Campus HEAD
Bâtiment A - Salle 1.11
Route des Franchises 2
1203 Genève

The Image-Sound Pool is a space for audiovisual creation open to all departments of HEAD – Geneva. We offer courses, workshops, and technical training for audio, video, interactive, and animation projects (stop-motion, 2D, and 3D). We support students by providing technical and conceptual guidance, access to workstations within specialized facilities, as well as professional equipment to help bring their projects to life.

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT:

• Classroom A S1.11 (Video Sound Workshop): equipped with a 16-speaker and 2 subwoofer ambisonics sound system for immersive audio diffusion. It includes 10 workstations and one master station, all equipped with MaxMSP and Ableton Live for multichannel audio and video projection. A mixing console is available to manage and control sound diffusion.
• Classroom A S3.01 (Greybox): designed for multichannel video projection. Equipped with three wide-angle projectors allowing the projection of 1 to 3 video channels, a quadraphonic sound system, and a Mac Pro with MadMapper.
• Classroom A S3.04 (Voice Studio): dedicated to recording voice-overs and podcasts (up to 4 people).
• Classroom A S21 (Sound Studio): dedicated to sound creation and mixing in Dolby Atmos format (9.1.4). It offers a variety of specialized software and plugins (Ableton Live, AVID Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Waves, GRM Tools, Arturia Suite), as well as a modular system, several synthesizers, and powerful interface for sound research and creation.
• Classroom A S12 (Animation Workshop): dedicated to stop-motion and digital 2D/3D animation. The computer workstations are equipped with Wacom tablets and software such as Dragon Frame, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, and TVPaint. Lighting equipment is also available.
• Classroom A S2.01 (Computer Lab): used by the Image-Sound Pool for video courses. It includes computer workstations with Adobe Creative Cloud Pro, a projector for video screening, and a stereo sound system.

The protocol for reserving classrooms is available here.

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CONTACTS:

Vuk Vukmanović - vuk.vukmanovic@hesge.ch

Teachers
Claude Piguet (Video) 
Swann Thommen (Sound) 
Daniel Zea (Interactivity & Programming) 
Olivier Riechsteiner (Animation) 

Assistant:
Elsa Wagnières 

Student supervisor:
Piotr Vishnevskiy 
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PRESENCE OF THE ASSISTANT:
With assistant Elsa Wagnières in room S 1.11 - Building A
Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 1:00-5:30 p.m.
Wednesdays: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

EQUIPMENT LOAN
Room A1.11 - Building A - Tuesdays and Wednesdays mornings
Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

PRESENCE OF THE STUDENT SUPERVISOR:
Tuesdays: 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Thursdays: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.