avec | mit | with Marie Andrey, Clara Isabel Baumann Gama, Florian Bonny, Suad Dahir, Marco Glauser, Floriane Grognuz, Pia Heim, Ensemble Theater HORA & melanie bonajo & Daniel Cremer & Yanna Rüger, Zéline Kohler, Pearl Lüthy, Anne Marcellini, Sandrine Mbala, Aimé Montandon, Tino Oppliger, Kollektiv Rohling, Andreas Rubin, Gianmaria Terrani, Pierre Weber, Clemens Wild, …

Montage public | Öffentlicher Ausstellungs-Aufbau | Public exhibition installation
21.03–27.03.26, Mardi–samedi | Dienstag–Samstag | Tuesday–Saturday, 14:00–18:00

Vernissage | Eröffnung | Opening
Samedi | Samstag | Saturday 28.03.26, 14:00–18:00

Ouvert | Öffnungs-Zeiten | Opening hours
28.03–09.05.26, Mardi–samedi | Dienstag–Samstag | Tuesday–Saturday, 14:00–18:00

Lancement de livres | Buch-Vorstellungen | Book launches
Vendredi | Freitag | Friday, 17.04.26, «Le cinéma de Gregory J. Markopoulos»
Samedi | Samstag | Saturday, 25.04.26, 14:00–18:00, eeeditions

Dans l’exposition « Ensemble », sept personnes autoréprésentantes en situation de handicap mental racontent une partie de leur parcours. Travail, formation, logement, santé, ou encore engagement politique sont les thématiques autour desquelles iels ont choisi d’articuler leurs récits. Iels entrent en dialogue avec des œuvres d’artistes qui travaillent dans différentes régions suisses. Mais aussi avec des témoignages de parents, qui, dès les années 60, ont semé les graines d’un mouvement d’émancipation au sein des associations cantonales et de la faîtière fédérale insieme. Ensemble, ces voix racontent un cheminement de soixante-cinq ans : du temps où l’on parlait au nom de à un présent où les personnes en situation de handicap parlent en leur propre nom.

Et pourquoi on doit changer ? Cette question pose une personne en situation de handicap. Au cours d’un témoignage qu’elle nous a confié, et que nous retransmettons sous forme audio dans l’exposition « Ensemble », cette simple question révèle en fait beaucoup. Elle renverse une habitude ancienne : pendant des décennies, on a attendu des personnes en situation de handicap mental qu’elles s’adaptent, qu’elles changent pour correspondre aux normes de la société. Mais aujourd’hui, nous souhaitons que les choses soient différentes et inverser ce paradigme : c’est à la société de changer.

En 1960, la Fédération suisse des associations de parents de personnes mentalement handicapées (FSAPHM), désormais insieme Suisse, voit le jour. Fondée par des parents, l’organisation cherchait à faire reconnaître les droits et les besoins de leurs enfants en situation de handicap mental. La même année, l’Assurance-invalidité (AI) est créée : une époque où la société commence à organiser ses réponses, mais où la parole des personnes directement concernées reste largement absente. Leur ressenti et leurs expériences propres restent hors champ. Les archives de la revue insieme, publiée dès 1966, reflètent ce contexte. Dans les années 1960 à 1980, elles relaient la voix des familles, des institutions et des spécialistes, mais très rarement celle des personnes elles-mêmes. Leur expérience n’était pas encore reconnue comme légitime. L’exposition choisit de donner une place à ces voix longtemps absentes.

Image | Bild | Image
Florian Bonny, Le caméléon d’AK (Annick), 2020, 21 cm × 29,7 cm

Soutiens de CIRCUIT | CIRCUIT wird unterstützt durch | CIRCUIT’s support
Ville de Lausanne, État de Vaud, Loterie Romande, Fondation Casino Barrière Montreux, Profiducia Conseils SA

Exposition "Pour tout faire, il faut une fleur" curatée par Nicolas Polli*

🥂 Vernissage + apéritif dînatoire + dj set
🗓 Vendredi 27 mars, dès 18h
📍 MBAL (Marie-Anne-Calame 6, Le Locle)

