Permanent visitors at Oslostrasse: „A Band of Floating Mushrooms“
by Monica Studer and Christoph van den Berg
Come and see our permanent visitors at the Kunstfreilager Dreispitz: „A Band of Floating Mushrooms“ by Monica Studer and Christoph van den Berg is a group of gigantic mushrooms, 6.5 meters in height, installed on the rooftop next to the House of Electronic Arts. The mushrooms are metaphors for urban change – just like the one we are currently witnessing at the Dreispitz site.
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Electrical Walks Basel. Electromagnetic Soundwalks at Dreispitz and Inner City Basel
In "Electrical Walks", Christina Kubisch renders the invisible networks of electromagnetic signals audible. "Electrical Walks Basel" was commissioned by the House of Electronic Arts and realized by the artist for the exhibition Sensing Place. Mediatizing the Urban Landscape. Basel's hidden electromagnetic phenomena are uncovered by two walks - one takes part in the inner city of Basel, the other is at the Dreispitz site.
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Semiconductor - Let There Be Light
In their complex video works and installations, British artist duo Semiconductor, founded in 1997, explore the material nature of our world and the underlying forces and processes behind its physical appearance. They investigate in close collaboration with scientists, especially from the fields of astronomy and geology, how science influences our experiences and observations of world. Their work explores natural phenomena and refers to an idea of a world in constant transformation. Their films move within imaginative spaces situated between animation and documentation.
moreHeK at LISTE Art Fair Basel
At LISTE 18, the House of Electronic Arts Basel presents four international artistic positions that explore how art and science can influence and inspire each other. With this thematic focus, they go in line with the exhibition Let There Be Light of British artist duo Semiconductor, which is shown at HeK during the Art Basel week.
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Urban Sounds
Urban Sounds is a series of events and exhibitions that explore the urban space by means its own acoustical, tonal and musical implications. The main focus lies on current tensions of regional cultural identity which has developed over the last century in the trinational region as well as global identity due to internationalization and migration.
With installations, talks, concerts, workshops and interventions in the urban space, different perspectives and creative approaches will be brought into focus on four weekends in autumn.
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