animated visual artwork for a dance piece

dance company: T42 Dance company

Choreographyi Felix Duméril, Misato Inoue

Dance: Misato Inoue, Beatrice Castaldo, Robin Waldburger, Alex Ferro, Félix Duméril

visual artwork: François Chalet

Musik Simon Ho

Bühne Jann Messerli

Bühne Assistenz Els Marti

Oeil extérieur Amanda Blair

Technik: Christoph Kaiser

Produktion Nadja Bürgi

Photos: © Christian Glaus

Year: 2024

Illustration - The world is getting more complex

Magazin: The philantropist, isue 4, december 2024

Audiovisual live performances

event: LiLu Late Night 2024

location: Moderne Bar&Karusell, Lucerne, CH

Visual artwork: François Chalet

DJs: Guaved B2B Justo, Levi& C’est Bastian

Year: 2024

Audiovisual live performance (35min)

event: DA-Z Zürich

location: Kunsthaus Zürich

Visual artwork: François Chalet

Music: Dada Global

Year: 2023

Installation (mapped projection on a recreated glacier)

event: 150 Jahre Gletschergarten, Lucerne

Concept and realisation: François Chalet

Production: Produktionsbude

Animation: François Chalet

Music: Zéno Zipper

Year: 2023

Audiovisual immersive Installation

event: Museumsnacht Bern

Concept and Realisation: Christophe Merkle and François Chalet

Client: Amt für Geoinformation des Kantons Bern

Projectteam: Sandra Kellerhals, Jonas Schmid

Music: Mathias Vetter

Scenografie and technical solution: Okula AG

Year: 2023

Reflections of D - Take The A Train

"Reflections of D" is the piano solo album of Michael Arbenz, where he reflects Duke Ellington's music in his very own way. On this album, he combines his musical curiosity with his diverse experiences with jazz and classical music.

Music: Michael Arbenz

Animation. François Chalet

Video: Jonas Ruppen

Year: 2023

Take The A Train

“Hands up!”

Client: Lichtfestival LiLu 2023, Raiffeisenbank, Luzern

Story/Animation: François Chalet

Music/Sounddesign: Mathias Vetter

This Installation was initially created in 2007 for the Showroom of the Valiant bank in Bern, produced by Tina Cassini and Bruno Beusch

An applied Research Collaboration between Media Technology Center, ETH Zurich and Zurich University of the Arts - Cast /Audiovisual Media

Team

Narrative Lead/Script: Martin Zimper, Cast Audiovisual Medias, ZHdK

Visual lead: François Chalet, Cast Audiovisual Medias, ZHdK

Music/Sounddesign: Jonas Füllemann, Cast Audiovisual Medias, ZHdK

Severin Klingler, ETH/MTC

Kalloori Saikishore, ETH/MTC

Research Engeneer: Ribin Chalumattu, ETH/MTC

Voices: Kirsten Vermilyea, John Donaldson

Voices editing: Simon Grab

Year: 2022/23

Exhibition - 23.09.22 - 08.01.23

Museum: Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, CH

Curator: Susanna Kumschick

Thanks to: Stefan Müller, Luzia Davi, Peter Göhler, Cathrin Hauswald, Mario Pellen and the whole crew of the museum

Grafik Invitation flyer: Alexandra Noth

Fotos: Michael Lio

Year: 2022/23

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task: 16 screen installation

Client: Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, GER

Concept and Animation: François Chalet

Year: 2022

Task: Creation of an interactive installation for the Lichtfestival Luzern LiLu

Description: Animated characters, that are ready to jump are projected on a house. Jump! uses a trampoline as interface for the public. The more someone jumps on it, the more the story progresses. Every hit generates also some snow whirl.

