ECAL - PROJECTS / R&D

Mechanical Marvels" exhibition at Homo Faber 2022

Mechanical art in collaboration with artisans of Saint-Croix

Video direction

Video directed at concert Shawati (production Ensemble Vide, Genève) photo©Raphaëlle Mueller

Filmmaking workshop

Workshop led by the American director and scriptwriter Danielle Lessovitz

Actors' Direction Workshop

Led by the Swiss filmmaker Fulvio Bernasconi

Master Cinema - Major in Sound

Sound design workshop with Felix Blume

Sound performance

Participation to the concert/performance "Mémoire d’espace" (photo©Raphaëlle Mueller)

Meeting with Noémie Lvovsky

Flashback in images

Collaboration with CSEM

Structural Colors

Workshop Rousseau mandate

Workshop in Val de Travers for the Mandate proposed by the Maison Rousseau Geneva

Masterclass ECAL: Abel Ferrara

Terre Vaudoise

Workshop 2021

Pardino d'oro to Nora Longatti at the Locarno Film Festival

Collaboration with Hermès

Excerpts from Master Product Design theses

Diplôme 2021

Diploma project 2021

Diploma Jury 2021

graduations

diplomes

Présentation semestrielle

Keramicos

Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne 2021

Online

Glowstone

From 22 April to 7 May 2021 at the Galerie l'elac, the exhibition "Glowstone" presents projects by students of the ECAL Master Fine Arts programme, initiated during a workshop organised extramuros at Espace Sébeillon by artist Neïl Beloufa. The students' first action upon arriving at the satellite space has been to rename it "Flowstone". As a defining guideline for their proposal, the group then opted for horizontal modes of production in the making of their projects: the founding of collectives, the absence of a unique organizing figure. In the aftermath of the workshop, Flowstone morphed into a space where the production of ongoing projects cohabited with a series of ephemeral performances and shows. "Glowstone" presents an archive of the off campus experience alongside projects launched at Flowstone, at times modified for the context of their current exhibition at Gallery l'elac. A variety of projects, often created by at least four hands, can be discovered in the gallery: paintings, sculptures, vi

Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspires the ECAL/HEAD Master in Cinema

Emmanuel Carrère, writer, screenwriter and director

Tuesday 20.04.2021 Online, visionsdureel.ch

Flowstone

Academic partnership with IMD Business School, Lausanne

Masterclasses ECAL: Milio Rau, playwright, director

3 March and 20 March 2021

collaboration with EHL

ECAL at Solothurn Days 2021; Upcoming Talent Award + Nominations for the Swiss Film Awards

Upcoming Talent Award + Nominations for the Swiss Film Awards

Collaboration with FEMA

Saint-Croix visit with Fiona Krüger

Collaboration with La Prairie with Sabine Marcelis

Fine Arts semestrial Presentation

Selected works from Fine Arts master students from the first semester presentations

Tofu To-Go

Diploma project 2020 from Evelyn Yu-ying Wu

RobustNest

Diploma project 2020 from Fabien Roy

Plus One

Diploma project 2020 from Victor Rhodin

Vigie

Diploma project 2020 from Hugo Paternostre

Footwear – Be on the Way

Diploma project 2020 from Lorenz Noelle

CSTM-01

Diploma project 2020 from Timothée Mion

Verdello

Diploma project 2020 from Samuel Lodetti

Shift

Diploma project 2020 from Jeffery Lambert

Printlet

Diploma project 2020 from Mathilde Lafaille

Corner Urinal

Diploma project 2020 from Ryo Katayama

Lotte

Diploma project 2020 from Sarah Hossli

Port Toolbox

Diploma project 2020 from Wasan Choosakul

Biodegradable Medical Clothing

Diploma project 2020 from Benjamin Bischel

Collaboration with SAMSUNG

Diploma Jury 2020

Final Jury Master Cinema 2020

The diploma Jury of the Master Cinema 2018-20: Ael Dallier Vega (editor, Paris); Jacques Kieffer (sound engineer, Zürich); Stéphane Batut (filmmaker and scriptwriter, Paris); Aline Schmid (producer, Genève)

Dialogue with Pauline

A project by Ensemble Vide

Collaboration with La Praire

"I Dreamed of El Zahir"

Sound work recorded in Dakar, Senegal

Master Cinema at the Berlinale 2020

Shooting of the web-series "Bâtards"

ECAL x RBM by Flokk: The Future of School Seating

On the occasion of the Stockholm Design Week 2020, ECAL students reimagine the school chair of the future with RBM by Flokk

