14.06.2022
Text and drawing’s «confrontention»
Vanishing flower pots that herald a world in decay, the death of a tombstone cutter that leaves a great void, and a nightmarish birthday surprise in the open country. These stories, imagined…
Category : BA in Visual Communication
06.12.2021
Catherine Meurisse’s Pantheon
An interview with comics artist conducted by Benjamin Stroun
As part of a research project, Benjamin Stroun (HEAD – Genève, HES-SO) sat down with Catherine Meurisse, author of the comics La Légèreté (Dargaud, 2016), Les Grands espaces (Dargaud, 2018), and more…
Cinema, BA in Cinema, Fine arts, BA in Fine arts, Space design, BA in Interior design, Fashion Design, Jewellery and Accessory, BA in Product Design/Jewellery and Accessory, Visual communication, BA in Visual Communication
05.03.2021
ISSUE #6 – Talking Words
Creative writing practices at HEAD – Genève
The HEAD offers various workshops devoted to writing in art and design, and this feature looks at writing practices at the school through student productions and interviews with two specialists: Carla Demierre…
03.03.2021
The joy of writing and rewriting
An interview with Carla Demierre and Fabienne Radi
While remote teaching has momentarily transformed their common creative writing course into a podcast, Fabienne Radi and Carla Demierre nonetheless advocate for experiential learning: the experience of reading, writing and rewriting beyond…
01.03.2021
Writing and its many voices
A selection of students’ writings
This selection of works by students and alumni from the HEAD’s creative writing workshops testifies to the vitality and diversity of ways in which a text can be rendered. The variety of…
14.01.2021
Once upon a time
Interview with Annie A. Marca
For her Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication, Annie a Marca authored a comic book with stylised illustrations, frightening lights and looming cast shadows. This variation on Perrault’s tale Little Red Riding Hood…
04.01.2021
Brilliant tiny tragedies
Self published works by Julietta Saccardi and Dorodea Leone
Over the course of a workshop, Bachelor students majoring in Image/Story created artist’s books they individually produced, which were intended to be presented at the P.A.G.E.S. book fair. Comic books, leporello books,…
05.11.2020
Inclusive typography
An interview with graphic designer Tristan Bartolini
For his Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communication, Tristan Bartolini developed a new system of typographic characters which transcends gender binarism in the French language. Bartolini redesigned characters from an existing font, Laurenz…
26.11.2019
Some fragments of conversation
An interview with Jeff Délez
Discourse around comics is often dominated by the question of drawing. Freshly graduated after majoring in Image/Story, Jeff Délez embarked on an experiment in which issues relating to decoupage are of paramount…
01.10.2019
Head voices IV – Tomi Ungerer
In discussion with Thérèse Willer
Every month, Ambroise Tièche unearths a notable lecture given at the HEAD – Genève during its history, from past to present. Most of the video recordings he uses have never been made…