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Gen Z. Shaping a new gaze,19.09.2025–01.02.2026,Photo Elysée Some ECAL graduates are featured in the exhibition Gen Z. Shaping a new gaze, presented at Photo Elysée. Twenty years after making its mark on emerging photography with the exhibition reGeneration, Photo Elysée returns with Gen Z. Shaping a new gaze, an ambitious group show spotlighting over sixty young artists from Generation Z. Among the featured talents, several ECAL graduates stand out for the strength of their visual and narrative approaches. Through a variety of perspectives, their works delve into representations of the body and gender, contemporary family dynamics, and the search for identity in a constantly shifting world. Blending intimate stories with critical viewpoints, Gen Z. Shaping a new gaze presents a vibrant and insightful panorama of a generation reshaping the codes of photography while reinventing the forms of visual expression.VENUEPhoto Elysée Place de la Gare 17 1003 LausanneDATES & SCHEDULEFrom 19 September 2025 to 1 February 2026 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm Thursday: 10 am – 8 pm Tuesday: closedWEBSITEelysee.chGRADUATES· · · · · · · · ·
Genius Loci - Spirit of the place Genius Loci, or the spirit of the place, refers to the unique identity or essence of a location. In architecture, this principle suggests that the specific characteristics of a place should be reflected and extended in a design. In the case of the second-year graphic design students, they have applied this principle to communication projects focused on promoting or extending the identity of a particular place through design. Their work likely explores how to visually capture and communicate the essence of a space, using graphic design elements that resonate with the architectural features or history of the place. ZONDA CRYPTO ARENA Broadsheet newspaper Par une Femme ouvre. elle tient dans ses Bras, une TouTe PeTIte chevre Édition Par DEAR VISITORS Posters & publication Par INTO THE WOOD Édition Par DNA OF FRAGMENTS Exposition, catalogue d exposition Par PORTEOUS Edition Par
Image Creation BA1S2 – Insta Books In the age of social media, Instagram has become a true space for graphic experimentation. This semester, first-year Graphic Design students created a printed edition of at least 100 pages, exploring the question: what does it mean to design for Instagram? Through this investigation, they examined the platform s visual codes, its attention-driven dynamics, and the graphic forms it inspires. Each project reflects on how these creations can be translated, extended, or reinterpreted in the digital space. Balancing printed matter and online presence, these works outline new ways of inhabiting both images and networks.
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
New Master en Digital Experience Design ECAL is launching a MA in Digital Experience Design (DXD), which will start in autumn 2025. This ambitious programme meets a growing demand for professionals in the field of new technologies. 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 users and contexts of use. The program offers an experience and user-centered approach, integrating advanced research and design methodologies. Students work on practical projects that integrate cutting-edge tools and techniques to design interactive interfaces and complete digital experiences. The program is also designed to meet the requirements of industries where digital technology plays a key role, by preparing graduates to work in a variety of professional environments. It also pays particular attention to the professionalization of students, connecting them with industry and preparing them to meet current and future challenges. Thanks in particular to close collaboration with the EPFL+ECAL Lab and practical interdisciplinary projects, students will acquire advanced skills in Experience Design, User Experience (UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Digital Product Management, and Digital Strategy. This MA programme will pave the way for careers in fields where digital technology plays a key role. Save the date • At ECAL & online information session: Wednesday 5 March 2025, 6pm-7pm • Online portfolio reviews: Thuesday 8 + Wednesday 9 April 2025 - Registration • Application deadline: Monday 5 May 2025
Genius Loci - Spirit of the place Genius Loci, or the spirit of the place, refers to the unique identity or essence of a location. In architecture, this principle suggests that the specific characteristics of a place should be reflected and extended in a design. In the case of the second-year graphic design students, they have applied this principle to communication projects focused on promoting or extending the identity of a particular place through design. Their work likely explores how to visually capture and communicate the essence of a space, using graphic design elements that resonate with the architectural features or history of the place. porteous Édition Par De la Petite arvine au dom pérignon Calendriers imprimés à la presse manuelle Par ateliers de l espérence Édition Par Grand Hôtel du cervin Poster Par 25 Édition Par Porteous Identité visuelle Par
10 ECAL graduates featured in new Phaidon publication Designed for Life 10 ECAL graduates featured in new Phaidon publication Designed for Life , a global survey of 100 of the most creative and innovative product designers working today. With the participation of Alexis Georgacopoulos and Anniina Koivu, director and curator at ECAL. Designed For Life showcases 100 of the most exciting designers around the world and, through their work, shines a lens on what is happening at the forefront of contemporary product design. The boundaries between design, art, craft, fashion, and architecture have been blurred in recent years and a new generation of designers has emerged, working across different fields and genres. Products illustrated in the book range from furniture, lighting, and objects, to limited editions, glassware, and office systems, making Designed for Life the ideal route to new talent throughout the field of product design and the perfect way to assess exactly what is being created in the design scene today Chosen by an international line up of influential industry experts – design critics, museum curators, entrepreneurs, journalists, and gallerists – the nominated designers comprise young product designers who have emerged in the last few years, but who have already produced outstanding, creative, and innovative pieces of design, such as Mac Collins, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Minjae Kim, and Mimi Shodeinde as well as more established designers including Jasper Morrison, India Mahdavi, and Jonathan Olivares. This fascinating book illustrates the new materials, processes, and technologies being utilized; the radically different styles being created; and the growing importance of sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity in design. These designers believe design can build a better world and a better life. ECAL graduates featured in the book Ini Archibong BIG-GAME Thilo Alex Brunner Fabien Cappello Michel Charlot Moisés Hernández Maria Jeglinska Carolien Niebling Julie Richoz Studio Zanellato/Bortotto The nominators for the 100 designers include Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL Director, and Anniina Koivu, curator and ECAL professor.