Workshop casting and acting with Guillaume Brac

Master cinéma - Production

On the set of "Bulle" by Anne Deluz, with the actress Claudia Cardinale ©Ghislaine Hegers

Cinema Master - major Sound

On the set of "Red Jungle" by Juan José Lozano and Zoltán Horváth ©Charlotte Muller

ECAL Cinema book 2019

An insight in the ECAL films and activities

Call for submission

Master Cinema 2020-22

Collaboration with Hotel President Wilson

ECAL x Hôtel Président Wilson

Collaboration with Fondation Opale

7 short films made by the Master students

Usefulless

A group exhibition bringing together students from the Fine Arts Master of ECAL and artists Morag Keil, Ghislaine Leung, Martin Scorsese and Emily Wardill. A proposal by Clément Delépine and Mélanie Matranga.

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2019

School Day

Talk given by Camille Henrot

Diploma 2019

Diploma projects 2019

NIFFF - Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

Presentation at the Fantastic Web Contest 2019

Lausanne Jardins 2019

ECAL at Lausanne Jardins 2019

diploma 2019

Diploma 2019

Grand Voyage: Dakar

The students of the Master Cinema in Senegal during the Grand Voyage

Interview with Lionel Baier

Head of the ECAL Cinema Department

IMD Business School Lausanne

UEFA Innovation Challenge 2019

Milano 2019: Collaboration with Marsotto Lab

Presentation of the objects realized in collaboration with Marsotto LAB in Milano.

Collaboration with Marsotto Lab

Design a new collection of home accessories in collaboration with Marsotto Lab.

Symposium KILL Yr IDOLS

Philippe Azoury giving his lecture at the KILL Yr IDOLS Symposium, March 2019

Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship exhibition at National Design Centre, Singapore

ECAL Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship exhibition

Collaboration with Hermès

Light, Assertive, On the Move. How does a man transport his life?

Collaboration with L'Epee 1839

Launch of a new clock for L'Epée 1839 during Baselworld

ECAL MADE

The first year students of the Master Product Design faced the stakes of the job of designer, from idea to manufacture and sale. The products created, everyday objects made in Switzerland with the help of local craftsmen, are the happy result.

ECAL book 2018

The invisible sanctuary

In Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan, Masayo Fujio and Nobuko Takahashi narrates the painful account of their life. Through their stories, mingled with that of the district, Suujin, the past of an invisible Japanese community that is still discriminated against today gradually surfaces again.

Diploma film sets

Heaven of the beasts

At night, the sky appears while the mysterious beast approaches. The astronomer and the hunter are pursuing the unknown.

Off Piste

In the snowy peaks of Jura, a young man who is smooth in every respect is confronted with his own cowardice.

We’ve not like spiders nets from grief’s saliv.

Suffering from insomnia, Nina, a young woman leaves Paris to return in Provence, in his hometown. Following the unexplained disappearance of his sister, stranges phenomena take place and seem to be addressed to her. One night, Nina sees something, an apparition that will lead her in her sister's footsteps.

Edge of the season

After the death of her father, Cloé and her mother go to their familial chalet on an isolated mountain to disperse his ashes. Between mourning and boredom, Cloé finds the courage to tell her mother that she does not want to see her anymore.

Sister Jarariju

In the middle of an austere landscape contaminated by a coal mine in northern Colombia, Viviana and Yandris, two teenage sisters of the Wayuu ethnic group, discover their traditions through ancestral rituals. At the death of their father and, in an act of audacity and courage, the sisters Jarariju leave their country.

Diploma film posters

Diploma 2018

Diploma projects 2018.

ECAL Digital Market

ECAL Master Product Design students present a range of innovative everyday life objects, produced through a print farm within the exhibition and sold directly on site

Zzz...

Diploma

All the Loose Ends would Disappear Again in the Shape of your Face

Diploma

Angelo

Diplôme

Collaboration with Aesop

Projects by ECAL MAS in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship students in collaboration with Aesop.

Exposition 'Ending Explained'

Exhibition organized by Will Benedict in collaboration with DOC! Espace de production artistique.

ECAL + Foscarini

In partnership with the lighting company Foscarini, ECAL Master Product Design students worked on new lamp projects developed around the concept of portable light.

Collaboration with Marsotto Lab

Design a new collection of table and wall clocks made in collaboration with Marsotto Lab.

