduate projects with high potential in terms of sustainability, social impact or technological integration. The winners will benefit from a professional support and a media follow-up as well as an increased visibility among the agency s network of partners. Presented by Mrs. Cécile Cécile Vulliemin, Strategic Partnerships - R&D on behalf of Eyes on Talents Chiachi Chao TD Maxwell Ashford DP Sara Bastai PH Profot Award (Tripod 3-Legged Think) A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master s degree in Photography who has carried out excellent diploma project. Presented by Mr M. Milo Keller on behalf of Profot Olivia Wünsche PH Tripod 3-Legged Think Jacqueline Veuve Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a student in Cinema who has distinguished herself during the year by the quality of her achievements or technical work. Presented by Mrs Rachel Noël, Bachelor Cinema Coordinator Rokhaya Balde CI CHF 1 000.- David Rust Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded by In Rust We Trust to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her typographic work. The winner is offered the opportunity to publish a visual that will be used to collect donations for the Design against Cancer action (led by the association). Presented by Mr Angelo Benedetto, founding member of the association in rust we trust* Chiachi Chao TD CHF 1 000.- BG Ingénieurs Conseils Award - CHF 1 500.- A prize awarded to a graduate student, author of a project that takes into account sustainable development, in particular its economic, environmental and social aspects. Presented by Mrs Anne-Claire Pliska, Director of Strategic Planning and Innovation at BG Consulting Engineers Nadav Goldenberg DP CHF 1 500.- Encouragement Award - City of Renens - CHF 2 000.- An encouragement prize awarded to a student in the 1st year of the Master Fine Arts who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her work. The winner is offered the opportunity to exhibit his/her work at the Ferme des Tilleuls in Renens. Presented by Mr. Olivier Golaz, Municipal of the City of Renens Mayara Yamada 1AV CHF 2 000.- HES-SO Design & Fine Arts Excellence Award- CHF 2 500.- A prize awarded to an ECAL student who has distinguished himself/herself by the excellence of his/her diploma work. Presented by Mrs Christine Pirinoli, Vice-Rector Research and Innovation of the HES-SO Lucile Billot TD CHF 2 500.- Scholarship Walter + Eve Kent Foundation - CHF 5 000.- x2 Two scholarships awarded to particularly talented students in the fields of painting and sculpture, to support the continuation of his or her studies at ECAL. Presented by Mr Alexis Georgacopoulos, board member of Walter + Eve Kent Foundation Djellza Azemi 1AV CHF 5 000.- Leonardo Pellicanò 1AV CHF 5 000.- De Bethune Award – CHF 6 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship for the quality of his/her work. Presented by Mr Denis Flageollet, master watchmaker & creator of De Bethune Sarah Yao MAS DLC CHF 6 000.- FLOKK Internship (6-month internship program at Flokk HQ in Oslo) Six-month internship programme at Flokk HQ in Oslo, Norway, to a Master Product Design graduate. Flokk is the market leader in the design, development and production of workplace furniture in Europe. Presented by Mr Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Oscar Kwong DP 6-month internship program at Flokk HQ in Oslo Images Vevey x ECAL Award (Monographic exhibition presented by Images Vevey in collaboration with the ECAL, in Vevey) A prize offering the opportunity of a first public visibility through an exhibition to a graduate of the ECAL s Bachelor s or Master s degree in photography, while reinforcing the existing links between ECAL and Images Vevey. Presented by M. Stefano Stoll, founder and director of Images Vevey Sara Bastai PH Monographic exhibition presented by Images Vevey in collaboration with the ECAL, in Vevey Casino Barrière of Montreux Foundation Grant – CHF 8 000.- x2 Two scholarships awarded to students about to complete their graduation year. The choice was made on the basis of their talent and creativity. Presented by Mrs Stéphanie Moisdon on behalf of the Casino Barrière de Montreux Foundation Benjamin Fanni 1MAAV CHF 8 000.- Laura Csocsán 1MATD CHF 8 000.- Abréviations: AV: Arts Visuels CI: Cinéma DI: Design Industriel DG: Design Graphique DP: Design de Produit MAS DLC: Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship MID: Media & Interaction Design PH: Photographie TD: Type Design
