Résultats pour “director divorced twice died 2015-2023 directed film 2000s appeared as themselves” (1113)
Die Nacktwanderer When I saw a nudist beach for the first time last summer, I immediately knew that I had to deal with this group nudity in my diploma. “Naked hiking” is a modern split-off from which even primal naturists take distance; nudity in public provokes. Nudity and Nature have always been big subjects in art. Inspired by the romantic paintings I was hunting for photographs which feature this tension between romantic nature and disturbing contemporary elements – an opposition between nature and culture. When I saw a nudist beach for the first time last summer, I immediately knew that I had to deal with this group nudity in my diploma. “Naked hiking” is a modern split-off from which even primal naturists take distance; nudity in public provokes. Nudity and Nature have always been big subjects in art. Inspired by the romantic paintings I was hunting for photographs which feature this tension between romantic nature and disturbing contemporary elements – an opposition between nature and culture.
ECAL wins 3 awards at the Locarno Film Festival Pour la cinquième fois en six ans (et la 4e fois consécutive), un étudiant diplômé du Département Cinéma de l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne, dirigé par le cinéaste Lionel Baier, a remporté un Pardino au Festival del film Locarno Lors de cette édition, Jean-Guillaume Sonnier (né en 1988 à Annecy), diplômé du Bachelor Cinéma en 2011, a été récompensé par un Pardino d argento (CHF 5 000.-) pour son court métrage «Petit homme». Rhona Mühlebach (née en 1990 à Zurich) a gagné, quant à elle, le Prix Action Light du «meilleur espoir suisse» (prix sous forme de prestations techniques), ainsi que le Prix Cinema e Gioventù (CHF 1 500.-), pour «Abseits der Autobahn», son film de diplôme 2014 dans le cadre du Bachelor Cinéma de l ECAL. Par ailleurs, le film de diplôme 2014 en Bachelor Cinéma de Christophe M. Saber (né en 1991 au Caire), «Discipline», est sélectionné en compétition au prestigieux Toronto International Film Festival (du 4 au 14 septembre 2014). «Petit homme» de Jean-Guillaume Sonnier, 30 minutes Réservé, mais déterminé, David est un jeune apprenti jockey. Dans son centre de formation, il est fasciné par Eliab, à peine plus âgé que lui, qui court pour une célèbre écurie. Afin de se rapprocher de lui et d obtenir des conseils, David l épie et couvre ses fugues nocturnes. Eliab commence à se livrer, mais David est-il vraiment clair quant à ses motivations? «Abseits der Autobahn» de Rhona Mühlebach, 22 minutes Roman et Linda sont un couple qui n a depuis bien longtemps plus rien en commun, exception faite des Bloody Mary qu ils partagent. Un jour, ils partent pour une randonnée en vélo dans les montagnes suisses, Roman, pourtant pas en grande forme, sur un vélo traditionnel alors que Linda, elle, utilise une bicyclette électrique. Leur virée s avère rapidement plus compliquée que prévu et ce couple en pleine stagnation se retrouve dans l obligation de bouger et d agir. «Discipline» de Christophe Saber, 12 minutes 21h50, dans une épicerie de Lausanne tenue par des Egyptiens. Excédé, un père de famille perd patience et corrige son enfant désobéissante. Une cliente choquée exprime son désaccord. D autres clients interviennent, chacun y met son grain de sel et le personnel est dépassé. La conversation se transforme en débat, le débat en dispute. La situation vire peu à peu au chaos. Information ECAL Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple, Renens Case Postale, CH-1001 Lausanne Suisse/Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0)21 316 99 33 Email: ecal@ecal.ch www.ecal.ch
ECAL at the Locarno Film Festival 2014,06–16.08.2014,Locarno Film Festival A l occasion du 67e Festival international du fim de Locarno qui se déroule du 6 au 16 août 2014, deux courts métrages de l ECAL sont sélectionnés dans la compétition «Pardi di domani». Plusieurs films d anciens étudiants ont également été retenus. A l occasion du 67e Festival international du fim de Locarno qui se déroule du 6 au 16 août 2014, deux courts métrages de l ECAL sont sélectionnés dans la compétition «Pardi di domani». Plusieurs films d anciens étudiants ont également été retenus. Films de l ECAL sélectionnés:Abseits der Autobahn de Rhona Mühlebach, film du Bachelor Cinéma 2014. Projection vendredi 8 août à 14h, cinéma La Sala (projections également le 9 août à 11h à L altra Sala et le 10 août à 21h aussi à L altra Sala)Le miel est plus doux que le sang de Colia Vranici, film du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD 2014. Projection lundi 11 août à 14h, cinéma La Sala (projections également le 12 août à 11h à L altra Sala et le 13 août à 21h aussi à L altra Sala). Films des anciens étudiants sélectionnés:Orages d été de Nadège de Benoît-Luthry, diplômée du Bachelor Cinéma 2003. Projection lundi 11 août à 14h, cinéma La Sala (projections également le 12 août à 11h à L altra Sala et le 13 août à 21h aussi à L altra Sala). Le Mal du Citron de Jeremy Rosenstein et Kaspar Schiltknecht, diplômés du Bachelor Cinéma 2012 et 2013. Projection vendredi 8 août à 14h, cinéma La Sala (projections également le 9 août à 11h à L altra Sala et le 10 août à 21h aussi à L altra Sala)Petit Homme de Jean-Guillaume Sonnier, diplômé du Bachelor Cinéma 2011. Projection lundi 11 août à 14h, cinéma La Sala (projections également le 12 août à 11h à L altra Sala et le 13 août à 21h aussi à L altra Sala). Pause de Mathieu Urfer, diplômé du Master CInéma ECAL/HEAD 2007. Projection le 14 août sur la Piazza Grande. Site officiel
ECAL Milan 2014: ECAL & Camper present the film "Training",09.04.2014,Cinema Arlecchino, Milan For the Milan International Furniture Fair 2014, Camper, the Majorcan shoe brand, and the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne present an exceptional multidisciplinary project at the Arlecchino Cinema on Wednesday 9 April (from 9 pm to midnight). Students of the Master Product Design have made a shop, under the supervision of Bethan Laura Wood, which has been used as the set for “Training”, a short film directed by Jan Czarlewski, a graduate of the ECAL Bachelor Cinema. Images HD The projection of this fiction film is accompanied by a documentary by Arthur Touchais, who is also a graduate of the Bachelor Cinema. All communication materials for this event (graphic design and photography) have been undertaken by former students of ECAL. “ The basic idea was to create a full-size Camper shop in the Studio Cinema of ECAL,and shoot a short film,” explains Ramón Úbeda, the person in charge of the project at Camper. “We wanted this project to be multidisciplinary and for it to bring together many of the different skills taught at the ECAL, especially the Cinema option, that makes this school a unique training centre of its kind.” The first stage was having the students of the Master Product Design create a mock-up of a shop. Under the supervision of the British designer Bethan Laura Wood, they have created an original set, an authentic design piece with two-way mirrors – a special effect that is vital to the script – and shaped like a huge shoe box. “ What is there to film in a Camper shop? To discover the film s concept we were inspired by the company philosophy: humour and jokiness”, reveals Jan Czarlewski, director of this short film lasting around 12 minutes. With that in mind, the film could only be a comedy. The story is about the first day at work of a young stammering, awkward and stressed salesman, who is trained by the shop manager, who is himself an anxious person… This short fictional piece is accompanied by a documentary by Arthur Touchais, narrating the process of putting together the whole project, from making the shop to creating the communication materials, done by Romain Collaud, graduate of the Bachelor in Graphic Design at the ECAL. (Brochure) Wednesday 9 April Screenings open to public (free entrance) From 9 pm to midnight (every 30 minutes) Cinema Arlecchino Via S. Pietro all Orto 9 20121 Milano www.ccqm.it/5553 www.camper.com Poster: ECAL/Romain Collaud
Exhibition «Ring Bell Twice» by John M Armleder,06–28.03.2014,Gallery l elac, Renens Du 7 mars au 4 avril 2014 à la Galerie l elac, l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne est très heureuse de présenter «Ring Bell Twice», une exposition de John M Armleder. Le mardi 11 mars à 18h dans le Studio Cinéma de l ECAL, le plasticien genevois fera également des performances inédites avec le musicien et artiste suisse Christian Marclay. Sous l impulsion de Stéphane Kropf (responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels), John M Armleder a produit de nouvelles peintures directement dans la Galerie l elac (après une exposition organisée dans cet espace en tant qu artiste en 2003 et une autre en tant que curateur en 2007). Cette installation célèbre la transition entre le professorat de John M Armleder à l ECAL (initié par Pierre Keller en 1995) et de futures collaborations entre l ECAL et l artiste genevois. D ailleurs, en tant qu enseignant et plasticien, John M Armleder a influencé de nombreux jeunes talents issus de l ECAL, dont Valentin Carron, Philippe Decrauzat, Cyprien Gaillard ou encore David Hominal. Outre une grande pièce murale constituée de plusieurs Puddle Paintings et de rideaux disco, l exposition comporte une série de diptyques qui confronte les différentes approches de John M Armleder à la peinture sur toile, qu elle soit géométrique, en gouttes ou coulée. Au sol, des tas de matériaux de construction et d artefacts culturels tentent de créer un liant négligé à l exposition, dans un joyeux questionnement sur l utile et le futile, la précision et l organique, la fonctionnalité et le déchet. John M Armleder «Fondateur en 1969 à Genève, avec d autres artistes proches de Fluxus, du groupe Ecart et de la galerie du même nom, John M Armleder (né à Genève en 1948) a développé une œuvre incroyablement subtile et complexe. Depuis les performances et installations dans les années 1970 jusqu aux collages, compositions abstraites, emprunts explicites à l histoire de l art et réutilisations de mobilier (Furniture Sculpture), qui lui vaudront la consécration dans les années 1980 et le feront figurer en première ligne dans la reconnaissance internationale du courant néo-géo, John M Armleder n a eu cesse de se réinventer et d enrichir constamment une carrière protéiforme, hybride et singulière.» Source: www.lespressesdureel.com La Galerie l elac remercie la Galerie Andrea Caratsch pour sa collaboration. «Ring Bell Twice» de John M Armleder Exposition ouverte du 7 mars au 4 avril 2013 du mercredi au vendredi de 13h à 17h Galerie l elac 5 av. du Temple 1020 Renens +41 (0)21 316 99 33 ecal@ecal.ch www.ecal.ch
Best short film for a graduate Master ECAL/HEAD at Locarno A l occasion du 66e Festival du film de Locarno 2013, Michele Pennetta (né en 1984 à Varèse en Italie, domicilié à Lausanne), diplômé du Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD en 2010, a gagné le Pardino d Oro du meilleur court métrage suisse avec le documentaire « A iucata» ‘A iucata Un moyen métrage documentaire de Michele Pennetta, écrit avec Christian Tarabini et produit par Close Up Films. 38 minuti / 16:9 / 5.1 / v.o. siciliano Synopsis Au milieu des quartiers populaires de Catane, en Sicile, loin du contrôle des autorités, se cachent de nombreuses écuries de fortune. Une de celles-ci appartient à Concetto, dit le pharmacien. Personnage respecté voire même craint, il s est construit une renommée dans le monde des courses clandestines de chevaux. Chaque jour, avant le lever du soleil, Vittorio, son fils, se rend à l écurie afin de préparer leur cheval, Vito Portanova, pour l entraînement. Dans quelques jours aura lieu la course clandestine sur une rue déserte au pied de l Etna...