Team:: François Chalet (animation), Mathias Vetter (music) , Michael Flückiger (creative coding)

Place: Rathaus Luzern, CH

Year: 2022

Visuals, Trailer and clips for the festival of animated film ITFS

Client: Festival of animated film Stuttgart (ITFS)

Agency: Infact digital

Visuals and animations: François Chalet

Music: Michael Fakesch

Year: 2021/22

Shake it! and Hit! - Interactive installations

Festival: Fantoche

Agency: Produktionsbude

Animation: François Chalet

Creative Coding: Michael Flückiger

Music: Mathias Vetter

Year: 2021

Competition

task: Trailer and poster for the competition campaign “Schule der Zukunft” (school of the future)

Client: education authority Zurich, CH

Target group: children from 10 to 16 years old

Concept and Animation: François Chalet

Music: Mathias Vetter

Year: 2021

Daily Illustrations for the DAB+ radio (with screens)

Client: Digris AG, CH

Year: 2021

“Shopping”: Illustration for Sihlcity Mallart

Client: Sihlcity, Zürich

Homepage: Sihlcity malert

Year: 2021

Illustrations and AR animations for the showroom of Nissan, Japan

Client: Nissan, JAP

JapanAgency: E-graphics, TokyoArtistic director: Yoshiko Okamoto

Agency: Bureau Kida

Year: 2020

A daily produced series of 100 illustrations and some videos with the thematic of corona virus. This project started on 16.3 (begin of the Swiss lockdown) and ended on 30.6.

Watch the whole series on my instagramm account chaletfrancois

Year: 2020

The story of the famous tower (Wasserturm) in Lucerne

Client: Lichtfestival Luzern LiLu, CH

Direction & Animation: François Chalet / Musik: Mathias Vetter / Compositing & Motiondesign: Noemi Sugaya

Producer: Lichtfestival Luzern LiLu, CH

based on a idea from François Chalet and Uwe Brückner

Tecnic: 360 Degres Mapping

Fotos: Daniel Sutter

Year: 2020

Interactive installation

Production: Lichtfestival Luzern LiLu, CH

Concept and Animation: François Chalet Music: Mathias Vetter Creative Coding: Michael Flückiger

Year: 2020

Theatre play

place: Luzerner Theater, CH

Production: Fruzsina Nagy, Dóra Halas, Composition: Dóra Halas, Stage and Costumes: Fruzsina Nagy, Assistance stage: Sophie Köhler, Characterdesign, Animation and animated Scenography: François Chalet, Song texts: Lisa Brunner, Sounddesign, Musik: Márk Bartha, Choreography: Emese Cuhorka, Light: Clemens Gorzella, Dramaturgy: Gábor Thury

with: Christian Baus (Uhu Schuhu), Lukas Darnstädt (Torsten Torstenson, Pireman, Policeman, chief Cook, Mayor, Clockmaster Zifferle), Lisa Brunner (voice of the little ghost), Lucerne City Choir

Year: 2019/20

Interactive Installation
play with a AI

Client: Design Biennale Zürich
Team: Ludic Lab Lucerne (Lucerne University of applied Science and arts)
Dragica Kahlina, Sebastian Mittag, François Chalet, Richard Wetzel

Year: 2019

Film
Welcome film for visitors

Client: Nissan Japan
Agency: E-graphics, Tokyo
Artistic director: Yoshiko Okamoto

Year: 2019

Genesis featuring François Chalet
Visual Live-Act

Place: St. Jakob church, Zurich
Length: 30 min
Producer: Projektil
Music: from the show Genesis

Year: 2019 (8.2. and 2.3.)

Shake it
Interactive installation

Festival: Lichtfestival Luzern, LiLu
Producer: Aroma, Zürich
Music: Mathias Vetter
Interaction: Michael Flückiger

year: 2019

Handbook for children
Illustrations and AR application

Client: Nissan Japan
Agency: E-graphics, Tokyo
Artistic director: Yoshiko Okamoto

Year: 2018/19

Lange Nacht der Museen
Major installation for the Kantonsratssaal (Zurich parliament chamber). Minor ones for the foyer, the entrance area and the wardrobe.

