Collect the WWWorld. The Artist as Archivist in the Internet Age
The House of Electronic Arts Basel is proud to announce the exhibition Collect the WWWorld. The Artist as Archivist in the Internet Age, curated by Domenico Quaranta. The show is an adapted, updated version of the one produced by the Link Center for the Arts of the Information Age and presented at Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia (Italy) from September 24 to October 15, 2011.
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The Fantastic World of Synthesizers
The House of Electronic Arts presents the Fantastic World of Synthesizers at the Museumsnacht 2012 . The exhibition shows historical and contemporary pieces of Philippe Alioths collection of instruments and will remain open for a further week.
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Together in Electric Dreams. Absent Presence - in Athens
Beton7 presents part of the exhibition Together in Electric Dreams. Absent Presence by the House of Electronic Arts Basel, Switzerland, curated by Raffael Doerig. The exhibition addresses the absent presence, one of the fundamental aspects of our electronic lives. Whether talking on the phone, tuning in to a live broadcast, chatting, skyping, streaming, or watching webcam images, we find ourselves suspended in the interim zone shadowed by the absent presence.
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Regionale 2011
At the annual Regionale, 15 institutions show contemporary art from the trinational region of Basel.
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Of Birds And Wires - Shift Festival Exhibition 2011
For the first time this year in addtion to the Dreispitzhalle the new rooms of HEK will be part of the Shift Festival Exhibition. The works by Alexis O'Hara, Christian Marclay, Alexandre Joly, Peter Keene, Erik Bünger and Janet Cardiff / George Bures Miller are installed at the House of electronic Arts till November 13 and can be visited on regular opening times.
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LISTE - The Young Art Fair (Burgweg 15, Basel)
HeK at LISTE - The Young Art Fair: Be With Me
The new House of Electronic Arts Basel is the successor of [plug.in], Art & New Media (2000-2010), and the new home for Shift - Festival of Electronic Arts (est. 2007). It presents contemporary art and music that uses and addresses electronic media. At Liste, it presents a guest project with young artists from China, curated by Li Zhenhua. Be With Me includes artworks of Aaajiao, Chen Dongfan, Cheng Ran, Double Fly Group, Fang Wei, Zheng Yunhan.
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