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Workshop Antony Cairns For one week Ecals bachelor students had the chance to work with photographer and artist Antony Cairns. The workshops aim was to investigate a variety of processes within the history of photography. Since the invention of the medium, photography has shared a close relationship with technology. Students had the chance to explore a range of forgotten techniques and machines to create artworks around the theme of time while researching its connection to other art pieces, films, books, and images that shared the same theme. Cairns practice has been hugely inspired by cyberpunk science fiction and Futurology. These subject matters led him to explore new ways to interpret the photographic medium. For one week Ecals bachelor students had the chance to work with photographer and artist Antony Cairns. The workshops aim was to investigate a variety of processes within the history of photography. Since the invention of the medium, photography has shared a close relationship with technology. Students had the chance to explore a range of forgotten techniques and machines to create artworks around the theme of time while researching its connection to other art pieces, films, books, and images that shared the same theme.Cairns practice has been hugely inspired by cyberpunk science fiction and Futurology. These subject matters led him to explore new ways to interpret the photographic medium.
Antoine Flahaut – Wasteland Jérôme has failed his High-School leaving exams. He spend the day with his best friend, David before to go to a party. Fiction / 18 min Synopsis Jérôme has failed his High-School leaving exams. His best friend, David, has passed his exams and is getting ready to leave. They spend the day hanging out around their village, where they know every nook and cranny, and in the evening go to a party with their old schoolmates... Summer is just beginning but their friendship seems doomed to end. Comment Antoine Flahaut was to write a feature film script to conclude his studies at ECAL. His preliminary documentation work soon took on the scope of a gigantic research project, commensurate with the ambition of the project. By telling the story of a young man from a working class family in Montbéliard in the spring of 1968, Antoine was indeed proposing to resurrect a world. Wasteland is a gesture. An almost improvised short film, faithful in the background to the scenario of the feature film, but which also frees itself from it to better reconnect with the original inspiration of its author. A series of sensitive and fragile moments that reveal a soul, that of a boy on the border between childhood and manhood. A poem of vertigo in the face of the opacity of life, between nostalgia and the call of the sea, between early disenchantment and great hopes. Emmanuel Salinger / Actor, screenwriter, director
Année Propédeutique et Centre de formation BCV/BCL ECAL/Année Propédeutique et Centre de formation BCV/BCL – une 15 ème exposition qui marque une collaboration de longue date La collaboration entre l écal et le Centre de formation de la BCV et des Banques Cantonales Latines (BCL) remonte à plus de 25 ans et cette année nous avons le plaisir d organiser la 15 ème exposition dans le cadre de notre partenariat. Pour le Centre de Formation BCV/BCL qui, dans son secteur d activité, forme en permanence une centaine de jeunes gens aux métiers de la banque, c est toujours un plaisir de pouvoir offrir une plate-forme visible à un groupe d étudiants de l écal. Les œuvres de cette nouvelle exposition resteront accrochées dans les couloirs et salons du Centre de formation BCV/BCL durant 3 à 4 ans, à la vue et au passage de milliers de collaborateurs des banques cantonales de Suisse romande qui régulièrement viennent en formation dans ces locaux. Une belle occasion pour eux d admirer ces travaux qui révèlent le talent très prometteur dont font déjà preuve les jeunes étudiants de l Année Propédeutique de l écal. L époque actuelle est aussi à la compétition et qui dit compétition dit récompenses aux lauréats. Trois étudiants, dont les œuvres ont été sélectionnées par un jury regroupant des représentants de l écal et de la BCV, ont reçu un prix en espèces. Dans ce concours, il y a donc des étudiants primés, mais en fait tous en sont ressortis grandis. En effet, au travers de cet exercice, chacun aura pu tirer des enseignements et enrichir, par cette expérience supplémentaire, son bagage de compétences. En cela, tous auront été gagnants. Cette collaboration entre le Centre de formation BCV/BCL et l écal, même si elle est importante, n est pas exclusive dans le rôle que la BCV accorde au soutien de l art contemporain. En effet, la collection d art BCV compte plus de 2000 œuvres produites par des artistes vivant, ayant vécu ou travaillant dans le canton de Vaud. Depuis plus de quarante ans, elle s est enrichie chaque année de nouvelles acquisitions dont certaines ont été réalisées par d anciens étudiants de l écal. Axée sur la période contemporaine, sa collection d art permet à la BCV de soutenir la création locale. Nous sommes très reconnaissants envers les professeurs de l écal qui se sont investis auprès de leurs étudiants afin que cette nouvelle exposition puisse avoir lieu. Nos plus sincères remerciements vont également à son Directeur, Monsieur Alexis Georgacopoulos, pour nous avoir ouvert ses portes, ainsi qu à Madame Catherine Othenin-Girard, historienne de l art et conservatrice de la collection d art BCV, pour son soutien et sa présence dans l organisation. Christian Donzé Directeur du Centre de formation BCV/BCL Vernissage et remise des prix en présence de: Jacques de Watteville, Président du conseil d administration de la BCV Christian Donze, Directeur du centre de formation BCV/BCL Alexis Georgacopoulos, Directeur de l ECAL ECAL/Année Propédeutique et Centre de formation BCV/BCL – une 15ème exposition qui marque une collaboration de longue date La collaboration entre l écal et le Centre de formation de la BCV et des Banques Cantonales Latines (BCL) remonte à plus de 25 ans et cette année nous avons le plaisir d organiser la 15ème exposition dans le cadre de notre partenariat. Pour le Centre de Formation BCV/BCL qui, dans son secteur d activité, forme en permanence une centaine de jeunes gens aux métiers de la banque, c est toujours un plaisir de pouvoir offrir une plate-forme visible à un groupe d étudiants de l écal. Les œuvres de cette nouvelle exposition resteront accrochées dans les couloirs et salons du Centre de formation BCV/BCL durant 3 à 4 ans, à la vue et au passage de milliers de collaborateurs des banques cantonales de Suisse romande qui régulièrement viennent en formation dans ces locaux. Une belle occasion pour eux d admirer ces travaux qui révèlent le talent très prometteur dont font déjà preuve les jeunes étudiants de l Année Propédeutique de l écal. L époque actuelle est aussi à la compétition et qui dit compétition dit récompenses aux lauréats. Trois étudiants, dont les œuvres ont été sélectionnées par un jury regroupant des représentants de l écal et de la BCV, ont reçu un prix en espèces. Dans ce concours, il y a donc des étudiants primés, mais en fait tous en sont ressortis grandis. En effet, au travers de cet exercice, chacun aura pu tirer des enseignements et enrichir, par cette expérience supplémentaire, son bagage de compétences. En cela, tous auront été gagnants. Cette collaboration entre le Centre de formation BCV/BCL et l écal, même si elle est importante, n est pas exclusive dans le rôle que la BCV accorde au soutien de l art contemporain. En effet, la collection d art BCV compte plus de 2000 œuvres produites par des artistes vivant, ayant vécu ou travaillant dans le canton de Vaud. Depuis plus de quarante ans, elle s est enrichie chaque année de nouvelles acquisitions dont certaines ont été réalisées par d anciens étudiants de l écal. Axée sur la période contemporaine, sa collection d art permet à la BCV de soutenir la création locale. Nous sommes très reconnaissants envers les professeurs de l écal qui se sont investis auprès de leurs étudiants afin que cette nouvelle exposition puisse avoir lieu. Nos plus sincères remerciements vont également à son Directeur, Monsieur Alexis Georgacopoulos, pour nous avoir ouvert ses portes, ainsi qu à Madame Catherine Othenin-Girard, historienne de l art et conservatrice de la collection d art BCV, pour son soutien et sa présence dans l organisation. Christian Donzé Directeur du Centre de formation BCV/BCL Vernissage et remise des prix en présence de:Jacques de Watteville, Président du conseil d administration de la BCVChristian Donze, Directeur du centre de formation BCV/BCLAlexis Georgacopoulos, Directeur de l ECAL
Image Vevey × Confrérie des Vignerons From Lavaux to the Chablais region of Vaud, the world of wine was reinterpreted for a semester by students in their 2nd year of the Bachelor of Photography programme at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, in collaboration with the Confrérie des Vignerons. Under the guidance of Jonas Marguet, photographer and teacher, the students used clues gathered in the field from the winegrowers. Selected and presented as part of the Festival Images Vevey, Elisa Ribeiro s Nuisibles series sheds light on an unexpected aspect of winegrowing. She paints a gallery of portraits of insects that ravage vines, using a scanning electron microscope. By reappropriating a scientific tool for artistic purposes, she reveals the extraordinary, invisible to the naked eye. This work questions the very foundations of the photographic image, the process of taking the picture being carried out here by means of a beam of electrons. These tiny pests appear like giant monsters, presented in large light boxes that evoke the illumination of microscopic observation. Musée de la Confrérie des Vignerons Rue du Château 2 1800 Vevey www.confreriedesvignerons.ch www.images.ch
Summer University Istanbul For their graduation trip, the 3rd year students went to Istanbul. Accompanied by Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard and Chris Kabel and collaborating with students from Bilgi University, they had to create souvenirs of the city. Some were able to collaborate directly with local craftspeople. The projects were exhibited at the Istanbul Design Biennial at the end of this trip and had the chance to see their ECAL x Mac Guffin project also exhibited there at that time.