Client: Rathaus, CH 
Year: 2018

Artistic direction & visuals: François Chalet

Visuals & compositing: Noemi Sugaya

Music: Mathias Vetter

Technic: Menzi ebz
Hands: Nelly Sauri, Ralf Gätzi, Aline Wolter, Fritz Bossardt, Caspar Eckstein, Meike Eckstein, Nathalie Kis, Melih Dilsiz, Markus Deublein, Dagmar Nitzl, Justine Kusch-Wieser, Ueli Wieser, Jean-François Zipper, Assia Zipper, Urs Althaus, Susanne Steffen, Noemi Sugaya, François Chalet

Team Rathaus: Werner Malaer, Moritz von Wyss, Christian Gyger, Melchior Andreas Werner

Fotos © Patrick Hoffmann

Illustration

Client: Vorsorgestiftung Film und Audiovision, CH
Task: Illustration for an add
Year: 2018

Flying dragons
Label Dalbin produced tailor-made video installation: 7 animated dragons created by Swiss artist François Chalet moves from one screen to another over the whole table, superimposed over a mosaic of Asian television news broadcasts imagined by Starck. Two further screen tables show also the dragons on a cherry blossom background shifting from night to day view.

Client: Missko Paris (Designed by Philipp Starck)
Agency: Eric Dalbin
Year: 2018

Theatre

Producer: Theater Marie. Partner: Fantoche and Royalfish @ Royal Baden
From and with: Lina Hoppe, François Chalet, Michael Flückiger, Andreas Bächli, Daniel Steiner, Rebecca Etter, Oliver Keller, Patric Bachmann

Thanks to: Aargauer Kuratorium, Stadt Aarau, Swisslos Kanton Aargau, Migros Kulturprozent
Fotos: Theater Marie and Andreas Zimmermann

year: 2018

Illustrations

Client: Zeitlupe, CH
Article: "Zwischen Liebe und Üerforderung"
Year: 2018

Nur eine Maschine
Videoclip

composition: Electroboy
produced by: Luk Zimmermann
Direction and Animation: François Chalet
Year: 2018

House Faces
Exhibition on “house faces” from around the world.

Location: Alte Kaserne, Winterthur, CH
Year: 2018

Take a look on Instagram: @chaletfrancois

Parallels
Visual Arts meets traditional Indian dance 

Dance: NRITYABHARTI
Dance Direction & Choreography: Chandan Thakore
Dancers: Nirali Thakore, Devanshi Jariwala, Ishita Trivedi, Aayushi Tripathi
Choreograph: Andrea Herden

Music and Sound Design: A Bhaskar Rao

Visual Art - Director: François Chalet
Animators: Chinmay Kher, Yathi Kiran, Rishabh Banshkar, Samyo Ghoshal, Paulami Sil, Kanika Verma, Shirish Ghatge, Sarath TV, Elishiba Kisku, Ekta Bharti, Anwar Alam, Sukanya Paul
Animated Credits: Rajesh Thakre

Special Thanks to: Shri Pradyumna Vyas, Gabriela Christen, Sekhar Mukherjee, Sudhanya Dasgupta, Jürgen Haas, Vijay Paul Punia, Deval Vala, Nandit Desai, Punia Vijaypaul

location: Chitrakatha Festival, National Institut of design, India

Year: 2017

Silk Memory Garden
Interactive immersive garden

Produced by: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Design/Concept/Animations: François Chalet
Generative Art, Interaction & Devlopment: Andrés Villa Torres
Music: Mathias Vetter

Organisation and Supervision: Tina Tomovic
Technic: Kaspar Flückiger
Technical assistants: Marie Schumann and Lara Stamm

Year: 2017

Projektionen
Installation

Music: Mathias Vetter
Dancers: Maella Jan and Kevin Blaser
Visual arts: François Chalet
Producer: Olaf Knellessen

event: Pysychoanalytisches Seminar Zürich (PSZ), CH

Year: 2017

Akte Zwingli Ein Mysterienspiel
Christoph Sigrist and Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen

Direction: Volker Hesse
Scenery and costumes: Stephan Mannteuffel
Music: David Fior:
Choreograph: Andrea Herden

Production: Alexandra Steinegger

Visual concept: François Chalet
Animation and compositing: Noemi Sugaya
Location: Grossmünster, Zürich, CH

Year: 2017

Foto titel: © Judith Schlosser

Illustrations

Client: Barbara (Magazine), GER
Article: "Taugt mein Hobby zum Beruf?"
Year: 2017

Opening Ceremony Hochschule Luzern
Projection Mapping

Client: Viscosistadt, CH
Task: Projectionmapping for Opening ceremony of Hochschule Luzern in Emmenbrücke, CH
Length animation: 21:00

Direction & Animation: François Chalet
Music & Sounddesign: Mathias Vetter
Compositing & Motiondesign: Noemi Sugaya

Paper Stop-Motion: Michelle Ettlin
Year: 2016

Illustrations

Client: Helvetia Patria Jeunesse, CH
Agency: Starbahnwest AG
Year: 2017

audiovisual performance

Curators: Denis Schüler and Béatrice Zawodnik (Ensemble vide)

Projection XXL (Life): François Chalet

Musical programmation: Alexandre Babel

percussions: Anne Briset and Jeanne Larouturrou  

alphorns: Ian Gordon-Lennox and Pascal Schaer

place: Arcoop, Geneva, CH

Date: 1.10.2016

length: 50 min

Opening ceremony for the longest tunnel in the world

task: realisation of 30 minutes of animation and sequences in motion for the opening ceremony in Pollegio
artistic director of the opening ceremony: Volker Hesse
producer: Rolf Derrer, Claudia Capecchi

artistic director LED Screen: François Chalet
animations: Noemi Sugaya (Lead), Chermaine Bossert, Joel Hofman, Jonas Habermacher, Michelle Ettlin, Noel Marti, François Chalet
compositing: Noemi Sugaya

music: Knut Jensen
choreographie groundartists: Laia sanmartin guirado
choreographie aeral artists: Ingrid Flor, Paula Riquielme, Chris Klotz

and many more!!!
fotos © Judith Schlosser
year: 2016

show in pollegio

Garba Reloaded

Event: Opening ceremony Hochschule Luzern, Emmenbrücke, CH
Task: Guide for the audiovisual partner school project "Garba reloaded" with the National institut of Design, Ahmedabad, India
Year: 2016

Visuals and Choreography: Shweta Bendre, Alpika Singh, Deval Vala
Szenography, Cloths and main dancer: Barbara Hennig, Stephany Geiser, Wanda Dufner
Year: 2016

"I don't want"
Illustrations

client: Eltern family, GER
theme: Puberty and pre-puberty
Year: 2015
 

Illustration for children

Client: Geomini, GER
Theme: Zoo
Task: find the differences
Year: 2015

Fischli
Interactive Installation for the exhibition "animierte Wunderwelten"

Client: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, CH
Exhibition curated by Andres Janser and Suzanne Buchan
Concept: François Chalet and Jan Huggenberg

Animation: François Chalet
Interaction: Jan Huggenberg
Music: Mathias Vetter

CoverIllustration for the book "animierte Wunderwelten": François Chalet
Bookdesign: Müller&Hess
Year: 2015

Videos © Museum für Gestaltung Zürich - realized by schwarzfilmpictures.ch

Stop-Motion Videoclip made with pieces of a wooden train

Client: Troimer, CH
Direction: François Chalet
Animation: Michelle Ettlin and François Chalet
Cut: Michelle Ettlin
Year: 2015

Animation festival 

client: Anima, Brussels, BEL
Task: Poster, Trailer, Umbrella-installation, projections, App, Tattoos, colouring sheet ...
Year: 2015

fotos 7-17 @ Gilles Moins

Comic book

client: Folioscope Editions, Anima Brussels, BEL
Year: 2015

Der kleine Spross

Client: Grosseltern Magazin, CH
Task: Comic for the magazine
Year: 2015

A demain 
Trailer and Visuals for the piece "A demain".

