Public Guided Tours
basis offers regular, free public guided tours of current exhibitions. Together with a member of the basis staff you have the opportunity to learn more about different aspects and thematic contents of particular works on view and the subjects of exhibitions.
You will find current dates for tours here.
Consultation and booking:
Appointments for group tours or the basis.nah educational programme can be arranged at
or
tel. 069 - 400 37 617.
The programme is led by art educator
Alime Ertürk.
Education program on 'Miryam Charles – Atlas for the Disappeared'
What if...?
What impressions do the poetic, sensitive and rebellious video and sound recordings of filmmaker Miryam Charles leave behind? What images do we encounter when the Canadian-Haitian filmmaker deals with questions of memory, diaspora, loss, identity and postcolonial perspectives?
In the exhibition Miryam Charles – Atlas for the Disappeared, we encounter a poetic and multi-layered visual language that moves beyond classic narratives. We will approach her works by looking and listening closely, asking many questions and engaging with our own memories.
Guided exhibition tour with practical workshop (60 minutes or 120 minutes)
We will walk through the exhibition together and talk about the works. We will examine individual scenes from the video works and ask questions – above all, questions of ourselves.
In the practical part, we will engage with our own memories and try to capture them photographically and linguistically. The focus will be on alternative memories, which we will redevelop using our own visual language. In the next step, these will be combined with our own texts.
The workshop encourages participants to explore questions of visibility, memory and perception artistically and opens up possibilities for rethinking individual experiences.
Target group: 10th grade and above Duration: 60 min. or 120 min.
Contribution towards expenses per pupil: 3 euros
You can find more information in our current flyer basis.nah.
Art Education
In addition to public guided tours of current exhibitions, basis also offers its close to the basis art education program for young children, adolescents, and schools.
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The art education program basis nah is made up of a range of offers for young children, adolescents, and school classes of different ages.
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Artist visit + theory (age 10–16)
The aim of this workshop series is to introduce art as a mediator of current social questions and to give participants a direct, hands-on impression of contemporary art. Studio visits are followed by the theoretical positioning of what has been seen, combining direct contact with artists and the discussion of art-theoretical issues with the producers of art works.
The workshop lasts 1½ hours and addresses the 10–16-year-old age group. The program begins with a short introduction to the work of the artist to be visited. The children are introduced to issues concerning the artistic subjects, background, and motives of the artist in question, leading to an open dialogue with the artist. In conclusion, what has been seen and talked about is brought into relation to art and media theory and linked up to everyday topics.