2014

year 2014

2011

Transport perspectives (7)

Model railways, CH & D. Kaeserberg, Fribourg Switzerland [sept 2011] website. Kaeserberg official videos from their YouTube channel. Modellbahnwelt Odenwald Germany [sept 2014] website. Fine detail shown…

by marcomathieumedia
2014

10 ans duo npq

“10 ans seulement” . . . 7Dec2014Le 7 décembre 2014 le duo N’imPorte Quoi a organisé au Théâtre du Loup à Genève une journée anniversaire constituée d’un…

by marcomathieumedia
2014

Organ and trombone

Philip Ilten (trombone) joins Regine Kummer (organ) for a prelude to the morning worship at the Lutheran Church. “Wachet auf” by J.S. Bach

by marcomathieumedia
2014

Towards a Hallelujah

As of 2014, the Lutheran Church of Geneva choir had been singing for 25 years under the direction of Terry MacArthur. Naturally with a very transitory  church…

by marcomathieumedia
2014

Salon de l’auto 2014

First “documentary” of the Geneva motor show (salon de l’auto) – following a good friend in his genuine, but not really urgent, search for the next car.…

by marcomathieumedia
2014

Thematic- ‘Our Father’

Please see our 2009 blog for the origins of this thematic “window” project. In 2012, the team’s original designer had left Geneva – Edwin Hassink was then contacted…

by marcomathieumedia

2015

year 2015

2015

BMW Munich 2015

BMW factory & museum Oct2015 Quite unbelievable that most images from our 2015 visit to BMW Munich lay dormant until 2024 except for the kinetic display video — raw…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Climate March Geneva

Climate march in support of the Paris COP21 negotioations 30Nov-12Dec 2015. 4000 personnes ont marché à Genève pour le climat le 28 novembre. (3000 selon la RTS, 5000 selon…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

J. S. Bach – Motette

The PROJEKTCHOR : “Komm, Jesu, komm”The PROJEKTCHOR of the Ev.-Luth. Kirche Genf, under the direction of Regine Kummer, performed this work on Sunday 22nd November 2015. For the first…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Inter-religious platform

La Plateforme Interreligieuse de Genève      –  The Inter-Religious Platform of Geneva  – began as an inter-religious dialog group in 1992 and today has become an association which reunites a…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

AMR 4nights workshop (1)

4 composers, 4 performers, 4 evenings “Le Grupetto”  –  4 composers, 4 performers, 4 evenings of public recording sessions  –  each evening the compositions of one musician – November…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

A ‘memorable moment ‘(2)

“Gems” do happen . . . Videography is subjected to considerable spontaneity – attempting to capture and show off a good presentation without the luxury of rehearsal or adequate…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Le Lavaux

Johanna’s wonderful piano performances just lend themselves to beautiful images.

Several trips to Le Lavaux in search of the perfect day !

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Science & Faith

This project emanates from Saint Andrews.  We have been involved through Ian Manson, Pastor of the Scottish Church in Geneva.  Four sessions were recorded, one per month from February to May…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Cathedral opportunity

Last month we had our second opportunity to record in the Cathedral of Saint Pierre in Geneva on the occasion of the Lutheran World Federation world wide council meeting.…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Pride Sion 2015

Regional (Suisse-Romande) pride took place this year in Sion – a Major social step forward for LGBTIQ population in Switzerland. The previous Sion Pride faced homophobic opposition from this…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

Auto salon (2015)

Second “documentary” of the Geneva motor show (salon de l’auto) – following a good friend in his genuine, but not really urgent, search for the next car. This year,…

by marcomathieumedia
2015

AMR 4nights workshop (2)

November 2013 – AMR, Sud des Alpes, Geneva – 4 consecutive evenings, 4 musiciens / composers – one evening dedicated to the music of each. (Link has photos and…

by marcomathieumedia

2016

year 2016

2016

On location: ELCG

ELCG – Lutheran Church of Geneva; Place Bourg-de-Four in the old town. For a 2016 concert we rented two Sony PX cameras. We used 2 orchestra mics, 2 choir…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Transport perspectives (4)

