Amplifier for Art, Science and Society
Manifesto

Located at the heart of a vibrant international university, EPFL Pavilions is an amplifier for art, science and society, a meeting place for all disciplines. At EPFL Pavillons, exhibitions and programs evolve in dialogue with scientific innovation and societal challenges, engaging visionary perspectives on our contemporaneity.

© Michel Denancé

© Adrien Barakat

© Michel Denancé

© Adrien Barakat

© Adrien Barakat

© Michel Denancé

© Michel Denancé

Reaching beyond object-oriented curation, EPFL Pavilions blends experimental curatorship and contemporary aesthetics with open science, digital humanism and emerging technologies.

Your circadian embrace, Olafur Eliasson, 2023
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Circa Diem, Marilyne Andersen et al., 2021–2023
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Circadian House, Colin Fournier, 2021
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Circadian Dreams, Helga Schmid, 2022
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

print my sleep, Rafael Gil Cordeiro, 2020
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

The Clocks Around and Within Us, Anna Wirz-Justice et al., 2020
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Synchronicity, Robin Meier Wiratunga, 2022
Lighten Up! On Biology and Time, 24.3.–30.7.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Cosmic Collisions, eM+, 2022
Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space, 16.9.2022–5.2.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

OrbitsTriptychon, Quadrature, 2022
Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space, 16.9.2022–5.2.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Machine 9, Nick Ryan, 2017
Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space, 16.9.2022–5.2.2023

Photo: Julien Gremaud

Infinity Room 2; 12.09.2019 - 20.3.2020

© Leutenegger photography

Immersive Lab; 25.02 - 01.03.2020

© EPFL - Alain Herzog

Thinking Machines; 03.11.2018 - 10.3.2019

© EPFL - Alain Herzog

Infinity Room I; 11.04 - 28.7.2019

© EPFL - Alain Herzog

Mental Work; 27.10.2017 - 11.2.2018

© EPFL - Alain Herzog

Kung Fu Motion; 28.4 – 26.8.2018

In participation with its diverse communities, EPFL Pavilions is uniquely positioned as an experimental space for access to new forms of knowledge arising at the intersections of these transdisciplinary practices.