June
25
Jun / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
27
Jun / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
July
02
Jul / Thursday / 6 pm | SPECIAL EVENT
'Subversive Spells' with Celica Fitz
Magical practices are frequently discussed in contemporary art as subversive tools. Situated between spiritual practice and artistic performance, they question established orders, open alternative forms of knowledge, and strengthen holistic relations to the environment. The figure of the witch* particularly appears as a historically fragile yet resistant projection surface.
Taking the so-called Spiritual Turn in art as a point of departure, Celica Fitz examines these phenomena from the perspective of religious studies: as fluid, discursive concepts that are continually recharged with new meanings. At the center of the talk is the question of how the art world’s historically fraught relationship with the supposedly irrational is shifting. Fitz brings together research in religious studies, art history, and the history of knowledge to explore art’s changing relationship with what has long been excluded from the canon.
The talk will be held in German and is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
The event will take place at Predigerkirche, Totentanz 19.
02
Jul / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
04
Jul / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
09
Jul / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
11
Jul / Saturday / 2 pm
CURATOR'S TOUR
The curator-led tour with Samuel Leuenberger offers in-depth perspectives on the exhibition and its thematic focus. It centers on Chloe Wise’s artistic approach, key motifs of the presentation, as well as the conceptual and spatial relationships between the works on view.
The tour will be held in German and is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
16
Jul / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
18
Jul / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
23
Jul / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
25
Jul / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour in English
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
30
Jul / Thursday / 6 pm | SPECIAL EVENT
'Past Futures' mit Mattias Brand
Archaeology, astronaut gods, and enigmatic artefacts: alternative histories often rely on images that claim to be more than mere illustrations. They appear as supposed evidence, shift interpretations of archaeological findings, and connect historical fragments with modern imaginaries of the space age.
Taking Chloe Wise’s exhibition Extrasensory as a point of departure, Mattias Brand examines the visual strategies behind such narratives. At the center of the talk is the question of how images, modes of seeing, and iconographic motifs lend legitimacy to stories of extraterrestrial intervention, past futures, and alternative origins of humanity. Why do UFOs, astronaut gods, and unexplained artefacts serve so effectively as projection surfaces for the unspeakable? And how does the “extrasensory” affect us through the visible?
Mattias Brand brings together research in religious studies with questions of visuality, media history, and alternative historicity. The lecture explores how images generate evidence in religious, cultural, and popular contexts — and how ideas of past, present, and future become intertwined through them.
The talk will be held in German and is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
The event will take place at Predigerkirche, Totentanz 19.
30
Jul / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
August
02
Aug / Sunday / From 11 am
FAMILY & FRIENDS DAY | FIMO SOUVENIR MAKING
For Family & Friends Day, visitors of all ages are invited to create small souvenirs from modeling clay. This open workshop encourages creativity and offers space for shared making and personal mementos inspired by the exhibition.
Participation is free of charge. No registration required. For children aged 6 and above.
06
Aug / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
08
Aug / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
13
Aug / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
15
Aug / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour in English
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
20
Aug / Thursday / 6.30 pm | SPECIAL EVENT
Cosmic Conversations with Dr. Andreas Anton
Exosociology, conspiracy narratives, and social imaginaries of the extraterrestrial: at the observatory, Dr. Andreas Anton will speak about how images, narratives, and speculations surrounding extraterrestrial life shape our understanding of knowledge, reality, and the future. Drawing on scientific and cultural-sociological perspectives, the lecture explores how the extraterrestrial functions as a projection surface for hopes, fears, and alternative interpretations of the world. It focuses on forms of observation, the limits of established knowledge, and the role of imagination where science, popular culture, and conspiracy thinking intersect.
The lecture will be followed by a short guided tour of the observatory, with the kind support of Astronomischer Verein Basel.
The talk will be held in German and is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
The event will take place at Sternwarte St. Margarethen, Venusstrasse 7, 4102 Binningen.
20
Aug / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
22
Aug / Saturday / 2 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
27
Aug / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
September
03
Sep / Thursday / 5 pm
Public Guided Tour in English
Discover the exhibition in our public guided tours. The tours offer an introduction to the exhibition’s topic, present selected works, and provide insights into the curatorial concept. Participation is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch
05
Sep / Saturday / 2 pm
CURATOR'S TOUR
As part of the final program, the curator’s tour with Samuel offers another opportunity to gain deeper insights into the exhibition. The tour focuses on selected works, key themes, and the curatorial concept of the presentation.
The tour will be held in German and is free of charge. Registration via: info@kbhg.ch