Credo The aim of the Centre intercantonal d information sur les croyances (CIC) is to map the religious diversity of our regions and to explain in a neutral way how the cantonal communities function. The director, Brigitte Knobel, contacted the ECAL to create a visual cartography of the communities. Second-year students were asked to photograph the project. They worked throughout the year on an assigned religious community, selected beforehand according to geographical and diversity criteria.
Screening of the BA diploma films 2018,09.10.2018,Cinéma Capitole, Lausanne Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à la projection des films de diplôme Bachelor 2018 du Département Cinéma de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne le mardi 9 octobre 2018. Entrée libre. Début de la séance à 18h30 Ici le chemin des ânes, Lou Rambert Preiss, 23 * Le prix du ticket, Mariama Baldé, 18 La nuit au port, Pauline Deutsch (avec Alessandra Jeanneret, Option Image), 20 Intercontinental, Louis Hans-Moëvi (avec Nelson Iso, Option Image), 19 Le sanctuaire invisible, Sayaka Mizuno (Master ECAL/HEAD), 32 Entracte offert par Läderach La maturité, Antoine Flahaut, 20 Anywhere, Juliette Menthonnex, 33 Garage, Lorraine Perriard (avec Brandon Beytrison, Option Montage), 20 Ne tissez pas comme des araignées les filets avec la salive des chagrins, Robin Mognetti (Master ECAL/HEAD), 19 La source, Yatoni Roy Cantú, 16 * Best Swiss Newcomer Award et Prix Cinema e Gioventù au Festival del Film Locarno 2018 Cinéma Capitole Avenue du Théâtre 6 1002 Lausanne www.lecapitole.ch www.cinematheque.ch
Graduation Show 2018,27.09–12.10.2018,ECAL & Gallery l elac From 28 September to 12 October (opening on 27 September from 6pm to 8pm), ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne presents a selection of the Bachelor and Master diplomas 2018 in its building in Renens. Through editions, pictures, fonts, paintings, interactive installations or design objects, this exhibition offers the unique opportunity to discover the work of students from Bachelor (Fine Arts, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Photography, Media & interaction Design) and Master (Fine Arts, Product Design, Photography, Type Design) as well as the creations of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship. The films of the Bachelor Cinema will enjoy a screening on Tuesday 9 October at 6.30pm (Cinema Capitole in Lausanne). On this occasion, the ECAL publishes for the seventh year in a row a "Yearbook" of 265 pages with all the projects of the graduates. Available directly at ECAL. The exhibition will be open from 28 September to 12 October 2018, from 11am to 6pm (closed on Saturdays and Sundays). ECAL & Gallery l elac 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Links Images HD Bachelor Fine Arts Bachelor Industrial Design Bachelor Graphic Design Bachelor Photography Bachelor Media & Interaction Design Video7 Bachelor Cinema MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Master Fine Arts Master Master Product Design Master Photography Master Type Design Master Cinema
Mirage Club Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is everywhere. More real than reality, the images created by 3D software are mainly used in the advertising and entertainment industries. The photorealism of these photographic visuals blurs the boundaries between the real and the virtual. Guided by Golgotha studio, students from the Photography Master s at ECAL have explored potential advantages and drawbacks of these particular processes by investigating their illusionary powers. During Paris Photo, an immersive installation will guide visitors through a labyrinthine space, a physical translation of the complexity of our relationship to photographic media. https://vimeo.com/302879066 Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is everywhere. More real than reality, the images created by 3D software are mainly used in the advertising and entertainment industries. The photorealism of these photographic visuals blurs the boundaries between the real and the virtual. Guided by Golgotha studio, students from the Photography Master s at ECAL have explored potential advantages and drawbacks of these particular processes by investigating their illusionary powers. During Paris Photo, an immersive installation will guide visitors through a labyrinthine space, a physical translation of the complexity of our relationship to photographic media.https://vimeo.com/302879066
BA Photography exhibition: «Credo»,19.09–01.11.2018,Espace Arlaud, Lausanne L exposition présentée à l Espace Arlaud vous emmène à la découverte des diverses cultures religieuses du canton de Vaud. Du 20 septembre au 11 novembre 2018 Vernissage : le 19 septembre à 18h IMAGES HD L exposition présentée à l Espace Arlaud vous emmène à la découverte des diverses cultures religieuses du canton de Vaud. Entre 2017 et 2018, une équipe de sociologues du CIC a recensé, localisé et documenté les quelque 800 communautés religieuses et spirituelles établies sur ce territoire, tandis qu une classe d étudiants en Bachelor Photographie de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, sous la direction du professeur et photographe Matthieu Gafsou, a sillonné le canton à la rencontre d une vingtaine d entre elles. Leur travail donne pour la première fois une vue d ensemble de la diversité des croyances dans la région. Des tables rondes seront organisées durant l exposition. Elles seront annoncées sur le site de l Espace Arlaud. Cette exposition a reçu le soutien financier de la Fondation Mercator, de la Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions (UNIL) et de la Direction de l enfance, de la jeunesse et des quartiers de la Ville de Lausanne. Horaires Lu, ma: fermé Me-ve: 12h à 18h Sa-di: 11h à 17h Tarif: 6.- (réduit: 4.-) Enfants (–16 ans): gratuit Nuit des musées 22 sept. de 14h à 2h Espace Arlaud Pl. de la Riponne 2bis 1005 Lausanne
Leenaards Grants to 3 graduates The Leenaards Foundation gave out its Scholarships and Cultural Awards 2018 last night in Renens The Leenaards Foundation gave out its Scholarships and Cultural Awards 2018 last night in Renens. Result: out of the eight Cultural Scholarships of CHF 50 000.- awarded, three ECAL graduates have been rewarded: Natacha Donzé and Baker Wardlaw (BA Fine Arts graduates) as well as Bertille Laguet (BA Design Industrial graduate). www.leenaards.ch/culture/bourses-culturelles
