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Phantom Power Phantom Power questions the social configurations of the non-audible narratives of aural practices in performances and public sound installations. How does a performance or an installation acquire substance? How does it come to matter to the people who experience it? And do we account for it? The research project Phantom Power attempts to answer these broad questions by means of a descriptive study of three public performances and sound installations organised at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. Each case has been chosen for the specificity of what the invited artists (Leif Elggren, Arto Lindsay, Marja-leena Sillanpää, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela) call upon: electronic voice phenomena (EVP), the interiority of sound, and transport through sound. All three are the object of an ethnographic approach using original methodology: for each event, one day is devoted to the experience of performances and installations, followed by a discussion between the public and the artists, monitored by guest researchers (Vinciane Despret, Salomé Voegelin and Juliette Volcler). The next day 1st-year BA students in Fine Arts re-enact the performances in front of the artists themselves. In other words, the chosen methodology offers a collective conceptual analysis on the first day and a collective analysis through practice on the second day. This is meant to help produce a field survey account of sound and of the narratives and the relational modes of existence of the works. Phantom Power is a research project initiated by the BA in Visual Arts department at ECAL. It questions the social configurations of the non-audible narratives of aural practices in performances and public sound installations.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) (project leader)Research teamVisiting lecturers Vinciane Despret, Leif Elggren, Arto Lindsay, Marja-leena Sillanpää, Salomé Voegelin, Juliette, Volcler, La Monte Young, Marian ZazeelaPartnersInstitut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts Besançon / Franche-ComtéPeriodfebruary 2021 – january 2023Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPerformance 29 April 2021: Leif Elggren and Marja-leena Sillanpää Exhibitions From 25 November 2021 to 31 January 2022: Dream House by La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela (sound and light environment) May 2022: Parade by Arto Lindsay Talks 29 April 2021: Vinciane Despret, Leif Elggren, Marja-leena Sillanpää and the 1 BA AV students 1 December 2021: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Yung Hee Choi, Salomé Voegelin and the 1 BA AV students (online) 2 December 2021: Branden W. Joseph May 2022: Arto Lindsay, Juliette Volcler and the 1 BA AV students Website visioncreationnewsound.chStudentsECAL 1st-year BA students in Fine Arts (class of 2020-21 and class of 2021-22)
Furniture under pressure The potential of shape memory materials in furniture design. In response to the climatic, technical and aesthetic challenges posed in the field of industrial design by the transportation of goods, the Furniture under pressure project exhaustively investigates the possibilities of flat-packing offered by materials capable of occupying a fraction of their volume and then reconfiguring themselves in one piece, without mechanical assembly. This research-creation focuses on a specific case study, the chair. Over the last decade, the rapid development of new communication technologies has brought consumers and sellers much closer together. Physical sales outlets are constantly decreasing while online sales are increasing. Although still relatively unaffected by this change, furniture sales are no exception. In view of this development, thinking in terms of objects occupying as little space as possible for a time – known as flat-packing or flat-shipping – is of interest in terms of logistics and transport. By favouring an empirical approach to design research, focused on the use of the intrinsic properties of innovative materials rather than on the elaboration of complex mechanisms or assemblies, Furniture under pressure aims to bring to light a type of solution that is radically different from the DIY model of furniture, exemplified by IKEA. Indeed, the aim is to experimentally evaluate the opportunities offered by "smart" materials capable of reconfiguring themselves, under certain conditions, into a state occupying a fraction of their initial volume, and then recovering it, whether due to their natural compressibility (sponges, synthetic foams, rubber), their shape memory properties (metal alloys, polymers) or their ability to fold, whether naturally (fabric, paper) or through engineering work (folding, CNC cutting and milling, 3D printing). Inspired by Gaetano Pesce s famous Up5 armchair, the aim of the Furniture under pressure project is to identify and select a large number of materials with potential for producing a seat that can be transported in a small volume and return to its original shape once unpacked. More advanced and concrete exploration of the characteristics and possibilities of these materials will lead to the identification of at least five concrete candidates for real implementable production, from which prototype seats will be developed and their compression, packaging and expansion tested and documented. The prototypes will have to meet a specific objective: they will have to be able to be delivered in a standard Post Office box and installed in one piece without manual assembly of different parts. At the same time, the knowledge gathered will be shared through an online catalogue presenting the materials studied and their properties, as well as the results of the tests carried out. The inventory will constitute a virtual material library for use by designers.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research Team (researcher) (researcher) (designer-researcher) (designer-researcher) (designer-researcher) Florian Fischbacher (head of communication) (graphic designer) (photographer/videographer) (research assistant)Periodfebruary 2021 – november 2022 Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic Funds HES-SO (RCDAV)Lecturers and researchersJamie Paik Mariana Popescu Skylar TibbitsStudents1st-year MA students in Product Design, ECAL, class of 2020-2021
The Emergence of Video Art in Europe (1960–1980): history, theory, sources and archives. To date, there is no European-wide history of video art. It is this gap that the present research programme proposes to fill. Firstly by gathering data on the artists, the works and the events that enabled the emergence of this new artistic practice in the 1960s, or that were important in its development in the following years in Europe, and by bringing to light specific national conditions of production and distribution. This programme is based on an initial mapping of video art on a European scale undertaken between 2016 and 2020 thanks to the organisation of research seminars at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), the Institut d histoire de l art in Paris (INHA) and ECAL in partnership with the Université Paris 8. This first research programme was jointly funded by the Arts H2-H laboratory of excellence and then ESTHC, with ECAL and the BnF as partners. This indexing should be continued in many other regions with the aim of transnational rewriting. The objective of the research project is twofold. On the one hand, it aims to re-evaluate continental production, to take the measure of its richness and variety, and to identify a European identity – mixed, plural, open, but nevertheless forming a cultural whole – in the practice of video art. On the other hand, the aim is to rewrite the history of this medium on an international scale, counterbalancing the America-centric character of the specialised literature on the subject in order to draw other topographies, which also include Japan or South America, with Europe constituting a node within a wider network. In order to carry out this project to renew the approach to video art, both historiographically and theoretically, we are relying on the network of some fifty national and international specialists, researchers, archive holders, artists, and witnesses that the previous programme enabled us to establish. By questioning the medium of video, the aim is also to contribute to the creation of an archaeology of new media in Europe through a series of publications and an exhibition. Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) Grégoire QuenaultResearch teamSégolène Liautaud Stéphanie SerraPeriodfebruary 2021 – february 2025Supported bySwiss National Science Foundation Agence Nationale de la RechercheDisseminationExhibition ZKM (under discussion) Publication A series of books in English (ECAL/Les presses du réel)PartnersUniversité Paris 8, Saint-Denis Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe
Automated Photography The Automated Photography research project (2019–2021) is conducted by Milo Keller in the framework of the MA in Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It is a continuation of the research project Augmented Photography, equally conducted at ECAL (2016–2017), which aimed to question the mutability of the digital image, transformed both in its physical materiality and in its virtual expression. For the past twenty years, many photographers have been integrating images produced autonomously by machines into their work. We are now witnessing a paradigm shift in the process of creating photography. From photographic capture in the strict sense we move towards practices involving appropriation, automated and computational processes: a phenomenon which reflects a conception of space that is increasingly less built on the equivalence between the human eye and the machine. The Automated Photography research project (2019–2021) is conducted by Milo Keller in the framework of the MA in Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It is a continuation of the research project Augmented Photography, equally conducted at ECAL (2016–2017), which aimed to question the mutability of the digital image, transformed both in its physical materiality and in its virtual expression. Automated Photography focuses on a specific aspect of these changes, which are omnipresent in contemporary visual culture: the automation of capture systems (smartphones, lidar, UAVs, satellites, space probes), the automation of image processing (machine vision analysis, facial recognition), and the increasing automation of image production and post-production (CGI, photogrammetry, artificial intelligence). Automated Photography has a dual objective. On the one hand, it plans to develop a critical theory of the automated image, in order to confront the students of the MA in Photography with its multiple implications (social, political, technical and aesthetic). On the other hand, it proposes to respond to the profound changes in the photographic profession, which must constantly adapt to technological developments. By combining an analytical and a theoretical perspective with considerations resulting from the practical experiences with these technical devices, the project aims to take advantage of the crossroads of these different fields. The synthesis is based on a practical process by applying these technologies, on an aesthetic outlook by analysing the visual qualities of these devices and their creative potential, and on a theoretical approach by assessing the practical results in their cultural, social and political context.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (researcher) (researcher) (research assistant) (research assistant) (graphic designer)Visiting lecturersMarco de Mutiis Simone C. Niquille François Zajega Kurt Caviezel Lauren MoffattStudents, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Periodseptember 2019 – february 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublication Milo Keller, Claus Gunti, Florian Amoser (eds.), Automated Photography, Lausanne: ECAL / London: Mörel Books, 2021 (with contributions by Morehshin Allahyari, Nora Al-Badri, Ariel Caine, Alan Butler, Paolo Cirio, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Lauren Huret, Lisa Messeri, Fabien Siouffi, Jules Spinatsch, Jon Uriarte, Alan Warburton), Website automated-photography.ch/