Solo exhibition by Lorenza Longhi at Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York Swiss Institute presents World of Yum Yum, the first solo exhibition in the US by artist Lorenza Longhi, featuring newly commissioned paintings and sculptures in a site-specific installation. Graduated with an ECAL Master Fine Arts in 2018, Lorenza Longhi currently lives and works in Zurich. Recent solo shows include Kunsthalle Zürich; Ordet, Milan; Weiss Falk, Basel; Fanta-MLN, Milan; and Plymouth Rock, Zürich. Her works have been included in group exhibitions at Kolnischer Kunstverein; Halle Fur Kunst Steiermark, Graz; Bonner Kunstverein; Macro, Rome; Fondazione Prada, Venice; Kunsthalle Zürich; Quadriennale di Roma; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin. In Milan, she was a co-founder of Armada (2014-2018). In 2020 she received the Shizuko Yoshikawa Advanced Award for Young Women Artists and the Swiss Emerging Artist Prize 2020 by Societe Generale. In 2021, she was Artist in Residence at Swiss Institute. In 2022, she was among the winners of the International Sculpture Prize by Fondazione Henraux. She is guest professor at ZhDK. Swiss Institute in New York presents World of Yum Yum, her first solo exhibition in the US. Through architectural interventions and a visual language that enlists both strategies of luxury advertising, merchandising and commerce, along with craft and DIY techniques, Lorenza Longhi s work considers spaces of display and the desires they engender. Taking its inspiration from a temporary exhibition space that the artist encountered in an airport, World of Yum Yum features a series of hyperreal closeups of artificial hand-made flowers, reminiscent of Chanel brooches, with a spy camera in the center. The artist used the spy camera s microphone to record atmospheric sounds of music as she strolled through department stores in Zürich and New York. A sound mix that, by the way, gives the impression of shopping... Swiss Institute (SI) is an independent non-profit contemporary art institution dedicated to promoting forward-thinking and experimental art making through innovative exhibitions, education, and programs. Swiss Institute seeks to explore how a Swiss context can be the starting point for international conversations in the fields of visual and performing arts, design, and architecture. Lorenza Longhi: World of Yum Yum 25.01–14.04.2024 Swiss Institute (SI) 38 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10003 swissinstitute.net lorenzalonghi.biz
the most beautiful swiss books,07–19.12.2023,Gallery l elac, ECAL The prize-winning works will be exhibited at numerous book fairs and in a tour of exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, including a stop at the ECAL from December 7 to 19, 2023. Opening Wednesday December 6 at 6pm. ADDRESSHall Kudelski, ECAL/Ecole cantonale d art de Lausanne Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensDATE & SCHEDULESDecember 7 – 19, 2023 Monday – Friday / 11am – 6pm Free entryOPENINGWednesday, December 6, 2023, 6pmWEBSITEschweizerkulturpreise.chThe "Most Beautiful Swiss Books" competition, launched on the initiative of the Federal Office of Culture (FOC), aims to distinguish the best graphic achievements in the field of books, and to encourage and promote the quality of publishing production. The winning publications for the 2022 edition number 21. They were chosen from 400 submissions to the competition, on the recommendation of the jury. The works were meticulously examined in terms of graphic and typographic design, printing and binding quality, and attention to the materials used. The work of a dozen personalities awarded, with links to the ECAL - graduates, professors or lecturers -, is presented in this exhibition.
MAP Books 2023 These publications are special editions produced within the framework of the Master in Photography at ECAL in 2023 for Bruno Ceschell s Photobook class. This curated selection was later showcased at Offprint during Paris Photo, providing a prestigious platform to exhibit and share the emerging talent in the field of photography.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SWISS BOOKS 2022 A dozen personalities with links to the ECAL - graduates, professors or lecturers - were honoured at the "Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2022" awards Teachers & lecturers David Hammons by Studio Jonathan Hares, Lausanne (CH) Ecce Homo + William Leavitt. Installations, Plays, Video, 1970–2018 by Gavillet & Cie, Geneva (CH) From Concrete to Liquid to Spoken Worlds to the Word by , Zurich (CH), teacher & BA Graphic Design graduates Igshaan Adams. Desire Lines by Julia Born, Zurich (CH) #INGRID by Rémi Faucheux, RVB BOOKS, Paris (FR) Alumni Gaijin Omoide Poroporo Hikari par , La Coruña (ES), BA Photography graduates #INGRID by , Versoix (CH), BA Photography graduates Orphée ruminait des mots à l étouffée, sous la pluie fine du brouillard ardent, anyway les serpents sont-ils… by Atelier CIAO, , Bienne (CH), MA Art Direction graduates The Polyhedrists. Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century by Studio , London (UK) / Lausanne (CH), BA Graphic Design graduates As part of the "Best Books from all over the World" presented in Leipzig, Studio also received the bronze medal for his contribution to "The Polyhedrists. Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century". The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2022 Exhibitions Helmhaus Zurich 22–25.06.2023 ECAL 05.12–20.12.2023 www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch
ECAL designs the Swiss Parliament s new series of gifts These products, inspired by typically Swiss symbols, were entirely designed and developed in Switzerland thanks to the collaboration of excellent local partners. From design to development, including the search for the best suppliers and the development of the product packaging, the institution has invested a great deal of passion in this highly formative project for its students. Through these exclusive objects, the ECAL is proud to be able to help promote Switzerland s image abroad. A Swiss candle holder holds a scented candle, which tells the story of a trip to Switzerland. The scents were inspired by the fragrances of a walk in the mountains. By Gabriel Follonier With Firmenich (Geneva), Schulthesskerzen GmbH (Bern), GM Précision (Vaud) Swiss notebook commemorates Switzerland s modern architectural landscape through a collection of works designed by iconic Swiss architects. By Anne Bertoncini With Caran d Ache (Geneva) A Swiss summits chocolate collection offers a taste of nine iconic Swiss mountains: the Matterhorn, the Dent Blanche, the Eiger, the Grand Combin, the Mönch, the Piz Bernina, the Pointe Dufour, the Vanil Noir and the Weisshorn. By Victoria Mac Sweeney With Chocolaterie Blondel (Vaud) Swiss pencil sharpener in cast aluminium is inspired by the rotating movement and shape of the keys used to wind up tradi tional Swiss clocks and music boxes. By Amandine Gini With FASA-Fonderie et atelier mécanique d Ardon SA (Valais) A leather briefcase inspired by the panoramic views of the Swiss mountains and the vibrant colours ofsunrise. By Manon Vernier With Multicuirs SA (Geneva)STUDENTS, , , , HEAD OF THE PROGRAMME, head of Bachelor Industrial Design , professor , coordination
Photographer Karla Hiraldo Voleau, an ECAL graduate, is exhibiting at the ICP in New York with some famous names From 1 June to 11 September 2023, Karla Hiraldo Voleau will be exhibiting her photographs at the International Center of Photography in New York as part of the Love Songs exhibition. Like a mixtape of songs gifted to a lover, Love Songs features photographic projects about love and intimacy from 16 contemporary photographers, including Nobuyoshi Araki, Ergin Çavuşoğlu, Motoyuki Daifu, Fouad Elkoury, Aikaterini Gegisian, Nan Goldin, René Groebli, Hervé Guibert, Sheree Hovsepian, Clifford Prince King, Leigh Ledare, Lin Zhipeng (No. 223), Sally Mann, RongRong&inri, Collier Schorr, and . icp.org Born in 1992 Karla Hiraldo Voleau is a French-Dominican artist working in Lausanne. After graduating in 2018 from an Master at ECAL, her project Hola Mi Amol was published in 2019 as her first photo book. HMA was a laureate of the VFG Swiss Young Talents for Photography, as well as shortlisted at Paris Photo for the Aperture First Book Awards 2019. Hiraldo Voleau was as a Foam Talent 2020, and a laureate for the Olympus Recommended Fellowship 2020. She exhibited her performative project ‘A Man in Public Space , at Art Basel 2022 where she was a Swiss Design Award finalist, but also at the Biennale de l Image Possible of Liège 2020, at Photo London 2021, among other venues. The photographer premiered her first solo show Another Love Story at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris in 2022, and later at the Photoforum Pasquart of Biel in Switzerland, the Foto Forum of Bolzano Italy, and the International Center for Photography in New-York City, all in 2023. In 2022-2023, she is a Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris resident. khiraldovoleau.com