ECAL at the Locarno International Film Festival 2013,07–17.08.2013,Locarno A l occasion du 66e Festival international du film de Locarno (du 7 au 17 août 2013), l ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne sera fortement représentée. Après avoir remporté quatre fois en cinq le prix du Meilleur court métrage suisse, l ECAL comptera sur un film de diplôme et trois films d anciens étudiants pour briller dans cette compétition. Quant à Blaise Harrison, diplômé en 2003, il défendra son nouveau film, «L Harmonie», dans la sélection «Cinéastes du Présent». La Piazza Grande aura le privilège d accueillir deux longs métrages événements avec «Les Grandes Ondes (à l ouest)» de Lionel Baier, responsable du Département Cinéma à l ECAL, et «L expérience Blocher» de Jean-Stéphane Bron, diplômé en 1996 et intervenant régulier à l ECAL. Le lundi 12 août dès 16h au Pavillon Swiss Films (La Sala), l ECAL profitera également pour présenter son nouveau DVD avec une sélection des meilleurs films 2012-2013 du Département Cinéma. Pardi di Domani «Bonne espérance» de Kaspar Schiltknecht (diplômé 2013), coproduit par Box productions et l ECAL «Lui, Hitler et moi» de Nathan Hofstetter (diplômé 2010), produit par Zéro Film en collaboration avec l ECAL «Sortie de route» de Tristan Aymon et David Maye (diplômés 2010), coproduit par Terrain Vague et PCT cinéma-télévision «A iucata» de Michele Pennetta (diplômé Master ECAL/HEAD 2010), produit par Close Up Films Cinéastes du Présent «L Harmonie» de Blaise Harrison (diplômé 2003), coproduit par Les Films du poisson et Bande à part films Piazza Grande «Les Grandes Ondes (à l ouest)» de Lionel Baier (responsable du Département Cinéma), coproduit par Rita productions, Les films Pelléas et Bande à part films «L expérience Blocher» de Jean-Stéphane Bron (diplômé 1996 et intervenant régulier), coproduit par Bande à part films et Les films Pelléas Le programme pour voir les films: www.pardolive.ch/en/catalogue/programme Par ailleurs, le film «L Ambassadeur et moi» de Jan Czarlewski, Pardino d Oro 2011 du Meilleur court métrage suisse à Locarno, continue sa tournée des plus grands festivals d Europe à travers le «Short Matters! tour 2013» organisé par l EFA (European film Academy). Les prochains festivals sont: Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel) / Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival (Portugal) / Academia de Cine, Madrid / Dokufest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Kosovo) / Avvantura Festival Filmforumzadar (Croatia) / Odense International Film Festival (Denmark) / BuSho Budapest Short Film Festival (Hungary) / Martha s Vineyard Int l Film Festival (USA) / Tenerife International Short Film Festival (Spain) / ARTos Foundation, Nicosia & Limassol (Cyprus) / Int l Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers (FYR Macedonia) / Batumi International Arthouse FF (Georgia) / Drama Int l Short Film Festival (Greece) / Helsinki Int l Film Festival (Finland) / Rich Mix (UK) / Panorama of European Cinema, Athens (Greece) / Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS festival (Latvia) / Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden) / Scanorama - European Film Forum (Lithuania) / filmfest Braunschweig (Germany) / Museu del Cinema, Girona (Spain) / Alcine Festival de Cine, Alcalá de Henares (Spain) / Aarhus Film Festival (Denmark) / exground filmfest, Wiesbaden (Germany) Vous pouvez visiter le site de la tournée avec les lieux et les dates www.europeanfilmacademy.org/Short-Matters-Tour.152.0.html ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens ecal@ecal.ch
Design graphique Photographie Interaction Design Séquence 2D / 3D Creative Coding I - Generative Graphics 3D Graphics I - Sequence Dynamic Display I - Visual Systems Histoire de l'art (opt.) Histoire de la photographie (opt.) Histoire du cinéma (opt.) Histoire du jeu vidéo Humanités digitales Creative Coding Beyond the screen Interactio…
AWARDS & GRANTS 2025 The graduation ceremony held on 27 June 2025 was also an opportunity to highlight many diploma projects through the awarding of Grants and Prizes. Congratulations to all the graduates and award winners! GRANTS & AWARDS 2025 – BACHELOR TREMPLIN ECAL AWARD SUPPORTED BY FONDATION LEENAARDS – CHF 10 000.- A prize to support graduates in launching their careers or developing concrete artistic or professional projects. Presented by Sabrina Grassi, Executive Director – BA Photography – BA Graphic Design FONDATION CASINO BARRIÈRE DE MONTREUX GRANT – CHF 8 000.- Awarded to a student entering their diploma year in September, selected for their creative potential. Presented by Hervé Klopfenstein, Board Member, Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux – 2nd year BA Cinema PIERRE KELLER AWARD – CHF 5 000.- In memory of Pierre Keller, ECAL Director from 1995 to 2011. Awarded for a particularly committed diploma project. Presented by Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL – BA Photography JAN MICHALSKI FOUNDATION GRANTS – MEMORY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT + CHF 5 000.- + SPECIAL PRIZES Grants awarded to support and publicly present two Bachelor thesis projects. A public launch will be held in autumn 2026 at the Fondation Jan Michalski in Montricher. Presented by Natalia Granero, Director, Fondation Jan Michalski Grants: – BA Graphic Design – BA Fine Arts Special Prize: – BA Cinema (CHF 1 000.-) IMAGES VEVEY X ECAL AWARD – EXHIBITION AT L APPARTEMENT, ESPACE IMAGES VEVEY Awarded to a BA Photography graduate for a first public exhibition and to reinforce ties between ECAL and Images Vevey. Presented by Stefano Stoll, Director, Images Vevey – BA Photography DOWNTOWN STUDIO DE L IMAGE AWARD – POST-PRODUCTION SERVICES + MEMBERSHIP, VALUED AT CHF 5 000.- Awarded to two BA Cinema students (Image specialisation) for artistic and technical excellence. Presented by Pascal Tea, CEO Downtown Studio – BA Cinema – BA Cinema LA FONCIÈRE AWARD – CHF 5 000.- Awarded by La Foncière to a student in BA Photography for outstanding work throughout the academic year. Presented by Julia Cousse, Senior ESG Manager – BA Photography WALTER + EVE KENT FOUNDATION GRANTS – CHF 5 000.- Two grants awarded to particularly talented students in Fine Arts. Presented by Stéphane Kropf, Head of BA Fine Arts – 2nd year BA Fine Arts – 2nd year BA Fine Arts MASÉ STUDIOS SOUND AWARD – MIXING SERVICES IN GENEVA, VALUED AT CHF 5 000.- Awarded to a graduate for a film recognized for its sound quality and artistic and technical execution. Presented by Ivan Ruet, Representative, Masé Studios – BA Cinema, for the film "De l eau qui bout au fond de la Terre" ERNEST MANGANEL AWARD – CHF 3 000.- Awarded by the Ernest Manganel Foundation for research relevance and the quality of a diploma project in BA Fine Arts. Presented by Stéphane Kropf, Head of BA Fine Arts, on behalf of the Ernest Manganel Foundation – BA Fine Arts – BA Fine Arts HES-SO DESIGN & FINE ARTS EXCELLENCE AWARD – CHF 2 500.- Awarded to a graduate for excellence in their diploma work. Presented by Xavier Duchoud, Deputy Academic Director – BA Industrial Design FONDATION SYLVIE RUSCONI AWARD – CHF 2 000.- Awarded to a Visual Communication graduate for an editorial project (book or magazine) distinguished by subject relevance, content production, layout, and physical prototype. Presented by Sylvie Rusconi, President of the Fondation Sylvie Rusconi – BA Graphic Design SWISS DESIGN ASSOCIATION BACHELOR AWARD 2025 – 3-YEAR SDA MEMBERSHIP + ENTREPRENEURIAL COACHING Awarded to a Bachelor student for excellence in their diploma project. The prize includes a three-year membership in the SDA and individual entrepreneurial coaching. Presented by Valentine Ebner, Committee Member, Swiss Design Association – BA Industrial Design CITY OF RENENS AWARD – EXHIBITION AT LA FERME DES TILLEULS + CHF 2 000.- An encouragement prize awarded to a 2nd-year BA student for the quality of their work. The exhibition will take place in December 2025. Presented by Nathalie Jaccard, Municipal Councillor, City of Renens – 2nd year BA Industrial Design WSP CONSULTING ENGINEERS AWARD – CHF 1 500.- Two prizes awarded to graduates whose diploma projects take into account sustainable development, including environmental, economic and social aspects. Presented by Vincent Jacquier, Head of Bachelor Visual Communication – BA Graphic Design – BA Industrial Design GENEVA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (GIFF) AWARD – CHF 1 000.- Awarded to a BA Media & Interaction Design graduate for an innovative and original approach to storytelling or project execution. Presented by Lucie Emch, Programming Officer, GIFF – BA Media & Interaction Design VISARTE VAUD AWARD – CHF 1 000.- Awarded to a BA Fine Arts graduate for the excellence of their diploma project. Presented by Nicole Christe, President of Visarte Vaud – BA Fine Arts METAA AWARD – CHF 1 000.- Awarded to a BA Media & Interaction Design graduate for an innovative and experimental approach to their diploma project. Presented by Paul Lëon, President of METAA – Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association – BA Media & Interaction Design LOGITECH CREATIVE & DESIGN AWARD – CHF 1 000.- + A HIGH-END CREATIVE SOLUTION FROM LOGITECH Awarded to a graduate in BA Media & Interaction Design whose diploma project demonstrates a strong sensitivity to themes dear to Logitech. Presented by Giulio Barresi, UX Lead, Logitech – BA Media & Interaction Design PRIX DE L ANNÉE PROPÉDEUTIQUE – CHF 500.- (EX AEQUO) A prize awarded to a student in the Foundation Year who distinguished themselves through outstanding academic results. Presented by Denis Roueche, on behalf of David Monnet, Head of the Foundation Year – Foundation Year, Cinema – Foundation Year, Graphic Design GRANTS & AWARDS 2025 – MASTER ECAL TREMPLIN AWARD SUPPORTED BY FONDATION LEENAARDS – CHF 10,000.- The Tremplin Award supports the career launch of talented ECAL graduates by helping them establish a long-term professional artistic or design practice. It supports the implementation of a concrete project or their entry into professional life. Presented by Catherine Othenin-Girard, President of the Cultural Commission of Fondation Leenaards – MA Fine Arts graduate – MA Type Design graduate – MA Photography graduate GRANT NESTLÉ-ECAL – CHF 10,000.