Saturdays in Junei & August 2024: 01.06. / 08.06./ 22.06. / 29.06. / 10.08. / 17.08. from 3–5 p.m., Gegenwart
with Sindi-Leigh McBride (writer and scholar) and guests, in English.
In six public reading group sessions, the participants work through a selection of short texts by James Baldwin, Ken Bugul, Teju Cole, Akwaeke Emezi, Bernardine Evaristo, Andrea Lee, Maaza Men, Kwame McPherson, Johny Pitts, Koleka Putuma, Zadie Smith, and Brandon Taylor.
All events will take place on site in the Studio Gegenwart. Guests will join online on selected dates and read from an existing or work in progress.
For interested parties aged 16 and over. Registration required via free ticket link, limited number of participants (25) per session. Participation possible on individual dates or the entire series. All texts will be made available to participants in English in advance.
Sindi-Leigh McBride is a writer and scholar from Johannesburg, South Africa based in Bern, Switzerland. Her research interests include contemporary art and literature, climate change, youth and work. She holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Basel where she is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher. Recently, she has held fellowships at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cape Town, and contributes to research projects at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. Her arts criticism and short stories have appeared in numerous publications, and she is a co-editor of Lost Libraries, Burnt Archives (2023).
GEGENWART
18:00–20:00
In cooperation with the Friends of the Kunstmuseum Basel. Yesterday today was still tomorrow. The exhibition "When We See Us" is full of pictures that show people in their everyday lives. How do you spend your time when you're not at the museum? What is your favorite day of the year and what makes it so special? What stresses you out and when can you really relax? What bores you and what do you enjoy? Togetherwe get creative and discover the magic of everyday life. Age: 4–12 years. Free participation without registration.
Treffpunkt: Studio Gegenwart
VERNISSAGE
GEGENWART
18:30–20:00
We warmly invite you to the vernissage of "When We See Us. A Century of Black Figuration in Painting". Discover a multifaceted special exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart, where we present Black figurative painting from Africa and the African diaspora since the 1920s. The event will begin with welcoming remarks by the Director of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Elena Filipovic, the Government Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Executive Director & Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh and will end with a shared aperitif. Free participation without registration.
Treffpunkt: Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart St. Alban-Rheinweg 60
CURATOR'S TOUR
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
With the curators Maja Wismer and Tandazani Dhlakama. Cost: admission + CHF 5.
15:00–21:00
Lancierung des Studio Gegenwart
Eröffnen Sie mit uns die Ausstellung «When We See Us» und das neue Studio Gegenwart! Erleben Sie das OKRA Collective mit seiner Installtion «Everyday Blackness» sowie weitere Programmpunkte und Interviews. Live-Übertragung von Radio X. Die Veranstaltungen sind kostenlos, die Platzanzahl begrenzt.
CONVERSATION
11:15–12:45
Artist Esiri Erheriene-Essi (Amsterdam) and Kambui Olujimi (New York) in conversation with curator Tandazani Dhlakama
Artists of the exhibition consider the function and significance of painting and art in the Pan-African context as well as the artistic and social challenges with which they currently see themselves confronted. Costs: CHF 10/5
FÜHRUNG
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
CANCELLED
In French. Coût : entrée + CHF 5.