L ECAL au Quartier des Halles à Morges L ECAL au Quartier des Halles à Morges Lors de la démolition des anciennes Halles CFF appelées à faire place au futur Quartier des Halles à Morges, les responsables du projet au sein de la Division CFF Immobilier avaient décidé de ne pas détruire le bois des bâtiments, mais de le destiner à diverses utilisations. Quelques stères ont été réservées par l ECAL afin d être utilisées pour un concours d idées de mobilier urbain auquel vingt-six étudiants de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL en option Design industriel ont pris part, sous la conduite du professeur et Designer Grégoire Jeanmonod. Au final, dix projets auront été sélectionnés à l issue du concours de l ECAL et quatre récompensés par un prix lors d une cérémonie au Casino de Morges. photos © ECAL/Calypso Mahieu images virtuelles © ECAL/Mathieu Lang incrustations © IMAGINA/Ben Aubry L ECAL au Quartier des Halles à MorgesLors de la démolition des anciennes Halles CFF appelées à faire place au futur Quartier des Halles à Morges, les responsables du projet au sein de la Division CFF Immobilier avaient décidé de ne pas détruire le bois des bâtiments, mais de le destiner à diverses utilisations. Quelques stères ont été réservées par l ECAL afin d être utilisées pour un concours d idées de mobilier urbain auquel vingt-six étudiants de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL en option Design industriel ont pris part, sous la conduite du professeur et Designer Grégoire Jeanmonod. Au final, dix projets auront été sélectionnés à l issue du concours de l ECAL et quatre récompensés par un prix lors d une cérémonie au Casino de Morges.photos © ECAL/Calypso Mahieuimages virtuelles © ECAL/Mathieu Langincrustations © IMAGINA/Ben Aubry
Les acteurs de la vigne,08–30.09.2018,Musée de la Confrérie des Vignerons, Vevey L ECAL participe à plusieurs titres au Festival Images Vevey. Les acteurs de la vigne De Lavaux au Chablais vaudois, l univers viticole a été réinterprété pendant un semestre par les étudiants en 2e année de Bachelor Photographie de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, en collaboration avec la Confrérie des Vignerons. Sous la direction de Jonas Marguet, photographe et enseignant, les étudiants ont exploité des indices récoltés sur le terrain auprès des vignerons. Les séries d Elisa Ribeiro et d Adrien Sgandurra, sélectionnées et présentées dans le cadre du Festival Images Vevey, nous éclairent ainsi sur un patrimoine qui semble traditionnel et immuable mais se révèle source inépuisable de création. Dates des expositions Elisa Ribeiro – du 8 au 30 septembre 2018 Adrien Sgandurra – du 8 septembre 2018 au 30 avril 2019 Pendant le Festival Images Vevey, tous les jours de 11h à 19h, entrée libre. Dès le 1er octobre 2018, du mardi au dimanche de 11h à 17h Vernissage du nouveau volume de la Revue historique vaudoise (Société vaudoise d histoire et d archéologie) sur «Les acteurs de la vigne», comprenant quatre portfolios d étudiants, et finissage de l exposition: le samedi 29 septembre 2018 dès 16h30 Musée de la Confrérie des Vignerons Rue du Château 2 1800 Vevey www.confreriedesvignerons.ch www.images.ch Galerie des Bustes Insérez-vous dans un décor d un autre temps et faites-vous immortaliser tel un buste sculpté ! Pour la quatrième édition consécutive, le Festival Images s associe à l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne en proposant aux étudiants de 2e année en Bachelor Design Industriel de concevoir un photomaton interactif et ludique en lien avec le thème de l édition 2018 : Extravaganza. Hors de l ordinaire. Prenant comme point de départ l univers de la fête foraine, le projet Galerie des Bustes d Aurore Piedigrossi (1995) et d Alex Tran (1995) réactive le dispositif historique du «passe-tête». Apparue sur les champs de foire au début du XXe siècle, cette attraction photographique populaire permet de glisser sa tête dans un fond peint représentant une scène amusante. La Droguerie Rue du Théâtre 6 1800 Vevey www.images.ch Image ECAL/Adrien Sgandurra
Archigraphiæ. Rationalist Lettering and Architecture in Fascist Rome Letterforms carry messages – in public space, they are powerful propaganda tools. Witness to this fact are the inscriptions placed on display by Emperors to showcase their power across the Roman Empire. During a Summer School at the Swiss Institute in Rome, ECAL MA in Type Design and ISIA Urbino students explored a more recent avatar of this communication tool. During a Summer School at the Swiss Institute in Rome, ECAL MA in Type Design and ISIA Urbino students explored a more recent avatar of this communication tool. During the fascist era in Italy (1922–1943), the rise to power of Benito Mussolini made his revolutionary political party a ruling institution, which had, as its ambition, the creation of an empire modelled on ancient Rome. The visual aesthetic of the Caesars was captured and used by the fascists to position themselves as successors to a glorious tradition. Imagery and photography also played a part in this endeavour, as did architecture and inscription letters. The buildings and monuments of the 1930s frequently display mottos and texts carved in white marble. Latin and Italian were used, and full capitals, in the ancient Roman tradition. While the design of these letters is based on Ancient models, their shapes are definitely modern; sans serif geometric letterforms. In the first instance, Archigraphiæ sought to collect images of inscriptions on monuments, public buildings, graveyards, street plaques in Rome. Then some of those original designs were digitised to reveal their construction, and the ways in which small elements can be capable of turning a neutral geometrical font into a very Italian-style fascist symbol. By mapping this conspicuous feature of fascist propaganda, the Summer School aimed to deconstruct the mechanisms used to promote political ambitions, and to compare this font with other modernist sans serifs of the time. An analysis of the storytelling behind the use of the letterforms allowed students to develop critical thinking about current (political, commercial, militant) uses of type and lettering.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader) (project leader) Jonathan Pierini (project leader)Research teamLecturers and researchers Chiara Barbieri Gianluca Camillini Pippo Ciorra Emilio Gentile Alessandra Tarquini Paul Shaw Carlo Vinti Assistants StudentsECAL MA Type Design , , , , , , , ECAL MA Photographie ISIA Urbino MA in Communication, Design and Publishing Gianluca Ciancaglini, Alberto Malossi, David Mozzetta, Giuseppe RomagnoPeriodseptember 2018Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne ISIA Urbino Istituto Svizzero di RomaDisseminationSummer school Archigraphiæ. Rationalist Lettering and Architecture in Fascist Rome (1921–1943): a Fieldwork, Rome, Istituto Svizzero, September 2–9, 2018. Talks Emilio Gentile, Politica di massa in regime totalitario, Rome, Istituto Svizzero, September 3, 2018. Chiara Barbieri, Graphic design and designers under Fascism: education, practice and exhibitions, Rome, Istituto Svizzero, September 3, 2018. Carlo Vinti, Modernist and traditionalist typography in Fascist Italy, Rome, Istituto Svizzero, September 4, 2018. Pippo Ciorra, Gli architetti di Zevi. Storia e controstoria dell architettura italiana 1944–2000, Rome, MAXXI, September 4, 2018. Exhibition Archigraphiæ. Rationalist Lettering and Architecture in Fascist Rome (1921–1943): a Fieldwork, Rome, Istituto Svizzero, September 8, 2018. Publication Matthieu Cortat, Davide Fornari, Archigraphiæ. Rationalist Lettering and Architecture in Fascist Rome / Architettura e iscrizioni razionaliste nella Roma fascista, Renens: ECAL 2020 (contributions by Chiara Barbieri, Gianluca Camillini, Joëlle Comé, Jonathan Pierini, Paul Shaw, Alessandra Tarquini, Carlo Vinti).