Construction videos: by AlpTransit Gotthard base tunnel: videos by AlpTransit Gotthard AG (Official AlpTransit website in 4 languages)Exceptional videos from an exceptional project. PROJECT HISTORY DRILLING BLASTING LAYING SLAB…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Post-production (2)

On the move – traveling around Switzerland by train provides great opportunity for portable editing. Adobe Premiere is loaded onto a MacBookPro.   During a 2.5 hour journey Geneva to…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Christmas gift

marcomathieumedia is proud and pleased to present a new page on Jackson Wahengo in Geneva. A collection of recordings made from 2010-2015 — brought together from existing uploads as…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Haydn Mass

Programme et liens aux concerts . . . Concert de l’Avent, 2016 à l’église luthérienne de Genève Oeuvres pour orgue: J. S. Bach: — Choral “in dulci jubilo” BWV…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Digital archiving – (4)

DIAPOSITIVES (slides) (analog-digital) [Apollo-P82 Index] Index — P82:  archive post — P82  build — revival(a) — revival(b) — revival(c) — remote (d) Most readers who grew up with 35mm…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Digital archiving – (3)

DVD LIBRARY — (digital-digital) Data in this category begins with the DVD itself (commercial recordings) – or transfer to DVD support directly from analog or digital TV transmissions -…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Digital archiving – (1)

ANALOG VIDEO (analog-digital) Legacy media supports and formats: Sony 8 and Hi-8 analog tape cassettes (images on this post). Panasonic digital tape cassettes. Super 8 celluloid film. VHS analog…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Digital archiving – (2)

AUDIO QUARTER INCH TAPE (analog-digital) Legacy tape drives are shown here, and are all in working order, so first steps of preservation as digital versions can be undertaken. Then…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Montreux Digital Project

Latest update: 2019 – link to full page full project pageFor marcomathieumedia there are two major attractions of the Montreux Jazz Festival:1: awesome music and2: the amazing digital archive…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Post-production (1)

marcomathieumedia  “studios” is where most post-production is done – including editing, creating commentary or music sound track, graphic animation, adding stock images and finally preparing media exports for distribution.…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Transport perspectives (3)

Official opening Gotthard tunnels . . Official opening of the Gotthard base rail tunnels (2 x 57 kms – 1st June 2016) — this guided visit 15th June 2016.  …

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Pride Fribourg 2016

Saturday 25th June 2016, regional Suisse-Romande Pride in Fribourg payed homage to the victims of Orlando – through speeches and silence during  a few hundred meters of the procession…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Gotthard rail tunnel

First posting: more links below . . . Gotthard base tunnel official opening – June 2016, operational – December 2016. Longest rail tunnel 57 kms long twin tunnels, four…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

on-location: UN Geneva

marcomathieumedia has filmed several times at the UN in Human Rights so-called “side events” – but today we were in one of two enormous rooms. A guess is that…

by marcomathieumedia
2016

Vernissage- le Grupetto

From the AMR 4nights jazz in November 2013 came 4 CD’s presented at a ‘vernissage’ at AMR (March 2016). Le Grupetto We went to listen and support the group…

by marcomathieumedia

2017

year 2017

2013

Grand Théâtre Genève

Geneva’s Opera House (Le Grand Théâtre) dates from 1879. It was significantly destroyed by fire in 1951 and re-opened in 1962. There was renovation in 1997/1998 which upgraded…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Post-production (3)

It might look a mess, but efficiency won out over aesthetics in this case. A bit of background might help explain why. When volume was low and when…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

AMR, Sud des Alpes

Home to the “association pour l’encouragement de la musique improvisée” (AMR).  Within the house are teaching facilities, rehearsal studios and two concert spaces shown on this short video,…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

AMR 4nights (3)

A composition by Sylvain Fournier, performed by Le Grupetto on the first of the four evenings “comme au studio” 14th November 2013.  Overview – 1st video – vernissage.…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

L’Opéra des Nations (1)

marcomathieumedia is as fascinated by technique back-stage as by the performance itself – each decent production involves so much. And behind the ‘stage’ are other back stories -…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