Jan Tschichold s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes,26.04.2023,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, ECAL welcomes scholars from the fields of art and design history and print culture for an international conference aiming to provide a better understanding of the cultural context of Jan Tschichold s book and the typographic movement that emerged from it. Jan Tschichold s essay Die neue Typographie (The New Typography, 1928) is a game-changing book, acclaimed as the curtain raiser of modern graphic design. While it takes the form of a critical essay and an operative manual, its sources have been understudied because of their difficult identification. Yet, The New Typography is simultaneously a victim of its own success and it has to deal with the consequences associated with canonisation. Having reached an almost mythical status, The New Typography is often taken for granted and rarely questioned or closely scrutinized. This paradox was the starting point of the research project “The Sources of Jan Tschichold s The New Typography”. Conducted at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO) and supported by the Strategic fund of HES-SO, the project reconstructed, collected and contextualized the body of bibliographical sources included in The New Typography. This international conference invites scholars in the field of art and design history and print culture to present their research. The conference aims to provide a better understanding of the larger cultural context of Tschichold s book and the typographic movement that stemmed from it. The results of the project will be presented at the conference along with keynote lectures by Dr Paul Stirton, Professor emeritus at Bard Graduate Center, New York, Dr Christopher Burke, Principal Research Fellow at University of Reading, and Dr Julia Meer, Curator of the poster and graphics collection, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Event on registration: click here Programme 09:15 — Welcome and Opening Remarks Davide Fornari, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO) 09:30 — Origins of The New Typography Christopher Burke, University of Reading 10:15 — Coffee Break 10:30 — How New is New? – Jan Tschichold and The New Typography Julia Meer, Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg 11:15 — The Private Press, the Bauhaus, and Die neue Typographie Paul Stirton, Bard Graduate Center, New York City 12:00 — Lunch Break 13:15 — First Panel – Debates: European Scenes moderation by Jonas Berthod, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO) 13:15 — “Giovanni T.” and The New Typography in Italy. Discussion and Renegotiation of Tschichold s Ideas in Italian Graphic Arts Magazines Carlo Vinti, University of Camerino 13:45 — Traces of Jan Tschichold s New Typography in Belgium Katrien Van Haute, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent 14:15 — The Periphery Influencing the Centre? Connecting Die neue Typographie and Scandinavia Trond Klevgaard, Kristiania University College, Oslo 14:45 — The Museum, the Printer and The New Typography: Jan Tschichold in London (1935-1948) Sandy Jones, V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, London 15:15 — Coffee Break 15:30 — Second panel – Impact: Extra-European Scenes moderation by Chiara Barbieri, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne 15:30 — “Modernity is Not a Competition”: Challenging and Channelling ‘new typography in Colonial India Vaibhav Singh, University of Reading 16:00 — A Mutual Attraction: Tschichold s New Typography and the Emerging Japanese Typography Movement Mariko Takagi, Doshisha Women s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto 16:30 — The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the New Typography Juliet Kinchin, independent design historian 17:00 — The New Typographic Wave Louise Paradis, Université Laval, Québec 17:30 — Closing Remarks 18:00 — Opening of the Exhibition “Unpacking Tschichold s Library”, l elac gallery, Renens Conference funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS)
The New Final Form The New Final Form is the result of a cross-disciplinary workshop run by the 1st year students in the Product Design Master s programme. Working with Ceramaret, a company based in Bôle that specialises in new ceramic manufacturing processes, the students imagined today s electrical sockets and switches. Our daily habits and our relationship with these devices have changed considerably over the last few decades, particularly with the battery-powered appliances that surround us. Thanks to the development of new technologies and new manufacturing processes, and to the properties of ceramics: good resistance to heat and pressure, and very good electrical insulation, the students came up with a series of original proposals rethinking the Feller electrical socket of today, an icon of Swiss design established by Max Bill in 1946.
Happy New Year Video realised by Valère Zen-Ruffinen during the 3D Graphics course led by Kylan Luginbühl. This video interprets the theme PAST/FUTURE. A direct confrontation of two time spaces by their temporalities and their dimensions. Project realised during the 1st year Bachelor Media & Interaction Design.
DEDON BY NATURE: NEW COLLECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH ECAL In collaboration with DEDON, acclaimed designer Sabine Marcelis and Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship students present DEDON by Nature: Lighting the Future, an innovative digital exhibition of a nature-inspired light concepts collection. To be discovered on studio.dedon.de Under the direction of Sabine Marcelis, acclaimed New Zealand designer, and Nicolas Le Moigne, head of Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, the students imagined, designed and developed an inspiring series of light concepts that resulted from an exploratory reflection on our relationship with nature through design. Nine months of work have resulted in a collection that is as elegant as it is committed; a collection that attests to the creative powers of an emerging generation and the enduring attraction of nature to us all. Lighting the Future is the first exhibition in the DEDON by Nature program, an ongoing series of collaborations between DEDON Studio and forward-facing design practitioners across disciplines and levels The exhibition is exclusively digital and can be viewed at studio.dedon.de 3D animations and visuals by Benjamin MuzzinSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , UNDER THE DIRECTION OFSabine Marcelis, New Zealand designerHEAD OF PROGRAMME
ECAL LAUNCHES A NEW CLASS: CREATIVE LEADERSHIP Concerned about the quality of its teaching, ECAL ceaselessly strives to meet the needs of its students. This is why a new continuing education programme has been launched : Creative Leadership. Intended for designers, graphic artists and photographers, Creative Leadership continuing education program aims to strengthen participants skills in entrepreneurship, sustainable design and communication. Creative Leadership is presented in three modules in a short format, exclusively online, but resolutely interactive giving access to a flexible and hybrid training of excellence, adapted to the needs of professionals. Today, the greatest challenge for designers is to adapt to ever more specific and demanding needs. Creative Leadership offers management and leadership tools adapted to the contemporary evolution of design professions and practices. The training aims to train participants to develop innovative and responsible projects that will allow them to adapt to the current challenges of a changing society. This training offers the possibility to explore new practices applied to the fields of creation, and to exchange with participants from a variety of sectors. The three modules can be taken together or separately. MODULE 1: CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Consolidation of skills in business development Mastery of the legal and contractual aspects of creative entrepreneurship Acquisition of tools and methods for service delivery and client relations. Registration deadline: January 13, 2023 Course start date: January 27, 2023 More information MODULE 2: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Understanding the principles and challenges of sustainability Acquisition of responsible design tools and methods Meeting with responsible design experts Registration deadline: February 10, 2023 Course start date: March 3, 2023 More information MODULE 3: CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES Acquire tools and methods in media relations, influence, and social networks Strengthening the impact of targeted communications Understand the issues of diversity, inclusiveness and sustainability as they apply to the design community Registration deadline: May 12, 2023 Course start date: May 26, 2023 More information