- Two CHF 10,000 grants awarded to 2nd-year students in Product Design, Photography or Type Design who have distinguished themselves through the quality of their diploma projects, particularly on themes such as technological or social innovation, sustainability, or health. Presented by René Ciocca, Head of Corporate Identity Design at Nestlé – MA Product Design graduate – MA Type Design graduate DE BETHUNE AWARD – CHF 6,000.- A prize awarded to a graduate of the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship for the quality of their work. De Bethune is an independent Swiss watch manufacturer based in L Auberson, in the Jura region of Vaud. Presented by Ouldouze Nadiri, Head of communication and marketing at De Bethune – MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship graduate GRANT WALTER + EVE KENT FOUNDATION – CHF 5,000.- Two grants awarded to particularly talented 1st-year Master Fine Arts students in the fields of painting and sculpture, in support of their continued studies at ECAL. Presented by Stéphanie Moisdon, Head of Master Fine Arts – 1st-year MA Fine Arts student – 1st-year MA Fine Arts student HES-SO DESIGN & FINE ARTS EXCELLENCE AWARD – CHF 2,500.- A prize awarded to an ECAL student who has distinguished themselves through the excellence of their diploma project. Presented by Xavier Duchoud, Academic Deputy Director at ECAL – MA Product Design graduate PROFOT-ELINCHROM PRIZE – EQUIPMENT WORTH CHF 2,124.- A prize awarded to a Master Photography student who has produced an excellent diploma project. Presented by Sandro Bizzarro, Digital Imaging Consultant at Profot SA – MA Photography graduate ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD – CITY OF RENENS – EXHIBITION AT LA FERME DES TILLEULS IN RENENS + CHF 2,000.- An encouragement prize awarded to a 1st-year Master student for outstanding work. The winner will exhibit at La Ferme des Tilleuls in Renens in December 2025. Presented by Nathalie Jaccard, City Councillor of Renens – 1st-year MA Type Design student BCV AWARD – CHF 2,000.- A prize awarded to a Master s graduate for the overall quality of their work. Presented by Stéphanie Moisdon, Head of Master Fine Arts – MA Fine Arts graduate JACQUELINE VEUVE AWARD – CHF 1,000.- An award presented to a Film student for a remarkable graduation work. This prize pays tribute to Jacqueline Veuve, a renowned Swiss documentary filmmaker who passed away in 2013. Presented by Paolo Moretti, Head of Master Cinema – 1st-year MA Cinema student, for the film “Sous la table” DAVID RUST PRIZE – CHF 1,000.- A prize awarded by the association "In Rust We Trust" to a graduate for outstanding typographic work. The winner is given the opportunity to publish a visual used to raise donations for the Design Against Cancer initiative. Presented by Maude Rust – BA Type Design graduate EXECAL AWARD – CHF 1,000.- A prize awarded to a graduate who has produced a distinguished Master s thesis project. Presented by Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary – MA Fine Arts graduat
Two ECAL photographers honoured with the Dior Prize for Photography 2025 Sara de Brito Faustino and Aline Savioz, respectively a graduate and student of the Bachelor s programme in Photography at ECAL, are among the winners of the 2025 edition of the prestigious Dior Prize for Photography and Visual Arts for Young Talents. Organised by Dior in collaboration with LUMA Arles and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (ENSP), this prestigious award celebrates the next generation of international contemporary photographers. Since its creation in 2018, the Prix Dior has supported the unique perspectives of young artists from leading art and photography schools around the world. Following a rigorous selection process, the ten winners are invited to produce a new work based on the theme ‘Face-to-Face . The winners works, including those by Sara De Brito Faustino and Aline Savioz, are presented in a group exhibition at LUMA Arles as part of the Rencontres de la Photographie until 5 October 2025. This exceptional visibility allows these young talents to engage with an international audience of contemporary photography enthusiasts. Exhibition From 5 July to 5 October 2025 La Lampisterie, Luma Arles prix-dior.luma.orgAlien Love Call by Aline Savioz Created in 2024, Alien Love Call draws inspiration from romantic ideals and the collective imagination shaped by 1950s cinema, 1970s design and popular culture codes, particularly those of science fiction. This project is set in a fictional and fantastical universe, where fulfilment and lightness intertwine. Composed of six images staged and shot in medium format film, the series brings to life a retro-futuristic fiction, telling a love story between two aliens. It explores nostalgia for the future, that paradoxical feeling of attachment to a time we have never known, when we projected an idealised future. Alien Love Call evokes this unique melancholy and creates a visual refuge where romance blossoms in a setting from another time, both familiar and unreal. Through the images, we follow the protagonists in the moments leading up to their meeting, until their rendezvous at the Jazz Club, animated by a caricatured trumpet player in a cinematic atmosphere. @saviozalA Home With No Roof by Sara De Brito Faustino The place where I grew up was a mixture of strangeness and familiarity. It should have been a refuge, but it was the scene of painful moments. Uncomfortable and dysfunctional, it bears the traces of traumas that I can hardly remember, except for deep scars. The only remnants are in the decor of my current flat. This project stems from that, using 1:15 scale models of my house to explore this history in a new light. By reconstructing the space in miniature, I am able to confront it with distance. These scenes become a dialogue with my traumas. The confrontation takes place through reduced objects, body sculptures and plays on scale. My flat becomes a hybrid place, somewhere between shelter and threat. The images convey the identity of a young girl in the making, growing up in imbalance. By deconstructing and reconstructing, bodies become objects, and vice versa. I am both subject and object in this space, confronting what has shaped me. Photography becomes catharsis, bringing me closer to a blurred past. A Home With No Roof questions what it means to face one s history: a silent dialogue to reconcile the intimate. The series is a face-to-face encounter with my traumas, allowing me to become a healthy adult. @colddaily
ECAL × OFFECCT AT 3 days of design,18–20.06.2025,Copenhagen ECAL is taking part in the 2025 edition of 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen with the project Sound & Vision, created in collaboration with Swedish brand Offecct. As the modern workspace and living environment trend towards open-plan designs, the need for versatile acoustic solutions have regained momentum. Offecct has teamed up with students part of Master Product Design from ECAL, led by course tutor Camille Blin, to reinterpret the acoustic room divider, an essential tool in structuring both our spaces and our ideas. Acoustics have been a steady part of Offecct s portfolio since the early 2000s, and it is time for this category to question its own versatility and its influence on the well-being of our workplaces. These projects do more than divide space: they reinterpret familiar gestures, reveal the poetry of modest materials, and offer sensitive responses to the needs of the contemporary office. Together, they form a landscape of objects that are both technical and adaptable, where every separation becomes an opportunity for expression, comfort, and reinvention of the workplace.VENUEPapirøen 21 1436 CopenhagenDATES & SCHEDULEFrom 18 to 20 June 2025HEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITE3daysofdesign.dkSTUDENTS, , , , , , , ASSISTANTOPENING18 June at 4pmPARTNERSFLOKK DESIGN Marianne Sælid, Vice President, Design Managment Oscar Shu Hao Kwong, Designer, Design Managment Special Thanks To: Christian Lodgaard OFFECCT Magdalena Borowiec, Brand Manager Øystein Austad, Design Manager offecct.flokk.com
ECAL label for the Vaud Parliament wine To celebrate the collaboration between the three branches of government, the Vaud Parliament is unveiling its very first vintage wine – adorned with a label designed by ECAL. This is a first for the canton of Vaud: a wine from the Vaud Parliament has been bottled to celebrate the joint work of the legislative, executive and judicial branches. For this occasion, the institutions called on the talent of students in the Bachelor Graphic Design and Master Type Design programmes at ECAL to design a symbolic and contemporary label. The winning label, entitled ‘Les Trois Portes (The Three Doors), was designed by . Its design pays homage to the old entrance to the Parliament and its architecture, composed of three doors, while evoking the separation of the three powers. To highlight the design, the label is printed directly onto the bottle using a digital printing process carried out by the company Univerre at its site in Bioley-Orjulaz in the canton of Vaud. This project once again illustrates ECAL s desire to forge links with public and cultural actors in the canton, while offering its students opportunities to put their creativity to work on concrete projects.
Romania Grand Voyage workshop On the first year of their Master degree, students embark on a “Grand Voyage” to discover the region and a filmmaker. In 2025, they went to Romania. On the first year of their Master degree, students embark on a “Grand Voyage” to discover the region and a filmmaker. In 2025, they went to Romania. For three weeks, the students conceived, directed and edited 10 films in collaboration with film students from Transylvania s capital, Cluj-Napoca. They were supervised by director and scriptwriter Radu Jude, and collaborated with the Theatre and Film Faculty of Babeș-Bolyai University.
