© Image Courtesy of Nathanaël Abeille / Nathanaël Abeille, Reflexions, 2021-2023

Soleil·s - Solar Biennale 2

Where?
mudac - Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains
When
From 21.03.2025 to 21.09.2025
Price
From
12 CHF
From the spring equinox to the autumn equinox of 2025, mudac is hosting the second Solar Biennale with the “Soleil·s” exhibition in the Plateforme 10 district and at EPFL.

Useful information

Address

mudac - Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains
PLATEFORME 10 - Place de la Gare 17
1003 Lausanne

How to get there

Schedules

From 21.03.2025 to 21.09.2025
Lundi
10:00 - 18:00
Mercredi
10:00 - 18:00
Jeudi
10:00 - 20:00
Vendredi
10:00 - 18:00
Samedi
10:00 - 18:00
Dimanche
10:00 - 18:00

Plateforme 10 tickets - 1 museum, full price (adults aged 26 and over)

15 CHF

Plateforme 10 tickets - 1 museum, reduced price, adults aged 26 and over (AVS, AI, unemployed, students, apprentices)

12 CHF

Plateforme 10 tickets - 1 museum, under the age of 26

Free

Plateforme 10 tickets - 3 museums, full price (adults aged 26 and over)

25 CHF

Plateforme 10 tickets - 3 museums, reduced price, adults aged 26 and over (AVS, AI, unemployed, students, apprentices)

19 CHF

Plateforme 10 tickets - 3 museums, duo (visit for two, adults aged 26 and over)

38 CHF

Plateforme 10 tickets - 3 museums, under the age of 26

Free

Free admission on the first Saturday of the month. 

Access 
CFF train station: 3 minutes on foot 
Bus 1, 3, 21, 60: «Lausanne-Gare» stop 
Bus 6: «Cécil» stop
Metro M2: «Lausanne-Gare» stop 

More info

Launched in 2022 in the Netherlands by designers Pauline van Dongen and Marjan van Aubel, the Solar Biennale provides a platform for reflection on the challenges of solar energy. For this second edition, mudac will broaden the theme by bringing together designers, curators, activists, and researchers to explore expanded perspectives on how to approach ecological transition. 

Far from limiting itself to a single, socially constructed vision, “Soleil·s” will address the symbolic, political, practical, and aesthetic dimensions of our relations to that star.

With this in mind, four main themes are considered: 

- Energy revitalisation 
- Material culture 
- Symbolic power 
- Circadian rhythms 

Recognising the multifaceted nature of the sun, mudac is collaborating with institutions such as HEAD, ECAL, and several EPFL entities to foster the necessary interdisciplinary approach. 

New commissions have been entrusted to design studios. A partnership with the publishing house La Volte will result in the publication of a collection of short stories. Solar Punk, celebrating the power of fiction to imagine bright futures. 

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