🗓 Exposition jusqu'au 6 septembre 2026

Le MBAL se réjouit d’accueillir, pour le cycle du printemps 2026, l’exposition Pour tout faire, il faut une fleur. Le projet, porté par l’artiste, graphiste et enseignant suisse Nicolas Polli, propose une réflexion inédite sur les croisements entre photographie, design graphique et pratiques artistiques hybrides. L’exposition réunit une constellation de créateur·rice·x·s suisses et internationaux·ales, issu·e·x·s de disciplines variées et rassemblé·e·x·s par une volonté commune de brouiller les frontières traditionnelles entre les champs artistiques.
https://www.mbal.ch/expo/per-fare-tutto-ci-vuole-un-fiore/

🎓 Parmi les artistes présenté.e.s figurent notamment ces alumni :
Alina Frieske (MA Photographie 2019) : https://www.instagram.com/almafrie/
Olga Prader (BA Design graphique 2011) : https://www.instagram.com/olgaprader/
Nicolas Polli (MA Art Direction, 2016) : https://www.instagram.com/nicolaspolli/

A festival for experimental media art 
and digital cultures

Organized by METAA and guided by the theme “Break the Loop”, localhost:2026 celebrates experimental artistic practices and digital cultures.

In music as in code, the loop is a fundamental structure. Breaking the loop is about interrupting what runs on autopilot, questioning reliance on automation. It is leading practices towards alternatives better aligned with the rhythm of life.

localhost:2026 highlights artists and designers whose experimental and critical approches challenge established norms. Join the festival to collectively rethink our relationship with the digital through these new imaginaries.

🗓 20→22 March 2026
📍 Espace Amaretto (Rue de Genève 97B, Lausanne)
📍 Pyxis (Pl. de la Cathédrale 6, Lausanne)
https://www.localhost-festival.ch

PROGRAM
https://www.localhost-festival.ch/#timetable

Friday 20 March
Workshops at Pyxis
Opening night and audiovisual performance at Espace Amaretto

Saturday 21 March
Conferences and audiovisual performances at Espace Amaretto

Sunday 22 March
Workshop at Pyxis

Our 2026 lineup features keynotes from Dasha Ilina, Martyna Marciniak, 2girls1comp, and METAA Award laureates Thomas Gaudin* and Basile Brun. The festival is also hosting workshops led by Vera van de Seyp (presented by ECAL), Kylan Luginbühl* & Elodie Anglade*, and Basil Dénéréaz*

Come and experience the audiovisual performances of Pauric Freeman and unsorted.love, then dance to the live set by My Name is Fuzzy and a DJ set by Softness, all within the visual atmosphere created by the VJ duo Pixelle Panthère.

TICKETS to purchase here:
https://infomaniak.events/fr-ch/conferences/localhost2026/99766be8-70a2-4773-a185-6f43bdb62e46/events/388428

METAA is a non-profit Swiss association dedicated to promoting experimental artistic and digital practices. It supports emerging creators by highlighting projects that address issues related to technology.
https://metaa.ch

ORGANIZATION
Mylène Dreyer*, Paul Lëon*, Lara Défayes*, Joelle Aeschlimann*, Tibor Udvari, Andreia Rodrigues, Martial Grin*

DESIGN: Amaury Hamon*

🎓 * ECAL graduates:
Thomas Gaudin (BA-MID 2025) : https://www.instagram.com/thomas.obj/
Kylan Luginbühl (BA-MID 2020) : https://www.instagram.com/kylan.luginbuhl/
Elodie Anglade (BA-MID 2022) : https://www.instagram.com/elodidthat/
Basil Dénéréaz (BA-MID 2021) : https://www.instagram.com/elodidthat/
Amaury Hamon (BA-DG 2017) : https://www.instagram.com/amauryhamon/

FR
Retrouvez-nous mardi 24 mars 2026 dès 18h pour le vernissage de l’exposition caritative inaugurale Swiss Art For Palestine, gracieusement accueillie par Halle Nord. L’exposition présentera les œuvres de plus de 50 artistes suisses et basé-es en Suisse. L’intégralité des bénéfices sont reversés au Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.

À cette occasion, nous dévoilerons également “We Began by Measuring Distance” par Basma Al-Sharif et “Supplication on Alphorn” par Tania Al Farouki (commissaire: Elise Lammer), dans les espaces vitrés visibles depuis le Passage des Halles de l’île.

L’exposition sera ensuite ouverte du mercredi au dimanche de 11h à 18h (curatrice: Tania Al Farouki). Les vitrines seront quant à elles visibles 24/7 depuis le Passage des Halles de l’île.