ECAL Archive Book Sale,21.05.2025,ECAL, Renens ECAL invites you to its major editorial archive sale, accompanied by the launch of the new issue of its magazine Offline, on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, from 5 PM to 7 PM at ECAL. Rediscover classics and rare publications that have shaped ECAL s editorial universe. Take home books, magazines, catalogues and student projects at friendly prices, sold by weight. You will also have the chance to get an exclusive first look at Offline No. 15, the school s biannual magazine designed by students. Each issue explores life at ECAL through a dedicated theme, interviews, portfolios and a renewed art direction, making every edition a unique object. Great finds at small prices. Don t miss out! ECAL Archive Book Sale Books by the kilo Offline No. 15 Launch 1 magazine + 1 beer = 5 CHFDATES & SCHEDULEWednesday 21 May 2025 5 PM to 7 PM Free entryVENUEECAL Av. du Temple 5 1020 Renens
Direction workshop with Patric Chiha In partnership with La Manufacture, the Cinema Dapartment invited austrian director Patric Chiha for a direction workshop destined to 3rd year students. Head of workshop: "The deepest thing about man is his skin. Although it s not its subject, this beautiful phrase by Paul Valéry speaks to me of the essence of cinema: we only film surfaces and nothing else. During the workshop, I d like to work with the students from ECAL and La Manufacture on a series of screen tests, essays, shots... a bit like what you d do during a casting. For me, a casting is not a moment of verification or testing, but of research and encounter. What can directors and actors do together? Where does this first meeting lead us? How do we approach and film the other? How can we avoid trapping them in a preconceived image, and instead liberate their multiple identities? I don t believe in directing actors, except that perhaps, in an encounter, we direct each other. I believe much more in the tools of cinema - the camera, the light, the music... - as an invitation to play, to surprise, to emotion. Over the five days of the workshop, we ll use a series of improvisations, filmed in natural or artificial light, with or without words, trusting in the mysteries of faces, the pace of bodies and the rhythms of gestures - in everything that may at first seem superficial - and without resorting to scripts, to try to reach emotions." Patric Chiha, director
Masterclass ECAL – Albert Serra,06.05.2025,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Suisse and Sister Distribution, welcomes filmmaker Albert Serra for a talk. Born in Banyoles in 1975, Albert Serra is a Catalan filmmaker, visual artist, and director. He gained international recognition with his first feature film, Honor de Cavalleria, a loose adaptation of Don Quixote featuring non-professional actors from his hometown, which was presented at the Directors Fortnight in Cannes in 2006. In 2013, he received the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for Story of My Death, inspired by the memoirs of Casanova. He was later selected for the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival with The Death of Louis XIV (2016), Liberté (2019), and Pacifiction (2022). In 2024, Serra was awarded Best Film at the San Sebastián Film Festival for Tardes de Soledad, a documentary dedicated to matador Andrés Roca Rey. The film Tardes de Soledad will be screened the same day at 8pm at Capitole Cinema in Lausanne. Tickets available at cinematheque.ch In collaboration with the Cinémathèque Suisse and Sister Distribution.MASTERCLASSTuesday, May 6, 2025 at 5:15pm Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL Free entryPROJECTIONTuesday, May 6, 2025 at 8:00pm Cinéma Capitole, Cinémathèque suisse, Lausanne Tickets on cinematheque.ch
Service Design - 2025 During the Service Design course, the 3rd year of the Graphic Design, Photography and Media & Interaction Design bachelors had to create multi-media projects. A collaboration of the Visual Communication department which had as subject the SDGs (*Sustainable Development Goals). The theme was called "For a good cause, make the SDGs a reality" and its objective was to allow students to develop a cause that is close to their hearts. Each project consists of at least two different media, one primary and one secondary. These projects could take any form that the students deemed relevant, be it a website, editions, posters, a video sequence or virtual reality. The SDGs are meant to be achieved globally by all United Nations member states by 2030. This entails all states equally playing their part in seeking common solutions to the world s urgent challenges. Switzerland is also obligated to implement these goals at the national level. Furthermore, incentives must be created to encourage non-governmental actors to increasingly contribute to sustainable development.The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), along with their 169 targets, constitute the core of the Agenda 2030. They integrate the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and, for the first time, place poverty eradication and sustainable development on the same agenda. 2030 IS NOT FAR AWAY Edition Our docu-fiction takes the form of a black box. As major institutions and the UN admit their failure to achieve the SDGs, it records government activities in the year 2030 through the lens of global energy degradation. Amidst reports and official documents, Ravi Mehta, an energy researcher commissioned by the UN, infiltrates the system logs and reveals what is truly happening behind the scenes of a world on the brink. He exposes the deceptive efforts of states and paints a portrait of a polarized world, where the pursuit of profit makes sustainable development impossible. In 2030, he travels the globe, closely following several projects that promise sustainable energy alternatives. However, government pressure hinders him and his colleagues from properly implementing the program. As the story unfolds, the reader witnesses the worsening situation and becomes aware of the deep interconnection between the SDGs—until the end of the year, when humanity is ultimately condemned by its past inaction. By , & Lasting parcel Edition & Website The project takes the form of a newsletter, delivered like a package in a mailbox. Inside the box, beneath its packaging, the recipient finds an informative edition focused on a specific SDG, featuring text sourced from the official SDG website, along with four postcards containing QR codes. When scanned, each card leads to a website offering a rich, immersive visual interpretation of the newsletter s theme. The user can navigate through various types of content—graphic boards, videos, sounds, and images—allowing for a non-linear exploration of the edition. Visitors can also access an index, presented as an interactive map, which brings together past and future newsletters of the project. Each edition can be viewed or ordered directly from the platform. There are four newsletters in total—four packages—each containing the same set of media formats. By , & SDG QUEST Video game Our video game offers an interactive experience designed to raise awareness and explain the environmental and social challenges of the SDGs to younger audiences, using a language and format that resonates with them. Players take on the role of a child transforming a grey, polluted world through their actions and interactions with local inhabitants. The goal is to inspire young people and children to take real-world action by showing them that even small gestures can have a big impact. We provide an educational and engaging game that combines entertainment with awareness, empowering the next generation to make a difference. By , & LET S ACT NOW Website An immersive mobile website designed to raise awareness and inspire action around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Let s Act Now presents a series of mobile-first websites, each crafted as an interactive one-page experience dedicated to a specific SDG. Through striking visuals, impactful videos, and 3D animations, each page delves into the global challenges shaping our future. Visitors are immersed in a rich experience where every visual element—from thought-provoking images to animated sequences—is designed to spark curiosity, encourage reflection, and drive engagement. This project aims to make the SDGs accessible, impactful, and engaging, mobilizing a broad audience around the world s most urgent challenges. With Let s Act Now, the mission is clear: turn awareness into concrete action. By , , & Mon monde parfait Edition How do children envision the future? We interviewed 60 children aged 4 to 11, all attending school in Switzerland, to gather their visions of an ideal world. These conversations, centered around the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), allowed us to dive into their imaginations and discover their ideas for a better future. Our project invites these young minds to imagine a utopian world aligned with the SDGs, while also proposing solutions to improve today s reality. The children s ideas were then transformed into creative, colorful visuals that illustrate their unique visions of a perfect future. The publication brings together these in-depth interviews along with the illustrations. A second layer of reading is offered through augmented reality: by scanning selected pages, readers can access more alarming data on today s environmental and social challenges—creating a striking contrast with the children s imagined utopia. This project highlights the richness of children s perspectives and their potential to inspire meaningful reflection on a sustainable future. By , , & Getting Involved Edition & Posters The project consists of three editions, each focused on a specific Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). These editions combine protest slogans with visual symbols that embody their messages. They share a common core derived from the “Getting Involved” chapter of Amnesty International s Sustainable Development Goals text, which offers guidance on how to engage in the fight for the SDGs. Each edition also includes a section dedicated to its respective SDG, featuring detachable and fold-out pages that can be transformed into protest signs. These pages are based on the goals outlined in the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2015. The editions are modular, allowing pages to be interchanged across editions to vary and customize the slogans. By , &
Folklore Fusion at Milano Design Week,08–13.04.2025,Spazio Orso 16, Milano ECAL presents Folklore Fusion at Milano Design Week 2025 Through the immense popularity of anime, manga, or global phenomena, Japanese narratives and visuals have conquered the world, shaping pop culture and popularizing themes from Japanese folklore in Western media. In this context, Folklore Fusion explores the creative interplay between tradition and modern visual storytelling with a cutting-edge CGI character project. After an intense trip through Tokyo s vibrant neighborhoods, rich history, architecture, and local legends, ECAL Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students created the Swijūs — hybrid creatures blending Japanese and Swiss Folklore. Beneath its playful appearance, Folklore Fusion examines the narrative potential of modular design. Presented at Milan Design Week in a scenography conceived by ECAL Bachelor Industrial Design students, the project offers an immersive experience that brings the Swijūs to life, enriched by a trading card game collection, an interactive map of Tokyo and a printed publication. Beyond paying tribute to Japanese culture, Folklore Fusion and its Swijūs become imaginary artefacts, reflecting the cultural exchanges and shared narratives of our time. ADDRESSSpazio Orso 16 Via dell Orso 16 20121 MilanoDATES & SCHEDULE8–12 April, 11am-8pm 13 April, 11am-4pmHEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITEfolklore-fusion.netSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , CGI TEACHERDIGITAL CONTENTDESIGN, , , SCENOGRAPHY STUDENTS, , , , , ,
