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In 2015, join us to celebrate our30th anniversary!

reGeneration3

Which Approaches to Photography? May 28 to August 23, 2015

Elysée Lausanne


The third edition of reGeneration, an exhibition project launched in 2005, distinguishes itself with a multidisciplinary approach. Photography, videos, installations, multimedia works or photobooks, the 50 emerging artists selected from 18 different countries reveal the new perspectives for photography.

From May 28 to August 23, 2015, the Musée de l’Elysée will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the third edition of reGeneration, an exhibition and publication project devoted to the international emerging photographic scene.

This edition follows the success of the two prior editions -produced in 2005 and 2010- which were presented on tour at over thirty institutions and international festivals worldwide such as the Aperture Foundation (New York), Les Rencontres d’Arles (France) and the Caochangdi Photo Spring Festival (China), attracting over 300’000 visitors.

Following the model of the two previous editions, 350 art schoolsand centres for artistic training around the world were contacted tosend the work of their 5 most promising students. While the initialproject aimed to present the photographers of tomorrow, the 2015edition distinguishes itself with a multidisciplinary approach: thecompetition was open to any works using photography, inclusiveof different techniques and media such as photographic prints,videos, installations, multimedia works, and photobooks.

The exhibition is divided into three thematic sections: documentary subjects, new expressions and the question of memory and the dematerialization of the image. The portfolios received accorded the Musée de l’Elysée a broad vision of the interests and practices of the emerging artistic scene. The final selection is made up of 50 projects, judged most pertinent on a visual and theoretical basis to represent the different perspectives for photography today.The selected emerging artists come from differents countries: India, Poland, Czech Republic, Cambodia or New Zealand, let alone Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The exhibition is organized by Anne Lacoste (curator) assisted by Lydia Dorner and Emilie Delcambre. The exhibition will tour worldwide starting in 2016. A bilingual publication will be published by the Musée de l’Elysée for the occasion.

Rachel Boillot, 29923 Gifford, SC, from the series Post Script, 2013Jennifer B. Thoreson, Cancer, from the series Testament, 2014

The exhibition reGeneration3 is made possible thanks to its main partner, Parmigiani Fleurier, exclusive watchmaking partner of the museum


The themes and artists of reGeneration3

Documentary subjectsDocumentary photography remains one of the primary fields ofresearch and exploration for emerging artists. Proposing a "transcription of reality" while respecting the chosen subject,the documentary tradition manifests in a number of ways: purelydescriptive works, works employing a typological methodology,narrative, fictional, performance based and installation works —while always necessarily taking into account the subjectivityof the creator.

The following artists are included in this section of the show: Laurence Rasti (CH, 1990, ECAL), Jennifer Thoreson (USA, 1979, Université du Nouveau Mexique, Albuquerque), Juno Calypso (UK, 1989, London College of Communication), Sinan Tuncay (TR, 1986, School of Visual Arts, New York), Corinne Silva (UK, 1976, London College of Communication), Rachel Boillot (USA, 1987, Duke University), Jan Brykczynski (PL, 1979, Institut de photographie créative, Opava), Nobukho Nqaba (Afrique du Sud, 1992, Michaelis School of Fine art, Le Cap), Giacomo Bianchetti (CH, 1982, CEPV - Ecole de photographie de Vevey), Jonna Kina (FI, 1984, KUVA - Académie des Beaux-Arts d’Helsinki), Karel Koplimets (EE, 1986, Académie des Beaux-Arts d’Estonie, Tallin), Artur Gutowski (PL, 1990, Ecole nationale supérieure de cinéma, télévision et théâtre, Lodz), Rachel Cox (USA, 1984, Université du Nouveau Mexique), Ulrike Schmitz (ALL, 1975, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin), Gaia Squarci (IT, 1988, ICP - International Center of Photography, New York), Constance et Philippine Roux (FR, 1991 et 1986, ESA - Ecole supérieure des arts de l’image, Bruxelles et Ecole Normale supérieure de Cachan), Martyna Pawlak (FR/PL, 1988, Ecole nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, Noisy-le-Grand), Emily MacInnes (RU, 1989, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham), Paul Samuels (Afrique du Sud, 1989, The Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg).

New expressionsArtists are also finding inspiration in the history of the medium andthe different fields in which it is employed (the reproduction of artobject s, the different applications of photography in the humanitiesand journalism) as inspiration to create new, original artworks.Their curiosity extends also to the technical history of the medium(light and color) resulting in conceptual and formal works. Otherpoetic and even theatrical works from the selection evolve fromthe history of art or literature.