Symposium 'Eco-monde: horizons nouveaux'

François Cusset during his introduction to the Symposium 'Si les baleines avaient des oreillettes...'

ECAL Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship exhibition at The Mass, Tokyo

ECAL Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship exhibition at The Mass, Tokyo.

Renault Contest

USM Foundation x ECAL

In partnership with the USM Foundation, students of the ECAL MA Product Design MA present an exhibition on the theme of "The Lamp of Tomorrow".

Collaboration with Aesop

Visit of the Aesop' shops in Zurich, in order to launch a new collaboration.

Master Cinema at the Clermont Film Festival

Promotion du Master cinéma au Festival du court métrage de Clermont Ferrand

Master cinéma dans Le Temps

Article du 8 janvier 2018 dans Le Temps sur la place du scénario en Suisse

IMD and ECAL launch partnership

IMD and ECAL, the University of Art and Design Lausanne, have established a partnership agreement.

Table ronde lors des Journées cinématographiques de Soleure, 27 janvier 2018

Les jeunes scénaristes suisses sont-ils assez formés?

Collaboration with L'Epee 1839

Launch of a new clock for L'Epée 1839 during Baselworld

Collaboration with RETROSUPERFUTURE

Diploma jury 2017

2017 diploma projects

A selection of the 2017 diploma projects

Diploma 2017

Diploma projects 2017.

ECAL x QWSTION

A joint project between Swiss bag brand QWSTION and ECAL students of the Master Product Design programme

ECAL x Vitra

Workbays Village

PUMP – The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project

On the occasion of the Milan Furniture Fair, Punkt. invites students of the Master Product Design to create an e-bike

Symposium with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Workshop

Symposium with Tristan Garcia

Collaboration with Chopard

collaboration with Chopard

Collaboration with Chopard

RETROSUPERFUTURE

Collaboration with RETROSUPERFUTURE

Evaluation first semestre 2017

Vacheron Constantin

Visit of Vacheron Constantin's manufacture

Masterclass / Conference

Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin

The Art of Celestial Mechanics

Workshop with Georgia Sagri

Collaboration with Petit h

An invitation to revive the materials and objects that make up the impressive collection of Petit h

Maiensäss

Workshop from 1st year students of the Master in Product Design.

Mumbai Grand Voyage workshop

3 weeks in Mumbai for a direction workshop lead by Anurag Kashyap

Master Class with Pierre Bismuth

Los Angeles 2016

Summer University 2016, Los Angeles Stephanie Moisdon, Bei Schlingelhoff, Will Benedict, Emanuele Marcuccio.

Collaboration with Mauviel 1830

Design of new cooking accessories

Diploma film posters

Diploma film sets

SOMA – Residency to Mexico

Residency in Mexico City, SOMA.

Diploma 2016

Diploma projects 2016.

Giulio Scalisi, Diplomé 2016

2016 Diploma projects

A selection of the diploma's projects

Albin

I lost my father at the age of two - too young to have kept any memories. For many years this loss haunted only my sub consciousness. Thirty years after his death, his grave was destroyed. I suddenly realize that I had never mourned my father and that I had to find out who he really was. Starting from the idea that memory is something you can question, work and modify, I decide to dive into Albin's universe to create my own memories.

Lost Exile

Emir, a family man, works for the local mafia as people smuggler between Serbia and Hungary. Hana, a young woman from Kosovo wants to flee her country and meets Emir to drive her. On the way, Emir's unscrupulous colleagues order him to stop at a motel next to the border. They see in Hana the opportunity to gain money by delivering her to a prostitution ring. That night, Emir is faced with a moral dilemma and his own humanity as Hana will test her courage to change her life and make it to Europe.

Ma Yan Chan - Waves of Transition

Since generations, the dockers and their families live and work at the Ayeyarwady riverbank in Mandalay, the ancient royal capital of Myanmar. In a time of great transition, their lifestyle is subdued to lasting transformations. Against their will, the authorities try to dislocate them into newly built concrete buildings.

E15

14 furniture concepts celebrating the iconic BACKENZAHN™ stool by german brand E15

PUNKT.

Innovative concepts for consumer electronics aimed at simplifying life

Collaboration with Reuge

A new interpretation of the music box

Workshop with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy

Workshop with the artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy

Exhibition wall clocks Vacheron Constantin

Wall clocks developed in 2013 and presented at the main entrance of the Vacheron Constantin manufacture.

Christofle exhibition

Exhibition of silver cutlery created for Christofle in Paris.

