27.08.2024 – 10:00
FHNW – University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Please find enclosed a press release from the Basel School of Art and Design FHNW.
Media release, August 27, 2024
«You Can Break a Rock With an Egg» – Diploma exhibition, Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
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With the graduation exhibition of the Bachelor’s and Master’s students of the Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN), the Basel School of Art and Design FHNW (HGK Basel) will be visiting the Kunsthaus Baselland for the ninth time from August 31, 2024 to September 15, 2024. The exhibition includes new works by over 50 up-and-coming artists and continues the long-standing collaboration at the new location of the Kunsthaus Baselland in the immediate vicinity of the Dreispitz campus of the HGK Basel FHNW.
In order to underline the special character of a diploma exhibition in a renowned art institution and in the training of artists who are in the transition from the familiar environment of an art school to the challenges of working as professional artists, the exhibition is curated by renowned guest curators together with Chus Martínez, Head of the Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN) at the HGK Basel FHNW. On the occasion of the new location and the new neighborhood, this year it is Ines Goldbach, Director of the Kunsthaus Baselland.
“This is our first graduation exhibition in the recently opened new building of the Kunsthaus Baselland,” say the two curators Ines Goldbach and Chus Martínez. “That’s why we decided to work together again: just like in 2016, when we curated the graduation exhibition together for the first time.”
Almost a decade later, the exhibition of newly produced works by the third-year Bachelor students and second-year Master students of the Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN) at the HGK Basel FHNW has become a permanent fixture in Basel’s cultural calendar. Both curators, lecturers and the teams of the IAGN and the Kunsthaus Baselland have worked for almost a year on the conception and production of the works created especially for this occasion.
This year’s title of the exhibition – “You Can Break A Rock with an Egg” – refers to an old Chinese proverb and at the same time resonates with the current efforts of artists in our society. What all the artists involved have in common is their insistence on believing in the necessity of the impossible: an equal society, a society that lives with the values and respect for all forms of life and the possibility of living a life in balance, in the experience of art and culture.
Each work looks into the mind and our world in a personal and specific way. All the works invite us to follow their path and free our minds from the constraints and obligations of everyday life. The exploration of the materiality of the world is very present in the exhibition, along with the creation of experiences that promote a sense of care, a responsibility towards nature and a commitment to poetic and fantastical worlds.
Contact
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Basel Academy of Art and Design
Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN)
Anna Franke
Public relations
anna.francke@fhnw.ch
T +41 61 228 43 25
Technikpartner: Tweaklab
Media partner: Radio X
«You Can Break a Rock With an Egg»
Exhibition program
Press preview Friday, August 30, 2024, 11:00
Vernissage Friday, August 30, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Exhibition 31 August 2024 – 15 September 2024
Finissage Sunday, 15 September 2024, 15:00 – 17:00
Azadbek Bekchanov, Mykki Blanco, Raffaela Boss, Adriana Brantuas Arijón, Xavier Coronel, Anna Dettwiler, Dominic Jan Dietschi, Sophie Diggelmann, Yana Dyl, Tatjana Erpen, Sabrina Fässler, Daniela Flores Arias, Svenja Gansner, Alex Ghandomannur, Olek Herrdomann, Olekma Herd Holi , Charlotte Horn, Jasmine Noemi Jetzer, Salome Jokhadze, Pallavi Keshri, Lale Keyhani, Tim Kummer, Lena Laguna Diel, Nina Lazzarini, Sara Løve Daðadóttir, Jael Ludewig-Kedmi, Nora Lune, Luise Maier, Jorge Morocho I Mubarra, Madeleine Arbesa Noraas, Viola Oppizzi, Alberto Papparotto, Timo Paris, Shanti Pérusset, María Sabato, Salphinah Savin, Odilia Flurina Senn, Lois Leon Siegenthaler, Rea Siegrist, Claudius Skorski, Yara Solenthaler, Nicolas Spycher, Elio Nicodemo Stricker, Thesmin Stu Tanneri, Thesmin Stuck Alice Tioli, Kateryna Vysoka, Babette Walder, Lorenz Walter Wernli, Hugo Willemin, Gerta Xhaferaj, Franca Fay Zanetti
Curated by Ines Goldbach and Chus Martínez
Curatorial Assistant: Emily Harries; Public Relations: Anna Francke
program
Vernissage: Friday 30 August 2024, 17:00 – 21:00
17:15 Welcome and introduction Ines Goldbach and Chus Martínez
Performances
17:45 Azadbek Bekchanov
18:35 Sabrina Fässler
19:35 Charlotte Horn
18:00 Franca Fay Zanetti
18:45 Salphinah Savin
7:50 p.m. Alberto Papparotto
18:20 Raffaela Boss
19:15 Hugo Willemin
20:25 Odilia Flurina Senn
Evening with performances:
Thursday 5 September 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
With Sabrina Fässler, Salphinah Savin and Franca Fay Zanetti
Finissage: Sunday 15 September 2024, 15:00 – 17:00
With performances by Azadbek Bekchanov, Raffaela Boss, Sabrina Fässler, Charlotte Horn, Odilia Flurina Senn and Hugo Willemin
Public tours
Sunday 1 September 2024, 15:00 and Sunday 8 September 2024, 15:00
Thursday 12 September 2024, 18:30, with Ines Goldbach
Further information: dertank.ch/diplom-2024
Kunsthaus Baselland
Helsinki-Str. 5, 4142 Münchenstein/Basel office@kunsthausbaselland.ch kunsthausbaselland.ch
Opening hours: Tue – Fri 11:00 – 18:00, Thu 11:00 – 20:00, Sat / Sun 11:00 – 17:00
During Kunsttage Basel: 31 August – 1 September 2024 11:00 – 18:00
The exhibition rooms are wheelchair accessible (entrance via Helsinki Street).
The exhibition is part of the Kunsttage Basel (30 August – 1 September 2024). kunsttagebasel.ch
The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW comprises nine universities with the following departments: Applied Psychology, Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Design and Art, Life Sciences, Music, Teacher Training, Social Work, Technology and Economics. The FHNW campuses are located in the four sponsoring cantons of Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt and Solothurn.
Over 13,600 students are enrolled at the FHNW. Around 1,300 lecturers impart practical and market-oriented knowledge in 34 Bachelor’s and 22 Master’s degree programs as well as in numerous continuing education courses. FHNW graduates are sought-after specialists.
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Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW
Shaping the future – With 1,000 students, lecturers and employees, the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW is a multifaceted learning, teaching and research community that takes up and defines socially relevant discourses, advances them in theory and practice and thus designs future cultures. The HGK Basel FHNW offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs as well as a broad continuing education program in the areas of art, design and communication.
Further information on www.fhnw.ch/hgk
Best regards
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW Dominik Lehmann Head of Communications FHNW Bahnhofstrasse 6 5210 Windisch T +41 56 202 77 28
dominik.lehmann@fhnw.ch
www.fhnw.ch