Florian Hilt – New Order « New Order generates a series of encounters and interactions between distant elements through multiple approaches in the visual, digital and installation fields. Through these exchanges, I reveal my secret nature: my impulses, fears and dreams. By exploring them as infinite spaces with multiple levels of information, past, present and future mix to reveal new assemblages. My collection is made of contrasted fragments: web archives and smartphone pictures, ancient-looking artefacts and video games. The installation acts as a chaotic self-portrait and allows viewers to choose their own path and question themselves. By linking the elements that compose it, each experience is the result of a new order.» - Florian Hilt
New website: ecal-typefaces.ch,15.12.2021,wwww.ecal-typefaces.ch Active since 2016 and having published nearly 30 fonts so far, the ECAL Typefaces website has been completely updated with a new design and new features: ecal-typefaces.ch Active since 2016 and having published nearly 30 fonts so far, the ECAL Typefaces website has been completely updated with a new design and new features: www.ecal-typefaces.ch ECAL Typefaces is the first online type foundry based within a university. Its initial remit was to respond to frequent requests to purchase typefaces featured in ECAL corporate communications such as posters, invitation cards and catalogues. The foundry is now fully embedded in the ECAL Master Type Design programme and also showcases work from the school s Bachelor Graphic Design programme. All the fonts are designed by students. From 2021 this new website will offer a broader overview of our students works. We have now added a ‘Stories tab to present an ever-evolving collection of student writings that reflect on the challenges that are driving contemporary type design forward. These essays are written and edited in the Master Type Design theory classes under the supervision of Wayne Daly and Roland Früh. The fonts sold on ECAL Typefaces typically originated from classes tutored by Kai Bernau, Matthieu Cortat, Alice Savoie or Radim Peško, as well as workshops led by internationally renowned guests. These provide students with the opportunity to help select typeface releases and determine how they represent their typefaces in a professional foundry. Their designs are developed from early sketches to workable files under the close supervision of Malte Bentzen. The new version uses broader criteria and includes text fonts and larger families, enabling students to demonstrate a wider range of skills, thereby highlighting the working process. In addition, a new license model adds a more precise and clear approach to licensing fonts so that clients may find a license model that meets their needs more precisely. The design of the new website was created with the aim of making it easier for users to browse, test and purchase the typefaces. Half of the income generated from sales goes directly to the students, with the remainder contributing to running costs, technical assistance and inviting guest lecturers to offer us their insights into the world of font design.
Exhibition "The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2020",09–17.12.2021,Hall Kudelski, ECAL The "Most Beautiful Swiss Books" competition, launched on the initiative of the Federal Office of Culture, aims to distinguish the best graphic achievements in the field of books and to encourage and promote the quality of publishing. The winning publications will be exhibited at numerous book fairs and in a tour of exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad, including a stop at ECAL from 8 (opening at 7pm) to 17 December 2021. The winning publications of the 2020 edition are 19 in number. They were chosen from among 370 submissions to the competition, on the recommendation of the jury. The works have been carefully examined in terms of graphic and typographic design, printing and binding quality, and attention to the materials used. Opening on Wednesday 8 December 2021 from 7pm to 9pm Exhibition from 9 to 17 December 2021 Monday to Friday, 11 am to 5 pm. ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 Renens This event is subject to current health regulations.
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Higurashi book launch In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master s in Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on aspects specific to the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic Village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate distinctive Japanese culture such as home-cooked food, the appetite for designing humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, pachinko gambling, the reinvention of ikebana and young girls as ‘rising stars. Finally, the works seek to visually represent more abstract concepts such as loneliness, emptiness and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size and power, offers a challenging, fascinating and extremely stimulating complexity to the eyes of the thirteen photographers. Higurashi has been presented at Espace Commines in Paris in November 2021, inside the exhibition Automated Photography during Paris Photo. Head of Photography Milo Keller Invited Teacher Taisuke Koyama Assistants Florian Amoser Calum Douglas Graphic Design Thomas Le Provost Typefaces Craft by ECAL/Benoit Brun & Raphaël De la Morinerie ITC Garamond Std Head of Culture and Communications Embassy of Switzerland in Japan Jonas Pulver DGES/Summer University Maxline Stettler Photography Students Emidio Battipaglia Robin Bervini Jasmine Deporta Anja Karolina Furrer Alessia Gunawan Christian Harker Jung-Ting Hu Johanna Hullár Philipp Klak Doruk Kumkumoglu Igor Pjörrt Jelly Luise Gedvile Tamosiunaite Publisher ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne higurashi.zone Higurashi is available at ecal-shop.ch . In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master s in Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Some projects focus on aspects specific to the city, from the destruction of small residential houses to the construction of the gigantic Olympic Village and the conquest of new territories by the sea. Other works investigate distinctive Japanese culture such as home-cooked food, the appetite for designing humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, pachinko gambling, the reinvention of ikebana and young girls as ‘rising stars. Finally, the works seek to visually represent more abstract concepts such as loneliness, emptiness and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size and power, offers a challenging, fascinating and extremely stimulating complexity to the eyes of the thirteen photographers. Higurashi has been presented at Espace Commines in Paris in November 2021, inside the exhibition Automated Photography during Paris Photo.Head of PhotographyMilo KellerInvited TeacherTaisuke KoyamaAssistantsFlorian AmoserCalum DouglasGraphic DesignThomas Le ProvostTypefacesCraft by ECAL/Benoit Brun& Raphaël De la MorinerieITC Garamond StdHead of Culture andCommunications Embassyof Switzerland in JapanJonas PulverDGES/Summer UniversityMaxline StettlerPhotography StudentsEmidio BattipagliaRobin BerviniJasmine DeportaAnja Karolina FurrerAlessia GunawanChristian HarkerJung-Ting HuJohanna HullárPhilipp KlakDoruk KumkumogluIgor PjörrtJelly LuiseGedvile TamosiunaitePublisherECAL/University of Artand Design Lausannehigurashi.zoneHigurashi is available at ecal-shop.ch.
