Opening New Rituals [for the End of the World]

We warmly invite you to the opening of New Rituals [for the End of the World]. The exhibition brings together international artists whose work engages with a world shaped by crises, technological upheavals, and profound uncertainty. In doing so, it focuses on new social strategies that are emerging in response to the present moment.

Particularly where technology and spirituality intersect, new ritual practices are taking shape. The exhibition asks which symbolic actions can provide support when familiar structures begin to collapse, and which new narratives might help us understand a time that feels like the end of the world.

• Welcome by Lukas Engelberger, Member of the Government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and Head of the Department of Health
• Exhibition introduction by the curator and director of HEK, Marlene Wenger and Sabine Himmelsbach
• Drinks and snacks provided by Bistro Ela