Hidden Matter
A cooperation of the Kunstmuseum Basel with the Theater Basel in the context of the exhibition Picasso – El Greco
Premiere with dancers from the Ballet Ensemble of Theater Basel
On the occasion of the special exhibition Picasso - El Greco, the Kunstmuseum Basel will present a multimedia dance performance in cooperation with the ballet ensemble of the Theater Basel in autumn 2022: Hidden Matter can be seen as a world premiere on six evenings in September at Kunstmuseum Basel | Hauptbau.
The new production was developed jointly by the French-American choreographer Rachelle Scott and the British-Indian video and digital artist Permi Jhooti. It combines dance, digital imagery, architecture and music to create an expressive and expansive piece inspired by El Greco's and Picasso's oeuvres. The main building of the Kunstmuseum will become an open stage for this: dancing will take place in the foyer of the first floor, and parts of the production will also be visible from the large inner courtyard.
Hidden Matter is not a conventional ballet that the audience experiences "frontally". The audience is introduced in the courtyard by a projection on the façade of the main building. Dancers then accompany the visitors to the first floor. There they enter a space in which sounds, bodies, static architecture, moving images and physical and virtual realities intermingle. A dancer acts as a "narrator" who guides the audience through the evening as El Greco's alter ego.
The new work by Rachelle Scott and Permi Jhooti combines complex technical knowledge of virtual image worlds, philosophical reflections on time and space and a choreographic language. It is the first collaboration between the two artists, both of whom are interested in the expressive power and potential of movement. Scott focuses on the dancing bodies and the connection between emotion and expression. Jhooti records the dancers with a special camera and develops ambiguous images of pixels from the collected data. These are projected onto the windows facing the inner courtyard and sometimes act as an echo of danced passages, sometimes as an anticipation of the dancers' future movements.
Dates
Friday, 9.9.2022 (premiere), Saturday, 10.9., Tuesday, 13.9., Wednesday, 14.9., Friday, 16.9. and Saturday, 17.9., admission at 8.15 p.m. each evening, start at 8.30 p.m.
Place
Kunstmuseum Basel, Main Building Foyer 1st Floor
Concept
Rachelle Scott (Choreography), Permi Jhooti (Visual Art / Video)
Dancers
Mikaela Kelly
Celia Sandoya
Kelly Keesing
Max Zachrisson
Elias Boersma
Dayne Florence
Light
Luke Marian
Video
Rubén Darío Bañol Herrera (Music: Danheim "Ginnung")
Music Editing
Rachelle Scott
Music Mastering
Beat Frei
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
NEUBAU
18:30–19:30
Guided tour with the curator of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
With the director Josef Helfenstein. Cost: Admission + CHF 5. Limited ticekts, please buy online.
INSPIRED BY HER
HAUPTBAU
17:00–17:45
Inspired by Hulda Zwingli
Guided tour of current female positions with Aïcha Revellat. Costs: CHF 5
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
HAUPTBAU
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Bernard Buffet Existentialist and Popular Artist»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
RENDEZ-VOUS AM MITTAG
NEUBAU
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous at noon: «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
With research assistant Elena Degen. Cost: Admission
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
HAUPTBAU
18:30–19:30
Führung in der Ausstellung «Die Basler Künstlergruppe Kreis 48»
Führung in der Ausstellung mit dem Assistenzkurator Jasper Warzecha. Kosten: 5 CHF
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Die Basler Künstlergruppe Kreis 48»
Cost: CHF 5
RENDEZ-VOUS AM MITTAG
HAUPTBAU
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous at noon: «Die Basler Künstlergruppe Kreis 48»
With the assistant curator Jasper Warzecha. Cost: Admission free
MITTWOCHMATINÉE
10:15–12:00
Wednesday Matinée: True crime in the museum
A dialogical tour of the exhibition through the presentation in Neubau, Cost: CHF 10 / CHF 5 for children
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
WORKSHOP
HAUPTBAU
17:00–17:45
After-Work Drawing. Drawing in the collection
With art educator Mariano Gaich. No previous experience is necessary. For interested people from 16 years. Participation is free of charge. Limited number of seats. Tickets are available at the information desk.
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
14:00–15:00
Visite guidée de l'exposition «Matisse, Derain et leurs amis. L’avant-garde parisienne des années 1904–1908»
Coût: Entrée + CHF 5
NEUBAU
15:00–16:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Jasper Johns — The artist as collector»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
RENDEZ-VOUS AM MITTAG
Hauptbau, Zwischengeschoss
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous at noon: «The Faesch Museum in the Kupferstichkabinett (Department of Prints and Drawings)»
Rendez-vous at noon with curator Ariane Mensger
Cost: Admission. The tour takes place in German.
