Maison d’Ailleurs

A few images of the building site of the extension of our museum, in 2007...

Pro Helvetia, the Swiss foundation for culture, asked Maison d'Ailleurs to curate Swiss Design in Hollywood, which premiered at the Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival in July 2008. Swiss Design in Hollywood retraces the work and impact of Swiss artists in the areas of design and digital imagery in international fi lm production as well as in video games.

Swiss Design in Hollywood gives an historical perspective on little known or under- rated artistic techniques and practices. The exhibition also aims to emphasise the personal infl uence of particular Swiss designers and illustrators – whether they work independently or for the big special effects studios – on the aesthetics of fi lm and video game production, without overlooking their personal creations.

With works by H. R. Giger, John Howe, Christian L. Scheurer, Deak Ferrand, Natasha Devaud, Nicolas Imhof, Brigitte Wuest, Silvio Aebischer, Simon Christen, Nadja Bonacina, Simon Otto and Alex Ongaro.

Next stop for the show: Kiev!

In November 2007 and february 2008, Maison d'Ailleurs's exhibition "Mirrorworlds" (photgraphs by Mario Del Curto) was put up in Japan: Shiga prefecture and Okinawa. A few images from this collaboration with Borderless art museum No-ma.
No-ma museum, Shiga prefecture No-ma museum, Shiga prefecture No-ma museum, Shiga prefecture Okinawa prefectural museum