Au plaisir de vous accueillir. Nous exprimons notre profonde gratitude à toutes les personnes qui ont rendu ce projet possible.

Boissons généreusement offertes par Palestine Drinks @palestine_drinks_schweiz

Visuel: Bureau Strada @bureaustrada

EN
Join us on Tuesday, March 24th 2026, from 6 PM for the opening of Swiss Art For Palestine’s inaugural fundraising exhibition, graciously welcomed by Halle Nord. Featuring more than 50 Swiss and Swiss-based artists, all proceeds will benefit the Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.

On this occasion, we will also unveil “We Began by Measuring Distance” by Basma Al-Sharif and “Supplication on Alphorn” by Tania Al Farouki (curator: Elise Lammer), in the glass-fronted spaces visible from the Passage des Halles de l’île.

The exhibition will then be open Wednesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 6 PM (curator: Tania Al Farouki). The windows will be visible 24/7 from the Passage des Halles de l’île.

We look forward to welcoming you. Our deepest gratitude goes to all those who made this project possible.

Beverages generously provided by Palestine Drinks @palestine_drinks_schweiz

Visuel: Bureau Strada @bureaustrada

🎓 With Elise Corpataux, Romane de Watteville, Gilles Furtwängler, Frédéric Gabioud, Philomène Le Baron, Noha Mokhtar, Sandrine Pelletier, Remy Ugarte Vallejos, Caroline Ventura, Shirin Yousefi (all ECAL graduates) and other Swiss artists.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVv-81eDFij/?img_index=1

After-work drinks + 180 minutes of musical discoveries and encounters + a playlist curated by 15 Music Curators (MCs) = ein tolles afterwork!

🎶 Do you like music?
🤔 Do you like discovering new things?
🍹 Do you like aperitifs?
👋🏻 Do you like meeting people?
😎 Do you like ending the week on a high note?

Then you'll love this unpredictable mix, with its lively, eclectic and surprising playlist. A listening experience to be savoured like a collective sound journey born from 15 distinct universes. Sophisticated yet accessible.

We don't yet know how you will experience JA GERN! Tea Time — and that's perfect!

🗓️ Friday 24th April 2026
🕠 5pm-8pm
📍 La Datcha | Lausanne
🎩 Free admission upon registration, donations welcome
✍🏻 Reserve your places
🎫 at www.jagern.ch/j-en-suis

See you on Friday 24th April? Bis bald!

The group exhibition «Containers Love Disorder» brings together seven artists and collectives active in Switzerland who explore strategies of arrangement, classification and situatedness. On display are works by Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, Dominic Michel, Mathis Pfäffli, Matthias Sohr, Kelly Tissot, Paulo Wirz and the collaborative project La Bibliothèque des Ready-Mades, initiated by Anaïs Wenger in 2023.

As the title suggests, the exhibition is based on the idea of the container as a symbol and model for social organisation and beyond. Specifically, the standardised metal containers function as a basic prerequisite for the efficient, global circulation of goods. More figuratively speaking, containers create spaces, assign places to things and act as moderators for relationships and actions. In this sense, also an institution – also a Kunst Halle – can be understood as a container: for art, for networks, for discourse. The attempt of classification in the field of art always goes hand in hand with questions of authority, context and the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. The invited artists reflect on the conditions of art production and access, responding to the spatial and contextual circumstances of Kunst Halle in the form of sculptures or installations.

Adopting various focal points and approaches, the exhibited works examine the relationship between people and infrastructures. In doing so, they trace the influences of economic cycles on our thoughts and actions, sharpen our awareness of technologised environments, or devote themselves to stories and rituals that are inscribed in everyday objects. Through collecting, recording, recycling and appropriating, these artists confront a world of excess and turn their attention decisively to its remnants, rejects and side scenes.

«Containers Love Disorder» is based on the premise that every order, every system has an inherent entropic force. In this perspective, «disorder» does not simply refer to an energetic expenditure or dissolution, but also encompasses the potential for resistance, change and reorganisation. The apparent contradiction between order and disorder may sometimes even turn out to be a passionate relationship – a longing for chaos and otherness. Meanwhile, classification itself can also be understood as an invitation to recognise patterns, shift boundaries and explore the gaps between things. «Containers Love Disorder» aims to address such considerations artistically and devote an aesthetic commentary to (un)ordered relationships.