Bachelor Photography students at the Fondation de l Hermitage,25.06–31.10.2021,Fondation de l Hermitage, Lausanne From 25 june to 31 October, the Fondation de l Hermitage in Lausanne will host a major retrospective of the Lucerne painter Hans Emmenegger (1866-1940), the first of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland. Bachelor Photography students from ECAL were invited to create their own responses to Emmenegger s art. From 25 june to 31 October, the Fondation de l Hermitage in Lausanne will host a major retrospective of the Lucerne painter Hans Emmenegger (1866-1940), the first of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland. An artist of great originality in both his choice of subjects and the boldness of his compositions, Emmenegger is now regarded as one of the most important Swiss painters of his day. Bachelor Photography students from ECAL were invited to create their own responses to Emmenegger s art, and their photographs will be on display in various areas of the museum and the park. Students Dominique Bartels, Julie Corday, Jessica Dreier, Diego Fellmann, Florian Hilt, Ludivine Keller, Samara Krähenbühl, Angèle Marignac-Serra, Lisa Mazenauer, Marvin Merkel, Basil Pérot, Yolane Rais, Camille Spiller. Fondation de l Hermitage Route du Signal 2 CH - 1018 Lausanne https://www.fondation-hermitage.ch
Grand Palais Éphémère - Palais Augmenté Co-produced by Fisheye and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Grand Palais, the Palais Augmenté festival takes place inside the Grand Palais Éphémère. Exceptionally, in partnership with ECAL, augmented reality projects will be accessible from this point, on the façade of the Grand Palais Éphémère on 19 and 20 June 2021. At the invitation of the Palais Augmenté Festival, a selection of students from the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design and the Master Photography at ECAL have offered a series of augmented reality projects for the new Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris. By enhancing the perception of the place in real time thanks to the superimposition of visual concepts with eclectic references, the Grand Palais Éphémère is staged in a variety of imaginary futuristic, surrealist and above all playful worlds: futuristic. It becomes a photographic subject with multiple expressions and invites the public to engage via Instagram in an experience that questions the relationship between real and virtual images. 19 and 20 June 2021 Grand Palais Éphémère Avenue Pierre Loti, 75 007 Paris, France www.grandpalais.fr www.palaisaugmente.fr www.fabbula.com
visioncreationnewsound.ch and research project "Phantom Power",04.06.2021 visioncreationnewsound.ch is a new website that documents research on sound and listening carried out within the Bachelor Fine Arts programme at ECAL. It gives access to materials produced during various events/experiments and will be gradually completed by textual material. The site is also designed as an archive in which materials from workshops dating from 2012 and contemporary research are inextricably linked. As part of this platform, the "Phantom Power" research project, which was launched in 2021, is especially highlighted. This project questions the social configurations of aural practices in the context of performances and sound installations. Through the collective study of three public events (the first of which had to be held behind closed doors), the project seeks to account for the ways in which artists and audiences make each other think and agree or disagree on meanings. The website will also present for the first time the original performances by Leif Elggren and Marja-Leena Sillanpää, as well as the discussions that followed between students and philosopher Vinciane Despret on 29 April. It will also feature these same performances performed by students on 30 April in front of Elggren and Sillanpää themselves. "Phantom Power" is supported by the Network of Expertise in Design and Visual Arts (RCDAV) of HES-SO. Visual: Notter + Vigne