L ECAL à Locarno 2018,01–11.08.2018,Locarno Présence de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne au 71e Festival del Film Locarno du 1er au 11 août 2018. Sélection Pardi di domani • Abigail de Magdalena Froger film de 1re année MA Arts Visuels 2018, diplômée BA Cinéma 2017 • Ici le chemin des ânes de Lou Rambert Preiss film de diplôme BA Cinéma 2018 • La Source de Yatoni Roy Cantu film de diplôme BA Cinéma 2018 Films d anciens étudiants : Sélection Pardi di domani • In Loving Memory of the Future de Laurence Favre diplômée MA Cinéma ECAL/HEAD 2013 Hors compétition Collection Polar So Film de Genre/Canal+/CNC/La Sacem • Tomatic de Christophe Saber diplômé BA Cinéma 2014 L ECAL se réjouit également de vous retrouver pour le cocktail du Réseau Cinéma CH lundi 6 août à 23 h30 aux Jardins du Festival. Lieux et dates des films disponibles sur le site officiel du festival: www.pardolive.ch Save the date ! La projection des films de diplômes 2018 du Département Cinéma ainsi que le vernissage du livre conjoint auront lieu mardi 9 octobre à 18 h30 au cinéma Capitole (Cinémathèque suisse) à Lausanne.
Workshop Olivier Cablat On July 2nd 2018 Ecal s second year Bachelor photography students presented their "guerrilla communication" project at the opening of Rencontres d Arles. Under the direction of Olivier Cablat (artist, teacher and artistic director of Cosmos Arles Books) and Milo Keller (head of the Photography Department at ECAL), the 2nd year Bachelor students analysed and diverged modes of communication and diffusion for one semester. Both physical and digital strategies have been developed for the field work in Arles: from wild posting, to live webcam, from propaganda to social networks. During the opening week of the festival, the students transformed a 55 m² room of the Cosmos Arles Books into an editorial office, exhibition and work space. This project between installation and caricature, aims to augment our relationship to our society of spectacle, where the speed of dissemination of information sometimes makes the true and false indistinguishable. A newspaper of 250 copies will be printed daily as a physical witness of this experience at multiple media levels. On July 2nd 2018 Ecal s second year Bachelor photography students presented their "guerrilla communication" project at the opening of Rencontres d Arles. Under the direction of Olivier Cablat (artist, teacher and artistic director of Cosmos Arles Books) and Milo Keller (head of the Photography Department at ECAL), the 2nd year Bachelor students analysed and diverged modes of communication and diffusion for one semester. Both physical and digital strategies have been developed for the field work in Arles: from wild posting, to live webcam, from propaganda to social networks. During the opening week of the festival, the students transformed a 55 m² room of the Cosmos Arles Books into an editorial office, exhibition and work space. This project between installation and caricature, aims to augment our relationship to our society of spectacle, where the speed of dissemination of information sometimes makes the true and false indistinguishable. A newspaper of 250 copies will be printed daily as a physical witness of this experience at multiple media levels.
Fuori catalogo / Out of production The Fuori catalogo research project calls into question the way we think about the life cycles of contemporary design objects by shifting focus from a product s birth and lifespan to its “end moment”. The research team led by Anniina Koivu (Head of Master Theory, ECAL) and Rosanna Pavoni (scientific director of Fondazione Studio Museo Vico Magistretti), explored the important yet under-researched topic of why and how products cease to be available on the market by examining the vast body of work left behind by Italian architect and product designer Vico Magistretti (1920–2006). One of the seminal figures in postwar Italian design, he based his work on a close collaboration with manufacturers, creating 334 products and furniture objects. Yet only 65 of these design classics are still in production as of January 2020. Researchers drew on the extensive archives of the Fondazione Vico Magistretti, analysed specialist journals and conducted interviews with manufacturers and many of the original decision-makers investigating the manifold factors underpinning the decision to cease production of twelve Magistretti s iconic creations, here employed as case studies. They are also the focus of a portfolio of new images created by ECAL alumni from the Photography courses. The outputs of the research project are disseminated through the book Vico Magistretti: Stories of Objects, published by Triest verlag with graphic design by NORM, available in Italian an English editions.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Rosanna Pavoni (Fondazione studio museo Vico Magistretti)Research teamLecturers and researchers Maddalena Dalla Mura Francesco Zanot Research assistant Photographers PartnerFondazione studio museo Vico MagistrettiPeriodmay 2017 – august 2018Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublication Anniina Koivu, Vico Magistretti. Stories of Objects / Vico Magistretti. Storie di oggetti, Zurich: Triest verlag, 2020 (with contributions by Maddalena Dalla Mura, Davide Fornari, Carolien Niebling, Rosanna Pavoni, Francesco Zanot)
Global Market What does a global city look like? Over the course of one week, thirteen students of the newly-launched Master in Photography program at ECAL/ University of Art and Design of Lausanne, Switzerland were invited by Lorenzo Vitturi to explore London. The city s diversity makes it unique as a global capital of the arts, economics, scientific and technological research and developments. 37% of the city s inhabitants were born outsidethe UK, the highest foreign-born population of any city in the world with over 300 languages spoken. London is the contemporary Babel. Each student was assigned a different area of London in orderto engage with, observe and discover the diversity and specificities of various different cultures, contexts and realities. The work presented here is the result of three intensive days of shooting, one night of editing, one day of printing, endingwith a performative presentation during Offprint at Tate Modern, where the images are combined and sequenced in order to reveal a new vision of London. During Offprint, our thirteen students transform into merchants,lowering their prices as the evening approaches to aid in a successful sale, advising their customers not to combine still-lifes with portraits, or not to place studio-lighting next to natural light etc. What does a global city look like? Over the course of one week, thirteen students of the newly-launched Master in Photography program at ECAL/ University of Art and Design of Lausanne, Switzerland were invited by Lorenzo Vitturi to explore London.The city s diversity makes it unique as a global capital of the arts, economics, scientific and technological research and developments. 37% of the city s inhabitants were born outsidethe UK, the highest foreign-born population of any city in the world with over 300 languages spoken. London is the contemporary Babel. Each student was assigned a different area of London in orderto engage with, observe and discover the diversity and specificities of various different cultures, contexts and realities. The work presented here is the result of three intensive days of shooting, one night of editing, one day of printing, endingwith a performative presentation during Offprint at Tate Modern, where the images are combined and sequenced in order to reveal a new vision of London. During Offprint, our thirteen students transform into merchants,lowering their prices as the evening approaches to aid in a successful sale, advising their customers not to combine still-lifes with portraits, or not to place studio-lighting next to natural light etc.
Option Design industriel – 2018 "Please come in!" Réalisation d un objet pour l entrée, original et fonctionnel. Professeur: Grégoire Jeanmonod "Un objet pour le dessin" Réalisation d un objet pour le dessin créatif ou technique destiné à un étudiant de 1ère année. Professeur: Martino D Esposito "Pince à nappe" Réalisation d une pince à nappe fonctionnelle. Professeur: Martino D Esposito photos: ECAL/Calpyso Mahieu "Please come in!"Réalisation d un objet pour l entrée, original et fonctionnel.Professeur: Grégoire Jeanmonod"Un objet pour le dessin"Réalisation d un objet pour le dessin créatif ou technique destiné à un étudiant de 1ère année.Professeur: Martino D Esposito"Pince à nappe"Réalisation d une pince à nappe fonctionnelle.Professeur: Martino D Espositophotos: ECAL/Calpyso Mahieu
Living in a Painting,14.06.2018 Living in a Painting ft. Maya Rochat ft. Buvette. At Corso, a disused nightclub in downtown Renens, 21 Bachelor Photography students from ECAL have created a collective work orchestrated by Maya Rochat. Thursday 14 June 2018 from 6pm, this immersive and sound installation will revive the Corso for a night. 14 June 2018, 6pm - 9pm Corso, Renens Access from Rue du Midi www.renens.ch
Living in a painting At Corso, a disused nightclub in downtown Renens downtown Renens, 21 students in Bachelor Photography at ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne have created a collective work orchestrated by Maya Rochat. On Thursday June 14, 2018 from 6pm, an immersive and sound installation will reanimate the Corso for the duration of an evening.
