welcome to plateforme 10

« Come and see here what you won’t see elsewhere! » is the slogan for the permanent exhibition, laid out chronologically over two floors to showcase treasures from Vaud’s art collections, with some three hundred works dating from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Debi Cornwall (United States, 1973), winner of the Prix Elysée 2023, one of the most prestigious photography prizes in the world, presents “Model Citizens”. In this series, which is still in progress, she explores how staging, performance and role-playing feed into the idea of citizenship in our Western societies. The photographic medium becomes here a tool for political analysis.

Laia Abril (Spain, 1986) uses photography, archival material and multimedia to create projects that engage with feminist issues and are marked by sociological, historical and anthropological considerations. Her long-term projects are organised into chapters. The artist presents Photo Elysée with her latest research, “On Mass Hysteria”, a first draft of which led to Abril’s nomination for the Prix Elysée 2019.

Mass hysteria is a reaction to circumstances in which women are subjected to extreme stress, feel repressed or forced into situations where they cannot communicate or express their thoughts or emotions. “On Mass Hysteria” allows us to visualise this language of pain in female representation throughout history.

In partnership with the EPFL+ECAL Lab, Photo Elysée is developing an interactive and immersive installation dedicated to the books in its library. This experimental approach relies on emerging technologies associated with design research in order to propose a new form of digital exhibition.

At the same time, Photo Elysée is exhibiting a selection of books from its library, which contains more than 30,000 works. With the advent of digital interactivity, photography books are experiencing an unprecedented boom, testifying to the vitality of the sector today.

Pour sa première grande exposition au Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts sur le site de Plateforme 10, la Fondation Toms Pauli propose de redécouvrir l’œuvre saisissante de Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 – 2017), pionnière de l’art textile et artiste majeure de la sculpture du XXe siècle.

mudac reveals the treasures of its collection in a dedicated exhibition that offers a surprising and quirky exploration of the diversity of the museum’s collection from design to contemporary applied arts.

mudac presents Space is the place, a programme that focuses on the complex relationship between the cosmos and our planet. Bringing together the work of designers, artists and science fiction writers, as well as a wide range of stakeholders in these issues, the programme includes two exhibitions, three publications and a series of events.