Paul Samuels, Warren and Russel, from the series XVI X, 2014 © Paul Samuels / Laurence Rasti, Sans titre, from the series Il n’y a pas d’homosexuels en Iran, 2014 © Laurence Rasti / Ulrike Schmitz, from the series Museum of you Memory, 2012 © Ulrike Schmitz / Jan Brykczyński,from the series Boiko, 2009-2011 © Jan Brykczyński


The following artists are included in this section of the show: Emilio Pemjean (ES, 1971, EFTI - Escuela de Fotografia y Centro de Imagen, Madrid), Benjamin Swanson (UK, 1989, Nottingham Trent University), Matt Waples (CA, 1982, Ryerson University, Toronto), Magdalena Baranya (CH, 1981, ZHdK - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), Emile Barret (CH, 1989, ECAL - Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne), Robert Mainka (PL, 1990, The Polish National Film, Television and Theater, Lodz), Jae Hoon Lee (KR, 1973, University of Auckland - ELAM school of fine arts), Juuke Schoorl (NL, 1989, Royal Academy of Art KABK, La Haye), Angélica Dass (ES, 1979, EFTI Escuela de Fotografia, Centro de Imagen, Madrid), Marek Kucharski et Diana Lelonek (PO, 1988, 1982, School of Fine Arts - University of the arts, Poznan), Jacinthe Robillard (CA, 1979, Le Cabinet Espace de Product ion Photographique, Montréal), Li Zhi (CH, 1979, Beijing Film Academy), Michael Etzensperger (CH, 1982, ZHdK - Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), Mohit Bhatia (IN, 1983, National Institute of Design Ahmedabad), Simon Rimaz (CH, 1987, CEPV - Ecole Supérieure de Photographie de Vevey), Tereza Zelenkova (CZ, 1985, Royal College of Art, Londres), Delphine Burtin (CH, 1974, CEPV - Ecole Supérieure de Photographie de Vevey), Sara Skorgan Teigen (USA, 1984, ICP - International Center of Photography), Jung A Kim (KR, 1978, Berliner Technische Kunst hochschule - BTK), Ola Lanko (UKR, 1985, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam).

Memory and the dematerialization of the imageEmerging artists are actively questioning the link betweenphotography and memory, from in-house production of images toarchival prints. These often multimedia artworks reveal the reflective character of the photographic image using anonymousphotographs, staged or more intimate works which bring to light theparadoxical and unstable nature of the medium.

The following artists are included in this section of the show: Irene Munoz Martin (ES, 1991, HEAD - Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Genève), Loan Nguyen (CH/FR, 1977,HEAD - Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Genève), Harit Srikhao (TH, 1995, Photo Phnom Pehn), Piotr Zbierski (PO, 1987, Ecole nationale supérieure de cinéma, télévision et théâtre, Lodz), Michael Liani (IL, 1987, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jérusalem), Anna Gutova et Gabriel Fragner (CZ, 1977/1973, Inst itut tvurcí fotografi e FPF Slezské univerzity, Inst itute of Creative Photography, Opava), Emilie De Battista (CH, 1988, HEAD - Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Genève), Silin Liu (CH, 1990, Tsinghua University, Beijing), Elizabeth Hewson (UK, 1991, University of South Wales (formerly University of Wales), Veronica Geiger (UK, 1987, Glasgow School of Art), Karl Isakson (DK, 1983, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts).

Emilio Pemjean, Palimpsest II. Oude Langendijk, Delft (Netherland), about 1600. Painter’s study and family residence. (Mother in law’s property).Destroyed, from the series Palimpsest, 2011-2013 © Emilio Pemjean / Loan Nguyen, Le chemin de l’eau, 2014 © Loan Nguyen / Delphine Burtin,Sans titre from the series Sans condition initiale, 2014 © Delphine Burtin / Michael Etzensperger, Nike 4, from the series Normal viewpoint, noneother than the direct front view, 2013 © Michael Etzensperger / Martyna Pawlak, Following, current project © Martyna Pawlak


Related Event

reGeneration3 - the bookThe format of the book devoted to reGeneration3 takes the ever-growing popularity of the photography book into account. Designed by graphic artists from the SUPERO studios and co-produced by Editions Skira, the book testifies to the museum’s interest in art books and to its commitment to giving priority to the image.