ECAL at Paris Photo: exhibition, symposium, book "Automated Photography + OFFPRINT & Alumni,09–13.11.2021,Espace Commines, Paris On the occasion of Paris Photo, an immersive audiovisual exhibition, a symposium and a book present critical views and a selection of projects that explore the aesthetic and conceptual potential of automated photography. An increasing number of images are produced autonomously by machines for machines with a gradual exclusion of any human intervention. "Automated Photography" is a research project developed by the Master Photography at ECAL that addresses this situation by examining image production and distribution technologies, such as machine learning, CGI and photogrammetry. On the occasion of Paris Photo, an immersive audiovisual exhibition, a symposium and a book present critical views and a selection of projects that explore the aesthetic and conceptual potential of automated photography. ARTISTS Nora Al-Badri, Simone C Niquille, Alan Warburton, Florian Amoser, Sara Bastai, Emidio Battipaglia, Emma Bedos, Alexey Chernikov, Gaël Corboz, Nikolai Frerichs, Sally Jo, Gohan Keller, Philipp Klak, Augustin Lignier, Valentin Woeffray SYMPOSIUM Emmanuel Alloa, Yung Au, Ann-Christin Bertrand, Estelle Blaschke Claus Gunti, Milo Keller, Marco De Mutiis, Clément Lambelet, Boris Magrini, Simone C Niquille, Felix Stalder, Joël Vacheron, Anne-Katrin Weber DATES Opening reception: Tuesday 9 November from 19h to 21h Exhibition: 10, 12 and 13 November from 12h to 20h Symposium: Thursday 11 November, 9h - 20h LOCATION Espace Commines, 17 Rue Commines, 75003 Paris, France SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION Link here INFORMATION www.automated-photography.ch SIDE EVENT During Paris Photo, the bookstore of the Centre culturel suisse. Paris (32 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75003 Paris) will also showcase the book through a special display in its front window. In partnership with: Mörel Books (co-publisher), Paris Photo, Centre culturel suisse Paris, Biennale Némo and Embassy of Switzerland in France This event is part of the 200th anniversary of ECAL (1821-2021). HIGURASHI In Summer 2019, thirteen students from the ECAL Master Photography programme supervised by Milo Keller travelled to Japan to work on thirteen individual projects incollaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama within the framework of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. The students artworks range from still and moving images to computer-generated photographic visuals and explore multiple facets of the Japanese megalopolis which is, once again, undergoing major transformation in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. On the occasion of Paris Photo, the book, which was produced after this trip, will be launched. STUDENTS Emidio Battipaglia, Robin Bervini, Jasmine Deporta, Anja Karolina Furrer, Alessia Gunawan,Christian Harker, Jung-Ting Hu, Johanna Hullár, Philipp Klak, Doruk Kumkumoglu, IgorPjörrt, Jelly Luise, Gedvile Tamosiunaite DATE Friday 12 November at 6pm LOCATION Espace Commines, 17 Rue Commines, 75003 Paris, France INFORMATION http://higurashi.zone In partnership with Tokyo Photographic Research, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, DGES/Summer University OFFPRINT PARIS During OFFPRINT (a walking tour of independent publishers hosted in art bookstores, studios and galleries), ECAL will set its bookstore as part of the "Automated Photography" exhibition. Discover the latest ECAL publications on this occasion! DATES 10, 12 and 13 November from 12pm to 8pm LOCATION Espace Commines, 17 Rue Commines, 75003 Paris, France BOOK LAUNCHES BY ECAL GRADUATES Jean-Vincent Simonet – Bachelor Photography 2014 "Waterworks" published by RVB books 11 November at 6pm RVB booth at Grand Palais Éphémère Maxime Guyon – Bachelor Photography 2015"Aircraft: The New Anatomy" published by Lars Müller 12 November at 6pm 145 rue de Belleville, 75019 Paris Alexandra Dautel – Bachelor Photography 2020 "May You Continue to Blossom" published by cpress books 13 November at 7pm Oddity Paris – 27 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003 Paris Karla Hiraldo Voleau – Master Photography 2018"Pictures From Bed" published by le rayon vert . editions 14 November at 4pm LE BAL – 6 Imp. de la Défense, 75018 Paris
Olivia Wünsche – New State of Equilibrium New State of Equilibrium is a visual interpretation of my years-long spiritual quest and psychedelic adventures. Inner peace, a sense of deep connectedness, unbounded love for the natural world and longing for transcendence are central themes I tried to visualise throughout this project. Both the book and the installation attempt to question and investigate the mechanisms and limitations of our cognitive and sensory perception. By emphasising the simultaneous presence of the visible and the invisible, I seek to challenge the secular, materialistic worldview that still seems to prevail in our Western culture.
Alexandre Brulé – The new millenium On the eve of Y2K, Christine finally introduces her lover, Mina, to her parents. The evening promises to be strange. Fiction / 17 min Synopsis 31 December 1999. While everyone on TV is waiting for the Y2K bug, Christine is getting ready to celebrate the new millennium with a group of friends and her lover, Mina. But the couple must first make a detour to the holiday home of Christine s parents, an opportunity for them to finally meet their daughter-in-law. They seem to get along surprisingly well, but the young woman begins to find the behaviour of her parents increasingly strange… As time goes on and the aperitif turns into dinner, and as the fateful hour approaches, she understands that they have walked right into a trap.
The Sources of Jan Tschichold s The New Typography Jan Tschichold s essay Die neue Typographie (The New Typography, 1928) is a game-changing book, acclaimed as the curtain raiser of modern graphic design. While it takes the form of a critical essay and an operative manual, its sources have been understudied because of their difficult identification. This project aims to reconstruct the body of sources that Tschichold drew on to understand the broader cultural context of the book, through an international conference on its impact and a travelling exhibition. The year 2018 marked the 90th anniversary of the publication of Jan Tschichold s Die neue Typographie (The New Typography). After almost a century, Tschichold s game-changing book, together with the typographic movement that stemmed from it, still attracts the interest and curiosity of graphic design historians and practitioners. The book has entered the historiographical canon and its appeal has not faded. Yet, The New Typography is a victim of its own success: it enjoys the benefits of canonisation, while suffering some side effects. Having reached an almost mythical status, The New Typography is often taken for granted and rarely questioned or closely scrutinised. This paradox is the starting point of the present research project. Jan Tschichold (Leipzig 1902 – Locarno 1974) was a German-born, Swiss-naturalised typographer, type and book designer, teacher, typography theorist and critic. In the 1920s he became one of the leaders of the New Typography movement. His conversion to the Modernist cause was mediated by the Bauhaus lesson. This was learnt first through a visit to the Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar in the summer of 1923, and encouraged in the following years through acquaintance and friendship with key exponents of the Modernist movement such as László Moholy-Nagy and El Lissitzky. With the Nazis rise to power in 1933, Tschichold escaped Germany and took refuge in Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life with the exception of two stays in England, in 1937 and between 1947 and 1949. Published in Berlin in 1928, Tschichold s The New Typography is a manifesto. It follows an earlier statement published in October 1925 in a special issue of the trade magazine Typographische Mitteilungen, entitled “Elementare Typographie.” It was intended as a textbook for graphic designers, printers, typesetters and typographers. The term “New Typography” was first used by László Moholy-Nagy in the Bauhaus exhibition catalogue of 1923. The New Typography, also known as “elementary” or “functional” typography, is the manifestation of Modernism in graphic design and printed communication. Its rules included the privilege for sans-serif typefaces, non-centred page layouts, photography and photomontage, standardised paper sizes, and the active use of white space. After the war, Tschichold gradually distanced himself from the New Typography. He condemned the rigidity of the movement from both a political-moral and a strictly typo- graphical perspective. The research project relies on the hypothesis that, despite being broadly considered a pivotal and game-changing book that paved the way to modern graphic design, The New Typography deserves further and closer scrutiny. Building on the hypothesis that bibliographic sources are among the so-far overlooked and neglected aspects of The New Typography which are waiting to be identified, discussed and contextualised, the research project employs them as a means to open the black box in which Tschichold s book has been kept until now. Once the bibliographical references (books, magazines, grey literature) have been identified, the project investigates what they can tell us about the lineage in which The New Typography was rooted and the kind of discourses and networks it stemmed from. The focus on the sources aims to provide a more complex alternative to the worn-out rhetoric of the “pioneers” of graphic design.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne Matthieu Cortat Davide FornariResearch teamChiara Barbieri Martin SøbergPeriodMay 2019 – June 2021Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne HES–SO, Fonds stratégique RCDAVDisseminationWebsite die-neue-bibliographie.ch Conference Jan Tschichold s The New Typography: Its Roots and Impact on National Scenes, 26 April 2023, ECAL/École cantonale d art de Lausanne
Book making workshop The workshop is a complement to the Photobook semester project during which the first year students, tutored by graphic designer Nicolas Polli, learned to think of the photobook as an object. Each student developed their sequence and made creative choices that led to the production of a dummy. The workshop is a complement to the Photobook semester project during which the first year students, tutored by graphic designer Nicolas Polli, learned to think of the photobook as an object. Each student developed their sequence and made creative choices that led to the production of a dummy.
