Cultural Institutions

Cooperation with Kunstmuseum Basel, University of Basel | Department Social Sciences and Center for Social Research.

Winter/spring 2020 will be marked by critical reflection on the themes of the exhibition "Circular Flow - On the Economy of Inequality" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart (from 7 Dec 2019 - 19 Jul 2020). It will boast applied and theory-based seminars for students at the University, public talks at the Kunstmuseum, and more.

Exhibition "Circular Flow - On the Economy of Inequality"

Duration: 7 Dec 2019 - 19 Jul 2020

Public talks: Early 2020 at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart.

Please consult The Art of Intervention blog or the Kunstmuseum Basel for further details. 

Cooperation with Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart, Kaserne Basel, Theater Basel, Theater Niemandsland, University of Basel | Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel, Gender Studies and Center for Social Research. For more information, consult The Art of Intervention blog or click here.

Cooperation with Theater Basel, University of Basel, Gender Studies and Center for Social Research.

The interdisciplinary series “grrrls grrrls grrrls” aims to pose the question using the most diverse artistic formats and in close exchange with the current scientific discourse: How equal are we really today? On this occasion, the now legendary Monkey Bar opens its doors to everyone, including you and your perspective.

Duration: 23 Oct - 12 Dec 2019

All activities at a glance:

23 October, 8 pm: Antigone, Desdemona and Hedda

Representation of femininity on stage. A discussion with Dr. Andrea Zimmermann and Darja Stocker. 

25 October, 9 pm: Project Schooriiil – Climate Change

By and with Anne Haug, Melanie Schmidli and Kai Wido Meyer (Video). 

14 November, 8 pm: Masculinity – at the End of its Performance?

Discussion with Matthias Luterbach, Matthias Köhler and Jonas Gillmann (Moderation Andrea Zimmermann). 

22 November, 10 pm: Masculinity Fragility

Text version and staging by Matthias Köhler.

12 December: „The most beautiful love is the unfulfilled one“

Discussion with Anna Gien and Fleur Weibel (Moderation Dominique Grisard).

Please consult The Art of Intervention blog or the Theater Basel for further details. 

Cooperation with Kaserne Basel, University of Basel | Department Social Sciences and Center for Social Research.

In 2020, "Tischgespräche" will focus on "family narratives" in the performing arts, thereby deepening our exchange with the new theater space Kaserne Basel. 

Event series "Family Narratives"

Duration: 2019 - 2020 (specific dates to follow)

Cooperation with Kaserne Basel, University of Basel | Department Social Sciences and Center for Social Research.

The performance series Desiring Contradiction in the fall of 2018 marked the start of a long-term cooperation with Kaserne Basel, the Center for Gender Studies of the University of Basel and the Swiss Center for Social Research whose common goal is to foster dialogue between theory and theatre and performance practices: undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers gain insight into production processes and in return are given the opportunity to train their critical sense and analyze the production processes and programming at Kaserne Basel, thereby creating and opening up new areas of knowledge and experience. 

Date: 21 October 2018, 6pm

Public talk "Staging Gender, Staging Queerness" by Andrea Zimmermann and Dominique Grisard.

Please consult The Art of Intervention blog or the Kaserne Basel for further details.