Photography exhibition in the Mont-sur-Lausanne,28.01–15.04.2021,Le Mont-sur-Lausanne The Service de la jeunesse et des loisirs from the Mont-sur-Lausanne has imagined the outdoor exhibition "Etre autrement" in the form of a cultural walk. It consists of fifteen large-format photographs taken during the confinement period by students of the ECAL Bachelor Photography. Until April 15, 2021, the Service de la jeunesse et des loisirs from the Mont-sur-Lausanne has imagined the outdoor exhibition "Etre autrement" in the form of a cultural walk. It consists of fifteen large-format photographs taken during the confinement period by students of the ECAL Bachelor Photography.Download visit planCarried out during the period when public facilities were closed and freedom of movement was restricted due to concerns about the pandemic, this work demonstrates a particular form of inventiveness. Locked up in their apartments, alone or sometimes in shared apartments, the photographers often had only themselves as a model and had to deal with their domestic environment in order to conceive a project. If loneliness or boredom can be feel here and there, these images reflect above all the power of imagination. Produced and installed by a local printer, the works are laid out on a route that can be walked in about fifty minutes, offering visitors a cultural outing without health risks and opening up an open-air gallery for the photographers.Enjoy the walk!Departure of the walkCollege def CrétalaisonRoute de Lausanne 18Le Mont-sur-Lausanne
Hans Emmeneger - Fondation de l Hermitage During the retrospective organized by the Hermitage Foundation, photography students from ECAL/École cantonale d art de Lausanne pay tribute to this little-known artist. Without having seen his works beforehand, they explore his universe through the analysis of reproductions and some biographical elements. Throughout the semester, students delve into the mysteries of Emmenegger s work, pondering what his paintings could reveal under an X-ray scanner or how he would have used photography if given the opportunity. They employ contemporary techniques such as analog and digital photography, video, and 3D software to offer personal and poetic interpretations of his work. Their creations, presented as part of the retrospective, provide fresh perspectives on Emmenegger s oeuvre and invite viewers to discover this mysterious artist through the eyes of ECAL students. Exhibition at the Fondation de l Hermitage, Lausanne June 25 to October 31, 2021
Collaboration with La Prairie – 2020 As part of the partnership with ECAL, Swiss Luxury House La Prairie has collaborated with students of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship programme, under the creative leadership of Sabine Marcelis , designer and winner of Wallpaper* Magazine s 2020 Designer of the Year award. As part of the partnership with ECAL, Swiss Luxury House La Prairie has collaborated with students of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship programme, under the creative leadership of Sabine Marcelis, designer and winner of Wallpaper* Magazine s 2020 Designer of the Year award.Gal Bulka from Israel, Paula Chacartegui from Spain, Chia-Ling Chang from Taiwan, Apolline Morel-Lab from France, Fernando Rivero from Mexico, and Charlotte Therre from Switzerland distinguished themselves as part of this collaboration with La Prairie. They were invited to design an object of design that expresses the brand s vision of Swissness – the purity, precision and timelessness inherent to the land of the house s origins. Using materials native to Switzerland, each student expressed a unique interpretation that captures the imagination. Collectively, their works embody an unmistakable Swiss aesthetic and, as citizens of the world, they bring a singular perspective to the notion of Swissness.The result is a combination of sculptural, kinetic, interactive and time-infused works that express diverse and creative interpretations of Swiss aesthetics. The works tell an emotional, immersive story through these installations.The six students and their works will be featured in an Instagram exhibition hosted on La Prairie s page from Thursday 21 January 2021.The winning student will receive a grant from La Prairie to use towards launching their design career. The winning piece will be selected by two parties: by a jury composed of design experts from ECAL and La Prairie and a call for votes from the public over Instagram. The final result will be announced on Monday 25 January 2021.
Excentrique – 2021 Content produced during a course given by Alain Bellet to the 2nd year students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design. Boot.leg ECAL/ Boot.leg moves away from music streaming services and focuses more on sharing and creating custom playlists. RAM ECAL/ RAM is an application that hijacks Instagram in order to limit the flow of images we consume. The feed is replaced by textual content describing the images it hides in order to offer the user neutral and rational content, further stimulating the mind and spirit. “Random Access Memory” also makes it possible to limit data consumption in order to awaken consciousness by playing between the anthropomorphisation of digital and human memory. Musique Publique ECAL/ Musique Publique proposes a new place of listening and musical discovery on the internet where the experience is directly inspired by the feelings of a record store. Wordproof ECAL/ Wordproof is a social network that allows you to connect with people by discussing their interests. To encourage the user to consume articles, they are given words that they can use in their discussions after reading the specific article.
Extra – 2020 A one week workshop with Cyril Diagne where students were asked to question the browser and its use, to change the experience of the web thanks to chrome extensions. Trace ECAL/ TRACE is a Chrome extension that lets you visualize your path through images on the web. An alternative to the classical browsing history and a simple project mixing graphic design and data visualization. History Bubble ECAL/ History Bubble, a Chrome extension helping you visualize your browsing history on a day-to-day basis. Chrome Pollution ECAL/ Chrome Pollution allows you to see the invisible working with real time air quality data. iEye ECAL/ iEye is the best add-on for your browser in this decade. Switch tabs, scroll down, interact with your browser… just with your face. This Chrome extension uses ml5.js for facetracking. Rekt Animation ECAL/ “Website Animations suck” With the Chrome extension “Rekt Animation”, remove any pointless and invasive animation on any website.
Enabled by Design Enabled by Design is a joint research project between EPFL and ECAL, funded by Gebert Rüf Stiftung, which aims to foster collaboration between young entrepreneurs involved in technological projects and designers. Over recent years, EPFL has identified a genuine need for design expertise to successfully transform laboratory technologies into products that are available to users. Design is now a crucial resource in innovatory projects because of its user focus, strategic vision, iterative methodology and creativity. Collaboration with designers offers added value to products/services and allows the young entrepreneurs to reduce uncertainty, validate market opportunities and communicate a coherent and persuasive message to potential customers and investors. The research team has created a web-based platform to create links between entrepreneurs and designers seeking to collaborate on technological projects. The platform offers different design missions (UX/UI, industrial design, graphic design, video, animation and photography), displays the findings from a variety of collaborative projects and provides a series of tools and articles to facilitate collaboration. There is currently a design center within the EPFL Startup Unit which offers this service to start ups on an ongoing basis and seeks to transform emerging technologies into usable products.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) (project leader)Research teamIsabel Casado PartnerEPFL/Federal Polytechnic University of Lausanne, Enable programmePeriodmarch 2019 – december 2020Supported byECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Gebert Rüf StiftungDisseminationPublication medium.com/enabled-by-design Website enabledbydesign.ch Press N.a., Supporting entrepreneurs from lab to market, in Startupticker.ch, 6 September 2019 Tiago Peres, How to build a good prototype, in Technologist.eu, 2 January 2019
Yoann Douillet – Meditation Robotics Meditation Robotics is an EPFL+ECAL Lab research project in collaboration with EPFL s Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience. It aims to assist meditation practices through multimodal sensorial support. It combines audio content with haptic inputs such as dynamic pressure, vibrations and temperature patterns. The general purpose of the project is to define to what extent a user is able to interact with an interface during a multimodal meditative experience and to specify the most suitable interface according to the user s meditation experience.
Philipp Klak – wasserturm() Mention Bien Randomness is a crucial quality in artistic practice. This project addresses the issue of the extent to which machines can help further enhance and overcome the human aspect by programming an image and randomly generating unlimited variations of the same scene and the same type of object. During my time at ECAL I developed an interest in studying hidden processes and structures. For this project, and in reference to the history of photography and in particular to the Bechers typologies, I randomly generated images with the help of a fully automated system. Mention BienRandomness is a crucial quality in artistic practice. This project addresses the issue of the extent to which machines can help further enhance and overcome the human aspect by programming an image and randomly generating unlimited variations of the same scene and the same type of object. During my time at ECAL I developed an interest in studying hidden processes and structures. For this project, and in reference to the history of photography and in particular to the Bechers typologies, I randomly generated images with the help of a fully automated system.
Bruno Adrien Aguirre – The Guardian Nowadays, the majority of museums use traditional chairs for their supervisors. “The Guardian” is a chair resulting from observations and reflections on this job that I performed alongside my studies at ECAL. The aim was to meet a series of criteria that include the requirements of the job, the user (the supervisor) and the museum context. “The Guardian” is a chair designed with proportions adjusted to its use and environment.
