Set-up

Hidden behind the scaffolding and construction containers, the iconic building of Basel's "Globus" department store has been undergoing reconstruction for several years now. The front facing the Marktplatz has already served as a screen of a kind - last year we could see here Claudia Comte's "Waves, Cacti and Sunsets,"  the first installation of a series of art projects done in collaboration with Fondation Beyeler. What is in store this year?

Preparations for another large-scale artwork are going on. An intervention into the public space of the Marktplatz will take place from 8 June until 6 Oct 2024. Created by the Swiss artist Julian Charrière, "Calls for Action" is to "connect visitors across vast distances, bridging mountainous Switzerland with a Western Indian Cloud Forest in Ecuador ..."  You can read more about it here:  www.fondationbeyeler.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Presse/Medienmitteilungen_E/en2024/EN_MM_GLOBUS_FB_Julian_Charriere.pdf