1st semester evaluations

Professors: Valentin Carron, Fabian Marti, Bea Schlingelhoff

Conference Dominique Gonzales Foerster

Conference and studio visits with Dominique Gonzales Foerster

Collaboration with Mauviel

Visit of the Mauviel manufacture in the Normandy in order to initiate the collaboration with this family owned brand specialized in high quality cookware.

Visit Vacheron Constantin

A five-days programme conceived of workshop introductions, factory visits and brainstorming at Vacheron Constantin in order to present the brand's key values to the students.

ImaginaSon

The ImaginaSon show is the result of a collaboration between the Swiss Cinémathèque, the students in Composing of the University of Music Lausanne (HEMU) and the students in Editing of the Ecal/Head Master in Film Studies.

BAD WEATHER Workshop with Will Benedict

Collective publication with the artist Will Benedict. Workshop part of the HES-SO network.

Scott

Urban commuter bicycle concepts developed in cooperation with swiss bike manufacturer SCOTT

Diploma 2015

Diploma projects 2015.

Diploma Projects

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Collaboration with de Sede

A collaboration with the Swiss leather manufacture de Sede, for the brand's 50th anniversary.

Diplomas

Selected works presented in June 2015 for ECAL's diploma of Fine Arts Master.

Appartement 50 Cité Radieuse

Collection of objects to meet everyday needs in the Cité Radieuse in Marseille

Exhibition Life is a Bed of Roses (un roman)

An experimental collaboration between Fondation d'entreprise Ricard (Paris) and ECAL's Fine Arts Master.

Collaboration with Christofle

For this fifth collaboration between ECAL and the Maison Christofle, the students of the MAS DLC have taken the challenge to dive straight into the heart of silversmithing history by creating a set of cutlery.

Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin

A collaboration with Vacheron Constantin on the theme of seasons and realized with 12 Swiss craftsmen.

Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin

Presentation of the objects realized in collaboration with Vacheron Constantin in Milano.

Axor WaterDream: a Conceptual Study of Glass Spouts

Series of interchangeable glass spouts

#Photobooth

Interactive installations showing how the selfie phenomenon changed the way we look at ourselves.

Workshop Pasolini

The Master students of Mise en scène of the Lausanne University of Theatre and the film directors of Master Ecal/Head collaborated for a work shop around the critical and political impact of Pasolini’s work.

Heart of Glass

HES-SO design research project in the framework of the Master in Product Design of ECAL.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Mandate

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) asked the Master Ecal/Head for some short movies in order to enlighten the collaboration between Switzerland and Latvia. With their collaboration, the students developed some screenplays and then directed a series of short documentaries dealing with subjects like life in the Alp regions, Swiss countryside and multiculturalism. This workshop aimed to learn how to make a portrait.

Trip to Shanghai

An exploratory week in Shanghai with the MAS DLC, invited by Vacheron Constantin.

Paris and Centre Pompidou-Metz

Visiting exhibitions among which "1984-1999. The Decade," in the company of its curator and Head of ECAL's Fine Arts Master Stéphanie Moisdon, and with the artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster.

Masterclass with Juergen Teller

Artist and photographer in conversation with a group of students, at the studio of ECAL's Fine Arts Master.

First semester evaluation

Selected ECAL Fine Arts Master students' works presented in January 2015.

Ontological Adventures Symposium

Exploring contemporary philosophy and anthropology with Tristan Garcia, Martin Fortier, and Vincent Normand.

Exhibition and book Vertiginous Parallels

Research project by ECAL's Fine Arts Master, on the links between the works of Charles Blanc-Gatti and the artist's experience of alpine space.

Workshop Great Trip in Sarajevo

Every 2 years, students are invited to take part in an ambitious work shop named « Great Trip » where they discover a land and a director. In 2014 they travelled to Sarajevo, to meet the Film Factory Students and it’s boss, the Hungarian director Bela Tarr.

Honey is sweeter than blood

18 year old Lucia is on edge. Her grandfather is seriously ill and she refuses to accept the fact that he’s dying. In an unsuccessful attempt to take her mind off it, she seeks comfort in the arms of Rabah, a local guy, with whom she has a tumultuous fling.

The Night of Songs

Created in the tradition of experimental cinema, The Night of Songs evokes at once the desperation with which we seek our origins and our intimate desire to reach toward the sky . A deported man is lost between these two worlds, these two hopes.

Muchachas

My grandmother’s death brought me back to Mexico City, where my eyes were opened as to on how unfair our relationship with the maids had been. To what extent was I also responsible for the invisibility of these women, who had always lived around me?