Aurel Ganz – Montana 1977 (photography) Rey and Moretti are two undercover narc in the middle of a police operation in the Swiss mountains of Valais. It s during a routine operation that one of them will do a terrible mistake and together they will have to escape from this difficult situation. Fiction / 20 min Comment A crime film set in Switzerland in the 1970s: the project for which I worked in close collaboration with Kimyan Flückigeris as promising as it is ambitious. The role of director of photography was both creative, involving a lot of freedom, and crucial in recreating the atmosphere of the 1970s. My dream of shooting with anamorphic lenses fitted well with the atmosphere of the film and enabled me to push the film s aesthetics quite far. After a lot of work, the project marked the pinnacle of my three years of studies which ended in an explosion of joy. Aurel Ganz
Kimyan Flückiger – Montana 1977 A short film by Kimyan Flückiger Fiction / 20 min Synopsis Rey and Moretti are two undercover narc in the middle of a police operation in the swiss moutains of Vallais. It s during a routine operation that one of them will do a terrible mistake and together they will have to escape from this difficult situation. Comment As a fan of genre cinema, I undertook the project of making a crime film that takes place in 1977. The narrative focuses on two narcotics officers who have committed murder. The short film is set in Valais. I sought to evoke 1970s American cinema through the western and film noir genres. I used these different “codes” to create my own cinematic universe and participate in the development of genre film in Switzerland. Kimyan Flückiger
"Offline" Magazine n°10 and new dedicated website,26.11.2020,www.offline-online.ch On the occasion of the publication of its tenth issue, the magazine "Offline", entirely produced by ECAL students, now also offers you an online rendez-vous thanks to its double digital format. offline-online.ch thus offers you a selection of interviews, dossiers and portfolios, allowing you to (re)discover the best of what has been produced within the framework of the magazine. offline-online.ch allows you to consult the content according to your interests via an index and a search tool that will help you to probe the themes in a targeted manner. offline-online.ch also gives you the opportunity to browse through the first ten issues at a glance and go to ecal-shop.ch where you can order the copies you are missing to complete your collection. Enjoy your reading!
Bruno Jolliet – New York Urban Atlas “New York Urban Atlas” is a project on the different ways in which urban density is physically transcribed in New York City. The book follows the principle of administrative residential areas by exploring the various neighbourhoods in the form of illustrations. Throughout the chapters the reader is led to explore urban materiality from an analytical angle with environmental factors relating to the illustrations. Map information provides insight into the various neighbourhoods explored in the book.
From Video Art to New Media: The Case of the Locarno VideoArt Festival (1980-2001) This research project looks into the shift from video art to new media, taking a major but little-studied event, the Locarno VideoArt Festival (1980-2001), as a case study: a pioneering space for broadcasting video art in Europe and a place for exploring electronic art which took place every year from 1980 to 2001 on Monte Verità. The analysis of the festival s archives and the creation of an exhibition of the works presented there highlight its pioneering role for those who wish to explore the history of information and communications theory. This research project seeks to refresh our understanding of video art and serves a dual purpose: as a piece of curatorial research to test the hypothesis that video art is characterised by its interactive quality, and a systematic enquiry into the nature and function of video art and new media. The research work spreading out over a three-year period combines tools developed in information and communications science with contributions from the history of video and electronic art, as well as contemporary art theory, curatorial studies, aesthetics and critical theory. As a result the project re-evaluates the place of Switzerland and Europe in the international video art network. Additionally, the previously unpublished festival s archives, the audio-visual documentation of the seminars and our recorded interviews with the festival s major artists are published on the project s dedicated website. The curatorial project, which takes place at the Elisarion in Minusio, is centred around the idea of a virtualisation of video art through computer-generated images and the internet. The core ideas behind the research are thus combined with the exhibition medium in order to assess their coherence.Main applicantECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne (project leader)Research teamDr Adeena Mey (researcher) Maud Pollien (researcher) Cédric Fluckiger (assistant)Visiting lecturersLorenzo Bianda Marco Maria Gazzano Guest artists Lorenzo Bianda Robert Cahen Francesco Mariotti Francisco MeirinoPartnersClaudio Berger, Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, Minusio Elio Schenini, MASI – Museo d arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano Nicole Schweizer, Musée cantonal des beaux-arts, Lausanne Samuel Gross, Istituto Svizzero, Rome Marco Maria Gazzano, Università Roma Tre, Rome Grégoire Quenault, Alain Carou, Labex project, Université Paris 8 and the French National Library, Emergence of video art in EuropePeriodOctober 2017 – September 2020Supported byECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, MinusioDisseminationPublication Francois Bovier and Adeena Mey (eds.), VideoArt Festival Locarno: a Prospective, Lausanne: ECAL / Minusio: Centro culturale e museo Elisarion, 2019. Exhibition VideoArt Festival Locarno: a Prospective
Loïc Dupasquier – Blackout Blackest Ever Black, a British record label, announced it was shutting down in 2019. This project pays tribute to the label through a post-mortem cassette reissue of its ten most outstanding musical releases. These feature two levels of information, a listing of how the tracks make the listeners feel and the barely visible metadata of the releases. The font used is my revival of a typographic drawing by Peter Behrens, which, just like the label did, enables me to take things from the past and make them contemporary.