Dance company: Thomas Duchatelet
Music: Jean-Paul Brédif
Dancers: Tuomas Lahti et Sébastien Perrault, Elodie Siccard, Michiko Uehara et Aki Funatsu
Place: Kobe Art Villlage Center, Kobe, Japon
Performances: 28.10, 29.10 and 30.10.
Year: 2011
Fotos: © Shimizu Toshiro

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Drawings

Bookproject
theme: Zoo
Year: 2015/16

@ François Chalet

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Missko
Label Dalbin produced tailor-made video installation: An animated dragons created by Swiss artist François Chalet moves from one screen to another over the whole table, superimposed over a mosaic of Asian television news broadcasts imagined by Starck.

Client: Missko Paris (Designed by Philipp Starck)
Agency: Eric Dalbin
Year: 2018

The first years with Caspar. François Chalet is telling stories about his child. And about yours. Harcover, 208 pages, color pictures throughout. Euro 22.00

Publisher: Order at Echtzeit Verlag, CH
Task: Book
Year: 2014

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Fantoche
Multiplatform project including a tatoo, the trailer of the festival, the animated prizepanels and a projection on a 50 meter high wall.

Client: Fantoche, CH
Place of the projection: Informationcenter Fantoche
Loop: Length 45 min.
Year: 2011

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Lila Lamm

Client: Salzhaus, CH
Agency: Urs Althaus, CH, Sound © Andreas Moesch
Task: Creation of a character for a series of parties
Year: 2014

What is art?
Animation of the book "what is art?", made by Müller & Hess

Client: Fondation Beyeler
Design/Concept: Müller & Hess
Director: François Chalet
Animation: William Crook

Music: Mathias Vetter
Photographs: Andri Pol
Authors: Stefanie Bringezu, Daniel Kramer, Janine Schmutz

Year: 2014

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Zurich Festival
Installation for the opening of the Zurich Festival

client: Theaterhaus Gessnerallee , CH 
Fotos: © Mareike Spalteholz
Year: 2010

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Duzi Kids
Drawings for children clothes

please order: Duzi Kids
Fotos: »Chalet for Duzikids«: Silke Weinsheimer 
 

Modeselektor
Creation of the videoclip for the song "Berlin"

Client: Modeselektor, GER
Scenography: Meike Eckstein
Year: 2012

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eBay euro rally
Creation of characters and illustrations for the eBay euro rally 2010 conference

Client: eBay europe
Agency: Moire
Event: Auditorium (Casino Kursaal), Interlaken, CH
Year: 2010

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Dans la tête du monstre
Audiovisual sculpture "Inside the monster's head": The idea was to create the head of a scared monster. The audience is allowed to enter his head and see through his eyes.

Concept andvisual creation: François Chalet
Musical composition: Mathias Vetter
Construction: Binôme (Frédéric Pain und Ingrid Michel) 
Producer: Eric Dalbin
Co-producer: Maison des Arts de Creteil, FRA et Le Manège Maubeuge
Year: 2009
Exhibitions: Exit Festival in Creteil (FRA) and VIA Festival in Maubeuge (FRA) in 2009, St. Nazaire (GB), Toulouse (FRA) and Paris (FRA) in 2010, Théâtre de l'Avant-Seine de Colombes in 2014

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Les Tours du Chalet
Audiovisual installation during "Nuit Blanche": Projection of a ten minutes story on an 80 meter high building

Producer: Nuit Blanche, Paris
Co-producer: Eric Dalbin
Music: Mathias Vetter
Place: Tours Tolbiac, Paris, FRA
Year: 2007

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