Panorama: the metal sculptures of Monic la Mouche as they appeared in daylight in 2016, before the doors opening.
Every year or so, the festival's sets change. For several years now, Compagnie Monic la Mouche (Monic the Fly Company) has been choreographing a space with phantasmagorical metal sculptures that, when night comes, burst into flames and create cyberpunk fairy-tale atmospheres. |
Panorama: the metal sculptures of Monic la Mouche were also on show at the 2017 edition of the festival.
Every year or so, the festival's sets change. For several years now, Compagnie Monic la Mouche (Monic the Fly Company) has been choreographing a space with phantasmagorical metal sculptures that, when night comes, burst into flames and create cyberpunk fairy-tale atmospheres. |
Panorama: year after year the genius of Monic la Mouche's craftsmen come up with new surprises, such as this 2019 sculpture.
Every year or so, the festival's sets change. For several years now, Compagnie Monic la Mouche (Monic the Fly Company) has been choreographing a space with phantasmagorical metal sculptures that, when night comes, burst into flames and create cyberpunk fairy-tale atmospheres. |
Panorama: it is of course at night that the sculptures of Monic the Fly reveal their full magic but, unfortunately, when this view was captured in 2017, the panoramic cameras were quite basic and the shots very disappointing...
Every year or so, the festival's sets change. For several years now, Compagnie Monic la Mouche (Monic the Fly Company) has been choreographing a space with phantasmagorical metal sculptures that, when night comes, burst into flames and create cyberpunk fairy-tale atmospheres. |
Panorama: a very attentive crowd during a classical music concert on the Arches stage in 2017
Paléo is the largest and most popular open-air festival in French-speaking Switzerland. It takes place every year in July and mixes all musical styles, from chanson to classical music and from rock to rap to world music. Here are three aspects that make it an absolutely unique event. |
The Deep installation built by HES-SO, Paléo 2018.
As an innovation partner of Paléo, the Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland) creates each year a huge thematic installation on one of the festival spaces, always with didactic aspects. These projects are carried out by students who express the essence of their study in a fun and artistic way. |
The Smooth Volcano built by HES-SO, Paléo 2017.
As an innovation partner of Paléo, the Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland) creates each year a huge thematic installation on one of the festival spaces, always with didactic aspects. These projects are carried out by students who express the essence of their study in a fun and artistic way. |
The Utopia 2050 vegetal tower built by HES-SO, Paléo 2019.
As an innovation partner of Paléo, the Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland) creates each year a huge thematic installation on one of the festival spaces, always with didactic aspects. These projects are carried out by students who express the essence of their study in a fun and artistic way. |
The Utopia 2050 vegetal tower built by HES-SO, Paléo 2019.
As an innovation partner of Paléo, the Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland) creates each year a huge thematic installation on one of the festival spaces, always with didactic aspects. These projects are carried out by students who express the essence of their study in a fun and artistic way. |
Panorama: Mayan dances at the 2017 World Village, dedicated that year to Central America.
The "Village du Monde" (World Village) is a festival within a festival, dedicated each year to another region of the world, in its musical, cultural and gastronomic aspects. Around the big top where the concerts take place, the decor and activities change each year according to the theme. |
Panorama: a bird's eye view of the World Village in 2017, just before the festival opening. That year, the theme was Central America and metal structures were reminiscent of Mayan pyramids.
The "Village du Monde" (World Village) is a festival within a festival, dedicated each year to another region of the world, in its musical, cultural and gastronomic aspects. Around the big top where the concerts take place, the decor and activities change each year according to the theme. |
Panorama: preparation of a Native American "sand painting" at the World Village in 2017.
The "Village du Monde" (World Village) is a festival within the festival, dedicated each year to another region of the world, in its musical, cultural and gastronomic aspects. Around the big top where the concerts take place, the decor and activities change each year according to the theme. |
Panorama: press conference in the Vagabond Tower, a small wooden theatre built as part of the Celtic World Village.
The "Village du Monde" (World Village) is a festival within a festival, dedicated each year to another region of the world, in its musical, cultural and gastronomic aspects. Around the big top where the concerts take place, the decor and activities change each year according to the theme. |