Fanny Reynaud – Nebraska (photography) The movie tells two stories that temporalities each other ultimately : the encounter between a Swiss farmer and a Portuguese traveler, and a cow s pregnancy. Fiction / 20 min Synopsis Lost in the mountains, surrounded by his cows, André works hard on the farm. His daily life suddenly takes a new turn when he meets Rafaele, a passing man who speaks Portuguese. Not sharing the same language, the two men try to communicate by means other than speech. The illness of one of the cows, Nebraska, and the impending birth of her calf, unites them by a common sensitivity. Comment My major is Filming at ECAL s Film Studies Department and my graduation project therefore consisted of being director of photography for a film made by one of my fellow students, Lou-Théa Papaloïzos, and monitoring its production from the early days of preparing the film all the way to grading. The film in question tells the story of André, a farmer who raises Swiss cows, and Rafaele, a young Portuguese man crossing Switzerland to join his brother in Germany. The film subtly exposes the attraction that the two men feel for each other, bathed in the gentleness of the animal world. Fanny Reynaud
"Offline" Magazine n°10 and new dedicated website,26.11.2020,www.offline-online.ch On the occasion of the publication of its tenth issue, the magazine "Offline", entirely produced by ECAL students, now also offers you an online rendez-vous thanks to its double digital format. offline-online.ch thus offers you a selection of interviews, dossiers and portfolios, allowing you to (re)discover the best of what has been produced within the framework of the magazine. offline-online.ch allows you to consult the content according to your interests via an index and a search tool that will help you to probe the themes in a targeted manner. offline-online.ch also gives you the opportunity to browse through the first ten issues at a glance and go to ecal-shop.ch where you can order the copies you are missing to complete your collection. Enjoy your reading!
Award Ceremony of the Innovation by Design Challenge 2020,17.11.2020,Online As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, the City of Renens, ECAL, EPFL, Innovaud, HEIG-VD and Ateliers de Renens are pleased to invite you, on Tuesday 17 November 2020, to the Innovation by Design Challenge Award in order to celebrate design and innovation. As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, the City of Renens, ECAL, EPFL, Innovaud, HEIG-VD and Ateliers de Renens are pleased to invite you, on Tuesday 17 November 2020, to the Innovation by Design Challenge Award in order to celebrate design and innovation. This year, the event will be online and a link will be sent to you after your registration. 6.30 pm: Opening of the challenge and welcome by the Syndic Jean-François Clément 6:40 pm: Testimony of Félix Burnand, founder of La Fraîche, designer of autonomous micro farms, and participant in the 2017 edition of the Innovation by Design Challenge: www.la-fraiche.ch 6:50 pm: Pitch of the different projects selected and public vote 7:15 pm: "The role of design in Logitech s growth" - Presentation by Malachy Spollen, Senior Director of Design and head of the Future.Sooner design team at Logitech 7:40 pm: Awards Ceremony 7:45 pm: Closing of the 2020 edition and online networking Please send us your registration by Tuesday 10 November 2020: www.renens.ch/inscription or by telephone on 021 632 71 05.
Public Award in Hyères for Oubadah Nouktah Congratulations to Oubadah Nouktah, a graduate of the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship, who won the Audience Award in the Fashion Accessories category at the 35th International Fashion, Photography and Accessories Festival at the Villa Noailles, Hyères ECAL also had three other former graduates who were finalists in this category (Joanne Guiraud - Jil Jander - Giulia Chéhab) as well as two in the Photography category (Laurence Kubski - Alina Frieske)
Emerige Award to Loucia Carlier Congratulations to Loucia Carlier, a BA and MA in Fine Arts graduate from ECAL, who won the 7th Emerige Revelations Scholarship This scholarship offers her a workshop and professional support for one year, as well as 15,000 euros to produce her first solo exhibition at the Art Concept Gallery, Paris. The Emerige Revelations Scholarship is a programme aimed to support the young French scene in partnership with an internationally renowned gallery. Each year, after a selection process lasting several months, 12 artists are chosen to exhibit collectively under the curatorship of Gaël Charbau. The finalists as well as Loucia are exhibited until November 14th at the Villa Emerige, 7 rue Robert Turquan, 75016 Paris. Also read the article in Madame Figaro: https://madame.lefigaro.fr/.../je-naurais-pas-mise-sur-moi-a-.../je-naurais-pas-mise-sur-moi-a-.... http://revelations-emerige.com/edition-en-cours/
Norm – It s Not Complicated,13.10–18.12.2020,Gallery l elac, Renens After the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, ECAL is hosting the exhibition "It s Not Complicated" by the renowned Zurich graphic design agency Norm. Based on their latest book "Dimension of Two", Dimitri Bruni, Manuel Krebs and Ludovic Varone present for their first museum exhibition an examination of the most fundamental elements and principles of graphic design and assure that "It s Not Complicated". It s up to you to judge on the spot! The exhibition is only open on demand (also during the Design Days) from 5 to 14 November) to: antoine.vauthey@ecal.ch Visit for a maximum of 5 people at the same time. No visit during weekends. Thank you for your understanding! Opening Tuesday 13 October 2020, from 6 to 8 p.m. Dates From 14 October to 18 December 2020, The vernissage and exhibition will take place according to the sanitary standards in force. Gallery l elac Avenue du Temple 5 CH-1020 Renens www.norm.to
Leenaards scholarships: three graduates rewarded The Leenaards Foundation has awarded its 2020 cultural grants The ECAL was doubly honoured with two of the eight scholarships awarded to two of its alumni: Shirin Yousefi, a graduate of the Bachelor and Master Fine Arts, and Giliane Cachin, a graduate of the Bachelor Graphic Design, each received a scholarship of CHF 50,000 Presentation film of Shirin Yousefi Presentation film of Giliane Cachin In addition, Jean-Stéphane Bron, a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema, was awarded the Cultural Prize 2020, endowed with CHF 30,000. Self-portrait of Jean-Stéphane Bron Finally, the work of Pierre Keller, director of the ECAL from 1995 to 2011, was honoured with a posthumous Cultural Prize of CHF 30,000. This sum will be used to finance the Pierre Keller Prize, which has been awarded since September 2020 to an ECAL graduate whose work is distinguished by a particularly committed character (first laureate: Tara Ulmann, Bachelor Photography). Presentation film on Pierre Keller, directed by Stéphanie Serra and Bruno Deville. https://www.leenaards.ch/culture/bourses-culturelles/
Awards & Grants 2020 Awards and Grants – 2020 Graduates PROMOTIONS BACHELOR - Prix 2020 Bourses Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux – CHF 10 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant-e-s sur le point d accomplir leur année de diplôme. Le choix a été effectué en fonction de leur talent et de leur sens de la créativité. Remises par Mme Diane Redard, secrétaire Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux Valentine Leimgruber (CH) 2MID – CHF 10 000.- Peilian Li (CN) AV – CHF 10 000.- Prix Pierre Keller – CHF 5 000.- En mémoire de Pierre Keller, directeur de l ECAL de 1995 à 2011. Un prix décerné pour un travail de diplôme particulièrement engagé. Remis par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos,directeur de l ECAL Tara Ulmann (CH) PH – CHF 5 000.- Prix Fondation USM – CHF 5 000.-et CHF 20 000.- Un prix d encouragement à l innovation qui récompense des projets d étudiant-e-s diplômé-e-s en Design Industriel Remis par Mme Susanne Friedli, en représentation de la Fondation USM et M. Manojlo Jelic, USM Sales Manager de la Suisse Romande Projet Bambino CHF 5 000.-: Bérengère Bussioz (FR) DI Clémence Buytaert (FR) DI Projet Infinity CHF 20 000.-: Martin Stricker (CH) DI Theo Luvisotto (CH) DI Résidence swissnex San Francisco MID Award En collaboration avec swissnex San Francisco et soutenue par la DGES, résidence attribuée à un-e lauréat-e diplômé-e en Bachelor MID, qui soutient le développement du travail de diplôme, notamment à travers un programme de mentorat et un séjour professionnel à San Francisco(USA). Remis par Mme Chantal Ostorero, directrice générale de l enseignement supérieur Maya Bellier (FR) MID Bourses Fondation Walter + Eve Kent - CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant-e-s particulièrement talentueux-euses dans le domaine de la peinture et de la sculpture. Remises par M. Alexis Georgacopoulos, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Walter + Eve Kent Laetitia Khiara (CH) 2AV – CHF 5 000.