Galerie des Bustes The Festival Images is a free event focused on contemporary images. The specificity of the Festival Images is to present monumental photography in the open air, while presenting projects around the image in a broader sense indoors. For the 2018 edition, ECAL was for the fourth time associated with the festival by pursuing the search for specific devices for outdoor image exhibitions. It is a question of imagining a photo booth. A space to take pictures of yourself alone or with others. The initiation, the fund, the global process will have to take the form of a real experience and interactivity. It is necessary to invent a device that is close to the installation, that is playful and that does not only provide a technical solution to the shooting. For the festival, this installation represents a real expectation of the audience as well as an income since each image costs 5.- Chf. The Festival Images is a free event focused on contemporary images. The specificity of the Festival Images is to present monumental photography in the open air, while presenting projects around the image in a broader sense indoors. For the 2018 edition, ECAL was for the fourth time associated with the festival by pursuing the search for specific devices for outdoor image exhibitions. It is a question of imagining a photo booth. A space to take pictures of yourself alone or with others. The initiation, the fund, the global process will have to take the form of a real experience and interactivity. It is necessary to invent a device that is close to the installation, that is playful and that does not only provide a technical solution to the shooting. For the festival, this installation represents a real expectation of the audience as well as an income since each image costs 5.- Chf.
Graphic Design Travail d édition mêlant textes et images réinterprétés à partir de pochettes d albums de musique. repros: ECAL/Calpyso Mahieu Travail d édition mêlant textes et images réinterprétés à partir de pochettes d albums de musique.repros: ECAL/Calpyso Mahieu
Exhibition Aesop, Zurich,01.06.2018 The skincare, haircare and body products specialist Aesop chose ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne to design two accessories for its brand : an electric essential oil burner and a washbag. In doing so, Aesop clearly showed it cared for smart and sustainable design. After an in-depth presentation and a visit to the three Aesop shops in Zurich, 17 ECAL graduate students from the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship started working under the leadership of professor and designer Tomas Kral. At the end of the workshop, a jury made up of some of the brand executives – among them Mandy Cupper, Head of Product, who had made the trip from Melbourne especially – selected some twenty projects that explored materials as varied as wood, cork, natural resins, ceramic, hand-blown glass and textile. In addition to an aesthetic and innovating design, the students brief included sustainability. Through working prototypes, students imagined projects such as a neoprene washbag inspired from the surfing world or a pocket-size foldable washbag, an essential oil burner producing steam reminiscent of Japanese mountains and a completely transparent oil burner revealing its fan blades and its usual bottle of essential oils. All the other projects also have their own distinctive world in which our bodies and minds are invited to travel through our senses of sight, smell and touch.
Collaboration with Aesop The skincare, haircare and body products specialist Aesop chose ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne to design two accessories for its brand : an electric essential oil burner and a washbag. In doing so, Aesop clearly showed it cared for smart and sustainable design. After an in-depth presentation and a visit to the three Aesop shops in Zurich, 17 ECAL graduate students from the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship started working under the leadership of professor and designer Tomas Kral. At the end of the workshop, a jury made up of some of the brand executives – among them Mandy Cupper, Head of Product, who had made the trip from Melbourne especially – selected some twenty projects that explored materials as varied as wood, cork, natural resins, ceramic, hand-blown glass and textile. In addition to an aesthetic and innovating design, the students brief included sustainability. Through working prototypes, students imagined projects such as a neoprene washbag inspired from the surfing world or a pocket-size foldable washbag, an essential oil burner producing steam reminiscent of Japanese mountains and a completely transparent oil burner revealing its fan blades and its usual bottle of essential oils. All the other projects also have their own distinctive world in which our bodies and minds are invited to travel through our senses of sight, smell and touch.
"un masque en papier" professeur Martino D Esposito Photos: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu "un masque en papier" professeur Martino D EspositoPhotos: ECAL/Calypso Mahieu
Expérience Sébeillon,23.05–03.06.2018,Sévelin 13, Lausanne La Société Realstone SA, propriétaire du quartier de Sébeillon à Lausanne, et l ECAL s associent dans la réalisation d un événement artistique hors du commun. Cette collaboration donnera lieu à une exposition photographique déployée durant 12 jours au cœur même des bâtiments A, B, et C, du mercredi 23 mai au dimanche 3 juin 2018. L exposition «Expérience Sébeillon» profitera principalement à l ensemble des résidents et sera accessible publiquement à trois occasions. Realstone a proposé à l ECAL le quartier de Sébeillon tel un terrain de jeu et d exploration en offrant une carte blanche aux étudiants de deuxième année Bachelor. Sous la direction du photographe de mode Philippe Jarrigeon, le groupe d élèves s est attelé à briser les dogmes de la photographie d architecture afin de proposer une nouvelle vision du genre. Vernissage: Mercredi 23 mai Av. de Sévelin 13 B 17:30 Accueil 17:45 Allocutions 19:00 Fin Fêtes des Voisins: Vendredi 25 mai 17:00 à 20:00 Finissage: Samedi 2 juin 15:00 à 18:00 Accès TL (depuis Flon) Bus #18 Arrêt «École Métiers» Métro M1 Arrêt «Montelly»
TIE Picasso, Giacometti, ECAL. Some projects sometimes give rise to what may first seem to be unlikely associations. In this case, it turned out for the best. The Musée national Picasso-Paris challenged ECAL to create new seats, at once practical and discreet and yet with distinctive character, for the exhibition areas. We rose to the challenge. In order to best respond to the visitors needs, ECAL commissioned a group of nine students and graduates to carry out a study on the seats of fifty museums or so in Europe (Germany, England, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland). Inspired by this survey, 2nd year Bachelor Industrial Design students worked with materials of their choice under the guidance of designer and professor Chris Kabel. Isabelle Baudraz s ‘Tie bench was selected from the projects put forward before being assessed in situ to make sure it blended with the architecture of the museum and the works of the Spanish genius. The benches were finally produced by the outdoor furniture company Tectona. All the project participants worked in a concerted manner and the project was a great success. Picasso and Giacometti can definitely sit easy. Photographs by ECAL/Calypso Mahieu and Matthieu Gafsou
Vision Creation New Sound: guided tour and concert,02.05.2018,Cinema Studio, ECAL Dans le cadre du projet de recherche Pratiques aurales en arts visuels et avec le soutien du Réseau de Compétences Design & Arts Visuels (RCDAV) de la HES-SO, l ECAL présente le 2 mai 2018: «Electrical Walk» de Christina Kubisch. Dans le cadre du projet de recherche Pratiques aurales en arts visuels et avec le soutien du Réseau de Compétences Design & Arts Visuels (RCDAV) de la HES-SO, l ECAL présente le 2 mai 2018: Electrical Walk Christina Kubisch 17 h Point de rencontre / départ : Studio Cinéma, ECAL Sur réservation www.tinyurl.com/electrical-walk Electrical Walk est une visite guidée dans un univers acoustique parallèle. Pionnière de l usage des espaces acoustiques et du temps en arts visuels, Christina Kubisch propose d explorer les activités électromagnétiques des environnements intérieurs et extérieurs de l ECAL au moyen de casques audio modifiés. Infrasound Scott Arford & Randy H. Y. Yau 19 h Studio Cinéma, ECAL (entrée libre) « Hear with your body ». Ainsi commence le manifeste infrasonore de Scott Arford et Randy H. Y. Yau. Ni performance, ni musique, la série de concerts intitulée Infrasound n a qu un but : la transformation du son en force physique, par l usage de fréquences ultrabasses dans des lieux spécifiques (ici le Studio Cinéma de l ECAL), modifiant les perceptions et les rapports aux corps. ECAL, Studio Cinéma Av. du Temple 5 1020 Renens Design graphique: Notter+Vigne
Ending Explained at l elac,01.05–01.06.2018,Gallery l elac After the DOC in Paris, the exhibition created by the American artist Will Benedict with the students of the ECAL Master Fine Arts of the ECAL stops at the Gallery elac. Images HD Opening reception on Tuesday 1st May 2018 from 6pm to 8 pm Exhibition from 2 May to 1st June 2018 From Wednesday to Friday, 1pm to 5pm (closed during the Ascension Week-end). Artists Anaïs Aik, Will Benedict, Daniele Bonini, Stefania Carlotti, Loucia Carlier, Sara Cavicchioli, Raquel Dias, Caterina De Nicola, Pauline Forté, Emilie Fradella, Magdalena Froger, Charlie Gay, Catherine Heeb, Lorenza Longhi, Léa Jullien, Mandine Knöpfel, Una Björg Magnúsdóttir, Julie Monot, Agathe Naito, Jérôme Pfister, Alessandro Polo, Marco Rigoni, Hélène Spycher, Jeanne Wéry Gallery l elac Av. du Temple 5 CH-1020 Renens www.ecal.ch
Collaboration with Marsotto Lab – 2018 On the occasion of the Milan International Furniture Fair (17 th -22 nd April 2018), Marsotto Lab and ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne are presenting a collection of table and wall clocks that the MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship students designed during a workshop with Jaime Hayon. Further to the growing success of the Marsotto Edizioni collections, which are collaborations with today s major designers, the Italian marble specialist launched Marsotto Lab. This new platform will enable the work of young and promising designers as well as that of students from art and design schools to be produced. The family business entrusted ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, and more specifically its Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship students, with the Marsotto Lab s first edition. The students were given the opportunity to highlight the material properties while working on table and wall clocks. During their visit to the manufacture near Verona, the students discovered the impressive production plant, which has been recently optimised with the acquisition of new, cutting-edge equipment. With an experience in marble handed down from generation to generation, as a company, Marsotto excels at combining technology and artisans know-how to design ever more innovating and contemporary pieces. Following their trip, the students were given the opportunity to develop their ideas with the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon, who wished to share his inspiration and his very forward-looking vision of design. This creative exchange resulted in the development of several clock projects with distinct shapes and production techniques.
