Events

Symposium on preimplantation genetic diagnosis

On August 30, 2011, Pro Infirmis Vaud organized a symposium on the theme of preimplantation diagnosis. This conference was held at the Congress Centre and Exhibition Beaulieu in Lausanne, under the title:

Disability and diagnosis at the dawn of life: hope or drift? Perspectives on the preimplantation diagnosis.

More information is available on the website www.info-handicap.ch from the home page.

The move of the CPMA

The relocation of CPMA to its new location at Rue de la Vigie 5, 1003 Lausanne was held in early September 2010.

The CPMA team is pleased to have consolidated its forces in one place!

The module

An artistic representation of ART has been made in the form of a mobile unit that has been exposed in several places in Switzerland. Proposed by the art historians Marie André et Véronique Mauron, the module is an audiovisual installation based on medical images from the Centre of Medically Assisted Procreation, Lausanne (CPMA). The artistic design is from Pierre-Yves Borgeaud (filmmaker, videographer, Lausanne), the architectural design of Konstantin Tzonis (Lausanne) and the music composition by Don Li (Berne). The Foundation F.A.B.E.R pilots the project. The module was exposed to the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchâtel (MEN), at the Neue Frauenklinik Lucerne, at the Claude Verdan Foundation in Lausanne and at the Maternity of Geneva (HUG).

The issues raised by the images of ART are breathtaking and overwhelming. Despite the accuracy and thoroughness of life technology, it seems important to highlight a dimension not spectacular of the look at the origin of life, because even if we are able to see how a body is born biologically, the mystery of our came into the world is preserved. Indeed, the module puts into situation the images of ART emphasizing the values ​​linked to life: respect, modesty, the presence of a mystery.

The module features a scientific information in an artistic language, visual and sound contemporary. This in itself is a creation that brings together science and art. During the visit, everyone is invited to reweave the links between practices and sophisticated medical technologies and te anthropological understanding of procreation.

• The module was launched on 1 November 2007 at the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchatel (MEN).
• February 15 to May 4, 2008, it was presented at the Neue Frauenklinik Luzern, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern.
• May 22 to September 28, 2008, he was presented to the Fondation Claude Verdan, Rue du Bugnon 21, Lausanne 1005.
• Since May 9, 2010 until August 17, 2010, he was presented to the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Geneva.
• It was also exposed at the Rolex Center Dorigny EPFL (Lausanne) on 17 November 2010 to January 16, 2011.