Botanischer Garten der Universität Basel, Spalengraben 8, 4051 Basel
free of charge, donations welcome.
Mangrove Ecologies is a multi-sensory exhibition in the Botanical Garden Basel that combines sound, memory and ecology. Radio Mikoko+ takes visitors on a poetic journey from the island of Lamu to Basel.
Mangrove Ecologies: Radio Mikoko+
June 18 to 21, 2025, Viktoriahaus, Botanical Garden Basel
Mangroves connect land and sea. They store stories, filter currents and grow in spaces in between. Based on these biotopes, the exhibition Mangrove Ecologies develops an artistic-research approach to topics such as ecological intelligence, memory and cultural interdependence.
The focus is on the installation Radio Mikoko+, created over a period of nine months. The participating artists - David Muiruri, Joseph Kamaru, Ann Mbuti and Yassine Rachidi - worked with field recordings, narratives, material studies and cartographic research. The result is a walk-in resonance space that stretches from the Kenyan island of Lamu to Basel.
Visitors are invited to embark on a sensory journey in the Viktoriahaus of the Botanical Garden Basel. The installation unfolds through sound, humidity, text, image and movement. It draws on multi-layered forms of memory and encounter, inspired by Édouard Glissant's poetics of relationship.
Mangrove Ecologies was initiated by kuchanua, Planisphere and the Lamu Youth Alliance and is part of Pro Helvetia's Synergies Call. The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between artistic practice, local research and international perspectives.
Location: Viktoriahaus, Botanical Garden Basel
Dates: June 16 to 22, 2025
Opening hours: daily from 8 am to 6 pm
Languages: German and English
Admission free, no registration required
Website: www.mangrove-ecologies.org
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
June 18 to 21, 2025, Viktoriahaus, Botanical Garden Basel
Mangroves connect land and sea. They store stories, filter currents and grow in spaces in between. Based on these biotopes, the exhibition Mangrove Ecologies develops an artistic-research approach to topics such as ecological intelligence, memory and cultural interdependence.
The focus is on the installation Radio Mikoko+, created over a period of nine months. The participating artists - David Muiruri, Joseph Kamaru, Ann Mbuti and Yassine Rachidi - worked with field recordings, narratives, material studies and cartographic research. The result is a walk-in resonance space that stretches from the Kenyan island of Lamu to Basel.
Visitors are invited to embark on a sensory journey in the Viktoriahaus of the Botanical Garden Basel. The installation unfolds through sound, humidity, text, image and movement. It draws on multi-layered forms of memory and encounter, inspired by Édouard Glissant's poetics of relationship.
Mangrove Ecologies was initiated by kuchanua, Planisphere and the Lamu Youth Alliance and is part of Pro Helvetia's Synergies Call. The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between artistic practice, local research and international perspectives.
Location: Viktoriahaus, Botanical Garden Basel
Dates: June 16 to 22, 2025
Opening hours: daily from 8 am to 6 pm
Languages: German and English
Admission free, no registration required
Website: www.mangrove-ecologies.org
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Opening hours
Dates: June 16 to 22, 2025Opening hours: daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Contact
Cora
Südquaistrasse 14
4057 Basel
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