AIZI / AI字 / 爱字 Artificial Intelligence-Aided Type Design AIZI research projects is a collaboration between ECAL and EPFL Computer Vision Laboratory. Its aim is to develop an artificial intelligence tool to help the creation of hanzi. The idea is to train an AI to generate glyphs from a small number of ‘seed characters, using Generative Adversarial Network (GAN): two algorithms fighting each other, endlessly attempting to outperform one another. Chinese script is rich of thousands of hanzi, but their construction is, on many point, very logical and systematic. It processes by assembling a limited number of radicals in order to produce new signs. For the designer, a major difficulty is that depending of the surrounding components, the design of the radicals changes, always self-adapting to the context, in order to achieve harmonious forms. A Latin typeface contains a mere 400 to 700 glyphs, on average. Thanks to the alphabetic system, these relatively few characters can spell out every word that exists in a given language. A single style of a Chinese font must contain a minimum of 6,763 commonly used glyphs to be of any use, while typefaces for literary use, for instance, need thousands more. Famous Chinese historical dictionaries contains between 47,000 and 54,000 hanzi (characters), the most complete going to the incredible number of 106,230. Thus, creating a Chinese can only be achieved though long time and team effort. Those two elements are inhibiting creativity. First, it makes type foundries tend to not take risks with their design. Second, it prevent freelance designers (Chinese or not) to design for the script, which volume makes it unattainable. This situation cuts type designers for a script used by 900 million native speakers of Mandarin language, and around 400 million second-language readers. The output of the research project is a database, of the different glyph constructions that exists in Chinese. It currently covers 90,000 hanzi, and will be freely accessible online, as a encouragement for the type design technological scene to develop. The project was also the occasion to think about the role of computer-aided design in the field of typography, its future development, and its application within the field of type design education.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team, Mathieu Salzmann, , Periodjanuary 2020 – june 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationWebsite aizi.ch
Encouragement award 2020 of the City of Renens,26.05–06.06.2021,La Ferme des Tilleuls Pour la 8e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué l été passé le Prix d encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l ECAL. Amanda Puna, Bachelor Design Graphique, et Caroline Perrenoud, Bachelor Photographie, se sont distinguées par la qualité de leurs propositions. PRIX D ENCOURAGEMENT DE LA VILLE DE RENENS 2020 Pour la 8e année consécutive, la Ville de Renens a attribué l été passé le Prix d encouragement à des étudiant·e·s de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne. Amanda Puna, Bachelor Design Graphique, et Caroline Perrenoud, Bachelor Photographie, se sont distinguées par la qualité de leurs propositions. Outre une bourse remise à chacune, la Ville met à la disposition des lauréates un espace d exposition à La Ferme des Tilleuls afin de présenter leur travail artistique commun entamé en 2020: «intra et extra». AMANDA PUNA étudiante en Bachelor Design Graphique, ECAL CAROLINE PERRENOUD étudiante en Bachelor Photographie, ECAL VERNISSAGE LE 26 MAI 2021 À 18H sur inscription à l adresse : lfdt@fermedestilleuls.ch EXPOSITION du 26 mai au 06 juin 2021 HORAIRES Lundi, mardi: Fermé Mercredi – vendredi: 10h-18h Samedi: 12h-18h Dimanche: 11h-18h ADRESSE La Ferme des Tilleuls Rue de Lausanne 52 1020 Renens TELEPHONE 021 603 03 50 https://fermedestilleuls.ch/ https://www.renens.ch/web/accueil.php
Spring workshops: online conferences,03–07.05.2021,Online, Zoom Biannual workshops: a series of online lectures with renowned personalities from the world of art and design On the occasion of ECAL s biannual workshop week for Bachelor students (May 3-7, 2021), we are pleased to share with you a series of online lectures with renowned personalities from the world of art and design (Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography). Monday 3 May from 1pm to 2pm Jessica In – Architect, designer, creative coder, London jessicain.net Workshop BA Media & Interaction Design + BA Graphic Design Laureline Galliot – Designer de produit, peintre 3D, Paris laurelinegalliot.com Workshop BA Industrial Design Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/98368296743 Webinar ID: 983 6829 6743 