Rencontres 7e art Lausanne,24–28.03.2018,ECAL & Gallery l elac On the occasion of the first edition of the Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne (r7al), ECAL is hosting a series of masterclasses of cinema personalities as well as films in virtual reality (VR). A l occasion de la première édition des Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne (r7al) initiée par l acteur et réalisateur suisse Vincent Perez, l ECAL accueille une série de masterclasses de personnalités du Cinéma ainsi que des films en réalité virtuelle (VR). Par ailleurs, les étudiants du Bachelor Cinéma de l ECAL ont réalisé les films qui présentent les différents intervenants. (Télécharger programme complet) Michel Hazanavicius réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier, réalisateur et responsable du Département Cinéma à l ECAL Samedi 24 mars 2018 à 15 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Thierry Frémaux délégué général du Festival de Cannes et directeur de l Institut Lumière, Lyon Lundi 26 mars 2018 à 17 h, Auditoire Leenaards, ECAL Darren Aronofsky réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, New York En conversation avec Lionel Baier et Alain Boillat, doyen de la Faculté des lettres à l UNIL Lundi 26 mars 2018 à 18 h 30, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Susanne Bier réalisatrice, scénariste, Copenhague En conversation avec Lionel Baier Mardi 27 mars 2018 à 17 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Léa Seydoux actrice, Paris En conversation avec Lionel Baier Mardi 27 mars 2018 à 18 h 30, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Thomas Vinterberg réalisateur, scénariste, producteur, Copenhague En conversation avec Lionel Baier Mercredi 28 mars 2018 à 17 h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL Sélection de films en réalité virtuelle (VR) Samedi 24 mars de 10 h à 18 h Dimanche 25 mars de 11 h à 17 h Lundi 26 au mercredi 28 mars de 11 h 30 à 19 h Galerie l elac, ECAL A l initiative de Fisheye 360, créateur du VR Arles Festival qui a lieu pendant les Rencontres d Arles, la Galerie l elac (dans l ECAL) accueille des installations, qui présentent une sélection de 10 films de fiction ou documentaire, permettant aux spectateurs de se plonger au cœur des meilleures productions mondiales en réalité virtuelle (VR). Parmi celles-ci, le projet de fin d études de Mélanie Courtinat, diplômée du Bachelor Media & Interaction Design de l ECAL en 2017. ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne & Galerie l elac 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens Tél. : +41 (0)21 316 99 33 www.r7al.ch
Exhibition at The Mass, Tokyo,24.03.2018 At The Mass gallery s invitation, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne is presenting a selection of Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship student projects. Founded in 2016 by Masayuki Nishimoto, the gallery welcomes the exhibition in the three sculpturally designed rooms that give the Tokyo minimalist architect Nobuo Araki s building its distinctive character. The exhibition is organised around three themes (Fine Tableware, Swiss Craftsmanship and Fashion Accessories) and it highlights some of the many collaborations undertaken with Swiss brands from the fields of luxury and craftsmanship. In addition to the exhibited prototypes, a selection of mock-ups and sketches illustrates the students creative process. With the support of the Swiss Embassy in Tokyo and Presence Switzerland The Mass 5-11-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150-0001, JAPAN http://themass.jp
Ending Explained,16.03–09.04.2018,DOC, Paris An exhibition organised by American artist Will Benedict with students of the Master Fine Arts of ECAL. Opening reception on Friday 16 March from 6pm to 11pm at DOC, Paris Exhibition from 17 March to 9 April 2018 On appointment: doc.exposition@gmail.com Artists: Anaïs Aik, Will Benedict, Daniele Bonini, Stefania Carlotti, Loucia Carlier, Sara Cavicchioli, Raquel Dias, Caterina De Nicola, Pauline Forté, Emilie Fradella, Magdalena Froger, Charlie Gay, Catherine Heeb, Lorenza Longhi, Léa Jullien, Mandine Knöpfel, Una Björg Magnúsdóttir, Julie Monot, Agathe Naito, Jérôme Pfister, Alessandro Polo, Marco Rigoni, Hélène Spycher, Jeanne Wéry DOC 26 rue du Docteur Potain 75019 Paris France www.doc.work Visual: baldinger + vu-huu
Point & Shoot This project is the result of a collaboration between students in Bachelor Industrial Design and in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design following a workshop led by Map Project Office. “Double action” is part of the exhibition “Ligne de Mire” presented at mudac in Lausanne, from 14 March to 26 August 2018. In the society that Orwell describes in Nineteen Eighty-Four, every citizen is under constant monitoring by the authorities. The people are constantly reminded of this by the slogan “Big Brother is watching you”. Nowadays in the Digital Age, biometric recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance systems thrive quietly in our back pocket. Not far from what Orwell prophesied, in Two Thousand Eighteen, with all those powerful technologies at our fingertips, “Point-and-shoot” proposes two playful devices arising from “open source” AI technologies such as dense captioning (DenseCap), with “Talking Camera” — a camera that instantly audio translates the scene you just shot—and facial recognition AI algorithms, with “Move n Pick” — a people-triggered camera that captures pictures when subjects are striking the pre-selected pose. “Talking Camera” is a device that instantly translates the scene it captures. ECAL/Amélie Demay, Pierry Jacquillard and Hanieh Rachid “Move n Pick” is a people-triggered camera that captures pictures when subjects are striking the preselected pose. ECAL/Pierre Allain-Longval, Manfred Gordon Baud and Iskander Guetta Exhibition “Ligne de Mire” From Tuesday to Sunday, 11H- 18H In July and August, from Monday to Sunday mudac Place de la Cathédrale 6 1005 Lausanne mudac.ch
«Renens Award» exhibition,08–24.03.2018,Espace CJS, Renens Prix d encouragement de la Ville de Renens Prix d encouragement de la Ville de Renens Célestine Claudin, 3e année Bachelor Design Graphique Eduardo Rennó, 2e année Master Type Design Vernissage le jeudi 8 mars de 18 h à 20 h Exposition Samedi 10 mars, 14 h – 17 h Samedi 17 mars, 14 h – 17 h Samedi 24 mars, 14 h – 17 h Installation des lauréats 2017 présentée à l Espace CJS, rue de Lausanne 21, à Renens. Entrée par la rue Neuve 1. www.renens.ch Visual : ECAL/Célestine Claudin & Eduardo Rennó
Vitrine Piguet Galland Piguet Galland a confié les vitrines de son agence lausannoise aux étudiants en 3e année Bachelor Arts Visuels de l ECAL. Un mandat sous forme de concours a été lancé dans le cadre du second semestre 2017 sous l égide de Denis Savary, professeur, et Stéphane Kropf, responsable de la filière. Le travail d Iseult Perrault a été sélectionné parmi dix candidats pour inaugurer ce qui va s apparenter à un cycle de deux interventions artistiques par année. A l occasion du vernissage le mercredi 21 juin 2017 à 18h, un prix lui sera également remis ainsi qu à Anouk Tschanz, qui exposera ses œuvres dès novembre. Piguet Galland a confié les vitrines de son agence lausannoise aux étudiants en 3e année Bachelor Arts Visuels de l ECAL. Un mandat sous forme de concours a été lancé dans le cadre du second semestre 2017 sous l égide de Denis Savary, professeur, et Stéphane Kropf, responsable de la filière. Le travail d Iseult Perrault a été sélectionné parmi dix candidats pour inaugurer ce qui va s apparenter à un cycle de deux interventions artistiques par année. A l occasion du vernissage le mercredi 21 juin 2017 à 18h, un prix lui sera également remis ainsi qu à Anouk Tschanz, qui exposera ses œuvres dès novembre.