- Iacopo Spini (IT) 2AV – CHF 5 000.- Prix La Foncière – CHF 3 000.- Un prix décerné par la Foncière, un fonds de placement immobilier, à un-eétudiant-e méritant-e pour le travail accompli durant l année en Photo. Remis par M. Arnaud de Jamblinne, directeur général à la Foncière Margot Sparkes (CH) PH – CHF 3 000.- Prix d excellence du domaine Design et Arts Visuels de la HES-SO - CHF 2 500.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e de l ECAL qui s est distingué-e par l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Remis par M. René Graf, Vice-recteur Enseignement de la HES-SO Kylan Luginbühl (CH) MID – CHF 2 500.- Prix Ernest Manganel – CHF 2 000.-x3 Un prix décerné par le jury de la Fondation Ernest Manganel à des étudiant-e-s diplômé-e-s en Arts Visuels, pour récompenser la pertinence de leurs recherches et la qualité très professionnelle de leur travail de diplôme. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, membre du Conseil de la Fondation Manganel Djellza Azemi (CH) AV – 2 000.- Romane de Watteville (CH) AV - 2 000.- Christian Schulz (CH) AV – 2 000.- Prix de la Ville de Renens - CHF 2 000.- x2 Deux prix d encouragement décernés à des étudiant-e-s en 2e année Bachelor Communication Visuelle qui se sont distingué-e-s par la qualité de leur travail. La possibilité est offerte aux lauréat-e-s d exposer leur travail dans un lieu de Renens. Remis par M. Jean-François Clément, Syndic de la Ville de Renens Caroline Perrenoud (CH) 2CVph – CHF 2 000.- Amanda Puna CVdg (CH) – CHF 2 000.- Prix Eyes On Talents - CHF 2 000.- Un prix décerné par l agence Eyes On Talents basée à Paris à un-e étudiant-e en Design Industriel. Ce prix récompense un projet de design au fort potentiel de production et commercialisation. Le-la lauréat-e bénéficiera également d un accompagnement et suivi médiatique dédié. M. Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Responsable Bachelor Design Industriel au nom de l agence Eyes on Talents Martin Stricker (CH) DI – CHF 2 000.- Prix BG Ingénieurs Conseils - CHF 1 500.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e auteur-e d un projet s inscrivant dans la prise en compte du développement durable, notamment par ses aspects économiques, environnementaux et sociaux. Remis par Mme Denise Gomes chargée de la communication de la société BG Ingénieurs Conseils Aurore Péry (CH) DG – CHF 1 500.- Prix Group Roca/Laufen - CHF 1 000.-x2 Pour l originalité et le caractère des projets développés dans le cadre de leur diplôme, le groupe ROCA/Laufen décerne deux bourses de CHF 1 000.- Remis par M. Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, responsable du Bachelor Design Industriel François Lafortune (FR) DI – CHF 1 000.- Emilie Stoll (FR) DI – CHF1 000.- Prix METAA - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué-e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Mme Joelle Aeschlimann, présidente de METAA : Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association Aurélien Pellegrini (CH) MID – CHF 1 000.- Prix Profot (Trépieds photo) Un prix destiné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Bachelor Photographie qui a réalisé un excellent travail de diplôme. Remis par Milo Keller au nom de Pro Studio et Digital Imaging Profot en Suisse romande Anouk Maupu (FR) PH - Trépieds Photo Prix du Risque - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e particulièrement talentueux-euse dans le domaine des Arts Visuels. Remis par M. Stéphane Kropf, responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels Dac Hanh Nguyen (CH) AV – CHF 1 000.- Prix BCV - CHF 1 000.- Un prix decerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Design Graphique qui s est distingué-e par la qualité d ensemble de son travail. Remis par M. Angelo Benedetto, responsable du Bachelor Design Graphique Lou Rais (CH) DG – CHF 1 000.- Prix Visarte Vaud - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décernéà un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e en Arts Visuels qui s est distingué-e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Mme Patricia Glave, vice-présidente de Visarte Vaud Christian Schulz (CH) AV – CHF 1 000.- Prix de l ECAL - CHF 1 000.- x3 Un prix décerné à des étudiant-e-s diplômé-e-s qui se sont distingué-e-s par l excellence de leur travail tout au long de leur cursus à l ECAL. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Thibault Villard( CH) CI – CHF 1 000.- Evan Kelly (CH) MID – CHF 1 000.- Niki Paltenghi (CH) DG – CHF 1 000.- Prix EXECAL - CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un-e étudiant-e diplômé-e qui s est distingué-e par la qualité de son mémoire de Bachelor. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, Présidente EXECAL Bérengère Bussioz (FR) DI – CHF 1 000.- Prix de l Année Propédeutique - CHF 1 000.- x2 Un prix décerné à deux étudiant-e-s de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL qui se sont distingué-e-s par l excellence de leur travail et qui ont obtenu les meilleurs résultats de leur volée. Remis par M. David Monnet, responsable de l Année Propédeutique Lea Sblandano (CH) PPph – CHF 1 000.- Antony Gallay (CH) PPdi – CHF 1 000.- PROMOTIONS MASTER - Prix 2020 Scholarship Baccarini Foundation,in memory of Pierre Keller – CHF 10 000.- A scholarship awarded to a deserving student to support the continuation of his/her studies at the ECAL, in memory of Pierre Keller, member of the Baccarini Foundation and Director of the ECAL from 1995 to 2011. Presented by Mrs Rita Rielle, Mr Yann Hess and Mr Blaise Hofmann, members of Baccarini Foundation Nicolas Bernklau (DE) TD – CHF 10 000 De Bethune Award – CHF 6 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship for the quality of his/her work. Presented by Mr Pierre Jacques, CEO at De Bethune Charlotte Therre (CH) MAS DLC – CHF 6 000.- Scholarship Walter + Eve Kent Foundation -CHF 5 000.- x2 Two scholarships awarded to particularly talented students in the fields of painting and sculpture, to support the continuation of his or her studies at ECAL Presented by Mr Alexis Georgacopoulos, board member of Walter + Eve Kent Foundation Cesar Axel Aguilar Rodriguez (MX) 1AV– CHF 5 000.- Jodie Rudaz (CH) 1AV– CHF 5 000.- Award for excellence in the field of Design and Visual Arts of HES-SO - CHF 2 500.- A prize awarded to an ECAL student who has distinguished himself/herself by the excellence of his/her diploma work. Presented by Mr René Graf, Vice-rector of Education at HES-SO Raphaël Meyer (CH) CI – CHF1 250.- Malou Briand (FR) CI – CHF 1 250.- BG Ingénieurs Conseils Award - CHF 1 500.- A prize awarded to a graduate student, author of a project that takes into account sustainable development, in particular its economic, environmental and social aspects. Presented by Mrs Denise Gomes in charge of communication at BG Ingénieurs Conseils company Yu-Ying Wu (TW) DP – CHF1 500.- David Rust Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded by In Rust We Trust to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her typographic work. The winner is offered the opportunity to publish a visual that will be used to collect donations for the Design against Canceraction (led by the association). Presented by Mr Angelo Benedetto, founding member of the association in Rust We Trust Benoît Brun (FR) TD – CHF 1 000.- Prix Jacqueline Veuve - CHF1 000.- A prize awarded to a student in Cinema who has distinguished herself during the year by the quality of her achievements or technical work. Presented by Mrs Rachel Noël, Bachelor Cinema Coordinator Ketsia Stocker (Master, production) by Europa CI – CHF 1 000.- Prix Elinchrom (voucher CHF500.- voucher CHF 1 000.-) A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master s degree in Photography who has carried out an excellent diploma project. Presented by Mr Thomas Beinke, Team Leader Sales & Marketing of Elinchrom Alessia Gunawan (IT) PH – voucher CHF 500.- Robin Bervini (CH) PH – voucher CHF 1 000.- BCV Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a Master s degree student in Product Design who has distinguished himself/herself by the overall quality of his or her diploma work. Presented by Mr Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Design Fabien Roy (CH) DP – CHF 1 000.- ECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- x2 A prize awarded to graduate students who have distinguished themselves by the excellence of their work throughout their studies at ECAL. Presented by Mrs Jasmin Basic, Master Cinema Coordinator Vuk Vukmanovic (RS) CI – CHF 1 000.- Johanna Hullàr (HU) PH – CHF 1 000.- EXECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student who has distinguished himself/herself by the quality of his/her Master s thesis. Presented by Mrs Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary Sophie Wietlisbach (CH) TD – CHF 1 000.- Abréviations: AV: Arts Visuels CI: Cinéma DI: Design Industriel DG: Design Graphique DP: Design de Produit MAS DLC: Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship MID: Media & Interaction Design PH: Photographie TD: Type Design