Tuesday 4 May from 1pm to 2pm John Armleder & Gabriele Garavaglia in conversation – Artists, Geneva + Zurich Workshop BA Fine Arts Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/96523448070 Webinar ID: 965 2344 8070 Wednesday 5 May from 1pm to 2pm Anouk Kruithof – Artist, Brussels anoukkruithof.nl Workshop BA Photography RAUC (Robotics Aesthetics and Usability Center) – developers PATHOS platform, ETH Zürich asl.ethz.ch Workshop BA Media & Interaction Design + BA Graphic Design + BA Industrial Design Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/98244207520 Webinar ID: 982 4420 7520 Wednesday 5 May from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Zach Lieberman – new media artist, New York City zach.li Workshop BA Media & Interaction Design Zoom link: https://ecal-ch.zoom.us/j/91854514740 Webinar ID: 918 5451 4740 ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens Visual: ECAL/Guillaume Pavia & Laura Trummer
Phantom Power - Vinciane Despret, Leif Elggren, Marja-Leena Sillanpää,29.04.2021 Phantom Power - Vinciane Despret, Leif Elggren, Marja-Leena Sillanpäätudents, Sillanpää and Elggren on the re-enactment of Elggren s performance. 29 April – Cinema Studio – ECAL and Stockholm Thinking Together Preamble (for those who want it) by Vinciane Despret present in the Studio Cinema Screening of Marja-Ieena Sillanpää‘s performance, filmed by Erik Pauser Screening of Leif Elggren‘s performance, filmed by Erik Pauser Discussion led by Vinciane Despret with the students present, Sillanpää and Elggren online. ----- 30 April – Cinema Studio – ECAL and Stockholm Practice Together Preparation of the students to re-enact the performances of the day before Re-enactment of Sillanpää s performance by the students Discussion between students, Sillanpää and Elggren about the re-enactment of Sillanpää s performance Re-enactment of Elggren s performance by the students Discussion between the students, Sillanpää and Elggren on the re-enactment of Elggren s performance. https://visioncreationnewsound.ch/
Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne 2021,27.04–01.05.2021 A l occasion de la 4e édition des Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, l ECAL propose une série de masterclasses en ligne de personnalités du Cinéma. (Télécharger programme complet et biographies des invité·e·s) Par ailleurs, les étudiant·e·s en Année Propédeutique (option Cinéma) de l ECAL ont réalisé des films qui présentent plusieurs des intervenant·e·s. Toutes les masterclasses sont diffusées en direct sur : www.facebook.com/rencontres7art Chaine YouTube: Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne - #r7al www.rencontres7art.ch Vincent Perez comédien, réalisateur photographe, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier, réalisateur et responsable du Département Cinéma à l ECAL Mardi 27 avril 2021 à 17 h, en ligne Doria Tillier actrice, scénariste, ParisEn conversation avec Lionel Baier Mercredi 28 avril 2021 à 17 h, en ligne Marthe Keller actrice, metteuse en scène, Paris En conversation avec Jasmin Basic, coordinatrice du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD Jeudi 29 avril 2021 à 17 h, en ligne Bertrand Blier réalisateur, scénariste, écrivain, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier Samedi 1er mai 2021 à 15 h, en ligne Jean Dujardin acteur, humoriste, scénariste, réalisateur, producteur, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier Samedi 1er mai 2021 à 17 h, en ligne
The Sources of Jan Tschichold s The New Typography Jan Tschichold s essay Die neue Typographie (The New Typography, 1928) is a game-changing book, acclaimed as the curtain raiser of modern graphic design. While it takes the form of a critical essay and an operative manual, its sources have been understudied because of their difficult identification. This project aims to reconstruct the body of sources that Tschichold drew on to understand the broader cultural context of the book, through an international conference on its impact and a travelling exhibition. The year 2018 marked the 90th anniversary of the publication of Jan Tschichold s Die neue Typographie (The New Typography). After almost a century, Tschichold s game-changing book, together with the typographic movement that stemmed from it, still attracts the interest and curiosity of graphic design historians and practitioners. The book has entered the historiographical canon