Cyclic

Shot in the bike messenger scene in Lausanne, « CYCLIC » tells the story of three messengers having issues fitting into society and growing up.

A Barça

The passage of time, of the river, of the clouds. Hundreds of people rush to board a boat that will take them to work. Behind them, the dormitory town: a space beyond time where landscape and identity are ardently shaped by the ambiguities of the world of work.

Messe

This photography book explores five Swiss fairs.

The everyday

During this Master, I have worked on two photography projects where I search for the illusion in everyday life versus a series of sets and objects I build in the studio.

Pícara

Pícara is a bookish text typeface, a tool for graphic designers, which draws its roots from 18th century Spanish type design.

Bootycelli

Bootycelli is a one shot magazine focused on the body and beauty.

Alberto&Claudia

Alberto&Claudia is a type design project specifically aimed at the contemporary editorial scene.

The Derby Club

My project is a small family of typefaces which tries to embed into a type design project the contrasted and idiosyncratic sides of football and its supporters, oscillating between two sides of the same coin.

Mamertus

Mamertus is a typeface family inspired by the work in the kitchen garden. It is dedicated to dirty hands, sharp tools and the priceless independence of growing one’s own food.

Screen Magazine

Julia Andréone diploma project

Diploma 2014

Diploma projects of 2014.

In Wool We Trust

Installations expressing various aesthetical and technical qualities of Merino wool.

Diplomas

Selected diploma works from ECAL's Fine Arts Master, presented in June 2014.

Collaboration with Vacheron Constantin

Workshop with Nicolas Le Moigne around the interpretation of time.

Collaboration with Rémy Martin

Workshop around the world of cocktail-making, with Tomas Kral.

Collaboration with Baccarat

Workshop with Thilo Brunner to design new carafes.

Collaboration with Hermès

Workshop to create vitrines around the theme of "Metamorphosis".

Still Life | Still Alive

Development of pedestals to highlight simple every day objects in a surprising way. Workshop led by Nathalie Du Pasquier.

SIGG Lunch Boxes

Development of lunch boxes, food containers and accessories, in collaboration with the Swiss manufacturing company SIGG.

First semester 2013-2014 works

Selected Fine Arts Master students' works presented in January 2014.

Projets de Diplôme

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Collaboration with Francis Kurkdjian

Workshop on scent with Paris perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and designer Jaime Hayon.

Terroir

Work from 1st year students of the Master in Product Design in collaboration with local producers and craftsmen.

Lecture by Serge Lemoine, professor emeritus at la Sorbonne, Paris

Research project Dizziness of Correspondences

Practicalities (La vie matérielle)

Exhibition by ECAL's Fine Arts Master at Basis, Frankfurt

Diploma Projects

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Diploma 2013

Diploma projects of 2013.

Transvercity/跨城市 is a typographic project about the cultural desire between the East and West.

This work is a collaboration between a fashion designer and two graphic designers.

In 2010 I met my father for the first time at the age of 23. Besides the difficulty of imagining him as a father figure - since no images of him had accompanied me so far- a cultural and identity barrier was added, due to his Spanish roots.

Firefighter, astronaut, ballerina... What happened to your childhood dream?

My diploma project is a report on Dubaï inhabitants, examined through the lense of cars.

Diplomas

Works presented in June 2013 for ECAL's diploma of Fine Arts Master.

Collaboration with Christofle

Workshop combining silver with a second material with Thilo Brunner

Collaboration with Baccarat

Workshop with Camille Blin to create a family of lamps.

Collaboration with Hermès

Workshop to create vitrines with the theme "Chic le sport".

Festival Indilisboa

Le Festival Indilisboa présente un programme spécial consacré au Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD.

The Iceland Whale Bone Project

Experimental research on whale bones collected by 1st year Product Design Master students.

Lights of Harcourt

In the wake of a collaboration initiated in 2011, Baccarat and ECAL are pursuing their joint reflection in 2013 around the iconic Harcourt range.

Exposition « Dear Peggy » du Bachelor et du Master Arts Visuels de l’ECAL chez Treize (Paris)

« Dear Peggy », une exposition d’oeuvres d’étudiants du Bachelor et du Master Arts Visuels de l’ECAL. Sélection de Gallien Déjean (critique, commissaire et professeur invité), Stéphane Kropf (artiste et responsable du Bachelor AV) et Stéphanie Moisdon (critique, commissaire et responsable du Master AV).