Niki Paltenghi – CSX369 “CSX369” features research on the potential of variable fonts in the ASCII technique. A technical quality is identified – that of precise quantification between two instances – and used for colour mixing through typography. Letters are tripled in the same position and each one has a primary colour. Their interspersed variations create secondary, tertiary, etc. hues. The system is implemented with an image processing tool. The research is presented with a specimen and some posters. Prix de l ECAL
From Video Art to New Media: The Case of the Locarno VideoArt Festival (1980-2001) This research project looks into the shift from video art to new media, taking a major but little-studied event, the Locarno VideoArt Festival (1980-2001), as a case study: a pioneering space for broadcasting video art in Europe and a place for exploring electronic art which took place every year from 1980 to 2001 on Monte Verità. The analysis of the festival s archives and the creation of an exhibition of the works presented there highlight its pioneering role for those who wish to explore the history of information and communications theory. This research project seeks to refresh our understanding of video art and serves a dual purpose: as a piece of curatorial research to test the hypothesis that video art is characterised by its interactive quality, and a systematic enquiry into the nature and function of video art and new media. The research work spreading out over a three-year period combines tools developed in information and communications science with contributions from the history of video and electronic art, as well as contemporary art theory, curatorial studies, aesthetics and critical theory. As a result the project re-evaluates the place of Switzerland and Europe in the international video art network. Additionally, the previously unpublished festival s archives, the audio-visual documentation of the seminars and our recorded interviews with the festival s major artists are published on the project s dedicated website. The curatorial project, which takes place at the Elisarion in Minusio, is centred around the idea of a virtualisation of video art through computer-generated images and the internet. The core ideas behind the research are thus combined with the exhibition medium in order to assess their coherence.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research teamDr Adeena Mey (researcher) Maud Pollien (researcher) Cédric Fluckiger (assistant)Visiting lecturersLorenzo Bianda Marco Maria Gazzano Guest artists Lorenzo Bianda Robert Cahen Francesco Mariotti Francisco MeirinoPartnersClaudio Berger, Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, Minusio Elio Schenini, MASI – Museo d arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano Nicole Schweizer, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne Samuel Gross, Istituto Svizzero, Rome Marco Maria Gazzano, Università Roma Tre, Rome Grégoire Quenault, Alain Carou, Labex project, Université Paris 8 and the French National Library, Emergence of video art in EuropePeriodOctober 2017 – September 2020Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, MinusioDisseminationPublication Francois Bovier and Adeena Mey (eds.), VideoArt Festival Locarno: a Prospective, Lausanne: ECAL / Minusio: Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, 2019. Exhibition VideoArt Festival Locarno: a Prospective
Four awards for graduates at the Locarno Film Festival At the end of the Locarno Film Festival, which this year offered a hybrid edition with both in-theatre and online content, ECAL graduates enjoyed great success with four awards SRG SSR Award A television promotion campaign for a Swiss project worth CHF 100,000 that guarantees a nationwide advertising campaign on the occasion of the theatrical release in Switzerland LUX by Raphaël Dubach (BA Cinema graduate) and Mateo Ybarra, Switzerland Pardino d argent Swiss Life for a Swiss short film (CHF 5,000) TROU NOIR (Black Hole) by Tristan Aymon (BA Cinema graduate), Switzerland Cinema&Gioventù - Prize for the best Swiss project (3 000 CHF) AZOR by Andreas Fontana (MA Cinema ECAL/HEAD graduate), Switzerland/France/Argentina Cinema&Gioventù - Prize for the best Swiss short film (1 500 CHF) TROU NOIR (Black Hole) by Tristan Aymon (BA Cinema graduate), Switzerland https://www.locarnofestival.ch/L.../locarno-2020/palmares.html.../locarno-2020/palmares.html
«Heidi en Chine», une affaire de famille Diplômé de l ECAL en 2002 Après deux documentaires remarqués ( Le Mariage en Afrique et Des Bleus dans la police ), il décidait en 2009 de filmer l installation en Chine d une famille fribourgeoise, restant sagement derrière sa caméra, en observateur, comme pour éviter de devoir affronter lui-même cette immersion dans un pays dont il est, qu il le veuille ou non, issu. C est alors, pour la première fois, qu il a ressenti le besoin de partir à la découverte de ses racines. Car ne dit-on pas qu il est impossible de savoir où l on va si on ne sait pas d où l on vient? Diplômé de l ECAL en 2002Après deux documentaires remarqués (Le Mariage en Afrique et Des Bleus dans la police), il décidait en 2009 de filmer l installation en Chine d une famille fribourgeoise, restant sagement derrière sa caméra, en observateur, comme pour éviter de devoir affronter lui-même cette immersion dans un pays dont il est, qu il le veuille ou non, issu. C est alors, pour la première fois, qu il a ressenti le besoin de partir à la découverte de ses racines. Car ne dit-on pas qu il est impossible de savoir où l on va si on ne sait pas d où l on vient?
Master Fine Arts won the Shizuko Yoshikawa Award 2020 Congratulations to Lorenza Longhi, a graduate of the ECAL Master Fine Arts, who has been awarded with the Shizuko Yoshikawa Prize, given every two years by the Shizuko Yoshikawa and Josef Müller Brockmann Foundation This prize, endowed with CHF 25,000, is aimed at young women artists and aims to facilitate the start of their artistic career. www.lorenzalonghi.biz https://syjmb.foundation
"Thek it and Hang it" installation,02.06.2020–18.04.2021,Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy As part of the exhibition "Le temps et moi" at the Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy, "Thek it and Hang it" installation created at the instigation of artist Miriam Laura Leonardi. Installation created at the instigation of artist Miriam Laura Leonardi by Djellza Azemi, Ana-Francesca Balan, Tudor Ciurescu, Peilian Li, Cyane Findji, Ernest Gachet, Tennessee MacDougall, Christian Schulz and Stefan Tanase, students from the Bachelor Fine Arts at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. As part of the exhibition "Le temps et moi" at the Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy, from 2 June 2020 to 18 April 2021. Inspired by the notions of time and memory, the American artist Paul Thek (born in Brooklyn, 1933 - 1988) proposed to its students to design "something to put over a child s bed". A group from ECAL took up the same topic to imagine and create this installation. The time here is upside down: a cradle has been dismantled, its bars soaked in wax, then sunk one s teeth into, before being put back together as a mobile. Common in children s rooms, especially above cribs, mobiles entertain infants and stimulate their sight. The bed protecting the child here becomes a fragile distraction, suspended in the room covered with soft carpet topped with blue. On the floor, the night light is a bulb covered by hair. And by way of a lullaby, you can get carried away by a poem more disturbing than soothing in the earphone... Thanks to Philippe Decrauzat, Stéphane Kropf, Charly Mirambeau, Gina Proenza and Paul Thek as well as the Roman Museum team. Dates and times From 2 June 2020 to 18 April 2021 Normal: 11:00-18:00 Closed on Mondays, except July-August and public holidays. Closed on 24, 25, 31 December and 1st January. Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy Chemin du Bois-de-Vaux 24 1007 Lausanne Website Image ECAL/Jimmy Rachez
Motion Design - Animated poster – 2020 Selection of animated sequences made during a 3D course directed by Benjamin Muzzin. The students were inspired by a painting and transcribed it into three different scenes. This video showcases a selection of animated posters created during an intensive workshop week by students in Graphic Design and Media & Interaction Design. The goal of the workshop was to design the upcoming announcement posters for ECAL s future workshops. By exploring the possibilities of motion design, the students developed dynamic visual identities tailored to the school s various communication formats. These creations reflect their creativity, technical skills, and ability to engage audiences through a contemporary visual language.
