Wild at Art is a group art exhibition in Basel during Art Basel 2024 from

6th - 16th June 2024

at Salon Mondial in collaboration with Atelier Mondial

above the HEK at Freilagerplatz, tram 11, at the Art Academy

curated by Rama Kalidindi.

Flyers...

Zeitgeist - pre and post Analogue

The 'Wild at Art' art exhibition embraces the vivacity and vibrance of the city that comes alive within a different context, amidst the hustle and bustle of Art Basel 2024. For its second occurence, we celebrate the many wonderful expressions of artists between India and Switzerland, through paintings, drawings, installations, sculptures, digital artworks and performances at Atelier Mondial, in the midst of the Centre for the Arts in Basel.

The exhibition reflects the techno-spirituality of the Zeitgeist or 'spirit of the time', pre and post analogue, amidst a heavily digi-centric world. With sentiments of new and old, we show harmonies and anomolies between two significantly contrasting multilingual and multi-ethnic nations. Switzerland with its small ecology of ecologies, distributed over mountains, lakes, industrious landscapes, remains a land-locked island, in the midst of the European Union. We juxtapose it with the largest tech-savvy democracy in the world, which last year superceded China with its human capital, being itself a sub-continent, rich in resources, with great mountains, deserts, forests, plains and seas. Since India's independance from the Brexiteers (now governed by a prime minister of the diaspora), India has gone through many remarkable transitions at break-neck speeds, offering multitudes of innovations, whilst being instrinsically interlaced with ancient lore.

Eastern philosophies are based on the principle that desire breeds sorrow but with the ever increasing populations, do we have a choice ? Have we come far beyond natural law, leaving simple thoughts and simple calculations behind ? Are we devoid of beliefs, magic and mysticisms ? There are so many transformations, catalysed by boundless thoughts and desires, processed by algorithms, generating exponential entropies, as we feed vast databases through gateways and cookies, with insatiable appetites, monstrous quantities of digital content are devoured across the globe, on a secondly basis. Are all the expected and unexpected outcomes necessary ? As a result, has the struggle for existence finally become easier or do the benefits of digitisation limit and challenge us even more, leaving uncontrollable and unmanageable collatoral impacts ?

Are we helping or damaging ourselves, in the pursuit of a higher state of liberation or are we living well beyond our existential needs ? We may need to switch off with the energy crisis but can we actually switch off ourselves ? Who leads and who follows ? Have we become subordinates to the tools ? Can we go beyond and overcome ourselves ? Can we jump over our own shadow ? HumAnimal or machine ? Human BEING or machine ? Have nature walks and talks become evermore crucial to our existences ? Can we uncouple ourselves from machines or are we bound forever ?

What is our position as individuals and place within our societies ? What would the great Mahatma say about all this ?

Artists

Abhishek Singh - Paintings
Adarsh Baji - Painting
Ana Leonor Pita - Installation, scupture
Anjaneyulu G - Painting
Anjani Reddy - painting
Christine Fausten - sculpture
Daniel Petko - paintings
Denise Lach - Calligraphist
Dirk Koy - digital art *
Harshavardhan Kadam - digital artist
Ibtisam Tasnim Zaman - painting/ sculpture
Jana Vanecek - digital *
Joel Eschbach - collage
Judith Nussbaumer - painting.
Juliette Lepage Boisdron - painting.
Jung-Yeun Jang - painting.
Maboart bohren & magoni - installation *
Mahati Kalidindi - painting and drawing
Mer Ayang - performance
Michel Winterberg - digital installation *
Mirzlekid - performance
Monica Ferreras De La Maza - painting and sculpture
Moïra Himmelsbach - digital animation *
Parameshwara Raju - calligraphist
Parama Kesawa - dance performance
Parvez - installation
Permi Jhooti - digital artist *
Priyanka Aelay - painting
Rama Kalidindi - Painting and digital art *
Rosa Lachenmeier - painting
Roland Wirz - sculpture
Sabita Lakshmanan - painting, drawing
Sanjoy Patra (Digital India) - paintings
Saskia Edens - digital work, performance photograph
Simone Steinegger - sculpture
Suter Bult - sculptures
Sibylle Laubscher - painting
Tami Komai - painting
Thomas Ritz - painting

* - digital art

Events

Thursday 6th June, 18:00-21:00 - Opening, 18:30 Introduction, 19:00 Performance
Friday 7th June, 11:00-18:00 - Meet the artist
Saturday 8th June, 11:00-18:00 - 16:00 Curator's Tour, 17:00 Meet the artists
Sunday 9th June, 11:00-18:00 - Meet the artists
Monday 10th June, 11:00-18:00
Tuesday 11th June, 11:00-18:00 - Performance
Wednesday 12th June, 11:00-18:00 - Meet the artists
Thursday 13th June, 11:00-18:00
Friday 14th June, 11:00-18:00
Saturday 15th June, 11:00-18:00 - 16:00 Curator's Tour, 17:00 Meet the artists
Sunday 16th June, 11:00-18:00 - Performance, Meet the artist, Finissage

There are many fabulous art works for sale. Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to two development organisations locally that help refugees and cultural projects in India. Be Aware and Share, a local registered charity that supports people on the move by promoting intercultural relations and social integration. We are happy to raise awareness and support an initiative that helps people to find a better position in life.