EPFL (2) – DNA

Montreux jazz stored as DNA – at this link Scientists from Microsoft and the University of Washington have reached an early but important milestone in synthetic DNA storage…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Swiss Railways (2)

The Rhätische Bahn (Rhaetian Railways) is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage and comprises an incredible number of amazing tunnels, bridges, viaducts and earthworks. Probably the most iconic…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

UN-work in the sun

For the first time since our involvement with NGO activities at the UN, we filmed a series of interviews in the grounds of the United Nations in Geneva.…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Giants in Geneva

Invited by the Théâtre de Carouge – Atelier de Genève and the City of Geneva,  Royal de Luxe presented a new creation from the saga of the Giants…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Science&Faith ProjectPage

Announcing a compact project page for the 2015 Science & Faith Geneva sessions. (Four sessions over four months, 16 panelists from specialties of science and of faith. We…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Shard & Tower Bridge

The Shard is termed a “vertical city” as it houses offices, private apartments, a hotel, restaurants, and public viewing platforms on the 69th to 72nd floors. The official…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Conservatoire Populaire

Le Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre We have recorded twice during 2017 in the concert hall (160 seats) located in the 3rd basement of this magnificent…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Pride Bern 2017

Our regional Swiss-Romande Pride this year was held in the capital city of Bern. The local mayor is very supportive and you can hear his voice over the…

by marcomathieumedia
2011

Rabarama art

Reggio di Calabria & Geneva Along the water-front promenade (Lungomare Falcomatà) in Reggio di Calabria are three sculptures by Rabarama – amidst very large ficus trees. (Paola Epifani,…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Swiss Railways (1)

Over several years of visiting central and Eastern Switzerland – we have captured images from the home of the Rhätische Bahn and many other iconic regional railways. Most…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

GYSLER/PEREZ/NICK 3io

a privilege to studio record this trio at the Conservatoire Populaire de Genève in June 2017. We used the concert room for the second time that year –…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

51st Montreux 2017

At the 2017 festival, quite a bit of concert live-streaming this year – we visited Montreux (Friday 8th July) noting that tickets for the Montreux Jazz Club (in…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

CowBows

A newly-formed group – their first public presentation -the very first piece.  Jazz in form, western in style – the name well chosen! Philippe Koller au violon, Giacomo…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Chaplin Corsier/Vevey

We visited both the Nestlé alimentarium in Vevey and Chaplin’s World in Corsier above Vevey. Chaplin’s World is excellent – ‘well worth the detour’, as the Michelin guide…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

2017 – comment(2)

France – oooff . . . . .    . Thank God for some sense among the majority of French voters to have avoided a major blow to Europe…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Les Brenets

A day trip to Les Brenets – a long train journey for friends from Zurich — followed by a high path walk, a backpack pic-nick, and a boat…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Poppies

We had been collecting images (both photos and video) of poppy flowers for more than a year; and also trying to cultivate real ones on the terrace. It…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Piano mics

Ask those with experience in placing microphones for piano recording and the chances are you will hear of it being an art form rather than a reproducible technique. …

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Auto Salon Trends 2017

In 2014 & 2015 we published Geneva Auto Salon documentaries in the form of “following our visitor” who is looking (but not too urgently) to replace his Volvo.…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

On-location: cathedral

Major icon of Geneva’s old town – the cathedral has large spacial acoustics, plenty of natural lighting as well as good artificial lighting for video work. The sound…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

Science & Faith

Science and Faith — project of Saint Andrews Four live sessions of this project were filmed in 2015 – there were panel presentations /discussions and table discussions with…

by marcomathieumedia
2017

2017-comment(1)

Every week is a week of reflection, but the week between Christmas and New Year seems even more so . . encouraged a little by TV and web…

by marcomathieumedia

2018

year 2018

2018

Project progress & timelines

Join in the development of a  documentary  in  motion  .  .  [page] — Posts here — project home page [overview] Rise and fall of the Vevey arena Technology: SOUND/VIDEO…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Piano transitions 1

VIRTUAL  PIANO  PATHWAY Follow our thoughts and actions – progress on this conversion . . (0) — (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) Transitioning Steinberg piano hosted…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Joël Dicker