ECAL MILANO 2025 – EXHIBITIONS BY ALUMNI,08–13.04.2025,Milan Design Week Selection of exhibitions with ECAL graduates at Milan Design Week 2025. During Milan Design Week, from April 7 to 13, 2025, discover the work of numerous ECAL graduates, presented both at the Salone and in the Brera design district. Charlotta Åman Master Product Design WORTH Partnership Project Zona K, Via Spalato 11, Milan worth-partnership.ec isola.design Herding Wool – Alix Arto, Emma Casella & Yihan Zhang Bachelor Industrial Design, Bachelor Industrial Design & Mas Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Ròng mini library by Ròng Design Library Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli 24 Salone Satellite, Fiera Milano-Rho, Pavilions 5/7 ronglibrary.com Luca Gruber Mas Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Shakti Design Residency Alcova, S4, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48, 20814 Varedo @_lucagruber_ Anthony Guex Master Product Design Two Step Spazio Milano, Via Lazzaro Spallanzani 19, 20129 Milan @koivu.it Two Step is a step stool. Designed by Anthony Guex for Koivu as a small wooden object – both a furniture piece and a functional tool –Two Step is versatile. It serves as a small ladder, a high stool, a shelf or a side table. Gabriel Hafner Bachelor Design Industriel Via Leopoldo Cicognara 8, Milan hafnerbuero.ch Chou Hsinhung Master Product Design Nimble & Handy SaloneSatellite, Rho, Fiera Milano Hall 7, Stand A35 hsinhungchou.com Koda Leo Master Product Design graduate Good selection Via Santa Cecilia, 12B Varedo SaloneSatellite / Fiera Milano goodselection.design Julie Richoz Bachelor Industrial Design Bolzan Space Showroom, Brera Design Apartment, Via Palermo 1 – Milan Campeggi, Salone del Mobile, Hall 22, Booth B29 @julierichoz Isen Wu Master Product Design Haitang stool Basic Village, Via Dell Aprica 12, 20158, Milano BIG-GAME Master Product Design, Bachelor Industrial Design CUSCINI LOUNGE for MAXDESIGN OFF-CUT for FAUST LOBBY SOFA for KARIMOKU NEW STANDARD big-game.ch NUOVA - Enrico Pietra & Rodrigo Caula MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Range Rover @nuovagroup HOUSE OF SWITZERLAND A group exhibition presented by Pro Helvetia and Presence Switzerland, celebrating the power of collaboration with the participation of ECAL alumni. Casa Degli Artisti, Milan, Corso Garibaldi 89/A, Milan design.swiss GINI MOYNIER – Amandine Gini & Victor Moynier Bachelor Design Industriel, Master Design de Produit Artistic Direction of the House of Switzerland Herding Wool – Alix Arto, Emma Casella & Yihan Zhang Bachelor Industrial Design, Bachelor Industrial Design & Mas Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Ròng mini library by Ròng Design Library Via Giovanni Battista Pirelli 24 Salone Satellite, Fiera Milano-Rho, Pavilions 5/7 design.swiss/alix-arto-emma-casella-yihan-zhang Lena Bernasconi Bachelor Design Industriel WWW (Women Work Wear) Lena Bernasconi s WWW (Women Work Wear) responds to the question, Are Objects Sexist? Exploring the gender bias that still exists in the manufacturing of certain items, these work pants are designed by and for women to help fill this gender gap. Offering a new aesthetic and levels of comfort, adaptability, protection and flexibility for women woodworkers, the work pants are also the result of an exchange of ideas through collaboration. Through interviewing women throughout the creative process, Bernasconi s project embodies the experiences and perspectives of 25 women in a single garment. design.swiss/lena-bernasconi Justus Hilfenhaus Master Design de Produit ECAL X ECAL Focused on collaboration across multiple layers, ECAL X ECAL looks at Justus Hilfenhaus own experience as a student and the school s identity as a creative partner. Resulting in functional, crafted objects that enrich daily interactions and teamwork, it builds upon the collaborative spirit of ECAL s existing communal spaces. design.swiss/justus-hilfenhaus Livia Lauber Bachelor Design Industriel USMO Light USMO Light is the result of a design experiment curated by ARAM in collaboration with USM Modular Furniture. Designers and artists were invited to explore the possibilities of the iconic USM Haller system, creating pieces that diverge from its conventional applications. Through her contemporary design lens, designer Livia Lauber utilizes the system s components beyond their modular constraints, resulting in a large floor light with an integrated shelf for books and magazines. The lampshade, crafted from Washi—a traditional Japanese paper—provides a soft contrast to the rigid metal frame. This project brings together diverse expertise, thoughtfully respecting and challenging traditional design rules through collaboration. design.swiss/livia-lauber Antonio Severi Master Product Design Ramel Series Developing a series of small objects for the home, Antonio Severi partnered with the Beirut-based Exil Collective to work with local Lebanese creatives in bringing their vision to life. Featuring items such as a candle holder, wall clock and ashtray, the collection is made from recycled aluminium within a sand-casting workshop where the choice of shapes, sand grit and metal were the result of an open dialogue between Severi and the artisans. Combining the expertise of all those involved, this cross-cultural collaboration seamlessly blends traditional skillsets with contemporary design helping to highlight the importance of preserving such valuable techniques. design.swiss/antonio-severi DATES & SCHEDULE07–13.04.2025VENUEMilano Design Week
ECAL × SDOL, Horizon Ouest, Regards sur la métamorphose urbaine New transport infrastructure is emerging, while former industrial wastelands are giving way to modern buildings and redesigned outdoor spaces. Gradually, residents are moving into these new neighborhoods and adopting new habits. To capture the first moments of life in these spaces, the association "Ouest lausannois: Prix Wakker 2011" has invited second-year students from the ECAL Bachelor of Photography program to observe them throughout 2024. This project highlights 18 ongoing construction sites or recently completed neighborhoods. Through their perspectives, the students offer original approaches to discovering, understanding, and appropriating these new spaces. Photography maintains a unique relationship with the world around us, as it often depends on it. Far from merely documenting reality in a strict sense, it has the power to transfigure and reveal the invisible or the unspeakable. This is the approach adopted by the ECAL photography students at the request of the "Ouest lausannois: Prix Wakker 2011" association, as they explored various territories in western Lausanne. As part of this commission, each student was randomly assigned a specific location—be it a new neighborhood, a construction site, or a distinctive building—on which they worked over an academic year. Faced with spaces that were sometimes unphotogenic or even resistant to imagery, the challenge was to look beyond appearances, to resonate with these places in order to grasp their unique dynamics. The photographs question our perception of these recent landscapes and bear witness to the human activity unfolding within them. What do they reveal about our ways of living and moving? Who are the people inhabiting these spaces? What new landscapes emerge from these rapid transformations? Through approaches that are sometimes sensitive and intimate, sometimes detached and analytical, or even driven by a formal fascination with the objects captured, the works presented reveal the density and diversity of everyday life. They bring forth a poetic vision of the city, inviting us to consider these territories not merely as functional backdrops but as fully-fledged spaces, rich with history, form, and identity—fluid and multifaceted, just like those who inhabit them.
Horizon Ouest,26.03–21.05.2025,Bussigny Observing Urban Transformation: ECAL Students Capture the New Spaces of Western Lausanne New transport infrastructures are being built, while former industrial wastelands are giving way to modern buildings and redeveloped outdoor spaces. Little by little, residents are taking over these new neighborhoods and adopting new habits. To capture the first moments of life in these spaces, the association "Ouest lausannois : Prix Wakker 2011" invited second-year students in ECAL s Bachelor of Photography program to observe them throughout 2024. The exhibition highlights 18 construction sites in progress or recently completed neighborhoods. Through their eyes, the students offer us original approaches to discovering, taming and appropriating these new spaces. At the end of the exhibition, everyone is invited to go and explore these places for themselves. Photography has a unique relationship with the world around us, because it often depends on it. Far from documenting it in the strict sense of the word, photography has the capacity to transfigure and reveal the invisible or the unspeakable. At the request of the "Ouest lausannois: Prix Wakker 2011" Association, ECAL photography students have adopted this approach, exploring various territories in the western part of Lausanne. As part of this commission, each student was allocated a specific location by lottery: a new district, a construction site or a singular building, on which he or she worked for one academic year. Faced with spaces that are sometimes unphotogenic, or even resistant to images, the challenge was to go beyond appearances, to enter into resonance with these places in order to grasp their own dynamics. The photographs on display question our perception of these recent landscapes, and bear witness to the human activity taking place there. What do they say about the way we live and move around? Who are the people who inhabit these spaces? What landscape forms are emerging from these rapid transformations? Through approaches that are at times sensitive and intimate, at times distanced and analytical, or guided by a formal fascination for the objects apprehended, the works presented reveal the density and diversity of everyday life. They give rise to a poetics of the city, inviting us to consider these territories not as mere functional backgrounds, but as spaces in their own right, bearers of histories, forms and an identity of their own - shifting and multiple, like those who inhabit them.DATES & VENUETravelling exhibition Bussigny 26.03 – 10.04 PL. DES ARCADES Crissier 10.04 - 23.04 CH. DES LENTILLIÈRES 9 Ecublens 23.04 - 07.05 PL. FRANÇOIS SILVANT Renens 07.05 - 21.05 SQ. DU 14 JUINOPENINGWednesday, March 26, 2025, 5pm, BussignyPARTNERL association « Ouest lausannois : Prix Wakker 2011 »
ECAL Lecture - Tyler Mitchell,25.03.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL welcomes photographer Tyler Mitchell for a talk in conversation with Hannah Pröbsting, Production Manager at Photo Elysée. Born in 1995, Tyler Mitchell is an artist, photographer, and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, US. A graduate in Film and Television from NYU in 2017, his works are featured in prestigious collections, including the High Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. In 2018, he became the first Black photographer to shoot a Vogue US cover, featuring Beyoncé. His work has been published in Aperture, Dazed, i-D, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and exhibited worldwide (FOAM, Gagosian Gallery, ICP). His exhibition Wish This Was Real is presented at Photo Elysée in 2024 before heading to Paris in 2025.DATES & SCHEDULETuesday, March 25 18h Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECALIN COLLABORATION WITHPhoto Elysée elysee.ch
Le livre d artiste - 24/25 As part of the editorial design course led by Anouk Schneider and Nicolas Polli, second-year Visual Communication students had the opportunity to design an artist s book during the first semester. This book project stands out for its contemporary approach, aiming to create an editorial object that harmoniously integrates form and content within today s publishing landscape. Students were encouraged to fully embrace their artistic freedom at every stage of the creative process—whether in terms of format, paper choice, binding, layout, illustrations, text, or typography. Within this course, the artist s book can take shape through various modes of illustration, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, and more. The emphasis is placed on the author s artistic vision and the means implemented to bring it to life. Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator, and architect, thereby covering the responsibilities of art director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and copy editor. This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a carefully constructed content sequence. A rusty wheel still turns Edition By & Palaces avec balcons. vues et jardin pour tousctes Edition By & Point Bleu Edition By & CAMILLE Edition By , & we <3 feet Edition By &
ECAL Night Live During an intensive week, first-year students from the Visual Communication department at ECAL had the opportunity to create and produce the first edition of ECAL Night Live. The goal was to design a show inspired by satirical television formats. Divided into multidisciplinary teams—including students from the Bachelor programs in Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design, and Photography—they collaborated to create all the content, set design, and visual identity of the show, delivering a fully homemade project in record time. The main theme revolved around self-mockery, targeting the visual communication professions, students, and the institution itself, with a subtle touch of current events. This project was supervised by Vincent Veillon and Paul Walther, directors of the RTS show 52 Minutes, as well as Florian Pittet, a digital scenography expert who guided the creation of the show s set design.
