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Collaboration Exhibition of the Yebisu International Festival for
Art and Alternative Visions 2023
TIMEFebruary 3 - 19, 2023, Monday Close / 10 am-8 pm
PLACE

Gallery of the Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à laMaison franco-japonaise (3-9-25 Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo)
INTRODUCTION

From February 3 to 19, on the occasion of Yebisu International
Festival for Art and Alternative Visions, the Embassy ofSwitzerland in Japan, together with ECAL/University of Art andDesign Lausanne, will present Automated Photography at la
Maison franco-japonaise, an exhibition resulting from theresearch project by students and guest lecturers of ECAL MasterPhotography. An event for regional cooperation, as part of theVitality.Swiss communication program.
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 theMaster Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausannethat addresses this situation by examining the technologies ofimage production and distribution such as: machine learning, CGI,
photogrammetry. An immersive audiovisual exhibition presents critical views and a selection of projects that explore the aesthetic
and conceptual potential of automated photography.
ABOUT ECAL/UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN LAUSANNEECAL is regularly ranked among the top 10 art and design schools
in the world. The school’s influence is attested to by the successof its graduates, countless press articles and awards, collaborations with institutions and brands and a large number of exhibitions in prestigious venues.
ORGANIZERSECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and Embassy ofSwitzerland in Japan in collaboration with Institut français derecherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaise
PARTNERS

Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions 2023

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PROJECT TEAMDIRECTOR OF ECAL
Alexis Georgacopoulos
HEAD OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTDavide Fornari
HEAD OF RESEARCH PROJECT
Milo Keller
RESEARCH TEAM
Claus Gunti, Florian Amoser
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, Philipp Klak,
Augustin Lignier, Valentin Woeffray
EXHIBITION DESIGN
Adrien Rovero, Arthur Cotteaux
COORDINATOR
Clément Lambelet
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Thomas Le Provost, Giacomo Bastianelli
TRANSLATION
Yuko Takahashi
SOUND DESIGN
Pierry Jaquillard
VIDEO EDITING
Mahalia Taje Giotto
HEAD OF EXHIBITIONS
Antoine Vauthey
HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONMarielle Sperandio

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EXHIBITIONTIMEFebruary 3 - 19, 2023, Monday Close / 10 am - 8 pm
VENUE
Gallery of the Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à laMaison franco-japonaise (3-9-25 Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo
Free of charge
PRESS PREVIEW / OPENING RECEPTION
February 2, 2023
From 2 pm Press Preview
At 5:30 pm Opening Reception
The design team will be present on the site to welcome journalists
and offer a press viewing.
INTERVIEW REQUEST / PRESS CONTACT
Yuko Takahashi, Embassy of Switzerland in JapanTALK

February 5, 2023 Sunday, 11 am - 1 pm
Yebizo meets Swiss Vitality Talk - Automated Photography
VENUE
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Hall (1F)
SPEAKERS
Taisuke Koyama, Photographer / Tokyo Photographic Research,
Clément Lambelet, Visual artist / Artistic deputy at ECAL,
Seiichi Saito, Panoramatiks Principal, Vitality.Swiss ProgramAmbassador,
Yukiko Shikata, Curator
MODERATOR
Jonas Pulver (Head of Communications and Culture Section, Embassyof Switzerland in Japan)
Registration: yebizo.com

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SPEAKERSCLÉMENT LAMBELETVISUAL ARTIST / ARTISTIC DEPUTY AT ECAL
Clément Lambelet (1991, CH) is a visual artist who explores
societal issues related to humans and technology. His work
includes photographic, video, websites and sound forms, displayed
as installations. He received his Bachelor in Photography in 2016
at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, where he currently
works as Artistic Deputy for the Master Photography.
His projects have been exhibited internationally in institutions
such as Foam Museum in Amsterdam, C/O Berlin, HeK Basel,Frankfurter Kunstverein, Centre de la Photographie in Geneva andPhoto Elysée in Lausanne. He has published two monographs withRVB Books, Paris.
SEIICHI SAITOPANORAMATIKS PRINCIPAL, VITALITY.SWISS PROGRAM AMBASSADOR
Born in 1975, Seiichi Saito studied architectural design at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning andPreservation and started working in New York from 2000. In 2006,
he founded Rhizomatiks Co., Ltd. (today, Abstract Engine Co.,Ltd.). He leads the company’s architecture division, Panoramatiks,and undertakes numerous projects for corporations and governments
as a planning and implementation advisor. From 2018 to 2022, Saito
served as vice chair of the jury for the Good Design Award. He is
the People’s Living Lab Creator for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
TAISUKE KOYAMAPHOTOGRAPHER / TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Photographer. With his background in biology and the natural environment, Koyama has beenpresenting photographic and video
works with an experimental approach. In recent years, he has been
exploring the possibilities of extended photographic expression,
particularly by looking at contemporary photographic technology from the perspective of “sensing.” Major exhibitions include“Sense Island 2022” (Sarushima, Kanagawa, 2022), “Encounters inParalleL” (ANB TOKYO, 2021), and the solo exhibition “Waves andParticles” (Metronom, Modena, 2019), solo exhibition “SENSOR_CODE”(Seen Fifteen, London, 2018), and “AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize2017” (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2017). Since 2018, he has
been leading the TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROJECT, which examines cities and society through contemporary photographic and visual expression.
YUKIKO SHIKATA
CURATOR
Artistic Director of “Forest for Dialogue and Creativity”, President of “AICA(International Association of Art Critics) Japan”.
Visiting professor at Tama Art University and Tokyo Zokei University, lecturer at Musashino Art University and Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) and the Postgraduate School ofKokugakuin University. Her activities traverse existing fields byfocusing on “Information flows”. In parallel, working as a curatorof Cannon ARTLAB (1990-2001), Mori Art Museum (2002-2004), senior curator of NTT InterCommunication Center[ICC] (2004-2010),
as an independent curator, realized many experimental exhibitions
and projects. Recents works include SIAF 2014 (Associate Curator),
KENPOKU ART 2016 (Curator). Works in 2020 including the Symposiumof AICA Japan (Chairperson), MMFS 2020 (Director), “Forking PiraGene” (Co-curator, C-Lab Taipei). Works in 2021 including theForum “Information as a form of <capital> ” (Kyoto Prefecture),“EIR (Energies in Rural) ” (Co-curator, Aomori Contemporary Art
Centre + Liminaria, Italy, ongoing), Forum “Spirits as Energy
Stone, Water, Forest and Human” (General Incorporated Association
Dialogue Place). Juror of many international competitions, manyco-publications. Essay series “Ecosophic Future” at HILLS LIFE(2021-). Yukikoshikata.com
CONTACT

Ms. Yuko Takahashi, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan+81 3 5449 8437
yuko.takahashi@eda.admin.ch
Ms. Marielle Sperandio, Head of Communication,
ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne+41 21 316 99 64
marielle.sperandio@ecal.chvitality.swiss			@swissembassyinjapan
Ecal.ch				@ecal_chautomated-photography.ch@ecal_photography
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