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Etienne Malapert
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Etienne Malapert
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In 2006, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decided to undertake the crazy project of building an entire city in the middle of the desert. Masdar City’s first aim is to reach 0% CO2 emissions and be recognized as a “Green City”. London architectural firm Foster + partners designed this huge project, at a time of growing environmental concerns, especially about energy consumption and pollution. Despite holding a major share in global oil and gas production, the United Arab Emirates wish to change their image to showcase green technology and socalled clean energy. Located 25 km south from Abu Dhabi, Masdar City is destined to be within the next 15 years the first self-ecological city in the world, with a population of 50 000 and a business hub of 1 500. Currently, only a few buildings have already emerged from the sand, including a scientific university, research laboratories and offices of major multinational corporations such as Siemens. The country launched the Masdar project as part of an economic policy shift called Economic Vision 2030, based on renewable energy and complex denser made research and developments. Following this trend, the government, in collaboration with UAE Oil Company, one of the world most influential one, have invested nearly $20 billion in the project. The real purpose of this commercial association is to establish the UAE as a pioneer in the renewable energy sector to complement its current status of “major oil exporter”. The beginning of the 21th centuryforces human-kind into a mutation stage of its evolution. Despite the need to shift paradigms towards greener economies and energy transition, no one can ignore this contradiction in terms: the world’s flag ship for green urbanism is spirited forward by one of the world’s largest producer of “black gold”.

The City of Possibilities
edited by art&fiction
24 × 32 cm
144 p.

45CHF
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Signed artist edition (50 ex.)
20 × 25 cm
inkjet print

100CHF
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Year2015 Place

Masdar city, United Arab Emirates

Year

2016

 Place

Observatoire de Paris, France

 Client

Ecole nationale supérieur des Arts Décoratifs

 Art direction

Rimasuu

 Fashion designer

Elodie Le Prunennec
Loris Ronzeau
Christie Duhamel
Manon Martin

 Model

Matthias El Koulali
Xavier Tozzi Fontana
Milla Natel
Serena Marques
Baptiste Verrey
Dasha Yourtchouk

Year

2018

 Place

Basel, Switzerland

 Client

Swiss Design Awards

Year

2015

 Place

Renens, Switzerland

Glory Hole is a work in progress which brings together photography and video to present the Bois de Boulogne. A former hunting ground for the Kings of France, this public park has become the largest spot for relaxation in the west of Paris. With a surface area of about 850 hectares, it is one of the lungs of the capital. With this project, I wish to document the unknown facets of the park. Whether it is a place to walk or work, a clandestine area or an object of fantasy hiding an ungraspable reality, the Bois is a miniature Paris where passers-by mix with one another or avoid each other carefully.

Year

In progress

 Place

Bois de Boulogne, France

 Exhibition

Collective Exhibition, Tenuta, Lausanne 2017

Year2018 PlaceCassis, France Paris, France Saint-Raphaël, France Client

Tectona

Year2016 PlacePalais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland Client

Prix de Lausanne

Project directed by Matthieu Gafsou

Year2016 PlaceCHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland ClientCentre hospitalier universitaire vaudois

Project directed by Matthieu Gafsou

Year

2018

 Place

Scandinavia

Year

2018

 Place

La Tour-de-Peilz , Switzerland

 Client

Giovanoli-Mozer

Year

2019

 Place

Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus, Switzerland

 Client

Bureau Future

Year

2018-2019

 Client

Valentoine

Year

2018

 Place

Zurich, Switzerland

 Client

On Running

Year

Since 2021

 Place

Zurich, Switzerland

 Client

On Running

Year

2019 - 2020

 Place

EPFL, Lausanne, Swizerland

EPFZ, Zurich, Swizerland

 Client

Bruther Architecte

Year

2020

 Place

Zurich, Switzerland

 Client

On Running

Year

2021

 Place

Lausanne, Switzerland

 Client

Topox

Year

Since 2019

 Client

Studio Alice Franchetti

+41 79 703 71 02

Chemin des Ramiers 22,
1009 Pully
Switzerland

Graphic Design by Tancrède Ottiger
 

Etienne Malapert is a French photographer born in 1991‭ ‬in Paris‭, ‬and who lives and works in Lausanne‭. ‬He obtained his baccalaureate in Applied Arts in 2010‭ ‬and did a one-year foundation course at the Ateliers de Sèvres‭. ‬He obtained a Bachelor in Photography with honours from the ECAL‭. ‬He won the Swiss Design Awards 2016‭ ‬with his project‭ ‬“The City of Possibilities”‭ ‬and was also selected for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2016‭. ‬He has exhibited his work in several group exhibitions‭, ‬such as‭ ‬‮«‬Voix off‮»‬‭ ‬in Arles 2017‭ ‬or‭ ‬‮«‬Les usages du monde‮»‬‭ ‬in Lille in 2020‭. ‬His first monograph‭, ‬The City of Possibilities was published by art&fiction in 2021‭.‬

Exhibitions & Prize

  • 2021
    • Book publication, The City of Possibilities, art&fiction
    • Individual exhibition, Galerie Startes, Lausanne
    • Collective exhibition, Festival de la Harpe, Rolle
  • 2020
    • Collective exhibition, Les usages du monde, Lille
  • 2017
    • Collective exhibition, Immagini dal Futuro, Triennale, Milan
    • Collective exhibition, projection, Festival Circulations, Paris
    • Collective exhibition, Tenuta, Lausanne
    • Collective exhibition, Voies Off, Arles
  • 2016
    • Collective exhibition, Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Londres
    • Swiss Design Award, Art Basel, Winner, Basel
    • Collective exhibition, Riga photomonth, Riga
    • Collective exhibition, Journée photographique, Bienne
  • 2015
    • Lensculture Emerging Talent Awards, Winner
    • Collective exhibition, Lensculture Emerging, San Francisco
    • Collective exhibition, Ecal, 1020 Renens

Education

  • 2011-2015
    • Bachelor of Visual Communication, Photography, Ecal, Lausanne
  • 2010-2011
    • Preparatory year, Ateliers de Sèvres, Paris
  • 2008-2010
    • Baccalaureat, applied arts, Paris