Objects with Love,10.03–03.07.2020,Gallery l elac, Renens Awarded with the 2019 Swiss Design Grand Prix, journalist and stylist Connie Hüsser has always been fascinated by young talents and design. She loves the handmade, the colourful and the unexpected. She carefully brings these objects together in a presentation made with unrestrained fantasy. After the 2018 Interior Biennial in Kortrijk (BE) and Design Miami / Basel 2019, Connie Hüsser presents at the Gallery l elac an evolving selection of projects created by international and contemporary designers. UPDATE: Reopening from 10 June – until 3 July ---- ECAL has decided to exceptionally extend the opening of the exhibition "Objects with Love" by Connie Hüsser, which was closed prematurely due to the measures related to COVID-19. The exhibition will thus be open from 10 June to 3 July at Gallery l elac. HD IMAGES Atelier Polyhedre, Dimitri Bähler, Yasmin Bawa, BNAG, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Harvey Bouterse, Tobias Brunner, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, De Intuïtiefabriek, Earnest Studio, Hilda Hellström, Jochen Holz, Connie Hüsser, Jenna Kaës, Simon Klenell, Sigve Knutson, Julian Komosa, Tomas Kral, Stina Löfgren, Jonas Lutz, Philippe Malouin, Sabine Marcelis, Helle Mardahl, Christian Neuenschwander, Jenny Nordberg, Oyyo, Fredrik Paulsen, POOL, Bertjan Pot, Jakob Robertsson, Eric Roinestad, Nick Ross, James Shaw, Soft Baroque, Studio Furthermore, Falke Svatun, TAF Studio, David Taylor, Kim Thomé, David Timmis, Alissa Volchkova, Wang & Söderström, Ward Wijnant and more … Dates From 10 June to 3 July 2020, from Wednesday to Friday, from 13 h to 17 h Gallery l elac Avenue du Temple 5 CH–1020 Renens www.objectswithlove.ch
Nouvelles formes du récit documentaire: rencontre avec Blaise Harrison,04.03.2020 Le CCS présente pour ce premier rendez-vous en partenariat avec l ECAL, la Fémis et le Festival Cinéma du Réel Blaise Harrison , cinéaste qui dirigera l atelier documentaire bachelor de l ECAL en 2019 / 2020, parmi d autres intervenants tels que Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier ou Agnès Godard. Au programme : >Rencontre avec Blaise Harrison et présentation de l atelier avec Lionel Baier, responsable du département cinéma de l ECAL >Projections de deux films de Blaise Harrison : Armand, 15 ans l été (2011 - 50 min - Les Films du Poisson / Arte France) Armand, New York (2016 - 18 20 ) Né en 1980 et de nationalité franco-suisse, Blaise Harrison est diplômé de l Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne ( ECAL ). Suite à la réalisation de Bibeleskaes (29 min), film documentaire autoproduit tourné en super 16mm, co-réalisé avec Maryam Goormaghtigh (Avant la fin de l été) et sélectionné au festival Visions du Réel de Nyon, Blaise Harrison réalise 12 courts métrages pour la revue documentaire Cut Up coproduite par Quark productions et ARTE France. Il réalise ensuite Armand, 15 ans l été, documentaire de 50 min coproduit par Les Films du Poisson et ARTE France sélectionné à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs à Cannes ainsi que dans de nombreux festivals à l étranger, dont le Festival Dei Popoli de Florence où il remporte le Prix du Meilleur Documentaire. Son premier long métrage de fiction Les Particules est sélectionné à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs au Festival de Cannes 2019 et sort en salles le 5 juin de la même année. Prochains rendez-vous : Du 16 au 20 mars 2020, en collaboration avec le Festival Cinéma du réel : workshop et projection d une sélection de films internationaux au CCS. Juillet 2020 : présentation des films réalisés par les étudiant.e.s. Le CCS présente pour ce premier rendez-vous en partenariat avec l ECAL, la Fémis et le Festival Cinéma du Réel Blaise Harrison, cinéaste qui dirigera l atelier documentaire bachelor de l ECAL en 2019 / 2020, parmi d autres intervenants tels que Alain Gomis, Ursula Meier ou Agnès Godard.Au programme :>Rencontre avec Blaise Harrison et présentation de l atelier avec Lionel Baier, responsable du département cinéma de l ECAL>Projections de deux films de Blaise Harrison :Armand, 15 ans l été(2011 - 50 min - Les Films du Poisson / Arte France)Armand, New York(2016 - 18 20 )Né en 1980 et de nationalité franco-suisse, Blaise Harrison est diplômé de l Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne ( ECAL ). Suite à la réalisation de Bibeleskaes (29 min), film documentaire autoproduit tourné en super 16mm, co-réalisé avec Maryam Goormaghtigh (Avant la fin de l été) et sélectionné au festival Visions du Réel de Nyon, Blaise Harrison réalise 12 courts métrages pour la revue documentaire Cut Up coproduite par Quark productions et ARTE France. Il réalise ensuite Armand, 15 ans l été, documentaire de 50 min coproduit par Les Films du Poisson et ARTE France sélectionné à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs à Cannes ainsi que dans de nombreux festivals à l étranger, dont le Festival Dei Popoli de Florence où il remporte le Prix du Meilleur Documentaire. Son premier long métrage de fiction Les Particules est sélectionné à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs au Festival de Cannes 2019 et sort en salles le 5 juin de la même année.Prochains rendez-vous :Du 16 au 20 mars 2020, en collaboration avec le Festival Cinéma du réel : workshop et projection d une sélection de films internationaux au CCS.Juillet 2020 : présentation des films réalisés par les étudiant.e.s.
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2019 On the occasion of the "Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2019", around fifteen personalities in connection with ECAL – graduates, professors or lecturers – were awarded: Samuel Bänziger Rémi Brandon, David Keshavjee, Teo Schifferli (BA Graphic Design graduates) Philippine Chaumont, Agathe Zaerpour (BA Graphic Design graduates) Guillaume Chuard (BA Graphic Design graduate) Mathias Clottu BA Graphic Design graduate) Elektrosmog Jonathan Hares, Amaury Hamon (BA Graphic Design graduates) Huber/Sterzinger Larissa Kasper (MA Art Direction graduate) Adeline Mollard (BA Graphic Design graduate) Vinzenz Meyner (MA Fine Arts graduate) NORM Teo Schifferli (BA Graphic Design graduate) As part of the "Best Books from all over the World" presented in Leipzig, Jonathan Hares and Amaury Hamon also received the silver medal while Vinzenz Meyner got an honorary diploma. In addition, Maximage, composed of ECAL Bachelor Graphic Design alumni,received the prestigious Jan-Tschichold Prize, which distinguishes outstanding performances in the art of book. https://www.bak.admin.ch/bak/fr/home/actualites/nsb-news.msg-id-78267.html
Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne 2020,24.02.2020 A l occasion de la troisième édition des Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, un événement initié par l acteur et réalisateur suisse Vincent Perez, l ECAL / Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne accueille une série de masterclasses de personnalités du Cinéma. Par ailleurs, les étudiants en Année Propédeutique (option Cinéma) de l ECAL ont réalisé des films qui présentent plusieurs des intervenants. ( Télécharger programme complet ) Luca Guadagnino – réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, Milan En conversation avec Lionel Baier, réalisateur et responsable du Département Cinéma à l ECAL Mercredi 4 mars 2020 à 16 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Cédric Klapisch – réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier Jeudi 5 mars 2020 à 18 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Bertrand Blier – réalisateur, scénariste, écrivain, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier Vendredi 6 mars 2020 à 18 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – actrice, réalisatrice, scénariste, Paris Projection du documentaire Une jeune fille de 90 ans (2016) , coréalisé avec Yann Coridian Samedi 7 mars 2020 à 13 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Suivie de la masterclass à 14 h 30 En conversation avec Lionel Baier Patrice Leconte – réalisateur, scénariste, metteur en scène, dessinateur, écrivain, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier Samedi 7 mars 2020 à 16 h, Auditoire Leenaards, ECAL ---- ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Tél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33 https://rencontres7art.ch/ A l occasion de la troisième édition des Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, un événement initié par l acteur et réalisateur suisse Vincent Perez, l ECAL / Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne accueille une série de masterclasses de personnalités du Cinéma.Par ailleurs, les étudiants en Année Propédeutique (option Cinéma) de l ECAL ont réalisé des films qui présentent plusieurs des intervenants. (Télécharger programme complet)Luca Guadagnino – réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, MilanEn conversation avec Lionel Baier, réalisateur et responsabledu Département Cinéma à l ECALMercredi 4 mars 2020 à 16 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECALCédric Klapisch – réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, ParisEn conversation avec Lionel BaierJeudi 5 mars 2020 à 18 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECALBertrand Blier – réalisateur, scénariste, écrivain, ParisEn conversation avec Lionel BaierVendredi 6 mars 2020 à 18 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECALValeria Bruni Tedeschi – actrice, réalisatrice, scénariste, ParisProjection du documentaire Une jeune fille de 90 ans (2016), coréalisé avec Yann CoridianSamedi 7 mars 2020 à 13 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECALSuivie de la masterclass à 14 h 30En conversation avec Lionel BaierPatrice Leconte – réalisateur, scénariste, metteur en scène, dessinateur, écrivain, ParisEn conversation avec Lionel BaierSamedi 7 mars 2020 à 16 h, Auditoire Leenaards, ECAL----ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne5, avenue du TempleCH-1020 RenensTél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33https://rencontres7art.ch/
Exhibition at l elac Exposition d une sélection de travaux d étudiant.e.s à l elac (l espace lausannois d art contemporain) à l occasion de l événement ECAL Open Days Photos © ECAL/Jimmy Rachez Exposition d une sélection de travaux d étudiant.e.s à l elac (l espace lausannois d art contemporain) à l occasion de l événement ECAL Open DaysPhotos© ECAL/Jimmy Rachez
Interferences – Forty-Four Excuses for Participation and a Zero This project is both a book and a portable server programmed to open a WiFi network. Your smartphone becomes a sound device by producing an assigned frequency and creating small ephemeral communities. Programming ECAL/Callum Ross