and its appeal has not faded. Yet, The New Typography is a victim of its own success: it enjoys the benefits of canonisation, while suffering some side effects. Having reached an almost mythical status, The New Typography is often taken for granted and rarely questioned or closely scrutinised. This paradox is the starting point of the present research project. Jan Tschichold (Leipzig 1902 – Locarno 1974) was a German-born, Swiss-naturalised typographer, type and book designer, teacher, typography theorist and critic. In the 1920s he became one of the leaders of the New Typography movement. His conversion to the Modernist cause was mediated by the Bauhaus lesson. This was learnt first through a visit to the Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar in the summer of 1923, and encouraged in the following years through acquaintance and friendship with key exponents of the Modernist movement such as László Moholy-Nagy and El Lissitzky. With the Nazis rise to power in 1933, Tschichold escaped Germany and took refuge in Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life with the exception of two stays in England, in 1937 and between 1947 and 1949. Published in Berlin in 1928, Tschichold s The New Typography is a manifesto. It follows an earlier statement published in October 1925 in a special issue of the trade magazine Typographische Mitteilungen, entitled “Elementare Typographie.” It was intended as a textbook for graphic designers, printers, typesetters and typographers. The term “New Typography” was first used by László Moholy-Nagy in the Bauhaus exhibition catalogue of 1923. The New Typography, also known as “elementary” or “functional” typography, is the manifestation of Modernism in graphic design and printed communication. Its rules included the privilege for sans-serif typefaces, non-centred page layouts, photography and photomontage, standardised paper sizes, and the active use of white space. After the war, Tschichold gradually distanced himself from the New Typography. He condemned the rigidity of the movement from both a political-moral and a strictly typo- graphical perspective. The research project relies on the hypothesis that, despite being broadly considered a pivotal and game-changing book that paved the way to modern graphic design, The New Typography deserves further and closer scrutiny. Building on the hypothesis that bibliographic sources are among the so-far overlooked and neglected aspects of The New Typography which are waiting to be identified, discussed and contextualised, the research project employs them as a means to open the black box in which Tschichold s book has been kept until now. Once the bibliographical references (books, magazines, grey literature) have been identified, the project investigates what they can tell us about the lineage in which The New Typography was rooted and the kind of discourses and networks it stemmed from. The focus on the sources aims to provide a more complex alternative to the worn-out rhetoric of the “pioneers” of graphic design.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Matthieu Cortat Davide FornariResearch teamChiara Barbieri Martin SøbergPeriodMay 2019 – June 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne HES–SO, Fonds stratégique RCDAVDisseminationWebsite die-neue-bibliographie.ch Conference Jan Tschichold s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes, 26 April 2023, ECAL/École cantonale d art de Lausanne
Exhibition "Glowstone",21.04–07.05.2021,Gallery l elac From 22 April to 7 May 2021 at the Galerie l elac, the exhibition "Glowstone" presents projects by students of the ECAL Master Fine Arts programme, initiated during a workshop organised extramuros at Espace Sébeillon by artist Neïl Beloufa. The students first action upon arriving at the satellite space has been to rename it "Flowstone". As a defining guideline for their proposal, the group then opted for horizontal modes of production in the making of their projects: the founding of collectives, the absence of a unique organizing figure. In the aftermath of the workshop, Flowstone morphed into a space where the production of ongoing projects cohabited with a series of ephemeral performances and shows. "Glowstone" presents an archive of the off campus experience alongside projects launched at Flowstone, at times modified for the context of their current exhibition at Gallery l elac. A