Writing workshop in cooperation with lyrix – Bundeswettbewerb für junge Lyrik

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From May 4 to 6, 2023, the annual writing workshop will take place at Kunsthalle Basel. Students will develop poems and prose texts under professional guidance during an intensive 4-hour workshop. They learn how to transform their thoughts into poetic lines through various exercises. Inspiration for the diverse texts is provided by the exhibitions of LuYang and Iris Touliatou. For poetic inspiration from past years, browse our mediation offerings!

We would be happy if you would like to participate with your group: Write us a message: kunstvermittlung@kunsthallebasel.ch

In cooperation with the lyrix – Deutscher Bundeswettbewerb für junge Lyrik.

Temporary exhibitions

Iris Touliatou, "Gift," Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Iris Touliatou

Gift
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To develop her new site-specific project, Iris Touliatou (* 1981) began with an almost forensic investigation of Kunsthalle Basel. The Greek artist will use the infrastructural, administrative, and historical aspects of the institution to create a “score” for her experimental exhibition.
LuYang, "LuYang Vibratory Field," Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

LuYang

LuYang Vibratory Field
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LuYang takes the human as the center point of an investigation that deploys the cultures of anime, Buddhism, digital technology, gaming, Indonesian dance rituals, neuroscience, and sci-fi to mine the mess (and magic) of the human condition. The resulting artworks are engrossing, fantastical, and...
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, "Verkleidung," Kunsthalle Basel back wall, 2022. Exhibition view. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili

Back wall project "Verkleidung"
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Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili (*1979) presents an ensemble of large-scale, quasi-abstract, almost diaphanous photographic images specifically developed for the outdoor context of the back wall of Kunsthalle Basel. The images are, as with so much of the Georgian-born artist’s practice, a mix of straight...
Tiona Nekkia McClodden, "Hold on, let me take the safety off," 2019, exhibition view, COMPANY Gallery, New York, US, courtesy the artist

Tiona Nekkia McClodden

THE POETICS OF BEAUTY WILL INEVITABLY RESORT TO THE MOST BASE PLEADINGS AND OTHER WILES IN ORDER TO SECURE ITS RELEASE
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For her very first institutional solo exhibition in Europe, Tiona Nekkia McClodden (*1981) weaves together a body of all new work to continue her ongoing exploration of the intersections of control, threat, desire, and pleasure. Imagining the whole of her exhibition as a kind of theoretical choke...
P. Staff, "Love Life II", Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles, 2022. Installation view. Photo: Paul Salveson. Courtesy P. Staff

P. Staff

In Ekstase
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"In Ekstase," by British artist P. Staff (* 1987), incorporates all new works in video, sculpture, and installation. As their largest solo show to date, it draws on persistent concerns of the artist, such as the myriad processes by which the living—especially marginalized communities—are disciplined...
Iris Touliatou, "Gift," Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
LuYang, Material World Knight, 2018, installation view, in: LuYang, "LuYang Vibratory Field," Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
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