46.3532182, 15.1231226
46.3532182, 15.1231226 is a fictional research project focusing on the accumulation of limescale — a compound of calcite, magnesite, and other minerals. The installation consists of two glass heaters and containers that supply them with water and mineral solution. The heaters, as sites where the non-precious “rock” is generated, are open to human view and […]
Within herself, she is already two
Pleasure, contrary to what we usually imagine, is not only a sensation but a state shaped by physiology and fantasy. Pleasure – understood as a practice – invites us to sink into daydreams. It resists categorisation: it can be elusive, tempting, demanding, unbearable, tasteful, or voracious. In this way, it encourages us to oppose the […]
Dead Dogs Don’t Die
Dead Dogs Don’t Die explores death, grief, and tenderness through personal and societal mythologies. Here, grief is not a passive state but an active, transformative force—one that resists linear narratives of loss and healing. Instead, it lingers, mutates, and entwines itself with memory and desire. Through the lens of queer temporality, where loss becomes a […]
Toi Toi Toi #1
Hello, you are here in one of Basel’s 93 public toilets, one of the seasonal ones that will be dismantled this Tuesday, before disappearing for the winter and reappearing in spring. Public toilets, too, need rest and to withdraw. As Christmas approaches and the trees lose their leaves, only the pines remain. Thus, Tim’s giant […]
Myths from Smoldering Skies
“Myths from Smoldering Skies” explores the imaginary of a world in transition — a landscape suspended between destruction and rebirth, where a slow symbolic combustion opens the way to new possibilities of transformation. The exhibition brings together the practices of Jung Min Lee, Leilei Wu, Mattia Ragni and Sir Taki — four artists who, through […]
The Ordinary of the Ordinary
The use of consumer objects in art is a practice that dates back more than a century. Initiated by Marcel Duchamp with his ready-mades, this approach gained momentum in the 1960s, notably with Andy Warhol and his silkscreen prints of Campbell’s soup cans, emblems of a reflection on consumption and reproducibility. Shortly afterwards, John Baldessari […]
Crossroads Shimmer like Hesitant Stars
(In Czech, the phrase for ‘to spend time’ literally means ‘to digest time.’) Every time I encounter Jakub’s work, I find myself wondering how much time he actually asks of you – how much attention you’re willing to spare in order to read it. Because it’s layered, with a capital L. Layered to the point […]
If we choose to go to Red Eden
IF WE CHOOSE TO GO TO RED EDENA long time has passed. At some moment in the distant past, humankind on Earth took its first step toward terraforming Mars, and eventually made the impossible possible. Standing before the traces of that time, the people of a far future on Mars began to imagine. In front […]
Digesting the unreal
Wie verändert sich unsere Wahrnehmung, wenn Vertrautes seine Lesbarkeit verliert? Verschieben sich Bedeutungen und wandeln Objekte ihre Form oder Funktion, so verändert sich auch unser Verständnis davon, was sie sind – und wie sie sich in unsere alltäglichen Ordnungen, Routinen und Deutungsmuster einschreiben. Die Ausstellung digesting the unreal bringt vier künstlerische Positionen zusammen, die sich […]
The Wasps Are Stinging Themselves Dry
In the present, we will search in vain for a reliable sense of safety and predictability. With every step of progress, new burdens arise—burdens that can be observed as a form of causality akin to an everyday version of Everett’s many-worlds interpretation. With each new object, event, or change, reality splits into infinite possibilities of […]