Theater, Garden, Bestiary A Materialist History of Exhibitions The history of exhibitions is currently undergoing renewed interest. While today the "medium" of exhibition is a producer of specific discourses, and while it offers new practices a stage on which to emerge, it has also become the nexus of numerous institutional neo-positivisms relating to the ontological designation ‘art . The exhibition, in the search for its reflexive forms (as in the quest for its own modernism) seems to become a genre in its own right. By distancing itself from today s flurry of studies related to curating, this research project will draft a history of exhibitions sourced from a wide corpus reaching beyond the framework of artistic institutions. The research project Theater, Garden, Bestiary: A Materialist History of Exhibitions stems from the wish to consider the exhibition as a genre, and to question its place in an expanded geography of borders and conceptual divides that have historically structured the space of art, and which continue to underlie its situation today. Its aim is to consider anew the genre of exhibition, by grounding it both in the history of modernism and in modernity as a whole, that is, in what one may call the anthropological matrix of modernity: its ontological separations, its epistemic divisions, its political economy, its sense of the negative.Main applicantsECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Tristan Garcia Intervenant-e-sElie During, Anselm Franke, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Pierre Huyghe, Jeremy Lecomte, Stéphane Lojkine, Celeste Olalquiaga, Peter Osborne, Filipa Ramos, Juliane Rebentisch, Joao Ribas, Ludger Schwarte, Anna-Sophie Springer, Olivier Surel, Etienne Turpin, Charles T. Wolfe, Yuk HuiPeriodseptember 2015 – march 2018Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Strategic fund of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO RCDAV)DisseminationPublication Tristan Garcia and Vincent Normand (eds.), Theater, Garden, Bestiary – A Materialist History of Exhibitions, Lausanne: ECAL and Amsterdam: Sternberg Press, 2019 (with contributions from Etienne Chambaud, Elitza Dulguerova, Anselm Franke, Tristan Garcia, Fabien Giraud & Raphaël Siboni, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Yuk Hui, Pierre Huyghe, Sami Khatib, Jeremy Lecomte, Stéphane Lojkine, Rafael Mandressi, Vincent Normand, Peter Osborne, Filipa Ramos, Juliane Rebentisch, João Ribas, Pamela Rosenkranz, Anna-Sophie Springer, Lucy Steeds, Olivier Surel, Etienne Turpin, Kim West, and Charles Wolfe) Website theatergardenbestiary.com Interview Interview with Tristan Garcia and Vincent Normand by Filipa Ramos, Mousse Magazine, October 2016. PDF
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2017 Congratulations to Eurostandard (Pierrick Brégeon & Clément Rouzaud, ECAL Bachelor Graphic Design graduates), who won The Most Beautiful SwissBooks 2017 with "Early Video Art and Experimental Films Networks" by François Bovier and ECAL In addition, 13 graphic designers (graduates, professors or lecturers) closely connected to ECAL were awarded: Atlas Studio – Ludovic Balland – Julia Born & Laurenz Brunner – Larissa Kasper – Noémie Gygax – Urs Lehni – NORM – Teo Schifferli – Chi-Long Trieu – Lex Trüb – Scott Vander Zee – Jonas Voegeli Moreover, HubertusDesigns (with Jonas Voegeli and Scott Vander Zee) won the Golden Letter (the highest prize) and NORM received an Honorary Appreciation at the occasion of the «Best Book Design from all over the World» in Leipzig.
Upcoming Talent award by SSA/SUISSIMAGE For the second year in a row, an ECAL BA Cinéma diploma film ("Valet Noir" by Lora-Mure Ravaud) was awarded by the SSA / SUISSIMAGE Emerging Talent Award (CHF 15 000.-) at the occasion of 53. Solothurner Filmtage. Two other BA Cinema films were also in competition (Lou Rambert Preiss s "Les Zumains" and Magdalena Froger s "Les Intranquilles"). Congratulations to Marie-Eve Hildbrand, teacher and BA Cinéma graduate, who won the Migros pour-cent culturel Migros (CHF 480 000.-) for her documentary film Les Guérisseurs» produced by Bande à part Films. More than 25 ECAL students and graduates participated in the festival.
Open Days 2018 – Videos of the conferences,09.02.2018,ECAL, Renens Check out online all the presentations given by the Bachelor and Master responsibles during the Open Days 2018 as well as two selections of Alumni conferences. Master & MAS: Friday 2 February 2018: Cinema Fine Arts Photography Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship (MAS) Product Design Type Design Design Research for Digital Innovation (MAS EPFL+ECAL Lab) Alumni Master (selection) ----- Bachelor & MAS: Saturday 3 February 2018 Photography Graphic Design Media & Interaction Design Cinema Fine Arts Industrial Design Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship (MAS) Alumni Bachelor (selection)
ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH IMD BUSINESS SCHOOL, LAUSANNE Lausanne IMD Business School and ECAL have signed a partnership agreement and are currently working together on a series of joint initiatives. The two leading academic institutions based in the Canton of Vaud recently jointly delivered a three-day program on Foundations of Business at IMD for students undertaking ECAL s MAS in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship. The program focused on the major facets of branding and the creation of products and companies. Several other joint initiatives with IMD and ECAL are planned for the current and upcoming semesters. The current line-up of joint programs includes: Foundations of Business This three-day program is led by IMD Professors and is destined for students in ECAL s MAS in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship. Through practical exercises it focuses on familiarizing students with the creation of products and companies as well as the many facets of branding. Coaching IMD Professors provide personalized coaching advising ECAL students on business projects the students undertake as part of their diploma and with a view to kick-start their careers.
10 Best Photo Books of 2017 by The New York Times Congratulations to Laurence Rasti, ECAL Bachelor Photography graduate, whose diploma project (published by Edition Patrick Frey) was selected among the 10 Best Photo Books of 2017 by The New York Times.