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Biography

Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter
*1987/*1991 in CH, live and work in New York/USA.

La Bibliothèque des Ready-Mades
*since 2023, a collaborative project initiated by Anaïs Wenger in Geneva/CH.

Dominic Michel
*1987 in Klingnau/CH, lives and works in Zurich/CH.

Mathis Pfäffli
*1983 in Lucerne/CH, lives and works in Zurich/CH.

Matthias Sohr
*1980 in Düsseldorf/DE, lives and works in Lausanne/CH.

Kelly Tissot
*1995 in Annecy/FR, lives and works in Basel/CH.

Paulo Wirz
*1990 in Pindamonhangaba/BR, lives and works in Zurich/CH.

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Opening
Friday, 6 March 2026, 6pm

Opening hours
Tue–Fri 12pm–6pm
Sat/Sun 11am–5pm
The opening hours only apply during exhibition periods.
Closed every Monday, as well as on Good Friday, 1 August, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve.
Open on Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whitmonday.

Guided Tour on Tuesday
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 6pm

Art Snack
Thursday, 26 March 2026, 12.30pm

Art Lunch
Thursday, 30 April 2026, 12pm

Finissage and Guided Tour
Sunday, 31 May 2026, 3pm

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Credits

The exhibiton «Containers Love Disorder» is supported by LANDIS & GYR STIFTUNG, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, Stiftung Temperatio and Oertli Stiftung. Special thanks to Högg Liftsysteme AG, Lego Oma, Ramptogo, Metzler Holzwerke and Lovay Fine Arts, Geneva.

OPENINGS on Wednesday 11 February at 6 pm 🥂

alfatih*
Time Leaks
12.02.–10.05.26

For his first institutional solo exhibition in German-speaking Switzerland, alfatih works across the six rooms of the former tax office on the second floor of the Kunsthaus, which was once the town hall. The building is built on water: the River Langete flows beneath it. Its historic flood protection system and regular flooding earned the town the nickname Little Venice. The setting of the exhibition thus reflects the tension between planning and order on the one hand, and unforeseen elements that threaten to undermine them on the other. This tension also forms the basis of alfatih’s new works, which have been created for the exhibition. Time Leaks is an investigation into the rules of games and what happens when their logic begins to falter, the title itself functioning as a disruption of order.
A publication will be released to accompany the exhibition in April.


Tracks and Traces
Thomas Hauri, Izidora | LETHE, Christelle Kahla*, Anastasia Pavlou
12.02.–10.05.26

The exhibition brings together recent works of non-representational painting by four artists from German-speaking Switzerland and the Romandie, Switzerland’s French-speaking region. Across all four practices, painterly processes play a central role, with the scale and movements of the body being particularly significant. This is expressed in very different ways in their work. Thomas Hauri, for instance, reworks his large-format watercolours again and again, so that the traces of watering and drying, layering and rubbing can be experienced almost physically. Izidora | LETHE combines painterly and performative processes, working in a site-specific and collaborative way. LETHE’s works are created, for example, using pigment shaped by the movements of participants within the space. Christelle Kahla uses symbolically charged objects such as clothing or jewellery as stencils for sprayed images. She refers to the physical while avoiding painterly gestures. Anastasia Pavlou’s paintings, with their emphatically bold application of colour, stand in the tradition of expressive painting movements, whereby the possibility of deviation, for instance towards the conceptual or the figurative, is a fundamental condition.

* EXECAL 🎓
alfatih graduated from ECAL with Bachelor degree in Media & Interaction Design in 2019
https://alfatih.world
Christelle Kahla graduated from ECAL with Bachelor degree in Bachelor Fine Arts in 2017
https://www.instagram.com/kahlakahlakahla/

Vous pouvez prendre connaissance des prochaines CONFERENCES et retrouver celles du passé depuis 2011 dans les archives ECAL.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les EVENEMENTS passés (festivals, book fairs, biennales, etc..) depuis 2013.
https://www.ecal.ch/fr/1030/evenements/conferences
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You can read about the upcoming CONFERENCES and find those of the past since 2011 in the ECAL archives.

You can also find past EVENTS (festivals, book fairs, biennials, etc...) since 2013.
https://www.ecal.ch/fr/1088/evenements/autres