Collaboration with Charles Schambourg

Workshop on woven leather with leather maison Charles Schambourg with designer Luca Nichetto.

Collection d'art de la Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

A catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition “Contemporary… Is It? The BCV Art Collection”. It offers a look at the BCV art collection, a major player in the art scene in the canton of Vaud.

Low-Tech Factory

Semester project with Tomas Kral.

Hot Tools

Research on glass following a workshop led by designer Ronan Bouroullec and glassblower Matteo Gonet.

Diploma 2012

Diploma projects of 2012.

Offices Unlimited

Research on office furniture in collaboration with furniture manufacturer Vitra (CH).

Conference, studio visit and DJset - Gerwald Rockenschaub

Conference, studio visit and DJset - Gerwald Rockenschaub, artist.

Willem de Rooij

Willem de Rooij, conference and studio visit

Seminar on History of contemporary ideas

Seminar on History of contemporary ideas with François Cusset, philosopher. 9.10.2012 / 13.11.2012 / 11.12.2012 / 8.01.2013

Atelier réalisation/Cinéma du réel

Sous la direction du cinéaste Nicolas Wadimoff, les étudiants ont arpenté Genève à la rencontre de la population Rom. Chaque étudiant a écrit, tourné et monté un film.

Grand voyage à Lisbonne

Les étudiant-e-s de chaque volée de Master effectuent un « Grand voyage » à la découverte du territoire d’un-e cinéaste. En 2012, ils se sont rendus à Lisbonne avec la cinéaste Teresa Villaverde et l’ingénieur du son Vasco Pimentel.

Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe

Circuit, Lausanne, 29.09- 3.11.2012 "Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe" Une proposition des étudiants du Master Arts visuels de l’ECAL dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche dirigé par Julien Fronsacq, professeur à l’ECAL.

Des yeux partout

Solitaire et un brin sauvage, Clarisse ne supporte pas d’être constamment observée par la vidéosurveillance.

Er/Ich

Un portrait en demi-teinte de Eric Hess, le président des jeunes UDC Suisses.

Nwa-Mankamana

En 1947, Marie Tinguely quitte la Suisse pour travailler dans un hôpital de brousse en Afrique du Sud. Après sa mort, ses films tournés pendant ses 25 années sur place sont retrouvés dans un appartement familial. Je décide de les explorer.

Neo-Maso

Neo-Maso, une exposition proposée par Benjamin Husson et Matthias Sohr sur invitation de Sylvie Fleury, atelier de Sylvie Fleury, Genève, 14.07-22.08.2012

27.06.2012, Conversation entre Michel Houellebecq et Stéphanie Moisdon

A l’occasion de l’exposition Le Monde comme volonté et comme papier peint au Consortium de Dijon, Michel Houellebecq, en conversation avec Stéphanie Moisdon, aborde les questions des relations entre la représentation du travail et son esthétique, tant dans son roman La Carte et le territoire que dans l’exposition.

Terrazzo Project

The Terrazzo Project is a furniture design company started by two ex-ECAL students, working with a particular stone material; terrazzo (a mixture of cement and marble).

Spheres

The first issue of the magazine Spheres is a creative collaboration between Melanie Bonajo and Philippe Karrer. Each issue is dedicated to the work of a young artist.

Flight Launching Monuments

Complex and monumental, ski jumps are constructions that have a strong impact on their landscape and their environment.

La Vallée

My project has for theme the Vallée de Joux and its relationship with the watch industry. I have photographed the various aspects of the place, showing them from an unusual perspective.

Adventice 01 — An Issue About Architecture and Nature

Adventice is an editorial project which concentrates on the confrontation of different topics, highlighting the tension between conflicting subjects.

Collaboration with Baccarat

Workshop by designer Bethan Laura Wood and photographer Philippe Jarrigeon. The students revisited the universal theme of the Vase.

Le Retranchement

Manoir de Martigny Le Retranchement, 17.03.2012-29.04.2012 Une exposition conçue par Stéphanie Moisdon et Valentin Carron,  réalisée par les artistes du Master European Art Ensemble  de l'ECAL/Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne

5.03.2012, Conférence et studio visit de Nathaniel Mellors, artiste

Collaboration with Zai

ECAL presents objects produced in collaboration with ski manufacturer Zai, based in Disentis (GR). These projects were developed during a workshop with british designer Alexander Taylor.

Collaboration with De Sede

ECAL and De Sede, the famous swiss furniture brand, present the result of a workshop conducted by Nicolas Le Moigne on the theme of leather.

