Exhibitions and Events

Talk · Formare lo sguardo

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Formare lo sguardo:
Clément Lambelet

In conversation with Francesco Zanot

Date
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Time
6.30 pm
Venue
MAST.Auditorium
Series
Formare lo sguardo

Past event

Portrait of Formare lo sguardo: Clément Lambelet

The event

How has photography education changed? Clément Lambelet, artist and Head of the MA in Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, discusses the state of photography education today, from the pedagogical heritage of Bernd and Hilla Becher to the issues raised by artificial intelligence.

Moving between artistic research and educational practice, the talk explores how these two fields continually influence, challenge and transform one another.

In conversation with Francesco Zanot, curator and Artistic Director of Foto/Industria.

Formare lo sguardo is Fondazione MAST’s series of talks on the influence of Bernd and Hilla Becher and the Düsseldorf School on the training, research and language of contemporary photography.

Clément Lambelet

Born in Geneva in 1991, artist and researcher, since 2026 he has been Head of the MA in Photography at ECAL. His practice moves between materialised photographs, text, video, websites and sound. His work has been shown at Foam Museum, C/O Berlin, HeK Basel and Photo Elysée.

Related exhibition

Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method

Other events

From the same series: Formare lo sguardo

  • 6.30 pm
    Talk · Formare lo sguardoFormare lo sguardo: Thomas StruthIn conversation with Urs Stahel and Michele SmargiassiMAST.Auditorium

    Thomas Struth, one of the leading figures of the Düsseldorf School and a student of Bernd and Hilla Becher, reflects on the legacy of their teaching in his own work and presents the research he has developed since Nature & Politics, his 2019 exhibition at MAST.

    Event details The exhibition Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method

  • 6.30 pm
    Talk · Formare lo sguardoFormare lo sguardo: Armin LinkeIn conversation with Francesco ZanotMAST.Auditorium

    What role do academies play today in training photographers? Armin Linke, artist and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, looks back on his experience as author and teacher and shows how photography can become a method of research and of producing knowledge.

    Event details The exhibition Bernd & Hilla Becher. History of a Method