The Swiss pavilion presents the different aspects of the country, in particular that of time measurement.
Archive Memoriav
Archives RTS
Archive “La Suisse miroir du monde”
Brussels World’s Fair 1958
Homo Narrans. Toward a Museum of Storytelling (Y-Institut) | 15–18.04.2019
Teacher: Lionel Ruffel
For 4 days we occupied the Literary Institute of Biel for a workshop on narrative with the French writer Lionel Ruffel. The concept was to create a collaborative exhibition between all the students on what narration is. It was a rich and stimulating experience.
Movie of the team for our project of exhibition
My project was based on the Aby Warburg Atlas.
The history/story of mankind is linked to time and its measure.
Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol which represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe. Maintained since 1947 by the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, The Clock is a metaphor for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technical advances. The Clock represents the hypothetical global catastrophe as “midnight” and the Bulletin’s opinion on how close the world is to a global catastrophe as a number of “minutes” to midnight. The factors influencing the Clock are nuclear risk and climate change. The Bulletin’s Science and Security Board also monitors new developments in the life sciences and technology that could inflict irrevocable harm to humanity.
Besançon Observatory
Pages out of time
Sara J. Schechner and a few friends have assembled a multivenue exhibit called “Time & Time Again.” Through the lens of such craftily juxtaposed artifacts, the exhibit jars viewers into thinking about how time is measured and how conceptions of it change across cultures and epochs.
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Guide to “Time & Time Again” Exhibits throughout the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC)
From Time to Time
Exhibition in Neues Museum Biel (09.2018-02.2019)
What is time and what impact does it have on us? Generations of researchers in the natural and human sciences have tried to understand it and have produced an abundant literature around this central theme of our society. Since Antiquity, various physical, philosophical, metaphorical and sociological studies have been carried out in this perspective.
The exhibition of the NMB Nouveau Musée Bienne does not aim to offer a synthesis of these innumerable reflections. Instead, it provides an overview of the different time dimensions and explores the effects of time measurement on people’s lives. From the multitude of words and expressions including the concept of “time”, 24 notions were selected, including “Free time”, “Working time”, “Waiting time” or “Air du temps”. Through the exhibition, they are analysed from an artistic, archaeological and historical point of view, experimented individually or questioned according to their social relevance.
D’un temps à l’autre
Qu’est-ce que le temps et quel impact a-t-il sur nous ? Des générations de chercheurs en sciences naturelles et humaines ont tenté de le comprendre et ont produit une abondante littérature autour de ce thème central de notre société. Depuis l’Antiquité, diverses études physiques, philosophiques, métaphoriques ou encore sociologiques ont été menées dans cette perspective.
L’exposition du NMB Nouveau Musée Bienne n’a pas pour but d’offrir une synthèse de ces innombrables réflexions. Au contraire, elle donne un aperçu des différentes dimensions temporelles et explore les effets de la mesure du temps sur la vie des gens. De la multitude de mots et d’expressions comprenant le concept de « temps », 24 notions ont été sélectionnées dont « Temps libre », « Temps de travail », « Temps d’attente » ou « Air du temps ». À travers l’exposition, elles sont analysées d’un point de vue artistique, archéologique et historique, expérimentées individuellement ou encore interrogées en fonction de leur pertinence sociale.
Telling Time
Exhibition Telling Time (L’éloge du Temps), MUDAC Lausanne, 2015
In 1999, G. Motti started “Big Crunch Clock” for the first time – a digital clock with twenty digits, from billions of years to tenths of a second – that counts down the five billion years between the sun and its explosion. The clock, which is none other than a detonator, is designed to operate, ironically, on solar energy, the artist forcing each purchaser to adapt the device to future technological inventions. After claiming responsibility for earthquakes, meteorite rains, moon and sun eclipses, G. Motti appropriated the largest natural disaster ever known, responsible for the disappearance of the solar system, and thus of the earth, thus freeing humanity from its millenarian terrors. With “Big Crunch Clock”, G. Motti pushes the boundaries of art, creating an unprecedented posthumous work of art, of which he is the repository.
En 1999, G. Motti met en marche pour la première fois « Big Crunch Clock » – horloge digitale comportant vingt chiffres, des milliards d’années aux dixièmes de secondes – qui fait le compte-à-rebours des cinq milliards d’années qui séparent le soleil de son explosion. L’horloge, qui n’est autre qu’un détonateur, est prévue pour fonctionner, ironie du sort, à l’énergie solaire, l’artiste obligeant chaque acquéreur à adapter l’appareil aux inventions technologiques futures. Après avoir revendiqué tremblements de terre, pluies de météorites, éclipses de lune et de soleil, G. Motti s’approprie la plus grosse catastrophe naturelle, jamais connue, responsable de la disparition du système solaire, et par là-même de la terre, délivrant du même coup l’humanité de ses terreurs millénaristes. Avec « Big Crunch Clock », G. Motti repousse les limites de l’art, créant d’ores et déjà une œuvre posthume sans précédent, dont il nous fait les dépositaires.
Social Design
Teacher: Minou Afzali
Visit the exhibition during the course Design with Social Impact. We analysed the exhibition by making a report which is available here!
Exhibition of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, 05.10.2018–03.02.2019
A loom to start a business, a do-it-yourself house, or a solar kiosk for local power supply: social design is design for and with society — and highly topical. The consequences of the global growth economy are becoming increasingly severe for both human beings and the environment. Social design confronts the increasing imbalance of resources, means of production, and future opportunities and relies on a new, equitable exchange between the individual, civil society, the state, and the economy. Against this background, architects, designers, craftsperson, and engineers are all developing solutions. This exhibition presents relevant international projects and discusses the redesign of social systems, as well as of living and working environments.
Anyone and everyone can help shape society!
The exhibition integrates a forum enabling visitors to share their own knowledge, opinions, and ideas.
«Design always stands in a social context. While I was working on Social Design, the political situation in many parts of the world developed in a way that I would not have thought possible. I am glad that there are designers and initiatives whose projects are embracing this challenge and have the world as a whole in mind.»
Angeli Sachs, Curator
Summer School 2018 – Museum der Zukunft ! | 20.08–01.09.2018
Organisation: Lea-Nina Fischer, Kathrin Merz, Guy Lafranchi, Jimmy Schmid
Partner (Historical Museum of Bern): Barbara Hirsig, Franziska Karlen, Merja Rinderli, Jakob Messerli
In the summer of 2018, before I started my MAD training, I attended the Summer School “Museum der Zukunft! For 10 days we worked in groups of 5 students in an interdisciplinary way. The programme was to learn how to reinvent the Historical Museum of Bern in 2050, how it would be seen, how its collections would be presented.
It has been a rich and exciting experience. The meetings, conferences, references, experiences to get out of one’s comfort zone brought me a lot for the development of my project and for my professional life.
Many thanks to the team of teachers who made this wonderful summer school possible, to the speakers and to my colleagues, Mateo Garcia Torres, Adam Netter, Jelma Oda, Tina Odermatt for their commitment and generosity.
Project of our ASCARI team | Panel 1 | Panel 2
Presentation video
Pitch video