Joël Dicker’s 2020 novel “L’énigme de la chambre 622” is due out in March 2020. The answer is “yes, of course we will read it”! The only question…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Piano transitions 0

INTEGRATED  PIANO  or  VIRTUAL? Keyboard updates 2018-2019 Follow our thoughts and actions – progress on this conversion . . (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) Our existing…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Light show 2018-2019 Bern

We were in Bern on Tuesday 13th November 2018 – Rendez-vous Bundesplatz 2018 – annual light show onto the Swiss federal building in Bern. Message and details in…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Steel Cables

We have oft times wondered at how a steel cable for a cable car or gondola is transported, lifted up and joined with strength to hold tonnes of…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Studio 15

The RTS (Swiss radio&television) records jazz concerts with a public audience at their “Studio15” in Lausanne – a wonderful  way to enjoy local and international jazz musicians in…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Gland recording studio

Yes, it is true – or rather was true – in addition to marcomathieumedia’s humble space, Gland hosted one of the best equipped and largest (580 m2) recording…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Video process

Technical and creative steps: As with most processes, we can define a “beginning” and an “end” but remembering that later or earlier steps can be included to expand…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Digital archiving – (6)

B&W NEGATIVES – Certainly the oldest media (after paper!) we have created ourselves – is the humble black and white photographic negative (as early as glass plate, or…

by marcomathieumedia
.pre-2009

Time Warp

Before becoming involved in electronics and prior to developing a passion for audio (and later video) recording, there was a strong focus on chemistry and all the magic…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

2018-comment (3)

Pricing the future at a discount. Climate change – the perfect economic disaster. When did we first hear about climate change and global warming? Well, the scientists knew,…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Lunar Eclipse 2018

27-28July2018 – Full eclipse of the moon – total lunar eclipse – the longest eclipse of the 21st century. (But there will be another full eclipse 21Jan2019). From…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Integrating air & land

We are beginners at integrating our own drone images into videos – here we are up at 1853m learning how we can blend the two techniques. Larger screen…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

2018-comment (2)

Here is a post copied from Avaaz 22nd July 2018. If only a part of this is true, then it seems like the world is being torn apart…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Website development (5)

Gratifying experience and collaborative learning: Our website development experience is indeed exponential, not in numbers of websites or diversity, but in sheer depth.  No simple post here can…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Pride Switzerland 2018

marcomathieumedia was traveling elsewhere this year during Pride time (shame on us) so we have no home-brewed video nor own experiences to offer. However we benefit from the…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

52nd Montreux 2018

Now a pretty much annual visit to Montreux during the jazz festival week – and this year a special treat of a concert ticket for the Brad Mehldau…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

L’Opéra des Nations (2)

During the ‘Fête de la Musique’ in June of 2018, ‘L’Opéra des Nations’ opened its ballet rehearsals to the public – Saturday morning at 11.30 So finally we…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Swiss Railways (5)

Setting up, fixed & aerial, the “ripple” problem.Setting up the Mavic Pro, shooting fixed and aerial, the “ripple” problem. Some detective work needed to establish the cause, and…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Swiss Railways (4)

Landwasser viaduct from the “back” side. The curved nature of the viaduct is more evident from here – trains turn almost 90 degrees between the North bridge track…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Swiss Railways (3)

Continuing our fascination for the Rhätische Bahn (Rhaetian Railways), and with René’s acquisition of a MavicPro quad-copter, here is a combination of aerial and ground video capture of…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Demolition – farm

Filming from the apartment just across the street, and from the demolition site after work hours. Intriguing is the power of the (Volvo) demolition machine, while having the…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Giants in Geneva — review2

September 2017 – Geneva:a fascinating and incredible street theater production – 2 years of preparation and a whole city “mobilized” to make it possible. But also “immobilized” as…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Rhoda Scott at 80 !