Fiction film workshop with Klaudia Reynicke The 2024 fiction film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by swiss and peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke. Head of workshop: "The aim of the second-year BA fiction workshop 2024-2025 was to write and direct short films on a very limited budget and to a very tight deadline. As head of this workshop, I chose to push these constraints to make it a real learning tool for the students. We took our inspiration from the principles of Dogma 95, while imposing a theme: ‘birth . The idea was to get the students to concentrate fully on the essence of filmmaking, to tell stories in the most raw and sincere way possible, without relying on devices often considered indispensable. This approach allowed them to explore storytelling and directing in a new way. Most of them played along. I ended up relaxing some of the rules of Dogme 95, which may seem contradictory. But this strict framework, which wasn t very sexy for many at first, served as a starting point, giving them a basis and constraints for experimenting, testing and researching. Then the projects took over. Everyone found their own urgency, their own rules. So we left Dogme 95 behind and concentrated on the films themselves. Films that are unique, sincere, sometimes raw, often powerful and as rich as they are profound, in all their splendour." Klaudia Reynicke, director • , Crescendo, 9 35 • , Garance, 18 04 • , Cuxhaven, 18 • , Looking for someone up to anything for a big sum of money, 14 02 • , Nausea, 17 40 • , Kean, 10 50 • , Border, 15 13 • , White zone, 12 22
ECAL LECTURE – JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC,18.03.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL An avant-garde designer and artist, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac anticipated what today constitutes the basis of new creation: art and fashion, detour and collaboration. Multi-disciplinary work of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac - art, fashion and design - revolves around a short chromatic range of blue, yellow and red, one of the finest representations of which was to dress Pope John Paul II, bishops and priests for the 1997 World Youth Day. Passionate about heraldry, the science of coats of arms, vexillology, the science of flags, semiotics, the study of signs, pop art and the world of childhood, his art and fashion bring together these dualities: the epic, the historic, the traditional and the alternative. He has collaborated with many artists, including Keith Haring, Lady Gaga, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pedro Winter and Pharrell Williams. He began his career as a designer alongside his mother, setting up Ko & Co in Limoges. His first obvious garment was a coat cut from his boarding-school blanket, as well as clothes made from mops, thus launching the concept of upcycling. He went on to found the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac fashion house in 1978. As early as the 1980s, he anticipated the current decompartmentalization of art and fashion by collaborating with artists of all disciplines on his shows: musicians, photographers and visual artists. He worked with Miquel Barceló, Ben and Robert Combas to create tableau dresses, with Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring and Cindy Sherman to create invitations for his shows, and with Malcolm McLaren to create the music for his shows. In 1986, he was exhibited at New York s Fashion Institute and Technology. In 2006, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, then at the Musée Galliera in Paris in 2007. Also an artist, he created a 3700 m2 fresco for Orly airport in Paris in 2015. In September 2018, he created a monumental work for the Biennale des antiquaires de Paris at the Grand Palais. From 2018 to 2022, he is artistic director of United Colors of Benetton. His artistic work is the subject of an exhibition entitled Le Peuple de Demain at the children s gallery of the Centre Pompidou in 2021-2022, presented at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai and at the Centre Pompidou Malaga in 2023. In 2022, he will also be present at the Mobilier National with the scenography for the exhibition No taste for bad taste, retracing 40 years of French design, and with a carte blanche entitled L atour d assises, focusing on French styles. In June 2024, he installs a 15-metre trellis sculpture on the wall of the Société de Géographie in Paris, called “L Ange Géographe”. He was chosen by the Diocese of Paris to design the liturgical vestments and ornaments for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in December 2024.DATES & SCHEDULE18.03.2025 6pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECALWEBSITEjeancharlesdecastelbajac.com
Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne,15.03.2025,Capitole, Lausanne On the occasion of the 8th Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, ECAL is taking part in a meeting with Luc Dardenne, followed by a screening of his film L Enfant, winner of the Palme d or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. Meet Luc Dardenne before the screening of L Enfant, moderated by Frédéric Maire, Director of the Cinémathèque suisse and Paolo Moretti, Head of ECAL Cinema Department. In a small industrial town in crisis, somewhere in Belgium, Bruno and Sonia, both under 40, love each other and survive from day to day, on her welfare and his petty theft. But Sonia is about to give birth, and is worried about the baby on the way. When she shows him little Jimmy on his way out of the maternity ward, Bruno barely gives her a glance. Shortly afterwards, a woman with whom he does business suggests a convenient way to earn the money he s always after: childless couples would be willing to give a lot for a baby like his....DATES & SCHEDULESaturday, March 15 2:30pmVENUECapitole - Cinémathèque suisse Av. du Théâtre 6, 1005 LausanneTICKET & INFOrencontres7art.ch
Staged Photography SCREENPLAY This course introduces students to the creation of a seven-image series built around the theme Screenplay. They will learn to combine set design, characters, and lighting to produce strong, coherent staged images. Through a practical and technical approach, the course develops their ability to conceive and manage a complete photographic project, direct models, work with natural and artificial light, and collaborate under conditions similar to professional editorial or commercial shoots. Students will refine their photographic vision while preparing for the creative and technical demands of the industry.
Glass Reflections by Nouvel,12.03–09.05.2025,Gallery l elac Glass Reflections by Nouvel presents the creations of five Swiss designers who have combined their talent with the Mexican brand, renowned for its high-end glass craftsmanship. At the intersection of innovation and craftsmanship, "Glass Reflections by Nouvel" brings together five Swiss designers — Julie Richoz, Nicolas Le Moigne, Michel Charlot, Laurin Schaub, and Dimitri Nassisi — who partner with Nouvel, a Mexican brand that has been active in high-end glass craftsmanship for thirty years. From this cross-cultural initiative arise five unique creations, reflecting the designers distinctive and assertive visions while elevating the exceptional know-how of Nouvel s artisans. This exhibition also showcases visual proposals exploring various decorative techniques on Nouvel bottles, created by ECAL students.DATES & SCHEDULE12.03-09.05.2025 Wednesday to Friday, 1pm - 5pm Free entryVENUEGalerie l elac, ECAL Av. du Temple 5, 1020 RenensWEBSITEnouvel.glassDESIGNERS, , , Laurin Schaub & OPENING & TALKTuesday, March 11th 6pm TALK, IKEA auditorium Stanislas Colodiet Director, CIRVA - Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques, Marseille (FR) Matteo Gonet Glass artist, Münchenstein (CH) Monica Guggisberg Artist and designer, Norton (UK) Julie Richoz Designer, Paris (FR) Moderated by 7pm OPENING, Galerie l elacCREDITSRelief by Laurin Schaub, Photography: Fernando Etulain, Font: Saillon (François Rappo), Graphic design: Napo PeoplePRESS KITPress release & images
Video Simulations By making a very short film, students learn fundamental notions in the narrative, visual and conceptual development of video production. The project provides essential technical skills in shooting, lighting, camera movement, sound recording, editing and post-production.
Summer University in Veneto 2024 In September 2024, 3rd year students explored the rich heritage of Italy s Veneto region, an area at the crossroads of artistic, cultural and industrial history. The trip gave the students an invaluable opportunity to immerse themselves between tradition and innovation, and to experience different facets of design and publishing through enriching encounters. On the way to Venice, a stop at Carlo Scarpa s Brion Tomb gave us an insight into the architecture of this funerary monument. In Treviso, a meeting with former student Federico Barbon led to a fascinating discussion on book design.VeronaIn Verona, a visit to the Fedrigoni paper mill, which specialises in the creation of top-of-the-range paper, gave them an insight into the manufacturing process and enabled them to design a collaborative project based on paper samples. The students also had the opportunity to explore the precious collection of manuscripts in the Biblioteca del Capitolare, a unique witness to the history of the written word.In Venice, they discovered the Art Biennale, exploring the exhibitions at the Arsenale and the Giardini. At the same time, a meeting with Benjamin Reichen from the Åbäke collective enabled them to find out more about his involvement in a screen-printing workshop dedicated to the rehabilitation of prisoners. A visit to the Grafiche Veneziane printing works rounded off this immersion in contemporary publishing.
Hi-Lo-Fi The first-year students of the Bachelor in Industrial Design (BADI) at ECAL, under the direction of Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, head of BADI, embarked on a project to design their own unique interpretations of a Bluetooth speaker. This project challenged the students to work creatively within the constraints of an existing kit of technical components, encouraging them to explore innovative approaches in terms of form, materiality, and functionality.
