Issues of Our Time: An evening with Teju Cole on his new novel "Tremor"
A cooperation between Kunstmuseum Basel and the Literaturhaus Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau
Monday, June 24, 2024
7.30–8 p.m.
Tickets via Literaturhaus Basel
Teju Cole is a novelist, essayist, and photographer. Cole is currently the Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. His most recent book is a novel entitled Tremor (2023), named book of the year is being published in German now. In this novel, Cole dives deep into the colonial history of the USA and uses literary means to investigate how it leaves its mark to this day.
In the event series Issues of Our Time, important thinkers from various disciplines take a stand on pressing contemporary issues and shed light on critical contexts that are driving today’s societies.
September
WORKSHOP
STUDIO GEGENWART
15:00–16:30
The Role of Art in Shaping Historical Narratives. Mit Marilyn Umurungi
CANCELLED
In German. In dieser Veranstaltung wird eine intersektionale, afrofeministische Sichtweise auf BIPoC-Gruppen und -Bewegungen vorgestellt, die für die Sichtbarkeit von Gemeinschaften in der Diaspora entscheidend geworden sind. Kosten: CHF 5.
WORKSHOP
STUDIO GEGENWART
11:00–17:00
Offenes Studio Gegenwart: Jetzt komm ich!
Who gets to speak in public and who doesn't? Who writes history and about whom is history written? Open to all: families, friends, children, young people and adults are welcome. Participation free of charge, no registration recquired.
October
STUDIO GEGENWART
18:00–21:00
When You Meet Us – A Collective Speed Dating
«When You Meet Us – A Collective Speed Dating» is an invitation to continue, with persistent questions raised by the exhibition and accompanying program at the Kunstmuseum Basel, in an open space and with different voices. Costs: CHF 10/5.
Treffpunkt: Gegenwart EG, Information
FULLY BOOKED!
STUDIO GEGENWART
12:30–14:30
Serving Questions
FULLY BOOKED
Discursive menu and installation by the Hybrid Project Space collective and chef Olivier Bur. Participation free of charge, Ticket via ticket link. Limited number of participants.
GUIDED TOUR
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «When We See Us. Hundert Jahre panafrikanische figurative Malerei»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 5.
WORKSHOP
STUDIO GEGENWART
15:00–16:30
Dialogue Session: The Functional Art Within Community. With Kwaku Dapaah Opoku
Artist and designer Kwaku Opoku leads a conversation centered around the intersection of art and community. Costs: 5 CHF.
GUIDED TOUR
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «When We See Us. Hundert Jahre panafrikanische figurative Malerei»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 5.
