LabElysée
Giona Mottura
LabElysée
LabElysée is the museum’s new space dedicated to digital culture. A living laboratory at the heart of the museum, LabElysée questions the way that a cultural institution dedicated to photography plays with new technologies. At a time when Internet has become a creative tool, LabElysée invites the visitor, to the museum and online, to follow and contribute to the development of the photography museum of the future.
Manifesto
- LabElysée is a living laboratory where the visitor can live and experience the digital world at the heart of the museum.
- LabElysée is both physical and virtual.
- LabElysée is flexible, versatile, modular and reactive.
- LabElysée tests and questions the changes brought about by the digitization of society.
- LabElysée is a catalyst for encounters.
- LabElysée highlights the innovative projects sponsored by the museum.
- LabElysée encourages the visitor to view photography with a critical eye.
- LabElysée invites the visitor to shape the museum of the future.
reGeneration_web
July 1st - September 27, 2020
Accessible online the reGeneration_web platform proposes an interactive map of the exhibition for the purpose of spotlighting the community that has grown up around the project over the last 15 years. By playing around with the filters, the viewer can draw the links between photographers, institutions and schools. The platform also provides access to the artist’s biographies.
near. x LabElysée : Artificial Intersections
January 29 - Mai 3, 2020
What happens when the Musée de l’Elysée meets near. in order to question Swiss photography through the prism of machine learning? Invited to select a keyword or submit an image from their smartphone, visitors participate in the curatorial process between human and machine. The result, which is then displayed live on the screens, gives a glimpse of the potential of the learning machine as a curator.
INT x PLATEFORME 10
October 17, 2018 - May 5, 2019
From October 2018 to May 2019, INT is in residence at the Musée de l'Elysée to develop a sound narrative device driven by eye movement. Unlike a traditional audioguide, the system aims to provide information about the work and its context based on what the visitor is watching.
Carte blanche #1 - Aurélie Pétrel – Hexagone 18
May 30 - September 23, 2018
Hexagone18 is the fruit of a carte blanche granted to the French artist and photographer Aurélie Pétrel. As part of this project, it is taking possession of the LabElysée by installing an immersive hexagonal structure.
Interaction #1 - #ceciestimportant
September 22, 2017 - January 7, 2018
What is the most important image on your smartphone?
Partners
LabElysée benefits from the generous support of the Fondation BNP Paribas Switzerland, the Loterie Romande, the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) and the Canton of Vaud.
Launch of LabElysée
On the occasion of the Nuit des musées 2017, the Musée de l’Elysée is inaugurating LabElysée, an experimental space devoted to digital culture.
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