BA students from HEAD–Genève are invited to work an a sequence shot, which consists of filming a sequence in one shot for a greater or lesser period of time, allowing filmmakers to offer their viewers a moment of intense inspiration or exhalation.
Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) at HEAD – Genève, this series of MA projects explore the role of night in the construction of contemporary cities and societies, contesting the obliteration of night in the construction of the architectural discourse and agency.
Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) at HEAD – Genève, this series of MA thesis explore the role of night in the construction of contemporary cities and societies, contesting the obliteration of night in the construction of the architectural discourse and agency.
Nightcrawl proposes an exploration of the Grand Saconnex neighbourhood and its thresholds as the day turns into night. We will observe and explore how the arrival of night impacts this part of the city in different ways, from illumination and sound to the use and occupation of spaces – residential, industrial, infrastructural, liminal.
Movie Set is a workshop led by the set designer Florian Sanson, who designed the sets for Alice Winocour's Proxima, Holy Motors and Leos Carax's Annette, and proposes to build a real film set for the filming of five moments of the night, from dusk to dawn, recreated artificially in the space of the Cube at HEAD – Genève.
Des corps dans la nuit is a workshop organized by the interior architecture department of HEAD - Genève in partnership with the architecture section of EPFL. It interrogates the night's western imaginaries as a space of fear, insecurity and abnormality, perpetuating a gendered polarization of bodies and urban spaces.
The publication Scènes de Nuit examines the role of night in the construction of contemporary cities and societies, illustrating how architectural theory and critique are still associated with sunlight and diurnal paradigms. The result of the eponymous exhibition held at f'ar Lausanne in 2019, this book reflects upon the spaces, activities and media deployed in night culture, using available footage, records and transcriptions as its main display platform.
Images that change the way we see is a lecture by Elliot Woods, in the framework of the Nocturnal Perspectives lecture series, curated by Vera Sacchetti. Elliot Woods discusses the work of duo Kimchi and Chips from South Korea, focusing on the role of artworks and images in changing the way we see and imagine the everyday world.
Night governance is a lecture by Alessia Cibin, in the framework of the Nocturnal Perspectives lecture series, curated by Vera Sacchetti. How is the urban night governed in global cities? What are the impacts of nightlife in entertainment precincts? Who are the groups interested in and impacted by the nightlife? How do they influence night-time policies? What are the conflicts arising between and within groups and policies? The cases of Zurich and Sydney, between global and local.
The colloquium Nocturnal History of Architecture traces a path from ancient to early modern times, and from modernity to present time, using the nocturnal spaces that have determined current notions of architecture to examine the role of night in the construction of contemporary cities and societies.