variety of projects, often created by at least four hands, can be discovered in the gallery: paintings, sculptures, video installations and sound pieces echo each other - all plunged in a cleverly orchestrated play of light. Students César Axel Aguilar Rodríguez – Djellza Azemi – Lorenzo Benzoni – Tudor Ciurescu – Benjamin Fanni – Simone Nicola Filippo – Luca Frati – Ange-Frédéric Koffi – Peilian Li – Ines Maestre – Julie Magnenat – Valentina Parati – Leonardo Pellicanò – Jodie Rudaz – Christian Schulz – Stefan Tanase – Sunna Margrét Thórisdóttir – Mayara Yamada Dates From 22 April to 7 May 2021, from Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm Galerie l elac Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens Visual: ECAL/César Axel Aguilar Rodríguez
VideoArt Festival Locarno (1980–2001) – Symposium Online,30–31.03.2021,Online, Zoom Fondé par le galeriste Rinaldo Bianda, le VideoArt Festival Locarno constitue un événement pionnier en Europe dans la présentation et la théorisation de l art vidéo. Founded by the art dealer Rinaldo Bianda, the VideoArt Festival Locarno (1980-2001) was a pioneer platform for the presentation of the video art in Europe. Its series of colloquium and round tables organised by theorist and museum director René Berger made it a central platform for the theoretical exploration of the impact of video and, more broadly, of technology, on perception, as well as of the emergence of ‘technoculture and the reorganisation of knowledge. Concluding the research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and based at ECAL, this colloquium seeks to revisit the VideoArt Festival and critically address its history and its role in championing and shaping video and new media art in Europe, through discussions and presentations with its protagonists as well as by experts in the field. Programme Mardi 30 mars 10h-10h15 Introduction François Bovier, Adeena Mey 10h15-11h15 Le laboratoire du VideoArt Festival: 20 ans d anticipation du vingt-et-unième siècle Marco Maria Gazzano 11h30-12h15 Video / Art / Festival: Quel(s) objet(s)? Quel(s) modèle(s)? Maud Pollien 14h-16h Table ronde Lorenzo Bianda, Robert Cahen, Marco Maria Gazzano, Barbara London, Biljana Tomic Mercredi 31 mars 10h-10h45 The Contingencies of Care: On the Conservation of Video and Media Installations Hanna Hölling 10h45-11h30 What s Technology Got to Do with It? Barbara London 11h45-12h30 Vilém Flusser and René Berger: Cybernetics and Video Art in the 1970s Martha Schwendener 14h-15h30 Discussion 15h30-15h45 Conclusion François Bovier, Adeena Mey Traduction simultanée anglais et français disponible / Live translation in English and French available Symposium organisé par / organised by ECAL/François Bovier, Adeena Mey & Maud Pollien, dans le cadre d un projet de recherche soutenu par le Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique / as part of a research project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation www.videoartfestival.ch
Workshops Propédeutique Exposition de travaux d étudiant·e·s à l elac (l espace lausannois d art contemporain) à l occasion d une semaine de workshops en Année Propédeutique. Exposition de travaux d étudiant.e.s à l elac (l espace lausannois d art contemporain) à l occasion d une semaine de workshops en Année Propédeutique.Option Arts VisuelsCaterina de Nicola«Tie Dye» Réflexion et atelier questionnant la production de bannières et de banderoles.Option CinémaCarmen Jaquier«Direction d acteur»Atelier sur le casting, le jeu et la mise en scène.Option Design IndustrielAdrien Rovero«Hands On» Réflexion et développement d un objet mettant en évidence sa fonction de préhension.Option Design GraphiqueGiliane Cachin et Clément Rouzaud«Time Capsule, Symbolic Message for a Brighter Future» Création de systèmes visuels autour du symbole.Option Media & Interaction Design Laura Perrenoud«Beyond the Map» Réinterprétation artistique et algorithmique d un paysage permettant de générer une image sous forme de lignes vectorielles et dessinée avec l Axidraw (plotter à dessin). Option PhotographieBenoît Jeannet«Mécaniques de la réalité construite»Manipulations, détournements et expérimentations autour de la photographie, élaboration d un procédé singulier permettant de produire des images contrariant le réel.Photos© ECAL/Jimmy RachezAffiche© ECAL/Pauline Perret