The “barefoot lady” – 2018 – new recording 2021 . .  Hammond B-3 organ and an all-female group of musicians 2018; duo with drummer 2021. See the announcement…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

Mapping & drones

1969, simple mapping . . . . . . to a 2014 gigantic projection onto the Bucharest Parliament building, and many many other similar shows which can challenge…

by marcomathieumedia
2018

2018-comment (1)

2018 begins with knowing that the world continues to suffer the most incredible president and administration in living memory.  Incredible that the man was elected – incredible that…

by marcomathieumedia

2020

year 2020

2020

Everybody’sPerfect2020

Everybody’s Perfect: queer international film festival in Geneva, now each year. Volunteers since the very first edition in 2010; and now confessing that only Covid scared Marco away from…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

Beneath the surface (7)

‘Beneath & through’, or ‘below and beyond’, were both ideas leading to the ‘beneath the surface’ phrase which better describes the contribution of the arena models, especially the ‘stairway’…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

2020-Comment(2)

Corona virus  (COVID-19) This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

Chick Corea ‘Trilogy’

Corea and the Corona virus. Chick Corea came to give a concert at Geneva’s Victoria Hall just as the Swiss Federal Authorities declared a ban on public assemblies of…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

Connections

Joël Dicker, Xavier Oberson, Frédéric Babey Our musical video recording moments emerge mostly through casual contact, word-of-mouth and energetically latching onto an opportunity —  especially true for jazz groups. …

by marcomathieumedia
2020

Joël Dicker (2)

Joël Dicker’s 2020 novel “L’énigme de la chambre 622” was due out in March 2020, but all dedications and the release were postponed. New release date:  27th May 2020…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

Salon de l’auto 2020

2020, the 90th edition is cancelled A new federal decision to ban events of more than 1000 people (because of the Corona virus) has meant the cancellation of the…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

54th Montreux 2020

Poster with no Festival – so sad !! For 2020, the programming was done, the poster exists – but the festival is cancelled. However, the festival asked 17 artists/photographers…

by marcomathieumedia
2020

2020-comment(1)

What of the world in 20-20? Like 20-20 vision, which is not perfect but just kind of average, much of the situation since the second world war for most…

by marcomathieumedia

✺ 2022

year 2022

.pre-2009

Cadet Force 2,3,&4

Cadet Force series: 2,3,&4. Cadet Force 4 — project ‘Churchill visits the Barracks’. — Churchill’s Land Rover Cadet Force 3 — Post and Movie ‘Ready…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

Plateforme 10 – Part 2

Second building with two museums — Photo Elysée and Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts.  Opened in June 2022.  [Plateforme 10 – Part1] Click…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

Apollo & 2001 odyssey

Parallel projects — reality and imagination.  [Index] Timeline: — imaginary HAL9000 shown alongside reality of the AGC & HP2116. Imagination — the film Kubrick already…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

Pride Bulle 2022

Pride 2022 – public info. — Unfortunately we were not in town for the 2022 celebrations, so were unable to contribute video material this year.…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

Music performance tech.

Investigative reflection — performance technology. Where will it lead?  How to make the link if there is one — success stories for Jacob Collier and…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

wrought metal museum.

The Musée Le Secq des Tournelles  —  Rouen, Normandy. Ironwork as in those extraordinary lock samples, but also bronze & brass as for the wonderful…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

56th Montreux 2022

Please see our full page photo gallery  — Montreux Festival posts: 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th — Return to posts.Montreux Digital…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

Vangelis

Vangelis dies 17thMay2022 at age 79 — ‘Chariots of Fire’, ‘Blade Runner’, ‘1492: Conquest of Paradise’. . Fascinated by his ‘direct method’ of creating film…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

(6) RAM & ROM techy stuff

AGC core memory & core ‘rope’ — CORE MEMORY and CORE ROPE          —      [index] Computer experience in 1969 with the HP2116 and its successors meant…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

PROJECT Apollo-P82 (4)

INDEX – CREDITS – LINKS — [all posts] [large video] Presenting the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) alongside the HP2116, our HP9825 with our own designed…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

(3) Product comparisons

Four controllers: AGC, HP2116, P82, HP9825 [Full page comparisons] — [index]. Apollo AGC HP-2116 — P82 — HP-9825 Design of all four is optimized towards…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