ATHENA PROMISES,25–28.02.2025,Cinema Studio, ECAL Following a workshop in Athens with artist Nikolas Ventourakis, students in ECAL s Bachelor of Photography programme are unveiling an exhibition that captures the contrasts of the city, between its ancient heritage and contemporary challenges. Athens, famous for its historic role as the cradle of democracy, has also been marked in its contemporary history by the financial and social crises that have rocked Greece. Recently, the city has attracted worldwide attention for major events such as the 2004 Olympic Games and the DOCUMENTA exhibition in 2017. Today, Athens is undergoing unbridled urban development, while coping with the effects of climate change. Heat waves, floods, forest fires: here, myth and reality collide, antiquity rubs shoulders with modernity, and this sprawling metropolis, home to almost half of Greece s population, becomes the scene of an ideological clash. At the heart of one of the oldest cities in the world, the students immersed themselves in a city rich in contrasts. They explored the city through documentary, staged and performative eyes. In the warm, golden sunshine, they explored a wide range of themes, from derelict Olympic infrastructure to the ambitious $8 billion housing project, The Ellinikon, as well as the testimonies of young Athenian artists. These artists, deeply attached to their roots and history, sometimes feel trapped in a city where recognition seems out of reach. Under the artistic direction of Nikolas Ventourakis, this workshop offered students in the Photography Bachelor s programme an opportunity to explore their own work.DATES & SCHEDULE25–28.02.2025 Free entryVENUECinema Studio, ECAL Av. du Temple 5, 1020 RenensHEAD OF DEPARTMENTARTISTIC DEPUTYOPENINGMonday, 24.02.2025 6.00pmASSISTANT
Visual Identity BA3 S1 2024-2025 Through the prism of visual identity, this project addresses issues of graphic language and artistic direction. Each stage of the project examines an aspect of the development of a visual identity: research, concept, visual language, design and communication. RADIONModular visual identity designed for the RADION club in Amsterdam. Designed to be both recognisable and impactful, it adapts to all formats and uses in order to meet the needs of a nightclub in a highly competitive environment. HS UHT USTThis project explores a potential overhaul of the Swiss Shooting Federation s visual identity in order to place it in a more contemporary and rigorous context. By moving away from the traditional clichés associated with shooting sports, this new identity aims to reposition the federation by emphasising excellence, precision and modernity in order to appeal to a new audience. La jetée In 1962, French filmmaker Chris Marker released La Jetée. It was an experimental film made up of hundreds of 35 mm black and white shots. It tells the story of a journey through time in a distorted post-apocalyptic Paris. The visual identity is based on an original typography designed to pay homage to Marker s raw material and its French context, and transcribes the idea of sequencing and light projection. It evolves through a teaser for a screening of La Jetée and a booklet containing the entire film script. ICONOHow do you talk to images? Should exhibition images be shown or not? Collages, appropriationists, the whole world up to the present day, a constellation of images... Since the beginning of the 20th century, iconographic artists have been appropriating images produced on an industrial scale. The images of these same artists form the name of the fictitious exhibition ICONO. By re-appropriating them, identity uses their codes to communicate. ApneaNumbers are omnipresent in the world of freediving, whether measuring depth or the duration of an immersion. This visual identity is based on a variable typography with two axes, each representing one of these parameters. Duration is illustrated by the change in the fat of the counter-forms, symbolising how full the diver s lungs are. Depth is represented by the thickness of the contours, evoking the gradation of colours that darken with immersion. The animation of these variables creates a breathing effect, echoing the rhythm of apnea. Orpheum TheaterNow abandoned, the Orpheum Theater in New Bedford, USA, had its heyday at the beginning of the XXᵉ century. To illustrate its transition from 6ᵉ to 7ᵉ art, the identity of this film library traces the three major periods that marked this venue. It combines neoclassical ornamentation, as reinterpreted in the Art Deco era, with a typographic structure inspired by flyers from the golden age of theatre. The whole is geometrically
Parasonic: Transmission of fugitive aural practices Parasonic is a research project on the social and racial constructions of aural practices, based on a critique of a regime of thinking and listening to sound that is over-represented in the arts, and which aims to create spaces for the transmission of fugitive aural practices. Parasonic is a research project on the social and racial constructions of aural practices, based on a critique of a regime of thinking and listening to sound that is over-represented in the arts, and which aims to create spaces for the transmission of fugitive aural practices. It is part of contemporary studies on the cultural history of perceptions and works alongside researchers who have been deconstructing racializing practices and politics of perception for a century (in particular Du Bois, 1920; Fanon, 1949; Baldwin, 1955; Morrison, 1992; Glissant, 1990; Gilroy, 1995; hooks, 1997; Hartman, 1997; Haraway, 1997; Wynter, 2003; Ahmed, 2007; Harney and Moten, 2022; Campt, 2017, 2023). The project articulates two levels of discussion: a substantive level based on theoretical debates on the notion of ‘white aurality . And an operational level based on the audio-visual editing of filmed artists stories of listening and their public played in spaces for the transmission of practical knowledge. Two levels of goals are therefore also articulated: to gain knowledge and self-critical awareness about the relationship between racialization and listening practices; and to create pieces designed as tools to transmit listenings what the regime of white aurality does not hear: ways of listening that escape it, or that ignore it, or that oppose it (hence the term para-sonic). Research data progressively available on Image: Jessie Cox, Sounds of Black Switzerland, Duke University Press, 2025 (cover detail)Main applicantsStéphane Kropf Thibault WalterResearch teamLucas Erin Stéphane Kropf Gina Proenza Joël Vacheron Thibault WalterPeriod01.12.2024 – 01.05.2026Supported byHES-SO, Réseau de Compétences Design et Arts Visuels RCDAVLecturers and researchersMarie Thompson (04.03.25) Jessie Cox (18.03.25) Hannah Catherine Jones (09.04.25) Fred Moten & Brandon López (20.11.25)AssistantNora HoferStudents2ème et 3ème années BA Arts VisuelsPartnersLa Becque – résidence d artistes
Editorial Design BA3 2024-2025 The third-year students had to produce an edition over half a term, choosing as their subject an event that had appeared in the newspaper on the date of the first lesson. In a world saturated with images, photography becomes a trophy, often overshadowing any ethical considerations. This phenomenon is striking in tourism, where capturing replaces understanding, reducing individuals, landscapes and cultures to mere visual objects. This edition explores these abuses through images printed by acetone transfer, retaining only their imprint. A materialization of the erasure of the subject in favour of its photographic trace. Réclamer l image Avoir du chien is an editorial proposal on the unique link between fashion icons and their pets through the ages. It s a journey into these relationships, from the intimate to the public sphere, and their mutual influence, whether on clothing style or the way people think and create. From Choupette to Toutou or Balthazar, this fascination with four-legged companions extends to the world of fashion, where they can become a veritable source of inspiration. After all, isn t it said that like master, like dog? Avoir du chien Who has the power to establish a heritage? When a selection process based on elitism is imposed, it leads to the obscuring of cultures, traditions and folklore. This book explores the issues involved in heritage preservation through the lens of a vanished building whose history lives on: the Bastille. Destroyed during the French Revolution, it survives through a proliferation of engravings, replicas and fragments scattered all over Paris. La Bastille Once upon a Hoax; a skeptic s fairytale Once upon a Hoax; a skeptic s fairytale is a hybrid of fairy tales and fake climate sceptic reports. By placing the arguments of climate deniers in a fairytale universe, their absurdity is exposed by putting them on the same level as imaginary stories. The Storm Boris is a book that explores the formation of occluded cold low storms through the example of the Boris storm, which occurred on 11 September 2024. The book follows the four key phases in its development. Paper types and sizes have been defined according to temperature and atmospheric pressure, allowing a physical understanding of the storm s dynamics. The Storm Boris
Photographic revelation Process The notion of Process, in the context of this course, can mean developing a project in which the students focus on the process rather than just the concept or the results. This should allow them to experiment, to look for new solutions, to explore unexpected paths, techniques and forms, to lose themselves and find themselves again. Sometimes we give up on an idea for fear of failure, of not having a strong enough idea or of not succeeding in producing sufficiently interesting images. The idea is for the students to free themselves from these injunctions so that they can explore their ideas, desires, obsessions and desires more freely.
La Mobilière 2025 Prize awarded to Alfatih Congratulations to ECAL graduate artist Alfatih, who was awarded the Prix La Mobilière 2025 at the recent Salon Art Genève. Born in 1995 and graduating from ECAL in 2018 with a Bachelor s degree in Media & Interaction Design, Alfatih, who lives and works in Lausanne, has been awarded the Prix La Mobilière 2025. Awarded each year, this prize is given to artists whose work is inspired by the issues facing our society, providing a basis for understanding our times. It is accompanied by financial support of CHF 30,000. Through his video installations and interactive works, the artist addresses the different developments in the virtual world and establishes links between fields that are still often considered to be opposed. He questions codes of understanding and their significance for society, while integrating them into the present, creating a space for diversity and pluralistic perspectives. ‘The apparent lightness of Alfatih s digital images transports us into stories in which reflections on certain periods of life, memory and death follow one another and intertwine, explains Nicolas Brulhart, artistic director of the Kunsthalle Friart in Fribourg, which nominated Alfatih for the Prix Mobilière 2025. @alfatiharufa alfatih.world
Foundation year s Workshop Film Option Christophe M. Saber This workshop aims to give young filmmakers the tools they need to obtain more precise and nuanced performances from their actors. Directing actors, the very heart of a film s success, will be explored from a number of angles: how to make relevant casting choices, work on the rhythm and dynamics of a scene, and communicate effectively with actors to translate an artistic vision into a convincing performance. Media & Interaction design option Floating Point Studio Introduction to 3D through a week-long workshop on the theme of CGI still lifes, designed to familiarise students with this medium. Photography Option Sabina Bösch Free photographic work on the body or bodies from different angles: The body as a physical entity and as a functional system, The body in digital space, Touch as interaction and its dimensions, The body as material and medium, The space of the body and its symbolic significance, Societal significance and the construction of the body. Graphic Design Option Eilean Friis-Lund Based on an unchanging timetable, this workshop provides an introduction to risography and explores a number of technical principles (screen, resolution, file preparation). Visual Arts Option Chloé Delarue In a world saturated with images and simulations, where the real and the virtual are intertwined, Chloé Delarue s aim is to create a world where the real and the virtual are intertwined.
A new Master's program in Digital Experience Design (DXD) will be offered by ECAL from the start of the 2025 academic year. This two-year course, unique in Switzerland, is aimed at students with a Bachelor's degree in digital design, computer science or communication systems, who wish to specialize in the design of digital experiences and interfaces that take into account the specific needs of us…
Workshop Jiri Oplatek Third-year students in Media & Interaction Design created posters depicting insects whose appearance is inspired by their evolutionary adaptation to their environment. This week-long workshop was led by artist Kushagra Gupta.
