Swiss Performance Art Award 2025

Swiss Performance Art Award 2025

Saturday, November 15, 2025, 11–6 p.m.
Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau
Participation free of charge

The Swiss Performance Art Award highlights the diversity and quality of Swiss performance art and recognizes its importance within contemporary art. This year, the canton of Basel-Stadt is hosting the event together with the Kunstmuseum Basel.

Seven nominated artists will present current performances or performances developed especially for this occasion as part of a public event — live, immediate, and unique.

Based on these performances, the jury will award the Swiss Performance Art Award, which is endowed with 30,000 Swiss francs. In addition, the audience will select its favorite and award the Audience Prize worth 5,000 Swiss francs.

Participants:

Seven artists have been nominated for the Swiss Performance Art Award 2025 and will present performances developed especially for the event on November 15.

Mélissa Biondo, Basile Dinbergs, lisa laurent, Izidora I LETHE, Natascha Moschini, Ernestyna Orlowska, Jacob Ott

Program:

Speeches
Place: Event foyer
Time: 11 a.m.

Jacob Ott, Ein Orchester
Place: Event foyer
Time: 11:25 a.m.–12:10 p.m.

Ernestyna Orlowska, LEADER
Place: Delivery
Time: 12:20–12:45 p.m.

lisa laurent, the wizard is not real
Place: Delivery
Time: 1:05–1:45 p.m.

Melissa Biondo, Edging
Place: Delivery
Time: 2:30–3:15 p.m.

Natascha Moschini, Gespenster
Place: Event foyer
Time: 3:25–4 p.m.

Basile Dinbergs, LOG-III
Place: Delivery
Time: 4:15–5:00 p.m.

Izidora I Lethe, CONTRAPPOSTO | COUNTERPLACE
Place: Event foyer
Time: 5:10–5:50 p.m.

Apéro
Place: Bistro
Time: 6–7 p.m.

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Nächste Termine

Sat 15 Nov

NEUBAU
11:00–18:00