(2) Project overview

Overview of this multi-part exposé — Moon landing computer technology and beyond – differences and similarities of two 1960’s developments and our own 1980’s project:  [project…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

Arena activity

Santa Claus visits – hosted by the black King and Queen. — Experimenting has begun with finding suitable scale characters to populate the arena stages…

by marcomathieumedia
2022

2022 – Comment (1)

How not to comment on the Covid pandemic? — I never ever would have suspected that fighting a common enemy, the Covid virus, taking responsibility…

by marcomathieumedia

— 2021

year 2021

2021

Website development (7)

We are not forced to change themes yet, but being prepared just in case. If this preparation goes well, we just might WANT to change! This post content can…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Documentaries refresh

Completely new layout – easier to find our documentaries . . . . . access via the menu tab THEMES>  DOCUMENTARY  — please take a look and check out…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Joël Dicker (3)

Joël Dicker’s new publishing house !! Joël Dicker is a successful author, writing in French, translated world-wide, USA TV series of one of his novels, born and still living…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Mariage pour tous

Switzerland votes to allow same sex marriage. — Civil partnership exists in Switzerland since 2007 but considerable disadvantages remain. The government and the parliament agreed to introduce same sex…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Everybody’sPerfect2021

Everybody’s Perfect: queer international film festival— The festival again goes ahead with carefully prepared Covid precautions — kudos to the amazing organising team. Complete program of the 2020 October…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

arena deconstruction (5)

In preparation . . .  [page] — although visuals from the deconstruction already appear in our videos, there is much more to show. Thus space is reserved for this…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Black screen & mask

Video over background — [page] — Keying with a black screen and dual video masking is a technique which allows to show a moving element (our raising stair in…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

55th Montreux 2021

Montreux is back — Covid style. 1. See our venue guide and full photo page1 of the new look festival, many challenges but the show does go on! 2.…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Towards full frame video

Two major projects over these last 12 months are live-streaming and filming of our “Vevey arena” 1:30 model for an on-going documentary.  Particularly for the model, we are moving…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Video capture conflicts

Conventional logic doesn’t work anymore! . . Traditional camcorders are confronted with superior performance from mirror-less camera bodies with interchangeable lenses and the possibility to choose freely the size…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

2021-Comment(2)

Third World War . . . . When our first two world wars were raging, we knew the enemy, we saw the enemy, and all our effort was in…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Website development (6)

Forced upgrade to all WordPress.com sites (!) “Classic” editing on WordPress.com — change-over to the new “Block” editor — good features, bad features, and as yet unknown! We had…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

Chick Corea dies at 79

Photo of our two favourite musicians from Jacob Collier’s Twitter feed. Our own links here:Jacob Collier & Chick Corea at the 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival. —  Chick Corea ‘Trilogy’,…

by marcomathieumedia
2021

2021-Comment(1)

Pandemic transition? — With 3rd and even 4th waves of the Corona virus invading our countries, despite multiple vaccines  becoming increasingly available, we MUST maintain adherence to the basic…

by marcomathieumedia

Site news year-by-year

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

pre-2009

World comment

2026

2026 — Comment (1)

Survivors of Trump’s world Many observers refer to the endless supply of blatant lies emerging from the Trump administration and the deepening damage it continues to inflict on the…

2025

2025 — Comment (1)

Trump and the world — it hurts Trump lies and lies — and yet he openly announced during the campaign many of the bad things he would do to…

2024

2024 — Comment (1)

World comment, from another pen — our friend Lusmarina in Brazil . . . I share with my English-speaking friends a small article written in the context of New…

2023

2023 — Comment (2)

Christmas season 2023 as seen from Brazil . . . . Sharing with you my reflection for this Christmas If the story of Jesus’ birth was today, there would…

2023

2023 — Comment(1)

The real 3rd World War.— I am totally not competent to analyze the war in Ukraine, its origins, its devastation, its reach, the options (or lack of them)  at…

Website design

Website development (4)

We have developed two totally free websites within the marcomathieumedia WordPress account. The first was for the association “temoignerensemble” and the most recent is “Hosannapilgrimsongs” – a site developed…

by marcomathieumedia

Website development (3)