Collaboration with Kopenhagen Fur

This workshop, in collaboration with Kopenhagen Fur and conducted by jewellery designer Ligia Dias, allowed students to work on fur accessories.

Collaboration with Audemars Piguet

Design of gifts for the Haute Horlogerie brand Audemars Piguet.

Eric Troncy

18.01.2012, Conférence et studio visit d’Eric Troncy, critique d’art et commissaire d’exposition

Diploma Projects

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Laurent Le Bon, Hélène Guenin

10.01.2012, Conférence de Laurent Le Bon, directeur du centre Pompidou-Metz, et Hélène Guenin, responsable du pôle Programmation

Alexandre Singh

10.01.2012, Conférence d’Alexandre Singh, artiste

EWO

Street lights in collaboration with the italian manufacturer EWO.

AXOR-Bouroullec

Bathroom accessories in collaboration with AXOR-Hansgrohe (DE).

Diploma 2011

Diploma projects of 2011.

V.Vale

20.09.2011 Conférence de V. Vale

O Signore Stracciarolo

A San Basilio, se retrouvent toutes sortes d’exclus. Gianfranco et Giò, un couple du peuple Sinti (Roms), nous ouvrent la porte de leur mobile-home…

Ponte 5

Dans le quartier de Laurentino 38, l'une des multiples banlieues de Rome, les gens luttent tous les jours pour leur survie. Le portrait d’un homme âgé face à cet environnement hostile.

Grand voyage à Rome

Chaque volée, les étudiants de Master effectuent un « Grand voyage » à la découverte du territoire d’un-e cinéaste. En 2011, ils se sont rendus avec Gianfranco Rosi le long du G.R.A., à la périphérie de Rome…

Ruth

Ruth mène une vie paisible dans son appartement minutieusement décoré. Jusqu’au jour, où un cadeau mystérieux est sur le point de chambouler son monde.

Collaboration with Baccarat

For this first collaboration with Baccarat the students worked on new interpretations of the iconic Harcourt glass, which celebrates its 170 years in 2011.

Collaboration with Audemars Piguet

Students were invited to re-think the DNA of the brand by designing watches inspired by their Milenary collection, Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore.

Gaijin

I usually find it hard to speak about myself. I always stumble in the paradoxes of “who am I?”. In terms of factual information, I surely appear to be the most well informed person about my own self.

Four Corners

I decided to create an “architectural” publication. My rational is to reclaim the word architecture from within the realms of professional discourse, and examine its juxtaposition between this and everyday life.

TM SGM RSI 1965-1985

The Typographische Monatsblätter has enjoyed a long life, or rather many different lives. Established more than 70 years ago, the magazine has witnessed very important moments in the history of typography and graphic design.

Les sentiments positivés

Out work for the master is a collection of many independent series of images. Through selected themes we have aimed to create a genre of photography based upon a variety of shapes, colours and material.

Verities 01

Verities is an independent biannual publication of thought, observation and reflection, giving equal focus to visual arts and literature. Verities explores new ways of seeing the most ordinary and overlooked situations.

Collaboration with Christofle

New collaboration with silverware brand Christofle, the theme of the workshop being to design a baby gift or an object inspired by childhood.

Collaboration with Bernardaud

Project to develop new decors to apply on the porcelain pieces produced by Bernardaud in Limoges.

Cycle de conférences « Ecrire le cinéma »

Comment le cinéma est-il abordé, raconté, compris, critiqué, admiré et chahuté, quelles réflexions, méditations et rêveries inspire-t-il, quels plaisirs et déplaisirs nourrit-il ? Une rencontre avec des critiques et essayistes de renom.

Claire Fontaine

Journée de travail, de débats et de conférence avec Claire Fontaine, mercredi 13 avril 2011

Vrai/Semblable

Un atelier pratique qui permet aux étudiants d’acquérir des compétences liées à la direction d’acteurs, à la gestion d’une production et à la finalisation d’un film.

Thomas Hirschhorn

18.03.2011, Séminaire de Thomas Hirschhorn

Pierre Joseph

11.01.2011, Séminaire avec Pierre Joseph, artiste

Diploma Projects

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Collaboration with Hublot

Sledge based on the Roedel competition model that embodies Hublot’s fusion of materials moto.