Bruno Jolliet – New York Urban Atlas “New York Urban Atlas” is a project on the different ways in which urban density is physically transcribed in New York City. The book follows the principle of administrative residential areas by exploring the various neighbourhoods in the form of illustrations. Throughout the chapters the reader is led to explore urban materiality from an analytical angle with environmental factors relating to the illustrations. Map information provides insight into the various neighbourhoods explored in the book. “New York Urban Atlas” is a project on the different ways in which urban density is physically transcribed in New York City.The book follows the principle of administrative residential areas by exploring the various neighbourhoods in the form of illustrations. Throughout the chapters the reader is led to explore urban materiality from an analytical angle with environmental factors relating to the illustrations.Map information provides insight into the various neighbourhoods explored in the book.
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2019 On the occasion of the "Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2019", around fifteen personalities in connection with ECAL – graduates, professors or lecturers – were awarded: Samuel Bänziger Rémi Brandon, David Keshavjee, Teo Schifferli (BA Graphic Design graduates) Philippine Chaumont, Agathe Zaerpour (BA Graphic Design graduates) Guillaume Chuard (BA Graphic Design graduate) Mathias Clottu BA Graphic Design graduate) Elektrosmog Jonathan Hares, Amaury Hamon (BA Graphic Design graduates) Huber/Sterzinger Larissa Kasper (MA Art Direction graduate) Adeline Mollard (BA Graphic Design graduate) Vinzenz Meyner (MA Fine Arts graduate) NORM Teo Schifferli (BA Graphic Design graduate) As part of the "Best Books from all over the World" presented in Leipzig, Jonathan Hares and Amaury Hamon also received the silver medal while Vinzenz Meyner got an honorary diploma. In addition, Maximage, composed of ECAL Bachelor Graphic Design alumni,received the prestigious Jan-Tschichold Prize, which distinguishes outstanding performances in the art of book. https://www.bak.admin.ch/bak/fr/home/actualites/nsb-news.msg-id-78267.html
Launch of the books from the "Visual Archives" series,29.01.2020,Never Stop Reading, Zurich The series of books “Visual Archives” is the result of research projects initiated and carried out at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. The series of books “Visual Archives” is the result of research projects initiated and carried out at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It examines unexplored legacies of designers, authors and brands. Documents and visual material from archives are accompanied and contextualised by critical essays. Thus far, two volumes from this series ("Hermann Eidenbenz. Teaching Graphic Design" + "Bobst Graphic 1972–1981") have been co-published by Triest Verlag and ECAL, and they will be presented jointly by their editors. Wednesday 29 January 2020, 7 pm, at Never Stop Reading, Zurich Programme Moderation by Robert Lzicar (Designer and Design Historian). Event in German and English. Welcome by Andrea Wiegelmann (Publisher) Sarah Klein (Editor): Hermann Eidenbenz. Teaching Graphic Design Giliane Cachin (Editor): Bobst Graphic 1972–1981 Davide Fornari (R&D, ECAL) & Simon Mager (Editor): Outlook of the upcoming volumes Never Stop Reading Spiegelgasse 18 / Untere Zäune 8001 Zurich www.neverstopreading.com www.triest-verlag.ch Image Nicolas Polli
ECAL Cinema book 2019
ECAL at the New York Art Book Fair 2019 and Unseen Amsterdam,20–22.09.2019,MoMA PS1 From 20 to 22 September 2019, ECAL presents a selection of its books on the occasion of the New York Art BookFair/Printed Matter at the MoMA PS1. ECAL publishes about ten books every year through ECAL Editions or in collaboration with famous publishing houses such as JRP/Ringier, Lars Müller Publishers, Novembre Magazine or RVB Books. With the support of swissnex Boston http://nyartbookfair.com ---- From 20 to 22 September 2019, ECAL will also be in Amsterdam to present its editions as part of Unseen Book Market https://amsterdam.unseenplatform.com/event
Corentin Leroux – New Dawn Fades « After the recession linked to the 2014 Maidan revolution, Ukrainian economy attrac- ted many foreign companies that wanted a new image at a lower cost. Between aesthetic fascination and economic pragmatism, they have appropriated the image of Eastern Europe as never before. Five years after the revolution, while the country remains at war with Russia, Ukrainian citizens are now represented by Volodymyr Zelensky, a profes- sional actor. It was during his presidential campaign that I decided to focus on image building for economic, cultural or political purposes. »
Maria Tasula – Possibilities for the New End of the World With an installation of prints, text and a publication, Possibilities for the New End of the World proposes a near future where humans are released from the burdens of work thanks to full automatisation and universal basic income. The looming end of the world is reversed to a utopia where the days are spent lingering and enjoying the excess of beauty on earth. By using imagery and language familiar to fashion and advertising that employ a constructed promise of being available to everyone, the installation presents a space to contemplate everything at length. The luxury to waste time and the commencing ideas might become more crucial than we ever thought. With an installation of prints, text and a publication, Possibilities for the New End of the World proposes a near future where humans are released from the burdens of work thanks to full automatisation and universal basic income. The looming end of the world is reversed to a utopia where the days are spent lingering and enjoying the excess of beauty on earth. By using imagery and language familiar to fashion and advertising that employ a constructed promise of being available to everyone, the installation presents a space to contemplate everything at length. The luxury to waste time and the commencing ideas might become more crucial than we ever thought.