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
UNERHÖRT
NEUBAU
18:00–19:30
Performative tour. Unheard of!?
During a performative tour, we take on various roles such as commenting, reconstructing, and speculating. This approach helps to broaden our perspective on the apparent and hidden narratives of an exhibition. We explore questions such as: What attitudes and perspectives are visible in the exhibition space through the texts and objects? What do we know about the authors, models, witnesses, and viewers? Which voices are heard, and which ones are silenced?
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
Belle Epoque
NEUBAU
19:15–20:15
Belle Epoque 1: «Ravel & Chausson» with Yulia Kopylova (Solo violine)
Belle Epoque: A chamber concert evening with musicians from the Basel Symphony Orchestra and an introduction by Hans-Georg Hofmann, Artistic Director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra.
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
WORKSHOP FÜR KINDER
HAUPTBAU Atelier
14:00–16:30
Children's workshop. Trick or treat
Halloween is just around the corner and you still need the perfect costume? perfect costume? Get inspired by the Old Masters in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel and create your your world's best Halloween appearance. Whether poltergeist, spaghetti monster or letter frog. With your costume you're sure to get nothing but candy. Age: 7-10 years Registration: [email protected] to 25.10.23
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Kuratorenführung in der Ausstellung «Matisse, Derain und ihre Freunde. Die Pariser Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Mit dem Kurator Arthur Fink. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 5
RENDEZ-VOUS AM MITTAG
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous at noon: «Bernard Buffet»
With the curator Géraldine Meyer. Cost: Admission
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
17:00–17:45
Guided tour of the exhibition «Die Basler Künstlergruppe Kreis 48»
Cost: CHF 5
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence of Things Not Seen»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
RENDEZ-VOUS AM MITTAG
HAUPTBAU
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous at noon: «Marlow Moss et Piet Mondrian – la sculpture récemment acquise de l'artiste britannique dans son contexte»
With the curator Eva Reifert. Cost: Admission
HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
HAUPTBAU
17:00–17:45
Dryck Flader meets Pablo
Dryck Flader interrogates the interplay of architecture, artworks and the everyday, taking apart the logic of the art museum with irony and wit. Costs: CHF 5
NEUBAU Eventfoyer, HAUPTBAU Foyer
13:00–17:00
Weekend of Graphics 2023
Collect, collect, collect! And what do you collect?
SHORT GUIDED TOURS, WORKSHOPS
Treffpunkt: HAUPTBAU FOYER or NEUBAU FOYER
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
17:00–20:00
Join-in Wednesday
Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.
UNERHÖRT
16:00–17:30
Performative tour. Unheard of!?
In a performative tour of the exhibition «"Matisse, Derain and Their Friends. The Paris Avant-Garde 1904-1908,» we assume different roles – commenting, reconstructing, and speculating – and expand perspectives on the exhibition's apparent and hidden narratives. What attitudes and perspectives become visible in the exhibition space through the texts and objects? What do we know about authors, models, witnesses, and viewers? Which voices have their say and which do not?
Cost: Admission + CHF 5
Belle Epoque
NEUBAU
19:15–20:15
Belle Epoque 2: «Harp & Cello» with Aurélie Noll (Harp), Yolena Orea Sanchez (Cello), works by Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saens, Manuel de Falla and others.
Belle Epoque: A chamber concert evening with musicians from the Basel Symphony Orchestra and an introduction by Hans-Georg Hofmann, Artistic Director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra.
Belle Epoque
NEUBAU
19:15–20:15
Belle Epoque 3: «La dernière Valse» with Christina Landshamer (Soprano). Works by Erik Satie, Reynaldo Hahn, George Gershwin, and others.
Belle Epoque: A chamber concert evening with musicians from the Basel Symphony Orchestra and an introduction by Hans-Georg Hofmann, Artistic Director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra.
17:00–17:45
Public tour: I hear what you do not see.
This guided tour of the collection for blind, visually impaired and sighted art lovers takes place seated in the gallery rooms. Sighted companions and guide dogs are welcome. If you have other needs for barrier-free access to the museum, please contact [email protected]. Please register: [email protected] by 20.12. Costs: Admission + 5 CHF