HERE AND THERE A new educational model for a post-pandemic world The global pandemic has forever changed how we work, learn and play, making virtual communication the primary form of human interaction. Here and There is a new digital pedagogy that enables students to create networked physical interfaces with limited material resources and tools, while being away and stripped from a traditional in-person studio and workshop setting. Initiated during a week-long workshop in Cambridge (USA) in March 2020, it brought together students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design from ECAL and students from MIT s Undergraduate Design Minor and Bachelor of Science in Art and Design programs. During the 2020 spring quarantine, a series of open source software and hardware tools were developed to allow students to build electronic objects from simple and readily available materials. These objects were then dynamically routed and connected to each other to physically augment video chatting and to allow students to extend their virtual reach into each other s tangible spaces. For the first phase of this project, students had to imagine, design and implement two interfaces, whose design and behavior allowed and suggested a new form of communication between two people, in two separate places. Notions of remote presence, simultaneous actions, shared experience and telepresence were explored, fundamentally expanding the ways through which we interact and communicate. Open to other academic institutions and the public at large, we plan to continue improving the software routing interface, the techniques for documentation and sharing prototypes, as well as the remote interfaces that we hope will help foster a more human and connected post-pandemic world. A collaboration between ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and MIT Department of Architecture www.hereandthere.io Tutors Pauline Saglio, Head BA Media and Interaction Design, ECAL Gael Hugo, Interaction Designer, Associate Professor, ECAL Marcelo Coelho, Lecturer, MIT Department of Architecture & Head of Design, Formlabs Teaching assistants Pierry Jaquillard, Ous Abou Ras, Benjamin Hoyle, Thaddeus Lee, David Allen White ECAL students Ivan Chestopaloff, Basil Dénéréaz, Nora Fatehi, Paul Fritz, Sébastien Galera Larios, Rayane Jemaa, Dorian Jovanovic, Lisa Kishtoo, Valentine Leimgruber, Valerio Meschi, Ignacio Pérez, Michael Pica, David Reitenbach, Malik Sobgoui MIT students Violetta Jusiega, Nikodimos Sendek, Leslie Yan, Katie Bacher, Justin Christensen, Ailing Zhang, Hassaam Ali, Teis Jorgensen, Chenlu Wang Hub prototyping and development Alain Bellet, Gaël Hugo Web design and development Pietro Alberti, Clio Hadjigeorgiou, Pierry Jaquillard, Sébastien Matos Images Gianni Camporota Coordination Skylar Tibbits, Associate Professor in Design Research and Design Program Director, MIT Department of Architecture Cécile Vulliemin, Strategic Partnerships - R&D, ECAL Hosted at the MIT International Design Center; supported by the General Board of Higher Education State of Vaud and its Summer University program.
collaboration with EHL On the occasion of a new partnership between ECAL and EHL, the students of the program are currently working on the theme of cheese through three specific situations: the cheese cellar, the trolley and tasting at the table.
Mobile Fan Fans with USB power supply for mobile use, for the Swiss brand Stadler Form. Stadler Form is a Swiss company that produces fans, humidifiers, purifiers and other air treatment devices. For this project, the students in 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design, directed by designer Christian Spiess, had to make a “personal” fan, equipped with a USB power supply for mobile use. They had to think of new scenarios and contexts where a small fan would be useful. They were free to explore different usage scenarios, materials, etc. other than those currently in the Stadler Form catalog. The projects had to meet Stadler Form s high standards of industrial design, but also challenge and question their existing products. Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Agnes Murmann Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Alex Nguyen Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Stéphane Mischler Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Lucie Herter Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Alexandre Desarzens Vidéo ECAL x Stadler Form - Constance Thiessoz