Programs and events

Les Culturelles (Cultural Week)

For one week each spring and fall, Les Culturelles festival brings the campus to life with dance, performance, film screenings, contemporary art, music, and public events that encourage reflection, emotional engagement, and discussion.

Creapoly – EPFL Staff Collective Expressions

Thirty EPFL staff members, doctoral students, and postdocs are showcasing their artistic works as part of this exhibition.

Grants for Artistic Projects

The Pôle Culture EPFL is offering grants to support artistic projects led by EPFL student associations.

Cultural events:

Unearthed, by Rahel Oberhummer – Exhibition

 07.05.202611.10.2026   07:0023:59

Speaker: Rahel Oberhummer, artiste
Location:  Hall du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Do Robots Dream of Construction Sites? / ARCHIZOOM x CRCL

 09.09.202605.12.2026  

Speaker: CRCL – Lab for Creative Computation
Location:  Archizoom
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

creapoly – EPFL staff collective expressions

 08.10.202612.10.2026   10:0017:00

Speaker: Collaboratrices et collaborateurs, post-docs, doctorantes et doctorants de l’EPFL
Location:  Foyer SG
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Musical Composition: Playing with the Verbier Festival Archives

 10.10.2026   16:0020:00

Speaker: Alain Dufaux, directeur de la Plateforme EPFL CHC – Cultural Heritage & Conservation ; Constance Frei, musicologue, professeure UNIL/EPFL ; Charlotte Graber, musicologue HEM, Genève ; Stephen McHolm, directeur de la Verbier Festival Academy 
Location:  Montreux Jazz Café
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

Cancelled

Exploration Journals – Reading the Texts

 12.10.2026   12:0013:00

Speaker: Plume, association de littérature UNIL-EPFL
Location:  Hall MED
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

A Million-Year Picnic – Film screening and discussion with artist Pauline Julier

 12.10.2026   18:1519:45

Speaker: Pauline Julier, artiste et cinéaste & Eric Vautrin, dramaturge au théâtre de Vidy
Location:  Forum Rolex
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

Julian Sartorius Concert – RLLRLRLLRRLRLRLRLLRLRLR

 13.10.2026   12:0013:00

Speaker: Julian Sartorius, batteur ; Usinesonore
Location:  Hall SG
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

NO/NC (Normally open/ Normally closed) – Installation

 13.10.2026  

Speaker: Andrea Anner & Thibault Brevet (AATB)
Location:  Hall SG
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Do Robots Dream of Construction Sites? / ARCHIZOOM x CRCL

 13.10.202624.10.2026   17:3018:30

Speaker: Stefana Parascho
Location:  Hall SG
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

Secouons-nous les eaux – Performance

 14.10.2026   12:0013:00

Speaker: Collectif Hydromondes ; Marin Schaffner, ethnologue ; Jeanne Mermet, ingénieure ; Gabriel Cotte, hydrologue et Clémence Mathieu, dessinatrice 
Location:  Hall MED
Category: Cultural events
Target audience: General public

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