Launch of the books from the "Visual Archives" series,29.01.2020,Never Stop Reading, Zurich The series of books “Visual Archives” is the result of research projects initiated and carried out at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. The series of books “Visual Archives” is the result of research projects initiated and carried out at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It examines unexplored legacies of designers, authors and brands. Documents and visual material from archives are accompanied and contextualised by critical essays. Thus far, two volumes from this series ("Hermann Eidenbenz. Teaching Graphic Design" + "Bobst Graphic 1972–1981") have been co-published by Triest Verlag and ECAL, and they will be presented jointly by their editors. Wednesday 29 January 2020, 7 pm, at Never Stop Reading, Zurich Programme Moderation by Robert Lzicar (Designer and Design Historian). Event in German and English. Welcome by Andrea Wiegelmann (Publisher) Sarah Klein (Editor): Hermann Eidenbenz. Teaching Graphic Design Giliane Cachin (Editor): Bobst Graphic 1972–1981 Davide Fornari (R&D, ECAL) & Simon Mager (Editor): Outlook of the upcoming volumes Never Stop Reading Spiegelgasse 18 / Untere Zäune 8001 Zurich www.neverstopreading.com www.triest-verlag.ch Image Nicolas Polli
L ECAL aux Journées de Soleure 2020,22–29.01.2020 A l occasion des Journées de Soleure du 22 au 29 janvier 2020, le Département Cinéma de l ECAL présente plusieurs films d étudiants ou de diplômés. A l occasion des Journées de Soleure du 22 au 29 janvier 2020, le Département Cinéma de l ECAL présente plusieurs films d étudiants ou de diplômés: "Sous les écailles" de Colombe Rubini, Bachelor Cinéma "Still working" de Julietta Korbel, Bachelor Cinéma "Alma nel branco" de Agnese Làposi, Bachelor Cinéma "Les enfers" de Adèle Beaulieu, Bachelor Cinéma "Clando Bi" de Paul Choquet / Moustapha Guèye / Tianze Song / Olivia Frey / Elisa Gomez Alvarez / Yoro Mbeye, Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD "Catharsis" de Chloé Chaudet, Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD – Atelier UNIL Programme et projections sur www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch/fr/ --- Dans le cadre du Future Lab (du 23 au 29 janvier – vernissage le vendredi 24 janvier à 18h), plusieurs projets VR issus du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design seront aussi présentés: Light Perception de Jonathan Boulenaz Neo-Incas de Evan Kelly & Léonard Guyot Quantum de Kylan Luginbühl Super City de Paul Lëon & Aurélien Pellegrini Future Lab: www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch/fr/sektionen-preise/future-lab
Lausanne Lumières - 2020 The project involved around fifty students divided into groups of two. The students, who graduated from ECAL s Visual Communication Department s Bachelors in Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography, were supervised by Angelo Benedetto, Vincent Jacquier, Clément Lambelet and Florian Pittet, assisted by Kylan Luginbühl, Amaury Hamon and Julien Gurtner. Out of the 25 sequences produced, 11 were selected to be projected on the tower. https://www.lausannelumieres.ch
Body City Mapping of the Body City show Unique creation imagined for Lausanne en Jeux ! - the animation program of the Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 - Body City is a show where arts and urban sports meet in an impressive open-air setting, on the central square of Lausanne. "Bodies in fusion with the city", it is from this strong image that Nicolas Musin conceived and realized Body City, a contemporary show questioning the relationship of the young generations to the city. On an open-air stage representing a city in constant mutation, more than 50 performers aged between 9 and 30 will cross their disciplines, bringing together arts and urban sports such as skateboarding, BMX, rollerblading, scooter, parkour and dance. A poetic and spectacular journey in the heart of Lausanne, where video, sound and light are mixed together! Imagined within the framework of Lausanne en Jeux, this show is above all a work of youth supported by art schools and training centers for urban disciplines established in the agglomeration of Lausanne. Thus, Body City has brought together different actors from Lausanne such as students from ECAL (video design), HEMU (composition of the original music and recording of the soundtrack), dancers from the Ecole-Atelier Rudra Béjart (dance and percussion), JDSEvents (hip hop, breakdance) as well as the riders from La Fièvre and the plotters from X-Trem Move. The mapping of the show was created by the students of the Visual Communication Department (BA Graphic Design, BA Photography, BA Media & Interaction Design) under the direction of Vincent Jacquier, Angelo Benedetto, Jean-Vincent Simonet and Mitch Paone while the editing was done by Amaury Hamon and Clément Lambelet.
Smartphone Peripheral Companions The research project Smartphone Peripheral Companions explores new forms of interaction with the data flows passing through our smartphone, questioning the status of total object that this device has acquired. So much of contemporary culture and interactions is taking place through interfaces; interfaces are part of cultural expression and participation. Therefore, questioning the impact of the mechanisms underlying current smartphone interfaces is also a societal interest. The research team conducted a number of reflections around a broad vision of the issues related to the use of smartphones and the data flows that pass through them. In order to also collect contributions from smartphone users, they set up an online participatory platform, voluntarily moving away from the usual form of the scientific questionnaire. By imagining, designing and prototyping new objects or apparatuses, this project aims to offer proposals for re-appropriation, re-extraction of certain features locked in the smartphone, thereby allowing a different, more customizable access to data or functions. Consequently, fostering a shift from the glowing rectangle to a more detached and focused interaction, away from the screen. The main results of the project include a series of 5 to 10 objects offering alternative access to some data transiting through the smartphone. These semi-functional prototypes are documented and presented as images and films on the project website as well as made available for exhibition. A kit of tools and instructions to reproduce some of them, together with an ever-growing, participative collection of anonymous testimonies from smartphone is also accessible online.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research team (research assistant) (research assistant) Andreas Sonderegger Visiting lecturerJesse HowardStudents, , , , , , , , Emily Groves, , , , , , , , , , , Periodseptember 2018 – february 2020Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationWebsite smartphone-confessions.worldPartnerEPFL+ECAL Lab
Tokyo summer university In Summer 2019, thirteen students of ECAL Master in Photography supervised by Milo Keller, traveled to Japan to develop thirteen personal projects in collaboration with Taisuke Koyama and TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. From still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals, students artworks explore a wide variety of aspects of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformations in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on concrete aspects of the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate particularities of Japanese culture such as food in a family setting, the desire to generate humanoid robots, the confusion of child and adult worlds in manga, Pichinko Gambling , the reinvention of Ikebana and the rising stars among young girls. Finally, works seek to visualise more abstract concepts such as loneline In Summer 2019, thirteen students of ECAL Master in Photography supervised by Milo Keller, traveled to Japan to develop thirteen personal projects in collaboration with Taisuke Koyama and TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. From still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals, students artworks explore a wide variety of aspects of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformations in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on concrete aspects of the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate particularities of Japanese culture such as food in a family setting, the desire to generate humanoid robots, the confusion of child and adult worlds in manga, Pichinko Gambling , the reinvention of Ikebana and the rising stars among young girls. Finally, works seek to visualise more abstract concepts such as loneline
Improvisation is shit "Improvisation is shit" is a performance workshop introducing role-play and improvisation techniques led by Melanie Bonajo at ECAL. During the workshop the students are challenged to negotiate again what it means to be human by way of our relationship to technology and systems of control. The onset of the digital era and the steady increase in globalised secular values has led to sexuality as a sphere of daily life being more visible and more available than ever. Nevertheless, it seems as though people are losing the ability to make meaningful connections even in physically intimate circumstances. What does it say about our society that many people would rather meet and then ghost a hook up rather than pay someone for a conscious orgasm? And what does it say if Capitalism is making money off of our loneliness and incapacities to source our own intimacy? "Improvisation is shit" is a performance workshop introducing role-play and improvisation techniques led by Melanie Bonajo at ECAL. During the workshop the students are challenged to negotiate again what it means to be human by way of our relationship to technology and systems of control. The onset of the digital era and the steady increase in globalised secular values has led to sexuality as a sphere of daily life being more visible and more available than ever. Nevertheless, it seems as though people are losing the ability to make meaningful connections even in physically intimate circumstances. What does it say about our society that many people would rather meet and then ghost a hook up rather than pay someone for a conscious orgasm? And what does it say if Capitalism is making money off of our loneliness and incapacities to source our own intimacy?