The texts can be found at the end of the book. They include a postface by Tatyana Franck, the presentation of this new edition by Anne Lacoste, and biographical and descriptive notes concerning the works of the 50 artists chosen, written by Lydia Dorner, Emilie Delcambre and Saida Bondini.

A book enhanced by augmented reality In that the exhibition includes a large number of installations and multimedia projects, the Musée de l’Elysée has taken innovative steps and made augmented reality an integral part of the book.

The reader can access additional content using a free application available in iOS and Android for smartphones and touch pads. This new and innovative approach is yet another manifestation of the museum’s current dynamic that aims at integrating new technologies into the museum experience. By making the moving image part of the printed page, the visitor can see (and see again!) the exhibition from a new angle.

Technical informationUnder the direction of Anne Lacoste and Lydia DornerPublished by Musée de l’Elysée & Skira EditoreMay 201522 x 30 cm/176 pages/152 images & illustrations Available in either French or English Price: 59 CHF/€55

The application reGeneration3 can be downloaded for free on the App Store and Google Play for iOS or Android.

reGeneration3 book cover © Musée de l’Elysée and Skira EditoreAugmented reality pictogramApplication logo


Symposium reGeneration3

Friday, May 29, from 10 am to 6 pmOlympic Museum

Within the framework of the third edition of reGeneration, the Musée de l’Elysée is organizing a full-day symposium. Photographers, curators and specialists will exchange opinions in an open debate on the emerging photographic scene. This event will also provide the opportunity to discover both the origins ofthe concept of reGeneration as well as the project’s evolution since it was first launched in 2005.

Programme

10-11:15 - Panel discussion Assessment of the project reGeneration with key players of the three editions

Participants: Tatyana Franck, Director, Musée de l’ElyséeAnne Lacoste, Curator, Musée de l’Elysée and Curator of reGeneration3

Nathalie Herschdorfer, Curator and Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Co-curator of reGeneration and reGeneration2

Lesley Martin, Director of Content, Aperture Foundation, New York

Moderator: William A. Ewing, Director of Curatorial Projects at Thames and Hudson, Director of the Musée de l’Elysée from 1995 to 2010, Cocurator of reGeneration and reGeneration2

11:15-12 - Conference Behind the scenes of the reGeneration tours: logistics, opportunities and challenges

By Pascal Hufschmid, Head of External Affairs, Musée de l’Elysée

12:30-14 - Break

14- 15:30 - Round table Open discussion with photographers, artists from the three editions of reGeneration

Participants: Anoush Abrar, Swiss artist-photographer, Professor at ECAL, Lausanne, artist in reGenerationMatthieu Gafsou, Swiss artist-photographer, Lecturer at ECAL, Lausanne, artist in reGeneration2

Jonna Kina, Finish artist photographer and Matt Thors Waples, Canadian artist photographer from reGeneration3

Moderator: Francis Hodgson, Photography critic at the Financial Times

15:30-16 - Break

16-18 - Panel discussion Which Perspectives for Photography Today?

Participants: Pascal Beausse, Art critic, Head of photography collections at the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), Paris and Professor at HEAD, GenevaRaphaël Biollay, Head of Production and Administration, Festival Images, VeveyTim Clark, Founder of the 1000 Words Photography magazine, Associate Curator at Media Space, Science Museum of LondonWilliam A. Ewing, Director of Curatorial Projects at Thames and Hudson, Director of the Musée de l’Elysée from 1995 to 2010, Cocurator of reGeneration and reGeneration2

Céline Fribourg, Founder and Director of Editions Take5Christophe Guye, Director of Christophe Guye Gallery for contemporary photography, ZurichNathalie Herschdorfer, Curator and Director of the Fine Arts Museum, Le Locle, co-curator of reGeneration et reGeneration2

Jean-Marc Jacot, CEO Parmigiani Fleurier SA, main partner of reGeneration3

Lesley Martin, Editor and Creative Director, Aperture Foundation, New York

Moderators: Tatyana Franck, Director of the Musée de l’Elysée and Francis Hodgson, Photography critic at the Financial Times

Practical InformationFree admission - registration requiredFull program and registration at www.elysee.ch.

Robert Mainka, Sans titre, from the series Lavish Fields, 2014 © Robert Mainka


The following images are available for the pressThe reproduction of the images below is authorized within the soleframework of the promotion of the exhibition. The images must not be cropped.

