Ivo Dimchev: The Selfie Concert

Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau, Event foyer
Thursday: August 29, 2024, 7 p.m.
Friday: August 30, 2024, 7 p.m.
Saturday: August 31, 2024, 7.30 pm

In cooperation with Theaterfestival Basel and Kunsttage Basel. Tickets via Theaterfestival Basel

The Bulgarian performance artist and musician Ivo Dimchev is known for his radical actions that demand a lot from the audience and his performances that lie somewhere between burlesque, body art, Viennese actionism and Dada. His legendary appearance on The X Factor UK is unforgettable. Now, with his "Selfie Concert", he is making a cautious foray into the Kunstmuseum Basel, a venue that could hardly be more fitting, as Dimchev himself seems to have stepped out of the painting gallery of the Flemish Masters.

«Selfie is a choreography, Selfie is a sculpture, Selfie is a tragedy, Selfie is love. Selfie is less about me, It's more about us.» – Ivo Dimchev

Ivo Dimchev only sings and performs when audience members take selfies with him. Together with the audience, this creates a joyful game of self-dramatization. Performed musically and with great gesture, each performance remains improvised and unique.

The concert is not seated and capacity is limited. A few stools are available.
Language: English
Duration: 60 min.

Super Saturday Party on Saturday August 31

Kunsttage Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel and Theaterfestival Basel invite you to a joint closing party.

6 p.m.: Performance Davide-Christelle Sanvee «Salle noire» at Saal kHaus Basel. Free entry

Davide-Christelle Sanvee (*1993) is a performer from Geneva with Togolese roots. Through performative and narrative actions, she activates or reproduces architectural and behavioural elements to awaken these spaces. She pays particular attention to the invisible presence of certain people. The collective memory of places is the material that Davide-Christelle Sanvee moulds to transport viewers into a live moment, an immersion that reflects their political and social realities. Shortly after completing her Master's degree at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, she was awarded the Swiss Performance Prize. In 2024, she completed the research residency at the Kaserne Basel.

7.30 p.m.: Performance Ivo Dimchev «The Selfie Concert» at Neubau Eventfoyer, Kunstmuseum Basel, Tickets

"The Selfie Concert" takes a gentle approach to the Kunstmuseum Basel. The concept is as simple as it is brilliant: Ivo Dimchev only sings and performs when audience members take selfies with him.

8:30 p.m.: Egopusher, YARD concert, at Innenhof Kunstmuseum Basel. Free entry

YARD invites you to the charming courtyard of the Kunstmuseum Basel and presents a vibrant DJ set by sophadra (schwifi) and an intimate yet monumental concert by Egopusher.

10 p.m. to 4 a.m.: Super Saturday Party at Rossstall, Kaserne Basel. Music by Nahom, Channel 6 & Qpaem. Free entry

For the joint closing Super Saturday Party of the Kunsttage Basel and the Theatrefestival Basel, there will be DJ sets by Qpaem, Nahom aka The Entertainer (the name says it all) and Channel 6 from Zurich. First outside on the Kasernenhof, later inside Rosstall. All nite long!