MASTERCLASS ECAL - CAROLINA CAVALLI,11.12.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema Department welcomes filmmaker Carolina Cavalli for a conference moderated by Paolo Moretti Carolina Cavalli is an Italian director and screenwriter based in Milan. Her first feature film, Amanda (2022), was selected for the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was nominated for Best First Film at various Italian film awards, including the David di Donatello. Recently, she co-wrote the film Fremont (2023), directed by Iranian filmmaker Babak Jalali, selected for the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. The film was nominated for a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) in the “Best International Film” category. His next film, The Kidnapping of Arabella, is currently in production.DATES & SCHEDULE11.12.2024 2:30pm Free entry VENUEAuditoire Leenaards, ECAL
MASTERCLASS ECAL - PATRIC CHIHA,02.12.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema Department welcomes Austrian filmmaker Patric Chiha for a lecture. Patric Chiha is an Austrian filmmaker of Hungarian and Lebanese origin, born in Vienna in 1975. After studying fashion design at ESAA Duperré (Paris) and editing at INSAS (Brussels), he made several short and medium-length films and documentaries (including Les Messieurs (2005), Home (2006), Where is the Head of the Prison? (2008)), which were selected at numerous festivals. In 2009, he directed his first feature, Domaine, with Béatrice Dalle, selected at the Venice Film Festival. This was followed by Boys Like Us (2014) and the documentaries Brothers of the Night (2016) and Si C était de l amour (2019), both selected at the Berlinale. La Bête dans la Jungle (2023), also selected at the Berlinale, is his fifth feature. Patric Chiha will be giving an acting workshop to 3rd-year Bachelor students, in partnership with La Manufacture.DATES & SCHEDULE02.12.2024 5pm Free entryVENUEAuditoire Leenaards, ECAL
Video on Screen. The Early Years in Europe,27–29.11.2024,Tate Modern, London Focusing on pioneering works produced in Europe (1960-1980), this two-day programme presents a selection of works made with synthesizers or intended for television, often first filmed on 16mm and subsequently transferred to video. Focusing on pioneering works produced in Europe (1960-1980), this two-day programme presents a selection of works made with synthesizers or intended for television, often first filmed on 16mm and subsequently transferred to video. With productions by artists such as Helena Almeida, Wendy Brown and Brian Hoey, Livinus and Jeep van de Bundt, Robert Cahen, Geneviève Calame, Sanja Iveković, Charlotte Johannesson, Pawel Kwiek, Ketty La Rocca, Dieter Meier, E. M. de Melo e Castro, Martial Raysse, Rúrí, Nicolas Schöffer and Jean Kerchbron, Aldo Tambellini and Otto Piene, VALIE EXPORT or Miha Vipotnik, the programme is co-curated by François Bovier and Stéphanie Serra with Valentine Umansky, Beatrice Garcia-Velasco and Valentina Ravaglia as an echo and extension to the exhibition Electric Dreams. Art and Technology before the Internet (28.11.24 – 01.06.25, Tate Modern, London). Image and copyright: Rúrí, Rainbow 1983, video still. Courtesy the Artist.
ECAL Open Day,23.11.2024,ECAL, Renens ECAL opens its doors and invites you to discover its activities in the fields of Fine Arts, Cinema, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography. ECAL opens its doors for you to discover its activities in the fields of Fine Arts, Film, Industrial Product Design, Graphic & Type Design, Media & Interaction Design and Photography. Lectures given by department heads will present our courses. Graduates will be on hand to talk about their experiences in the professional world, shedding light on career opportunities. The variety of our disciplines will be highlighted by the Diplomas 2024 exhibition, featuring editions, photographs, typography, art and interactive installations, films and objects. Events will invite you to explore the building and its infrastructure: gallery, workshops, printing and technology centers, photo and film studios. The results of the latest works in progress will give you a glimpse of the diversity of projects created by students. Academic Service will also be on hand to answer any questions you may have about admission requirements, prerequisites and application deadlines.DATES & SCHEDULESSaturday 23 November 2024 8.30 am - 6 pm Free entryADDRESSECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 RenensCONFERENCES PROGRAM09:00am - 10:00am Foundation Year – IKEA Auditorium 10:15am - 11:00am Bachelor Graphic Design – IKEA Auditorium Bachelor Cinema – Leenaards Auditorium 11:15am - 12:00pm Bachelor Photography – IKEA Auditorium Master Cinema – Leenaards Auditorium 12:15pm - 1:00pm Bachelor Media & Interaction Design – IKEA Auditorium Master Photography – Leenaards Auditorium 2:00pm - 3:00pm Foundation Year – IKEA Auditorium Master Fine Arts – Leenaards Auditorium MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship – Nussbaumer Auditorium 3:15pm - 4:00pm Bachelor Industrial Design – IKEA Auditorium Bachelor Visual Arts – Leenaards Auditorium CAS Creative Leadership – Nussbaumer Auditorium 4.15pm - 5.00pm Master Product Design – IKEA Auditorium Master Type Design – Leenaards Auditorium MAS Design Research for Digital Innovation (EPFL+ECAL Lab) – Nussbaumer Auditorium NB: If you would like to start a course in the arts, we recommend that you attend the Propaedeutic Year lecture, as well as the Bachelor lectures in the fields that interest you.WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION PROGRAMECAL Open Day Programme (PDF)
ECAL × AGO – Seoul Highlights,07.11–01.12.2024,SEOUL DESIGN FESTIVAL Off-site Exhibition - Seochon Lounge An innovative collection of lighting installations designed to blend into public spaces, created by the ECAL s Bachelor Industrial Design in collaboration with AGO Lighting, under the supervision of designer Adrien Rovero. The importance of light in every space is essential, which is why lighting should be the starting point when building a space. Most AGO Lighting collections offer lighting options that can be modulated by architects and designers. AGO Lighting has teamed up with students from ECAL s Bachelor of Industrial Design program, under the direction of Swiss designer , to design a collection of lighting installations for use in public spaces such as museums, hotels and bars. Focusing primarily on the spatial aspect of light, our approach was to design lighting structures based on components supplied by AGO and inspired by the Seoul landscape. The challenge we set ourselves was to reimagine the chandelier, an object that confers distinctive status on a space, while fulfilling its original function of diffusing functional light. ECAL x AGO Seoul Highlights is presented for the first time at the Seochon Lounge, operated by Design Press, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Korea. This project was made possible with the generous support of the Summer University program of the Direction générale de l enseignement supérieur (DGES) of the State of Vaud and the Hanok Heritage Preservation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. It is also linked as an off-site exhibition to the Seoul Design Festival (SDF), hosted by Design House.VENUESeochon Lounge (Seochon Hanok Village) 27-4 Pirundae-ro, Jongno District Seoul, South KoreaDATES & SCHEDULE07.11 – 01.12.2024 Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 7pm Free entryWEBSITEecal-ago-highlights.chSTUDENTS, Laura Cotnoir, , , , Neitzke Nikita, , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEARTISTIC DEPUTYOPENINGThursday 7th November, 5:30pmTALKFriday 8th November, 4 pm Conversation with: Mars Hwasung Yoo, Creative Director, AGO Lighting Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, ECAL Moderation: Suh-young Yun, design writer and journalistASSISTANT
EXHIBITION ECAL DIPLOMAS 2024,01–23.11.2024,ECAL, Renens From November 1 to 23, the diploma projects 2024 will be exhibited at ECAL. Opening on Thursday, October 31 at 6pm During the month of November, ECAL puts the spotlight on its 2024 graduates. The wide variety of diploma projects is presented in an exhibition and an evening screening showcasing all our disciplines. DIPLOMA 2024 PROJECT EXHIBITION NOVEMBER 1 TO 23, 2024 at ECAL ECAL presents a selection of Bachelor and Master 2024 diploma projects. Through editions, photographs, typography, artistic and interactive installations, films and objects, this exhibition invites visitors to discover the talents of tomorrow. & AT ANY TIME ONLINE Discover all Diploma 2024 projects through descriptions, photos and videos on ecal.chDATES & SCHEDULE01-23.11.2024 Monday to Friday, 11 am to 6 pm Free entryVENUEECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Av. du Temple 5 1020 RenensOPENINGThursday, October 31 at 6pm
ECAL AT THE GIFF FESTIVAL 2024,01–10.11.2024,Geneva From November 1 to 10, ECAL will be present at the GIFF FESTIVAL 2024. The largest space in Switzerland dedicated to immersive arts, GIFF is Geneva s oldest film festival and one of Europe s leading events. A crossroads of genres and disciplines, a place for experimentation and encounters, every year for ten days it offers films, series, interactive installations and virtual reality works to some 50,000 festival-goers. For its 30th edition, the Bachelor Media & Interaction Design will be present with: Winning project GIFF 2024 VULCAN by Vulcan is an immersive journey to the heart of telluric powers. It is a tribute to volcanologists and volcanoes, exploring themes such as human smallness and the fascination of the immensity of natural forces. Divided into two parts, the narrative opposes the vision of a volcanologist getting as close as possible to a crater, to that of the god of fire, forges and volcanoes, the eponym of the experience. Vulcan is inspired by the work of Haroun Tazieff and the couple Katia and Maurice Krafft, and is an extension of a reflection begun during my thesis on the reconstruction of myths using digital tools. NeoDoc Digital Cluster DATA ARCHEOLOGY by Data Archaeology explores the world of lost personal data. Through an archival website, it brings to light forgotten digital treasures, while inciting deep reflection on privacy.VENUEGeneva, SwitzerlandDATESNovember 1 to 10, 2024HEAD OF PROGRAMMEWEBSITE2024.giff.chSTUDENTS&
One-Off 1/1 For this semester, students were invited to focus on the creation of a “One-Off” of their choice. They were encouraged to free themselves from the issues traditionally associated with industrial design - mass production, costs, market positioning, etc. The project concluded in a silent auction at the ECAL s traditional Christmas Market. A “One-Off” object refers to a unique piece, created as a single item, often in response to a specific issue,a particular need, or a singular idea.
Transformations This workshop was led by Isabel + Helen Studio, a duo of London artists known for their captivating kinetic sculptures and installations. They blend art with movement to create playful and thought-provoking works. During the week, they guided students through the fundamentals of creating dynamic, moving sculptures. Using umbrella mechanisms, students created fireworks. During the first two days of the workshop, students, in groups of two, were given a keyword referring to a simple action. They had to interpret and film it.