Press contact :Julie Maillard+41 21 316 99 [email protected]

Magdalena Baranya, Carpet II, from the series Dust Catcher, 2014 © Magdalena Baranya

Marek Kucharski et Diana Lelonek, There’s nothing there, anyway, 2014,view of installation © Marek Kucharski et Diana Lelonek

Ola Lanko, Romantic Act of Reason, 2014 © Ola Lanko

Laurence Rasti, Sans titre, from the series Il n’y a pas d’homosexuels en Iran, 2014 © Laurence Rasti

Jennifer B. Thoreson, Cancer, from the series Testament, 2014 © Jennifer B. Thoreson

Rachel Cox, Don’t Smile, Smile, from the series Shiny Ghost, 2012 © Rachel Cox


The following images are available for the pressThe reproduction of the images below is authorized within the soleframework of the promotion of the exhibition. The images must not be cropped.

Press contact :Julie Maillard+41 21 316 99 [email protected]

Ulrike Schmitz, from the series Museum of your Memory, 2012 © Ulrike Schmitz

Gaia Squarci, installation of the series Broken Screen, since 2012 © Gaia Squarci, Laurence Cornet (design), Fray DeVore (illustrations)

Loan Nguyen, Le chemin de l’eau, 2014 © Loan Nguyen / HEAD

Martyna Pawlak, Following, project in progress © Martyna PawlakDelphine Burtin, Sans titre, 2014 © Delphine Burtin

Michael Etzensperger, Nike 4, from the series Normal viewpoint, none other than the direct front view, 2013 © Michael Etzensperger


Coming soon to the museum

Nuit des images, anniversary editionSaturday, June 27, 2015

This year, the Nuit des images is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Musée de l’Elysée with innovative and mind-boggling projects! The entire museum comes alive and unleashes itself to celebrate this anniversary with its public. Did you know that imagesproduce sounds? Come (re)discover the collections through the peculiar vision of the artists who make films and music out of them. Take time to explore the Elysée gardens and its hidden corners that will reveal an installation by Pierre Coulibeuf and photographstaken in situ by students of the CEPV. Have fun with your family and discover the techniques of 19th century photography through activities where you can make your own pinhole camera or a time-lapse photograph.After the sun sets, among the many projections, the winner of the Prix Elysée will be announced, and the humanist photographer Sabine Weiss, will be honored, before the museum’s façade goes up in flames by virtue of Romain Tardy’s sound and light installation.

The event is produced by the Musée de l’Elysée thanks to the support of UBS and Parmigiani Fleurier, main partners, Retraites Populaires and Loterie Romande, partners and the city of Lausanne, institutional partner.

Free admission from 3pm on. Full program available at ww.nuitdesimages.ch.

« Un autre regard sur Paléo », an exceptional collaborationbetween the Musée de l’Elysée and Paléo Festival NyonFrom July 20 to 26, 2015

In 2015, the Musée de l’Elysée is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the Paléo Festival Nyon its 40th edition. The two French-speaking Swiss institutions are joining forces to mount a unique photographic project, piloted by the Musée de l’Elysée. Five photographers have been given by the museum carte blancheto take a new look at the festival. Their work, made during the 2014 edition of the festival, will be exhibited from July 20 to 26, 2015 at Paléo in a space designed specifically for the occasion.Claude Baechtold, Olivier Christinat, Anne Golaz, Nicolas Haeni and Elisa Larvego contribute their personal and sometimes surprising views of the festival. Between immersion and enquiry, the photographers go beyond the confines of mere reporting in order to offer us a singular point of view from the festival’swings, one that totally expresses the energy inherent in the event.The Paléo Festival Nyon has become a landmark European music festival. For its 40th edition, it proposes an entire week packed full of festivities: www.paleo.ch.

Nuit des images 2015 © Gregory Collavini© Claude Baechtold© Nicolas Haeni


The memory of images: the iconographiccollection of the Canton de VaudFrom September 18, 2015 to January 3, 2016

Founded in 1896 by the pastor Paul-Louis Vionnet (1830-1914), the iconographic collection of the Canton of Vaud became part of the Musée de l’Elysée’s collections in the 1980s. It now contains hundreds of thousands of images covering the history of the medium. This collection chronicles the beginnings of documentary photography applied to the inventory of local heritage and the history of the Canton of Vaud.This presentation of the iconographic collection, produced in conjunction with Silvio Corsini and Olivier Lugon, is part of the policy to enhance the collection between the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne and the Musée de l’Elysée. It will be accompanied by a publication and will be the subject of an international symposium that will take place on November 5-6, 2015, devoted to museums and collections of visual and sound documents from the turn of the 20th century, organized by the universities of Lausanne and Geneva. This exhibition is also the subject of a first book for children published by the Musée de l’Elysée.

The exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of the Fondation Leenaards and Loterie Romande.

The Musée de l’Elysée is 30 years old!

In 2015, the Musée de l’Elysée is celebrating its 30th anniversary!30 years of encounters, exchanges and photographic discoveriesthanks to a committed team of staff members and a loyal public.

Throughout the past 30 years, photography has not only receivedrecognition as an art form, but has also succeeded in imposing itsown specificity. Since 1985, the Musée de l’Elysée has contributedto the strengthening of its local commitment and to its internationalreputation, made sure that it is accessible to new publics, supported creation by young people, participated in research,imagined new forms of exhibitions and launched a number ofambitious digital projects. The medium has undergone a dramaticevolution, never ceasing to reinvent itself –and with it, the Muséede l’Elysée.

The room of portraits of the historiographical Museum of the Cantonof Vaud, 1905-1923

Plus qu’un musée de la photographie, le Musée de l’Elysée est un point de vue.

En 2015, fêtons ensemble notre 30e anniversaire !

In 2015, join us to celebrate our 30th anniversary!

Lassen Sie uns 2015 gemeinsam unser 30-jähriges Bestehen feiern!

Elysée Lausanne

More than a photography museum, the Musée de l’Elysée is a point of view.Das Musée de l’Elysée ist mehr als ein Fotografiemuseum. Es ist eine Ansichtssache.

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Pôle muséal

As of 2018-2022, the city of Lausanne and the Canton of Vaud will see three of their emblematic cultural institutions together on the one and the same site. The Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts and the Musée de l’Elysée will take up their new residences at just a stone’s throw from the train station, the site of the former locomotive workshops of the Swiss Federal Railways. The Pôle muséal project, on a scale never before seen in Switzerland, is sponsored by the Canton of Vaud, the city of Lausanne and the Swiss Federal Railways, and intends to make Lausanne a city focused on culture through innovation. Two major steps of the project will take place in 2015.

Objectif gare, an artistic journey to the Pôle muséalFrom June 5 to 14, 2015

In view of their future unification, the three institutions are proposing the event, Objectif gare. For ten days, the partners of the future Pôle muséal will make an artistic journey together with their visitors along a trail that symbolizes their shared view of the future. Each of the trails proposed will lead to the future site of the Pôle muséal. Exhibitions, interventions and installations created especially for the occasion by local as well as internationally renowned cultural actors and artists will take place throughout the city.

The architecture competition in January

A call for applications was launched in January 2015 for the architecture competition linked to the second phase of the Pôle muséal. Some 149 architectural firms expressed their interest in designing the future homes of the MUDAC and the Musée de l’Elysée. After examination, the jury chose 21 applications presented by teams composed of firms from nine different countries.

In May, technical specifications were given to the 21 architects for the purpose of developing a common program for the institutions within the perimeter concerned by the Pôle muséal. The jury will meet in the fall and the results of the competition will be announced in October 2015.

www.polemuseal.ch

Objectif Gare poster, 2015 © Trivial Mass© Pôle muséal project, Lausanne/Estudio Barozzi&Veiga, Barcelona


Musée de l’Elysée © Reto Duriet / Archives collections viewing © Catherine Leutenegger / Nuit des images © Yann Marchesi and © Reto Duriet / Charles-Henri Favrod and his friends, opening of the first exhibition at the museum, 1985 © Candid Lang, Archives Musée de l’Elysée / © Yves Tanguy, Collection of Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne 2011, ProLitteris, Zurich / René Burri © Archives Musée de l’Elysée

Practical Information

Press conference reGeneration3

Wednesday May 27, 2015 at 10am

Press contactJulie Maillard+41 (0)21 316 99 [email protected]

Address18, avenue de l’ElyséeCH - 1014 LausanneT + 41 21 316 99 11www.elysee.ch

Twitter @ElyseeMuseeFacebook facebook.com/elysee.lausanneHashtag#reGeneration3 #MEL30

Opening hoursTuesday - Sunday, 11am - 6pmClosed on Mondays, except for bank holidays

The Musée de l’Elysée wishes to thank the Lausanne GuestHouse for its partnership for the exhibition reGeneration3.

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