Book launch "Bianca e Blu Monica Bolzoni",06.03.2019,Corso Como 10, Milan ECAL is pleased to invite you to the book launch of "Bianca e Blu Monica Bolzoni", co-published by Rizzoli New York and ECAL, to be held in Milan on Wednesday 6 March 2019 at 7pm in the bookshop of Fondazione Sozzani, Corso Como 10. The book will be presented by Monica Bolzoni, Vittoria Caterina Caratozzolo, Mariuccia Casadio, Davide Fornari, Régis Tosetti Since Monday 18 February until the book launch, the spaces of the bookshop showcase images from the book. www.fondazionesozzani.org www.rizzoliusa.com Visual: ECAL/Ondrej Bachor
ECAL book 2018 To be a filmmaker in 2018 is to be a bit of a spiritualist. The rarefaction of the film object, humble, palpable, which weighs in the hand, is a fact. Its historical place of diffusion, the theatre, is also disappearing in Europe. Even DVDs and USB keys are relics of yesterday s world. Modern computers don t care about the ports where these objects could drop anchor. There is hardly any material trace of the cinematographic creation anymore. Some data stored on a cloud on the other side of the world, wind in a cloud. The filmmaker s job is therefore to produce the invisible for nomadic souls, not to say wandering souls, in a bus in Tokyo or a café in Denver. It is to speak to the spirits. There is no nostalgia in this observation of the times, just the desire to adapt to the Zeitgeist. At ECAL, we love objects. Like Georges Perec, who was "all about the language that surrounds things, about what s underneath, about everything that feeds them, about everything that s injected into them. Because it is a language, the cinema is matter. It agglomerates what we are, we the creators, we the spectators, in a communion of thought. To testify to this encounter, an object was needed. And the most beautiful of all: a book. To say what nourishes us, but also what we give to eat. The encounters, the essays, the filming, the trips, the debates that make up the living and vibrant body of our school. The one that asks the only question that matters: for whom are we doing what? May this book be the Ouija board that allows us to communicate with the spirits, here and elsewhere, today and tomorrow. Many thanks to Rachel Noël, coordinator of the ECAL s Cinema Department, initiator and curator of this first volume. And to all the contributors. Lionel Baier / Head of the Film Department
"The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2017" exhibition,22.11–07.12.2018,Gallery l elac, ECAL A competition rewarding the most beautiful Swiss books of 2017, awarded in 2018 by the Federal Office of Culture. Opening on Thursday 22 November 2018 from 6pm to 8pm at the Gallery elac. Exhibition from 23 November to 7 December 2018 Monday to Friday, from 1 pm to 5 pm Scenography Damian Fopp, Zurich Catalog Design graphique: Teo Schifferli, Zurich Photographie: Clément Lambelet, Lausanne This exhibition is presented jointly with the 100 beste Plakate 17. Conference Wednesday 5 December at 6pm IKEA Auditorium ECAL Noémie Gygax, graphic designer, winner of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books, Neuchâtel Hubertus Design (Kerstin Landis, Jonas Voegeli), graphic designers, winners of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books and 100 beste Plakate, Zurich Denis Roueche, graphic designer, winner of the 100 beste Plakate, Neuchâtel Chi-Long Trieu, graphic designer, winner of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books, Lausanne Galerie l elac & ECAL 5, avenue du Temple CH-1020 Renens www.swissdesignawards.ch
Vision Creation New Sound: live at ECAL,08.11.2018,Cinema Studio, ECAL VISION CREATION NEW SOUND VISION CREATION NEW SOUND 08.11.2018 entrée libre ECAL, Studio Cinéma Av. du Temple 5, 1020 Renens --- Labyrinth Gives Way to Skin: Listening Session Maryanne Amacher 17h Diffusion et mise en contexte d extraits de l œuvre de Maryanne Amacher (1938 – 2009), qui jouait avec les espaces et les phénomènes d émissions oto-acoustiques produites par les oreilles des auditeurs. Par Amy Ciminiet Bill Dietz. Aussi ouvert au public la veille, séminaire de présentation de l œuvre de Amacher : 07.11.2018 à 18h, Auditoire IKEA, ECAL. --- Action for Custom Electronics, Tape and Objects Mario de Vega 18h45 Après une semaine de composition avec les réalités spatiales de l ECAL, l artiste mexicain, figure des interventions site specific intrusives et non-autoritaires, performera son écoute de l école. --- Feedback Works Eliane Radigue 19h30 Multidiffusion par Emmanuel Holterbach des pièces de 1969 – 1970 de la compositrice française. Dévalorisées par les patriarches de la musique concrète, ces pièces de feedback sont aujourd hui incontournables en musique électronique. --- Dans le cadre du projet de recherche Pratiques aurales en arts visuels. Avec le soutien du Réseau de Compétences Design & Arts Visuels (RCDAV) de la HES-SO ainsi que celui de la Ville de Renens. Graphic Design: Notter+Vigne
ECAL at the New York Art Book Fair 2018 and Unseen Amsterdam,21–23.09.2018,MoMA PS1 From 21 to 23 September 2018, ECAL presents a selection of its books on the occasion of the New York Art BookFair/Printed Matter at the MoMA PS1. ECAL publishes about ten books every year through ECAL Editions or in collaboration with famous publishing houses such as JRP/Ringier, Lars Müller Publishers, Novembre Magazine or RVB Books. In collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York and swissnex Boston http://nyartbookfair.com ---- From 21 to 23 September 2018, ECAL will also be in Amsterdam to present its editions as part of Unseen Book Market https://unseenamsterdam.com/unseen-book-market
Vision Creation New Sound: guided tour and concert,02.05.2018,Cinema Studio, ECAL Dans le cadre du projet de recherche Pratiques aurales en arts visuels et avec le soutien du Réseau de Compétences Design & Arts Visuels (RCDAV) de la HES-SO, l ECAL présente le 2 mai 2018: «Electrical Walk» de Christina Kubisch. Dans le cadre du projet de recherche Pratiques aurales en arts visuels et avec le soutien du Réseau de Compétences Design & Arts Visuels (RCDAV) de la HES-SO, l ECAL présente le 2 mai 2018: Electrical Walk Christina Kubisch 17 h Point de rencontre / départ : Studio Cinéma, ECAL Sur réservation www.tinyurl.com/electrical-walk Electrical Walk est une visite guidée dans un univers acoustique parallèle. Pionnière de l usage des espaces acoustiques et du temps en arts visuels, Christina Kubisch propose d explorer les activités électromagnétiques des environnements intérieurs et extérieurs de l ECAL au moyen de casques audio modifiés. Infrasound Scott Arford & Randy H. Y. Yau 19 h Studio Cinéma, ECAL (entrée libre) « Hear with your body ». Ainsi commence le manifeste infrasonore de Scott Arford et Randy H. Y. Yau. Ni performance, ni musique, la série de concerts intitulée Infrasound n a qu un but : la transformation du son en force physique, par l usage de fréquences ultrabasses dans des lieux spécifiques (ici le Studio Cinéma de l ECAL), modifiant les perceptions et les rapports aux corps. ECAL, Studio Cinéma Av. du Temple 5 1020 Renens Design graphique: Notter+Vigne
Vision Creation New Sound,15.03.2018
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2017 Congratulations to Eurostandard (Pierrick Brégeon & Clément Rouzaud, ECAL Bachelor Graphic Design graduates), who won The Most Beautiful SwissBooks 2017 with "Early Video Art and Experimental Films Networks" by François Bovier and ECAL In addition, 13 graphic designers (graduates, professors or lecturers) closely connected to ECAL were awarded: Atlas Studio – Ludovic Balland – Julia Born & Laurenz Brunner – Larissa Kasper – Noémie Gygax – Urs Lehni – NORM – Teo Schifferli – Chi-Long Trieu – Lex Trüb – Scott Vander Zee – Jonas Voegeli Moreover, HubertusDesigns (with Jonas Voegeli and Scott Vander Zee) won the Golden Letter (the highest prize) and NORM received an Honorary Appreciation at the occasion of the «Best Book Design from all over the World» in Leipzig.
10 Best Photo Books of 2017 by The New York Times Congratulations to Laurence Rasti, ECAL Bachelor Photography graduate, whose diploma project (published by Edition Patrick Frey) was selected among the 10 Best Photo Books of 2017 by The New York Times.