Veilhan/Millet/Obrist

6.12.2010, Conférences de Xavier Veilhan, Catherine Millet et Hans-Ulrich Obrist Symposium MASTER ECAL : « IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN »

Jean-Max Colard

6.12.2010, Séminaire avec Jean-Max Colard, critique d’art et commissaire d’exposition

Hidden Carbon

Research project on carbon fiber in partnership with ENSCI-Les Ateliers and EPFL+ECAL Lab of EPFL.

Torch Light

Semester project with Adrien Rovero.

Airplay

Toys especially design for kids aboard airplanes, in collaboration with Swiss airline (CH).

Con la licencia de Dios

In an isolated village in the Mexican desert, Griselda lives with the wind, silence and suspended time. She looks at life with humanity and pragmatism. Her husband emigrated to the United States, and like other women in the village, the children and the old, Griselda lives in a state of waiting… The haunting presence of absence colours the portrait of this mother of a family, in her strength and fragility.

I cani abbaiano

Roberto et Felice sont les derniers habitants du village fantôme de Camarda, près de l’Aquila, en Italie.

La Chienne

Agnès, 15 ans, vit isolée à la montagne. Son petit ami lui propose de tout quitter...

Tape Amanda, tape !

Amanda s’entraîne quotidiennement dans un club de boxe. A travers ces moments de pause et de surpassement, elle se confronte à cet univers masculin et découvre un monde qui lui échappe.

Collaboration with Hublot

Collaboration with watch brand Hublot with the aim of developing a series of kitchen knives.

Collaboration with Reuge

Workshop directed by brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana.

Collaboration with Audemars Piguet

Workshop directed by french designer Ronan Bouroullec.

Collaboration with Nestlé

Projects produced during a workshop with spanish designer Marti Guixé.

Diploma Projects

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Tris Vonna-Michell

21.01.2010, Séminaire de Tris Vonna-Michell, artiste

Oscar Tuazon

2009, Séminaire avec Oscar Tuazon, artiste

Backstage Roméo et Juliette

Une immersion dans les coulisses d’un ballet au Grand Théâtre de Genève, le temps d’une représentation. Un espace où évoluent danseurs, techniciens et musiciens, où se côtoient la tension, l’attente, l’excellence physique et le travail quotidien.

Copycat

Lors de cet atelier pratique, les étudiants ont exploré la scène d’ouverture du film « Psycho » d’Alfred Hitchcock, entièrement écrit, tourné et monté dans le cadre de l’école.

Cotonov Vanished

Cotonov Vanished revient sur la carrière fulgurante d’un jeune et brillant interprète russe embarqué dans la guerre froide qui, un jour, disparut mystérieusement.

Filmer la parole

Dans le cadre d’un atelier de réalisation sur le thème des « Topographies du réel », chaque étudiant réalise un film autour de la question de la parole, de la voix et du corps.

Il movimento

The “habitués” of the bar “Il Movimento” meet regularly to discuss, drink and to forget their worries. This tiny bar is particularly cosy with a warm and charming ambience. This documentary takes us through the changes of the atmosphere and the different reactions of the guests in this microcosmos, as one day, one of them – a young friend – dies unexpectedly of a heart attack.

Collaboration with Christofle

Workshop with the aim to create new tableware designs.

Collaboration with Audemars Piguet

Transformable jewellery for Audemars Piguet which reveals hidden parts, allowing for a change in aesthetic.

Diploma Projects

Selection of personal projects realized by the students during the 2nd semester.

Vandalen

Sebastian and Johannes are graffiti artists and work together. But there is something else that connects them: they are in love. Nobody knows, though. This is the story of their daily struggle in a subculture that is all but gay-friendly.

Oltre la Sicilia (Au-delà de la Sicile)

A travers un voyage en Sicile, la réalisatrice espère renouer avec son père qui se refuse à évoquer ses origines. Peu à peu, un dialogue se tisse, les réponses surgissent, une complicité naît.

Les amoureux du Nil

Les amoureux du Nil pose une question fondamentale du cinéma du réel. Peut-on obliger les gens à être filmés ?

Comme une lettre à la Poste

Soupçonnant son professeur de lui voler ses idées pour un article, Franco, étudiant en histoire, découvre les pratiques sexuelles peu orthodoxes de son directeur de mémoire…

Renens, espace urbain

Dans le cadre de leur projet de semestre « Renens : espace urbain », les étudiant-e-s on parcouru la réalité culturelle et sociale de la Ville de Renens.

Clash of Civilisation?

Six étudiantEs en première année de la formation Master HES-SO en option « documentaire » ont réalisé un film au Caire, autour du thème « Clash of Civilisation ? »