Guardare l utopia Utopia is invisible; only utopians can see it. A class of 12 students from the Photography Master at the ECAL/University of Art and Design of Lausanne, in residence at Casa Corti in Pellio, Val d Intelvi (Italy), elaborated the concepts of utopia and community. Identifying the malaise of a generation trapped in social networks, confused between reality and the virtual sphere, and in need of establishing new values, the group developed a range of different strategies: morning meditation sessions, walks to Monte Generoso, shared meals and discussions to produce photographs and videos which, while gradually shifting away from reality, reach imaginary dimensions that oscillate between utopia and dystopia, figuration and abstraction. --- Students Emidio Battipaglia Robin Bervini Jasmine Deporta Anja Karolina Furrer Alessia Gunawan Christian Harker Johanna Hullár Philipp Klak Doruk Kumkumoglu Jelly Luise Igor Pjörrt Gedvile Tamosiunaite Curator Milo Keller Assistants Florian Amoser Calum Douglas Graphic Design Nicolas Polli biennaleimmagine.ch https://casacorti.org/ Utopia is invisible; only utopians can see it. A class of 12 students from the Photography Master at the ECAL/University of Art and Design of Lausanne, in residence at Casa Corti in Pellio, Val d Intelvi (Italy), elaborated the concepts of utopia and community. Identifying the malaise of a generation trapped in social networks, confused between reality and the virtual sphere, and in need of establishing new values, the group developed a range of different strategies: morning meditation sessions, walks to Monte Generoso, shared meals and discussions to produce photographs and videos which, while gradually shifting away from reality, reach imaginary dimensions that oscillate between utopia and dystopia, figuration and abstraction.---StudentsEmidio BattipagliaRobin BerviniJasmine DeportaAnja Karolina FurrerAlessia GunawanChristian HarkerJohanna HullárPhilipp KlakDoruk KumkumogluJelly LuiseIgor PjörrtGedvile TamosiunaiteCuratorMilo KellerAssistantsFlorian AmoserCalum DouglasGraphic DesignNicolas Pollibiennaleimmagine.chhttps://casacorti.org/
Summer University in Tokyo On the occasion of a workshop organised in the framework of the Summer University programme organised by the State of Vaud , a group of students from the ECAL Cinema Department wrote and directed four short movies (documentary and fiction) in Tokyo, in partnership with the Laboratory of Tsuchida/Kore-eda/University of de Waseda. On the occasion of a three-week workshop organised in the framework of the Summer University programme organised by the State of Vaud, a group of students from the ECAL Cinema Department wrote and directed four short movies (documentary and fiction) in Tokyo, in partnership with the Laboratory of Tsuchida/Kore-eda/University of de Waseda. During their stay, the students took part in the masterclasses led by Hirokazu Kore-eda. They were also supervised by filmmakers and professors such as Makoto Shinozaki, Kōji Fukada and Tamaki Tsuchida, as well as the students of Waseda. The long trip ended with a screening of the films in the Institut franco-japonais in Tokyo, hosted by the Embassy of Switerland in Japan, with the presence of Jonas Pulver, Head of Culture and Information in the Embassy.
Collaboration with Fondation Opale In the framework of the exhibition Before Time Began , Fondation Opale gave “carte blanche” to the students of the Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD to share their cinematic interpretation of contemporary Aboriginal art though seven short films. In the framework of the exhibition Before Time Began, Fondation Opale gave “carte blanche” to the students of the Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD to share their cinematic interpretation of contemporary Aboriginal art though seven short films.
«City of Renens Encouragement Award» exhibition Prix d encouragement de la Ville de Renens 2019 Data Pool Paul Lëon Etudiant Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, ECAL Lou Rais Etudiante Bachelor Design Graphique, ECAL Vernissage le 5 décembre de 18 h à 20 h Ouverture sur demande au +41 79 521 38 19 du 10 au 20 décembre Ouverture les 14 et 15 décembre de 17 h à 20 h Finissage et happening musical par le collectif TILTle 21 décembre de 18h à 20h Espace CJS Rue Neuve 1 Pl. du Corso CH–1020 Renens www.renens.ch
BRUTAL 003 To celebrate the Paris Photo 2019 edition, the Bachelor Photography students of ECAL, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Poillot, translated the music of the producer IKAZ BOI into images. The visuals, sometimes smooth and neat, sometimes dark and rough, were produced by listening to the new project BRUTAL 3: an intimate album oscillating between romance and darkness composed with instrumental tracks only. Exclusively, 500 unpublished and numbered vinyl copies were created especially for this occasion. For two days, ECAL invests the Au Roi gallery, inviting spectators to a sound and visual journey, in an ephemeral sensory space generated by a synchronous video installation. HD Images Cocktail: 07.11.19 from 19h00 to 21h30 (by invitation only) Exhibition: from 08.11.19 to 09.11.19 from 10h00 to 20h00 Place: Au Roi, 75, rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, 75011 Paris After: Brutal Party Curators: Nicolas Poillot & Milo Keller Students: Mina Albespy, Faustine Ardaine, Maëwenn Bourcelot, Sarah Coppet, Gaël Corboz, Noé Cotter, Matthieu Croizier, Alexandra Dautel, Charlotte Favre, Laurent Fiorentino, Norida Ho, Gohan Keller, Achille Laplante - The Brown, Pavo Marinovic, Santiago Martinez, Mindaugas Matulis, Anouk Maupu, Maxime Pouillot, Margot Sparkes, Tara Ulmann, Valentin Woeffray Partners: Know-How, Heineken, Elipson www.ecal.ch www.nicolaspoillot.com www.auroi.fr
Paper Park Marie Douel and Emile Barret from Hors Pistes led a workshop with the 2nd year bachelor in industrial design. They asked the students to create a maze made entirely from the paper waste of the ECAL printing centre. Based on the principle of the exquisite corpse, each group created one part of the labyrinth with a strong aesthetic and structural approach, allowing the visitor to get lost in distinct universes.
Fonds international d objets imprimés de petite taille,21.11–13.12.2019,Gallery l elac, Renens Du 22 novembre au 13 décembre 2019, la Galerie l elac (dans l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne) présente le Fonds international d objets imprimés de petite taille dans une version augmentée de l exposition – laquelle comprend plus de 200 projets. Cette collection propose un regard sur le graphisme contemporain à travers l intelligence des formes, des savoir-faire techniques et économiques d objets imprimés, de format ou de statut modestes. HD IMAGES Longtemps, l attention portée au graphisme s est focalisée sur l objet phare de la discipline: l affiche. La parenté formelle de ce support avec le tableau peint et la tradition des biennales et concours favorisaient la dimension spectaculaire de celle-ci au détriment d autres objets graphiques (invitations, flyers, ephemera, marque-pages, cartes de visite…). Les contraintes techniques ou économiques influent parfois fortement sur les projets: elles amènent à repenser les objets et à envisager des logiques d occupation et de diffusion différentes, en expérimentant d autres interstices où le graphisme peut se développer. Le Fonds international d objets imprimés de petite taille se déploie à travers des étagères à mi-chemin entre bibliothèque et lieu d archivage: chaque objet est présenté et peut être manipulé sur une boîte sur laquelle figure une notice permettant de contextualiser le sujet et découvrir l intelligence de la forme en écho au contenu. Ce fonds, constitué de plusieurs centaines de projets internationaux, est appelé à se développer et à augmenter au fur et à mesure de son itinérance. Exposition du 22 novembre au 13 décembre 2019, du mercredi au vendredi, de 13 h à 17 h. Concept et commissariat François Havegeer, Sacha Léopold et Quentin Schmerber Scénographie Pernelle Poyet Galerie l elac Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens www.ecal.ch www.fondsinternational.com
Award Innovation by Design Challenge,19.11.2019,ECAL, Renens Dans le cadre de la semaine mondiale de l entrepreneuriat, la Municipalité de Renens a le plaisir de vous convier, le mardi 19 novembre 2019, à la soirée de remise des Prix Innovation by Design Challenge. 19h00 : Mot de bienvenue du Syndic Jean-François Clément 19h10 : Présentation du bateau novateur SYRA By PUBLIAZ par Yves Detrey et Nils Frei, navigateurs renommés, champions du monde en 2019 de la série GC32 avec l équipage d Alinghi. Infos : www.syra-foilers.com 19h30 – 20h10 : Pitch des différents projets retenus et vote du public 20h10 – 20h30 : Témoignage d Insolight, participant à l édition 2018 de l Innovation by Design Challenge 20h30 – 20h40 : Remise des prix 20h45 : Clôture et buffet dînatoire Le nombre de places étant limité, nous vous remercions de bien vouloir nous faire part de votre inscription d ici au vendredi 15 novembre 2019 : www.renens.ch/inscription par téléphone au 021 632 71 05 ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 Renens
Zone Grise For their first workshop at ECAL, the first year Bachelor Photography students were given the opportunity to work with the Swiss photographer duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs. After receiving 20Kg of clay each, they began their plastic exploration with the creation of a mask, a recognizable and anthropomorphic form. By gradually moving away from figuration, the clay, gradually transforming into an image, has been the founding element of formal, intuitive and experimental explorations. The results have been published in the form of a book and an ephemeral installation in a closed and fragile space where the frenzy of creation seems frozen in time. For their first workshop at ECAL, the first year Bachelor Photography students were given the opportunity to work with the Swiss photographer duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs. After receiving 20Kg of clay each, they began their plastic exploration with the creation of a mask, a recognizable and anthropomorphic form. By gradually moving away from figuration, the clay, gradually transforming into an image, has been the founding element of formal, intuitive and experimental explorations. The results have been published in the form of a book and an ephemeral installation in a closed and fragile space where the frenzy of creation seems frozen in time.