In February 2016, we developed a new website for the 250th anniversary of the Lutheran Church building – a listed structure, protected as part of Geneva’s patrimonial heritage. The…

by marcomathieumedia

Website Development (2)

marcomathieumedia changed its site theme to: ‘visual’  (a theme released in 2013). Desire to have a black surround to our images has been the driving force here. After trying…

by marcomathieumedia

Website development (1)

Basic criteria for choosing a video-friendly theme. Well, the content uploading is coming along fine, but we are not yet satisfied with the video display – it was too small…

by marcomathieumedia

Transport

2024

Transport museum 2024

2012, 2020, 2024 follow the evolution. Music by Bensound.com (elevate) Photography by marcomathieumedia During six months, the Swiss Museum of Transport shows the special exhibition “Chinese Spaceflight”. On display…

by marcomathieumedia
2024

UKE80-Churchill Land Rover

From Chartwell England to Safenwil Switzerland. Emil Frey has been importing motorcycles from Britain since before the Second World War and cars since 1945. They are Switzerland’s largest importer…

by marcomathieumedia
2023

Salon de l’auto 2024

Optimism, anticipation, reality . . . LAST DANCE Geneva, 28April – 6May 1906 Geneva, 26 February – 3 March 2024 Palexpo, Geneva The dates are set, the room is…

by marcomathieumedia
2023

Auto Zurich 2023

35th annual autumn salon — We are following the plans for the GIMS (Geneva International Motor Show). To date many German car makers have said “no”, but they are…

by marcomathieumedia
Transport

Albula rail tunnel

Replacing the 100 year old Albula tunnel — of the Rhaetian Railway. Spinas station is at the south portal of the Albula Tunnel [municipality of Bever, in canton Graubünden].…

by marcomathieumedia

Montreux Festival

2026

50th Nyon Paléo 2026

special historical mention & posters We have followed the Montreux Jazz Festival on this website since the 47th edition. ThIs year is Montreux’s 60th, and Paléo’s 50th, so we…

by marcomathieumedia
2026

60th Montreux 2026

2026 poster by Kévin Germanier Swiss fashion designer Kévin Germanier has created the poster for the 60th Montreux Jazz Festival, taking place from 3 to 18 July 2026. The…

by marcomathieumedia
2025

59th Montreux 2025 (2)

59th Jazz Festival photos Montreux Festival posts: 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th — Return to posts.Montreux Digital Project: 1stPost&Page — View photos on 2025 photo…

by marcomathieumedia
2024

59th Montreux 2025 (1)

59th Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux Festival posts: 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th — Return to posts.Montreux Digital Project: 1stPost&Page 59th Montreux Jazz Festival poster created…

by marcomathieumedia
2024

58th Montreux 2024 (2)

Visit 8July2024: [post1] [photopage] Photo visit 8July2024: [post1] Montreux Festival posts: 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th — Return to posts.Montreux Digital Project: 1stPost&Page images…

by marcomathieumedia
2024

58th Montreux 2024 (1)

Preparing for the summer of 2024 See photos from 2024 visit: change of infrastructure . . . See the festival website to view details of the poster, or click…

by marcomathieumedia
2023

57th Montreux 2023

We followed the build-up for 2023 — now it is show time: images from the festival 2023 poster by Guillaume Grandois is here – details on the website. Program:…

by marcomathieumedia

Activism

2025

Geneva PRIDE 2025

Pride march 8 June 2025. When a church demonstrates being open and inclusive, I am grateful and proud to be an active member. Sunshine most of the time.…

by marcomathieumedia
2024

Bern Pride 2024

Bern colourful and loud ! Schützenmatte (meeting point) – Bollwerk – Speichergasse – Nägeligasse – Kornhausplatz – Rathausgasse – Rathausplatz – Kreuzgasse – Kramgasse – Hotelgasse – Casinoplatz…

by marcomathieumedia
2024

Martigny Pride 2024

Swiss Romande pride in Martigny . . . Images from Saturday 20Jul2024. — Pride slogan: “soi-même, partout ! ” [“yourself, everywhere!”] Here is our video from the Saturday…

by marcomathieumedia