Collaboration with L Epee 1839 High-end mechanical clocks manufacture leader in Switzerland L Epée 1839 is the only Swiss Manufacture specializing in the design and production of high-end mechanical clocks – an art it has been perpetuating for over 175 years. Today, the Manufacture is situated in Delémont in the Swiss Jura, where several skills essential to the production of luxury mechanical clocks are now united under one roof. L EPEE 1839 — High-end mechanical clocks manufacture leader in SwitzerlandL Epée 1839 is the only Swiss Manufacture specializing in the design and production of high-end mechanical clocks – an art it has been perpetuating for over 175 years. Today, the Manufacture is situated in Delémont in the Swiss Jura, where several skills essential to the production of luxury mechanical clocks are now united under one roof.Whimsical, Exquisite, CreativeDesigned by Margo Clavier, Hot Balloon embodies the dream of travel and adventure. As her first ECAL project, the collaboration with l Épée 1839 offered a serious challenge: designing a mechanical clock. After visiting the manufacture in Delémont, Margo quickly seized upon the idea of the hot air balloon, which caused a worldwide sensation when it flew for the first time in 1783. Inspired by the aesthetics of the very first hot air balloons, Hot Balloon is an elegant contrast of visible mechanical parts and a metal parts in a variety of finishes and refined decorations. Every component of the mechanical clock is designed to resemble the parts of a hot air balloon: turning the basket winds the movement; the burners serve as the escapement; the flame indicates the hour and minutes; and finally, the envelope (the balloon), with its wide openings, lends the piece an imposing transparent, airy aspect.Hot Balloon_Time Takes Flight: The First Suspended Clock “To fly, float, glide, navigate in the air, traveling from place to place; to surpass oneself, to go further, higher, faster; or, at a leisurely pace, to take the time to have one s head in the clouds. L Épée 1839 has previously included a number of flying objects in its collections, but today it presents the first to have offered mankind the gift of flight: the hot air balloon!” Immediate boarding on the Hot Balloon, the mechanical clock in the form of a hot air balloon created by L Épée 1839. This suspended clock follows the brand s other co-creations – the Vanitas and Arachnophobia wall clocks. Placed simply on a table or suspended from the ceiling as if flying through the air, this kinetic sculpture symbolizes adventure and whimsy while remaining an exceptional mechanical timepiece. An official partner of l École cantonale d art de Lausanne (ECAL), and specifically its Masters program in Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, L Épée 1839 created this clock on the theme of travel in collaboration with the talented design student Margo Clavier. Inspired by the hot air balloon and all that it represents – adventure, imagination, discovery, ambition, freedom – Margo and L Épée 1839 unveil a mechanical clock with impressive, sometimes floating presence which displays the hours and minutes for eight days. An authentic piece of watchmaking art, Hot Balloon can also be admired from below, just as one might view a hot-air balloon overhead, as is the very first mechanical clock that can be hung from the ceiling. The clock is set and wound in either position through an ingenious system that combines form and function, design and engineering, precision and durability. To set the time, simply turn the wheel-shaped crown located in place of the balloon s burner blast valve. Winding the barrel is less intuitive and rather unexpected: the key is the balloon s basket. Simply turn the basket to power the mechanism. Full of poetry, Hot Balloon comprises 207 components, all produced in-house at the L Épée 1839 manufacture, and finished and assembled by hand by a passionate team. The clock, sometimes placed on a table, sometimes suspended, measures 31 cm in height, and 17 cm in diameter. Hot Balloon was been created in a limited edition of 50 pieces for each model: Palladium, Black and Palladium, Blue and Palladium, Red and Palladium, or Gold
écal Masterclasses,01.01.2018,ECAL, Renens
Collaboration with RETROSUPERFUTURE – 2018 After a few collaborations with labels specialized in the fashion industry, such as APC or Carhartt, Retrosuperfuture and ECAL have teamed up to celebrate to work again with the students from the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship. They have worked on surprizing and festive eyewear and sunglasses but also more commercial pieces for the classic collections. Antiquity Savvas Laz The celebration capsule collection I created for RETROSUPERFUTURE trakes us back to antiquity and specifically in ancient Greece. I focused on the iconic and best selling glasses, Ilaria, that inspired me for its feminine and dynamic shape. Taking the laurel crown as a starting point, a symbol of glory in ancient times, I decorated the Ilaria glasses as a reference to women who already used to decorate their outfits, dresses, hands or hair with pieces of jewellery. This symbol of glory is also a perfect way to graphically celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand, as an award for all that has been accomplished. Viadotto Angele Fourteau This project is inspired by the graphical structures and the aerial lines of inconic bridges and viaducts from Italy. I was interested by the idea that those lines support the entire structure and at the same time connect two places exactly like the metallic nose pad in the Panama or Giaguaro SUPER s iconic shapes. For the 10th anniversary of RETROSUPERFUTURE I wanted to develop this idea of a bridge in a literal way through glasses, using graphical lines based on architecture. SUPERvision Naroot Pitisongswat These glasses are a perfect metaphor for the future and the visionary spirit of RETROSUPERFUTURE. Since the beginning I was directly seduced by the brand s innovative aesthetic, that takes inspiration (with a lot of respect) on the past through vintage shapes of classic glasses. This contemporary vision is represented here by an extrusion of the TUTTOLENTE iconic shape that emphasize the character of the brand and celebrates its 10th anniversary - like binoculars that brings you further in the future. MARS Maximilian Maertens For this project I was first inspired by the subtle lines of the TUTTOLENTE collection. The clear lines of the glasses create a naked body without any protection or shell yet very strong and sophisticated. For the 10th anniversary of SUPER, I wanted to design a unique piece that illustrates strength and lightness at the same time: a transparent mask assembled on a metallic helmet in order to show a clear contrast between these two elements, as a celebration of the past and the future.
Collaboration with Thierry Mugler Mugler s heritage reinterpreted through the eyes of eighteen students of the 2nd year photography Bachelor course at the ECAL. A collaborative project led by the professor and acclaimed photographer Philippe Jarrigeon based on photographic and video works on 18 archive creations. Mugler s heritage reinterpreted through the eyes of eighteen students of the 2nd year photography Bachelor course at the ECAL. A collaborative project led by the professor and acclaimed photographer Philippe Jarrigeon based on photographic and video works on 18 archive creations.
Construire un feu,29.11–14.12.2017,Hall Kudeslki, ECAL Une exposition réalisée par les étudiants en Bachelor et Master Arts Visuels, dans le cadre du cours d atelier suivi par Denis Savary. A partir du titre d une nouvelle de Jack London*, proposer aux étudiants d envisager leur pratique artistique comme une sorte de géographie. Les inciter à explorer cette région à la manière d un trappeur ou d untouriste éclairé afin d élargir et de diversifier leurs champs de connaissance et tenter ainsi de les aider à mieux percevoir les contours nécessairement mouvants de leur territoire. Pour cette exposition, les étudiants ont été invités à envisager leurs productions artistiques comme des feux, des dispositifs d allumages. Ceci afin de tenter de s approcher le plus possible des choses qui les animent. L étincelle étant nécessaire à tout engagement. Exposition du 29 novembre au 14 décembre 2017 ECAL, Hall Kudelski 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens
Le Salon de Compagnie This immersive installation created by Pietro Alberti proposes an innovative way to discover an emblematic room of the musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design in Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux). Thanks to Virtual Reality, the perception of the 15th century s architecture, gildings and furnitures are constantly changing, giving the spectator, a completely new vision of the space and its antic masterpieces. The musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design in Bordeaux (madd-bordeaux) paired with ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne for a collaboration that led to an interactive installation in the museum. This project is the starting point for future collaborations and new digital devices installed in the museum. pietroalberti.ch
Workshop Christian Patterson For a week, the New York based photographer Christian Patterson worked with the first year students in photography of ECAL on the edit, sequence, layout and design of a book. Starting off from pre-existing books, the students developed together with Christian Patterson their own book in a book. For a week, the New York based photographer Christian Patterson worked with the first year students in photography of ECAL on the edit, sequence, layout and design of a book. Starting off from pre-existing books, the students developed together with Christian Patterson their own book in a book.