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Train Zug Treno Tren. Editions Noir sur Blanc, 16 juin 2022. 176 pages (chaque catalogue) • 90 Euros • 95 CHF (le coffret)

Catalogue 1. Voyages imaginaires (beaux-arts) Catalogue 2. Destins croisés (photo)
Catalogue 3. Rencontrons-nous à la gare (design). Disponibles séparément. Sous la direction de Camille Lévêque-Claudet, Marc Donnadieu et Marco Constantini

Dès l’été 2022, le nouveau quartier des arts Plateforme 10 contribuera à faire de Lausanne une capitale culturelle de premier plan. « Train Zug Treno Tren » constitue l’exposition inaugurale de Plateforme 10, organisée conjointement par les trois musées (Beaux-Arts, Photo, Design). Pluridisciplinaire et transversale, l’exposition explore les liens de parenté́ entre l’espace des musées et celui des gares (lieux de passages, de croisements et de rencontres) d’une part, entre l’expérience de la visite de l’exposition et celle du voyage en train (fenêtre sur le monde) d’autre part. Elle réveille le passé de Lausanne, étape du mythique Venise-Simplon-Orient-Express, et elle annonce son futur de nœud ferroviaire majeur au cœur de l’Europe. L’exposition est accompagnée de trois catalogues complémentaires, richement illustrés, disponibles séparément ou en coffret. Des textes d’historiennes et historiens de l’art, de la photographie et du design portent des éclairages originaux sur la thématique du chemin de fer.

Camille Lévêque-Claudet, conservateur au MCBA (Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts), est le commissaire de l’exposition « Voyages imaginaires ». Marc Donnadieu, conservateur en chef à Photo Elysée (Musée cantonal pour la photographie), est le commissaire de l’exposition « Destins croisés ». Marco Costantini, directeur adjoint du mudac (Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains), est le commissaire de l’exposition « Rencontrons-nous à la gare ».

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Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky was born and raised in Moscow. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University and went on to complete her postgraduate studies there, earning a PhD in History. She spent 13 years at UNESCO, first in Paris and then in Geneva. After serving as Director of Communications at Green Cross International, founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she launched NashaGazeta.ch in 2007, Switzerland’s first Russian-language online daily newspaper.

In 2022, Nadia Sikorsky was named to Le Temps’ Forum des 100, which brings together individuals who, in the newspaper’s view, have “significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland”, from across public life, business, politics, science and culture.

After 18 years at the helm of NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to devote herself to what had always held a special place in her work as a journalist: culture in all its diversity. This led to the creation of Russian Accent, a trilingual cultural blog in Russian, French and English, born in the heart of Europe, in Switzerland, which has become her second home and whose multiculturalism and multilingualism have helped shape the character of this new project.

At the heart of the project is the perspective of a European of Russian origin, drawing on more than 35 years of professional experience and a deep knowledge of both cultural traditions. Nadia Sikorsky sees her role as that of a cultural mediator between the two. The title of the blog, Russian Accent, reflects this idea: the accent is neither a linguistic barrier nor a political position, but a distinctive cultural imprint within a European context.

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